http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2007/09/19/into-the-wild All the Rants that Beer and Birding Can Buy Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2007/09/19/into-the-wild#comment-2354 Sarah Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:20:36 +0000 http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2007/09/19/into-the-wild#comment-2354 I saw this book the other day at Border's and almost picked it up. I like the idea of living a life so unencumbered by civilization that you can wander the earth looking for its beauty and yourself. But, part of me also questions the idea that these people are somehow noble and courageous. I'm thinking of a blogger I used to read whose husband is in a band, traveling the world. She often complains about him not holding down a real job, not having health insurance, etc. Yet she always talks about how "brave" he is for telling conventional life to f*** off. Is it really brave? Is it anymore brave than the person who goes to work everyday at a job he hates to support his wife and kids? I don't know. Just throwing that out there. I may have to read that book, if I ever find time to read again ... I saw this book the other day at Border’s and almost picked it up. I like the idea of living a life so unencumbered by civilization that you can wander the earth looking for its beauty and yourself. But, part of me also questions the idea that these people are somehow noble and courageous. I’m thinking of a blogger I used to read whose husband is in a band, traveling the world. She often complains about him not holding down a real job, not having health insurance, etc. Yet she always talks about how “brave” he is for telling conventional life to f*** off. Is it really brave? Is it anymore brave than the person who goes to work everyday at a job he hates to support his wife and kids? I don’t know. Just throwing that out there. I may have to read that book, if I ever find time to read again …

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