Cruising

This week is the first really nice week since winter came. It's been between 30-60s during the day, rather than between 0-30. It was like a switch was flipped, and suddenly the sun moved in closer to Michigan, and so the birds started chattering and chirping and Spring began.

Well my mind is on fire with books I want to read, and things I want to learn about, and hands-on creations I would like to make. I've been on Youtube recently, and there are some videos I'd love to sit down and watch, but for some reason, I feel like watching videos online is a waste of time so it's hard for me to sit down in front of my computer and do that. I think it is just that I don't like to stare into screens for long periods of time. I feel like it is better to be involved in the 3-D world that I can touch.

Right after I got home from work today and was settling down for a day of doing some of the things aformentioned, my friend Sophia called me to whisk her away from the bustling streets of downtown Ann Arbor so we could perhaps get our hair braided (just about 10 braids, scattered about). My mom really wanted the car washed and vacuumed today, so I got Sophia, and we veered off down a major avenue in Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti called Packard, into Ypsi. Ypsilanti is the forgotten brother of Ann Arbor, in a sense. It's got it's own thing going on, with less ego, but they're similar places because the both have universities, and nice downtowns with lots going on. Ypsi is just less yuppy. They also have lots of hair braiding salons. Did you know that this hair style comes from Africa?

We strolled down Michigan Ave., a main street in Ypsi with lots of cute and practical little shops. This street is also known as US Route 12 does not just take you across lower Michigan, but across the whole northern US! Wikipedia link  One day, maybe even soon, I hope to travel the whole highway. That would be incredible. No one thinks of these states or this route too much. The northern US isn't too popular as a whole; not like Route 66 or I-75 which takes you through the Southern states to Florida; nor is it popular like coastal highway routes through New England. It's not even as well known as the well traveled Grand River Avenue (which also runs across Michigan)! At least it's not as well known to me. And I think it is because no one really cares to venture cross all the cold, desolate states of the north, and it's not as glamorous as California.