Protected: The Second Disaster (and how to deal with it)
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Red Cat-eye Glasses
“Cute glasses, LN! Are those real diamonds?” “hahahahahahahahahahaha. No…. But the story of them is epic.” (She didn’t want to hear the story. She just […]
Continue reading »Grammy
I felt it. Last Saturday. It’s hard to describe. The feeling of when you had a sweater that belonged to someone else, smelled like them, […]
Continue reading »Call Home
I’m standing at debrief listening to our incident commander urging us to call home.“Call your loved ones. They are worried.” Today is day 43 of […]
Continue reading »Wildland Fire – forms and checklists
This is a catch-all for all my WLFF checklists and forms. RCDM Page FACL Page Form/Card Description Property Issue Card The cards that sit behind […]
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This is a catch-page for my WildLand Fire forms- specifically for Supply. Property Issue Card —- and it’s explanation This card is printed out and […]
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ep33. Packing – part 2 – Consolidation
This is a mini-series about packing. If you haven’t heard PART 1: yet- go do that! Here are some lists: International Packing First Aid Kit (Uses […]
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ep32. Packing! (part 1 – Don’t Over Pack!)
PRE-THOUGHT NOTE: #Confession: I have stopped listening to other podcasts. I know… I know… I’m confessing this even though this is a link to listen […]
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ep31. Procrastination and Flight Delays
A story of a really bad travel experience in 2012…. that ended up with me being alive. Thanks (or no thanks?) to my procrastination. ————- Transcript: […]
Continue reading »Ode to Zoey
They always say that cats have 9 lives… and maybe that’s true. Zoey lived so adventurously that she probably would have filled 9 more lives […]
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Ep20. Falling Apart
Stuff always falls apart while traveling. Plans change, health declines. Items disintegrate… Relationships fade… It doesn’t always happen, but it’s usually inevitable, no matter where […]
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(Don’t) Hurry up and wait…. In Alaska.
I’ve always complained about the “hurry up and wait” mentality. I *KNOW* that you should always be appreciative and aware of the place that you are… […]
Continue reading »Perfect roadtrip
According to Science— they have figured out the “perfect road trip” I disagree with it, of course, because an American Roadtrip is about finding something […]
Continue reading »Yosemite Campsite Land Rush
“Hey! Wanna go to a wedding with me in October in Yosemite?” “Sure….?” “Great! We need to wake up early on May 15th and book a […]
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Ep16. Hospitals
Hospitals are scary…. But why? I’m scared of the cost- but what are OTHER people scared of? We investigate other countries (Australia, Canada, South Africa, […]
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Ep14. Worries
Whenever I travel, I always hear heaps of worries/warnings. “YOU COULD GET MUGGED!”“THE WORLD IS DANGEROUS!”“Just stay home, already!” These things aren’t just local to […]
Continue reading »Colombia CouchSurfing!
“You never went home with strangers, did you?” Couchsurfing.org is like online dating, but for a place to stay. You fill out an online profile […]
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ep13. American Road Trip across I-10
Road trips across America are a national past time. I’ve taken one at least every year for over the past decade. But this story isn’t […]
Continue reading »Working While Traveling
I’ve worked in several places while I travel. Sometimes because I had to, sometimes because I want to feel useful/have an excuse to get out […]
Continue reading »Online Dating Vs Resume Building (same thing)
I have a friend, Colleen, who was recently dumped. And after a few days of feeling awful and lonely she decided she’s going to jump […]
Continue reading »My budget- 30 months worth (34$ a day)
“How did you afford all this travel?” It’s not really that expensive. About 1000$ a month-give or take. Since not a lot of people post their […]
Continue reading »Car accident + hospital stay – US health insurance = no fun
Jan 3rd, 2015- Outside of Kimball, Nebraska. Note: I do NOT recommend rolling your car. Not even for the “thrill” or “adventure”. There’s no real […]
Continue reading »The birth of a bucket list (“Hello, I’m Susan”)
Last night I went swing dancing with a friend- a hobby that I used to enjoy quite often. As Leeds spun me around, he asked the […]
Continue reading »I love you, man!
I’m recently met a German girl named Chris who overheard me praising our cook: “I loooooove collard-greens, Peter! Thank you!” She called me out: “You’re […]
Continue reading »100 passport stamps
I love looking through my passport. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine- seeing the stamps and visas that I’ve collected, remembering all the boarder crossings […]
Continue reading »Happy Birthday, Fathead!
Today is my brother’s birthday. His name is Josh. I call him Fathead. Growing up, Fathead and I didn’t always have the best relationship. ok- […]
Continue reading »Femme Fatale Silks/pole/circus/dance
I needed a break from crossfit, so I decided to try something else entirely. When I was in the Philippines, I met a girl who […]
Continue reading »Slow-drip of Fear
I posted another post about fear a while back ago– but this is different. I recently went to Alaska to visit my friend Kit. While […]
Continue reading »Why I Crossfit
I read this article this morning. So much of it rang true that I had to stop myself from screaming “YES! ABSOLUTELY!”. But then I remembered […]
Continue reading »Fighting
Since coming back to The States, I’ve been hiding out. Purposely avoiding a lot of people and crowds of people because I just don’t feel […]
Continue reading »Live Theater Crew vs Video Game Dev
Recently I was in the world’s first amateur production of Phantom of the Opera in Melbourne, Australia. It was put on by Cloc which is made […]
Continue reading »Grub (Hollywood, CA)
Before I went to Grub I was at the beach where I got my very first Bee sting! (I’m excited because I, somehow, managed to […]
Continue reading »Hurricane prep!
As Hurricane Sandy approaches I thought I would repost this useful tidbit for all my east-coast friends. Be prepared for lots of water, wind and […]
Continue reading »Hurricane prep!
As Hurricane Sandy approaches I thought I would repost this useful tidbit for all my east-coast friends. Be prepared for lots of water, wind and […]
Continue reading »Why I love Houston, Tx
I used to live in Houston back in 2008-2009. This was the year that 1) I moved back to the states from a terrible/miserable experience […]
Continue reading »30-15-30
On my 30th birthday I decided to (attempt) to walk 30-miles around Manhattan and across all the Manhattan bridges. (15 of them). So I started […]
Continue reading »Waffles
(repost– from 2009) So I got woken up this morning by a text from Jenn saying “hey! did you try on that dress yet?”…. Great. […]
Continue reading »Juneau, Alaska (zombie survival place)
Juneau is an old Indian phrase for “amazingly beautiful” (ok, I made that up). But it is! Probably all of Alaska is, but I only […]
Continue reading »Getty’s museum (zombie survival place)
I went to the Getty’s museum yesterday. The whole place was up on a mountain and seemed to float above the city on a cloud. […]
Continue reading »A man named Velvet
Today I took the 704 bus back from Santa Monica to Hollywood (where I’m staying). I just got done working out so I’m sweaty, gross, […]
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