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Yearly Archives for 2006

It was a very good year. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.

2006 Travels, Back to NZ, Random Jobs, AZ Reflection

During my time in Phoenix, I�ve been able to take some pretty cool trips. First was when my friends Sean and Tim, and my brother Rob came out to visit over New Years ‘06 and we all went up to Las Vegas. And yeah, the place lives up to its reputation. I also went out [...]

Working in Phoenix, Paul, Social Digression

So after Europe, a brief trip home, and a cross-country drive, I got to work full time at the Phoenix offices of the software firm I had been working for remotely in New Zealand.
(Just in case you’re wondering, I have intentionally concealed information about the company to prevent the competition from finding my blog.)
Looking back [...]

Kiwi Warts, Move to Phoenix, Jesse, EU Trip

After returning to New Zealand in January 2005 things were pretty cool for a while, but after a few months something started to feel not quite right. The warts of New Zealand were starting to show and the place just didn’t have the same spark I felt in ‘04. Whether is was the sometimes striking [...]

Kaidawg, New York City, Tsunami, Phoenix

One of the coolest people I met in Auckland was my very good friend Kai (rhymes with “sky”) who was also one of my O’Rorke podmates a.k.a. neighbors. Anyone who’s ever met her can totally appreciate her coolness, but for the unlucky ones who haven’t, the best way to describe her is to borrow a [...]

Life in ‘04, Onur, Kiwi Nightlife

Honestly, I can’t remember too many of the details from April 2004 until finishing my first year at The University of Auckland in November of 2004. In a broad sense, I mostly think most about the friends I met in Auckland including Albo, Camilla, Graham, Jack, Jesse, Jo, Kai, Lara, Lucy, Matt, Onur, Rook, Sam, [...]

Dave is Back

It’s been over two years since I last took the time to share my
thoughts with you. I didn’t know (or barely knew) most of you at
the time, so let’s just pretend I’m starting this whole blogging
thing fresh.

Before getting on to what I really want to write about – a
(hopefully) entertaining mix of events and ideas [...]