The Beginning of the End

Background
I worked at a top-ranked advertising agency for the past 3.5 years and recently just got laid off. I fancied two options: working on another piece of business (doing the same shit) or taking the severance package and running.

It's going to be insane -- I've never traveled overseas as an adult. I've never lived outside of Los Angeles. I've never been away from my family for more than three weeks. I've never even backpacked, and the longest amount of cold I've experienced was during weekend trips to Mammoth -- with aged whiskeys, hot jacuzzis, and winter green to ease my soul after a long day of snowboarding.

Admittedly, I'm scared shitless of what I may be getting myself into; but at the same time, I'm pretty excited to see what I may be getting myself out of.

Contact

The only way to contact me is to leave comments on this blog, Facebook or via email (proefound@yahoo.com). Other than that, I've decided to fuck off.

Wish me lush.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

20 Hour Train Ride - Sofia >> Belgrade >> Budapest

On the train I met and befriended an Aussie named Robb. Totally became good friends shortly after.

But also there was this interesting, older American guy in the room next to me. Just your regular American dad type buy. But....he works in Iraq as a biochemist, teaches at a University in the states (that I won't disclose), studies the results of chemical warfare, worked on the John McCain camp, and is in the middle of Bulgaria. He showed up with a Bulgarian woman but left the train alone. And on top of that, he was speaking in fluent German to some guy at the train station. But then he had to catch a train to middle-of-nowhere, Hungary.

For real, I think there's more to him than he revealed

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