Excited

Well, it is official! I'm going to leave the country. I just booked a flight to the Ukraine. It's been a pretty interesting year, to say the least. I'm only anticipating what next year will be like.

It is unusual for me to feel scared. Tonight I actually think I was afraid of my first trip abroad. Then I realized it was mostly excitement, perhaps with a little anxiety. Anxious to get the fuck out of the US. I've lived here all my life and can't wait to get out. Can't wait to have a new perspective on the world. Provide evidence that we don't all support Bush or his administration. Prove to myself that I am as liberal and forward thinking as I think I am. Experience culture shock for the first time. Realize there IS more to the world than the bureaucratic bull shit I deal with daily and see first-hand what it might entail....I think my fear is that I'm wrong. Perhaps when I START to see the world I'll realize that the US is the place I belong and want to live the rest of my life as I have. I know one trip to the Ukraine probably isn't going to qualify as "SEEING" the whole world. Hopefully this is just the beginning.

While I anticipate living here all my life due to convenience, I'm taking this trip to reinforce that I don't want to live here all my life as I have. I need to experience other places and people so that I can bring a broader perspective to living that will make it worthwhile to exist in the US and be proud to be an American. So that when I say I live here it isn't JUST saying, "I live here and I'm proud to be an American." but to say it and mean that I live here and I'm proud to be an American that thinks differently because of my experiences. That I have experiences that have changed the way I see people. That I can see people without judgment and learn from them without a conservative bias or any bias at all.

I feel that if more people traveled with this intention the world would be a better place.

Well that was a good ramble and if you read it all I hope we can have a drunken discussion about it.

Till then.....More on squirrels later. Really, I promise.

iPhones Rule

ha! I can blog on my iPhone which I'm sure qualifies me for some craziness award and I'll take it.

Why will this work when all the others failed?

So. I've had tons of blogs in the past that have fallen to the wayside as I'm really busy day to day. But.....I'm pretty sure I need a new outlet to keep me from gossiping with other people in the building and keep me at my lab bench. And that brings me back to blogger. Woot. Lets hope it keeps me productive and you entertained. One out of two isn't half bad in my opinion. I'll probably offend everyone I can but at least this way I will not end up doing it to their or even your face. I like to save face if possible. So there you have it. I'm going to keep this short and go finish reading Ayn Rand's Fountainhead. I'll have to talk about this book in the future since I thought it was awesome....Yes, I'd have talked about it if I thought it was trash too but HA it wasn't.