Oh, the places the places

One of the most memorable quotes I've ever come across in my life so far states that
"Don't waste time worrying about people in the past if there is a reason they didn't make it to your future."

I have lived in different places and seen different things.

Escalante Utah (Oct 89-Sept06)-One of the most unlikely places for such beautiful land. The miniature town itself attracts naive tourists from even more unlikely backgrounds. Really though, the locals themselves know they'd be a better tour guide than a phamplet ever could. I've seen dinosaur tracks, caves, animals of all kind, lakes, cliffs, canyons, pictographs, indian huts, hidden trails, and irrational rock formations. It never mattered at all to me growing up there. Oddly enough, it all got old to me until I was forced to like it.

Boulder Mountains, Utah (Sept06-Jan07)- I can't belive how many people that i've met that have never heard of a wilderness program. Really. The commercials that inspire parents to send there troubled teens aren't as truthful as the experience itself. One of the very few books I've ever read wrote the experience to a T. It's called "shouting at the sky". And that author does a better job explaining this reality than I ever could.

Logandle, Nevada (Jan07-Oct07)- What a boring town. Close enough to Las Vegas by a 45min highway drive, but far enough that I have nothing much to say. I saw more "mormons" ratioed in this town than anywhere in utah. It was a seemingly boring place with people leading average boring lifestyles. My best memory was piling a bunch of friends into an old beat up samari jeep and "mudding" "climing" all over the dirt hills in the backyard.

Cambrige, Massachusetts(Oct07-June08)- This was place that I really found myself. I learned more in this city than I ever thought I could, but the most unpredictable means. And this is where I started the first (and current) job that I've ever really loved. I had the worst times of my life here, and the best. I learned so much about myself, family, about society, and really glad that my mother shared the opportunity for me. There is a place, not known to tourists unless it was google searched called "The Pit". And the funny thing is, is that it's not really a place at all. It's a sidewalked area. And anyone, anyone could talk to the people that accumulate in this area and have something to take away. (Even if it seemed bad at first, this is a great place for learning)

Lubbock, Texas (Dec04-May05) and (July08-Current)- The only place I've ever lived twice. That should say enough. Call it the bible-belt or just lots of good karma but I have definitely met some of the nicest, most inspiring people in this place. I have yet to have a horrible memory here, and for now....its staying that way. I guess I've finally learned to re-define events from my past. Is it really a bad memory, or a learning experience? Maybe bad things still happen to me here, but because I know how much worse it could be somewhere else on the planet, nothing's really that bad anymore?

Home is where the heart is. I wasn't born in lubbock. I didn't grow up in lubbock, nor does my immediate family ever plan on living here. But this is where a 19yr old girl calls home.