I'm currently aimlessly traveling around the USA. I'm not doing anything special, I am just going to different random places and exploring local bars and shit. Most of the time I sit in my hotel room playing video games and sometimes I try a new restaurant. I am mostly happy with this, but I wish I could find a travel buddy to accompany me for companionship and sex. However, having some life experience under my belt, I would expect anyone who would take a stranger up on this offer to be insane and/or to rob me eventually. Therefore, I will not seek a travel buddy. I'll probably settle down soon and rent an apartment when I find a place I like.That is my blog post. I hope you enjoyed it. ;)
>>82456775You sound fortunate to be able to do that. Little to no responsibilities.
>>82456775Ur more likely to get tired and bored of me
>>82456814I'm already tired of you for using "ur" in your post, and that was the very first word.>>82456808I had a bad year and decided to sell my house and move. My last arrangement didn't work and I haven't settled on anything yet. So it wasn't something I really planned, and I don't feel fully secure about the future yet, but I do have modest savings to be able to keep going for now. Even if I didn't, I think right now I would rather live out of my car (although I would sell it and buy a bigger one, like a truck or a van) than settle down in somewhere I do not want to live given the choice. I think of this as a healing and relaxation experience and I won't (and can't) do it forever. You're right, though--my only responsibilities right now are to myself, really. But is that ever really not the case?
>>82456849>>82456775I should add that I'm also handling business matters and taking an online class so it's not all leisure, but the change of scenery has been nice in some cases. Although I have stayed in two bug motels, I have also stayed in some nice ones and driven a lot of places I haven't been. Idk if I would call it "traveling" in the "eat pray love" sense but at least I'm seeing the world I guess. If I can afford it after I settle in somewhere I would really like to go to China, maybe that's really traveling...
>>82456898This post was originally meant for >>82456808But I forgot to back link to you
I will continue blogging here because why notRight now I am just living and trying to get a feel for local culture during the occasions where I venture out. I guess I'm operating off of a combination of necessities and vibe.My impression so far is that people are sort of the same everywhere, although local culture does vary. One thing that bothers me is the widespread crime, poverty, and homelessness. Doesn't seem to matter where I go, I haven't had to go too far to find it, even hundreds or thousands of miles apart. I also dislike being around poor nonwhite people for the most part, especially blacks and Hispanics. In some places the poor whites aren't much better, either. (Not that I'm not poor, but at least I'm not a predatory criminal lowlife.)I have driven a total of 16 hours this week so far. I think I should probably get an oil change before I do it again, but I might just do it myself in the big box parking lot because this area doesn't seem to have those "15 minute stay in your car" oil change shops I am used to seeing. But I don't want to deal with changing the oil filter on this vehicle as I haven't done it yet, so doing it on the road seems like a bad idea (sometimes the filter wrench isn't adequate or it's in a cramped location)
>>82457123My goal is really just to find a place to live while finishing my online class and addressing my existing obligations. If my budget runs out, I will simply stay wherever I am, but if I'm lucky that won't happen for a couple of months. I am good at budgeting.I'm strongly considering buying a van or truck to "glamp" in (live out of) if I don't find somewhere I really want to put roots down soon. I think if I play my cards right I can afford a Ford Transit which should be perfect for that. I'm currently driving a small SUV but I'm not married to it and I left it behind when I chose to fly.So far I prefer the Midwest. I think my next destination will be New Mexico, maybe in a month or two, to look at some cheap land.
>>82457146I'm using the term glamp facetiously, but I see a lot of YouTubers and influencers doing the vanlife meme for a short period before going back to their normal lives. It seems very doable, especially with a more down to earth approach, like recognizing the fact that using "composting toilet" is literally just shitting into a bucket with sawdust in it. I'm not very handy, but I think I'm good enough to wire up an inverter, a power station, and a few miscellaneous amenities.
I'd like to add that sushi seems like a fucking scam. I've had everything from grocery store sushi to a plate that cost me over $100 and it all seems roughly the same. Maybe my palate just isn't refined enough for it, and I do always enjoy it, but the price doesn't seem to matter at all. It's literally rice, seaweed, and raw fish, maybe with a bit of veggies.I learned to eat with chopsticks and other white people made fun of me for it. But that part is a lot more fun than eating it with a fork tbdesu.
