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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 […]
Pete Reid
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 […]
Pete Reid
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 […]
Pete Reid
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. […]
Pete Reid
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, […]
Pete Reid
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 […]
Pete Reid
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 […]
Pete Reid
July 4, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 25 – June 1993: Glasgow, Scotland
I was a bit emotional on my last day of high school at Glasgow Academy in June 1993. Most of the other boys were in the mood to celebrate as if they had just been released from a prison sentence. But I’d grown to love the school and my friends, so I was sad that it […]
Pete Reid
June 29, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 24 – June 2012: Manchester, England
In June of 2012, I met up with my old friend Jules in Manchester for one night. He had flown in from Melbourne, and I had flown in from Texas. We were there to see the first Stone Roses performance in 22 years, but it was a bittersweet night. The show was incredible, but when […]
Pete Reid
June 23, 2016