Craigslist: Abdicating Responsibility
I'm back. I'm back to writing down to random thoughts and opinions via my blog. And I realize what was holding me back so much: not being in the States for seven months' with little-to-no interaction with foreign cultures, but rather Twitter. That devil of an invention, the latest attempt to reduce the English language to 1984's Newspeak. Whenever some news item came up that I ...
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Domestic Travel and Being Me
Long time no read, everyone. Entirely my fault. I guess I just tried to do too many things at once, and ended up doing nothing at all. My travel convention job turned out to be run by a downright evil shell of a human being, and since then, I've been struggling with freelance jobs, and deciding what I want to do, where I want to be. ...
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Travel Jobs: Promoting Conventions
This weekend in Reno I did the following: - Talked to two models, who happened to enjoy late night blackjack almost as much as me (one of whom posed for Playboy). - Had a meaningful discussion with Chuck Yeager, the man to first break the sound barrier - Watched Tom Selleck buy an Alaskan hunting knife, while his bodyguards warded off potential photographers - Woke up to snowy morning runs - Worked 12-hour shifts for ...
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Travel Jobs: World Ventures
Sorry for my lack of posts as of late; I am back in the states after my working holiday in New Zealand, and will be looking for jobs in Japan, Taiwan, and Peru starting sometime in the next several months. Whenever I'm home, I always tend to fly into Dallas, then migrate south to Austin, home of great Mexican food, good people, and Town Lake running trail, the best ...
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Gambling to Travel
I know there have been numerous articles on the subject, and there's really no point in writing about this ex post facto, as the perception of the gambler is significantly different than the perception of the non-gambler, even if they happen to be the same person. Of course it seems ridiculous to throw $500 down on a stupid game, but it's the risk that's the thrill: the promise of ...
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