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People elect representatives so that they do n't have to get involved ; the same way we have frozen foods so they do n't have to cook , and calculators so they do n't have to add . Lying in a puddle under a picnic table , wet from head to toe in a sopping sleeping bag , with thunder crackling about and sheets of rain pummeling my thin plastic poncho , I was beginning to question the whole fastpacking concept . She 'd been " the Mitchell girl " - the responsible one , the one who had to grow up early because her parents were gone , the one teachers could count on to follow the rules and go above and beyond in the classroom , the one adults smiled at when passing on the street , the one invisible to her classmates . We continued to drift southeast for the next few hours as Qungujuq examined various motor parts . The Huichol , of course , would see this as a test to determine where I stand in the spirit realm .