senseless things

i miss norman.
i miss the shitty weather, and i miss being influential in the community. (ok, so maybe i made that part up.)
i miss walking with leaves crunching.
i miss backyard shows and POTLUCKS.
i miss dive bars and i miss running down asp at 2am.
i miss driving down lindsey. i just thought that was traffic.
i miss the goddamned clock tower and the train and calvin.
i miss knowing where everyone lives
i miss learning where someone lives by okie description: the yellow house a half block from the railroad tracks.
i miss the church bells and the crazies.
i miss bicycles.
no one here rides bicycles.
except sammy, and that's because he's from norman, kinda.
i miss going to any given resturaunt and running into someone i know.
i realllly miss that. knowing everyone.
that scenario is impossible here.
impossible.
i miss urgent calls and impromptu smoke breaks.
i miss everyone.
whitney and jenny (even though they are citygrrls now) and amber and jennifer and kate and dick and bridgeroad and i miss steve and deva and talia and everyone and big ben and sunshine and chance and klah and sarah franklin and
i miss driving on highway nine.
i miss driving on indian school road.
i miss thursday thrift store.
i miss sister circles (ok, now i'm crying)
and i miss KNOWING ALL THE STREETS and
i miss knowing everything about everyone as it happens
and i miss parking right in front of where you want to goddamned go.
and i miss the fucking asian student association and voodoo and jungle jims and fucking del racho for petes sake home of the goddamned steak sandwich.
and whatever happened to little sarah does anyone know?
i miss andrew's yoga class
and i miss karyn gilman!!! god, do i miss that woman.
i miss groovefest and i miss lake thunderbird.
i miss the deli and i miss othello's.

i want norman to miss me too.

i think i need to go home. :(