2 Weeks To Go: Pokemon and a New Camera

As April 6th approaches I become more keenly aware of how unprepared I am; yet for some reason I think that the best use of my time is to level my Pokemon up enough to defeat the ELITE FOUR.  This is definitely not the best use of my time as it turns out.

I finally moved out of my house in Minneapolis and back into my Parents abode.  Here I am keeping myself busy with Pokemon and my adorable nephew Matteo. 

Got a Camera Finally...

Here I am looking fly with my new digital camera and everything.

You all should expect to see many more pictures in this blog deal of mine.

I also got a fancy new computer with the help of my wonderful family.  It is a Windows 8 which is some sorta black magic inspired machinery, but it is kinda cool.  I'm enjoying it at least.  And now that I have this computer I can video skype and stuff.  So that's neeto.

Uh, yeah.  so I'm feeling pretty heavily anticipatory of my massive undertaking that I am going to undertake soon.  The heaviness of which is only now starting to sink in.  Pokemon will only distract me for so long, but I know that soon I will be on that plane and out of English speaking America for a long time... Heavy.

3 weeks to go

Hello everybody, 

My name is Dan and I am about to travel to the great country of Indonesia to teach English as a foreign language with the Peace Corps.

 I figured that some people back home would want to stay updated about where I am with my travel and exploration of the world and the various diseases I will contract, etc.  That's why I'm making this Blog.  Never made one of these before so bear with me.  I am pretty sure that I will be able to keep this updated and stuff for those people who are interested. This is also depending on if I have internet where I am in Indonesia for 2 years, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

So!  It is March 13th and I leave on April 6th at 9:15 a.m. for San Fransisco.  I will arrive at about 11:30 and then have to get across town to the Radisson Hotel in Fisherman's Wharf.  This is where I will meet all of my Peace Corps Indonesia 2013 peers (and recent Facebook friends).  We then have an all day orientation type deal where we learn stuff about what the heck we are getting into.  After we all have realized the heaviness of the commitment we have already committed to and after we have changed out of our soiled undergarments, my guess is that we will go  and promptly drink our terror away in a bonding / shameful night out in the city of San Fransisco.

Just kidding Mom, we will get a good nights rest... for our ELEVEN AND A HALF HOUR FLIGHT to TOKYO!  wowza.  Yep, we are gonna go straight from California to Japan in one insanely long flight.  Then it's another flight from Tokyo to Singapore.  Then from Singapore to Surabaya Indonesia.  I then stay in that country for a pretty long layover, something like 2 years and 3 months.

Some awesome news is that I am almost ready to go!  All I have to do is move all my stuff back to my parents house, buy all the necessary items and clothing, see everyone I know before I go, resolve all my financial obligations, quit my jobs, pack, and party like I've never partied before.  It's a good thing I am super good at partying and moving otherwise I would be worried and stressed out that I didn't have enough time to do all these things. 


Anyway, this is where I am at right now.  I can't think about anything but my near future and I couldn't be more stoked/nervous/terrified about what is going to happen. 

Thanks all, Love ya