A minimum of 300
words. In 10 minutes. Or more if you want to take it. I have started to force myself to write
things becuase if I don’t force myself I won’t write about it. I wanted so badly to write about my time on
the sheep farm. Matt was an interesting
character. He played World of Warcraft
almost all the time when he wasn’t working and his feet were in a state of
decay where if you were to slice a half inch layer off the bottom of his heels
he would notice nothing except that maybe it would’ve been a little harder for
him to reach the tea on the top shelf.
It was a disgusting, horrible, time and I’ve glad for every minute I
spent there. I need those horrible
experiences to make me appreciate the good ones. I need to work hard to fully savor the
afternoon sloth of lying around on the couch watching the Euro Cup.
Mariehamn, with
about 10,000 people, is the capitol of the Åland region. It reminds me of a cross between bainbridge
island and ohio. The library is
wonderful – huge and open and well lit – and provides internet access free of
charge to the public. The breakfast at
the hotel this morning was also wonderful: granola, yohgurt, fruit, cheese and
bread, and an assortment of teas. I
chose the ”Kenya Estate Black Tea”. If
it is still there when I go back I will have another glass.
I was supposed to
go to Sweden today but there are no hostels open. Or rather, there is one hostel open but it has
very bad reviews (one critique seems to be that there are no sinks for brushing
your teeth and you that have to use the toilet, but i think maybe I
misunderstood). The more I think about
it, why would I leave this tranquil island paradise and go to a big city? Because it’s Saturday? Because I want to go to a ”nite” club and get
my drink on? This is not the case. I want to lounge around and walk around and
not have to be social. I don’t want to
have to worry about a drunk, cologne-doused french boy coming into the dorm
room at 4am in the morning to wake everyone up and start snoring in
french. I know I sound old when I say
this. This is because I am old. I am almost 29.
So I think I will
stay here another night. And revel in
the island life and maybe, maybe even buy a skateboard so i can enjoy the local
skatepark. This would be slightly stupid
as skateboards are much cheaper and better back in the states, but I will
investigate.
I think my time
here at the Åland library has expired. Just
in case you were wondering, the ”a” with the little dot over it is pronounced ”oh”,
the same way we say ”o” in english in the ABC’s. So now you knå!
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