Thanks for that, it made me laugh. Yeah, the way things are going it doesn’t look good, does it. I’m from North America and just moved to Britain recently and damn is there a difference in attitude. On this side of the pond, if you ask me, the collapse is 80% psychological…. thanks, fear-mongering BBC. In North Am, the attitude is more “Awww crap, this is inconvenient and silly and will be over soon”. Not much serious worry in my circles, anyway.

As to riding the rails, my own fulfillment is about the only reason left I guess. I think I need to wait til I’m back home again though, for legal reasons. I think it would be a nice idea to follow the exact path of my Grandfather too—meaning I’d have to get myself to his prairie hometown first. Every time I look at this site I’m reminded how aggressive you have to be in straight out planning your dreams into your life if you ever want them to get accomplished. Otherwise life just passes you by. Carpe diem and “just do it” indeed.

Thanks for the “how-to” on depression by the way. It was very good. I would add on the social side of things that you should never think that if your hobbies are not mainstream, that social fulfillment is not going to happen. Some of the happiest people I know are Trekkies and LARPers…one girl I know just got married to her husband with pointy ears on. :) Whatever floats your boat, it doesn’t matter what the mainstream thinks. It’s your happiness.