Thursday, November 4, 2010

I get around...

The theme of this story is places. Places I've slept in my life as a gypsy, maybe I'm Irish... maybe I'm not, but I am for sure a nomad.

Slept on the subway in South Korea. Slept on the streets of Seoul. Slept in the Gulf of Mexico, under a boat, under the water. Slept in a container near a drilling rig in Texas. Slept in a tent in the backyard of the Prather's. Slept on a train heading to Busan, didn't pay for my ticket on that speed train. Slept under a Toyota car in Cairns, after a going away party. Slept on the Kangaroo Explorer on the Great Barrier Reef. Slept in the monkey bed of the Kangaroo Explorer. Slept in a tent in Shin Cheorlwon on the top of the Three Pond Waterfall. Slept in a tent while a friend had sex, kept my headphones on to be a good wing man. Slept in a spider infested house on a springy bed in Cairns. Slept in a Youth Hostel in Surfers Paradise with some Germans, a French, and a strange Aussie. Slept in the backseat of my pickup truck somewhere East of my girlfriend in High School, as far East as I could. Slept in a hammock on the cliffs of Ulleung-do. Slept in a strangers house in the pouring rain my first night on Ulleung-Do, in a massage chair. Slept on the bow of the Kangaroo Explorer. Slept on the Prather's couch. Slept on the floor of Jeff's house. Slept on the floor of Chris Cannon's house. Slept in Marcus Cargile's bed and on his couch, afraid that Chopper would bite me if I moved. Slept in a bunk bed in a Ski Resort in Korea. Slept in a DVD room in Uijeongbu. Slept on a public bus in Korea. Slept on the Greyhound bus from Florida to Texas. Slept in the Omni Hotel for the Christmas Conference. Slept at Alan's house. Slept at Alan's Mom's house. Slept at Christina Manser's apartment and house. Slept at Melissa Nickhah's apartment and house. Slept at Tara's house. Slept at Barrett Marshall's house, my manager at Barnstormers. Slept at "The Lodge", usually on the couch Zeke, Caso, and I found on the side of the road. Slept on the planes to many different countries. Slept on the chairs at the airport in Canada. Slept at Alison's place in Busan. Slept at Mandolyn's place in Wanju. Slept at Nick's place in Uijeongbu. Slept at Rishi's place in Goam-dong. Slept at Ernesto's apartment in Goam-dong, both of them. Slept at Taylor's place, before she left Korea. Slept at Ernesto's grandparent's place in Mexico City. Slept on many buses in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. Slept in a $5 room in Antigua, Guatemala; best bang for your buck there. Slept in a Jim Jo Bang in Korea; its like a spa for a few bucks. Slept at Cameron's place in San Antonio. Slept in a tent on the beach of Boreyoung Mud Festival. Slept in a tent in the sea of that festival, naked. Slept on the river banks of the Inje River of Korea in a tent. Slept on the river banks in the heart of Korea. Slept in a tent in Tikal with the Mayan Ruins during a lighting storm. Slept on the Isle of Flores. Slept in a public park in a tent, next to a pig and our canoe, after almost being shot for trespassing on Lake El Remante in Guatemala. Slept in a hostel in Brisbane. Slept on the floor in Mesquite Texas for 6 months in Amanda's place. Slept at Amanda's house in Saltilo. Slept in Chris Cannon's old house near M&R Construction. Slept in a drug house in Daytona Beach. Slept in a house with a stripper, more drugs there too. Slept on Georup-do, island in the Yellow Sea. Slept on another island out there too, a bit bigger. Slept on a boat from Ulleung-Do to the east coast of Korea. Slept on the DMZ of North and South Korea. Slept in the forest, next to a monastery in Korea with this huge 100 foot Buddha. Slept at Claire's parent's place. Slept at Virgil's motel for 2 months with the Campus Outreach summer training project in Gatlinburg, Tennessee while working for Dolly Parton. Slept in McKay 278, the freshmen dorms at ERAU. Slept on the beach after a beach party on the back deck of the Hilton with some Ohio State cheerleaders. Slept at Jennifer's place in Irving, Texas. Slept at Tyler State Park. Slept at Rishi's 2 new places on the first night of moving in after getting a new teaching job in Korea. Slept on the couch at my parent's place in Linden, Texas. Now I sleep on the floor there. Slept in the cheapest room ever on the Mexico-Guatemala border. Slept at a hostel in Zihuateno. Slept on the floor, too close to the litter box, of Claudia's in Zihuat for 11 days on the cheap. Slept for free in a pimp room on Caye Caulker in Belize. Slept in a room across from Yuuki on Caye Caulker. Slept at Alli's place in Jacksonville, Florida. Slept at Josiah's place in Jacksonville. I slept on the floor of Bear's Town Ski Resort in Korea. The last time I slept in my own bed was July 2009, over a year ago.

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