Lo siento for my long absence of posts! I had computer problems and was without my laptop for 5 days... and at the risk of sounding pathetic, it felt like eternity! Luckily during that time I kept copious journal entries.... here are a couple highlights from the time you missed out on:
"30 de Junio, 2010
Buenos Aires gets the better of me everyday it seems! Just when I think I've adjusted it throws me another curve ball! I stand in the streets celebrating with the locals in my Argentina gear after the Mexico game, and on my way home my hat gets stolen by a bunch of kids! I opt to take the safe route home via colectivo instead of walking in the dark, only to find that my bus had just run over a pedestrian and will obviously not be transporting additional passengers! Still I try that same colectivo stop the next day, in broad daylight and with fool proof instructions, and somehow end up back at the station with an angry non-English speaking bus driver kicking me off to have a smoke break. And now! As I turn my computer no to skype my dad about backing up the info on my computer to make it virus/theft proof, I find the battery dead and refusing to charge. I feel like if I were any lesser of a person I would be falling apart right now, but in a pannicky way, I find it hilarious! WHO IS PLANNING THIS?
Here I am, 20 years old, done with college, and commencing my world travels with a 5 month stretch in Latin America! That even sounds ballsy to me at times. But not being able to check my emails scares the mierde out of me! I don't know what it says about our society that we've grown so close to our electronics that we can't stand on our own without them. When I made the discovery that my laptop was caput (mind you I stood there pushing the on-button over and over about 50,000 times somehow believing that the next time would wake it up... isn't that someone's definition of insanity? doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?) I was standing in the same place as the moment before, wearning the same clothes, surrounded by the same walls, in the same country as I was before. But all of the sudden I was naked and alone!... I don't feel like myself right now. I knew I was going to become a brand new me, but I liked the girl I was before. I was expecting an augmented version of her! Or maybe I'm just in a tight claustrophobic cacoon phase right now. I mean I can't expect to have wings like a butterfly after only 2 weeks can I? Or could it be that who we are really is entirely dependant on our environment and surroundings? Am I who I am only because of who I am to the people around me?"
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