Sunday, April 30, 2006
Generally speaking, it's not a good idea to trash ones past life too heavily, especially since one never really knows what fruit, be it apples or oranges, the future will bear. Hindsight does tempt, I admit, but remember: that was then and this is now. If one goes back far enough, they'll find a time when the thought of digging fossil artifacts out of the ground and burning them for fuel was considered to be a good idea. And maybe it was, had everyone not decided to do it.
Ten years ago can be summed up as a formative moment when we all collectively discovered our virtual mountain climber hand in front of our face. We cooed, and drooled and made stink in our pants. Now we're afraid to see the bareness of our bottoms in our baby photos. Fair enough. We can't help but grow up, but should guard like the dickens what we grow into. The tallest stairs I've ever climbed were the ones I went up as a child. With my big eyes of today, they now seem small. Still, I know they were the ones that taught me what anticipation and appreciation are all about. To us, Outside Online is a bit like the great and powerful OZ and all that bottom line stuff about making big bucks can make us feel pretty small. But don't fall for it. It doesn't matter that OO probably wouldn't give us a voice today because, though we were flattered, I don't think we ever wanted to be much more than we were. It, by itself, was enough and, if you don't believe it, then why are so many of us still here talking about it.
Ten years ago can be summed up as a formative moment when we all collectively discovered our virtual mountain climber hand in front of our face. We cooed, and drooled and made stink in our pants. Now we're afraid to see the bareness of our bottoms in our baby photos. Fair enough. We can't help but grow up, but should guard like the dickens what we grow into. The tallest stairs I've ever climbed were the ones I went up as a child. With my big eyes of today, they now seem small. Still, I know they were the ones that taught me what anticipation and appreciation are all about. To us, Outside Online is a bit like the great and powerful OZ and all that bottom line stuff about making big bucks can make us feel pretty small. But don't fall for it. It doesn't matter that OO probably wouldn't give us a voice today because, though we were flattered, I don't think we ever wanted to be much more than we were. It, by itself, was enough and, if you don't believe it, then why are so many of us still here talking about it.
