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2500 Miles to Houston

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About Me

[Motorcycle] Trips to date:

Stanford to Reno
Stanford to Tahoe
Stanford to Holtville (down highway 1, down the 5)
Stanford to Vegas (x2)
Stanford to Flagstaff (Grand Canyon)
Holtville to Vancouver
Vancouver to Whistler
Vancouver to Mt Baker
Vancouver to Seattle/Mt Rainier
Vancouver to Victoria, to Port Angeles

miles: 38,000

My Interests

Mathematics, Motorcycles, Weightlifting, Philosophy (the Theory of Nothing), Politics (almost too liberal to function).

Music:

Radiohead, Muse, King Crimson, Thee More Shallows. Alternative/Indie Rock, Prog Rock, Classical.

Movies:

12 Angry Men, The Seventh Seal, The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

Television:

yes

Books:

The Stranger by Albert Camus.

Heroes:

Thomas Paine

My Blog

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It seems that I am yet to introduce the major players in my trip to Houston.First, your humble servant:It is not necessary, for the purpose of this trip, that you know much about him. Suffice it to sa...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:27:00 PST

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Not quite everything I own, just everything I am shipping to Houston.BOX 1:1. oil pan2. big torque wrench3. small torque wrench4. 8inch C-clamp5. motorcycle chain cutting/riveting tool6. motorcycle co...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Fri, 30 May 2008 06:19:00 PST

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Things I won't miss about living in Vancouver, Canada:1. Having to file taxes in two different countries.2. My mobile phone not working, and cell phones being a rip-off in Canada.3. Paying double in s...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Tue, 27 May 2008 03:07:00 PST

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I find being around beautiful women a conclusively depressing experience. I feel the same way about being around old friends, as they remind me of how I have yet to grow roots in one place. I have bee...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Sun, 25 May 2008 02:04:00 PST

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I'm 2500 miles from my future, and 1500 miles from my past. This is all that is on my mind these days, all I entertain myself with are the little things which will culminate in my departure. I have to...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Wed, 21 May 2008 12:08:00 PST

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Taka. Taka is a guy renting a room next to me. He has been living in this basement suite for about a year and a half now. He is from Japan, he is 27 years old, as old as I am that is, and he is a teac...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Mon, 19 May 2008 11:01:00 PST

2500 miles to Houston

Soon I must leave Vancouver to Houston, in a month's time. I wish here to make an account of my trip, much as the account I made when I made my journey here, almost a year ago. I also wish here to end...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Sun, 18 May 2008 11:41:00 PST

Empty Set

A mighty pain to love it is.And 'tis a pain that pain to miss;But of all pains, the greatest painIt is to love, but love in vain.Abraham Cowley...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:58:00 PST

There is only Nothing.

These memoirs will be placed on a moratorium until further notice (perhaps until I move from Vancouver to Houston). Partly because I won't have much time in the coming months to write my thoughts down...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:45:00 PST

The Canadian Experiment

Watching the far and snowy sceneries, there was of course no sense of knowing that my life would ever turn out as it. Indeed, when I die, it will be because the work is finally done. My soul will give...
Posted by 2500 Miles to Houston on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:12:00 PST