Category: All Journal Entries
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Banishing Cynicism in Prague, Czech Republic
When you’re a kid, everything is interesting. The world is a dazzling kaleidoscope of color and images. Each day is filled with curiosity and wonder. Sometimes I find myself missing that part of me. As we age, we naturally become more cynical. At some point we let go of that child-like view of the world,…
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If Things Seem Under Control, You’re Not Going Fast Enough
In life, it is a rare but sure occurrence that we should one day meet those who we cannot help but hate; those who make us question everything that we once held dear. These people-for lack of a better word- are not the wicked, the scoundrels, or the deceivers. They are something far worse. I’m…
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Croatia: Take me to the sea
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. -John Muir I have loved every moment of living in Budapest. It is a captivating city, and the past year has been filled with many life-changing experiences. Yet, there are…
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In Bruges: A Fairytale Town
It’s a fairytale town, isn’t it? How’s a fairytale town not somebody’s fucking thing?How can all those canals and bridges and cobbled streets and those churches, all that beautiful fucking fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody’s fucking thing, eh?-In Bruges I distinctly remember watching the dark comedy In Bruges about a year ago.…
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