Rain such as thoughts...

It is raining here in Auckland at a rate and weight I have never experienced. The two storms I've encountered first hand were boisterous monstrosities named Hugo and Andrew but this puking of the sky is constant, seamless and calm.

I have been present here in Auckland but for a few moments of the past few weeks. Now that I'm truly inspired I seem to have lost the initial blurp in dilluted thought. Blank walls surround me; void of any preference or memory, they simply blur into beige as the canvas of my new home transfixed.

Now it is quiet, my mind not so much.

Rugby World Cup 2011 started off with multiple explosions and I wish I could take credit for the photo or say truly that I saw the roman candle display of pyrotechnics above the skyline just a few nights ago. But I'm not and I didn't as I was experiencing something far more profound. After and through much pressure of my group and course leader I did get to see the All Blacks beat up on Tonga via the scoreboard but from the crushing hits I think Tonga won the physical battle bar none. Scotland is up a game in their pool and unfortunately the Eagles (The USA team which very few know exists thanks to the gridiron game) lost to the Irish yesterday. The very sad part about the celebration was the disrespect for a city that is so multicultural and beautiful. The city of sails on opening night of Rugby World Cup was trashed. I can understand getting completely annihilated but throwing garbage everywhere along a street that kindly the city shutdown to bring people together is unacceptable. Similar to but on a lesser extent of the riots in Vancouver after Boston won the Stanley Cup or the recent violence in and around London proper due to the shooting of a man. It is disgusting to see how people treat their home, not just aucklanders but the entirety of human civilization. I'm not taking myself out of the equation however because I still take the occasional whizz on a cement wall while spitting gum on the sidewalk after a few pints so I'm not exempt just aware of the human condition.

And we wonder why our taxes are so high, or why New Zealand has the highest teen suicide rate per capita in the world? Why 1/3 of Americans are now considered obese, or why we only donate money rather than getting off our asses to do something for our fellow man. We as a collective truly do not care for one another. Quite fascinating considered we all exist in the same space and time on the same ball of dirt, water, fire and gas as every single other entity we percieve to exist; self centered and unaware of our interconnectedness.

It's funny, it's sad and it is every word, phrase or explanation we've ever come up with as a species and then, it all goes.