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| 6th March 2007 valeriavine | congratulations! - From: Apprenticeship? nice post! Sounds like a plan....might even work! |
| 11th November 2006 Marina | Uber trendy - From: Spell of the Yukon Nice Carharts!!! Looks like you could be on the cover of GQ ;) |
| 4th November 2006 pepito | Vicki - From: Spell of the Yukon Uhhh... haha.. Hi Vickie. You kinda freak me out. |
| 4th November 2006 pepito | Poor Poor Smelly Vickie - From: Spell of the Yukon Nutbar. :-D |
| 2nd November 2006 Smelly Vicki | But you smell worse - From: Spell of the Yukon There is a huge buck deer staring at me right now as I type this. I think perhaps he wants to say hello. No, sorry, he's walking away. I wonder what that means? Now let's get down to business: 1. SMOKING while you're hunting? I wish I could punch you in the throat right now. 2. Besides that throat punch, I'm glad you're content. Or at least pretending to be content from your post. Pretending. 3. COURSES? Doesn't that mean having an OBLIGATION to be somewhere at a certain time? You have to keep me updated. 4. I will never forgive you for beating me to where I am going to live in my 30s. Double throat punch. 5. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY? Wouldn't that be nearly alturistic? Consider all of those horrible things you've said in the past about me voluteering my time to be thrown back in your face, just because I'm not above doing that. Sucka. 6. You are so lucky that I'm not there to teach you about super-wicked-cool things in your area!!! 7. I heart you. And your little Vulpes vulpes friends. Their cousins visit me too! Peace out boo. And to the cute one (Ang). |
| 1st November 2006 angelino | fun times - From: Spell of the Yukon that was a good night, i have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of Rika over the years to come, it was so refreshing to spend a night in the company of someone who radiates such a genuine love of life and the Yukon. BIG LOVE to you Rika. Nice blog Joe, thanks for the compliments about nursing, it means a lot to me, xoxo ang. |
| 1st November 2006 Rika | Thanks - From: Spell of the Yukon Hi Joe and Angie! I am glad that you use photos that we send time. I am exploling the yukon especially in the wild and meet a lot of beautiful people here. Here is something special for me. I feel very much here is my home too. That is weried but true and I still here. Anyway, have a great time at Vancouver Island and keep in touch( See you next spring!) And BIG LOVE you guys |
| 1st November 2006 Rika | Thanks! - From: Spell of the Yukon Hi Joe and Angie! I am glad that you use photos that we spend night on your web. It was good night. I want to more explole northen place espesially in a wild and meet a lot of beautiful people. Those are really important for my life. I just following my mind though. Life is journey I am sure. So Have a great time at Vancouver Island and off course see you next year!! Love you guys(Sorry it is not perfect english) |
| 25th September 2006 Joseph | Jerrrrrrkoid???? - From: Ataraxia? JERKOID?! hahaha... I wasn't laughing!!! ... Though I am now. It's wonderful that you find contentment in eating strawberry yogurt cups, Vicki.. ;-P haha. I find contentment, at least for now, in drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking cigarettes while responding to your response. :-D |
| 22nd September 2006 Icky Vicki | Props to Ishmael! - From: Ataraxia? Contentment makes a successful life. The individual defines their own version of contentment, and they have to get off their lazy ass to look for it, wherever it may be. Satisfaction can never be found and the world is congested with whiners on the opposite side of the spectrum. My version of contentment (ignorance?) is multidimensional... I'm content today filling my little brain up everyday with endless knowledge on the paleoenvironments of the world 3 billion years ago, cuddling and chatting with my sisters and friends, reading fun books about genetics & anthropology, eating strawberry yogurt cups, sleeping in my comfy sleeping sac, playing in the forest, and knowing that when I get cold I can run to my apartment where the freezing weather can't get me. Is this my ideal situation? No. But am I content? Yes. Someday I will be able to do my own field work in the middle of the Arctic or Rainforest, reading the earth systems myself. I will be bathing in the nearby river. I will be cuddling up with my children in my solar powered (or hopefully by then there will be improved technology) homestead (we will move seasonally or annually, depending on our environmental demands) and feeding them nutritious foods. We will go out in the day to learn the ways I was taught by my Mother and Grandmother and in the nights I will read to them to teach them the ways others were schooled. My current and future "successful" life includes love, compassion, and furthering my limits. Stop laughing Joseph!! Jerkoid. |
