Daffy
I leave in 3 days for Europe. Aside from seeing the motherland with the family, I'm traveling solo to France to see Paris and the Normandy Beaches. Alone, and I'm freaking out because even though I have my route planned out and addresses and phone numbers written down and my credit card to buy those tacky Eiffel Tower statues, I'm alone through it all. And I keep reminding myself what Leonardo Dicaprio said in The Beach, "And as for traveling alone...fuck it. If that's the way it has to be, that's the way it is." And then I think I'll meet a French girl and get in loads of trouble but that's just my dreamer side of me dreaming up dreams again.
Tom says that I could do a little soul searching while I'm there because when you're alone on a journey, that's what you're suppose to do. Discover who you are. And I'm thinking, But I already did that and I discovered I'm a lonely, pitiful creature. A black sheep. A liar. All I could hope to discover is some life altering event that will open my eyes wider than they've ever been before and push me to be better. Just better. Or at the least some inspiration for the speech I will have to say at his wedding. I will keep in mind though another Leo thought: ...never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.
I don't know. When I started writing this post, I had a point to make and even though this is paragraph number 3 you now read, I haven't made it yet. Now I can't remember it. Too many things to put on my "to do" list before I go which I won't do until the last day anyway. Maybe it was just to let you all know I'll be gone for awhile.
I leave Thursday. I come back the first.
Tom says that I could do a little soul searching while I'm there because when you're alone on a journey, that's what you're suppose to do. Discover who you are. And I'm thinking, But I already did that and I discovered I'm a lonely, pitiful creature. A black sheep. A liar. All I could hope to discover is some life altering event that will open my eyes wider than they've ever been before and push me to be better. Just better. Or at the least some inspiration for the speech I will have to say at his wedding. I will keep in mind though another Leo thought: ...never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.
I don't know. When I started writing this post, I had a point to make and even though this is paragraph number 3 you now read, I haven't made it yet. Now I can't remember it. Too many things to put on my "to do" list before I go which I won't do until the last day anyway. Maybe it was just to let you all know I'll be gone for awhile.
I leave Thursday. I come back the first.