I was so busy when I had first moved to Australia that I didn’t have time to write about my adventures of when I first arrived here (I know you are on the edge of your seat wondering what happened). This is my attempt to right what once was wrong (kind of like a crappy [...]
The Australians got something right. This last weekend I experienced my first ANZAC day. This is similar to Veterans Day except people actually observe it and if you walked out on the street you could tell it was a holiday. To paraphrase to how one of my Australian friends described it, ANZAC day is “the [...]
I have been in Sydney now for the past 4 months and it has been glorious… absolutely glorious. I could not have pictured a better transition for myself. My job has been going well, I have been meeting a ton of cool people and I have found Sydney to be a clean, friendly, beautiful city [...]
In a month’s time I will be officially douching myself from “the Whale’s Vagina”. There is no other way to say it. Actually, there is another way to say it, in a month I will no longer call San Diego home. I have been living here for over 7 years and leaving a place that [...]
So, I have been away for a while. Don’t hate me. I have my reasons. Just pretend like I am your deadbeat Dad sending you a shoddy birthday gift 2 months late. Feel free to be happy I care about you but determined to become a slut in 10 years to repay me for my [...]
I’m back. After spending 13 hours in the Portland airport I finally arrived back from my trip to Japan. Honestly, it is not as culturally crazy as many people would lead you to believe. Don’t get me wrong, if you want to find craziness and fringe culture it is definitely there in abundance (just like [...]
I am leaving for Tokyo in a couple of days and I am totally unprepared. I am not really a planner by nature and tend to just go with the flow when I travel but this time I feel especially discombobulated. My usual MO is to go somewhere with nothing other than things that I [...]
I went back home to Chicago this weekend to hang out with friends and celebrate a buddy’s birthday. It was a great time in addition to being a learning experience. Here are some of the things that I found out: Phones don’t work properly – BB (my friend who was celebrating his birthday) got a [...]
Note: This is a continuation from a previous post about various road trip experiences I have had – if you have not read it you can catch up here. Ontario – “Wait… was that a sign for New York?” Sophomore year in college I organized a winter formal in Toronto, Ontario. The main reason was [...]
I have written in the past about slowing things down and not worrying about making things faster so we would be able to enjoy the things around us more. I still believe that but I know one thing for sure – waiting sucks. There are many different times in life where you are required to [...]