I am always ready to discuss and debate the world any time of the day and with anyone, no matter how well I know them.ġ3. I live and breathe politics, and it is the only news I keep up with while traveling. After travel, politics is my second love. Speaking of Gatsby, I learned to swing dance so I could throw myself a Gatsby-themed birthday party. But maybe I’ve just read The Great Gatsby too much.ġ2. I think that would be an exciting time to live in. If I could ever pick what time period I could live in, I’d pick 1920s Prohibition America. It’s way better than any of the pop music out there.ġ1. I’m a huge fan of soul, Motown, blues, and jazz. “Sorry, your traditional and heartfelt cooking doesn’t go with my dietary needs.” It’s culturally insensitive. If you go to a village in Mongolia and you are given food, it’s insulting to refuse. I think it’s rude to turn down food in other cultures. I gave up vegetarianism when I started to travel.ĩ. It wasn’t eating meat I was against, but rather industrial farming and the chemicals/antibiotics in the meat that I didn’t like. After reading Fast Food Nation, I decided to give up meat and was a vegetarian for four years. I don’t cook much on the road because I hate how hostel kitchens aren’t fully stocked and everyone crowds them at the same time, but once in a while, I like to cook a massive meal for my fellow travelers.Ĩ. I’m still technically certified to teach high school history.ħ. I went to college to be a high school history teacher. It was so bad that I had to be hospitalized for three days and put on a morphine drip.Ħ. I got really bad food poisoning when I was in Costa Rica. When I was younger, I wanted to be an archaeologist because of the Indiana Jones movies.ĥ. (I also never went west of the Mississippi until I was 25.)Ĥ. My travel experiences up until then were a series of road trips with my parents and a drunken weekend in Montréal when I was 19. I never traveled independently until I went to Costa Rica at age 23. I also had one of those bowl haircuts, but I prefer to forget about that fact.ģ. When I was younger, I was obsessed with Pinky and the Brain. I don’t like heights and any turbulence makes me think the plane is about to crash. I love airports, lounges, and elite status, but the act of flying makes me sick. So, to kick off the second half of the year, here’s a little bit about me:ġ. There’s more than just a writer and travel fanatic here. Since a lot has happened in the last nine years (professionally and personally), I wanted to update this website so you can learn a little more about me and my interests. Back in 2011, I wrote this post featuring some personal facts about my life.
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