I see these kids on campus almost everyday skating away. While I often privately admonish their seeming truancy, I also envy their carefree attitude. Watching them skate and do tricks while I tote books and calculators honestly makes me a little jealous, but it also makes me realize that life is to be LIVED. I used to think of skateboarding as an activity for the idle mind, but the wit and character of young people like the ones I met above changed my view a bit. The culture of skateboarding may be a pastime of those considered 'rebels', but it's still a pastime - no different than baseball or bowling - practiced by people who seem to be momentarily carefree and LIVING as they want.
I hope these young fellas skate when they feel like it, LIVE how they wanna, all the while getting that homework done.
G'nite.
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