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| sike-a-delic_grasshopper (profile) wrote, on 9-2-2006 at 7:15pm | |
| Subject: Guess what I did today! |
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| I went hitchhiking. Not very far though, just to Remus, which is like 20 miles away. See, pretty much the whole school went home so I figured I might as well learn a new skill. Uhhh yeah. I had to walk pretty far down M-20 before I got to a stretch of road with an actual shoulder. But once I stuck my thumb out it only took like 5 minutes for a car to pull over. Beginner's luck I guess. So this guy and his son pulled over and it turned out they were headed straight to Remus so I was pretty damn lucky. The whole time I was thinking to myself "Holy shit! My first ride ever!" See I've been wanting to do this forever so it was really cool. So then they dropped me downtown. Nothing much really happened in Remus. I went to a going out of business sale for a thrift shop and got a tapestry and a copy of Frankenstein for a quarter. And I talked to some interesting people. But pretty soon I got bored and figured I should think about heading back before it got to late so I went back to M-20 and stuck my thumb out again. This time it took a little longer for anyone to stop. But it was still only like 15 minutes. This time it was a couple guys who said they could get me about halfway back to Mt Pleasant and I was like "sweet" cause I figured if worse came to worse I could walk back from there. One of the first things they asked me was if I had any weed. Which I didn't and still don't unfortunatly. So then I proceeded to make a few decisions that could have potentially been disastourous, but since I was picked up by good people it was fine. But I'm getting sick of typing and you're probly getting sick of reading so I'm gonna go make some dinner now. So a long story short, they ended up going out of their way to drive me back to Mt Pleasant. Which only reinforces my newfound view of people and the universe in general. PS I know hitchhiking's risky, but I honestly don't believe it's as dangerous as it's made out to be. I mean, it's all about how you percieve your reality. If you choose to believe people are only out to harm, then that's probly all you'll experience. But if you trust people, maybe they'll trust you back and help you out. Or maybe I'm completely wrong and the next time I hitchike I'll get murdered or something. |
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angel_bob | 09-03-06 9:55am My friend Micah goes hitchiking all the time. He says you just have to be aware of who it is picking you up and make sure to go with your gut, if it feels bad, turn it down. |
deloric | 09-03-06 1:11pm remus!
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sike-a-delic_grasshopper | Re:, 09-03-06 3:01pm Sadly I'll be home next weekend. At least for awhile until I get bored. Also I have no money. Maybe I'll see about getting a pass for sunday though. |
deloric | Re: Re:, 09-04-06 10:08am cool cool.
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threshershark | 09-03-06 5:58pm I almost hitchhiked over the summer but I checkened out. : ( |