No Country For This City Girl

Lat summer I went to Ocean City with a good friend of mine and one evening, we visited a friend of hers who had a house in a part of town called Easton. Picture big, wide, open spaces, rolling acres of grass and land and houses so far apart, you could park a whole 'nother town in it between them. Well, we cooked out, which was nice but as the sun went down, I became increasingly uncomfortable and seriously wanted to head back. My friend, however, was loving the countryside and I was horrified when she said she could live out there. I was antsy to leave. Something about the wide open spaces really freaked me out.

In fact, anytime I get away from the city where the land is more open and spacious, and see rolling plains of grass, I feel uneasy and uncomfortable.

Well I finally remembered why. Playing around on You Tube, I found this TV intro:



No wonder, I've been so creeped out! I've had this implanted in my brain all this time. As a young child, this intro creeped me out so much I NEVER watched the show and turned it off soon as this came on. I think I subconsciously filed this in my little brain and that became my association with the countryside. Still creeps me out. In fact, I just watched that and I'm a bit unnerved right now.

Damn TV shows. Oh well, guess I'll stick to the good ol' familiar city atmosphere: riff raff, traffic, profanity, urban decay, anonymous mugs walking down the street...ahhh, that's home.