| 20th September 2006 Christina | thats pretty cool - From: Grey Mountain Skies Everything happens for a reason, maybe you were feeling down and were feeling alone and that is why some stange conicidence happens. just to tell you that home isnt so far away after all. miss you! |
| 19th September 2006 Mom | Small World - From: Grey Mountain Skies Small World isn't it Joe. It is so awesome when you meet up with people that you have something in common with. Whether it is someone you both know or someplace you've both been. Gotta love it. Love You and Miss you. Mom X O X |
| 25th August 2006 pepito | hahahaha - From: Ataraxia? #1) No I don't need anyone to talk to - that is what my future Parrot will be for. #2) Never never never tell a Pirate that you have more gold than him. |
| 25th August 2006 pepito | Poor poor Marina - From: North of 60 Marina Marina Marina ... Ya know... For a psych nurse you sure do have a serious Projection thing going on.. That's okay, I still love ya. I technically didn't stand you up.. I do belieeeeve that I was far too intoxicated by that time to drive anywhere and I do belieeeeve that you gave me the whole, "Meh.. yeah, well.. hmm.. we're going to hang out here at the bar for awhile then and we'll give ya a call when we leave" --- mmmHM... Which never happened and I was left to sit outside waiting up until the wee morning hours telling myself, "Oh she's just busy - she'll call soon." - sitting up long after everyone left the house or had crashed asleep... It's okay. I forgive you. As for the bubblegum on the sidewalk... Alright, I'll admit that it was me that ate it (after all, I was like what - 6 years old?) so long as you are willing to admit it was you who was the 'doctor' and me who was the patient and not the other way around... my poor poor mom... "Marina! What are you doing with my son! Stop it!" ... I am traumatized to this day. |
| 25th August 2006 Marina | - From: North of 60 Just to set the story straight...you stood me up (and ate the bubble gum :) That's my story and I'm sticking to it! |
| 24th August 2006 Christina | Oh joe!!! - From: Ataraxia? I to believe that you are in a mid-life crisis just as aubrey does. if you need to talk i charge $75.04 per hour.... i can cure whats ailing ya, im full of wisdom. Oh and joe i have more gold than you!!! ARRRRRRRR!!!! mate |
| 10th August 2006 Christina | Your Dead - From: North of 60 im not even lieing joe i thought you got rid of that pic......thats it no xmas present for you this year.........i will never forgive you. |
| 9th August 2006 los dos portenos | - From: North of 60 Just as a tip, if you soke your hands in pickle juice the skin will get tougher and will split less easily. Thus preventing possible infection before it starts. A good well built moat with alligators can also be an effective deterant. Some people say crocodiles but I am a firm believer in Alligators as they are less likely to turn on you. |
| 31st July 2006 dino | Ha love #5 - From: Top Ten Things Learned in South America I fully lauged out loud at the truth to your #5. you are a very funny man. |
| 31st July 2006 Dino | I hear ya - From: Heading: North by North-West I just got back from Central America. damn is it crazy expensive here eh? makes you want to run and hide or sell stuff to tourist at crazy prices so you can return to the land of cheap living. Good luck brother. |
| 28th July 2006 valeriavine | home but still travelling - From: Heading: North by North-West hey! Long time no hear...your home looks lovely and to me it just feels like another destination though you claim to live there....I have the canadian and american side of the family visiting at the moment and have posted heaps of pictures of sydney looking overcast!...I much prefer yours! Yes DO go to India. enjoy your stay at home! Vv |
| 28th July 2006 christina | Im famous - From: Heading: North by North-West joe please forward all my fan mail to my email........thanks hahahahahahaaaaaaahahhah luv yah |
| 27th July 2006 Kevin | Fun back home - From: Heading: North by North-West Looks like way to much fun! I have got make myself one of those t-shirts! Look forward to the Arctic! |
| 7th July 2006 pepito | Yes Dan... - From: !!!Farewell Salta!!! Yes Dan... Chechu is pining over you too (can you see me rolling my eyes?) hahahah.. Never fear mate... when we open that bar in Ignacioīs Hostel you will never have to leave again. ;-) Room 6!!! You loooooove England. "Whaaaaaaaa?" hahahah... |
| 6th July 2006 Dan | CHE CHU!!!! - From: !!!Farewell Salta!!! CHE CHU. o sweet little che chu! I thought you were never leaving Joe?! I've gotta stop reading your blogs. They make me so sad i'm back in shitty England. |
| 6th July 2006 Elaine | - From: Top Ten Things Learned in South America This is freaking hysterical. |
