I wrote this today after contemplating writing it for a long, long time. I could probably add more shit to it......
You know you are from Portland when your friends *MAKE* your cats Christmas gifts.
You know your from Portland when you ask your friend, if she stuffed that awesome cat toy with natural or organic catnip and you are worried about it.
You know your from Portland when she tells you she grew it herself in a vertical makeshift garden that she programmed herself to dream about after her first failed attempt of growing organic catnip at her community garden.
You know you are from Portland when you feel like doing naked backflips over an awesome gift your friend gave you that she found behind a dumpster on Powell and 66th.
You know you are from Portland when your friends homes look like something out of a 1976 flashback of hanging at your grandmothers house and you feel all cozy and nostalgic about it.
You know are from Portland when you have a circle of friends that is so diverse that it's hard to remember what most of their careers are *if they are employed and not already retired or just finding themselves* Honestly- some of us don't even have what the rest of America would consider a "REAL JOB" anyway. A secret way we know you are not from Portland is when you ask us what we do for a living. ESPECIALLY if it's the first time we are meeting you. It's not a social norm in Portland. You may also be from Portland when a significant number of your friends have etsy accounts including your therapist. You may also be from Portland if you would rather fire your therapist and wait the mandatory, NO CONTACT two years to be real life friends with her.
You may be from Portland when your landlord occasionally lets you skimp on rent if you promise to do his/her dishes and pick of his/her dog crap in the backyard. You may be from Portland if you know a lot of homeless people by name. You may be from Portland if you've ever told someone that you didn't have any cash to spare, then realized your mom gave you that lame CHAIN RESTAURANT gift card that is tucked away in your wallet or whatever makeshift thing you carry around and use as a wallet. You may be from Portland if you go out to lunch with them and feel NO SHAME in sitting at that table for lunch while shooting the shit about life.
HOLY SHIT- I just realized that EVERY SINGLE one of my friends is a hipster, including myself. - Obviously at all different stages.... Why is the word hipster so derogatory in Portland?????????????? So Here is the last one: You may be from Portland if you realize that you are unique and an individual, yet at the same time you are a part of the BIGGER PICTURE, a part of the team. Team Portland. Team Humanity. Team World Community. You may be from Portland if you choose to see the bigger picture or at least try to. Trying to see the bigger picture might mean something different to each of us. I urge you and your friends to think about the last time you changed your mind about something...... I changed my mind about how I felt about the word hipster today.... Here's the thing- I am not going to go running around yelling that shit out from rooftops, I really do not have time to sew an additional or new FREAK FLAG to add to my Freak flag collection...but I will make a new flag at some point....Once I process some of this with my therapist..... Oh shit- I forgot, I fired that bitch.
Peace* Love and Light* Namaste / and junk cuz I am OUT!!!! Ellie
You know you are from Portland when your friends *MAKE* your cats Christmas gifts.
You know your from Portland when you ask your friend, if she stuffed that awesome cat toy with natural or organic catnip and you are worried about it.
You know your from Portland when she tells you she grew it herself in a vertical makeshift garden that she programmed herself to dream about after her first failed attempt of growing organic catnip at her community garden.
You know you are from Portland when you feel like doing naked backflips over an awesome gift your friend gave you that she found behind a dumpster on Powell and 66th.
You know you are from Portland when your friends homes look like something out of a 1976 flashback of hanging at your grandmothers house and you feel all cozy and nostalgic about it.
You know are from Portland when you have a circle of friends that is so diverse that it's hard to remember what most of their careers are *if they are employed and not already retired or just finding themselves* Honestly- some of us don't even have what the rest of America would consider a "REAL JOB" anyway. A secret way we know you are not from Portland is when you ask us what we do for a living. ESPECIALLY if it's the first time we are meeting you. It's not a social norm in Portland. You may also be from Portland when a significant number of your friends have etsy accounts including your therapist. You may also be from Portland if you would rather fire your therapist and wait the mandatory, NO CONTACT two years to be real life friends with her.
You may be from Portland when your landlord occasionally lets you skimp on rent if you promise to do his/her dishes and pick of his/her dog crap in the backyard. You may be from Portland if you know a lot of homeless people by name. You may be from Portland if you've ever told someone that you didn't have any cash to spare, then realized your mom gave you that lame CHAIN RESTAURANT gift card that is tucked away in your wallet or whatever makeshift thing you carry around and use as a wallet. You may be from Portland if you go out to lunch with them and feel NO SHAME in sitting at that table for lunch while shooting the shit about life.
HOLY SHIT- I just realized that EVERY SINGLE one of my friends is a hipster, including myself. - Obviously at all different stages.... Why is the word hipster so derogatory in Portland?????????????? So Here is the last one: You may be from Portland if you realize that you are unique and an individual, yet at the same time you are a part of the BIGGER PICTURE, a part of the team. Team Portland. Team Humanity. Team World Community. You may be from Portland if you choose to see the bigger picture or at least try to. Trying to see the bigger picture might mean something different to each of us. I urge you and your friends to think about the last time you changed your mind about something...... I changed my mind about how I felt about the word hipster today.... Here's the thing- I am not going to go running around yelling that shit out from rooftops, I really do not have time to sew an additional or new FREAK FLAG to add to my Freak flag collection...but I will make a new flag at some point....Once I process some of this with my therapist..... Oh shit- I forgot, I fired that bitch.
Peace* Love and Light* Namaste / and junk cuz I am OUT!!!! Ellie
Many of those Portland things seem to be true, though it depends on where you live and how social you are. I have no experience with any of them, but I recognize them.
Hope you've been well.