Living in the Twilight Zone

JanuaryBell

JanuaryBell

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Mar 28, 2015
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#1
There was a time earlier in my life where I felt like I was stuck working shitty retail jobs while living in east TX. I was the kid everyone thought was going to grow up nice and straightlaced and have a job, spouse, kids, blah. You get the picture. When everyone else was smoking or underage drinking, I was working on getting scholarships. But I turned out to be the blackest sheep of them all, especially in my family. And it had to do with me up and leaving one day on a bus to Seattle from Huntsville TX. And I've been traveling off and on ever since. Sometimes I travel to avoid rejection. Step on someone's toes for too long or a town gets too old. But I also travel to find a better community to belong to. I lived in co-op situations, squatted in Amherst with a large group of anarchists, and even lived in a tent city. And I wonder if there is alternate reality where I'm still living in that same place in east TX. Would I have died of boredom?
 
#4
Ha! I was the oldest child, totally shy and liked a kid named George Beadle. (who btw never knew that - asked him at a reunion) and the way the teachers had the desks set up was according to your grades. Well ole George had the highest grades and the only way to sit near him was to have my grades up there as well. My wild streak came out in my Senior year - was more involved in quarry parties and hitchhiking. hehe thank goodness I had completed all courses required by the end of junior year - still graduated like 21 out of 245 Regents. And then proceeded to dive further into that black sheep area. I had other interests other than what was expected of me (go to college after HS) and so the other kids in the family did the "correct" thing with the college then the carreer then the family. I didn't get off that black sheep list till some years ago. ;) And I feel for you on the boredom. I seem to have a thing for not doing something twice... Anyway - Hey great introduction and hope you run into some the members here on your travels!
 
#6
Definitely appreciate the quote. It's the reason why I've been avoiding big cities lately. Too many faceless zombies going to and from somewhere on the transit, mostly on autopilot. Some of the best times I had was where I was walking somewhere out in the countryside on a route and taking in the scenery.
 
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