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“The disturbers of happiness are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.” – Samuel Johnson

July 8, 2013by girldetective1 Leave a comment

I just don’t know anything anymore. I want to go to Brazil. But I do not want to go to a soccer game in Brazil where the referee ejects a […]

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Crybaby, Friends, Random, Travel

“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life” Samuel Johnson

April 15, 2013by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I am tired of life. Apparently. Tips on traveling through Europe like a sophisticated adult; American: 1. Learn the language but definitely never use it or attempt to understand nuances […]

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Crybaby, Travel

“For one person who likes Spain there are a dozen who prefer books on her.” Ernest Hemingway

April 13, 2013by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I am in London until tomorrow night, when I will go down to Southampton to work for a few days. I had a lot of good intentions when I got […]

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Family, Travel

“Travel brings power and love back into your life.” Rumi

April 9, 2013by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

So… ugly Americans? I get it now. This morning was like a very bad episode of the Amazing Race, but there was definitely no million frigging dollar prize at the […]

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Crybaby, Family, Travel

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust

April 9, 2013by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I am in Spain with one of my cousins and two of my aunts and we are having a good time. Madrid is absolutely gorgeous, I can barely stand it. […]

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Family, Food, Travel

“The breaking of so great a thing should make a greater crack” William Shakespeare

November 16, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

Yep, that’s how I feel.  There is definitely a huge crack in me, but sometimes I wish it was visible, it would be easier to explain I think.  It’s been […]

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Crybaby, Friends, Travel

“Life is more fun if you play games.” Roald Dahl

November 4, 2012by librocubicultarist 1 Comment

I spent the weekend with my friends Bibi and Edd in LA.  Bibi and I have been friends for a long time, more than fifteen years.  We met working at […]

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Food, Friends, Travel

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?” A.A. Milne

October 11, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I am very excited because I’m going to North Carolina in a couple of weeks to visit my friend Stacey.  She is one of my favorite people and I hate […]

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Friends, Travel

Type A Much?

September 4, 2012by librocubicultarist 1 Comment

I love to travel for fun, but I also used to travel for business a lot – one year I traveled over 250,000 miles, which was kind of great for […]

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Random, Travel

“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

August 30, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

I am a wanderer.  I love to travel to a place I’ve never been, I love to explore and get lost and find my way again.  The only thing I […]

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