OtHerPress. Room 1020 - 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 WEBSITE: www.theotherpress.ca EMAIL: editor@theotherpress.ca It seems to me that in the orbit of our world you are the North Pole, | the South—so mucn in balance In agreement—and yet, the whole world lies between.” - Thomas Wolte Jacey Gibb Editor-in-chief editor@theotherpress.ca Natalie Serafini Assistant Editor | es assistant@theotherpress.ca TEAR TTT or the frequent readers out there, you’ve probably noticed a general trend with my Lettitors. So far this year, almost all of them Angela Ho Business Manager accounting@theotherpress.ca Chris Paik have centered on a birthday, something personal, or even a mash up of the two. It’s not that I view the Other Press as a blog or Distribution Manager medium for me to complain, but I find the most effective pieces of writing are those that contain a personal edge to it. On that note, the recent onslaught of the Thanksgiving weekend has affirmed something very conflicting in me. Cody Klyne As an export from Alberta, I’ve spent the last three and a half years trying to sculpt my life in Vancouver from almost nothing. Layout Manager New schools, employment, friends, and relationships are just a few of the things I struggled with at first, but now I can safely say layout@theotherpress.ca I’ve never been happier. In that respect, it might explain why I’m dreading going home in December for Christmas. In the last year and a half, I've spent exactly three days in Alberta. It was a last-minute arrangement for my dad’s birthday Joel McCarthy weekend and combined with schoolwork, editing, and one party to see my friends, it was one of the busiest and more stressful Graphics Manager weekends I've had to endure. graphics @theotherpress.ca So why the marginal number of days spent visiting the place I lived for 19 years? My family loves me, I still consider many people in my hometown close friends, and I actually enjoy the occasional overload of nostalgia that comes with visiting. But more Ed Appleby than all of these things combined, I can’t stand being back. I’m sure that will come as offensive to some; it’s the truth. I regress into a child whenever I’m around my parents, asking to borrow the vehicle so J can go see friends or pouting when they ask me to help with chores. It’s a frustrating regression, one that I never mean to undergo and yet it’s seemingly unavoidable. My Lettitor’s title comes from the Thomas Wolfe novel of the same name. You Can’t Go Home Again refers to the idea that once you leave the place where you grew up behind, there’s no way to return without the sense that you're losing all the growth you’ve llustrator Patrick Vailancourt News Ector experienced since—partly because you've changed, partly because the place itself has changed too. It sounds ridiculous but I’m ea sure anyone who’s fled the nest can relate. ; Even the idea of “going home” bothers me because aside from my Alberta student loans, everything about me resides in BC. Cheryl Minns My apartment and cat are here; so is my girlfriend; same with my two jobs and university. When I “go home,” I sleep on a couch Arts Editor and pretend that any moment my cat, who cleverly stole away in my suitcase, will hop onto my blankets, do her usual roundabout arts@theotherpress.ca of my resting my body, and then plop down on top of my legs before falling asleep 17 seconds later. When I “go home,” I have to rely on other people for rides because the transit system in my town is more unreliable than a dollar store pregnancy test. I think Sophie Isbister you my point. Life & Style Editor Why did Thanksgiving bring this topic to mind? It was the thought that I wasn’t going to have a holiday dinner with my lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca family. But as the weekend approached I was invited to join my girlfriend’s family for the holiday; I also hosted a dinner for a group of close friends one evening and was invited to another turkey dinner on the Saturday. Gluttonous? Yes. Delicious? Indeed. Elliot Chan But the truth is that the food at every dinner could have been rock stew and sock borsch and I still would remember it fondly. It’s a Opinions Editor reminder that I’m exactly where I need to be and there’s a crop of people out there who would agree with me. opinions@theotherpress.ca I recognize my worries may seem unwarranted and over privileged (boohoo, I have to go home to my family at Christmas time!) but it’s just the way I feel. I can’t go home again because I’m already here. 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