All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. Without it no species would survive. -Yann Martel “Life of Pi”
Back in Welly for the moment and moving on soon.
Wow it has been a long, long time since I have accually wrote anything up on this. It makes me feel so lazy when I look at this page…well calling it lazy is a bit harsh because I do sometimes update the header picture or very occasionally update with a video, but alas, I have realized I am just not a writer. I have tried to keep a daily journal where I would jot the tid bits down at the end of the day but it turns out to be a bit of jotting once every other month. And Im always loosing the damb thing.
This sort of reminds me of when two old friends reunite after a long absence and begin to delve into each others lives once again…you and I are, at this moment, doing the same. It is just completely one sided and when everyone (if anyone) will read it, it will be not until the next day or week or month. But in a way, we are now being connected once again.
If you are not my parents or my brother or sister…you may not know a whole lot of what I have been up to this past year. Like I before mentioned, I am not a writer so it is hard for me to write what its like living in another country for a year of my life. Its hard to put down with clarity the strangeness, excitement, beauty, and unfamiliarities of this place. There will most likely never be a book published about my travels, only a hand full of pictures and a few tapes worth of video clips that express some of the places and people along the way, but in no way, shape or form will it capture the emotions, thoughts, and even growth of a person. I do feel that New Zealand has changed me. I dont know if it would have been any different if I would have ventured to another place but I dont care, I like what has happened here.
4 Responses to “The Next Few Months…”
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October 26th, 2006 at 8:45 am
It is really tough to keep up a blog like this, especially when you have so many other things on your mind. But don’t worry about it, I think you make up for quantity with the exceptional quality of your posts.
October 31st, 2006 at 6:22 pm
i completly agree especially when there is peer presure like me that wants to stalk u via website
November 26th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
i like what has happened here too.
December 29th, 2006 at 9:03 am
I have always wanted to make detailed writeups of the places I have visited, but, I never get it done. There is no doubt that words cannot capture the emotions and experiences we go through.