: About Me

An undergraduate at the University of Virginia with vaguely transcendental aspirations. Demonstrates occasional self-awareness, but not the recursive Dave Eggers kind. Tries to identify Jungian archetypes at the root of his interests, often at his own peril. Infrequently plagiarizes the voice on high.

My passion is ...

as passion does

My childhood ambition ...

grow up to be and/or kill Superman

Why I write ...

because hallucinogens are expensive and harder to obtain

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

'Food of the Gods' by Terrence McKenna

My inspiration ...

Nietzsche, Wayne Coyne, Alan Watts and Sting

Travel > Orlando Holidays in Orlando, Florida

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One of the cleverer moves on the part of Orlando's municipal tourism bureau was to select a swampy wasteland about fifteen miles away from the city, transform it into a semi-developed strip of condescending kitsch, and tell everyone who happened to wander down it unawares that they had discovered "Orlando." We locals call it International Drive, where most of what typically brings people to Orlando can be found, and so most people spend a lot of time and money there. Then they leave, thinking they have seen everything, feeling vaguely dissatisfied on the drive home. I'm not saying that the...

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