Well.. once again it's 4:15 AM and I'm updating my journal.
Today was probably the most memorable day of my trip.
If you needed one reason to move to Berlin it would definitely be the music and the clubs. I am in love with Tresor, and happy that I got to go there before it shuts down in a couple weeks. Imagine a big, dark, dirty, hot, loud, completely packed, and banging club filled with people who dance the whole time and DJ's who don't fuck around.. and you have sort of the idea of what Tresor is like. Places like that are what made me fall in love with electronic music, dancing, and that whole scene in general. I love being somewhere where the music is so loud that it passes through your whole body, where you can get lost in the crowd and be anonymous. That's my kind of place. Unfortunately the one bad thing I have to say is GOD DAMN HOLY SHIT it's fucking unbearably smoky in there. I don't think I've ever inhaled so much cigarette smoke in my whole life. Anyhow.. I didn't let it spoil the experience.
I went to a rad underground punk shop today and got a few cool little things. A funny patch that's very appropriate for me that I'll post a pic of once I get home and can upload my pics from my camera. I also got to check out the cute little vegan grocery store here in Berlin. I'm going to go back before I leave to get snacks for my painfully long flight back to the states.
From the stars, the problems on earth are small and insignificant. I think the most amazing and important part of traveling, and what makes doing things like this so important is the perspective it gives you on your whole life. When you're able to step back from it all, it's much easier to see the trivial matters for what they are and appreciate the things that are truly important. For me those most important things are the connections I've made with certain people throughout my life... and well.. not much aside from that matters too much.
Additionally, traveling makes me realize how much growing I have left to do before I can even begin to call myself accomplished, mature, or cultured. We live in our little worlds interacting with people who are relatively on the same level as we are, and if you do that long enough you lose sight of how many options there are out there for you and suddenly growth that would see small in this sea of options seems like a big accomplishment. And then you step outside of that zone of familiarity and the world slaps you in the face. But this shocking reality isn't like cold water in your face when you're asleep, but more like looking up from the pages of a book you were so intently reading to realize that while you were so entranced by the story a circus of life has sprung up around you. You have to put the book down every once in a while.
Anyhow, Let's just say that I feel blessed to be so lacking in so many accomplishments. It just means I have more to look forward to.
And now that I've babbled long enough, I'm off to bed. Good night Pacific Standard Time, and Good night SG.
xox
Today was probably the most memorable day of my trip.
If you needed one reason to move to Berlin it would definitely be the music and the clubs. I am in love with Tresor, and happy that I got to go there before it shuts down in a couple weeks. Imagine a big, dark, dirty, hot, loud, completely packed, and banging club filled with people who dance the whole time and DJ's who don't fuck around.. and you have sort of the idea of what Tresor is like. Places like that are what made me fall in love with electronic music, dancing, and that whole scene in general. I love being somewhere where the music is so loud that it passes through your whole body, where you can get lost in the crowd and be anonymous. That's my kind of place. Unfortunately the one bad thing I have to say is GOD DAMN HOLY SHIT it's fucking unbearably smoky in there. I don't think I've ever inhaled so much cigarette smoke in my whole life. Anyhow.. I didn't let it spoil the experience.
I went to a rad underground punk shop today and got a few cool little things. A funny patch that's very appropriate for me that I'll post a pic of once I get home and can upload my pics from my camera. I also got to check out the cute little vegan grocery store here in Berlin. I'm going to go back before I leave to get snacks for my painfully long flight back to the states.
From the stars, the problems on earth are small and insignificant. I think the most amazing and important part of traveling, and what makes doing things like this so important is the perspective it gives you on your whole life. When you're able to step back from it all, it's much easier to see the trivial matters for what they are and appreciate the things that are truly important. For me those most important things are the connections I've made with certain people throughout my life... and well.. not much aside from that matters too much.
Additionally, traveling makes me realize how much growing I have left to do before I can even begin to call myself accomplished, mature, or cultured. We live in our little worlds interacting with people who are relatively on the same level as we are, and if you do that long enough you lose sight of how many options there are out there for you and suddenly growth that would see small in this sea of options seems like a big accomplishment. And then you step outside of that zone of familiarity and the world slaps you in the face. But this shocking reality isn't like cold water in your face when you're asleep, but more like looking up from the pages of a book you were so intently reading to realize that while you were so entranced by the story a circus of life has sprung up around you. You have to put the book down every once in a while.
Anyhow, Let's just say that I feel blessed to be so lacking in so many accomplishments. It just means I have more to look forward to.
And now that I've babbled long enough, I'm off to bed. Good night Pacific Standard Time, and Good night SG.
xox
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What happened to you at the burlesque thing , did our trains disgust you that much ?
I'm really looking forward to it. I've always wanted to visit Berlin (amongst other places) and it will be nice to go and be able to crash with a friend who lived in the city for years.
Enjoy the retrospection of the flight home.