Buffalo Bagels

Waking up slow.Walking alone and soaking in the scenery. Talking to strangers. Laughing as hard as possible, especially over things other people can't find funny. Inside jokes with someone special. Lounging around not needing to do anything because the people you're with are enough. Integrity, commitment, and honesty. Keeping promises and maintaining loyalty in the face of adversity. Conversations that last longer than several hours. Learning the essence of another's soul. Doing what I want. Dreaming. Long hours in bed.Establishing rapport with new individuals. Being myself, regardless of perception. Looking to the future. Cultural immersion, expanding my boundaries, allowing myself to enjoy life and laugh even in the face of adversity, Vintage video games, Eighteenth century fashion, Sudanese pyramids, Nigerian 419 scammers, Hawala money launderers, Khanjars, Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979 and Subsequent Reforms, Frankincense and myrrh, Clandestine nuclear sales, North Korean ocean vessels, Soviet-era cinema and pop culture, Central Asian Republics of the Former Soviet Union (Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan), Ibn Battuta, Pre-Columbian American Exploration, Medieval Horror Folklore, National airlines of rogue states, Chocolate Martinis, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, La Perla (for the girls), Coco Chanel, 1980s fads, Failed consumer products, The Press Your Luck CBS Scandal, Nelson Mandela and the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of South Africa, Apartheid and the death of Steve Biko, Alternate names for locations (i.e. Krung Thep for Bangkok, Al-Quds for Jerusalem, Misr for Egypt, et cetera), Cu Chi Tunnels in Vietnam, Mong Kok district in Kowloon, Lantau Island, Trans-Siberian Railway (Beijing-Ulanbaataar-Moscow route), Pyongyang Metro, Yemeni architecture, qat, Hijaz, ar-Rub al-Khali, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, Strait of Hormuz, Kish Island (Iranian free trade zone), Airports, Visa procedures, Breakdancing.Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Incheon, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, Quesnel, Arab League, OPEC, Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, KSA, Gulf Cooperation Council, Al-Maktoums, Al-Nahyans, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Idi Amin, Uganda circa 1970s, Libya and Muammar Qaddafi, ISI, CIA, Osama bin Laden, Leila Khaled, Rashidun Caliphate, Sudan in 1985, Khartoum circa 1880s, Countries that have moved their capitals (i.e. Almaty to Astana, Jeddah to Riyadh), Jeddah, Red Sea, Ark of the Covenant, Islam, Judaism, Horn of Africa, Somali civil conflict, Somali telecommunications industry, Ba'ath Party, Muslim Brotherhood, Anwar Sadat, Camp David Accords, 1973 Oil Embargo, Iraqi literacy rates circa 1980s, Afghanistan pre-Soviet invasion, Taliban, Zheng He, Barkerville Chinatown in British Columbia, Kashmir, East Pakistan (Bangladesh) 1971, Islamic capture of Constantinople 1453, The Rajneeshee Cult in 1980s Oregon, Mudd Club, Limelight, all that Party Monster/American Psycho New York late 1980s scene, Studio 54, People who are famous for being famous.LA Riots, Reginald Denny and Rodney King, Watts Riots, Gang origins, Tookie, Extremists whether racial or religious, Insane people in power, Beatles lore, T. Rex, Michael Jackson phenomenon of 1983, Rumi, Denmark's jurisdiction over Greenland, supposed Chinese exploration of America circa 500 CE, Mansa Musa and the Kingdom of Mali, Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X aka Brother Malik, Nat Turner, Slave Narratives such as those written by Olaudah Equiano, Diff'rent Strokes cast mishaps, 1985 influx of Crack Cocaine, Tweakers, Jim Bakker and his PTL scam, Sunset Strip scene in the mid 1980s, Vietnamese exodus post-War, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, so-called "Rogue Regimes", Antarctica, Titanic (the incident not the film), Shanghai Tunnels in Portland Oregon, Chinese emigration during the Qing Dynasty to California, Central African Republic, Mauritanian infrastructure, Bhutanese anti-Smoking Campaigns, Debunking historical myths of dead white people, Saudi law, Cyprus 1974, more.