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keep friends close. keep close friends thousands of miles away., originally uploaded by The Searcher.

So frustrating. When did it start? The mass exodus after high school? It was a small town, I wanted out as soon as possibly possible. Of course the friends, the ones I really related to, were of like rambling minds. When I think of where everyone is now, I picture in my head one of those World War II animated maps, you know the one where they show the start position and the ominous red arrows branching out in all directions. My friends are taking Michigan, then Florida. Marching on Arizona. California. My arrow sends me to Washington.

It's not just old friends, new ones too. We're a mobile culture, we Americans. Not so tied to our land or community, we go where the work is, or the spouse, or the whim. I want to be closer to my close friends, not sitting here next to my vague acquaintances. I think if I were to win the lottery, I'd buy a small motorhome and just live on a perpetual cross country friend tour. Three months in L.A., four months in Phoenix, then on to Dunnellon, Chicago, Manhattan.

Plus some stops along the way for that huge ball of twine, and the Sasquatch museum.

# posted by Derek Chatwood @ 2:32 PM