i’m once again in the united states. however, i’m never going to be reflective about traveling on this blog, so don’t hold your breath. i’d much rather return to the norm. so, without further delay…

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my buddy tyler is watching “An American Tale” off of youtube.com right now. i had no idea, as a small child, that this movie was full of so much social commentary. like, stuff they write about in grad programs.

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over the past two point five months, i’ve read more than i’ve ever read. on average, i finished a book every 12 days. i’m not sure if it was due to the relaxed nature of my traveling, or i’m going through some sort of literacy O.D. due to my not having money (my reason being that books are like paying for one movie, but that movie takes about two weeks to watch).

regardless, here are some picks:

• American Gods; Neil Gaiman
• Extremely Loud/Incredibly Close; Jonathan Saffron Foer
• More Information Than You Require; Jon Hodgman
• I Am Legend; Richard Matheson
• Company of Liars; Karen Maitland
• The Life of Pi; Yann Martel

i’m a novel reader. so keep that in mind.

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i really can’t get over how great of a city Glasgow is. in filling some in on my travels, i keep coming back to it.

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mean, median, and mode. remember it.