Bahamas: Day Eight
Day 8 (Jan 3): The Big Nothing
Today was slowly slow slow chill slow inside slow.
Woke up early-ish, and did little-to-nothing all day. Games, Planet Earth, seeing off Gussy & co, reading, and being a slug. It's too cold and windy (still) to spend much time outside, so we stayed in. I went to try to fix someone's computer at some point (failed), and tried to do some trivia at Capn' Jack's (failed (got 1 pt out of 23.5-yeesh)). I finished the night up with picking up Harry Potter 7 and reading to the wedding until well after the others went to bed.
Since this entry was glancing, I'm going to go through some random general things that I don't think I've said yet. The Bahamas is not terribly well known for its food-there is a reason for this. Despite all the other wonderful things about the area, I could never live here for any real length of time because of this. On that note, it would be possible for me to quit school to be a house-call tech-support guy for the island-as little as I know, a number of them think I'm a god. The entire north end of the island allows no cars-golf carts, bikes, and pedestrians only. I only wore shoes three times over two days while I was here. I really, really, really need to write thank-you notes for Willy (Christen's dad), Barbera (mom), and her grandparents-bother me about this until I do. Christen's family (herself included) make me want to be a Mac/Chu. Why is the funnest game around here the "annoy the Christen" game? The water is so clear here and the sand is so nice that I don't think I'll ever have the same fun from a beach unless it compares. Living primarily without internet would not be that hard, but I would be sad to lack the communication with others. Then again, this would force me to actually call people to talk more-but would I actually do it? It is extremely possible, with enough planning and luck/networking, to go anywhere in the world for a while on a relatively small budget-Lauren has taught me this. It mostly relies on long-term planning for cheap transportation and having someone you know living near where you want to go. Photography is fun-I'm going to get a camera after a while and take some classes. All the fresh water on the island is imported, so water conservation is paramount. One of the golden rules of the Bahamas: if it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down. This is even followed in public toilets. Everything is really expensive here because of the difficulty to import-a jar of PB is $4, a can of normal campbell's soup is $3. However, there is no tax on anything. Power-outs are frequent here from the one power line from the main island being disturbed for one reason or another (an average of two for every three days). This has happened a few evenings, and this has led to this revelation: the stars are goddamn beautiful. Never have I seen no many. Never will I look at them the same way again.
That's enough for now.
Today was slowly slow slow chill slow inside slow.
Woke up early-ish, and did little-to-nothing all day. Games, Planet Earth, seeing off Gussy & co, reading, and being a slug. It's too cold and windy (still) to spend much time outside, so we stayed in. I went to try to fix someone's computer at some point (failed), and tried to do some trivia at Capn' Jack's (failed (got 1 pt out of 23.5-yeesh)). I finished the night up with picking up Harry Potter 7 and reading to the wedding until well after the others went to bed.
Since this entry was glancing, I'm going to go through some random general things that I don't think I've said yet. The Bahamas is not terribly well known for its food-there is a reason for this. Despite all the other wonderful things about the area, I could never live here for any real length of time because of this. On that note, it would be possible for me to quit school to be a house-call tech-support guy for the island-as little as I know, a number of them think I'm a god. The entire north end of the island allows no cars-golf carts, bikes, and pedestrians only. I only wore shoes three times over two days while I was here. I really, really, really need to write thank-you notes for Willy (Christen's dad), Barbera (mom), and her grandparents-bother me about this until I do. Christen's family (herself included) make me want to be a Mac/Chu. Why is the funnest game around here the "annoy the Christen" game? The water is so clear here and the sand is so nice that I don't think I'll ever have the same fun from a beach unless it compares. Living primarily without internet would not be that hard, but I would be sad to lack the communication with others. Then again, this would force me to actually call people to talk more-but would I actually do it? It is extremely possible, with enough planning and luck/networking, to go anywhere in the world for a while on a relatively small budget-Lauren has taught me this. It mostly relies on long-term planning for cheap transportation and having someone you know living near where you want to go. Photography is fun-I'm going to get a camera after a while and take some classes. All the fresh water on the island is imported, so water conservation is paramount. One of the golden rules of the Bahamas: if it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down. This is even followed in public toilets. Everything is really expensive here because of the difficulty to import-a jar of PB is $4, a can of normal campbell's soup is $3. However, there is no tax on anything. Power-outs are frequent here from the one power line from the main island being disturbed for one reason or another (an average of two for every three days). This has happened a few evenings, and this has led to this revelation: the stars are goddamn beautiful. Never have I seen no many. Never will I look at them the same way again.
That's enough for now.