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04:37am - low tide.

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#theogosselin

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Perhaps the greatest charm of tramp-life is the absence of monotony. In Hobo Land the face of life is protean—an ever changing phantasmagoria, where the impossible happens and the unexpected jumps out of the bushes at every turn of the road. The hobo never knows what is going to happen the next moment; hence, he lives only in the present moment. He has learned the futility of telic endeavor, and knows the delight of drifting along with the whimsicalities of Chance

Jack London, The Road

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all I own fits on my back I see the world from rusted trains And always know I won't be back

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I've seen more places than I can name And over time they all start to look the same But it ain't that truth we chase No, it's the promise of a better place

But all this time, I've been chasin' down a lie And I know it for what it is But it beats the alternatives So I'll take the lie

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"And if you feel just like a tourist in the city you were born Then it's time to go And define your destination.

There's so many different places to call home Because when you find yourself the villain in the story you have written It's plain to see that sometimes the best intentions are in need of redemptions Would you agree?"

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Du hattest immer die Idee, ich meine gib sie nicht auf. Du willst mehr von der Welt seh'n, leb' deinen Traum. Ich wach auf mit schweren Herzen und hör dich beim Duschen sing'n. Und ich will nicht der sein der dich zum Flughafen bringt, Ich seh' wie sich andre umarmen in der Schlange am Check-in Die Anzeigetafel, dein Flug, die Buchstaben wechseln. Menschen die hetzen, die wie du alle bald weg sind..." "You always had that certain idea.. i mean.. don't give up on it! You want to see more of this world, live your dream. I wake up heavy-hearted and can hear you singing in the shower. and i don't wanna be the one driving you to the airport. I see others hugging at the check-in.. The destinationboard, your flight, the letters are changing. People who are hurrying, who -just like you- will be gone soon...

Clueso - Du bleibst (german artist&song)

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con un amigo en el parque natural metropolitano, panama (a picture of me, taking a picture of a friend at the national park in panama city, PA, central america..)

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Still too young to fail, too scared to sail away But one of these days I'll grow old. And I'll grow brave and I'll go. One of these days.. Blowing out the candles from my cake I choke on the smoke as I look around the room Everybodys wishing for no more mistakes And all that I can think about is (...)

Angus & Julia Stone - Chocolate & Cigarettes

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I sit here drunk now. I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here without committing murder or being murdered; without having ended up in the madhouse. as I drink alone again tonight my soul despite all the past agony thanks all the gods who were not there for me then.

poem by charles bukowski The People Look Like Flowers at Last

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an evergreen..

"And what would life be like without a few mistakes..  Like a hobo from a broken home  Nothing's gonna stop me." 

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(source: interwebz, somewhere)

..especially when it comes to traveling..

[specialopz]

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"Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past." -Christopher McCandless, Into The Wild

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Turbostaat - Oz Antep

a german song, for a change. talking about wanderlust (fernweh), it seemed to be time to try to translate some of the good old 'alternativegermanpunkstuff'.. because sometimes the need to let the world know about german lyrics is 'too damn high' :)  (though the german stereotype of aggressive sounding voices and stuff may be confirmed here, the meaning is pretty nice. i think. anyway..) here you go:

smacking steps are ending

on heavily used ground

he has to catch his breath

 just for a second,

a king on the run.

a coat protects from fog

that doesnt change a thing

he shoots at a globe

thats how he finds his goal.

so what?

i wanna get out!

they laughed when he entered the train

where do you wanna go? where?

why are you leaving?

And how’s it gonna be there?

he shrugs his shoulders and says:

First, fuck the sense.

I will just go now.

then i’ll know where i am.

in sumatra, where everything is coming down on you.

in africa - people are really happy, right?!

glued to the sheet

as strange as it is

born as a king

he died as a tourist

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Radical Face - Wandering

"I had a dream but I called it a plan."

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..in case you didn't know this masterpiece, you definitely have to watch it! (same goes for "eat"and "learn" https://vimeo.com/album/2510040 )