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littledonkeyburrito · 7 years ago

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That is so specific and no

1. Do you eat dessert after dinner? I don’t actually eat that much sweet stuff although I’ll often eat a mandarin after a meal 2. What is the fastest you have ever gone in a car? 200kph in germany when I was a kid. I probably shouldn’t have to specify, but I was not driving

3. If the last female you talked to told you that she was pregnant, what would you say to her? "How?” 4. If the last male you talked to told you that he was going to be a father, what would you say to him? "congrats on getting laid”

5. Who were the last people you had a group conversation with on Facebook? @aturinfortheworse, @intimidatethevoid and @thefreegladelancer

6. Have you ever had too much to drink and felt embarrassed about your behavior the next day? Several times

7. Have you ever gone into school or work with a hangover? Work yeah a few times with a mild hangover 8. What was the last thing your parents gave you money for? I asked to borrow money to survive until I go back to australia and start work again so I can pay it back 9. ho was the last person you took a photo of? Me 10. What’s the shortest song you have on your iPod? See you tonight - Green Day is the shortest I have on itunes. There’s more on my ipod but there’s no way I’m going to that effort for this question. 11. Who was the last new artist you came across that you really liked? Molotov, but mostly their relatively newer stuff. Also DLD 12. What was the last video you watched on YouTube? Sed - División Minúscula 13. How old’s the last male you messaged? 23 14. When you go out drinking, what do you prefer to drink? Beer, cider or rum&coke 15. What color was the last mug you drank out of? The only mug I have in my apartment. It’s from ikea and it has drawings of space and planets on it. 16. Is there a food or drink that you haven’t had before but would like to try? I totally should have tried dog while I was in southern china a few years ago. I’m always open to try new things 17. When was the last time you saw or spoke to someone you dislike? Thursday. The creepy boss guy from the telemarketing job (which I finally got paid for). He was always fine in the office but you could tell he’s a total sleaze and you would absolutely avoid him outside the office. 18. Does that person know you dislike them? Probably not. It’s not a strong dislike, I’d just rather not be around him, which is not a problem because I don’t work there anymore 19. Has anyone told you recently that they fancy you? No. Although the other day I did get a few guys stare at me which was unusual 20. If you were told that you were going to spend the rest of your life with the last person you kissed, would that make you happy? The rest of my life? I certainly don’t know him well enough to commit to that but I would defs be happy to see him again. 21. Who was your first boy/girlfriend and do you still talk to them? A guy I was friends with when I was 14. I have him on facebook I think but we haven’t spoken in many years 22. If you married the last person that liked your Facebook status, what would your new last name be? Coleman. But I really don’t think I’m going to marry my dad’s best friend.

23. Tell me about the first five photos you have on your phone or camera. 1) a photo to show how close my food is kept to where I use my laptop 2) The cinema screen yesterday to send to my mum to tell her that, yes, they did play the 20 fucking minute olaf the snowman animation before Coco. 3) whiteboard in the telemarketing office from when I stopped in to pick up my cash. I noticed they had a new office phone number so I took a photo of it to google later. I assume they changed it because the old one kept getting posted on scam forums. 4) A nice view down a street 5) The square near my house with the christmas lights lit up

24. When was the last time you had wet hair? Now

25. Describe your handbag. I don’t use handbags. A few years ago I went on holiday to melbourne with a few guy friends and as we went out one day I had my bag and they all had absolutely nothing I was super jealous. So the next day I went and bought a wallet to fit in my pocket and never looked back. If I have to carry a lot of stuff I use a backpack.

26. Have you ever been to the beach? If so, tell me the name of the beach you last went to and when. The last beach I went to was in the Bocas Del Toro archipelago in Panama. I don’t think I’ve even walked down to the beach here since I got back.

27. Do you have an unhealthy obsession with colored furry throw pillows that are different shapes and sizes? That is so specific and no.

28. Which passes by your house / street more often: a bus, a train, or an airplane? closest bus would be 100m at least, train is ~300m and planes come in from the ocean, not over the city. But only the street cleaners and occasional motorbike actually come down my street

29. Can you sleep without any covers on, or do you need at least a sheet covering you, even if it is really hot outside?29. I can sleep in just about any scenario

30. How many languages can you say ‘love’ in? english, spanish, italian, german. Portuguese is probably the same or very similar to spanish.

31. What’s on your “things to buy” list for the near future? Belt, umbrella, more undies. My life is so exciting

32. Do you know how to surf at all? I know the basics, in theory, but I have only tried surfing twice

33. How many times have you been kissed? Too many to count

34. How tall is the last person you kissed? Pretty tall. Maybe 6′2″?

35. If your parents read your texts right now, would you be in trouble? Why the fuck are my parents going to care that I, an independent 23 year old, am asking friends for videogame suggestions?

36. Were you single over last summer? Ehh pretty much

37. What did you do yesterday? I went to see Coco

38. Have you had sex with more than 5 people this month? This month? Fuck, I’m not that good at attracting attention from boys. I was proud of 5 in a year

39. Could you handle living with the last guy you messaged? We’d probably be pretty good flatmates actually

40. What’s your mother’s favorite color? It depends a lot on the context of the colour, but in general she likes yellow. The colours she wears most are purple, green and orange.

41. Honestly, are things going the way you planned? No, but that’s not always a bad thing. I never thought I’d have half the experiences I’ve had from travelling

42. If you could, would you take back your last kiss? No.

43. Would you spend a whole night with the last person you kissed? I would, gladly

44. How would life be if someone took away your cell phone? I would be pissed because I don’t have the money to replace it

45. If you were to paint the sky another color, what would it be? I’m not sure you understand how the sky works. It cannot be painted.

46. Have you ever been attracted to someone very unattractive? Attractiveness is subjective

47. Have you ever tried cocaine or heroine? coke yes, heroin never have never will

48. Are you scared of being alone in big cities? No. I am always alone in a big city

49. Does your phone slide or flip? lmao how old is this?

50. Can you speak any languages other than English? Puedo hablar español, pero no hablo muy bien

51. When you were younger, did your parents ever let you open a few presents before Christmas arrived? Mum would let me and my brother open our gift from our grandparents on christmas eve.

52. Do you really care how many friends you or anyone else has on Facebook? No but I go on a deleting spree a couple times a year so it generally stays around 200-250

53. Last person/people to play (an) instrument(s) in your presence? Which? I probably walked past a busker in the metro last time I went to the grocery store

54. When, where, and to whom did you lose your virginity? About 4 years ago, in my bed, to a guy I was friends with at the time

55. Last song you sang in the shower? I don’t sing in the shower because I’m pretty sure you’d be able to hear me from the building stairwell. I don’t need to inflict that on people

56. Have you eaten any fruit today? I had a mandarin earlier. I fucking love mandarins

57. How many houses have you lived in? Since I moved out of my parent’s place, I’ve lived in 5 houses/apartments

58. What colour is the last lighter you used? Blue

59. Last thing you threw in the garbage? Beer can but it was more of a gentle toss

60. When was the last time you sat in the back seat of a car? Whenever I last got a cab or uber

61. Have you ever cried in a movie theater? Yesterday while I was watching Coco...

62. Starting in what grade were crayons excluded from your school supply list? Why on earth would that be significant enough for me to remember into adulthood?

