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My Haitian Vacation [New blog series!]

I had no idea what to expect coming to Haiti. Taking into consideration the portrayal of this country in the American media, I thought I might be seriously roughing it for a while. Don’t get me wrong,...

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All in a day’s work

Call me accident prone, adventurous, spacey, unlucky. I don’t know what it is about me exactly, but I end up in more /facepalm situations than the average individual. Yeah, shit happens to everyone,...

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In which the Millikan travels to the Motherland

A long-time Anglophile and tea enthusiast, I’ve always wanted to travel to the Motherland. So you can imagine that I jumped at the chance to attend the annual a session about online community...

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Little green invaders in Brooklyn

The wild parrots of Brooklyn say hello to a member of the native species. Taken by me, on the parrot safari hosted by these guys.

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I’m going back to Haiti

Haiti's west inlet: The view from the plane Next Sunday, April 4th. There are several reasons why I am going. I want to see my family. My father and my sister and my step mother. The last time I saw...

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Baby steps

The day I arrived here, I saw some places the earthquake had destroyed on the route back from the airport, and was in awe. Today, on day 7 of my trip, it is all just Haiti — the scenery, the usual. The...

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T-bagging at the Glenn Beck rally in DC

I was in Washington, DC today and attended Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally. I didn’t know what I was getting into two months ago when my mom asked me if I would meet her in DC for a “veterans’...

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Galapagos humans

He came up to me, sitting in the corner of my local bar, as I was holding back tears related to a betrayal I’d rather not get into right now. “Is that yours?” this man with wild blonde hair asked me...

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I wonder…

I just deleted everything I wrote. I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. I’m launching something big soon. Stay tuned.

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Make it work

I may eyeroll about fashion magazines, but that’s not because I don’t appreciate fashion — I do, I am just selective about who I allow to advise me on it. At the top of my list, however, is my good...

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The Plan Is There Is No Plan

Over the past week, I packed up my entire life. I donated about 70% of my things to various outlets, stored 20%, gave away 5% in the form of specialized care packages for my close friends, and packed...

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Falling in friend-love at Burning Man

I experienced Burning Man for the first time this past September. I went to the week-long festival in the middle of the desert by myself with some water, booze, and a one-person tent I got for $80 on...

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One month on the road

It’s been a long one. Right now, I’m pretty exhausted, but I’d really like to get back on my daily blogging schedule. Some people have this idea that people who spend time online do so because they...

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Finding your inner gazelle

I stood there sweating, panting, looking at the 9 other Amazonian women standing with me in a circle. “After a gazelle gets chased by a lion, if it gets away and doesn’t get eaten, it shakes it out, ”...

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There’s no place like home

My mother always shunned the idea of having a home. “Home is where your stuff is,” she would often say when mocking my childish want to be rooted somewhere. I’ve internalized this idea throughout life,...

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Into the unknown

I leave for Iceland tomorrow. My AirBnB just fell through so I only have my first night’s stay planned out of 5 total. I guess this is where my problem-solving abilities will need to kick in. I’m not...

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Pattern recognition and Icelandic Lady Gaga imposters

A few weeks ago I noticed my brain doing something weird. I was in Iceland at a Steed Lord show with two of my favorite Icelandic tech lady friends, and we’d had a few beers and a shot they call a...

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Follow my adventures abroad on Beacon Reader!

Hello, friends! Today I launched a new blog on Beacon Reader. Beacon is a new publishing platform created by Nick Jackson and co which allows readers to directly fund their favorite bloggers. I had the...

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Why I’m not getting a parrot

Nine months ago, I set out to travel the world. The goal wasn’t to find myself, as the cliche goes, although I have done a good deal of that, incidentally. Believe it or not, the main motivating factor...

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Experience vs. documentation

I’ve been back in the US for a little over five months now, but it feels like only yesterday that I was crossing the Pacific, all choked up because I had just accomplished the most difficult thing I...

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