ericsteffensen
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7/7/2006 4:56:37 PM
Why Georgia? Why?
I know I've heard this song several times but for some reason I really listened to the lyrics for the first time closely today and it hit me like a rock.
Why?
Because when I was 25 (quarter life crisis) I picked up and moved to Atlanta without knowing a soul. Actually my first apartment wasn't too far from John Mayer's Atlanta apartment off of Sattelite Blvd., and I had been stuck in traffic many times on GA 400 or I-85 so sick of dealing with the traffic that I considered giving up on Georgia and going somewhere else.
I can't count how many times I would wander around alone then just hoping to find a familiar face, longing to be at home. Even after living there five years I did the same thing, although less frequently. I can't count how many times I thought to myself (WHY the fuck did i move to GEORGIA? WHY?). In retrospect, I'm glad I did...I made some of the best friends of my life there and grew up a lot.
Now I'm back home in Salt Lake (funny how many people ask me why Salt Lake?) and missing Georgia. It's funny how things change sometimes...
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