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I'm Still Out!

I’m Still Out!

Without going into too much detail in the past month I: Hitchhiked from Dushanbe to Khorog in Tajikistan, got stranded for a day at a truck stop, took vodka shots until I threw up with random Tajik engineers at said truck stop, got a ride in a big rig truck, ate lunch at police outpost and was offered to buy one of the soldiers guns, went to the Pamiri home of a BBC Farsi reporter, ran into some…

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Back to (my 2nd) Home

First of all I want to say congratulations to me on completing my first month of traveling. I’ve travelled hundreds if not thousands of miles, met tons of incredible people, and seen the breadth of terrains and cultures contained within this seldom traveled region. I say that of I’ve returned home because I have just returned to Dushanbe in Tajikistan. It really does feel like a sort of home…

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Uzbekistan is Surprisingly Chill

If you know anything about Uzbekistan (if you’re from the US you probably don’t) you might have heard that it a highly authoritarian regime not afraid to go past your average garden variety authoritarian atrocity (something about boiling dissidents in oil). Travelers in Central Asia know Uzbekistan for searching bags thoroughly for many medications and going through any electronic device for…

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The Power of the Thumb

After spending close to a week in Bishkek and seeing a decent chunk of its hospitality and hospital industries, it was time to hit the road again. I loaded up on some snacks and headed to the edge of the city. Rather than get gouged by the taxi drivers I decided to give hitchhiking a proper solo try. I stuck my thumb out and before long a nice man named Azamat picked me up for a quick ride to…

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#central asia #hitchhike #kyrgyzstan #travel

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Latin American countries by percentage of people who say they’ve experienced or witnessed a divine healing of an illness or injury.

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Ok Ken (and David). As much as I hate to make you guys famous or even respond to you directly. We all die one day and you're old so fuck it. Yea yea my 2013 performance at the Grammys was absolute shit. Technical difficulties, blah blah. Thanks for the reminder. Very much appreciated. Fuck that performance though. You think that's why I kept my work out of the Grammy process this year? Don't you think I would've wanted to play the show to 'redeem' myself if I felt that way? In reality, I actually wanted to participate in honoring Prince on the show but then I figured my best tribute to that man's legacy would be to continue to be myself out here and to be successful. Winning a TV award doesn't christen me successful. It took me some time to learn that. I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that's successful. Blonde sold a million plus without a label, that's successful. I am young, black, gifted and independent.. that's my tribute. I've actually been tuning into CBS around this time of year for a while to see who gets the top honor and you know what's really not 'great TV' guys? 1989 getting album of the year over To Pimp A Butterfly. Hands down one of the most 'faulty' TV moments I've seen. Believe the people. Believe the ones who'd rather watch select performances from your program on YouTube the day after because your show puts them to sleep. Use the old gramophone to actually listen bro, I'm one of the best alive. And if you're up for a discussion about the cultural bias and general nerve damage the show you produce suffers from then I'm all for it. Have a good night.

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This changed my life

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