Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Temperature: 11°C Clouds: Broken Clouds
Maribor, Slovenia.
Temperature: 12°C Clouds: Cloud and Visibility OK
Portoroz, Slovenia.
Temperature: 15°C Clouds: Clear Skies
I turned 30 today. If I were in Europe just a few centuries ago, my life would now be drawing to a close. If I lived in Mozambique right now, it’d be the same story. Luckily for me, there’s a decent chance that I will continue to live a little bit longer. I’m thankful for this, just as I am thankful for many other things that are too numerous to list here.
I suppose the people of the future will probably look back on us with the same sort of pity we’ve reserved for our short-lived ancestors. They’ll wonder how we ever managed to live a decent life in just 80 years, or enjoy ourselves without the benefit of fully immersable virtual-reality machines. Perhaps they’ll even find a way to mesh brains and machines, so that all our memories can be stored and saved indefinitely, or transferred to better bodies if need be. They’ll wonder how we could have standed being mortal, and how awful that must have been.
If any people from the future are reading these words, please know that it was pretty awful sometimes. And that I hate you something fierce.
I’ll try not to think about it, though. I’ll try to spend the next few days on a holiday/spree/bender/celebration of the lizard. If this site isn’t updated for a few days, you’ll know things are going well.
UPDATE: Things went well. Really well. I’ve returned from a nice trip to the coast, where I re-learned how wonderful this country is. I’m now recovering and will return to this site soon.