June 27, 2005

• Even modulo the trip I'm on, I haven't had much to say. I haven't written much actual *writing.*

  I'm in a crop-rotation period. The photography gets the seriousness for
  now. I don't have much to show for it, especially not here on xanga,
  but I might later.

  Part of being me is a lack of reciprocity. I find it hard to go and
  comment on other people's 'blogs, to even really read much. Especially,
  like I say, at the moment, when my mind is on many other things. I'm
  not going to apologize for being a bad 'blog-mate (that's a term I just
  coined. Yay.), but to say that I generally suck at the social aspects
  of things.

  Being at this big-ol' party has put this aspect of me into sharp
  relief. It helps that many of the folks here are similarly-wired, and
  so I get to watch them be awkward, and be awkward in return. That's the
  reason the risk is worth it.

  I also find it hard to resist the idea of a long, long road trip. But
  that's another matter entirely. One day I think I'm going to write a
  book: 'How To Travel Alone If You Don't Like Being Around People.' In
  it, I'll instruct people to eat at drive-thrus and stay at National
  Forest campsites (and how to choose the most isolated one). Choose a
  camper shell over an RV, because RV people assume you're their friend.
  Cultivate an appearance that effectively blends the notion that you're
  a nice guy, but you might be carrying a loaded revolver. That sort of
  thing.

  • 3:21 pm
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