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Doubt

September 13, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

Doubt creeps in through the cracks. Doubt creeps in through the moments of silence. I wanted this post to be about boys, and about loves, but from the first keystroke it has swollen; it expands…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: intimacy·values

Arrival

September 11, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

It is never the way that you imagined it, so I never bothered to imagine it at all. Imagination can be useless in these situations. You imagine arriving in the city the way that you…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: transition·travel·university

A Meta-Vacation along the Black Sea

September 10, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

I originally intended to come to Turkey at the beginning of September. I thought that I would take a train over on the first, and spend ten lazy days doing nothing until I had to…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: freedom·friendship·social change·travel

Nis, Serbia

August 30, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

I was right, thinking that I was not yet able to just let go of whatever fear I am harboring and travel freely. I am definitely still one of those captured, safe souls. I wonder…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: travel

Traveling with the Internets

August 18, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

Last week I was reading the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, and it awakened in me a healthy wanderlust. That may sound strange because I haven’t been home ever in my life and so…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: relationships·travel·writing

Slow like honey

August 17, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

People say that love is slow. It takes time to build trust and respect between two people. When I was young I believed them. I consented that my full, pulsing heart was nothing more than…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: intimacy·love·relationships

Leaving, kinda

August 17, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

I am jealous of the volunteers that suffered a finality, the ones that actually ended their peace corps service, their time in eastern europe, and their vagabond lives. They cleaned their houses, got on a…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: transition·travel

Scouts that don't sing…

August 8, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

I won’t say that I know a lot about scouting. I can’t even say that I have much experience. Although the camp I worked at was a scout camp, at least two-thirds of the staff…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: scouts·travel

Labels that I am Not.

August 8, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

Packing has given me time to reasses my projected being. Usually I have a tendancy to look ahead and to try to create the person that I want to be. However, as the boxes become…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: transition·travel

Waiting On Trains

August 8, 2012July 2, 2015 by koji

I slept through the 8.30 train. I was awake but the bed felt too good to leave and I didn’t see much of a point. To me the 10.45 is just as useful today. Of…

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Categories: UncategorizedTags: travel·values

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