I was sitting in Landlady's backyard gazebo this morning, thinking about all the things I should report about my visit to this alien place they call a "city." The incredibly profligate use of electricity, for example: What's the point of lighting up the outside all night long, as if people won't be sleeping? How are you supposed to know when people are approaching your house when there are always people sounds all around? Sounds of approaching vehicles bounce off all these walls, so you can never tell where they're coming from! It's like, there's no security at all! There are roofs everywhere, and you can't see the horizon! This place is scary weird!
And then I thought, "You're the one that's gone scary weird, Joel."
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2 comments:
No Joel, you are not weird. I feel the same way in any city. Just gives me the creeps. And that's even if I am "allowed" to remain armed!
I can't figure out how ANYONE ever gets any sleep (or stays the least sane) with all those damed lights on, and cars, trucks, sirens and people next door shouting, dogs barking, airplanes and helicopters going overhead...
That's insane! And I don't intend ever to go back.
I live in,what is to me,a huge city(200,000-ish)-compared to the other places I've lived. It's a mistake I'm in the process of correcting. Cities just concentrate looniness-what I call The Lab Rat Effect. One or two rats in a cage,you have happy rats. Ten rats in a cage is a rat fight,with no real winners.
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