travel with family

good to see them other things have happened will process and inform...

family

finally arrived to the outer banks to spend some time with the family. posts will be light for the next few days as every day will be more or less the same thing sleep wake beach drink run dinner talk tv sleep repeat. looking forward to the monotony of relaxation.

airports

sitting in an airport waiting with a three hour layover for the next flight and i found a free internet hub so i decided to sit and write a bit. There is a really cool keyboard theat is perhaps the single most industrial thing that i have ever encountered. I kind of want one for the home. I am going to take a photo and perhaps get it posted later on today so you to can witness the brilliance of this thing. Not only does it look sleek but it has a good feel and is nice to type on.

cost

trying today to save a few dollars for a friend. It really sucks how the phone/internet/tv companies in the US have you by the short and curlies. I cant cancel their service without paying a fee and I cant get he new deals offered for customers either. so basically once you sign up thats it no good will come of it, it is a crazy way to try to do business. Anyways I will try to figure out the ways to get out of the contracts and save as the land line is redundant and the cable tv is just silly.

firework

Didnt see a single firework this year and quite frankly thats ok with me.
How did the explosions get to be associated with Independence? Wouldnt something else be more fitting. Anyways I am really looking forward to seeing my family and and getting to play on the beach and swim in the ocean. Time with people who are not your family is really hard there is so many things that are not reasonable from my standpoint yet as a guest I am unable to say anything about it. At any rate I will be content to sleep on the floor of a house that is filled with strangeness that I know. Really what I want most is to go back to beijing and sleep in my own house where I neednt deal with anyone. It is bliss to be on my own terms. soon.

travel

I left the country this week. Odd how easy it is to get into and out of the neighbors it is. When going into mexico they didnt ask me anything just a few signs that say welcome and have a safe trip, and on the way back the only question was are you a US citizen. No proof nothing just my word. Seems odd that the rules are so strict when flying in but so easy when there is overland travel involved. Other than that it is hot still. Went running last night at 9 pm and it was still 94 degrees. Unbelievable that it can maintain that heat for this long. I have begun to wonder why do people live in this willingly. Also while in transit I was noticing the mirages on the road and wondered what it is that caused them? They certainly are beautiful and mysterious. They actually reflect the image of oncoming traffic which means that they are not just in the mind. I will have to look into then more and find out the truth.

economics

I have been talking to people here in the US and I seem to be missing something. I realize that I am only one person but I have yet to encounter anyone who is being hurt by the economic recession. It seems as f the world keeps marching on. The malls are full of shoppers the stores have buyers and people keep oing to work. Reading the news from china I expected there to be a vast wasteland of zombie unemployed wandering the streets but that just isnt the case. Which I am glad to see. Though I must admit I wanted the zombie unemployed for pictures sake alas cant have everything.

Oh and wacko is dead. Why do we have 30 minute specials on him and that other lady but we dont even get two minutes a night for the troops and soldiers and regular people that contribute to making this country and world better? And why is he all of the sudden a saint, wasnt he in hiding because he was a pedophile weirdo that had serious issues? Watch the news about wacko and you would think the guy was father theresa.

run

I went running the other day. I often go for a run but here in the US something struck me that I hadnt thought about until I was going along. I know that there is a big push for health care reform and single payer insurance and that it is sad that the richest nation on the planet has people that can not afford to be insured , however there has to be some repercussions for the people who refuse to take care of themselves. I am not talking about a few extra pounds, hell I carry about 10 myself, I am talking about the obese. There must be some system put into place where they are made to be responsible for their own health. If not what is the point? I dont think that the chronically sick should be denied coverage nor should the obese but should they pay the same premiums and co-pays as those of us who regularly exercise and eat well? What if there is a public health care and I decide to take hard drugs to excess isnt that nearly the same? Should you all be responsible for me? Drunk driving and accidents will that be covered? it is really hard for me because I want the whole population to be covered and I wouldnt mind the private insurance companies going out of business but I am really opposed to rewarding bad behavior or at least mitigating the punishment for it. There must be an easy way I havent thought of yet. I will work on it.

tired

Recently I have been really tired all day long. I think it might be because I have been eating 3 times a day. Not only do I feel lethargic but also bloated. I think I will go back to 1 or 2 meals a day and see how that treats me. Just not feeling healthy these days. Every meal is huge and loaded with fried thing I have tried to go the salad route but even the salads are chock full of cheese and croutons not to mention he cream dressing and so on. Hopefully I will feel better when the meals get cut.

vast

got into the car of a friend today and traveled for a 2 hours from one city to the next and realized again how vast this country is. I made so little progress towards my destination and so little of a dent on the map generaly that it is kind of scary that all of this land is administered by the same government. On the other hand when i arrived to the destination it was basically the same city repeated. The sameness of cities across the US is not something that is one of our better achievements. Just some stuff i thought about as I looked out the windows. Also glad not to be in Iran right now.