| 6th July 2006 los dos portenos | Maybe 10 to 1 - From: Top Ten Things Learned in South America yes to clarify, women to men. Once we were at a bar here about a month into our trip and my friend Amanda said that she had only seen maybe 5 or 6 really attractive men here, and my friend Joseph pointed to 6 beautiful women that we could see from our table at that moment. |
| 6th July 2006 pepito | Tambien - From: Top Ten Things Learned in South America If you meant that the ratio of attractive women far outweighs the men then I entirely agree with you.. It is rediculous. (If you meant the other way around then you should come spend some time in Salta). And as far as North American visitors looking down their noses at each other I totally know what you mean in that respect too and find myself aften doing it! I like to try for an entirely local experience in Bolivia and Argentina and often stick strictly to the local places in terms of nightlife.. As in, I avoid the "gringo bars" at all costs and have kinda found myself often jaded by the whole tourist backpacker scene. I liked your last blog as well Mark. Itīs funny how we start to notice these subtle changes in ourselves and how drastic changes of environment and uncertainty has a way of forging some of the most deep-rooted certainties within ourselves. Thanks for the tip about that website Mark! Wow, it looks like quitew the project and I would love to see what I can contribute to it! And though I am soon on my way out of Argentina I have no doubt that I will be back sooner than even I think. It is a fantastic website and I would encourage anyone interested in Argentina to check it out: http://www.theargentimes.com |
| 6th July 2006 los dos portenos | Tambien - From: Top Ten Things Learned in South America The Argentines are some dog loving mother fuckers! The ratio of attractive men to attractive women in Argentina is ridiculously out of hand and it goes against everything I have been taught in Evolutionary Biology. American and Canadian visitors to this country have this weird habit of looking down their noses at one another. Everyone English speaker I know has admitted that deep down when they hear someone speaking english on the street, their immediate response is to think, "fucking tourists, they are not a real porteno like I am." (Great list by the way) |
| 6th July 2006 Kevin | Front page worthy - From: Top Ten Things Learned in South America That is an EXCELLENT list! I loved your CIA hat hahaha! |
| 3rd July 2006 Kevin | Adios - From: !!!Farewell Salta!!! Nice tribute! Where you headed next? |
| 2nd July 2006 Mom | So sorry - From: A tribute to my friend, the late Leon Coffey. Joe im so sorry to hear about your loss of your good friend. Thinking of you love mom |
| 30th June 2006 pepito | - From: Nostalgia It sure is. It is strange and slightly disorienting and welcome all at once. A nice way to have memories suddenly thrust upon you without warning - especially for moments such as lakeside fishing with your grandfather, I would think. It happened to me again the other day as I walked past a construction site, and like the smell of your cafe it was the smell of sawdust and fresh cut wood that momentarily set me back a few steps in the past. |
| 29th June 2006 los dos portenos | - From: Nostalgia It is strange the way things like that happen from time to time here. At times I feel so far removed from my old life and then there are moments were I feel as though I have fallen through some type of worm hole. I walked into a cafe the other day and it smelled exactly the way my best friends kitchen smelled when I would go over there after school as a kid. Or I could have sworn that one of the beaches/lakes in Patagonia I went to had been molded after the lake I went to with my grandfather to fish. |
| 27th June 2006 pepito | Ahhhh HAH - From: I really donīt have much of a name for this Entry AH HAH! I found the anonymous comment leaver! Donīt worry Valeria, Iīm drinking lots of water too. ;-) |
| 24th June 2006 angelino | - From: I really donīt have much of a name for this Entry hey hey now, a really baaaad influence on you heh, and bashing the ol one eye, come on now, that one open eye saw you real clear all those years ago! i cannot wait to see you babe,xo ang. |
| 24th June 2006 Dan (legend) | God Bless Salta - From: I really donīt have much of a name for this Entry HA HA! matias is wearing my shirt! love it. Wish i'd never left Salta. Ever |
| 24th June 2006 Kevin | Nice night - From: I really donīt have much of a name for this Entry Miss Catherine of Montreal is smokin! |
| 24th June 2006 pepito | Hahaha - From: I really donīt have much of a name for this Entry To Mr or Ms Anonymous, Question 1: Because it gives me superhuman drinking powers, of course. Question 2: For the same reason he always has a big lump on the left hand side of his cheek - he chews wads of Coca Leaves religiously. Question 3: I am not really sure why my eyes close more when I get drunker - I am pretty sure Angelino taught me that one. Question 4: Huh? ;-) To Monique, Heya Monique!!! I noticed that too.. That girl is a baaaad bad influence on me.. ;-) |
