Subterranean Beefworks

a little fear

As with most Fridays, this one was looking like it was going nowhere. *All* of the friends I hang out with were out of town so I was left to fend for myself. Hungry, I walked down to 4th street with no idea what I wanted to eat. Against all logic, I went to Campus Pizza which is this glorified shit pit pizza place right on campus. They have food and yuengling so I thought they were my best bet.

The dimwitted chick behind the counter fucked up my order. I wanted a cheeseburger and fries, probably the simplest thing they have on the menu, and she fucked it up by forgetting the cheese. Of course, I realized this only after I left with the to-go order. Fucking, hamburgers and cheeseburgers are from opposite ends of the universe.

My burger was not satisfying. I had a beer to wash down the blandness, and started to consider my options. In truth, I had none. So I decided to pack a camera and a flashlight and go on a night hike. Lehigh is set in the side of a mountain, much of which is covered by woods. There's bike trails and some maintainence buildings now again, but it's pretty much just dark woods. I was looking for the best place though, which is the Bethlehem Star tower. It's a big TV tower with a huge light-up star on it. I've been there before but I have to say, it's a bitch to find a big glowing beacon in the sky at night.

Before you're disappointed, I'll say right now that I didn't find the tower. Instead, I traipsed around in the woods for about two hours, arguing with myself over which direction I should've taken. My light was off most of the time (in an effort to keep my location vague), so I was walking around in the dark, pausing every so often at a distant snap of twigs.

It's a scary thing to do. Ever since I was a kid, there has been this understanding that devil worshippers and opportunistic sex offenders hang out in the woods. Dark woods are just not the place to be. I don't know how true that really is, but it's still a really spooky place. When I run through last night in my mind, elusive paths spotted every few meters with moonlight, it was a really fucked up scene. If only my camera could handle low-light, then I could share the experience. The only picture that came out is below.

Pending workload/productivity, I might make another attempt tonight. I really want to get to that star.

Ascent. This was maybe 10 minutes after getting into the woods.

Posted by Alchemae at September 25, 2004 01:19 PM