Entries from September 1, 2011 - September 30, 2011

Sunday
Sep252011

where i'm headed

So here's my tentative itinerary for my six-month, round-the-world trip:

  • UK
  • Spain
  • Morocco
  • Turkey
  • India
  • Thailand
  • Hawaii
  • Thailand
  • Cambodia
  • Viet Nam
  • Laos

After that things are up in the air. I expect I'll be done in Laos by the end of February or mid-March leaving me with another six weeks to fill. Any suggestions?

Sunday
Sep252011

three weeks, three days

It's three weeks and three days till I hit the road for six months. This will be the place to read about what I'm doing.

Sunday
Sep252011

I was going to be gone three weeks all told, the longest we’d ever been apart, and I started missing her even before I left. I’d make up the time when I got back, we had years and years ahead of us, but how can you make up moments?

-Colson Whitehead, "Occasional Dispatches from the Republic of Anhedonia," Grantland, July 2011.

Sunday
Sep252011

more common than you'd think