Hope – LN Lurie:

Hope tastes like chicken– but it fills your belly with a happier feeling.

April Fools!

Posted on 2018-04-01

Back in 2010 I sent my parents (and BCC’d my friends) an email. Subject: Well…. Body: (picture of a positive pregnancy test). ——- My […]

Grammy

Posted on 2018-02-15

I felt it. Last Saturday. It’s hard to describe. The feeling of when you had a sweater that belonged to someone else, smelled like them, […]

Ep14. Worries

Posted on 2015-04-05

Whenever I travel, I always hear heaps of worries/warnings. “YOU COULD GET MUGGED!”“THE WORLD IS DANGEROUS!”“Just stay home, already!” These things aren’t just local to […]

Fear: the Real Dictator

Posted on 2015-03-22

(Yep another post about fear). Fear. “Be afraid, America!” “Never travel!” “STRANGER DANGER!” Just the other day I was walking home after work and saw […]

Overcoming the “Grass is Always Greener” mentality

Posted on 2015-03-08

I have this terrible problem: I’m always looking for the greener grass. I’m never stopping and staying in the moment- no matter how great things […]

Online Dating Vs Resume Building (same thing)

Posted on 2015-02-08

I have a friend, Colleen, who was recently dumped. And after a few days of feeling awful and lonely she decided she’s going to jump […]

Car accident + hospital stay – US health insurance = no fun

Posted on 2015-01-11

Jan 3rd, 2015- Outside of Kimball, Nebraska. Note: I do NOT recommend rolling your car. Not even for the “thrill” or “adventure”. There’s no real […]

Ep9. Did you Always Wear a Money Belt?

Posted on 2014-12-07

(view out the window during the really long bus ride) I’m trying something new with this format. Do you like it? Please give me feedback! “You […]

I would do anything for love…

Posted on 2014-11-23

I decided to go back to Cape Town for a boy. This is something I haven’t done since… uh…. Highschool? I guess you could say […]

Marcus

Posted on 2014-11-16

As I said before, I work in a backpackers in Cape Town. One morning I got a weird call from a woman named Shamise. She said “I’m […]

iMiss

Posted on 2014-11-02

Every 90 days or so I get homesick. Today marks the 90th day I’ve been away from home- so I wasn’t really THAT surprised when […]

I love you, man!

Posted on 2014-10-26

I’m recently met a German girl named Chris who overheard me praising our cook: “I loooooove collard-greens, Peter! Thank you!” She called me out: “You’re […]

Epiphany

Posted on 2014-10-19

When I first started traveling, I set out seeking for something. Hoping that some country, some person, some place would give me this epiphany and […]

Happy Birthday, Fathead!

Posted on 2014-09-16

Today is my brother’s birthday. His name is Josh. I call him Fathead. Growing up, Fathead and I didn’t always have the best relationship. ok- […]

Slow-drip of Fear

Posted on 2014-07-14

I posted another post about fear a while back ago– but this is different. I recently went to Alaska to visit my friend Kit. While […]

Fighting

Posted on 2014-02-12

Since coming back to The States, I’ve been hiding out. Purposely avoiding a lot of people and crowds of people because I just don’t feel […]

Typhoon Haiyan – part 2

Posted on 2013-11-29

NOTE: I’m a freelance volunteer. I have no affiliation. Which means that I can write and be totally open about everything I’ve seen. (HORRAY FOR […]

Typhoon Haiyan (part 1)

Posted on 2013-11-17

Update: I was in the Philippines when the typhoon hit. I was in a safe place called MoalBoal which is in south Cebu (Cebu is […]

Acquiring an Indian Visa

Posted on 2013-08-07

Getting an Indian visa was a little more than sketchy. Because I couldn’t find any other blog posts about it, I thought I would post […]

Imagine a world…. (Australia- first thoughts)

Posted on 2013-04-30

Imagine a world where: Minimum wage is 15$ an hour. The government pays you to have children. (baby bonus) The government also pays you to […]

Spidey-sense

Posted on 2013-03-06

Normally I don’t listen to people when they try to warn me about areas. Normally people feed off fear and regurgitate it for no real […]

Herbie Hancock

Posted on 2013-01-26

Last night I saw Herbie Hancock perform. It was actually kind of amazing. I should note that I felt pretty amazing before the concert even […]

Dear Cristi

Posted on 2013-01-23

A brilliant guy told me to write TO people if I wanted to improve my writing- so this is my attempt. Dear Cristi, You wrote […]

Be sad.

Posted on 2013-01-12

I keep having really weird dreams as of late-. Back in the day I used to have lucid dreams, but then I quit my job […]

The kindness of strangers

Posted on 2012-12-23

I think I’m in love with Nicaragua. The people, the atmosphere, the climate, the culture…. The sheer niceness of people just blows me away. Things […]