Beginning tomorrow I’ll be working quite long days. For two weeks I’ll be working on a blueberry harvester, leaving here before seven and not returning until nine or ten in the evening. It’s likely going to be extremely tiring and monotonous, but I’m quite thankful for the job.
When this job ends I do not know what I will be doing. I’ll have some increased resources, but perhaps not the ability to return to the city I love. I haven’t had much luck finding employment there, sadly, so I would consider relocating somewhere else if my odds would be better, and if the place seems amicable.
I’ve thought a lot lately about where I might relocate. I feel that a new location would offer me the freshness of environment to evolve in ways the somewhat stagnant places I’ve grown up in has not allowed. I’ve long wanted to at least revisit Ottawa or Montreal, so perhaps I should look into what opportunities are available in those cities. Both are more bilingual than Halifax, and the ability to reawaken some of my hibernating French would be very welcome. I know I was quite enchanted by both places when I was last able to visit them.
I would appreciate some of your thoughts on this. I wouldn’t leap into any decision, but I am sincerely looking for a chance to find change of the external sort, and want to do so responsibly and with as much care as I can. Please advise away, dear friends.
Since I last shared my thoughts here in my journal, I did see about an hour of busker entertainment as part of The Halifax International Busker Festival. I went with my sister one afternoon and viewed typical busker acts. It was entertaining, but far too predictable for someone like myself who has seen busking of the sort showcased at this festival for years. I was very pleased, however, to be able to listen to Laliya, the duo I mentioned in my previous entry. They were much more exciting to me in a live setting than on recordings, and added a great flavour to the mostly tired waterfront. Look for them in Toronto (Toronto Buskers Festival) and in Barcelona, Spain (Arts de Carrer) following that.
Have you heard the first K-Os single from his new album, Joyful Rebellion, “B-boy Stance”? If you have, surely it’s been stuck in your head, buzzing like a mosquito from ear to ear. If you haven’t, be sure to brace for it, because it’s the feel good hit of the late summer. I’ve been listening to some of his songs quite a lot and highly recommend that you check him out. He produces the sort of hip hop that deserves to be heard.
8 comments on “Relocation Buzz”
Thank goodness for blueberries! I know it’s going to be hard work for you, but think of it this way: If you were in Puerto Rico, it would be sugar cane fields. Machete. Tropical sun. Splinters.
I just read this morning that 60% of American kids graduating from college in 2004 were planning on moving back in with their parents due to lack of work. Talk about shocking! I don’t feel better knowing I’m not alone, though. It’s scary. If they surveyed on a more global scale, they’d probably find it’s just as bad everywhere.
At least you’re the sort that can even turn berry harvesting into a learning experience.
I’m not fond of blueberries, but tropical sun and splinters would likely be worse.
I don’t think it’s all that shocking that there’s a lack of work in the US. Afterall, they have crippled their economy in many foolish ways. I don’t know what global trends might be. I do feel that the problem is likely our too-comfortable western way of living. We take too much and are now paying for our greed. Perhaps it’s economic karma.
Oh, I’ve learned all I can from blueberries, I think. I’ve been raking them since I was 5.
I hope I’ll get to see you before you move to another province, if you choose to do so.
Oh, I’m sure you will. I won’t do it for months unless something astounding happens.
What about NFLD? April is going there… maybe it could be a double disciple trip. Just a thought.
NFLD is the only province I’ve never visited. What I know of it makes it seem very unappealing, plus I hear the job market isn’t great there.
Ah I see. I don’t know. I’ve always heard it’s beautiful there. Yeah, the job thing is a good point though.
Man it’s weird… I know we didn’t hang out a whole lot, but it seems like everyone’s leaving.
Well, I’m not leaving just yet. I’m thinking of it, because I feel I need a change, but I won’t act for many months yet, unless something unexpectedly fortunate occurs.