still alive.

Sep 14, 2003 12:31

Many things have changed since my last entry on here, and time has flown by! It's already been over a month. Well, I'm now living in a place that's somehow very very different from what I'm used to, but at the same time it's pretty much the same life ( Read more... )

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sbeth76 September 14 2003, 10:23:59 UTC
yeah, welcome.

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elcorazonde September 14 2003, 10:48:58 UTC
welcome to the united states of america.

this is why i want to leave..san diego is exactly like that

you have a good head on your shoulders- and im not saying this because you are my friend. two years will go by fast.

anytime you need to talk- call me ok?

love,
milinda

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drivelikejehn September 14 2003, 11:34:07 UTC
some thoughts.

1) cars. you live in one of the vanity capitals of the world (Miami Beach, FL being the mecca of egocentrism and extreme vanity). you said it yourself--you are able to ride your bike and get around without your car. naturally, the people who ARE driving are doing so to show off, not out of necessity. this is a very regional thing; places with subways/good public transit dont require cars, namely east coast metropolitan cities (suburbs being excluded). the opposite is true on the west coast, where there is little ability to ride your bike where you need to go due to the enormous size of the city in miles. where 1 in 150 people drive a car to show off their wealth and leisure, the rest of us do so to get to work, school, etc ( ... )

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dambo September 14 2003, 20:35:58 UTC
I was not pretending to descrive the whole of the US, I could not. I was just describing the little world around me.

1- I don't live in Miami. SUVs are the most ridiculous and wasteful "vehicle" that could exist, and I don't think only FL has SUVs. I know that the north-east has more public transportation...just more than this, it doesn't take that much.

2- I live in the 4th football town of the US. The whole of the US academic world stresses the importance of sports though: sports don't exist at universities in Europe. If you have to pass a guy just because he's in a team, it sounds a little silly to me...but maybe not to everybody.

3- From what I heard, this is the best college in FL, and the smartest students of the state come here. Then there's a whole fan population that adds to that during game days.

I doubt that chain-stores would disappear if I visited some other state or place...chain-stores are the core of the US economic system...in other countries, you know the US has arrived when you see Mc Donald's & Co.

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jocelinde September 14 2003, 15:08:06 UTC
you have it all figured out. america in a nutshell. cars are cruisers and nothing more, you are right. but im glad you can see past this shit and not let it bother you. i guess you knew what to expect.

come to boston!

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dambo September 14 2003, 20:17:22 UTC
I would REALLY love to come to Boston...but I won't get paid until October 3rd, and I can't miss a single day of class (and work), so I would need holidays to come.

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theusualemotion September 16 2003, 18:29:16 UTC
It's so weird to see someone's perspective of America that isn't from here. Most of what you said I agree with, but I don't know any better, you know? I think that's how most people are. I enjoyed reading about Gainesville (and America) from a different view point, though.

Anyway, I saw you're on the gainesvillerun community. If you want to run at some point, let me know. I'm just getting back into shape and at this point I'm running 4-6 miles...wait 6-10 km...at a 4-4:15 min/km pace.

-jeff

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dambo September 17 2003, 06:38:56 UTC
hey Jeff,

thanks a lot for commenting!

Yes, I would really love to run! I'm afraid I'd be too slow for you though, even if you're getting back into shape! hehe

I've never reallu run on a regular basis (in Italy there's definitely not as many runners on the streets!), even though I've played sports all my life...and now I need to swim and run!

So I'll probably start by swimming and maybe later on run too...but if you're going to have a "soft" run please let me know! hehe 371.9849

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