Let me preface this post by saying that it is not anticonsumerism or antiUS…got that Washington….get out my grill! I’ve been back in the States for almost three days. To my surprise I have not wrestled with being back as bad as I did my first trip. I hated everything my first time back…the fat people, the food and the malls…all of it. I was at the mall today and I didn’t have the urge to set it on fire. I have no problems with malls, at least not any more than I did before my trip. Here’s the thing…I have just about zero dollars…I want a lot more…I need a lot more…but without money it is quite hard to leave your house in Claremont. Even if I want to go to the village I have to sit on a bench and either stare at a storefront or a nondescript road. The only parks are super small and tucked away in weird parts of town and lack any usable seating. The colleges aren’t a bad though, so there is that option.
All places where people gather here on the raggedy edge of the Inland Empire are shopping centers. The coffee shop I went to today was right next to a target and cleanest and brightest non-shop in the area was the newly paved parking lot. Take the Claremont village, a place design for people to gather and spend some time, maybe a car show or a just a walk around but to expand the village they added stores. There is no place in the village where you can come and sit and read, without buying anything. However, you are surround by shops and soon just want to buy something. The plazas in Cusco are much bigger and are centered about just being a plaza, a place where people meet, sit, take pictures, and yes spend money. There are businesses in every plaza…but they are not businesses are not all that you notice when in a plaza, but the village isn’t the village, it becomes 21 Choices, Yogurt Land, The Grill or Rhino. (Sorry if these names don’t mean anything) I’m not declaring one better than the other, only making an observation...interesting, eh, by?
I went in for my writing sample today at ULV and it seemed easy…hopefully I didn’t mess it all up. I have my interview next Wed. which means I have nothing to do for a week…which sucks…that means I’m going to want to spend money and I have nothing. I’d rather have no time to spend money because I’m too busy working and making money. I think I applied for a subbing job in Chino but I don’t know if I’ll get it or not….
Random Factoid:The Brits don't use a Z in the word organization...they write organisation...wierd!
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