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Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Some people have the gene that allows them to read maps. This may or may not be the same gene that keeps people from getting lost even without a map -- that special kinesthetic metamap in your head that tilts with the compass and knows where you are in relation to your point of departure and your destination. If they are different genes, I have both, and my sister has neither. She needs two sets of directions: one to a strange destination, and one from that place back home. She's incapable of reversing directions, and it took me too many years to realize that this was not a character flaw born of laziness. It is important to figure out who in your life can't read maps, and to make sure that they're not sitting in the passenger seat with the map in their lap. Badness ensues.
I'm cuckoo for maps. I love maps. I used to have my hallway absolutely papered with the things, and every map to a distant city was like a memory of being there. I had maps of the moon and Mars, too, and I think I would have felt at home there too. But you know what's a fucked-up city? London. I don't want to go there because even with a map, you appear to be fucked. Short of walking around with an open A-Z in front of your phiz, which is a jolly invitation for some ruffian to help himself to your cash, you need a local guide. But you know what? Don't go to London right now, or anywhere outside of the U.S., unless you're planning to stay there for a while, because the rest of the world hate hate hates us right now. If you do move out of the country for a while, never, ever refer to yourself as an "expat," because I will find you and slap you hard. One time I left the country and I got stuck in Copenhagen, which might have been cool if I hadn't run out of money, which meant that all I could do was read big books in exotic Danish plazas. Something you might not know about the Danes? They spend a lot of time drinking beer in plazas. I feel a strong desire to run away right now, but since my finances are less than optimal, this manifests as a near-narcoleptic need to sleep that comes over me if I am not directly stimulated for five minutes straight. Anyone else got the post-election narcolepsy? 0 comments |
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