TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

9:55 PM
Posted by jodi rose

it's a whole new genre. sweet trainspotting. freight train and pavlova.
who could ever guess that after 400 years the australia/netherlands connection would blossom into this?!?

making room for something new and exciting in my life. or at least that's what I'm telling myself. or it all gets too dreary and repetitive. stuck on a loop, can't get out, need some kind of circuit breaker. barcelona, maybe.

walking down the street in the pouring rain two days ago, saw a huddle of soggy hari krishna devotees, attempting to impart blissful grace to the world through their chanting and tambourine rattling. mostly they just made me glad to be in my life again, someone even more miserable than you can do that. on my way to worship at the shrine of hema, a kind of dutch designer version of kmart with the best fold out flower party decorations in the world. finally had an excuse for them.

woke up this morning to horizontal rain, flowing past in sheets. a few days peace and quiet has brought no focus, just an addiction to trashy tv that had been rekindled by the wonder of hispeed wifi, and a gnawing sense of guilt at all the wasted hours. oh well. time to watch the secret - finally - and hopefully unlock the mystery of life.