63. Do you have anything from IKEA in your room? so much

64. Are you excited to live on your own? I was pretty keen and it’s been awesome. People suck and living alone is amazing.

65. Next movie you’ll watch? Paddinton 2. The first one was so good

66. Now what are you listening to? Adiós - Ricky Martin

67. What job would you NEVER take, even as a last resort? I would never try telemarketing again. 68. If someone looked in your closet, how would they judge your style? They’d think I was fancy because the only clothes actually in my wardrobe are my suits. The rest are on my shelves.

69. The boy/girl you truly care about needs you at 3:00 a.m., would you go? My bank account would say no 70. What’s the largest age difference between yourself and someone you’ve dated? Dated? 4 years. Slept with? More than 4 years...

71. When did you meet the last male you texted? 2012

72. Your phone is ringing. It’s your ex. Do you answer? Yes because it must be important

73. What are you currently hearing? Aprender A Quererte - Morat

74. Are you a bad influence? On occasion

75. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone? Now that it’s winter it would be nice to have some warm to cuddle with

76. If the last person you kissed were calling you right now, would you answer? Yes

77. Who is your favorite family member on your mom’s side? Maybe my little cousin Jimmy. My whole family are pretty great though

78. Where is the last person you kissed? Somewhere in Costa Rica I assume

79. This time last year were you dating or talking to someone? I was seeing a guy

80. Who saw your last kiss? Nobody. It was like 4:30am and in a hotel room

81. Do you know anyone who still doesn’t have a smartphone? My grandma

82. Have you ever been on a cruise? Technically I have been on a cruise ship. At work one time I had to go up the gangway to talk to a crew member and get them to radio someone. But I don’t think I would pay money to be on one because I know how often they have gastro outbreaks.

83. Have you ever had an x-ray? Dental x-rays. Fun fact: I have 2 less adult teeth than I should because they just never grew. I am missing bones.

84. What is one food you couldn’t live without? Chilli

85. When was the last time you were at a church and why? I think I went into a church in Bogotá to have a look

86. What are your views on abortion? It is great that it’s an option

87. Do you believe in sex before marriage? Definitely

88. If you had to choose, what one country would you most like to visit? At the moment I really want to visit Mexico or Madagascar but would also like to go back and see more of Costa Rica and Colombia

89. Have you ever seen anyone die? Yeah, at the music festival I went to in July. An aerial dancer fell about 30m at the main stage and he died

90. Did you eat a cookie today? Yes

91. Do you like the snow? Quite a lot

92. Would you prefer a thunderstorm or for it to be snowing? Either would be fantastic. Snow is awesome, but I do miss tropical storms from home. They don’t really happen here. Got a couple in central america though 93. Remember the first time you kissed the last person you kissed? I sure do

94. What kind of pants are you wearing? Jeans

95. What are the names of all the people you have dated? Depends on definition. At the least, there was Corey and Michael. Fortunately those are pretty damn common names so I don’t mind sharing. The others who are less definite also have less common names.

96. Will you be under the influence of alcohol today? If I could be bothered going to the shop then I would be drunk right now

#Other potential titles:#totally should have tried dog #don’t think I’m going to marry my dad’s best friend #Attractiveness is subjective #I am missing bones

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nailtravels · 6 years ago

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They stared at the news reports all week and tuned in to NOAA satellite footage for Hurricane Michael updates. It had been true for years, but now these people could honestly say they were in the cone of uncertainty. The category 2 storm had just left the Caribbean and was gaining strength as it plowed north through the Gulf of Mexico, heading straight to the Big Bend area of Florida and Suwannee Roots Revival at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park. Ask Dog Island and Cedar Key what it’s like when a hurricane smashes into the beaches in this part of the world. Ask Mama Lila’s guesthouse on Fort Morgan beach. When hurricane force winds lift the water up and out of its basin, things disappear. Maybe not the best place to ride out a hurricane. With folks from Tallahassee evacuated all the way to Fort Myers, what kind of derainged animals would drive straight toward the storm to go camping in the woods at a music festival? A rare breed, to be sure and it certainly boggles the mind.

It was a family reunion in every sense of the word. Friends made at Suwannee Music Park are as strong as the bonds of kin folk and tend to last for years. As time passes, the family membership continues to swell to the point where there are no strangers in the park. Welcome to Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: Feeder Band Family Reunion

Oteil and Friends, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

000 WTNT34 KNHC 082041 TCPAT4 BULLETIN Hurricane Michael Advisory Number 9 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142018 400 PM CDT Mon Oct 08 2018 …MICHAEL BRINGING HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO WESTERN CUBA… …STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THE NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST…

A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the Gulf Coast of Florida from the Alabama/Florida border eastward to Suwannee River.

Folks like Moonshine Gary and Shannon traveled east on I-10, navigating fallen trees on the interstate with emergency vehicles close behind them. Others drove straight through the eye of the storm, headed for Live Oak. The group that met up Tuesday night, set up camp in the woods and waited together for the worst of the storm. By that time it had strengthened to a category 4 and it was anyone’s guess what was going to happen if the storm landed near Live Oak. As it would turn out, the hurricane turned left as the night went on and smashed into Panama City. Other than a few, light sprinkles, the park and party crowd remained untouched. The rest of the weekend showcased weather so perfect it could only be Suwannee Roots Revival.

Once again, the Kamp Happiness relaxation installation served as a commons area for this year’s family reunion. Friends made at Suwannee Music Park can be as stout as any kin folk and as the years pass, festival friends end up at each other’s weddings and funerals. They came all the way from South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and all parts Florida. They brought their vans, trucks and recreation vehicles and surrounded each other like a wagon train. The RV crowd hooked up by the bat house, giving everyone a reason to occasionally visit the farm field. Thank you Peanut for the purple butterfly and the mad skins.

Thugish behavior to be sure, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Keller Williams’ PettyGrass Featuring The HillBenders, Suwanee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Royal, Josh and Smiteesha

Tim looking sharp, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Leftover Salmon, Suwannee Roots Revival: photo by Jason Nail

Little Steve, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Oteil and Friends, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Josh cooking Sunday breakfast, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Kamp Happiness, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Moonpie and Sunshine enjoying some time, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018:

Cierra and Shannon, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Dirt bath, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

New at Suwannee Roots Revival:

Roots Welcomes Darth Waffle: The newest member of the Suwannee Roots Revival media team hit the dirt running and covered the entire festival from withers to brisket. Katie Walthall could be seen dragging her camera to and fro, backstage and yonder, catching great photographs of the performers and festivarians. A media pass will only get you so far. For some places, it takes a lanyard and a great pair of legs. Check out the beautiful writing and photographs on her website and like her social media outlets on Facebook and Instagram.

