2.17.2005

go where your going to

I think I'm going to drive to the mountains and live there for a year. Get in touch with nature for kicks. It would be quite a trip to sit on top of the world without a care. I could take down a grizzly bear with my bare hands and wrestle mountain lions. That's a skill all men need. The ability to wrestle with nature's giants. I'm still reading Wild at Heart and I like it a lot. People do look tired, aggravated, and bored with who they are, as the author says. I don't think we were really built to sit at office desks all day. It seems less than adventurous to me. Being a CEO is exciting, but living as a savage in the wilderness provides for better stories. A CEO can tell a story like, "I introduced myself to the interns today and caught one of them looking at porn." That's probably the most exciting thing that will happen to him in months. A wild man can say, "I took down a pack of wolves today with my pinky." That's sweet.

Once I finish college I'm moving straight to the outback equipped only with a pair of shoes and a big knife. I'll document my adventures on the sides of cave walls and conquer the wild. When I return I'll write a bestseller about my trek through the wilderness and some big CEO will buy it with feelings of nostalgia for his childhood.

I'm going to start looking at everyone as if they were a child. I can't judge children or question their laughter. It's a pure form of innocence. I like looking at people laughing and imagine them as a kid laughing. It makes me laugh too, which sort of freaks people out and then I laugh harder. The funniest thing in the world is peoples ignorance towards others. Everyone's egotistical, some more than others. We are always the first thing in our minds. You cannot deny that.

3 Comments:

Blogger Lil McGill said...

read Into the Wild by Jon Krakouer. fierce wonder and beauty in the alaskan frontier. but do not be discouraged.

7:55 PM

 
Blogger Lil McGill said...

yes, it is~i loved it because it was such an illustration of the strength of this man, of nature.

11:54 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

jack jack, of course everybody's egotistical it's the reason we've been around so long....why do you think all those fuckin' dinosaurs died? they started caring about everybody else. duh, its like, in the history books.

8:34 PM

 

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