Pond Hopping

Sorry it’s been so long since my last post everyone,  I’ve been having a nice vacation.

I have been doing lots of thinking about myself and where I want to end up and other such deep important things.  I talked earlier about never quite feeling at home, and I think a lot of that traces back to my childhood, but one thing I didn’t talk about is how I sometimes get overcome with this insatiable wanderlust.  I got hit with another bout of it yesterday morning, so I grabbed my camera and started walking.  Ended up somewhere in downtown troy, doing some urban exploring and snapping shots for my art project as I went.  I had a blast.  One byproduct of all this wandering and thinking and such, is that I’m not sure that I want to stay in America anymore.

Now I’m sure most of you are thinking “Aaron, you are crazy and young and dont know what you are talking about.”, but there’s a lot that went into this particular musing, besides my desire to wander and see the world.  I’m not sure that America is the best fit for me.  I can already say that the number of states I would ever consider living in is quite small.  Pretty much limited to NY, FL, or CA.  I’m a very socially liberal person,  an outspoken atheist, and need the constant stimulation of a bustling city to keep me from going insane from boredom.  That pretty much rules out any red state, anything in the bible belt, or anywhere cold and/or desolate.  Let’s not even get into how concerned I am about the future of our country’s economy, and my intense dislike of the lack of free thinking that prevails throughout the majority of the united states.  For hell’s sake, a good 40% of americans still refuse to accept evolution as the best current model to explain life on earth.  There are 5 states in which I could not hold public office due to my lack of religious beliefs!  This doesn’t sit well with me, especially seeing what our country was founded on…

So yeah.  I’m seriously considering hopping the pond when I’m done with school.  The two places I am looking at the moment are New Zealand, and Great Britain.  If anyone has traveled to, or lives in one of these places (here’s looking at you Joely and Caireen), I’d love if you would shoot me an email at toasterferret@gmail.com and fill me in on anything you think I should know.  Feel free to also shoot me mail with any questions, I can talk ad nauseum about just why I want to GTFO of america, as well as why I’m looking at the places I am.

Until later, peace.