Waffle and Splenda, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Dead Cat Pleasure Palace Hours of Operation: Since MagnoliaFest 2002, the Dead Cat Pleasure Palace has been providing a “sense of place” for festivarians everywhere and most certainly at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park. It’s open-air relaxation station serves as a perfect place to enjoy a cuddle puddle next to the roaring campfire. For years this commons area has effectively served the needs of festival participants while also meeting the needs of Kamp Happiness personel when it comes to the much needed and deserved rest that comes after a day of intensly passionate sillineszs. Up until this year, everyone’s consideration and personal responsibility had been appreciated, but due to this year’s repeated incidents and a few bad apples, new guidelines have been enacted. Imagine the scenario; It’s 5:30 am and you’ve finished playing bluegrass music at Slopprygrass. Your head hurts and your fingers are cracked and tired. It’s all you can do to drag your dirty, bare feet back to your own campsite. As you get ready to crawl into your tent for a few, scant hours of rest, you notice a form sleeping under the covers, in the darkness. Who could this be? You came here by yourself and playing “hard to want” has worked out predictably poorly. But this could certainly be preceived as some kind of overt message. perhaps a seriously flirty advance by a desperate, unknown caller. It would be stranger than fiction. Only after inspecting closer and finding the dirty, bare feet were probably size 11 and belonged to a young Auburn graduate who had drank too many shots of warm crotch whiskey. Precious he was, all bundled up in great grandmother’s quilts. With a cool front, pushed in by the storm, it was going to be a chilly night and no one needs to catch a sniffle. There’s always tomorrow night.

Ask your mom if all cops are racist.

Hey bitch, get out of my tent. Lady, you’re fine right where you are. Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jill Wickham The next night would prove to be no better. A lovely causasian couple found their way into the palace toward the close of the night, in hopes of finding some Wifi and complete some photo editing discuised as soft-core pornography. They would close out the evening popping each other’s chigger bites and again, fall into a blissful slumber in a hotel whose blinking neon sign clearly read, “No Vacancy”. Check our website and social media sites for updates, but until further notice, the Pleasure Palace hours of operation are from nine until nine. Thank you, in advance, for your consideration.

Free Range Strange: The brightest and best in bluegrass and hippy-funk wasn’t always playing on the main stage. Tim, Sunnie Rae and Chase from Free Range Strange took a break from their busy Florida touring schedule to visit the jam circles of Roots Revival. Thanks to all who participated in sharing a beautiful noise, especially Sunnie Rae, who helped make everyone look a little better. Both Tim and Chase were lovely additions to nearly every bluegrass circle, and other than a few scattered instances loosely labeled as “moral terpitude”, confusion and tweakish behavior was unusually scant.

Roadtrip Mojo: After several festivals, we finally hooked up with Jeff from RoadTrip Mojo. Through Spring, Wannee and Lockn’, it was time to band with our new brothers in the Florida social media intereweb. Check out their website and get in on one of their sweet camping giveaways. If the statute of limitations has, indeed passed, there promises to be more foot-stomping fun at Hulaween in just a few days. Eeeek.

These flowers are just one of the reasons Kamp Happiness installation has been so successful, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Personal Fires: Don’t get all heady just because someone in your camp wants to have a personal fire. Sometimes things can get a little intense around the group fire and it’s a pleasure to back into your own space while your head unwraps itself. Unfortunately, in this case, a new Hawaiian shirt from Eddie W. caught fire from a candle in the Dab Den and filled the room with carcinogenic rayon gas before emergency services arrived. Considering the levels of responsibility usually associated with the Dead Cat Society, the reason for this incident has been traced back to Beth’s Million Dollar Bacon.

Samantha Fish, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Suwannee is for lovers: Congratulations to Zane and Dr. Jen who got engaged at this year’s party. Be wary single festivarians. Music weekends in the woods are great places to meet crazy hippy chicks and before you know it, you’re proposing during Keller’s Bluegrass Gospel Church. It’s about as dangerous at a gondola at Telluride.

Kamp Happiness and friends, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018:

Where’s TooMuch?: For the fifth year, the folks at Kamp Happiness were good enough to let us dangle in their camp and share in their fellowship and music. Their blinking art installation served as a musical campsite and meeting spot for many of the Suwannee regulars. String music could be heard flowing from the camp all hours of the day or night. Morning versions of “New Dehli Train” set the stage for greatness into late night jams as the Kamp Happiness Family Band somehow managed to hold togerther a lengthy set of bluegrass classics in four-part harmony. Kamp Happiness VIP award winner for 2018 was Thomas Gerard Larose, who managed to entertain the troops with his morning Deadhead lounge piano stylings and prepare homemade barbecue tempe in spite of his recently debilitating hot tub injury. Thanks to Peter, Darth Waffle and Moonpie for assisting with the loading and unloading of his production equipment. Who knew one could use a handicap trailer to sneak contraband booze into the venue? if you’re self medicated and attempt a swan dive into a hot tub, you may well end up braking your shell. Especially when the bones are so old as to render modern, carbon dating equipment virtually useless. After a certain passage of time, one’s bones become brittle and maintain the structural integrity of burnt paper.

Leftover Salmon playing Dr. John, Suwannee Roots Revival: photo by Jason Nail

Let Oteil Sing: Roots welcomed Bassist Oteil Burbridge and his Oteil & Friends project featuring guitarists John Kadlecik and Scott Metzger, multi-instrumentalits Jason Crosby, drummer Jay Lane, percussionist Weedie Braimah and vocalist Alfreda Gerald. They tore up Thursday night with their unique sound and set the tempo for a long night of music and laughter.

Oteil and Friends, Suwannee Roots Revival 2018: photo by Jason Nail

Golf carts: Thanks to Kendall, Ted, Cameron and Kent for keeping the golf carts rotating timely and efficiently throughout the park. It can be a long haul from the bat house to the Loop and it’s nice to catch a lift, especially with some hillbilly driving while blind. From now on, local officials have mandated that remote breathalyzers be attached to the ignition systems of every golf cart in the park. These protective measures were put in place after Kendall drove his golf cart off the metal bridge into the Suwannee River. As time passes, his memory shall never fade.

Some go for the music. The rock and roll jams on stage, Leftover Salmon and all the late night pickin’ circles one can stomach. Some come for the sauce. The handles of warm crotch whiskey and double IPAs along with one of the best combos of the festival, sangria and Aderol. Have no illusions dear heart, these are worthwhile pursuits, but the last real reason to see this and most other festivals is the family. Goofballs and slack jawed rednecks from the contiguous U.S., all heading to the same place, in spite of the hurricane west wind.

As always, thanks to Erin Scholze at Dreamspider Publicity and Events for letting nailtravels and Kamp Happiness be small cogs in the larger machine of beautiful fellowship and fun. Best job ever.

