So sorry its been so long :/ I know it isn't an excuse, but this weekend I went to Mannheim for a visit. As I was on the train I made a blog entry. Unfortunately I had no internet access so couldn't up load it. In addition, I didn't really use my computer over the weekend. Which felt really great and is quite fitting to my blog entry, as you will see.... read on.
February 18th, 2011.
On the train right now. I love being on trains here in Germany…. Its so relaxing and it feels so good just to stare out the window. On a train you start out in the big city… then eventually you end up in the country side …. Hopping around between the big cities like Mannheim, Frankfurt, Göttingen, Berlin...
Staring out the window upon the German landscape:
Wow, I remember now…. Grass! That is grass,.. and those are plants...
and those are trees, and small ponds and lakes… oh yes and animals!...
And dirt! OOOhhh yes, that’s right!....
Wow, when was the last time I saw grass?? It’s been a bit! Its like a whole ‘nother world here. Yes, that’s it, two completely different worlds.
At home, as I travel everyday underneath the ground through tunnels on subways,... and walk through the cement covered city, I don’t see any grass, or nature….
All I see are stern faces, blank stares, busy people rushing past, poor beggars laying on the ground.... In the morning, just before 9 everyone gets out of the subway. Its like a herd of cows, I swear. Everyone rushes up the escalator at once into a little funnel-like shape. Packing tightly and pushing each other up the stairs. And I am just another cow... Mmmmmmmmmoooooooo.
I feel so out of touch. It makes me want to live on a farm in the middle of nowhere.
Some people do that you know, students do study abroad in Australia and work on farms in the country. How cool would that be? I would not take a cell phone or computer. I would live free of technology for a few months. It’s amazing actually; nearly every day of my life for as long as I can remember, I’ve been using technology (computers, ipods, tvs, cell phones). I think it would be freaking awesome to live COMPLETELY technology free.
Get back in touch with reality! I don’t even want a damn phone. Yes that’s right, I will live in the middle of nowhere... I will wake up to the sun, milk some cows, ride the horse to the city market… and plant some shit. No one can call me, or get a hold of me… if you wana contact me write a letter or send a smoke signal. YYYeeessss!!!!!
I was just thinking the other day how sad it is that most of my current waking hours are spent staring into a screen. *sigh* I am determined to ensure that my next working venture will consist of time spent interacting with people and less time spent staring into a computer screen!!!
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Ok, that was it. So... I actually have an idea for my next blog entry; but to be honest I have way too much to do right now to even tackle that. I suppose it could be a continuance of this blog entry. I will be analyzing some differences in European and American culture in regards to environmental awareness and overall environmental attitude.
Good opportunity to leave questions or suggestions for me to consider over the next couple of days before I write the entry.
2 comments:
Ahhhhh...now you are getting an idea of where I am in life. I lived the city life when I was your age and soaked it up, but now all I want to do it wriggle my toes in the grass, breath in the smell of pine and wild mint, grow my own food and maybe raise some animals. Yeah....that's the life for me. Don't you even have a small patch of grass nearby where you live? House plants? Anything?! Ugghhh...I couldn't stand it! it seems that being constantly surrounded by technology sucks out your energy, but being in natures imbues you with it. Hey...by the time you get back to the good ol' US of A, I'll own 5 acres of my own little slice of green heaven. You'll have to come by and check it out!
Come on people! The highlight of my Monday and Tuesday evenings is to read the blog and then the comments! I can't do the second if you don't participate! You know who you are! Get those fingers a-typing!
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