If you're lost in the woods,
fuck it, build a house.

Indeed, 'tis fun, but the just scraping by can get hectic. I was in Romania for a few years and am now in Sao Paulo. I'm in the city staying in a hostel at the moment (I'll take the FSOT saturday. Wish me luck!) and yes, the sorts of young Americans who are free-wheelin-travellin' are pretty tough to stand.

I`ve been out of America for the last three years teaching EFL. So, out of curiosity, how douchey am I? Medium-douche? Super-douche?

"It's All Too Much"! My friend woke me up with that song a couple years ago, and, too my great shame and embarrassment, I didn't know it/hadn't heard it. I rolled over, stared at the ceiling for the entire song, digging its electric organ and fuzzed guitar, and said, "Geez. Who is this? They're pretty great!" and…

I doubt that anyone will take me up on this but, if someone is willing to give it a shot there's an amazing live radio performance of AC as they were touring strawberry jam. Check out the Seattle radio station KEXP's free live studio sessions podcast. I think it was September 24 or 25, 2007. It's epic, and the fact…