Back up and settling in !!
I finally got I-net access hooked up in my new home. So far this has been the most difficult part of the move, as the people I have met in Salt Lake City have all been terrific and everything else has run smoothly.
...and for the Californians I have left behind; no SLC is not really a weird place where people are constantly trying to convert you to Mormon or keep you from having your own version of fun. Though my soon to be wife is LDS (I have been informed that LDS is what people 'in the know' call it these days) and so is much of her family, I clearly communicated that I will be retaining most of my bad habits and vices even though as I hear myself say it I feel silly being proud of something like that.
If anything, I have found that its enjoyable and enlightening to discuss my own ideas about faith and matters of living with people who are very clear about their own point of view and are willing to share it. Even in the midst of dissagreement, if one can see the value in the others point of view, learning and growth are possible even if that just means becoming entrenched in your own perspective.
As you can tell, there is something about SLC that makes a person think about these things. Maybe its because where all else is concerned this city is much like every other city. It has the same malls, food chains, entertainment options and so on as everywhere else in the USA.
Geography is fast becoming irrelevant. I wonder if I will still think that when this Californian is in the middle of my first winter and I am shoveling snow out of the way so I can make a grocery run to the Starbucks and the state liquor store ;)
P.S. The sell the Belgian 10% triple ale that warms your blood and clears your sinuses in that store. Looks like I'll be up many nights um er studying.
...and for the Californians I have left behind; no SLC is not really a weird place where people are constantly trying to convert you to Mormon or keep you from having your own version of fun. Though my soon to be wife is LDS (I have been informed that LDS is what people 'in the know' call it these days) and so is much of her family, I clearly communicated that I will be retaining most of my bad habits and vices even though as I hear myself say it I feel silly being proud of something like that.
If anything, I have found that its enjoyable and enlightening to discuss my own ideas about faith and matters of living with people who are very clear about their own point of view and are willing to share it. Even in the midst of dissagreement, if one can see the value in the others point of view, learning and growth are possible even if that just means becoming entrenched in your own perspective.
As you can tell, there is something about SLC that makes a person think about these things. Maybe its because where all else is concerned this city is much like every other city. It has the same malls, food chains, entertainment options and so on as everywhere else in the USA.
Geography is fast becoming irrelevant. I wonder if I will still think that when this Californian is in the middle of my first winter and I am shoveling snow out of the way so I can make a grocery run to the Starbucks and the state liquor store ;)
P.S. The sell the Belgian 10% triple ale that warms your blood and clears your sinuses in that store. Looks like I'll be up many nights um er studying.
