mr_drew

Andrew
2002-12-26 18:52:12 (UTC)

Walking On Boxing Day

I woke up 20 minutes after mid day today. That's when i
got out of bed. I was awake a little earlier, I suppose.
I rarely wake up as late as that, and now I realise why I
broke the habit. It's such a waste of the day. I didn't
really want to spend a full day inside like at Christmas,
so I decided on going for a walk.

I moped about until nearly half past three, and then got
ready. I left the house about three and went for a long
walk. Obviously unless you know where I live, you won't
know what I'm on about when i talk about the distance...but
I walked probably 6 or 7 miles on a round trip. I walked
down to the sea for a look. The sea was rough and people
were surfing.

I took my digital camera with me and took a picture or
two. I took pictures of various different things along my
walk that I considered would be interesting. I took
pictures of Oystermouth Castle, of the sea, of driftwood,
of rusty railings and lonely looking trees. A lot of the
pictures came out blurred, and the lighting was bad on
them. I knew that was going to happen, but I took them
anyway. I saw some cool things I wanted to take pictures
of but I was scared to stop incase people saw me.

I did the "I'm just shuffling along slowly..." walk until
they went past or weren't looking, then i took the
picture. I'd love to be able to take nice pictures of
things. I find it great how some things that are so
simplistic can be transformed into something so interesting
to look at if a photo of them is taken well.

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I got thinking so much when I was walking. About 2 miles
from home I started talking to myself. It was weird. I
knew it wasn't a good thing, but it felt right. It felt
like it was okay to be talking to myself. I felt like my
only friend then. For a moment, going home and adjusting
to talking to the family didn't seem right. I didn't want
it.

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A lot of the streets I walk down were empty. The lack of
people and cars was so nice. As soon as I got to Mumbles...
("village" by the sea) it got busier again and I felt
disappointed. =/ This is supposed to be the time of year
where people take things easy, and every car I saw was
driving faster than it had to be. Hmm...

And people were still as cold as ever. No one looked up to
say hello, or nod to acknowledge me. I just walked with my
head low past most people, then.

Boxing Day's not been as traditionally boring as it usually
is. I'm glad I had that walk. It was fun, even though the
pictures didn't come out right.

Working *all* day tomorrow.

I need rest.

Andrew.




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