So take a nap and a shower. Get those feet clean and wash the smoke out of those clothes. Hulaween is next week and it will be another round of finest and brightest anywhere. Look for the South Florida charter of Kamp Happiness next to the Poncho Tree and Luke’s Lake. Live

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investmart007 · 7 years ago

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How to Retire Early: New Trend Report

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How to Retire Early: New Trend Report

BALTIMORE/ MAY 08, 2018 (STL.RealEstate.News) — “Our correspondents on the ground have noticed more younger expats refusing to postpone retirement—opting, instead, to retire early overseas in places where the cost of living is a small fraction of what it is in the States or Canada,” says IL Executive Editor, Jennifer Stevens.

“We’re seeing younger people at our live events, exploring their retire-early options in person ahead of a move. And our editors and correspondents based around the world report they’re running into more folks on the ground, too, who have decided to retire years early overseas.

“The average American hasn’t saved nearly enough for a comfortable retirement Stateside,” Stevens says. “Conventional wisdom says: Work longer, save more, and lower your expectations for retirement.

“But in the right places overseas, you don’t have to do any of that. If you slash your cost of living by half (or more)—you can retire years earlier than you expected. And most folks who’ve done it say they live better than they ever did back home.”

According to the report, the majority of these early retirees can be found in Latin American countries, where the lower cost of living allows U.S. citizens to retire earlier, while still maintaining a comfortable lifestyle with access to the sort of goods and services they’re already accustomed to, including high-quality healthcare.

“Five years ago, my husband, Brian, and I decided to pull the pin and move from Ontario, Canada to Cotacachi, Ecuador,” says Janette Sullivan. “This is not all that uncommon except that we were 45 and 33 years old respectively.”

They bought a two-story, three-bedroom, three-bathroom house in a small development for $61,000. It was originally supposed to be a “five-year plan,” but after a few visits they thought, “Why wait?”

“Actually, it was receiving a property tax bill in the mail that really made me say ’why are we waiting?’” Janette says. “It didn’t take long after that to make the decision to quit our jobs, sell the house, and pack our four suitcases and two cats.

“People often ask how we can afford to retire so young. It’s surprising how much money you make when you sell everything. We made a long-term financial plan, and taking into consideration the money that we made from selling everything, plus our savings, we determined that it was doable if we lived on a budget.

“We set ourselves a budget of $1,800 per month. With the overall cost of living here being much less than Canada, the money goes much further. We could never have afforded to retire and live in Canada at this age. We have yet to exceed our set budget in any given month.”

Janette joined a hiking group and started volunteering at a soup kitchen. Here she learned about the culture, and got to know many local Ecuadorians, and also met other expats. Before she knew it coffee dates and “ladies’ nights” were part of her regular routine.

Pat and Rick Jackson wanted to retire at 55, and they met their goal—also thanks to moving to Ecuador. They chose the colonial city of Cuenca.

Originally from western New York, the Jacksons have been married for 39 years and for much of that time they planned to retire early. But, “because of the high cost of healthcare and how expensive it is to live in the States, we knew it wouldn’t be possible,” says Rick. “So, it prompted our move abroad.”

Now, instead of Rick’s hectic travel schedule as a district manager and Pat’s long hours working in banking back in Philadelphia, they spend their time on two of their favorite activities: Rick’s passion for cooking, and their love of travel.

“My health is so much better since moving here,” says Rick. “My blood pressure and cholesterol are down, and because we eat healthier and walk a lot, we’re both in better shape.”

And their cholesterol is not all that has fallen since moving to Ecuador. “Living in Cuenca costs about 25% of what it cost us to live in Philly,” says Pat.

They pay just $500 a month for their two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo in the Puertas del Sol neighborhood. It’s a 10-minute, $2 taxi ride or a 25-cent bus ride into the town center, and a 12-minute walk to Supermaxi, a large North American-style grocery store.

And, given the wonders of modern technology, staying in touch with family and friends back home is a breeze. “Even 3,000 miles away from Philly, we know more about what is happening with our family and friends than when we were working 60 hours a week,” says Pat.

Nita Sosebee and Bernie Gaider lived in Colorado Springs before moving to Panama in January 2017. They both worked for over 20 years as software developers but the thought of working for the foreseeable future wasn’t appealing.

“We were interested in trying out an early retirement, or at least reducing our work hours,” says Nita. “But we knew if we stayed in the States, we would need to work full-time for another eight to 10 years. We also thought that moving to a foreign country would be an adventure, provide the opportunity to learn a foreign language, and be a good learning experience overall.”

The couple has decided to rent in David, Panama, until they get to know the region better. But for now, they have seen a huge positive change in their lives.

“Our lifestyle is just so much more relaxed than it used to be. And eating more at home and being active has been a boon for our health. We’ve become friends with many wonderful people and our life here continues to evolve and improve.

“We chose David, in Chiriquí province, because we liked the variety that it provides. We can be at the beach, in a city, or in the mountains within an hour’s drive.”

For Marcia Gage and her husband, Judd, after nearly 10 years of marriage, they decided it was time to a change from Minneapolis. They often vacationed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, just a four-hour flight away, and decided to retire early to the coastal resort town. They even discovered they can live in Puerto Vallarta on their Social Security alone.

“I didn’t love my high-stress job or the fact that our cost of living seemed to be getting higher,” Marcia says. “We are avid travelers who’ve been all over, but a place we vacationed in many times was Puerto Vallarta. We kept going back for the incredible weather, proximity to the U.S. and the very reasonable prices for accommodation, food, and the all-important cervezas, so we decided it’d be a good place to retire.

“Originally, we planned to retire to Mexico when I started collecting Social Security at age 62. But my stressful academic-advisor job was wearing on my physical and emotional health. So, we decided to take the plunge and leave shortly before my 61st birthday.”

Now, they rent a condo about a 15-minute walk from the center of town and Puerto Vallarta’s Bay of Banderas with spectacular mountain views from the rooftop for $800 a month.

“Our cost of living in Puerto Vallarta for things like groceries and eating out is about half what we paid in Minneapolis,” Marcia says. “We’ve even discovered that we can manage living on our Social Security.

“Moving to Puerto Vallarta allowed me to quit my stressful job and retire early. Now I have time to indulge in my passions for writing and reading, and enjoy all that this beautiful beach town has to offer.”

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ozsaill · 7 years ago

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Guna Yala (San Blas) practicalities for cruisers

Guna Yala, Kuna Yala, San Blas: an evolution of names for the archipelago that stretches from Panama’s border at Colombia very nearly to the canal zone. Officially “Guna” (the better linguistic match than Kuna) since 2011, the region’s active effort to preserve indigenous culture and traditions creates a draw for many visitors. Here’s what I think is important to know for cruisers in our wake to plan their visit.

Orientation

There is a meaningful divide between “Western” and “Eastern” regions that is worth considering in planning. The personality split begins where boats coming from the canal zone would bend SE if continuing towards Colombia.

Western San Blas is most accessible to canal/Colon. It is peppered with cays and atolls that drift further from the mainland: picture-postcard tropical islands surrounded by swimmable clear water. Guna communities are clustered on islands nearer to the mangrove-lined mainland shore.

