Ernie the Attorney, my gracious host in New Orleans, is back in
the US after traveling to Panama. Interesting
contrast, the third-world country is far more
accomodating than the first-world.
My heart is still in New Orleans. California
seems unexciting in comparison. I was
shopping yesterday at a local supermarket and
everyone was so unhappy. This wasn't at all
like New Orleans, where the line at the
supermarket would be buzzing with news and
ideas and hope. And humor too. There's
nothing like a good disaster to remind you of
your frail humanity and how important we are
to each other. It reminds me a little of what
it was like in the Bay Area after the
earthquake (I can never remember if it was 87
or 89).
Life was an adventure. Why can't it always be
so? Why do we, who have so much, appreciate
it so little? I walk around Berkeley and
revel at how well things work. In New Orleans
they're proud when a new traffic light comes
online. Now, will it last? That's what I want
to know. I envy Ernie because he knows what
he's doing, he's rebuilding an important and
beautiful city. In comparison, my life feels
so humdrum. I want something glorious to do!
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Ernie the Attorney, my gracious host in New Orleans, is back in the US after traveling to Panama. Interesting contrast, the third-world country is far more accomodating than the first-world.
My heart is still in New Orleans. California seems unexciting in comparison. I was shopping yesterday at a local supermarket and everyone was so unhappy. This wasn't at all like New Orleans, where the line at the supermarket would be buzzing with news and ideas and hope. And humor too. There's nothing like a good disaster to remind you of your frail humanity and how important we are to each other. It reminds me a little of what it was like in the Bay Area after the earthquake (I can never remember if it was 87 or 89).
Life was an adventure. Why can't it always be so? Why do we, who have so much, appreciate it so little? I walk around Berkeley and revel at how well things work. In New Orleans they're proud when a new traffic light comes online. Now, will it last? That's what I want to know. I envy Ernie because he knows what he's doing, he's rebuilding an important and beautiful city. In comparison, my life feels so humdrum. I want something glorious to do!
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