Occasionally I have moments where I am faced with the reality that I may not be the brightest crayon in the box. When I do experience these moments of “cold hard truth”, I feel the need to share that revelation with anyone who will listen. Unfortunately, I’ve had several of these moments in the last few months. Here are a few of them:
1) I purchased a flight to New Zealand for “five” months. When asked how long I would be there, I of course responded accordingly… it took me weeks until a friend reminded me that I can’t in good conscience count January as month one since I arrive on the LAST day of that month. I’ve occasionally been accused of exaggerating but in this case it is my superior math skills that should be credited for this “miscommunication.”
2) Sometimes very simple associations sneak by me like “tweenagers” into R rated movies. With all the excitement surrounding my pending adventure, I forgot that GOING to New Zealand meant LEAVING Colorado. Seems pretty basic: When you go somewhere, you have to leave somewhere else - but I found myself surprisingly unprepared to leave Denver and the reality of missing out on Ski Season, the first camping trips of the year and all the friends that have become family was, well, harder than expected. To bank in on a somewhat overused catchphrase Denver has become my “home away from home” and while the path ahead of me for the next four months has got me on the edge of my seat… I’m sad to be leaving.
3) Lastly, and this is perhaps the most embarrassing…
I forgot the earth was round.
I mean, I wasn’t exactly standing on street corners with a clipboard petitioning for my heinous miscalculation… but I would explain, to those who asked, about my plans to stop over in Europe, visit some friends in Spain and even perhaps have a reunion tour with a friend through the Greek Isles. Ridiculous. In my defense, I have never been confronted with the reality of a round earth. As far as international travel goes, I’ve never flown west, and on some subconscious level, my flaming narcissism convinced me that because I hadn’t done it… it hadn’t been done. Most people would smile bashfully and nod the way one would if I had a huge piece of cilantro dangling from my teeth, but finally, some kind soul gave me a “toothpick”, directed me to the nearest globe and I finally faced my horrifying blunder. I can travel west and unfortunately Spain and Greece are not on the way. Aristotle would be turning in his grave.
All of this is to say that come tomorrow, January 27th 2010, I am bound for the land of hobbits, magic rings, and lots of sheep, more commonly known as New Zealand. I will do my best to use this blog as my main form of correspondence. I don’t expect any consistent following but any curious or even bored cyber-visitors are more than welcome to keep track of me, if you are so inclined.
Here’s what to expect: First, consistent inconsistency… both in content and frequency - when it comes to journaling/emailing/anything that takes concentrated thought, I can be easily distracted (especially when traveling) and I am also uncertain about what email access will look like… but I WILL try to update it as often as possible. Second, stupid entry titles – I spend more time trying to come up with the subject of an email than the content and I usually give in to overused catchphrases, cheesy lyrics or blatant clichés (blog title courtesy of Rachel Pater). So, please… skip the titles, but if you must read them… don’t judge me. Lastly, I would LOVE any feedback, comments, questions, insults (don’t actually insult me) or emails. I promise I will read them, will be thrilled to hear from you and will get back to you as soon as I can.
Love you all!
Blastoff.
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ReplyDeleteWhen it gets rough to keep blogging , which it does pretty quickly, keep doing it. It is a good way to stop, take a look and reflect on what you have done, and you will be so glad that you did it in the end. Even 2 months later you can read it and be like DANG I remember that. I envy your journey to middle earth and will be reading along with you. Where will you be at? I have two friends in Auckland right now. One was a camp friend from Boston area and the other is from Auckland so yeah, let me know if you want to meet up with them as I'm sure they can show you around.
ReplyDelete-Tyler Depke
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ReplyDeleteGrip, grab! Pinch, nab!
And down down to Goblin-town
You go, my lad!
...say hello to Frodo for all of us...
Be safe my friend
-rob