happy 2 weeks and 2 days in europe, thus far the experience has been that of living in a hotel and driving around a rented fiat panda.  a month from now i’ll be livin’ in downtown driving a vw, yet still feel dis-integrated.  until i can communicate in a polite manner, i’m going to feel [...]

something most of the press 2 for english crowd would never appreciate, being in a foreign country, not knowing the language, wanting to have conversations with people, but to no avail. busting out a concentric ring at a time in exploration, week two has brought a strange sort of lonesome.  i have a bit of a [...]

Interesting little social media poem, I still like the other side of the equation in Neil Postman’s writings as well — Technology and social media hasn’t fundamentally changed the human condition, its given people opportunity, but I see very few who rise above the minutia. —- When I understood Social Networking I…(taken from The Little [...]

the night brought some great rain to the area, wiping out the haze, to reveal a beautiful mountain range and a cool gentle breeze. spent the day color coding different aspects of things to stay organized while destroying, to rebuild stronger.  the job is awesome, i’ll have plenty of flex room to do some cool [...]

a buddy of mine turned me on to design thinking about a year ago, since then i haven’t been able to get it off my mind, and i’ve been doing self neuro linguistic programming almost every free second of brainwaves.  it’s hyper game theory with an emphasis on yen and yang. want to get to [...]

memory lane of david garza’s ‘this euphoria’ album, one of my all time favorite ‘pop’ albums, jammin’ that in college changed my life. i’d say there’s a ton of things you can see from a different perspective, an american living somewhere other than america — but many opt out of the world view — doesn’t [...]

first post from Vicenza, Italy, the next chapter in the saga — natural beauty abounds, it’s hot, reminds me of the San Fernando Vally, good breeze…not bad. Venice’s Marco Polo airport, is small and convenient.  I didn’t know Marco was from Venice, but you learn something new everyday, boy what an awesome traveller he was. [...]

hanging out in dc, took a stroll down embassy row, the vp’s house, saw things like cato center and Carnegie Institute for international peace, etc — even did an extra roundabout around dupont circle. heading out to baltimore, the ‘dingle berries of capitalism’ start to appear, McDonalds, KFC, Wendy’s, you name it. i have a [...]

the tallest man on earth sings a tune with a lyric, ‘leaving because you can’t feel what you’re dreaming of,’ which could potentially sum of the life of an expat, or someone with a restless heart. i recall a gas station in Texas near my uncle’s house, about 70 miles away from my hometown, when [...]

This Thanksgiving I’ll probably spend my 4 day weekend in Sarajevo.  I’m pretty sure there won’t be a turkey dinner involved, and more than likely I’ll have the same yearning.  While in Shiner I yearn for global perspective, the smell, taste, feel kind — while out an about I long to hear the tree in [...]