Protected: The Second Disaster (and how to deal with it)
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Grammy
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, […]
Continue reading »China Observations (#3)
I’m slightly behind on my aunt’s Chinese Observations. #2 talks about how they hired her husband/her to teach. The selling point was a “FAB LAB” […]
Continue reading »Fear: the Real Dictator
(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 […]
Continue reading »House Sitting stories
In my attempts to still live on 34$ a day, I’ve taken up the new hobby (job?) of house sitting. I use a website called […]
Continue reading »Overcoming the “Grass is Always Greener” mentality
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 […]
Continue reading »Online Dating Vs Resume Building (same thing)
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 […]
Continue reading »Creamy or Crunchy nut-butter?
This is a question that I ask on first dates. It’s probably the most important question- because it will shape the rest of the relationship […]
Continue reading »Happy Birthday, Fathead!
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- […]
Continue reading »In the face of a Lion
Amy Purdy was a teenage snowboarder. When she was a teenager, she heard about a boy who lost his legs in a freak accident and […]
Continue reading »Why I Crossfit
I read this article this morning. So much of it rang true that I had to stop myself from screaming “YES! ABSOLUTELY!”. But then I remembered […]
Continue reading »Fighting
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 […]
Continue reading »Live Theater Crew vs Video Game Dev
Recently I was in the world’s first amateur production of Phantom of the Opera in Melbourne, Australia. It was put on by Cloc which is made […]
Continue reading »Herbie Hancock
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 […]
Continue reading »Dear Cristi
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 […]
Continue reading »Be sad.
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 […]
Continue reading »Getting fired from a volunteer position
Back story: I’ve been finding volunteer work through a wonderful website called Workaway.info. My whole goal, while traveling, was to try all kinds of work/deal […]
Continue reading »The kindness of strangers
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 […]
Continue reading »Nicaragua! (so far)
I have been on 2 farms in the past 2 weeks and here is what I have done: 1) I am a fan of hitchhiking […]
Continue reading »Guatemala
Guatemala has been an experience. Here are some things I have learned: 1) People here are dirt-poor. But happy. The only thing I miss is […]
Continue reading »I fear something different
A friend just told me tonight: “LN, I’m not even going to tell you to ‘be careful’. You are more than prepared. Besides, what are […]
Continue reading »“That Bear Ate My Pants”
Kindle book link I’ve been reading this book for about a week. I never ever want it to end. It’s not a good “going to […]
Continue reading »Steinbeck’s intro from “Travels with Charley”
“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure […]
Continue reading »Xenophobia kills the human race.
I’m so surprised by people’s reactions when I tell them that I’m going abroad by myself…. “people are dangerous!” “stay away from strangers!” “don’t talk […]
Continue reading »Inception
I’m a huge movie-buff. (Though, my old roommate would disagree about this). During the summer I like to go see a movie (in the theater) […]
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