07/15/86 Mardi (Tuesday) Educated by a different bunch of people, question life

I finally woke up at 12:45 -- wooh - late! Today was kind of laid back and nice. We went for another walk today. We walked through the wheat field, smelled stuff, ate wild fruits, had an apple fight, lounged out in a cow field and headed back. We got home around 6 p.m.

Jillian and I talked again in Decide's room for another hour or so. He is very nice and I'm really shocked at how polite they are to the kind of life they live.

Jullian is 23 and has no home. He just lives in empty homes with friends (squatter) and steals what he needs. How can he do that and be such a kind and gentle polite person?

We ate dinner around 9 until 10 then everybody packed up and we rode to the train station. I am so upset. I really like them. They are so different. After our walk they were hot so they all stripped naked and went in the sprinkler. Then they sat around drinking for awhile. So weird!

I kissed them all good bye and they said they would surprise me sometime and drop by. Probably won't see them for a month because in 10 days I leave for Holland for a week. For the next 10 days I will be alone with Collette. What will I don? I have finally gotten used to staying up until morning, sleeping until 2. Walking 2 hours and eating really late dinners. I like it. Oh well. In 2 days I will go to Paris and see that guy and his mom. (At least I think that is what's doing!) Je ne sais pas!

I'm a little confused about things after talking with Julien. He made everything sound like it was supposed to be unstructured and free and you should give and receive pleasure because it was right. He said if I couldn't explain why not than I didn't really believe - Maybe I'm not a good Mormon, maybe I'm a clone.

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