Western communities were a mix of those which followed traditional practices and those which had abandoned it. Basic provisioning (fruit, vegetables, meat, staples) is available, including some dugouts that venture to sell to cruising boats, nearly all cruising boats of which seem to remain in this area.

By contrast, the eastern San Blas is more sparsely populated by Guna and cruisers (we saw only one other cruising boat). Boats carrying cargo arrive from Colombia; as a dejected couple of travelers told us in the eastern port of Obaldia, there’s no road out. You can fly, or you can join a backpacker boat, either at some expense.

Here the water was murkier; this may have been seasonal, but we were there in the dry season when you’d least expect the effect of river runoff. Peak trade winds chopped the water, and together these factors made eyeball navigation difficult. Between water quality and presumed crocodile hazard, swimming was off the menu.

Rules to respect

Visitors are welcomed, but this is Guna land – Guna rules – and between our guest status and indigenous people’s willful choice to separate from modern norms, important to respect. Here’s a snapshot reference for to what the Guna feel are important for visitors to know and avoid: there’s more in the Bauhaus guide.

Guna Yala regulations, as sourced from the Kuna Yala Cruisers Facebook group

I had to restrain my usual snap-happy self, as many Guna are reluctant to be photographed. Always ask first: “¿puedo tomar foto?” to know if it’s OK. In some (so picturesque!) communities, there’s no photography allowed at all. I wish I could paint the pictures in my head. And Guna women, in mola blouses, red and yellow head scarf, gold septum rings and necklaces, and bands of beading on their legs and arms… they are stunning and tempting subjects. But – no, unless permission is clearly given.

Ask permission

Besides asking permission for photos: you’re effectively asking permission to anchor, and expected to pay for the privilege. Be a good guest. If you are anchored off an island with a community and aren’t approached by anyone, go ashore and ask for the saila (village leader) to pay up. It’s the right thing to do! The morning after we arrived, a poor Guna became quite irate with us because he thought we were trying to skip out on paying (we were getting ready to depart). When we finally found the receipt we’d been given the night before to show him, he was mollified and paddled off, but the reaction made me think – he’d been taken advantage of before.

Anchoring fees are pretty consistent in eastern Guna Yala. We paid $10 at almost every stop. In the west it was a little different; sometimes we were asked for an anchoring fee (even at uninhabited islands, if they were part of the purview of a nearby community), sometimes it was a cost-per-person ($2) for going on the beach. In either case it was good for a month. If you’re zipping through, they can add up!

Guna Yala anchoring receipts, on top of Bauhaus’ book

Arrive with cash

US dollars are the currency used in Guna Yala. There are no ATMs, there are no credit cards accepted (there are no roads, or power grid, so…). One family arrived recently and had to borrow money from other boats in order to complete clearance formalities! Kind of shocking planning… granted, it’s unusual.

Bring small bills. If you’ve negotiated a couple of lobster for $10 but only have a $20, there’s probably no change; you’ll be buying more lobster or having none. Small tiendas on Guna islands might make change, but not the dugout on your hip.

Is there trading? No. Well, not really. I wondered, before we got there. But this is not so much a “remote” place as one which has chosen to set itself apart… there is access to Stuff, if people want, and that requires cash. So the bartering that was central to some other corners of the world where we have cruised where Stuff is enough, here it was all about cold hard cash. That said, when I came up short on a mola I wanted to buy, the woman selling it was willing to take a handful of instant coffee packets in lieu of about $10 difference I was trying to make up!

Sailing dugouts are the primary mode of transport, east and western Guna Yala

Provision up

General guidance for Guna Yala is to bring whatever you need, and don’t count on buying anything. That’s a little extreme, as there were small shops on occasional communities. It is limited, so good to plan ahead as have a modicum of flexibility. We actually ran out of toilet paper: PROVISIONING FAIL! Times when it’s good to have friends nearby that will sling you a package of TP!

Veggie stand at a shop on Nargana with a posse of cruisers: pretty typical! SV Aseka and Utopia

In the eastern San Blas. where we were offered coconuts, plantains, locally grown fruit or small fish from passing dugouts. On more populated islands there are probably stores; we were only in little islands, and the one store I saw had little more than rice, dried beans, boxed cereal (?), and canned meat.

In the west, boats visit outer reef anchorages specifically to sell produce and meat to cruisers

Honestly, even with the TP fiasco, we’d have been fine. It was available at small shops in Guna communities, along with a surprising variety of other goods. We’re used to adapting our diet to fit what’s available locally, and it wouldn’t have been much adapting to make it work with what we were able to source in San Blas.

Watch for crocs!

Crocodiles are a very real problem in San Blas – this coastline is theirs, not ours, and they do foray out. Risk exists not just in the murky waters near shore but the gin-clear reefs offshore. Yes, both. Even on the islands away from mangroves and murk, dogs have been taken off beaches and a snorkeling cruiser was attacked (and survived, but not without a helicopter ride to the hospital in Panama City) in 2017. What can you do? Find out through the cruiser’s coconut telegraph (radio nets, Facebook groups, deck-to-dinghy chats) if and where they’ve been spotted, and consider whether you want to get in the water or not. I wouldn’t forgo swimming, I’d just swim with some information.

I didn’t realize

We’d be so disconnected! Cruisers reported “there’s internet here,” and I just believed it. Well, there is, in some parts of western Guna Yala. We found none in the much larger eastern region. The Iridium GO kept us connected, but at a text-only basis. (You can post pictures to a Facebook profile from the GO, but not to a Facebook page…to my chagrin).

Plastic garbage. There is an appalling amount of garbage, some floating in the water, much of it just drifted up on the beach. It’s far, far too much to do anything about. At least those were the only crocs we saw while in Guna Yala.

Crocs of San Blas

Liveaboard community. Gringos have been living aboard (is it really cruising when the western bay where all these boats hang out is only 35 miles wide?) in San Blas for years. There’s a nice collection of some really helpful folks. There’s the inevitable dose of jaded old-timers who seem to have forgotten they are guests and have a skewed view of their “rights.” Whatever. On balance they the driving reason behind this curious distinction between the western and eastern portions of San Blas.

Instant coffee is a hit. Who knew! I’ve been working through a hoard of individual serving packets which are very convenient on night watch. When someone stops by, unless they’re a flyby offer to sell fish, visitors are invited into the cockpit to sit in the shade and have a drink. We don’t have sodas on board so it was water or coffee and… well I served a lot of coffee! It would be a great gift item to make nice with the local sahila or a Guna family that you meet.

Next time

If (when? I hope when!) we revisit, I’d plan differently. Mainly, we’d extend our stay, and skew heavily towards eastern Guna Yala. We found the frontier nature of it far more interesting. There was minimal tourism; people had more time; they weren’t only interested in us as potential transactions. Exactly the kind of place we love to sink into and understand better.

Second, I’d extend the stays in individual anchorages, instead of moving on after a night our two (an unfortunate pace driven by necessity at the time). This is a fascinating region, and when you skip through as quickly as we did – you don’t have the opportunity to really connect and understand much of what makes it special. It takes time we couldn’t give to gain that permission and trust.

