Recently I've been thinking about getting out of the rat race. I was thinking I could return to the wild. I could find a secluded spot off the freeway, and live off apple cores people threw out the window.
Barney: My name is Barney, and I'm an alcoholic.
Clerk: I feel for you, pally, but, uh, you want AA -- this is
Triple A.
Homer: Oh. My name is Homer, and I'm planning a trip to St.
Louis.
Clerk: East St. Louis?
Homer: Is there any other?
...does this country look exactly the same wherever you are. I'm not saying I've been everywhere, hell I've really not been anywhere, but where I've been ALL LOOKS THE DAMN SAME.
Lets look at a list of the places I've been:
There is something called "The Mediocrity Principle" in physics which states that no place in the universe is any better than another place. This is sort of comforting, in that I don't have to care about where I live now, since it's all the same. It also sort of supports my theory that everywhere really is the same.
I started noticing that everything looks the same about 2 business trips ago. Everywhere you go there are interstates, and off the interstates is sprawl. As far as I can see, when you get near an urban area you get shit. You get McDonalds, Best Buys, Starbucks, Malls, Billboards, and traffic. I would like some relief of this, but I have no idea how to go about it. I know that these places have to have some redeeming qualities, but how can I find them? Please dear reader, you must give me tips so I don't loose fait that this country is just one huge strip-mall.
If I were presedent, I'd make it into a reality show... as much as I could. I know that cameras wouldn't be allowed into certain meetings, but I think if cameras were to follow a presedent around we, the American public would be able to get a more intimate look at our president. We wouldn't feel so outside of our government, and the president wouldn't be so damn crooked.