Turns out Sant Cugat is actually pretty cool. I’ve had a good track session, found some decent trails and bike paths, and have found enough of a daily groove to survive the week before heading to Stockholm.
I feel bad for trashing on it the other day. But the truth is, even as I was physically typing the words of my last blog entry, a part of me was fully aware that frustration and tiredness was coloring my entire view of the place. I almost didn’t want to post it because of that. (This same sensation happens during about 50% of my less-than-positive blogs).
But in the end, I posted that blog because I look at it like this: my goal is to chronicle the actual experiences of being a “professional athlete” and a “Lauren” as they happen. If I filter things down to what’s logical, then the beauty of the nonsensical can never be expressed. What’s raw is where the story lies. I want the reader to watch the photograph as it develops, alongside me.
All that froofy philosophical stuff aside, when I was Googling “Sant Cugat” earlier today to find a laundromat to properly wash my rank clothes (the sink isn’t cutting it any more,) my blog “Sant Cugat Can Suck It” was item #5 on the results list. For a laundromat city search. I almost fell out of my chair.
There is so little written about some of the places I visit, I started imagining my words prompting a Catalonian verbal smackdown from the mayor, for example, or accidentally dissuading an unsuspecting tourist from checking the place out just because I was a cranky brat. If my blog is going to make a Google top 5 list, I probably shouldn’t tell an entire city to “suck it.” At least not in the title :).
Say it loud and proud, Lauren. Let your freak-flag fly!
Eh. I don’t think you were being a cranky brat. Running’s your job and your lifeblood, and you couldn’t find a decent place to do it, and your reaction was just honest and reasonable, I think. Plus, you stuck around and gave the place a chance. I’da been outta there, yo.
And it was thoughtful of you to give that entry a new title.
Lauren for President.
Your life seems to be so immersed in track. Do you do anything deliberate to give yourself some balance?
Hey Lauren,
Just wanted to say that your realness is refreshing, please don’t go political on us 🙂