OK. I am back.  I have not gone anywhere.  Perhaps when I said goodbye, I really meant ‘for now’. A lot of time has gone by in the past few months (it feels longer).  And I have had a lot of thinking.

Anybody who’s blogged for a while and kept it up usually has a specific topic they forte on.  And I think what interests me isn’t always what’s on my mind — or at least not just what interests me. I want to think more about what challenges me.  I think there are too many outlets already for ‘more’ information.  I don’t want to be that source.  I want to be a source of challenge and thought.  I want to ask you questions.

Why is it that we are so happy to be inundated with information?  And yet it is getting harder to question the very principles by which we live. And just because we have the ability to know just about anything nowadays, the scary reality is that we don’t know how to deal with it all.

Welcome.

We are the unwise.

I feel like the internet (or some might more accurately comment, “the web”) has lost its appeal and attraction.  I would much rather experience something physically, read something in my hands, see something with my eyes, or listen to something up close.  Social media has not met my desires to be close to my friends.  I feel as though I can walk away at any time and nothing would be changed.

Last week I met someone (Courtney) who I knew a lot about through someone else (Mike).  Mike was the medium.  And it still felt necessary for me to ask her the basic questions about who she was, the things she enjoyed, the experiences she’d gone through.  Our communication needed to be relatively unmediated (save for language) in order to bridge a mental connection.  After we met and talked throughout the weekend, things became a reality.  It was experiential.

What do you have to offer to me virtually?

Now I have arrived in Abbotsford after 8 days of road tripping!  It is good to be in one place.  Let’s meet if you are in the area.

We are in Lansing Michigan and getting ready to head out to Minneapolis today.  We are looking to stop over in Grand Rapids at Fat Toaster’s Farm!  Follow our trip on Twitter @silas_wong We just stayed last night with Justin Osborn with Bridges MSU at his apartment.  I slept in his walk-in closet.

The destination is Vancouver, April 28 PM.

I came home at around 5pm.  I saw David taking a nap and thought it was a good idea.

5 hours later I’m glad I did, I was tired.  But I am also feeling like I’m avoiding something… physically or emotionally.  Not sure if I’ve identified it, or if I want to.