In the 49th street station of the N, R, W there’s an Ann Taylor ad I’ve been watching evolve. It started out with the moustache on the model and has evolved to a unibrow and chest hair. Now, drawing moustaches on people has always been a classic adolescent behavior. Change something you know to something different or somehow making fun of someone you don’t like (albeit not to their face).
The evolution of this ad all started with the moustache. Apparently, once a tease starts, everyone jumps in.
Ann Taylor - model with a moustache
I just got back from Cataract Canyon! It was nuts! It’s almost impossible to understand the size of the rapids and the power behind them. It was a 3 day trip and I swamped. The canyon beauty is breathtaking.
I realize that it takes me quite a while to adjust to new surrounding and people. But right now, I finally feel like I’m fitting in! It was strange, I almost felt like I was back i school trying to impress people. Vibes you get from certain people are definitely weird. Then again, I’m proabably worrying too much again. I feel like I’ve been in Moab for a long long time. It doesn’t seem like 3 weeks at all. This is going to either be a fantastic summer or OK> I suppose it’s still really early to be making any sort of judgment. I feel like I try so hard not be judgmental of people, but for me it seems difficult not to be. I feel like a pretty intense personality and like someone said – there’s definitely something about me that screams independence, maybe it’s true. But I still feel like there are very few people who think like me. I don’t feel like I”m out there – well a little sometimes, but that’s like everyone. In any case, I think I’m doin alright.
I’m back on Moab, UT and I’m a river guide, FINALLY! It all started with Adrift. I went on their training trip and didn’t get hired. Everyone else – other guides – seemed to think it was a rip-off, but I learned quite a bit. Regardless, afterward I went to Tag-A-Long Expeditions,which is where I got hired. I hung around the yard to get my training done and now I’m licensed. I took my qualifying trip on my birthday in a duckie. I got word the next day.
So, this is the next chapter in my journey. After holding this job, as far as today, I will have held almost every job which I found “romantic.” The people I’ve met so far are fantastic. Pretty much everyone from the Adrift trip I’m hanging out with. Drew O, one guy we get along really well so far, Holly E and Two Dogs. These are definitely some of the most mellow people I’ve met in a long long time. I’m sitting here next to the Colorado River, completely content. I finally feel like I can look at someone and say, I’ve done that, been there, do that. Almost like I’ve proved to myself, actually more so to other people, that I can and I do. Maybe I’m reaching that hard-core mentality where you already know and everyone else probably figures you do.