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From Where I Started
“So the journey is over and I am back again where I started, richer by much experience and poorer by many exploded convictions, many perished certainties. For convictions and certainties are too often the concomitants of ignorance.” -Aldous Huxley Where I started is Kentucky, the beautiful Bluegrass. Since 2005, I’ve ventured off to far away […]
I’m Happy (and other things you may actually care about)
March 27, 2011
I don’t have anything too eventful to share from the past week. I didn’t stumble into any old palaces, skip town, or jump the border to some fairytale land; all of which are possibilities these days. So you may think I’m crazy (or just really lame) when I tell you how much I basked in […]
My Steps Alone
March 24, 2011
This morning a lyric popped into my head, relentless in being heard. I don’t know why it happened when it did and I can’t recall anything in particular that inspired it, but it was this: “There is a road, no simple highway between the dawn and the dark of night.” At age 17, it had […]
I look like a tourist…
March 22, 2011
…because I am a tourist. An American one, at that. I wear tennis shoes because six years of New York City taught me: don’t fuck with your feet. I take pictures of old walls because I think old shit is cool. The equation goes like this: Foreign country + Foreign Street Signs + Foreigner = […]
Baby Steps and Palaces
March 16, 2011
My trip to Ludwigsburg wasn’t really my first solo day trip. After all, it’s about the same distance from my apartment as is downtown Stuttgart and I’ve ventured that way on my own many times already. So, I guess it’s all perspective. Ludwigsburg was one baby step towards traveling by myself; really traveling. My thought […]
Truckin': Europe '11
March 13, 2011
It’s been a few months, but I assure you, Becoming Dead is alive and well. Here’s what’s been going on… In late 2010, I discovered an opportunity and decided pretty quickly that I was going to pounce on it. And I did. I quit my job, left New York City, said goodbye to loved ones, […]
My Modus Operandi
March 11, 2011
Time for a venting. As I’ve said before, I’m wingin’ it. I moved to Germany not knowing how long I would be here, what I would do here, or where I wanted to be by the end of it. For someone who craves order and control, that’s asking a lot. Having a home in Germany […]
Stuttgart: A View from the Top
March 10, 2011
After my guilt-free, lazy Sunday, I was looking forward to getting out of the house on Monday. I set my alarm clock for 8:30am because it’s too easy to sleep in here. My brother’s apartment is equipped with these amazing electronic shades that make for total darkness and uninterrupted sleep. Luckily, they also let you […]
There’s Love in the Water
March 8, 2011
You knew it would happen. I’m a single gal living in Europe, falling in love is inevitable. In fact, it may be mandatory. Well, I can check that off my list because on Sunday, I met my European wonder. And he even has a website. Le sigh… Click here: Mineraltherme Böblingen Did you really expect […]
Sunday School
March 6, 2011
Saturdays used to be my Sundays. I would sleep in and lazy around trying to recover from what was probably a head-to-toe exhausting week at work. Of course, the rest of the world was either out enjoying their day off or at least, doing something productive. So inevitably, I felt guilty about my quiet Saturdays. […]
May 24, 2011
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