I guess it's that time again.
May. 9th, 2007 05:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geekchickI've dyed my hair purple, I'm planning on getting some new ink as soon as finances allow and maybe getting my long-lost nostril piercing redone. I went for a drive Sunday afternoon out to the far side of the Shenandoah Valley, and the temptation to just keep going over the mountains and towards the Pacific was very, very strong. A few weeks ago I did something completely out of character for me in recent years, and it was good and it was fun and it frankly surprised the hell out of me for a whole host of reasons.
At least once a year, usually in the spring or summer, I get this overwhelming feeling that I need to do something different and shake my life up a little bit. Generally I keep any actions based on that feeling limited to doing something small, like picking a hair color from the Crayola box, because honestly I'm not terribly comfortable with large-scale change. I like stability, I like knowing what to expect most days. Sometimes though "the usual" bores me and I just want to step outside that comfort zone a bit, or perhaps even a lot. I think about going out and meeting random new people. I think about getting more visible ink. I think about taking a month off and driving across the country with a copy of Roadside America and no particular plan other than stopping at random cheesy roadside attractions. I think about signing up for the Mongol Rally. I think about quitting my job (although I have too much debt to be able to do that anytime soon). I think about picking up and moving to Boulder, or to Paris. I've thought in the past that maybe I should break up with everyone and be single for a while. (To those of you I'm dating, don't worry; this wasn't at all recent.) Am I going to do any of that? Probably not, other than maybe meet new people and get a wrist piece. I think even if I did pick up and move across the country or across the Atlantic, I'd still get restless in the spring.
At least once a year, usually in the spring or summer, I get this overwhelming feeling that I need to do something different and shake my life up a little bit. Generally I keep any actions based on that feeling limited to doing something small, like picking a hair color from the Crayola box, because honestly I'm not terribly comfortable with large-scale change. I like stability, I like knowing what to expect most days. Sometimes though "the usual" bores me and I just want to step outside that comfort zone a bit, or perhaps even a lot. I think about going out and meeting random new people. I think about getting more visible ink. I think about taking a month off and driving across the country with a copy of Roadside America and no particular plan other than stopping at random cheesy roadside attractions. I think about signing up for the Mongol Rally. I think about quitting my job (although I have too much debt to be able to do that anytime soon). I think about picking up and moving to Boulder, or to Paris. I've thought in the past that maybe I should break up with everyone and be single for a while. (To those of you I'm dating, don't worry; this wasn't at all recent.) Am I going to do any of that? Probably not, other than maybe meet new people and get a wrist piece. I think even if I did pick up and move across the country or across the Atlantic, I'd still get restless in the spring.
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Date: 2007-05-09 09:34 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-05-09 11:41 pm (UTC)Something like that would be on my "Someday" list along with a lot of other things (learn to tango, learn to play a didgeridu, go to Iceland, etc.). :-)
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Date: 2007-05-09 09:42 pm (UTC)Whatever changes you want to try to get off zero, or outside the usual... as long as it didn't mean personal harm to you, or losing contact forever, I'd be behind you. Growth and personal change are good things, IMO, and you've been in stasis for awhile?
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Date: 2007-05-09 10:25 pm (UTC)I think it's spring.
Of the 'big things' i want to go to burningman. i want to build up my motorcycle, build a trailer, load it with gear and electronics and make a total fandango out of it.
sigh.
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Date: 2007-05-09 10:31 pm (UTC)I'm getting my wanderlust in now while I can :)
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Date: 2007-05-09 10:45 pm (UTC)Yeah, yeah. Get in line. ;)
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Date: 2007-05-10 12:35 am (UTC)Oh man is this going to involve a tub of jello, some speedo's and 2lbs of makeup?
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