I like to think of myself as a pretty open-minded person, but recently after interacting with a great number of people here in Auckland that represent a very wide range of global cultures, I’ve been thinking that I could only live someplace in the world that generally has a culture pretty close to mine. I [...]
I just got back from a 3am cycle through the streets of Auckland and while I was out there were a few things that caught my attention. To my surprise and intrigue, I saw a work crew raking leaves in a small grassy area adjacent to O’Rorke Hall (my dorm.) As I continued south on [...]
I’m sitting in my room and it’s very quiet here in the hall. The reason is that it’s the Easter break and everyone jetted out of the hostel late last week. I actually went up to a little town north of Auckland named Kerikeri where I spent two nights at my friend Jesse’s farm, but [...]
I must say that signage is severely lacking here in New Zealand. Everywhere I go, I have no idea where I am. Street signs are terrible. At most intersections, even major ones, you only see one street sign for the street that you’re turning onto. If you are lucky enough to see a sign for [...]
It’s been a little while since I last wrote but a lot of stuff has been happening and I haven’t really had time to sit down, think, and let it all sink in. Now that I have, I’m quite happy with my decision to come here to New Zealand even though not everything is a [...]
woah woah woah things have been kinda nuts here in Phoenix. My cousin Paul just dropped me off at the airport and im now on my way to New Zealand by way of LA and Fiji. This was a really good week. When I got here I wasn’t sure whether or not I would be [...]
I’m sitting in the Chicago airport waiting for my connecting flight to LA and pondering what the hell I’m doing. I’m on my way to New Zealand by way of Phoenix, as you probably know, and I have to say that over the past few days reality has really sunk in about this whole thing. [...]
It snowed AGAIN here in Cincy today. The only thing nice about that is that all of the ice is now covered with snow so I don’t slip on my ass when trying to go down the steps at Jason’s house. I could shovel the snow considering I am the Couch Guy but that will [...]
Two weeks and five days until I begin a new part of my life. Whenever you are leaving your house to run some errands, do you ever have that sense that you’re forgetting something that you know you will remember as soon as you get on the road? I have that times a thousand right [...]