Fishermen cooperate for the morning catch

Helpful resources

The Panama Cruising Guide by Eric Bauhaus is an invaluable reference; there’s really not a substitute. The chapter on San Blas opens with an illuminating discussion of Guna history and culture, along with guidance for how to be sensitive to it as a visitor. For details about the islands, it’s the best, and the author has surveyed the region extensively: his charts are the best reference for a coastline which was mostly “unsurveyed” or insufficient for use in our (new!) Navionics charts. They aren’t infallible, but what chart is? We don’t always pick up cruising guides, but I cannot imagine cruising Guna Yala without this one (thank you MM!).

Bauhaus’ chartlets, digitized. Some helpful person turned chartlets in the Bauhaus guide into KAP files you can overlay on your charts (we used OpenCPN for this). Particularly in the eastern territory, murky water hampers visual piloting. Know that Google Earth / satellite imagery isn’t high enough resolution to be useful in many areas, particularly the east. Readily passed between boats on memory sticks, they are invaluable. They are also the intellectual property of Eric Bauhaus! If you acquire and use them, figure out how to pay him. I emailed him, but he never replied… just buy the book, which you can pick up in Linton or Shelter Bay Marina if you didn’t plan ahead.

San Blas Cruisers on Facebook This helpful group is administered by long-term San Blas cruiser/liveaboards who strive to keep information flowing and on point.

Radio. San Blas cruisers have a morning mobile maritime net. It’s a long time since we’ve been regulars on the SSB, but this was very useful for sharing information in an area too spread out for VHF. The 8 meg frequency is posted in the Facebook group. On VHF, 72 is standard hailing for cruisers here.

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By Ken Williams | Editor

Museum of Man exhibit looks at our relationships with other creatures

Humans and animals have co-existed since the dawn of mankind, a relationship as benign as cuddling on the couch with Fido, as creepy as sharing an old house with rodents and roaches, or as sacrificial as eating them as food on a plate.

In the “Living With Animals” exhibit, “The Living Room” reflects contemporary life and people’s various relationships to animals, such as an animal trophy on the back wall, animal figurines in the bookcase, “animal” pillows on the furniture, and photos of people and their pets. (Photo by Ken Williams)

“Living With Animals,” a fascinating new exhibit that opened March 11 at the San Diego Museum of Man in Balboa Park, explores those themes and more. Created in-house, the exhibit will be on view for the next three years.

Sarah Crawford, the exhibit curator, gave San Diego Uptown News a private tour of the new show. When she moved here from Chicago, one of the first things she observed was San Diegans’ fondness for their animals.

“People in San Diego love their dogs,” she said, noting that many bar and restaurant owners go out of their way to welcome canines. That planted a seed in her mind, and soon the concept for the new exhibit began to blossom.

“There’s opportunity and challenges in tackling a topic like animals, but we’ve created an exhibit that feels fresh both in its whimsical, vibrant design and in its non-traditional approach to storytelling,” Crawford concluded. “‘Living With Animals’ looks at the animals we encounter every day in our lives and homes — our beloved pets, the pests crawling through our walls, and the side of bacon we put on our plates — and asks how we decide which of these categories they belong in.”

Visitors enter the exhibit through an area dubbed “Living With Pets.”

A dog figure welcomes visitors. (Photo by Ken Williams)

First up is “The Living Room,” a warm and inviting space located on the museum’s second floor and situated directly above El Prado.

“This space formerly was used as the Time Tunnel, so we opened up the [shuttered] historic windows for the first time in a long time so everyone can enjoy the views,” Crawford said.

Looking out the windows to the west is a view of the top of the historic Cabrillo Bridge, while the east view provides a glimpse of Plaza de Panama.

“The Living Room” is a reflection of the modern world, showing how animals have become such an important part of everyday life. Notice the animal carvings and figurines, “animal” pillows, photos with people and their pets, even an animal trophy on the wall.

A fun “hands-on” activity in “The Living Room” is a card game where you pick the faces of people out of a hand of cards and try to match them with their dogs.

If you think this person shares a home with a bulldog, you lift the canine’s image to see if you picked the right match.

“They say that people look like their dogs,” Crawford said. “Even studies have shown that.”

All of the people and dogs are from San Diego. The humans and their pets were found at dog parks or dog beaches, and the pet owners agreed to participate in the exercise.

The next alcove provides five examples of dog collars throughout history, from a shocking array of spikes designed to prevent worker dogs from being attacked by other wild animals to a crude metal muzzle crafted to protect humans from getting rabies from dog bites.

“The Animals on Our Plates” examines how humans decide which animals are fit for our plates. This is designed to be provocative, to stimulate memories and discussions, and shows how human taste buds have changed over the years.

In a fake dining area, visitors can sit at a table containing five plates representing different parts of the world. For example, we learn that Americans eat far more meat than the Chinese.

Two dining tables project virtual meals from five countries over the last 100 years, when we ate different kinds of meats. Pigeons, for example, were commonly served just two generations ago in the United States.

Crawford said one of the big differences is that humans used to hunt and kill the animals they ate, but that changed later in the 20th century when it became cheaper to buy from the local supermarket.

Another alcove shows hunting tools we once used, such as the halibut hook, the crossbow, and the blood milk flask from Africa.

Tucked away in an area designed for privacy is “From Farm to Factory,” showing historical images from slaughterhouses. The images were taken by the Swift slaughterhouse, which pioneered the modern meatpacking operation.

These images can be disturbing to folks who are unfamiliar with how animals are killed to eat.

“We want people to have a dialogue about the process of slaughtering our food,” Crawford said.

Around another corner is a video area, showing dairy cows, a chicken-grabbing machine and a pig nursery. Again, these videos are not for the squeamish.

A third phase of the exhibit focuses on “Living With Pests.” A large mural — titled “Cockroaches, rats, and pigeons are just animals, but the way we live makes them ‘pests’” — explains how these three animals ended up being smeared with bad reputations. The pigeon was bred to be fast and smart, and their natural abilities came in handy for surviving in a hostile environment.

San Diego imported thousands of pigeons for the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, Crawford said, “because they thought it would create a ‘big city-like atmosphere’ and ‘feel authentic.’”

She found historical photos of women wearing big hats and fancy clothes, surrounded by hundreds of pigeons in Balboa Park. Today, she said, pigeons are considered a nuisance in many parts of the world.

For centuries, humans have tried to kill off rats. In one corner of the exhibit is a collection of rat traps from across the course of history.

“I bought most of these on eBay,” she said, laughing. “I must have raised some eyebrows somewhere.”

Crawford pointed to one gruesome example, a two-hole rat trap with twin nooses. The rat would enter the trap and its neck would be caught in the noose, which would snap and tighten until the critter was dead.

More than 4,400 rat-trap patents have been filed in the United States.

“And people say you can’t build a better mousetrap,” she said, smiling.

