But watch out for the snobs mate. They are everywhere.

“keep your head up.” ~ tupac

I can truly say that I empathize (not just sympathize) with much of your pain. I am so very happy for you in that you can now come home, and start rebuilding your life. May you find that being back here in Portland is all that you need it to be. Know this, we fellow BEdgers are rooting for you to succeed. May you find the happiness that you are looking for right back here where you belong – at home. I can only hope that some day, I can share with you and the rest of my fellow BEdgers, that I have made my escape to freedom also.

Come on, I hate to be a REC-monger, but this dude exposed his soul to the Bedge and deserves some moral (or REC-al) support.

Nice to have a nice music reference on a basketball blog. Guess that’s what set’s us Blazer fans apart from the Laker fans, eh? Personally, I like to get my gear at Old Town Music as opposed to Trade Up. Anyway, good luck in everything

I’ll be sorry about your absences from BEdge; always happy to see you posting. I’m so sorry about the life stuff, and hope coming home will go far toward soothing any lasting hurts.

Be well.

I actually miss BC quite a bit

good luck, in earnest in all your endeavors.

Sophia

Hit me up with an email anytime if ya’ just wanna’ talk.

Best wishes to you.

And I can see how some characteristics of that city are superficial and that can wear you down. Hope you are able to establish a new more grounded presence in Portland. If you are so inclined one day, here is a book recommendation from a friend of mine:

Happier – by Tal Ben-Shahar. He teaches the most popular undergraduate course at a certain little university in Boston ;-)

I had posted that already in a thread a while ago, but it’s worth repeating. It’s no “secret” (that one is pretty much crap) or just a feel-good self-help book. It doesn’t promise complete happiness, much less instant one. But you can improve your stock in the “ultimate currency”. It doesn’t work overnight – and requires work. In fact, as long as someone is struggeling day to day it might not be the right time to use it at all. But once you have your life a bit under control, it can really open up some perspectives, new routines, steps to take, plans to make, etc. in all aspects of life. It has and is helping me through a pretty dark time. And it sounds like despite all shortcomings you still have things to build around, like an interest for music, art and the Blazers. And a new home city that motivates you.

See you around Blazer’s Edge. Big up yourself :)

Coming here seems so comforting. I’m glad you’re coming back. This place will do you better I’m sure.

Awesome. Now we need the other Quality Pie (or “QP”, as my drinking buddies called it 15-20 years ago) to come back as well.

As a Portlander not living in Portland, I sympathize with missing all things Portland.

Now that you’re getting out of a bad situation, things WILL get better. I wish you lots of luck and skill and you’ll get back on top. ONE GAME AT A TIME, etc.

Even though we’ll miss your posting for the time being, it’ll be okay since we know it means you’re in a happier place now.

Pursue everything,
Mortimer

And welcome home! Even though I don’t know you, I guarentee Portland has missed you.

I’m sorry for everything you’ve gone through, but I’m glad you have a course set for the calmer waters of home.

I have always enjoyed your contributions to BE, and I hope to see more in the future.

I lived just across the border from Vancouver, and spent a bunch of time there. It does have a bit of snobbery to it, but it is still one of my most favorite cities I’ve been to.

Good luck friend.

I couldn’t agree more with you on taking for granted everything Portland. Every time I visit home I wonder what was I thinking in moving, and I live in L.A.. The smog, traffic, the two kinds of weather-sunny and a little less sunny. I can’t wait to move back home. My wife is starting her masters program and will be done in two years. Once she’s done, we’ll pack up the family and head home.

When I worked in Yellowstone, I met a guy from Chicago that didn’t go anywhere in the park because he thought a bear or something would attack him. He only went to his job, dorm room, or the bar and not necessarily in that order.

glad you could make it back. I moved out of LA in 1976 (!) and I never wanted to move back unless I had tons and tons of dough. Now I don’t think there is enough dough to make me want to live there.

Someone has got to open a new Quality Pie, that would be so awesome.

Please let’s hear from you when you get a chance to do so. – Elgin

+1 for Trade Up Music.

Home sweet home!!

1. In music, a type of contrapuntal composition or technique of composition for a fixed number of parts.

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2. A state of mind characterized by abandonment of personal identity, along with the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality.