Wednesday, November 3, 2010
I lived in Nebraska and then I didn’t because my mom and dad and I drove to New Jersey. We drove there and then for two years I made frequent visits to New York City. For two years I went to a museum or two and I saw people sing and dance. I spent many patriotic holidays on Long Beach Island. I slept on the floor in Philadelphia. I drove with myself to Washington D.C., I saw Delaware and poverty. I drove with my mom and dad through Amish Country. Once I flew to New Orleans to volunteer, then I drove to New Orleans again because I missed it. And I wanted to dance. I moved, because I had to. I flew to South Africa and we stopped in Senegal. I rode a horse into Lesotho. I floated from a plane to the ground in Mossel Baai. I took drunken taxi rides. I drove the Garden route to Cape Town with a charming boy and we stared at the ocean. I went in the ocean. Naked? Twice. I ran and I biked in South Africa. I spent 14 hours blind on a public bus. I moved to Nebraska. I road-tripped to Austin and back in a weekend and I flew to San Francisco to break up the monotony. I drove with 'The Douche' from Nebraska to New York City, then I took the train a couple times from New Jersey to New York. I New Years Eve’d at a pizza shop in Brooklyn. I came back home and I camped in the mountains of Colorado. I flew to Haiti. I rode in the back of a truck across Haiti. I ran in Haiti. I swam in the ocean in Haiti and I played soccer. I flew to Israel. I hiked across Israel. I swam in the ocean in Israel, twice. Naked? Once. I drove to Nashville to break up the monotony, and I wanted to dance. I slept in a car in St. Louis. I camped in the mountains of Colorado, again, and I did because the autumn is absolutely radiant.
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reading this inspired me to try and do the same, although not nearly as well written as yours. I was a baby walking naked through the jungle, but then some guys with guns took my dad. Moved to Nebraska, my dad was ok. I chased my sisters down the sidewalk while they roller-skated. We moved to Wisconsin, and I got a little sister. I climbed apple trees and ate ants. I built snow forts and got my head stuck in the ice. The guys no longer had their guns so we moved back to Panama where I swam in the ocean and jumped off waterfalls. I hunted camen with broom sticks. I was chased by bulls and broke my arm. I met a jaguar and ran away. Back to Nebraska. Middle school. I moved back to Panama. Climbed mango trees and learned to surf. Swam with the sharks and explored volcanoes. Slept on deserted islands and repelled off cliffs. Held my breath for two and three quarters of a minute. Moved to Nebraska, not by choice. Flew to Haiti and painted some hospitals. I saw several witch doctors. I made several hundred peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Road tripped to San Antonio, Lake Geneva, Chicago, and some other places alone. Rode my motorcycle to Colorado Springs and Denver and through winding mountain roads. I revisited Panama several times for a couple months. I walked the sands of San Blas and got stranded in the Darien. I flew to San Francisco and enjoyed China Town during Tet. Went to Vietnam. I sailed through Halong Bay and explored dark caves. Took busses and trains not knowing where they headed. I navigated the swarmed streets of Hanoi on a 30 year old motor bike. I smoked cigarettes with Buddhist monks. I rode a bicycle through the rice patties of Nihn Bihn. I rowed a boat under mountains on the Hau River and ate lunch at the floating markets. I spent weeks without leaving the beach before I danced and drank in Saigon. My boat sank as I went up the Me Kong and into Cambodia. I bribed the police. I saw the shallow graves of millions. Had a close call with a cobra. I slept in the ancient temples of the Angkor and wandered dangerously close to landmines. I ate a spider, several beetles, and a cockroach. Took a bumpy road to Bangkok and got a tattoo. Watched the riots before I went to the zoo. Was chased through the streets by two transsexual prostitutes. Made friends on the Similan islands and found a scorpion in my shoe in Phatthalung. Went to Malaysia and ate lamb next to a mosk. And now I find myself in Los Angeles sleeping in an old warehouse and spending most my time with the homeless. Life appears so strange when you map it out.
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