It's been said before

Wow, its been so long I hope I still remember how to do this. Holidays are really here aren't they. Its gonna be great to see everyone up in NY. The closer it gets to departure the more I miss everyone, I really can't wait. But I also cant wait for all this hyper-hyper-consumerism to pass. It's grating on me. I've really come to enjoy living simply, or at least relatively simply. Can a living be made reading books, listening to music and making strange little movies? How about walking around downtown aimlessly? Or riding bikes and catching buses? Train hopping? Probably not. But thats what I'd like. And I also just cant bear all these people, everywhere you look, like drones they are. Scurrying everywhere, cutting you off, rushing to and fro, go go go. "Got people to please! Can't you see? His/Her happiness depends on this, demands it. Like fire needs flame! Like water needs wet!" Not that they ever articulate it. That would make the error a concious one, and then too much to bear. Its seems to be on the faces of everyone, everywhere I look. Conforming like heavy ashes in the wind, then caught in the tide. Whisked away to far off places, sooting on the greenery with platic and the chemicals it took to make it. I'm guilty too, but I don't wanna be anymore.