D-U-M-B

As I sip on my second glass full of tequila, I think of how my new goal for 2014 is to travel extensively and absorb unabashedly.  Nothing has made more of an impression on me than the experiences I've had while wandering sometimes aimlessly in countries whose language I could not natively speak, so why not make it my sole goal for 2014?

The United States is a wonderful country, and I relish being able to produce at customs that navy blue booklet with the golden eagle which subtly proclaims "F- You, I'm American.  I do what I please,"  yet this is a nation built on capitalism.  Too often, a person feels ashamed for choosing to NOT be productive to their society and instead decides that taking care of their own families is more of a priority.  What I'm speaking of is the housewives and stay-at-home fathers who know that their children are of the utmost significance in the world.  However, because this great nation is preoccupied with an indefatigable business sense, we somehow managed to build a shame in those whom are not an integral component of the paradigm.  In other words, it's all about the Haves and the Have-Nots in this geographical spectrum of East and West Coasts.  If you choose to be neither, what place have you in this society?  I can't easily judge, so I'll dismiss you as useless.

Maybe I want to be amongst the productive of the useless, so I choose to travel given the fact that I have the resources and opportunity to do so.  (Thanks to resigning from the greatest school in Camden...)  To be more elaborate, I'll divulge a little in my reasoning.  There was that time in Japan while the one whom we will not mention was taking her GRE exam, and I had the entire city to myself for 3 hours, and I had a true unbridled blast speaking to Koreans in Korean, drinking as many beers as I could muster from the 7-11s, Family Marts, and Lawson's, and just in general, enjoying life as it came. 

I'm heading to San Jose, Costa Rica in a few days, and I'm procrastinating as I'm about to wash my clothes five hours late according to the plan.  I honestly am so excited about this trip and the people I will meet, and I really am looking forward to landing a job there teaching English.  Honestly, I have the know-how and experience to be able to overcome any dire situation, yet I'm heading there to mainly bone up on my Spanish and find a productive means for 2014.  Sure, I'll only be making $1000/month, but the 4-month jaunt will be so conducive to my development as a human which is eternally priceless.

Let's wash and be merry in 2014!!