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travelchik

GOAL: Do something EVERY DAY that gives you goosebumps.

About Me

I think that my life philosophy can be summed up in this Adam Green rendition of the song "Raindrops On Roses" from the Julie Andrews movie The Sound of Music:"Pop Tarts and roses and whipping my kittens, Bright cops with kettles and worms in my mittens, Brown apes on mattresses tied up with string, These are a few of my favorite things..."A good philosophy. That, and: "everybody wang chung tonight".

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The Dalai Lama, myself in 30 years, myself 15 years ago, Curt's mom.

The Black Angel
People Iced: Thirty Four
Car Bombs Planted: Fourteen
Favorite Weapon A Candlestick
Arms Broken: Twenty Eight
Eyes Gouged: Thirty
Tongues Cut Off: One
Biggest Enemy: The Nail Ripper
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Books:

JTHM comics, Neil Gaiman, Terry Prachett, Christopher Moore, Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe, Bill Bryson, Caitlin Kiernan, Dante Alighieri, Diane Ackerman.

Heroes:

Love all that has been created by God, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf and every ray of light. Love the beasts and the birds, love the plants, love every separate fragment. If you love each fragment, you will understand the mystery of the whole resting in God. Dostoevsky, Fyodor

My Blog

Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?

Well kiddies, if you're wondering where the fuck I've been, I've been typing, writing, studying, cleaning up pee, researching, studing for WORK for crap's sake, typing, writing, doing homewo...
Posted by travelchik on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:04:00 PST

Project: Keep Portland Weird

Well, this is about a month late.  I keep looking at the last post I made, about climbing Mt Fuji, and wondering how the hell I haven't managed to post even one meager blog since then. ...
Posted by travelchik on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:24:00 PST

I climbed Mt Fuji and all I got was this lousy stick with bells on it.

Oh, the ordeal that was climbing Mt. Fuji.  It was cold, steep, dark, unforgiving.  Our flashlights died, our legs gave out, our lungs gasped for air, our hands were raw from climbing (lite...
Posted by travelchik on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:12:00 PST

http://nshssd.med.navy.mil/idc/myjob.htm

This is the school I'm applying for, which will convene probably around next Novemeber if I get in. By HMC (SW) C.J."Joe" Fischer, USN 15 November 1997  USS GARY (FFG-51)  Underwa...
Posted by travelchik on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:17:00 PST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

This was a really awesome birthday.  I was surprised at how great it was, but I should have expected it!  Last year I detonated a bunch of bombs with the EOD guys in a small valley by t...
Posted by travelchik on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:54:00 PST

Lewis is gone....

Just when you start to really be friends with someone, just when you meet them and hang out and think they're kick ass, they get shipped off to the sandbox and they're gone so f'ing long you wonder wh...
Posted by travelchik on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:49:00 PST

Two tuna melts, please.

I HATE JAPAN!!!!!!!!!   This place BLOWS!!!!!!  Mikey, I feel sorry for you.  But I WARNED YOU!!  At least we can sit around and bitch about everything in person now.  :)...
Posted by travelchik on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:28:00 PST

I heart Union Jack's

Well, I'm back in Japan.  Yay.  Still, I have a whole new perspective, a fresh attitude (YOU get to decide if it's good or bad, I'm going for sassy), and tied up a lot of loos...
Posted by travelchik on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:38:00 PST

SURPRISE!.... not really...

Well dammit, this trip was SUPPOSED to be a surprise.  I flew from Japan to Seattle (free military flight, woo hoo!) two days ago.  But me getting admitted to the ER here less than 24hours a...
Posted by travelchik on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:10:00 PST

garr!

Well I'm healing, and I'm on drugs.  Really strong (morphine).  Finally one of the doctors here listened to me and refilled my pain meds, instead of the doctor who did me wrong (twice!)...
Posted by travelchik on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:30:00 PST