Shirking Responsibility

I still find myself here in sunny Bensalem, Pennsylvania and am amazed at how a slight change in your environment can improve your productivity. In-between bouts of enjoying the beatific silence in the area, a silence that is only interrupted by the occasional shriek of a young child enjoying the beginnings of summer vacation, I actually read a book.

It was one of those old-fashioned things filled with paper pages and bound between two covers, in fact. I don’t, by any means, want to imply that I am not an avid reader, but as of late all my reading has involved me staring glassy-eyed at my computer monitor. It was such a nice change of pace to lie down in a warm but breezy second-story room and while away the entire day reading. I feel somehow more civilized.

My impromptu vacation has already stretched longer than I had originally intended, but both the fear of another long bus ride and the pleasant affect the area has had on my nerves are conspiring to keep me here longer. Of course, my hosts might be seeing the situation from a whole other angle.

Maybe I’ll return home tomorrow, then.

My spur of the moment bus trip up North is going quite well. Got to meet a chat friend from Australia and her sister who were here for a few days during their cross-country vacation. Very nice people. I love meeting net friends, barely any of them have been psychos yet!
Aside from the usual touristy places and such, we also went bowling last night. Now, I don’t normally enjoy bowling that much, but in those newer bowling alleys with the music and the lights and the whole disco thing going on, it’s a lot more fun. Of course, it’s also a lot of fun when you’re with cool people. Oh and I rolled the highest game of the night at 132! (yeah yeah, not exactly a high score, but still…)

Every time I come up here I get the urge to move here. It’s so nice and calm. I like all the little hills and changes in elevation. Living most of my life in Miami has made me accustomed to a totally flat world. I also like that there are trees everywhere. And not just the types of trees that are planted by the city and look like they don’t really want to be there, as in Miami.

On the other hand, I’ve never been here in the dead of winter with snow everywhere and temperatures far in excess of anything I’m used to.

I am now headed out of this wacky thing they call a “basement” and go try to get some writing done.

I’ve been having so much fun fiddling with my new system and trying to overclock it that I’ve neglected pretty much all of my other hobbies. I think I’m going to take a book and go to a nice quiet spot somewhere and read today.

At least I did get out and see a movie last night. Yes, I went and saw Finding Nemo. Those Pixar people never fail to entertain. Oh, how I wish they were in no way affiliated with Disney.