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Monday, November 26th, 2007

Worn things are far more interesting.

It's snowing outside. Another gray Prague afternoon.

It starts getting dark around 1pm here. By 5pm, it's completely black. It's beautifully dark. And the people who live here reflect that. I'm actually warming to their distance...

Czechs seem naturally doubtful, cynical, distrustful, suspicious, unconvinced, frequently pessimistic and even defeatist. And after four days of it, I'm starting to like it... I buy it.

They say it's from growing up in a communist system. Decades of communism followed by a rude baptism into the embarrassing compromises of a free market. The best and most pointed example: seeing your beautiful capitol city overrun with tourists... i.e. me. Tourist... terrorist.

If I'd been raised by communists and then abruptly dropped into the plastic happy meal that is capitalism, I'd be dour too. I'd feel a little worn out.

The glossy exterior of my southern gentility and eagerness to please is being sanded, banged, distressed and antique'd.

Worn things are far more interesting. Just look around Prague for thousands of examples.

Posted By John Common at: 12:11 am

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Monday, November 26th, 2007

Worn things are far more interesting.

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