i have a question.
why are europe and asia considered 2 different continents?
i understand why north and south america are 2 different continents.
and i understand why africa is a continent(or, ‘the nation of africa’ as our esteemed leader mr. gw bush once said…).
but why are europe and africa considered 2 different continents?
look at a map, it’s essentially one gigantic land mass.
you could theoretically walk blindfolded in one straight line from the french coast on the atlantic ocean to the chinese coast on the pacific ocean(although it might take a while, just fyi).
a continent is a ‘principle land mass’, right?
and don’t europe and asia sort of occupy one gigantic principle land mass?
i wonder how it would effect the way in which citizens of europe and asia perceive themselves if instead of europe and asia you just had eurasia or asiope(although ‘eurasia’ seems to be a bit more mellifluous)?
in other news, i’m here in tokyo now, getting ready to drive up to fuji rock(where we’re playing in between the beach boys and primal scream…no, there’s nothing random about that…).
one of my favorite things about tokyo are/is the little temples that are tucked away in the city.
you can be walking down a busy street with gigantic high-rises, and tucked between two high-rises is a little staircase leading to a little temple consisting of some trees and benches.
i don’t know if they’re shinto temples or buddhist temples or taoist temples(although i guess a taoist temple could be a photograph of the inside of an empty hand).
ok, time to drive 3 hours to fuji rock, perform for an hour, then drive 3 hours back.
yes, touring sure is glamorous.
-moby
