Posted by alexandra_k on April 23, 2009, at 22:14:20
In reply to Re: the ongoing saga, posted by alexandra_k on April 23, 2009, at 21:51:32
i was on the street one day and this african american hip hop guy started rapping around me and once he saw i didn't mind came up and stood in front of me and rapped at me for a bit. was trying to sell CD's of his music (as professionally produced as he could). Novel. I've never had that before. its not too bad actually (if you are into rap). he's seriously concerned about the aliens.
He asked me where I was from and if there were people 'like me' in Australasia. I didn't get what he meant and he was like 'black people' and I was like 'we don't really have african american people, no...' but i told him about pacific islanders and maori and aborigine and that seemed to make his day. he kinda made mine.
my time here has been hard... but i've got some good memories, yeah.
the locals are friendly. most of the grad students are imports... and its not that some of them aren't friendly... its just that my flatmate... turned out to be (undiagnosed) borderline... and it is hard for me dealing with that. the volatility. hot then cold. rage then sweetness. inability to empathize with others perspectives. fear of aloneness... not seeing the trail of destruction or seeing it and... not being able to face. i really like her in many respects. really click with her. but not an ideal flatting situation. and blowing hot then cold and being such a dynamic social centre has had an averse affect on how accepted i've felt here. a person to hold firmly at arms length. took me so long to figure that out... thought it was me. mememememe always must be something wrong with me.
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