May 28th, 2008
A blog post about the blog the blog post is posted in.
You probably just got a link from me, didn’t you?
Well, then break out your bookmark button, brother! Add a favorite, friend! Ready your RSS reader, rock star! That’s right – it’s exactly what the internets need: another blog!
Join me, Nathan Shipley, as I embark on blog-ified journey around the world. Why bother with all the expense and time-commitment of circumnavigating the globe when you can virtually enjoy nearly the same experience vicariously from the comfort and security of your own office? Leave it to me to get horking, blue-in-the-face sick in India or Cambodia! I’ll be the one to get kidnapped by rebels in Colombia! Why should you have to suffer the embarrassment of realizing the cute Thai girl you just left the bar with isn’t the “girl” you thought she was? Sit back with your cocktail and enjoy the story.
Of course, I have no idea what will actually happen on this trip, but this is where you’ll be able to read and comment about it as it does. Beats a heartless mass-email, doesn’t it?
A Brief Disclaimer:
This site is written for a pretty general audience: anyone I know. That includes friends, immediate and extended family, grandmas, grandpas, co-workers, etc. However, please understand that I make no guarantees that this will always be a sanitized, family-friendly, swear-word free read. It’s quite possible I’ll get drunk, pissed-off, or see something that wouldn’t live on prime-time television … and then go back to my room and write about it. Family, consider yourself warned. Hopefully I won’t sully the favorable image you have of me too much. 
So what do you do now?
There’s a rough overview of my motivations and plan on the “About Nathan” and “The ‘Plan’” pages. I’ve also got a few entries I’ve written during the lead-up to the trip if you either scroll down or have a gander through The Archives (links on the right bar).
Check back after I’ve actually left for Lima, Peru on June 12th and it should hopefully be a little more interesting. My first entry, We All Scream-A For Lima!, is about the area I’m hoping to stay in once I’m in Lima, if you want to learn a little more about that. Happy time-wasting!
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Well, Nathan, I feel a desire to post warnings around the world to all of the innocent, non-suspecting women you will meet on your journey:) Steve and I will miss your adventures in the Indianapolis area, but look forward to hearing about whether you run into a certain squirrel anywhere along the way in this journey. Be safe and be nice to kidnappers, the Junta and South American drug lords.—Mel
Very nice blog, Nathan. I’ll be checking in regularly. Thanks for the email! Have a great time!
You know that feeling in your stomach that immerges once your friends have talked you into going on the upsidedown/insideout rollercoaster ride and you are slowly on your way up to the top of the first jumbo hill? Okie dokie, that’s where I am. This should be quite a ride! Thanks for the link, Nate!
I’m so jealous!!!! Good Luck an dbe nice to the girls!
I added you to my blog. Add me to yours. happy trip.
Good luck buddy. I’ll be living vicariously through you
Yeah, yeah, your blog looks very “professional” and all, but I’d like to know why you didn’t go with “Yourinate” this time around. “Nathan travels the world” just looks so boring on my list of bookmarks. Jokes aside, good luck with the remaining preparations!
do you have/are you planning on getting a cell phone that allows for international phone calls? how else will you alert your friends on twitter when/if you’re kidnapped by Colombian rebels?
Thanks for the warnings and well-wishes, everybody!
@Chris: Not planning on getting a cell phone at this time. If it ends up being too much of a pain to meet up with people without one, I might consider it. I’m pretty sure the rebels will just abduct me while I’m at an internet cafe and I’ll be able to put up a blog post before they can drag me away from the keyboard.
Travel on, my friend. Can’t wait to read about it all.
This whole thing ranks somewhere between perfectly marvelous and complete idiocy. I see you’ve bulked up for the trip. You must be pushing a buck forty and pressing twice that weight, you animal. Can you spell HGH? No doubt those Lima girls will swoon! Additionally, as “Emily” has noted, this blog name needs more OOMPH to it. There’s a “Shipmate” sort of reference on the tip of my keyboarding tongue. I’ll alert the media should it surface. Until then — * stop-drop-roll — * say no — * if it seeps see a doctor — * if it rocks keep jammin — * and if it feels like God, it could be Him…or you might be drunk. My Best! [Ah]
Hah. Thanks, Amos. I think I might even be at 145 now! Even more than that if I’m wearing shoes!
- Nathan