About

I'm an expat Californian who is obsessed with traveling to strange and exotic destinations in the former Communist Bloc. I also like tacos, surfing, and the geopolitics of oil. I currently live in Arlington, Virginia and work in Washington, DC. Read more about me here, check out my photo album, or send me an e-mail.

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Reading: All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora, Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia

Watching: Nothing, really

Listening to: whatever my iPhone tells me to

Playing: Wii Sports

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January 03, 2009

Neglecting this blog

Wow, a week in California really threw me off my regular posting schedule (ok, I never had one to begin with). I've got a ton of stuff to write about, but have been clearing out my RSS reader, catching up on e-mail, working out, playing Wii Mario Kart, and doing various other things. I also won 2/3 games of beer pong on New Year's Eve. Not bad, huh? And tonight I am going to see Gogol Bordello at the 9:30 Club. OH DEAR GOD I LOVE GOGOL BORDELLO.

More later...

December 28, 2008

Russky Standart in...Palm Desert?

I gotta say, I was really surprised to find Russian Standard vodka for sale at our local grocery store (the one off Hwy 111 in Palm Desert).

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Now my parents can impress all their friends when they serve cocktails with some good vodka (not that Smirnoff/Absolut/SKYY junk).

Stuff I did this week

- Ate In-N-Out
- Ate a TON of Mexican food. Seriously. A ton.
- Saw a bunch of friends
- Took the Mosin M91/30 out to the desert to shoot a few rounds
- Toured the "wind farm" in the San Gorgonio Pass
- Completely ignored this blog and most e-mails
- Etc, etc.

It was good to be home for an entire week, but it's back to the grind tomorrow.

Required Reading

Comrades:

Biscuits with Honey
The Cincysundevil Made Me Do It
Cindy
Csaba's Flickr
Dude, Where's the Beach?
EJ Takes Life
emmyjean
incredibly true misadventures of the gypsy & the jew
Kim's work blog
The Lonely Eater
Monsoon
News to Hughes
Nick
Will’s Title is Too Long
With an "S"

Russia & the former USSR:

The Accidental Russophile
Chernobyl and Eastern Europe
Chernobyl Children's Project International
Copydude
English Russia
Goodbye Baby Lenin
Johnson's Russia List
Kaukasus
Notes from Україна
The Oil and The Glory
Registan
Robert Amsterdam
Scraps of Moscow
Sean's Russia Blog
Siberian Light
Vilhelm Konnander
White Sun of the Desert

Energy:

Alexander's Oil and Gas Connections
California Energy Blog
Environmental Capital
Environmental Economics
The Oil Drum
R-Squared Energy Blog
This Week in Petroleum

Washington DC:

DC Blogs
DCist
Metroblogging DC
why.i.hate.dc

Politics:

The Caucus
The Daily Dish
Democracy in America
FiveThirtyEight.com
Free Exchange
get your war on
L'Hôte
Political Cartoons
Wonkette

Surfing:

Confessions of a Novice Surfer
Daily Bread
Surfrider Foundation
WannaSurf
Your Daily Donkey

War:

american short-timer
The Calm Before the Sand
War is Boring

London:

An American in London
Evening Standard Headlines
Going Underground
Londonist

Travel:

Belly Button Window
blogjam
BootsnAll Travel Network
Gadling
Knife Tricks
Stuck in Customs

Etc.:

best of craigslist
The Big Picture
Daily Puppy
Freakonomics Blog
Irvine Housing Blog
Passive Aggressive Notes
PostSecret
Waiter Rant
Wellington Grey


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