Every now and then I get email from friends who are in far off corners of the world, and I try to take a moment and recognize how amazing some of the things that we of the Net generation take for granted actually are.
My high school friend Shawn, who among other things helped me develop theories about the Holy Diamond of Wisdom, introduced me to the wonderfulness that is Dunderklumpen, and loaned me his highly annotated copy of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in high school while we were both mentally in exactly the right place for it, is one of these people.
Sean took off to teach English in Asia, and spent time in lots of different places. He ended up marrying a girl from the East, and is currently living in China.
His most recent email says “While sometimes the crap cold, lines ups, and general lack of anything to do here in this little town I live in sucks, its proximity to the great wall does not.”
I am now feeling guilty about not writing to him enough, and am off to compose a longish message.
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