this girl's the resurrection

[ekaterinn]

So, I'm in British Columbia. Have been for a while now, but have fallen behind in my online stuff, while I was settling in to my new place. (I still need to catch up on email and answering LJ comments, gomen).

I finally read Under the Tuscan Sun on the plane up here and a certain passage about uncertainty made me think:

What if you did not feel uncertainty, the white writing says. Are you exempt from doubt? Why not rename it excitement?

...

Think: what if the sky doesn't fall? What if it's glorious? What if the house is transformed in three years? There will be by then hand-printed labels for the house's olive oil, thin linen curtains pulled across the shutters for siesta, jars of plum jam on the shelves, a long table for feasts under the linden trees, baskets piled by the door for picking tomatoes, argula, wild fennel, roses and rosemary. And who are we in that strange new life?

I've been scared and unsettled by this change (which is nothing new, since I tend to make life-changing decisons first and second-guess them later), but this reminded me that I've mostly been happy doing new things in new places, even as I miss my friends and family in the old. And at the very least, I'm not sinking my life savings into restoring a house in Italy! *g*

I made my way up to Simon Fraser yesterday, and was struck by the openness of the architecture, despite the fact that it all looks like New Brutalism monstrosities from the outside. But it's strangely beautiful instead, with open courtyards between the buildings, surrounding me with mountains and light. I had a leek and feta quiche and organic coffee at a place called Nature's Garden and knew myself to be on the West Coast. The lab PI was very welcoming and the science building reminded me of the one at Trinity. Be bold, I tell myself, work hard, and look for happiness.

Comments

[eveningblue.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the change!

Where are you in B.C., and what are you doing? You were in Toronto before, right?

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

I'm near Vancouver, and am embarking on a MSc in Biology. I was in London, Ontario before, near Toronto. ^^ And thanks for the good wishes!

[amai.livejournal.com]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! :)

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

^_____^

[nananatalies.livejournal.com]

Hey, you! Congratulations on this new chapter you've begun! Change is always good. At least, that's the way they make it sound when they tell you, "It builds character!" If it builds character, Babe, you're going to be one of the most sharply drawn, memorable characters I've had the pleasure to encounter! xo

By the way, mind if I add you?

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Or I'll be a "character"! *g* Go ahead and add me. *friends you*

[nananatalies.livejournal.com]

By the way, Under the Tuscan Sun--the book AND the film adaptation--is on the syllabus of the Comp Lit course I'm T.A.ing this year. Your allusion to it has piqued my interest.

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

Both the book and the movie are wonderful, though the movie is much different. I would actually reccomaned seeing the movie first, to avoid disappointment where it diverges from the book. In the end, they're both about happiness and the neccesity of creating your own.

[nananatalies.livejournal.com]

Have you considered a career in public relations? You sell Under the Tuscan well. :)