November 2008
17 posts
Another Thanksgiving abroad
Two years ago I was in Shanghai, eating turkey with expatriates. Last year I was in New York City so was able to head home. This year I will spend Thanksgiving on a 22-hour bus ride from Ensenada to La Paz in Baja California. At first this seemed very sad, because I have some friends nearby that are celebrating Thanksgiving and invited me along. But I need to get south so I can attend the...
Uselessly useful humor; I'm lazy on the road →
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ARGGHHHH, the love is rising from this endless beginning It’s crazy! How can we survive without rainbows? I saw some smoke, lights and thousands of videotapes Deep in the Heartland, are living and dying Republicans from the dawn Lost in the wilderness, this questionnaire finally comes back after many detours Nobody knows where the treasure lies Ecstasy and maybe madness will stop the...
Thoughts on safety in Mexico... →
This puts things in perspective…
Trip Theory
There comes a point in every journey when I want to say fuck it and turn around. I get weary - and wary - of the steps ahead and I come awfully close to throwing in the passport. It happens on every trip, regardless of length. I crave returning to a “home” that I never really have. Home to me is simply familiarity, a place where I know what to expect. All I want to do is go...
Baja?
If one more person tells me to be very very careful in Baja while I’m there, I might just actually start to get worried…
On the Road
Here I go again…I am heading to Cabo San Lucas via LA, SD, Tijuana, Ensenada and La Paz. I cannot believe that I am going out on the road again, that I must pack up my bag and be a wanderer once more. Who am I kidding though, once a wanderer also a wanderer. Or as my producer at Lonely Planet says, “you can’t stop being nomadic once you start.” It is more than just a...
Tissues/tears into hopes/fears
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Obama’s historic victory was overhadowed by the narrow passing of Proposition 8 in California - eliminating the right to marry for same-sex couples. The idea that we are writing discrimination into the Constitution at this time of unparalleled fear and hatred is beyond me. I just don’t get it. I also do not understand how a 501c...
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Fight for Separation of Church and State →
This is what home is
I have been trying to undestand what the concept of “home” means in the world and to me personally. When talking about the meaning of “home” with some traveling friends, a wise man said to me that you are home when you start getting into local politics - when you start caring about the future of where you are.
I think that San Francisco is my home. Which is weird for me...
Eliminate discrimination for once and for all. →
