Let's Explore, Shall We?

I'm a super nerd when it comes to Astronomy (not to be confused with Astrology which one of my friends is obsessed with @Viv_Status give her your sign and she'll analyze you like woah).

I remember once there was going to be a planetary alignment visible for one night only and I made my roommate get up at four in the morning and go out in the cold looking for a place in the city that we could look into the sky and see it.

We lived in London, there were too many lights. We saw nothing. We ended up walking back to our dorm and going to sleep.

I am that person. I will force you to come and watch cosmic events with me--or at the very least try.

Last night we had a quick run through for a performance we're going to be putting on this Sunday. It was late and I drove one of the girls home because she doesn't live too far from my house. We were listening to the radio and they announced something about a meteor shower coming up.

I got all excited and was like "oooh I want to see that!" She didn't seem too keen and we got quiet again.

After a few moments she spoke.

"Jenny?"

"What's up Monica?"

"Do you believe in aliens?"

I laughed. "No. I don't."

"A lot of people do. My mom says she saw a UFO once."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

Quiet again.

"Jenny?"

"Yeah?"

"I think people shouldn't go in space. They're just being 'presentao' (or presentado, which is Puerto Rican for sticking your nose where it doesn't belong) what are they going to do in space?"

I laughed and couldn't help but agree with her.

From the mouths of babe; NASA you're being 'presentao' go home and do something productive.

Now, I get it. The human race has this innate desire to explore and explore until there is nothing left to look at, nothing new to find. The beauty of space is that it goes on forever and ever (amen).

It makes me wonder though about the rest of us.

What do we do with that desire to seek new frontiers?

Do we just dream about going new places? Or do we actually do something about it?

Do we ever even take the time to explore the unknown places around us?

I know myself and I know that I've fallen into a routine. I don't wander around my own city looking for the new and interesting. I just goes to the same places every day and every week.

I am looking to change that.