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UnReidable Chapter 34 – August 2015: Austin, Texas
Sometimes you just need to be yourself. You can’t be no one else. Like when you are flying faster than the speed of sound and you really want a gin and tonic. It was Liam Gallagher of Oasis who first said those poetic words, or words to that effect, and I never really understood them, […]
September 4, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 33 – August 1995: Austin, Texas
The screenplay I wrote in Australia essentially starts in August 1995 when I first arrived in Austin. It is based on the tumultuous year I had while studying abroad in Austin, and it’s mostly true. So I’m going to use some of that screenplay to tell the story of that period. Reading the screenplay this week for the […]
September 1, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 32 – August 1998: Melbourne, Australia
So it’s March 1998, and I’ve just moved to the other side of the world to be alone for a year. To allow myself to feel what I needed to feel, and to write, free from any distractions. I’ve found a room in a house at 34 Story Street in Melbourne, Australia, and I’ve decided […]
August 31, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 31 – August 2013: Glasgow, Scotland
I get asked a lot if I miss Scotland. I do, but in this modern world, I can video chat with friends and family, I can easily find Irn Bru and decent crisps, and I can watch the same TV channels as people in Scotland. So it’s not too bad. But there are some things […]
August 25, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 30 – August 2008: New York, New York
New York City has its own rhythm. It’s faster, louder, and more intense than anywhere I’ve ever been. It takes a while, but you adapt. You do what you have to do to survive. And then sometimes, it can actually be an incredible place to live. By the summer of 2008, I’d been living in NYC […]
August 11, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 29 – July 1997: Dordogne, France
The long summer of 1997 should have been some of the best days of my life. I’d just finished my law school final exams, I went on a two-week road trip to the Channel Islands and France with some of my best friends, and then we had nightly graduation parties in Edinburgh for a week. […]
July 27, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 28 – July 2001: Edinburgh, Scotland
The summer of 2001 had started well for me. I had just finished a successful stint working with the Scottish Parliament, and I had accepted a new job, perhaps my dream job, working as a mediator in Edinburgh. Kristy and I had just returned to Scotland from a two-week vacation in Chicago and Kansas City, […]
July 20, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 27 – July 2010: Austin, Texas
I’ve taken two Bar Exams in my life and both were miserable experiences. Each of them featured long periods of intensive studying, and equally long periods of intensive procrastination. In July 2010, Farah and I had just moved back to Austin from NYC, and I spent most of that summer doing two things: working towards […]
July 11, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 26 – July 1996: Chicago, Illinois
I spent a lot of July 1996 on a train, trundling across the vastness of North America with my best mate Nelly. It was the perfect way to reflect on a long and tortuous year that began and ended in Austin. But I was also worried about what lay in wait when it was time […]
July 4, 2016