Hello 1994!

I just wanted to throw in a quick word about how this country is culturally "behind" in many ways (post-modernly speaking). We usually joke that the styles and music that are popular here are what was popular "back in the day" in the States, if you will. A great example would be the still current obsession with Titanic and singers such as Celine Dion and Mariah Caray. This isn't to say that they are not still popular in the States now, or even that those who like them are out-dated, just an observation generalized. I guess with my study at UGA in geography, I had a lot of time to think about cultures and their developments, etc. and find this really fascinating. Anyways, nerd alert is buzzing rapidly, I know. So in the last two months rollerblades have taken our city by storm. They are THE big thing. Everyone who's anyone (apparently I'm not) is trucking around on rollerblades, which thus reminds me of when they were a really big trend in the States give or take a decade or so ago. The shops underneath our apartment complex are selling them by the dozens and even the number of shops that sell them are popping up all over the place. It's crazy, yet so fun to see them so gungho (which derives from a Chinese word, fyi) about skating. It's made me think of skate nights in elementary school and playing street hockey in the cul-de-sac. Here's to nostalgic moments!