Encouraginly in part, disappointlingly in equal part, i've had little to no time to update this in the last week, no internet access at work, working, snowboarding every shitting day until i hit my head kinda hard, and Wills constant move from location to location, stopping off at a Cowboys and Indians themed B & B on the way. I am here and have so much to write about, yet again so little time. We have censorship on the websites we can go on, a la secondary school, meaning i can't see if anyones networking me in my social little face. Therefore, i guess this is my main form of communication, albeit ridiculously indirect. I've gotten to know a lot better the people who i'm sharing my accomodation with over the next 5 months, a necessity in this situation, and there's about 40 of us sharing the same kitchen/common area. It's nice to lose pre existent standards and social taboos preventing yourself from finding anything of value or interest in people you normally wouldn't socialise with, i've actually learnt a lot more than i'd have expected to from some of the people i'd least expect to from here, common ground may be fleeting and rare, but when it exists in a place like this it's all the more enticing. Any one life is as good as any other, and surely the gauge of a life well lived is the enjoyment rendered from living it. I've spent most of my free time reading lately, which will hopefully become a recurring theme in my life in general, it'd be all too easy to revert to habits i've come here to escape from, merely existing and becoming stagnant in easy, comfortable surroundings, to going out and making the effort to open up and just become someone amiable, regardless of any previous intolerance i may have harboured. I can still use this as an advantage, from spending years over analysing people i have a better gauge on people than most, yet acting on logic in this over anything else has been a problem i've got time to correct. Ideally i'd lose this whole mindset entirely and just judge everyone on their own merits, but i'm not going to pretend that it's going to happen overnight. Also, i watched Wanted last night, possibly the worst, most ridiculous film i've probably ever seen.
It snowed last night, rather than rain, which can only spell out positive things, i'm about to walk into town, wander, meet and greet and god knows what else, i'll write again as soon as i have time, apologies to anyone who cares.
Sunday, 7 December 2008
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