| 24th June 2006 anonymous | deep and meaningless questions....... - From: I really donīt have much of a name for this Entry why are you always wearing the same shirt? why does Julio have a yellow tongue in every photo I see of him? why do your eyes close as you get drunker? what's the difference between a traveller an an expat? ;P |
| 24th June 2006 Monique | - From: I really donīt have much of a name for this Entry Hey Jo - I love reading your blog and seeing all the pictures....i have to say in one of the pictures from this entry you have a pose of the "one eyed angelino" look...HAHAHAHa...i guess you had a long night of drinking. |
| 21st June 2006 los dos portenos | right on - From: Sailing Argentina I see what you are saying and I think that is a very valid point (Sorry I can't spell sentimentalize) |
| 20th June 2006 pepito | ?!?!?!?! - From: Gauchos, fiestas and an Expedition Cut Short (A Blog for Pip) Ahhhh! What happened to my photo of me with my feet over the edge of the Train Tressel!!! hahaha.. I tried to edit the caption and dedicate it to Liz but it suddenly disappeared!!! Liz! Did you break into my travelblog account somehow and erase it? I donīt understand! ... lol ... Trouble is, I already erased it from my camera. Weird. :-P |
| 19th June 2006 pipin | So cool - From: Gauchos, fiestas and an Expedition Cut Short (A Blog for Pip) Heya, this is so cool. Really a good way to keep your diary. I enjoyed watching the pics and readin the story that comes along. Although it was short, the trip with the brook down landrover seems pretty cool to me to. Hope Ignacio wasnīt stuck in a nasty spot. Thanx for sharing and for the good times. Kisses from pip |
| 19th June 2006 Little Lizzy | sicko! - From: Gauchos, fiestas and an Expedition Cut Short (A Blog for Pip) That photo where your up really really high makes me sick. I am shockingly afraid of heights - take that photo off!! |
| 17th June 2006 Christina | - From: Manumission This is the best blog yet...that is so you and that is why we love you. |
| 14th June 2006 pepito | Thanks for your comments Abbey and Mark! - From: Sailing Argentina I agree.. There is indeed more than just a thin line between purity and incredible poverty.. and I think that in retrospect it was not the proper word to use in describing the impovershed, mostly indigenous, situation here - or elsewhere in the world. I do not think that it is necessarily the poverty that I am trying to highlight or romanticize, but the natural indigenous way of life that seems to be so far from the inherent consumer culture that we come from in the west. These people are no more ĻpureĻ, in the true sense of the word, as individuals than are you or I - but speaking of these people as a whole is to speak of their way of life.. And so when we are left to compare societal contrasts one cannot help but feel like so many aspects of this old way of life are far more natural. In my own country, especially the northern-most regions of Canada near Alasksa (where I now live), I have been given a first hand look at how indigenous societies are forced to integrate into a western consumer culture and by doing so have developed not only a huge sense of loss toward their old way of life (while struggling to hang on to it) but along with it a whole range of social problems that has destroyed the very fabric of what made them who they are. A sense of loss and guilt. What is nice to see here is that many of these people (especially in Bolivia and Peru) have not yet been completely forced to abandon their ways and integrate into a western culture simply because of the economic situations of their country. In this way I wonder if it is fair to say that poverty should be romanticised to a degree? .. I appreciate your comments on my blogs... Joseph Sieben |
| 14th June 2006 los dos portenos | - From: La Paz This is really one of the most interesting blogs that I have looked at in a long time, I am glad that I stumbled upon it. |
| 14th June 2006 los dos portenos | - From: Sailing Argentina I wanted to say first of all that I think you are an excellent writer (the first paragraph was particularly nice) and that your photos are lovely. I am really envious of your visit to Lago Cabra Corral. I did want to say though that while in general I agree with your very thoughtful perspective, I think that there is a thin line between purity and incredible poverty. In our efforts to be cultural sensitive and humble in our outlook towards Argentine/South American I think it easy for westerners such as ourselves to sentimalize things that do not necessarily deserve to be romanticized |
| 13th June 2006 Liz | From little Liz (the Aussie) - From: Sailing Argentina Your pictures are beautiful my travelling friend |
