Andrew and I arrived in Bangkok this morning at 05:30. There was some slight concern as to what our experience entering Bangkok would be like due to an interesting interaction I had with an airline employee. Don’t worry, it didn’t…
Sitting on the plane from Dallas to San Francisco, the first of three flights of the journey from the Dallas to Bangkok, I wasn’t really tired but I fell asleep for a few hours after getting restless while reading. Every so often gravity started anchoring my head down and as it fell I would wake up in a rush before I drifted off. The pilot announced we were about to cross the Sierra Nevadas and…
In honor of spring and the upcoming trip to Southeast Asia, Andrew, Shawna and I decided we should practice the habit of finding adventure wherever we happen to be. Our typical routine in the area we live in (Dallas/Fort Worth…
It’s 2009 and I just split up with a girl I was maniacally in love with. Hindsight tells me our relationship was really more of unhealthy obsession…at least on my part. At this point in my life I was even…
I started a post yesterday that was going to chronicle my troubled life consisting of breezy days on the patio drinking iced caramel macchiatos, blogging away on my new laptop…but I got sidetracked thinking about backpacks and selling all of my shit. Certain conversation invariably comes up with friends about why we’re dissatisfied with our lives when we are so incredibly fortunate. I live with my parents and work about 30 or so hours a…
Right now I’m sitting outside a Starbucks like I often do. The reason I come here is because 1) I work at this particular store so I don’t usually pay for drinks, and 2) it is within walking distance of home. I was at home cleaning out my room and the garage, looking for things to sell or donate. The idea of minimizing what I own is very appealing; it’s always been somewhat a romantic fascination of…
