kiss me into the past

back in 1995 i was living in a violent green monstrosity on york place with rhys, jim and susan
we would hang out with kelly (jim's girlfriend and now wife), linda and andy and sometimes susan's friend angela
it was the year i started liking friends, seinfeld and er. sebadoh, beck and guided by voices
i saw throwing muses play at orientation
i went to some university, but not a lot
we had a dress up party where i dyed my hair black and cut a fringe in so i could be uma thurman from pulp fiction


in the last month i have caught up with jim and kelly, linda (and grant, but he didn't exist for us yet back here) susan and angela

linda and grant had photos from back in this time and we got to sit around and tell stories about that year, which was pretty cool, especially because i got to play photography csi (what can i say? i has a gift)

jim and kelly and i watched the video he made back in 1995, which shows all of us at the flat, my cat spike lee included

tonight after dinner at etrusco with susan and angela, i drove susan and i past the old house on york place - it's still luminous green on it's city facing flank

and do you know what? on my trip to wellington the other week, i read kristen hersh's book about the early throwing muses days and the onset of her bipolar disorder

i'm totally digging this circularity, universe. we all know i love the 90s - well, 1995 was one of my favourite years and these people were (and still are) among my favourite people

and we all look pretty much the same as we always did, just kinda better.  well, i think, anyway :)