Well this morning i was awakened frighteningly early, 1 hour earlier than i was told to the night before in fact; Which did not make me very happy. i was on the road before i could say "no mom really, i don't wanna go...". Sadly in my rush to finish packing what little i had already packed i forgot my USB cable and will not be able to upload any pictures from my camera onto my computer, you will just have to make do with the pictures from my phone (which are not that bad i might add) I will post some slightly better looking pictures at the end of the week to ease the squinting-eye-pain.
So after a short stop at burger king, (whose bathrooms apparently lost mirror privileges and were given cardboard cut-outs of a very generic looking lakeside instead) and another at giggle springs (no i am not making that up, photographic evidence to come soon) I finally arrived at the campground. Apparently i wasn't aware of how many people were actually going to be here. But of course, none of them are my age. So again i retract to the car by my lonesome to finish off the last chapters of 'Life, The Universe, and Everything' (which ended up being very strange, but at the same time i was not at all disappointed). I drew a little, and failed to get past 150 points on cube runner before it was time to get down and begin setting up.The first and most important thing i discovered about this campsite was the free wi-fi internet access, which is how i am able to give you this exciting live feed of my incredibly boring experience. My Macbook will most likely be my savior in this place. That and my drawing pad. Luckily i had some faith in the fact that someone, somewhere, would have the decency to provide a little light in my dark, damp, cold, tent.
After the rigorous construction of the Ulta-tent 8000 i took a short break to eat a couple cold burritos, and then continued to draw out blue-prints for the OTHER tent i was forced to put together (which my mom explained was the only reason i was forced to come in the first place. That, and to eat the leftover burritos). I then took some time to look around. It didn't take very long seeing as there are just trees everywhere. I did take notice in some ants that seemed extraordinarily large, accompanied by some flies that seemed extraordinarily large.
I took a trip to a nearby skate park which ended up just being a funbox, a short rail, and a sad excuse for a half-pipe. I slept on a bench for a few minutes and then got up to notice someone that looked remarkably like lance Armstrong and someone who looked like Stewart Little (equally as remarkable) throwing a frisbee in the park. It wasn't that interesting. Neither were the trees that surrounded the skate park, (which, not quite as remarkably, looked dully similar to the trees that surrounded our camp) I came back and now i am here. Telling you about this whole experience.More to come soon.
Until then, watch some television.
1 comment:
i wish you could appreciate nature aj... it kinda makes me sad that you are so plugged in, that you can't see all the great things the earth has to offer.
it is essentially, the same thing you complain about your sister, just in the larvae stage. think about it, what is the essential issue with children and hannah montana/miley cyrus/destiny hope/anti-christ?
it's children idolizing a false reality. in their case, television/music/disney fantasies/wigs.
in your case, its the false reality of the cyber world. now i'm not saying i'm innocent of it, or that even anyone in american society is. but to be so plugged in that when your phone dies, you freak out, or when you are so stuck into the habit of wasting time on the internet on your macbook, that you feel it will "save you"? a little dramatic don't you think?
really aj, open your mind and allow yourself to have a positive attitude towards things that aren't binary. where do you think the science and ideas, and organization for all of the technology in your macbook, and phone came from in origin?
nature aj. observe nature. and not just in the big picture. because then all you see is...well trees and ants.
feel it aj. i know this is probably gonna seem like i'm preaching to you, but i'm not trying to. i'm trying to share some good experiences that i have had in nature.
try this: relax. find a nice spot out in the woods. sit in a comfortable position, maybe even bring a chair to avoid bugs crawling on you if that'll freak you out. and close your eyes, and listen.
you have a musically inclined mind, use it. hear the world. feel the rhythms of the insects, the birds, the wind rustling the leaves, whatever happens to be in that moment.
then, smell. smell the leaves, the dust, the animals, the pollen, the flowers, take it in. think about that.
then feel. feel the wind, the sunshine, the grass/leaves beneath you.
and hell if you want, taste some stuff.
take it one sense at a time. i'm serious. it can be a worthwhile experience if you give it patience and an open mind.
maybe you'll experience what i've experienced, and notice things that continue to grow out of the most basic, insignificant of things. notice the structure of a tree, the organization of a colony, the communication of animals, the synchronies of the world, and those that inhabit it.
unplug yourself. try it. maybe you'll learn something. maybe you'll get some inspiration for some art. or maybe, it'll all be for naught, and you'll just learn that adrian is a crazy hippie and should never be trusted again.
who knows, you might just enjoy the organic. then again, maybe it's just not in your personality.
but what harm is there in trying?
-Adrian
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