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Monthly Archives for November 2006

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

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 [...]

Nov 22 2006
| Culture, Europe, Friends, Jobs, New Zealand, Phoenix | 1 Comment

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 [...]

Nov 18 2006
| Auckland, Culture, Friends, Jobs, New Years, New York City, Phoenix, Travel | 1 Comment

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, [...]

Nov 9 2006
| Auckland, Cincinnati, Culture, Friends, Jobs, Nightlife | 1 Comment

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 [...]

Nov 7 2006
| savethedave | 7 Comments