GMap your Soul

One of the new blogs I've come across via twitter is SoulPancake, tagline: Chew on Life's Big questions. Cute ones like why does Christian music suck so much? Twingey questions like Is It Fair To Children To Raise Them Religious? to downright nitty gritty ones such as Mac or PC?

I will blog some of my viewpoints to their questions (with seemingly no answer). The question (or objective) for today is:


Find the location on Google Maps where your soul feels most at home.

I am not a well versed traveler and still dont quite know myself as well as I should (hopefully I'll never know myself 100% because the questions I ask are far more interesting than the ultimate truth anyways).

The past me would be all about Orlando, FL. They have Disney. And Disney has candy. What else does a city need? Roller coasters? Yeah, Orlando has those too. The teen angst-y me would be Seattle WA during the 90s. When I first spent the night at my rich friend's house in high school I was yearning to belong in Zurich but my soul was probably somewhere closer to Macon, GA. And when I discovered yoga I was sure Rishikesh, India was in my blood. And urine.

But at this moment in time, I'm feeling pretty granola. Outdoorsy. But goodness not too outdoorsy. Optimistic. If I had to choose a landscape, I'd want something grand - like mountains! Young tall mountainss! I think this would be perfectly balanced with a calm, serene lake reflecting the sky ... symbolizing how chill and adaptable and patient I can be ... reflective, ponderous (get it? "pond"er ... lake?)

My temporary answer for this question is not a city, but a lake.
Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.
complicated shape
surrounded by mountains
why not?


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You can play along. Or not. I dont care. Because I'm Lake Lucerne and you are Noril'sk in Northern Siberia (apparently one of the ten worst cities to live in. The smelters smoke is saturated with sulfur. The air that you breathe is filled with so much sulfur that the trees do not survive).