I love John Muir. He's probably my favorite person that has ever lived. i don't count Jesus because yeah, does he actually count as a person? I don't think so. Above my bed I have a poster of some valley in Yosemite with a John Muir quote. I can't remember what it says. Everything that man said is worth quoting on a poster. I want to marry a John Muir. I want to marry someone who wants to be out of the city more than anything, and then go to shows and movies and parties when there's no other option. We can climb trees and nap in the grass. And he'll always recycle.
I just finished Episode 3 of Ken Burn's national parks documentary and there are at least 2 very influential figures in the national park movement that changed their lives after they met John Muir. They became these crazy advocates for protecting American wilderness.
Some other people picked up and moved and left everything behind to go work in the Grand Canyon. Cody did that. I love Cody. He was lost for a pretty long time, and then one day he announced that he'd gotten a job at the Grand Canyon and now he's so happy there.
I'm looking at grad school all of a sudden. I want to be a librarian for a little longer, I want to be surrounded by books and people that love them every single day. But if I'd rather be surrounded by trees or mountains then what am I doing?
I want go work at a hotel in the mountains. They're always looking for people for that. No one wants to move out to the middle of no where and be with the same people every single day just for a low-paying job. But what other option is there? I wouldn't mind folding other people's towels all day as long as I got a view and a day off every week.
I really looked into it last winter. Some night when Charles didn't feel like talking I watched Legends of the Fall and its encore presentation. During the second round, I googled and applied to hotels and resorts in the mountains. I figured if I wasn't going to be with him come summer, I wanted to be with the trees. I got a few replies but I didn't reply back.
I wish the clouds from today would go away. I can't watch the sunrise if I can't see it.