On the lighter side is a whimsical representation of Ma and Pa Rat as tourists, standing on luggage as they stow away on a ship heading abroad. It points out the age-old problem of how humans have unwittingly helped animals to migrate to places where their species have never lived.

Finally, visitors are invited to enter a tent, where they can hear 12 San Diegans share their stories of impressionable encounters with animals that have affected their lives.

The audio was recorded by the So Say We All storytellers group in San Diego. The 90-second audio clips play consecutively as an abstract video is projected on the walls and ceiling.

The exhibit is aimed at a target audience of 18 to 34, but Crawford believes that people of all ages would find something to pique their interest.

She again cautioned that some portions of the exhibit might disturb small children or people who aren’t familiar with the complete cycle of the food chain.

“It’s layered enough that even kids can enjoy it,” she said.

—Ken Williams is editor of Uptown News and can be reached at [email protected] or at 619-961-1952. Follow him on Twitter at @KenSanDiego, Instagram at @KenSD or Facebook at KenWilliamsSanDiego.

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Another one. If you ever wanted to learn about me, now is the time.

Have you ever been in your kitchen naked? Often Do you have any idea how to make cotton candy? If I had the machine I’m sure I could figure it out Would you rather go a week without showering or brushing your teeth? Teeth. This time last year, what was your relationship status? Single When was the last time you went to the mall? Saturday

Do you like the smell of coconuts? Yes, especially after my sailing trip through the San Blas Islands. We drank so many coconuts that we had literally just picked up and smashed open on a rock. We also cut some open and added spiced rum which was always a good idea. Who else in your house is awake right now? There is nobody else in my apartment. If you were in school, would you rather write a paper or take a test? I did a lot better on exams. How many of the Harry Potter books have you read? All of them

When was the last time you checked your MySpace? oh wow I have no idea. I think I deleted my page when I was like .. 15? Look out your window. How many people do you see? 6. I live in the inner city so there’s always people around Where was the last place you bought a clothing item? Mango

Are you the youngest person living in your house? Well I’m the only one, so yes. How many piercings do you have? Just my ears Could you honestly say that you’re a virgin? I honestly cannot even close to say that What color is your front door? White Did you reject or accept your last friend request? Accept I think Have you been suspended this school year? I haven’t gone to school in a long time. I only got suspended once, in year 10. What was your favorite thing to go on at the playground as a kid? Climbing things probably. I don’t remember Are you wearing any socks? No Can you play pool? I know how but I am super bad at it.

What’s the most relaxing thing you did today? I slept for a long ass time

Do you shop at the grocery store closest to your house? No. The closest big one is like a 10 minute walk and it’s right on the tourist strip so it’s expensive and full of tourists. I catch the metro to a cheaper one which actually involves less walking. Which one of your guy friends is the best looking? Idk let’s not go there

What does your car smell like? I don’t have a car anymore

Who could make you feel better right now? Probably any of my friends

Have you had an epiphany lately? I don’t think so What color shoes are you wearing? None

Which one of your friends is the most brutally honest? Hehe gotta be Maggie

Do you have anything to say to your ex bf/gf? Nope In what year will/did you turn 21? 2015

Who was the last person you gave a birthday present to? Gloria

Puedes hablar español bueno? No hablo bien, pero es suficiente para vivir

Which day of the week do you watch the most TV? Just netflix and any day

Which band do you have the most of on your iPod/music player? Probably Green Day because I never delete anything and I’ve been accumulating stuff since I was 16

What’s the closest pink object to you? I think the only pink thing in my apartment is a pair of bright pink chopsticks

Do you really weigh the weight on your driver’s license? Driver’s licences have weight on them? I don’t think mine does. It probably hasn’t changed much anyway

What’s your favorite non-carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage? Fresh orange juice, or cold milk tea

What’s the most epic thing you’ve done so far this month? One of several adventures in Panama at the start of the month. Ziplining approx 200m off the ground through the forest was pretty rad. Also fun was sneaking around and sleeping with my tour guide without anybody in the group finding out. And of course that crazy mexican restaurant in Panama City is fucking wild. Last week I did cocaine in my boss’s kitchen on a wednesday night so I guess you could call that epic too. It’s pretty a pretty interesting month actually.

Big Mac or Whopper? Big Mac

What’s your favorite vacation spot? So many good places. I think Panama City may have topped the ranks but other noteable places are Essaouira and the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, Granada and Madrid in Spain, Cartagena in Colombia and Tolou Village in China.

What color underwear are you wearing? Purple. I don’t know why but almost all of my underwear are some shade of purple.

Have you ever slapped anybody? Yeah but jokingly

What are you listening to right now? General street noise

Where will you be in six hours? Still at home, probably still on the couch

What do you wish you had more time to do? I wish I’d had more time in Central America

Who was the last person to ride in your passenger’s seat? Fuck that’s thinking back a fair way. I haven’t had my car since January so I don’t remember

Would you ever let anybody else drive your car? Only Mum ever drove my car

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What store did you last shop at? Alcampo

Are you an official couple with the last person you kissed? No

Looking back, did you ever think you would be where you are now? Definitely not

Do you like someone? I guess so

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How old do you think you will be when you finally have kids? idk probably never

Do you think you’ll be married in ten years? No idea

Does your ex still love/like you? Doubt it

Are you stubborn? At times

Do you tend to hold a grudge? No

Where were you at 9am this morning? In bed

How has the week been? Better now that I quit that job.

Did you go out or stay in last night? Stayed in.

Something you do a lot? Sleep

How many states have you lived in? I guess only one because the UK has counties and Spain has provinces

Can you commit to one person? Probably, never tried

Who was the last person to hold your hand? The boy in central america

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Are you attracted to the last person that kissed you? Yes.

What’s a fact about the last person you kissed? He has a lot of scars

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Did anyone see you kiss the last person you kissed? Nobody saw that kiss but I think his friends probably saw us kiss earlier in the evening

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Do you think you will be in a relationship 3 months from now? Probably not

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Have you ever kissed the last person you texted? No

Do you and your last ex hate each other? Depends on definition of ex. I don’t hate anyone but they might hate me..?

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Have you ever regretted kissing someone? Ehhh I guess so

When was the last time you got a haircut? About 2 months ago

Did you sing at all today? Yeah

Do you own any articles of clothing with skulls on it? No.

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Honestly - can you say that looks don’t matter at ALL? No because there’s so many cute people in the world

Have you ever changed clothes in a public area (not a dressing room)? Yeah

How many months apart is your birthday from your best friends? About 6 months

Yes or no: Techno music? Nah.

They say diamonds are a girls best friend; what do you say? My dad used to be a jeweller so I’m very desensitised to the idea of them.

Have you ever kissed anybody who had a mustache? Yeah but not just a moustache. There’s always been other facial hair to go with it.

