five thousand shades of blue
Thursday, July 26, 2001
Adding interactivity seems to so far have been a positive thing. Yeay.
The scene: yesterday afternoon, here in the café. One of our male customers, typing furiously away at a computer, stops typing suddenly to turn and ask, "What city is this again?"
The three of us look at him as if he must be joking, but his earnest expression tells us he's not. "Eugene," one of us says. "
Oregon," another adds. He laughs and explains that he's from Indiana and has been on the road for about six weeks now, and has lost track of exactly where he is. I thought that sounded exciting but scary, and he said that yeah, it had its rough spots, but has been an awesome experience. I suddenly wished for the means and the opportunity to take off and see the world, or at least this country, and wondered briefly about the apparent discontent that indicated. But we've all had "run away and travel the world" adventure fantasies, haven't we?
On my way home, I passed the guy and his female companion, hitchhiking from a bus stop on W. 11th. I smiled.
is
this just not enough…?
