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I finally got to see the movie INTO THE WILD by Sean Penn, since a friend strongly recommended it to me.
I kinda skipped it since the only press I read on it was about Eddie Vedder recording the soundtrack. And even though Eddie Vedder has been an icon to me for many years, I am kind of fed up with people idolizing Pearl Jam - just because they have been around for a decade and they really haven't contributed anything new in music over the last couple of records.
So I didn't think his stamp was a quality approval.
Well ... I was wrong.
INTO THE WILD blew my mind and stroke deep into my past.
In the early nineties I sold all my danish belongings and left for USA.
I had to take a few fatal decisions and grew quite radical in mind. This movie made me think about what would have happened if I strayed of my tracks and if I ended up like Cristopher McCandless, would it have been worth it?
However, I did not go for nature, but the American dream - the simple way. But somehow I ended up in Ashland, OR and fell in love with the hippie mentality and the Oregon countryside. But most of all I met some adventurous people that expanded my horizon and helped me grow as a person.
At the end of my stay (1992) I took a Green Tortoise bus travel from San Fransico to New York City, traveling all the back roads with half of my belongings in a duffelbag. That was one of the best decisions I have ever made.
I made best friends with Danny from Leeds, UK for 10 days and befriended a couple of other world citizens.
The nature trip was awesome and was a mental journey through the wild American nature.
You Americans are so blessed with nature and diversity in people and if you haven't taken a back roads trip like that yet - you don't know how much America you are missing out on.
Thank you John Gruber (pic) for clarifying my notion.
I am an avid iPod Touch and desktop PC user and I just can't get myself to buy a new laptop, when the tablet is about to be released.
That's where my real needs are
Q: Mr. Jobs asked "what is the iTablet good for besides surfing the Web in the bathroom?"
A: Do I think The Tablet is an e-reader? A video player? A web browser? A document viewer? It’s not a matter of or but rather and. I say it is all of these things. It’s a computer.
And so in answer to my central question, regarding why buy The Tablet if you already have an iPhone and a MacBook, my best guess is that ultimately, The Tablet is something you’ll buy instead of a MacBook. I say they’re swinging big — redefining the experience of personal computing.
Today I got invited to join The Countdown.
"Hey,
I hope you're doing great!
I was accidentally browsing your profile and I thought we could invite you to be part of our music game since your profile seems to fit in so well. I and some of my friends I met on last.fm have been organizing a HOT competition based on international music for over 35 months. We think it is a great hobby and are inviting people from all over the World to participate to discover new music.
We are inviting cool people from different countries to join us and now they are looking for new members of the Danish jury. If you like discovering new artists, have extensive musical taste, like different languages & new releases, this competition is for you!"
