i kind of have this social experiment that i have been bouncing around in. i keep trying to see how much technology i can live without. this is the year of no television in my apartment. in the beginning i thought "right on - there goes some mindless time that i can put to better use" but then i discovered that i wasn't learning about life without television, i was just learning the art of being patient when it came to television. i would just wait for whatever show i was interested in to make it's way to internet land and then sit in front of my computer instead of the t.v.
i had been sneaking my internet from my neighbors but they came over last month to tell me that they were moving to japan which meant no more internet from them. i then made the decision to say no to internet also. which has really led me to the land of no more mindless technology.
all that to say here i sit in starbucks getting internet tonight.
two homeless men came an hour ago. we have had on and off conversations since they came in. i like these men. i feel like they are kinder then anyone else in here. for some reason they pour out genuineness and i feel like they full of wisdom - the kind of wisdom that comes from living through hardness - the kind of wisdom i trust.
i want to say that these men were completely beautiful and blessed me deeply.
happy 3rd day of spring. somewhere in there it almost seems worth all the harsh harsh months of cold to be able to see the city slowly blossoming back to life.
last weekend i almost died by acid avocado. it was a close call and it was ugly. the lesson that might have been learned is that gluttony of avocado = acid stomach by avocado. not a easy lesson learned and if i'm going to be honest not a complete lesson learned. in the midst of all the sick i was able to start little seeds that will blossom into goodness. if you happen to stop by please be on the look out for...
mint
basil
lavender
nothing in me wants to be inside. yesterday i spent five hours doing school work in a coffee shop as the sunshine filled the earth outside. i think that a little bit of my soul was crushed because of it.
don't worry though. brittany came into town later that night and ellen came out to party and we walked over to the art cafe to fill ourselves with crepes and wine and my soul was restored.
lately i think that i might start to seriously consider quiting life in chicago and going to live with lykke li in stockholm.
tell me that wouldn't be the life.
in the name of spring i will leave you with a spring quote of inspiration.
"when the first warm days of spring arrived, I only existed through the five school days each week in order to really live on Saturdays. I would be off early every Saturday morning to the river, the woods or the surrounding hills to see what nature was doing about bringing the earth back to life, and to revel in all the changes that had taken place since the week before." ...stalking the wild asparagus... euell gibbons