If you were famous do you think you could handle the popularity? Probably not

Have you ever kissed someone whose name started with a letter P? I don’t think so

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Do you get on better with funny or serious people? Funny

Do you have mood swings around the time of the month? Sometimes

Have your friends met the last person you kissed? No

How old is your oldest cousin? 24 but my brother is the oldest in the family of our generation

What if you saw your best friend holding hands with your ex? That would be confusing

Your last relationship, who dumped who? Mutual

How old were you when you had your first boyfriend/girlfriend? 14. Lasted like a month. Then no others until I was 20

Is your home town nice? It’s a beach town so tourists really like it but the only benefit it has for me is that my dad still lives there.

What if you got stuck in a lift with the last person who Facebook messaged you? I’d wonder what he was doing in Spain, firstly. But honestly he’d probably just make it a hilarious experience.

When/where did your last hug take place? No idea

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Have your parents ever told you about their love lives, and any previous relationships they had before they met? I don’t know much about my mum’s history although I’m not sure she had much before dad. I know a bit more about my dad’s history and actually I have his first wife on facebook because we went to see her (and her current partner) when we were travelling in the south of spain a few months ago.

You get a text from someone saying that they want to hang out - who would you most like it to be from? Well I don’t have any friends in this country, so...

Do you and your friends have any inside jokes? Several

Do you think someone has feelings for you? Are these feelings returned? Honestly, I am unsure of how the central american guy feels about me. At first I thought we were just hooking up but after our last day together I got the feeling that he liked me more than that and then it made me all confused so now I don’t know how to feel about him.

What if the last person you texted were to ask you out? Last message I sent was to a small group chat consisting of me and two of my friends who are engaged to each other. So that would be weird

Would you prefer to be somewhere else right now? If so, where? And why would you prefer to be there? I want to be travelling. It’s cool that I’m in spain but because I live here I never really get up to adventures.

Can you remember what you dreamt about last night? Uhhh I think I dreamt that my little cousin was blind.

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Who was the last person that borrowed money from you? Josh, and it wasn’t actual physical money, but I ordered a pizza for him the other day and he paid me back for it the next day.

The last time you went out to eat, what did you order? Well let’s see...that would have been 2 weeks ago at Top Golf for my brother’s birthday. I ordered buffalo chicken sliders, tater tots, and a rum & coke.

The last text message you sent to someone else - what did it say? “Sounds good. Also, I will be stopping at home before going out tonight”

Would you be prepared to do a job that you didn’t like, if it paid well? Of course. I’m basically doing that now, hah.

If you hair is straight, do you ever wish it was curly? If your hair is curly, do you ever wish it was straight? My hair is wavy, and I wish it was naturally straight.

Is there someone that dislikes you for no reason? Evidently

When did you last see an attractive member of your preferred sex? Did you speak to them? Do you think you’ll see them again? Yesterday at work, no I didn’t speak to them, and yes I probably will see them again.

Do you tend to have a lot of those moments where you forget something that you wanted to say? Welcome to my life

How long have you known the last person you text messaged? My whole life. It was my dad. <<

Is there anyone on your Facebook friends list that you dislike? Why do you dislike them? A couple of people, and it’s not really them that I dislike as much as what they post, but what they believe in does speak to their character. I’ve just un-followed them.

What exactly did you eat for your last meal? Have you any idea what you’ll be eating your next meal? It was a ham and cheese croissant with a smoked butterscotch latte from Starbucks. Yum! And yes, I’m pretty sure we are going to get Mexican food tonight after the gym. Double yum.

When will you next go for a night out? Technically tonight, we are going to a Mexican restaurant for dinner and margaritas, but I don’t plan on staying out past 9:30, hah.

Are you still with the person you fell hardest for? If not, do you still care for each other? Yes I am.

Have you ever tasted baby food? How about pet food? I mean, when I was a baby I did. However, I do remember liking one of the Gerber apple sauces and still eating it until I was like 5 or 6. No, I’ve never tried pet food and I don’t think I want to....

If you found out that your ex was having a child with someone else, how would you feel about that? LOL. I wouldn’t be surprised, tbh.

Is there someone from your past that you think about from time to time, and you wonder what might have happened to them? Why don’t you see/speak to that person anymore? There’s a couple of girls I was tight with in high school that legitimately disappeared off the face of the earth. One of them I haven’t seen or talked to in over 4 years, and the other for whatever reason unfriended me on Facebook and then avoided me the next time I was in the same place as her, which was for my best friend’s wedding. Very bizarre.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how happy are you with your life? Why? I’ll go with a 7. I have an absolutely amazing and supportive boyfriend which I am very grateful for, a decent paying job with benefits, and friends to go out and do stuff with. However, my family situation is a little rocky at the moment and I’m not completely satisfied with the job I have right now, not to mention I don’t quite feel like I have any close friends anymore, aside from my boyfriend. I have people to hang out and drink with, but it’s not the same. I need a best friend other than my boyfriend to confide in and do best friends things with, I miss that.

What do you remember about your first kiss? That it was awkward, but it was my first and I was happy to have finally had it.

Have you ever said that you’d never do something, and then done it? Yes.

Do you have romantic feelings for the last person you texted? Hell no

Have you ever thought about what you might call your children? Or, if you already have children, what are their names? I don’t know if I want children.

When did you last speak to one of your siblings? What did you talk about? I can’t remember, maybe a week ago

How many times have you had your heart broken? Four, five, six, seven times. Who even knows at this point. I’ve dated too many people.

Where is the person you would most like to see, or most like to be with? They are at home, 2.5 hours away from me

Think of the person you fell hardest for. How many people has he/she been in love with, besides you? I don’t know. From what it sounds like, there was one other girl from high school that he was actually in love with.

Find 5 people on your Facebook friends list, whose name begins with K. Who are these people, and how did you meet them?

Kyle: I met Kyle through my roommate Josie who knew him from college, he was only supposed to stay with us for a month and ended up living with us for the rest of the lease. So, essentially, he was my roommate. We are still friends and hang out.

Katy: I met Katy during a night out drinking when I lived in Kentucky. Her and boyfriend had just moved to the area from Tennessee and were looking for drinking buddies. We’ve been friends ever since.

Kaity: I went to high school with Kaity and rode the bus with her. In fact, her little brother and my little brother used to be best friends back in the day. I didn’t really get to know her until I hung out with her through mutual friends and went to a couple of her house parties. I haven’t seen her in years now, but still look at all of her Facebook posts and she will message me from time to time.

Kaitlyn: I met Kaitlyn my freshmen year of college through Emily and we hung out and partied together for a couple of years. Ever since Emily and Brier broke up I haven’t seen much of her, probably because the people she hangs out with are all Brier’s friends.

Kevin: I met Kevin back in 2013 through my friend Britany from Victoria’s Secret. We hung out once and then a group of us went on vacation to Panama City Beach together. I have not seen him since.

Who did you last say “I love you” to? Did that person say it back? Josh and yes

Do you have any 70s, 80s or 90s music on your iPod? Mhmmm, all of it

What do your last 5 Facebook messages say and who are they from? Dan, Katy, Josh, Josie and my mom. I don’t feel like reading them.

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