http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky Greg in search of adventure and avoiding the cubicle at all costs Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:57:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A trickle of sweat ran down my overheating cheek. Tens of thousands of strangers were shouting at me, pointing, there was no place to hide as I made my way down the street..... No, It wasn't an angry mob finally forming over my reluctance to get a proper job in 2.5 years. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/on-the-inside-looking-out.html I knew something was wrong from the moment my bare feet touched the ground this morning. I climbed out of bed with a slight groan here, a subtle pop there. A shifting of something inside my spine that probably shouldn't be shifting. I looked around waiting for my brain to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/i-got-crabs-on-my-birthday.html The ARMY Rangers were famous for something called a "Ranger pause". When they entered the woods or jungle on a mission, rather than just blundering forward, they would sit for 15 minutes or as long as it took for everyone to get their "pause". No talking, moving, or messing with gear ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/plague.html Its almost like looking under your car as your are filling it with gas, only to see that same gas pouring out and going down a drain. And so, after more than 2 years of maintaining this blog, sometimes in very difficult situations while traveling, I have watched my readership crumble ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/an-update.html Moss growing on a log My favorite month. Maybe I'm a little biased because I was born in June....making me a Gemini (twins), and according to some, gives me an excuse for acting schizophrenic. (I agree) wait...no I don't. (yes I do). Never mind. Like clockwork, I saw the first fireflies ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/june.html My job is so hard Trabajo! During my photography gig in Acapulco for American Eagle, my buddy Jason and I came up with that as a codeword for approaching strangers for photos....as well as leveraging the press passes to get into the VIP sections of every club in Acapuclo. :D Once again, I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/trabajo.html Geez....this blog went from being the "life is good" blog to the disaster blog! 10K people dead in Chengdu, China. I spent 2 weeks there back in November, and still have a couple of nice friends there that I have not been able to get in contact with since. I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/chengdu.html I have to give the Myanmar regime (Junta) in Burma credit....every time I start to think that they couldn't get more blatantly, disgustingly evil, they find a way to prove me wrong. If you didn't hear, the recent cyclone that hit Myanmar has killed an estimated 60,000....most of which are still ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/disaster-in-myanmar.html My home in suburbia before selling it to travel I went on one of my usual, periodic neighborhood walks last night to get away from the laptop and to get some circulation flowing in my numb bottom. The walks give me a much needed chance to be on my own ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/fear.html True story. Inspiring. Great directing. Slightly depressing.....but a must-see for vagabonding types. Go get this movie....! :) (and thanks to Amanda for the suggestion) http://blogs.bootsnall.com/bucho_ky/into-the-wild.html