tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post3044269847695771067..comments2024-02-25T05:24:24.948-05:00Comments on Beyond Easy: Something completely differentPatrick Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-9170423715523081002015-02-02T22:09:36.247-05:002015-02-02T22:09:36.247-05:00et in arcadia sparrowet in arcadia sparrowPatrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-4339734111190447912015-02-02T22:08:54.321-05:002015-02-02T22:08:54.321-05:00I mean, I'm a pessimist and am more inclined t...I mean, I'm a pessimist and am more inclined to bear in mind the downsides of a situation than focus exclusively on the perks. (When I don't let myself get carried away, it can be a useful habit.) There are definitely nice things about being here, but you've got to take them with some deficiencies, inconveniences, and pitfalls -- and I'm finding that for some people, the pains in the ass outweigh the perks.<br /><br />I'm adjusting pretty well so far, but I miss being able to buy ice cream or cheese or asparagus without breaking the bank. Still working on the "job" thing. But I'm having fun bothering the wildlife in the meantime.<br /><br />I had a college professor who joked that the whole reason for British colonialism wasn't to procure natural resources or spread Christianity to the heathens, but for an excuse to "get off their cold, damp little isle." You think there's some veracity to this...?Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-83423396409209325342015-01-31T00:44:21.714-05:002015-01-31T00:44:21.714-05:00Like many ~tropical paradises~, it's only &quo...Like many ~tropical paradises~, it's only "paradise" for those who don't have to live/survive there.Edith Hanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02218138664403350739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-20638902927525160852015-01-27T04:20:17.211-05:002015-01-27T04:20:17.211-05:00Amazing. I do love those who take a leap of faith....Amazing. I do love those who take a leap of faith. A friend of mine recently proclaimed he was dropping everything to move out to Tobago with his woman (who lives there) and become a gardener for ex-pats - also in part to try and kick his drug habit (apparently the heat eases symptoms of cold turkey). However, where he's painted the place as some sort of frugal paradise where life is easy, cocaine is cheap and pure, and everyone's nice to one another - yours reads more like some sort of purgatorio where you have to compromise on the stuff generally taken for granted for... a beautiful geography? Obviously there's probably some discrepancies between life on Saint Thomas and Tobago, but the difference between ones objective perceptions of the Caribbean and the reality of living there pretty interesting.<br /><br />Having said that, however, England right now is grey, grey and more fucking grey... if you can concieve of that sort of weather where you are, so i'd gladly take that $4 Campbell's soup and trade places.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507599248593826713noreply@blogger.com