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Category: Experiences
Ann Arbor to Austin
The sun had yet to rise over Waco, Texas. It was 6am and the last day of driving before Dana and I reached our new home in Austin, Texas. We had been driving for three days that felt like three weeks; through the snow, rain, traffic, construction, and heat of seven states. I shuffled through…
False Friendship
More and more I have come to understand that there are people in the world that are fake. I didn’t really understand this concept when I was younger, and I even feel I was vulnerable enough in my understanding of myself to be a fake person at times. How can we define a “fake” person?…
Living with Machines
One of the biggest delusions of my generation (the Millennials) and younger seems to be our dependance and preference to the digital world. Wether its used as an escape from a mundane reality or as a way to connect to thousands of people, we are embracing the digital as a kind of savior. The generation…
Gay Marriage and Equality
Driving home from work today I heard about the Gay Marriage debate going on with the Supreme Court and after getting home I heard plenty of arguing voices on Facebook and Twitter as well. I think the more we talk about Gay Rights as a country the more the truth about it will begin to…
California Christmas
After making the transition from the Great Lakes to the West Coast, Dana and I are really getting used to the beautiful state of California. Los Angeles county has so many different things to do and see; it has the big city life, beautiful beaches, rolling mountains, and empty canyon lands. It is a welcome…
Substitute Reality
The internet has changed the way we look and feel about the world. For many years to come we’re still going to be trying to understand all the ways it’s impacting the way we think. This online article entitled,”Google has made our memories lazy,” had some interesting points on this idea; The rise of Google…
South Africa Part 2 – Swimming with Sharks
So the first part of my trip I kept a journal, ( See my entry: Flying with Tryge ) but as time went on I got better at forgetting to write in it. That being said, I remember just about everything about the day I went Great White Shark Cage Diving, and wrote quite a bit…
South Africa Part 1 – Flying with Tryge
Nov. 2nd – Get on a plane in Detroit that takes me to Washington D.C. where I wait for two hours to get on South African Airways. This then takes me 7 hours across the Atlantic to Dakar, where we wait on the ground for an hour to refuel, and then 7 more hours across…
The Good Life
Life is really great right now. It should be,”It’s a short ride, you gotta enjoy it!” Dad says. A song I heard says,”So fill your heart with what’s important, and be done with all the rest.” That sums it all up pretty well too. I don’t know how else to put it; it has just…
Erik goes to NYC, in 3rd Person
(The following is to be read in a thick New York Accent:) It was a clear morning but Erik Reichenbach’s seat on the plane was facing away from Manhattan, so he didn’t get to see how impressive the skyscrapers looked from above. It was Tuesday, Sept. 13th, and way too early. Over the next seven…