I’ve alluded to my Internet habit before. I believe that I couched it in terms of “research.” I navigate the blogosphere so that my passengers can better navigate the world. I want to be able to answer their questions about their destinations. I want to be able to give them direction, wherever they are going. It all sounds very noble.
But the truth is, I read two kinds of blogs. There are the travel blogs and there are the “journey” blogs. Both are important.
I get itineraries and ideas from travel bloggers like Janette Griffiths (check out her exposé on Stephen King’s Maine). I get another kind of more global inspiration from journallers like Phd candidate Jon Chui. His blog is now defunct, but I’m making my way through his archives, following him as he develops his skills as a researcher, artist and athlete. There is something very comforting about Mr. Chui, who has this to say about a roadblock in his scientific research, to which he has devoted years: “This summer I found out why what I have been working on does not work, which led to turning the page to a fresh project.” It’s like saying that you fell off your bike only to realize that you’d been going the wrong way anyway, so thank goodness. I wish I had half of his awareness mixed with an ounce of Janette Griffiths’ savvy. I mean, I’m a pretty good service attendant now, but that would bump me up a class or two. There wouldn’t be a question I couldn’t answer. Passengers would request me by name. Oh, wait, they already do.
I leave you with a video that I stole from the Fashion Made Me Funky blog, just cuz it’s cute and there is Scrabble and it is finally really truly spring.
Bisous !
