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[Jul. 10th, 2009|12:25 pm] |
I'm always telling people that they should travel more and see the most exotic places they can get to, but I'm starting to think that maybe it isn't the best idea. The problem is that when you actually experience something first hand, it ruins any fantasy you have about a place, and that fantasy is often much better than the real thing. For example, I always figured that Vancouver Island was this vast uncharted primordial forest filled with mountains and bears, with very little human settlement. But I finally went there, and I drove all the way from Victoria to Nanaimo and the entire drive was filled with strip malls and fast food restaurants, and not really any places that could be considered uncharted or primordial. Turns out that Vancouver Island looks a lot like most of America, and there wasn't any time during the drive where I really felt that I might get lost anywhere. There were more Starbucks outlets in Naniamo than there are here in Juneau. Perhaps it would have been better to not have gone, and keep the fantasy alive you know? Everytime I actually go somewhere that I think is going to be really different, it is mostly the same old stuff. I've been thinking for a long time that I want to go to Madagascar and see primordial forest and get attacked my lemurs, and now I'm worried that it'll be nothing but mile after mile of McDonalds and car dealerships.
In other news, because semantics are important, I will no longer refer to the fact that I am incredibly bad at playing pool. Instead, I will claim that I am incredibly good at playing anti-pool. Please make a note of this. |
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