Downer of a post

Ever since FK left New Orleans, she has felt a strong desire to return. However, post Hurricane Katrina, FK feels like she has gone through some kind of bad city break up. Fat Kid thinks of her old haunts often but now they are twinged with almost regret that she can't go back and recapture it. Even places that remain after the storm are different in Fk's mind somehow. Most of Fk's friends have returned and reported positive things about Nola recovery. But Fat Kid just isn't feeling it. It seems like too much has happened, too much has changed for FK to go back and even relate. FK gets jealous sometimes, when friends tell stories about college or returning to their alma maters for the weekend. Great, your memories, places, majority of friends are there and its just like you left. FK isn't sure she'll come back around to accepting how things are. Just seems sad that somewhere full of such good experiences is now tied to something so horrible and disappointing.

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And like a bad break up, Nola and Fk have decided to see other cities. However, FK keeps running into New Orleans. Every time she opens a magazine or visits cnn, there is New Orleans, flaunting herself right in front of her. And others keep talking about Nola, like their booze soaked "tittyfest 2000" tour experiences grant them the authority to talk about New Orleans...intimately. So Fk's feelings of seperation, exploration and loss are now mixed with jealousy. Should FK go to couple's counseling? Cut off all ties? Who knows but it is screwed up.