10
Aug
The Sundays, “Goodbye” and “Leave This City”
Filed Under California, Music, Video
So, I’m kinda freaking out at the moment. With only two more weeks until I leave Philadelphia, I’m agonizing over the decision I’ve made to uproot my entire life on a whim. I’m beginning my descent into “oh fuck, this is really happening” and meticulously cataloging all of the things that I’m leaving behind. And I’ve begun looking for arbitrary signs to tell me that this isn’t the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. Like this one…
Today was Sunday. My only plan, aside from hours of FREAKING OUT, was to catch The Dark Knight in IMAX at the Franklin Institute. Having lived near the Art Museum and dated a girl who went to Moore, I used to spend a lot of time in and around Logan Square and have always thought it to be one of my favorite areas in the city. But a move to West Philly and a bitter breakup put a bit of distance between me and this little chunk of the city and it’s been years since I’ve done much more than passed through.
So my bus ride to and my walk around the Institute combined with my highly unstable emotional state (FREAKING OUT) made me really nostalgic (what a surprise). Had the movie not been absolutely amazing, I imagine my mind would have wandered around the square to the local pizza place where I’d often picked up fries for a girlfriend stuck working on her final in her studio.
But leaving the theater, I began to worry again… about my cats, and about maybe never DJing again, and about leaving friends, and about not having a job after working so hard to get the one I have. For diversion, I turned on my iPod and set it to random. Then this happened: The Sundays’ “Goodbye” and “Leave This City” play. Back to back.
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As this is happening, I’ve made my way outside to find myself underneath the weirdest yellow/gray sky I’ve ever seen. It had been raining and the clouds were threatening to just unleash hail and rain and lightning and other objects unforeseen by Hurricane Schwartz. But the sun was also fighting for face time. And then I saw this:
Sure, I’m desperate to catch signs that say, “relax, you’re not a dummy.” But when two situation-appropriate songs from one of your favorite bands ever randomly play (on the day after which they’re named!) and you see one of the most beautiful rainbows ever, it’s hard not to start feeling like things might just work out.
Goodbye, Philly. It’s definitely time to leave this city behind me.
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This almost made me cry, for real. I’m going to miss you.
well, those are some signs not be ignored. philly (and everyone in it) will miss you but you’re about to embark on something really great. and just remember, you can always come back
just as you’re leaving, i’m beginning to enjoy philly more and more. how strange. but, my bet is that you’ll enjoy the bay area even more.
didn’t love dark knight, though maybe it had something to do with the two 11-year olds behind me saying “is that the joker?” every time someone new came onscreen.