{"id":2875,"date":"2013-06-11T08:45:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T13:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deepsicks.com\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2022-06-12T13:21:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T18:21:34","slug":"new-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/2013\/06\/11\/new-map\/","title":{"rendered":"new map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Where do I begin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To unpack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"My<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

put in place<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"My<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

the words that escape\u2014proper narrative processing of the past near-two months (two months!) since leaving Minneapolis for Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pass Go! Go! Go! collect 200 names and faces, find a new rhythm and scrap the thesis, I’m gonna need a whole new map and reams of legends to unlock it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Mr.<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tree<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m having a wonderful time. My job is fulfilling and fun, the city friendly and hot! hot! traffic atrocious and tacos delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I get to play with the prettiest girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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spar with the wittiest Arthur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

pick out places to set my bones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"New<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"New<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

brake for roadside shrines to conspiracy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sign<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bloody<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

follow creeks through the center of the city<\/p>\n\n\n

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and once\u2014get this\u2014shoot pool and listen to Tool with the Brothers K<\/a> like it’s 2002 and life never happened to any of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kellen<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Most people tell me, “Welcome to Austin!” but one guy said, “Welcome to Texas.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s when I felt fullest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s a place for me in all of this.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where do I begin?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,11],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-narratives","tag-adventures","tag-austin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8238,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions\/8238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}