Now, I'm not even going to insult your intelligence by appologizing, as if the lack of any update for a 2 months period was unavoidable. "I've been swamped with work." "My computer broke down" "I had a jock itch that just could not be satiated." Truth is, I just lost the interest. But, I'm updating now, and even if this is no guarentee of things to come, its a step in the right direction, no? So now that thats out of the way, we can just appreciate each other's company and as Richard Pryor said, "enjoy whatever the fuck happens."
Have you ever traveled to some far off corner of the world, where the nearest McDonalds is at least a plane ride away? If you're like me, at one point during the trip, the realization hits: "Whoa...the world is a big place." You take a look around, and in my case you see jungle like you've only seen in Predator. Giligan's Island this was not. The young and old alike wore what can only be described as all purpose pajamas, carrying on as they do everyday, your presence nothing more than an oddity. Life goes on, even if you are not there. A seemingly simple concept, but to really grasp it is a moment you'll remember. And for months, even years after that trip, your mind will occassionally wander off to that far off place, somehow humbled and comforted in the knowledge that life is going on there just as it is here. That there is so much more to the world than I currently know. Unfortunately, this feeling becomes stagnant if not reinforced every once in awhile. And this is where I am now. That trip was about ten years ago. I want to rejuvinate that feeling. Travel, meet, eat...get that feeling of insignificance, of awe again. Sound like fun? Come along.=)
4/18/2002 04:59:45 AM
