Chifukwa Chake Sindidzabwezeretsa Njinga Yanga Yophatikiza Yazaka 15

Nthawi yomaliza yomwe ndimamverera motere za njinga yanga yomwe ndinali 9; anali Schwinn wa buluu wotopa kwambiri, wonyezimira, ndipo ndimayerekezera mwachinsinsi kuti ndi kavalo. Osati kavalo aliyense ayi: The Schwinn anali Godolphin Arabian waku Marguerite Henry's Mfumu ya Mphepo, ae ndinayang'ana kwambiri kotero kuti woyang'anira laibulale ya varsity pamapeto pake amayenera kuzichotsa zala zanga ndikundiuza kuti ndifunenso chinthu china choti ndiphunzire.

Nthawi yotentha nthawi yamadzulo ndimakwera mpaka kumapeto kwa bwaloli, ndikuganiza kuti ndatsalira kumbuyo kwa mpikisano wothamanga womwe ungasankhe njira yopita patsogolo kwa mtunduwo. Kuyika koyenera pamphika, moyenera msewu umodzi wopitilira, kenako, tikulowera, tidakwera zida zazikulu. Hatchi yanga ndi ine tinathamangiranso kulowera ku Ewing Avenue panjira yowopsa pamene gululi linafika kumapazi ake, tikusangalala ndikuwombera pang'ono mpaka tinafika kumapeto, nyumba yanga, yopambana.

Njinga yamtengo wapatali ikhoza kukhala chinthu chomwe mukufuna kuti mukhale.

Patapita nthawi yayitali, ulendo wanga ndi Trek 7300 Multitrack, cholembera chomwe chidasiyidwa mu 2012, ngakhale ndikuganiza za mbadwa zake, ngakhale mzere wa Arabia umanyamula okwera kupita ku chigonjetso, kwina. "Multitrack" ikuwoneka kuti ndi mwano osati china chake, ndipo ngakhale ilipo: Imasowa mitundu yonyezimira yamagalimoto othamangitsidwa omwe amuna amavala mumajuzi achi Italiya ndi akabudula a njinga, ndipo si anzeru ngati njinga zamagetsi zomwe zimasinthira mphamvu ngati mukufuna kuyenda ndi kuyenda kunja. Si mtundu wa njinga zapaubwenzi zachilengedwe zovulazidwa zomwe zitha kuzichotsa pang'onopang'ono, zoyenda njinga zofanana ndi kusambira kwa Armani komanso mtengo wake.

Poyamba ndinkakhala ndi njinga yamoto yothamanga, ndipo nthawi zina ndinkatenga chogwirira choponyedwacho, ndikumenyetsanso, ndikukumbukira za mipikisano yamahatchi yaubwana. Komabe zenizeni, nthawi zonse ndimamva kuti wothamangayo anali wamkulu kuposa momwe ndimafunira. Poyamba ndinkakwera njinga mumzinda, ndinkakhala ndi njinga yabwino, yamphamvu. Ulendowu ndi njinga yosangalatsa, yamphamvu; tili pamawu abwino.

Ndinazisiya nditasamukira ku New York Metropolis kuchokera ku Los Angeles zaka 11 m'mbuyomu, chifukwa ndimaganiza kuti ndikadakhala miyezi, osati zaka. Komabe ndinkalakwitsa, ndipo pomalizira pake nyumba yomangoyenda inandikhudza mtima, choncho ndinazembera njinga yamoto ndikutumiza chakum'mawa. Kumayambiriro kwa Sabata m'mawa tinkadutsa njinga ya West Aspect kuti titsimikizire kuti nditha kuyenda njinga pafupifupi 100 kuchokera ku Chelsea kupita ku Columbia College komwe ndidaphunzitsako, ngati ndingasankhe, ndikabwerera komweko.

Nditasamukira ku LA yr m'mbuyomu, nditakwanitsa kulakalaka kwathu, njinga idamaliza ulendo wozungulira ndi ine. Iyenera kuti yatha zaka 15 isanafike pano, koma ndiye msinkhu waukulu wa kavalo wosangalatsa, ndipo pali chinthu chimodzi choyenera kutchulidwa pakukhulupirika.

Ndidanyalanyaza ndikangogulanso koyamba, ndikusokonezedwa ndi kusamutsa komanso ntchito yatsopano; idali ndi matayala awiri athyathyathya komanso pampu yolakwika poyenda. Komabe mu February wapitawu ndinapita nawo pafupi ndi malo ogulitsira pafupi ndi njinga - mitu yozizira kuposa yomwe ndinalangiza kuti mwina sikunali kwanzeru kukonza njira za njinga za LA koyambirira kuposa momwe katswiri angatsimikizire kuti mabuleki adapulumuka posamutsa. Ndidadzimva kuti ndikudzitchinjiriza: Mabasiketi mkati mwa zenera amakhala okonda chilichonse, ndimataki amtengo wofananira. Ndidamupempha munthu yemwe anali kuseri kwa kauntala kuti mwina angaganize zopereka ulendo wanga kamodzi.

