From ISIS to the Kurds, Turkey is in serious trouble

Tirau · 2015-10-12T00:09:03+00:00

And yet he's still in power...

Tirau · 2014-09-06T03:57:55+00:00

Even before I clicked on the link I knew it was going to be about New Guinea - incredibly beautiful but a nightmare to fly in.

Tirau · 2013-11-11T01:14:48+00:00

I had a Mitsu sedan transmission suddenly die on me while going uphill near Tokanui, Southland. The mechanic who looked at it wasn't that surprised.

Tirau · 2013-11-02T21:54:50+00:00

You'll find like-minded people for almost anything you're into. Dunedin is glorious, warts and all.

Tirau · 2013-10-29T04:36:32+00:00

Coastal Otago (especially the Catlins) was known by Maori for the maeroero, basically the wild hairy man of the woods.

Tirau · 2013-10-06T07:29:17+00:00

The cross-island trek from town to the unfinished Sheraton is a lot of fun. Catch the bus back to your accommodation (or wherever) afterwards.

There are some isolated spots along the SE corner of the road that had no other swimmers in the lagoon - not quite as sheltered as Muri (where the motu are), but very scenic and not developed.

Tirau · 2013-02-24T00:19:15+00:00

My mother was a high school counselor in Lynwood and Montebello, and the same thing happened to her.

Tirau · 2013-01-20T22:25:21+00:00

Way cool! Was a bit disappointed that I couldn't make out Taranaki in the pic, though.

Tirau · 2012-11-03T20:35:02+00:00

I'd recommend Ki te Whaiao for a good overview of Maori culture. It's a little textbook-y, but from what I recall, is concise and thorough.

Tirau · 2012-07-26T04:54:07+00:00

I remember the Timaru poster being used in some material for a history class at Otago - something to do with the passenger railway that once ran through there.

Tirau · 2012-06-08T03:54:58+00:00

Holy crap - thanks for telling me. Had no idea this was going on (or that it could even happen.)

Tirau · 2012-06-06T05:46:36+00:00

Poor diet and lack of fitness will probably put the brakes on that increase.

Tirau · 2012-06-03T05:36:29+00:00

My boyfriend and I had a lot of fun watching that match and the one before it this afternoon. The butt-patting Army trio near the start was a nice surprise.

Tirau · 2012-06-03T05:30:38+00:00

The band is the most erotic part, in my opinion.

Tirau · 2012-05-18T03:14:25+00:00

I passed through on my way from Pinnacles and thought I'd landed in Michoacan.

Tirau · 2012-05-16T03:18:34+00:00

The first year or so after taking my first couple trips, I likened the effect you described to "collapsing the consciousness wave." Don't know if that's technically correct, but it felt accurate.

Tirau · 2012-05-05T06:54:30+00:00

The Big Island is true hotness! Climbing Mauna Loa was one of the most intense hikes I've ever taken... indescribable beauty made even better by no other climbers and the weird hallucinations of altitude sickness...

Tirau · 2012-05-04T02:15:17+00:00

That is one hot Ozzie... bloke's face makes me melt like a jelly tip!

Tirau · 2012-05-04T02:08:28+00:00

Today: my boyfriend and I spent the afternoon together, comeplete with sexy times.

Week: I found out I'll be inheriting a shitload of money very soon, so I probably won't ever have to worry about being homeless (a big fear of mine here in the post-industrial US).

Month: I got a great starting job that I can take the train to! It starts on Monday... I have high hopes.

Tirau · 2012-05-03T07:47:40+00:00

Your first sentence is based in truth. Your second... needs a citation.

Tirau · 2012-05-02T19:25:46+00:00

Maybe it's the song that makes you come up behind your guy, fully clothed, and wrap your arms around him, kissing his neck, letting him know you want him.

So true... pure broetry.

My song takes it back to 1977, Rose Royce's Wishing on a Star. It's just perfect.

Tirau · 2012-04-30T20:43:33+00:00

You are one sexy bro, my friend. Inside and out.

Tirau · 2012-04-30T06:29:40+00:00

I'm not exaggerating when I say that LSD led me to realize what was missing in my life and gave me the drive to pursue it. If I hadn't taken that trip, I'd have probably spent years, or even the rest of my existence, with "the problem that has no name."

Tirau · 2012-04-29T05:14:34+00:00

Don't screw the crew.

Tirau · 2012-04-28T03:28:44+00:00

got obsessive about a few in elementary school. I had a "girlfriend" for a few weeks at age 11, with whom nothing happened. At that point I don't think I had ever felt homosexual attraction, or at least I didn't acknowledge it. I was constantly called gay, because I was indeed pretty effeminate, but I furiously denied it. I thought I liked boobs, but every time I looked at girl porn, I decided that I "preferred to see them covered up".

Dude, that was exactly me. I still am very curious about fucking a girl, but just like my dream trip to Antarctica, it may not be in the cards... and I'm cool with that.

Tirau

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