desert_dan's blog

I've found myself living and working in an environment that is against everything I believe in.. Why am I living in a desert, in a city that has no culture; no personal, religious or political freedoms; is completely unaware of the environmental catastrophe that is the country and is arrogant, inconsiderate and downright rude?

I realised on my recent trip to the UK and with my upcoming trip to Australia that this life isn't for me. I don't want to feel continuously restricted by my environment and the culture around me. I don't want to participate in destroying the local environment any more than it has already been destroyed. I don't want to continue to drive to develop this city so that oil barons can get rich and more people can live unsustainably in a wasteful, desert city.

The answer to why I left Australia is to explore my horizons and to make a break from my past. The answer to why I am here is contradictory to all I think that I believe and feel: Money and big sexy projects. Two things I thought didn't really motivate me. Turns out, they motivate me to treck halfway across the world to a desert, but don't motivate me to work now that I am here. The only thing that motivates me now is the thought of saving enough money to make my experience worthwhile and to get back to the world of the living. I spend my time here divided between living and simply existing.. Simply existing is no longer and option.. So I need to find a way to live, here, for 6 more months.

So, for the time being, I'm stuck here.. any suggestions to make work less of a chore and to have some more motivation?

but i'll start putting some of my favourite shots on here.. I like ipernity - it seems that it has taken what is and was good about fl%@kr and jazzed it up with some fancier features and is still free of the corporate rubbish..

so if you want to visit me over there i'm at www.flickr.com/photos/dirty_dan or just drop in and say hi here..