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Walking in the rain.
16 years ago
So what's up with people nowadays. Does anyone walk anywhere anymore? It's all go go go, rush rush rush. "Hey, I need something from the store. It's only a few streets over. Let's jump in the car and drive."
Is that what we're becoming. I love walking to places. Remember the stories your grandparents use to tell you. About how they had to walk many miles to school in the cold, after getting up to milk the cows. Hell, I'm only 21 and I'm already telling similar stories. I use to walk to and from college everyday. It took an hour to get there and another to get home again. That's provided I didn't have to pick up groceries on the way home. Then that was another hour on top of that (while carrying the bags).
And hell. I live in Melbourne Australia. So it's bloody hot in the summer and ball chillingly cold in the winter. On top of that the weather changes faster than a fat's kids mind in a candy shop. In the morning it bright and sunny, you're wearing a t-shirt and cap. Then in the afternoon, it's bucketing down with rain.
It surprises me how so many people in the world don;t just slow down and take in this experience. Even today. I walked down to the shops to get a hair cut. It was lightly raining, nothing too extreme. I walk via the park with my umbrella, watching the rain make ripples in the still water of the creek. And then, a song came on my iPod. It really felt like something from a movie or TV show.
Well there's my little rant for today. I'm gonna try and write more of these journal thingies.
Until next time, have fun.
EDIT: Here's a pic of one of the things I do at work. Getting a hundred people to do the YMCA at a bowling alley. piece of cake.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4615/dsc0095muo.jpg
Is that what we're becoming. I love walking to places. Remember the stories your grandparents use to tell you. About how they had to walk many miles to school in the cold, after getting up to milk the cows. Hell, I'm only 21 and I'm already telling similar stories. I use to walk to and from college everyday. It took an hour to get there and another to get home again. That's provided I didn't have to pick up groceries on the way home. Then that was another hour on top of that (while carrying the bags).
And hell. I live in Melbourne Australia. So it's bloody hot in the summer and ball chillingly cold in the winter. On top of that the weather changes faster than a fat's kids mind in a candy shop. In the morning it bright and sunny, you're wearing a t-shirt and cap. Then in the afternoon, it's bucketing down with rain.
It surprises me how so many people in the world don;t just slow down and take in this experience. Even today. I walked down to the shops to get a hair cut. It was lightly raining, nothing too extreme. I walk via the park with my umbrella, watching the rain make ripples in the still water of the creek. And then, a song came on my iPod. It really felt like something from a movie or TV show.
Well there's my little rant for today. I'm gonna try and write more of these journal thingies.
Until next time, have fun.
EDIT: Here's a pic of one of the things I do at work. Getting a hundred people to do the YMCA at a bowling alley. piece of cake.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4615/dsc0095muo.jpg
