DAYS GONE BY

Soooo.... Long time eh?  Well LOT'S has happened... and recently I was reading a really fun blog... and thought,"Wait, don't I have a blog?"  "YEAH!" And it was always so fun to have it as a release... so here goes... I'm back!

Where to start... I moved to Curacao... and yes, that picture is actually what it looks like... un-friggin-believable!  I think the biggest difference between living in the US (otherwise known as the "World's Most Largest Biggest Stinkin' Hampster Wheel") and a caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela is the lifestyle... 

My new BFF said (in her broken English mixed with Dutch, we'll call it... Dinglish?) of the US that it's so competitive, it's one big competition... interesting new way of saying the old adage "keeping up with the Jones'."  And she couldn't be more right. I didn't know that that concept really had infected every moment, every intention, every motivation.  Faster, Bigger, Further, More more more.... ahhh.  

Here people live for "fucking off."  When can they sit... just sit.  I asked once what there was to do at a particular location... and the response was "sit... and lounge (another word for sitting)... oh and drink... or chat."  So basically sitting was the new activity I needed to learn.  So to practice I went and purchased a Hammock.  And with my "handy" drill.... hang that baby between two posts on my porch and SAT.   Just sat, no drink, no book, no electronic device (computer, ipod, iphone or kindle).   The conclusion: sitting is a wonderful pastime... and a close second is cloud watching... this is terrifically splendid.  But I digress... as in the 7 months of living here s I've now learned LOTS of new things... relaxing, drinking, dancing... to name a few.  

That said... I should probably get back to it... there is a cold beer, waiting by a lonely hammock swinging in the breeze and clouds just itching to be watched....