But it was worth taking every weekend as soon as I got my
driver's license
.
I couldn't even imagine what I was spending my weekends doing before I got that thing. Probably watching a lot of
TV
, we didn't have smart phones and
Netflix
back then so we'd just turn the tube one and sit around waiting for something good to come on. We'd end up watching a lot of commercials, and those weren't all that bad so long as you were with your friends.
You'd just point at something stupid, usually ridiculous, and make fun of it. A lot of snarky cynicism. Eventually it got hard to be honest around each other. Maybe that's what drove me to want to get ouf of there. To experience something new.
Funny to say this now but back then I thought the people in the city were more real than the ones living in my small town. Can't say that today, but back then I just saw us country bumpkins as unoriginal clones of each other. But once I got to the city there were so many interesting people with these unique hobbies like a guy who used to walk around on stilts all weekend!
It was also easy to let time pass in the city. There's a lot to look at, and plenty of new faces to chat up with no expectations of having to become friends or anything. Back in my town the time couldn't pass fast enough. In the city it flew by.