Anandiwombera mkati mwa baseball. "Ndi njinga yabwino," adatero, mokweza mawu kuti aliyense m'sitoloyo amvetsere. "Idzafika mosalekeza." Patatha masiku anayi, ine ndi njinga yanga yabwino tidakwanitsa kugunda msewu waukulu ndi mabuleki othandiza ndi magiya, matayala odzaza ndi thupi lotsogola.

Ikani pambali chithunzi cha osayiwala momwe mungayendere njinga yamoto, chifukwa pali chenicheni chachikulu pomwe pano: Mumakumbukira momwe mumamvera mukamayendetsa njinga yamoto, osataya zokumbukira zomwe zamangirizidwa ukatswiri wosakhalitsa wokhala owonjezera ma cell kuposa momwe mulili. Kukhala ndi luso loyenda ndikuwongolera sizothandiza kwenikweni, komabe kutha kuyitanitsa munthu wazaka 9 zakubadwa, kuti musamangomva kokha tikamayankhula kamphepo kaye kamphepo kabwino koyambirira? Ndicho chinthu chimodzi.

Mkati mwa masabata, dziko lapansi monga momwe tinkadziwira linatsekedwa chifukwa cha mliriwu, ndikugwiritsa ntchito imodzi mwazinthu zingapo zomwe ndingachite mosamala, m'mbali mwa nyanja zam'mbali zam'mbali ndimayendedwe amanjinga, m'misewu yomwe sikadakhala yotetezeka chifukwa cha aliyense anali kuyendetsa. Ndinkachoka paulendo wa mphindi 20 kupita ku 4 miles, kupita ku 6, pafupifupi tsiku lililonse. Pomwe njira zimatsegulidwanso mu Might, ndimakonda kugwiritsa ntchito mayendedwe ozungulira mtunda wamakilomita 10, osavuta, ndipo chifukwa chokhacho anali kusiyana pakati panga kuyamba kumapeto kwa njinga. Posakhalitsa kapena pambuyo pake ndidzawonjezera mileage m'njira yolakwika; mwina ndichita kukula konseko.

Makolo omwe amapita nane panjinga amakhala ndi nkhani zawo zamkati kuti adziwitse. Maphukusi amtundu wa ma jerseti omveka bwino ali mkati mwa mpikisano kudzera m'midzi yaku Tuscan. Oyendetsa njinga zamoto e-bicycle, makamaka mdera langa la Santa Monica, ndi omwe amapita kutchuthi othamanga kwambiri, kujambula zithunzi zamakanema momwe amabangulira kale. Mwa anthu omwe ali panjinga zapamwamba amadziwika bwino mokwanira kupindulira diso la paparazzi - njinga yoyimilira yofanana, pakadali pano, ya mwinjiro wofiira.

Ndipo anthu omwe akuyenda mwamsangamsanga panyanja, tiyeni tisawaiwale, akuwoneka kuti akulakalaka kunyanja kwam'mbuyomu, kuphweka kwa njinga zopanda magiya, mabuleki othamanga, burger, batala ndi bolodi lapamadzi.

Ine, ndikungofunika kusamutsa kudzera kudera linalake, ngati momwe ndinabwerera, pa njinga yamoto yomwe imachita zomwe ndikupempha, zazikulu kuposa zokwanira. Mphepo ya tsitsi langa - chabwino, mkati mwa mphepo yomwe imayandama pachipewa changa - ndikumverera koti sindingagwidwe kwambiri ndi nthaka kuposa momwe zimakhalira nthawi zonse ndizabwino masiku ano, titakumbidwa kale. Ndimayendabe mwachangu, makamaka, cholowa Zolinga zanga zoyambilira, komabe Trek imayigwiritsa ntchito mozama kwambiri ngati yanjenjemera, ndipo sinyoza ndikangomaliza pang'ono mtengo wotsika mtengo.

Kugwiritsa ntchito kwanga kwaposachedwa ndidayamba ndi kofunikira: Ndidafuna chinthu chimodzi chokhudzana ndi mayendedwe, chifukwa choti nthawi zonse sindimatha kukhala tsiku lonse, komabe zimandilola kuthawa anthu osawadziwa ndikazindikira. Kenako malingaliro achikalewo adayamba, ndikugwiritsa ntchito kangapo sabata iliyonse ndikugwiritsa ntchito pafupifupi tsiku lililonse, kaya ndi nthawi yopumira khofi wopita ku Santa Monica pier kapena ulendowu wopita kumapeto kwa njinga. Kuyendetsa sikukhazikitsa kwamuyaya, pomwe kuli kofunika pang'ono.

Chokhazikikacho, zilibe kanthu kuti nditsata njira yanji, ndikuyenera kupita ku Pico Boulevard pafupi ndi nsonga ya ulendowu. Mapeto a Pico kunyanja, ndiye njira imodzi yokha kuti muwone Pacific ndikuwona mtundu wake pakadali pano. Zimasintha pafupipafupi; Ndikufuna kuzindikira.

Kenako ndimazunguliranso pamsewu waukulu, kamphepo kanyanja kenanso, ndikumathanso kukakhalanso.