Alrighty, well I'm going back from August 3 to the 12th. I wonder when school starts back.

I think one of the biggest problems people have is that they limit themselves. Communists were communists because they went with what they knew, with no or little exploration beyond their usual line of vision. If you only listen to one band for a long time you will begin to only like that band, or like it much more than anything else and listen to it more frequently. If you only read one sort of book for a while, you're more unlikely to be open to reading different types later on. If one gets oneself on an action movie kick they will probably be less likely to want to watch comedies. Not around Black people or Mexicans much as a child? You'll be more intimidated by their presence later.

These are horrible examples, but I'm just saying that to be a better individual one should try to be not so individual. Or was that more confusing (defeating). It's the whole concept of being "well-rounded." All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Variety is the spice of life. These things are true. I need to do different things sometimes, and consciously break from routine every now and then. Walk on the grass beside the sidewalk; take the backroads; listen to Beethoven and Jazz and Japanese Rock and Roll; learn about opposing, different, strange, and foreign ideals, standards, customs, and life; eat different things, write a haiku, take pictures of ordinary places, read the classifieds.