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James

is this space really mine?

About Me

hmmmm about me. I play music. I love to rock, pick, or thump on anything that makes sound. I also love to learn.

My Interests

playing music, history, fixing things, hiking, traveling, fishing, learning

I'd like to meet:

Sam Bush

Music:

"i like to play" -Garth that about sums it up

Movies:

man, f the movies.

Television:

i hate tv, kill it.

Books:

love to read just about anything...right now it's Team of Rivals

Heroes:

do your own thing and you're mine

My Blog

Mt. Doom, thermal exploration, and a rainbow trout

Ok, this is the third, yes third time that I've tried to write up a little blurb about the past few days.  The first time, it got accidentally erased, yesterday the computer i was on crashed, so ...
Posted by James on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:58:00 PST

My life as a migrant worker

Well my trip has slowed dramatically as of late.  For the last two weeks I've managed to find some employement to ease the strain on my bank account.  Last week I was a pear picker and this ...
Posted by James on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:36:00 PST

Golden Bay and the Bunk west coast

Well since leaving the Hump Ridge and taking a small RandR in Queenstown, we opted for a push up the supposedly amazing west coast of the South Island .  our first stop was Fox Glacier, whic...
Posted by James on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:55:00 PST

beat.....

well we just finished the three day Hump Ridge Trek down at the very tippy bottom of the south island.  it was very intense, 33 miles of rainforrest, then subalpine forrest and then some alpine s...
Posted by James on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:09:00 PST

Dunedin

Hey everybody, I'm currently stuck in Dunedin without a rig, though one is on the way.  We;ve been staying with friends of friends, which is nice, but we're all aching to get back on the road.&nb...
Posted by James on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 03:38:00 PST

leaving the coromendel

So a lot of interesting things have happened since I last wrote anything down.  Most notably the steelers won the super bowl, which was all the rage with my travel mates.  We actually got to...
Posted by James on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 03:19:00 PST

Coromandel

Hey everybody!  Well we rented a car and are now in the process of exploring the Coromandel Peninsula from top to bottom.  It has been interesting learning to drive on the wrong side of the ...
Posted by James on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 01:04:00 PST

I'm Here!!!!!

Hey we made it...and its 80 degrees and beautiful.  it was a long flight though, a solid 25 hours.  Complete with annoying people from around the country sitting in front of us during 16 of ...
Posted by James on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:02:00 PST

Getting ready to go

Well we're getting ready to leave PA for the big trip to New Zealand!  Nicole, Shana, and I are all very excited and extremely grateful for all the support and love everyone has shown us.  H...
Posted by James on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:25:00 PST