Wanderlust

I think summer is in its winding down mode now. I'm getting used to work and to my awful habit of sleeping at 3 in the morning each night. I've been spending many an evening in a dark cinema watching whatever film came out this week. I'm not even bothering to wait for Cineplex Tuesdays (10% off for Scene card members!) because I'm dangerous. I like rushing to the mall at 8:30 pm because, hey, if I get there with half an hour left to shop, maybe I won't spend so much money. I've settled into summer. And that, I think, means it's time for it to end.

I don't think that would be the case if I had somewhere to go, you know? I love traveling. I have always loved traveling. But I have a lot of trouble overcoming personal hurdles like my inner stream of dialogue that speaks exclusively of my spending habits. It's terrible because, for some reason, it hardly questions the $15 or more I spend almost every night, but it seems to stand in the shadow of Kilimanjaro whenever I think about shelling out more than $500 to do something more useful - traveling.

There are many places I want to go. I ooze jealousy when I think about how many folks my age have seen Europe or South America or Asia for god's sake. I wasn't born in this country, but I have also never managed to remember anything from where I was born. There were hills apparently. And mango trees. And lizards on the wall. Maybe a monkey or two.

I have never so strongly felt the desire to leave, while having it paired with this flow of dread concerning spending the money. I wish I could get over it. But I'm working on it. I'm working to go to a pretty place in the Tropics by this time next year, for example.

Anyways, here are a slew of videos that have made my eyes drool of happiness and excitement at what's beyond suburbia and crowded college towns.

That last one, about the Aokigahara Forest in Japan, is particularly interesting. This place is notorious for being a popular suicide site. It's eerie but incredibly fascinating. If you don't want to put up with the bright colours and lush images of the other videos, at least take a look at the dense green landscape and broken skeletons of the last one.