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Dec.27,2011
That's me! Your resident hippie and hair wrap enthusiast.
Come one, come all and welcome to this brand spanking new blogstravaganza! That’s right! Today we’re embarking on a journey that will thrill and enlighten us all!
A little about me:
My name is Corinne Tobias and I’ve been called a hippie before. I’m sure you have too (don’t be in denial, you’re reading a hippe blog). It’s not a term I absolutely love, because most of the time it comes with negative connotations (thanks Merriem-Webster).
It’s bizarre how people think the word “alternative” means something slightly negative. Come on, folks! Alternative doesn’t mean bad, it’s just means different. As an English major, I spent a great deal of time looking at the way we define words. I’m going to pick on Webster again. One of their definitions for alternative is “different from the usual or conventional,” and the examples they use clearly have negative connotations. When you search for the word on Google the definition comes up as, “One of two or more available possibilities.” Can’t we just go with that one?
But hey, this is America and you can’t get down because of the way that people perceive you. And you, most certainly, can’t blame a dictionary for the way people think. People don’t like different. That’s just the way it is.
So most of the time, like many counterculturalist/femminist/vegan/alternative looking peeps, I just keep smiling and enjoying life. And now I get the opportunity to share my new and beautiful journey with you. It really has just begun. I started working as a freelance writer (the free-est job in the world) and things have really taken off the past few months. Now I get to travel around, work full time, see the world, love some people and live, I mean really live. I want to go everywhere, eat everything, get weird tattoos, jump off waterfalls, climb mountains… you know, everything.
I was walking past the living room a few minutes ago and my dad was watching this show about a famous kayaker who broke his back into a million pieces and eventually walked away from the injury. The guy said, “Dying is as much a part of living as anything else. I’m not going to run the risk of not living to avoid the risk of dying.” I’ve been hearing a lot of stuff like that lately and it’s really speaking to me.
What this is:
A few weeks ago, I took a long road trip around the Midwest to visit some friends and catch some of the best music in the world. I saw my favorite band, Wookiefoot on three stops during their fall tour. They’re a lovely jam band out of Minneapolis and they have a great message. Their newest album, Be Fearless and Play, has a deep seeded “see the world” theme that really moves you to go. They’re inspiring and magical, to say the least.
Following those fellas around was so moving that I hadn’t been back at home base for more than 24 hours when I bought a ticket to Panama. I needed a kickstart to my life, and the opportunity to visit Panama was one that I couldn’t deny.
I have a feeling that my life is going to be filled with a lot of vagabond-ish experiences from here on out. I just want to document it all, ask the big questions, help others find an alternative way of living by sharing what I learn throughout it all. What do you want to see in this blog?
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