Monday, September 8, 2008
the pull
When I talked about defermentt with folks some people always brought up the point that I would "start a life, get a job, start buying things, get rooted, and not want to ever go to college. I can see the appeal. I want to build a cargo bike. I want to get a job as a bike messenger. The owner of sunrise has practically offered to let me live in the second story of his garage. I want so many things that seem just within reach if I just stayed in the city. Therefore I must go. It is comfortable here, it is safe. Although most of my friends have left, a few really close ones remain. It would be so easy to stay here. It would be fun. I have to get one the road before I become stuck here, too in love with the people here and the life that could be mine. I must go I must go I must go I MUST GO!!!
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Go Alex! Bike with the wind and let only your passion for life guide you! Let free of your worldly possessions and be true only to thine self and none other! For if we do not have the freedom and liberty to our birth-right of exploring god's terrifyingly beautiful green earth with nothing but our bicycles nestled between the sweating, rigorous beating of our heart through the arteries in our luscious thighs, if we have not the pleasure of licking for ourselves the salt of the earth, of conquering mountains on iron steeds then we have not the straps on our boots, nor the skin on our backs, nor a heart in our chest.
I agree with Nick Ray.
Get the fuck out of that town.
-Henry
Wow. Nick ray,that was beautiful. I could not have said it better myself.
Henry! Good to see you on the interweb! Hows life treating you?
btwskies: i think you're ride should be named "Salt of the Earth" or "Salt 'o' the Earth." It seems appropriately epic.
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I'm doing well. College is pretty rad.
Hey, do you want to drop my tent at my house before you take off? that would be spectacular.
This blog is pretty neat-o. When do you hit the long and lonesome trail off to the majesty of the Great American Southwest?
Henry-
I can totally drop that tent off, If I can remember I'll do it tomorrow. Tentative have-everything-ready date is the 17th. I think I'll be leaving around the 20th.
Henry you are so poetic. College is teaching you well. Alex go learn how to build a house, then it'll be time for you to come back.
Amelia! welcome! Hows life? have you set off for evergreen yet?
too bad i'm not amelia frevert
gahh!! too many names that are the same. Why you all have unuasaul names like Alex? Ha.
In that case Amelia, hows madison?
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