The R3dragon’s Blog

In a few short days I’ll be leaving for Japan so I’ve decided to write up a series of small posts to be released every day like an Iv drip until I know I have solid INTERNET access..
The question is what to write about.. I’ve decided I haven’t posted about England at all when I [...]

I know some people who read this blog might scoff or laugh when I say this, but it’s the nature of my beast.
Over the weekend I was trying to figure out how to dual boot a completely linux based laptop. The original hard drive that came with it was a meager 20-30GB hard drive with [...]

In two weeks I will have introduced myself to many new friends and have said many heartfelt goodbyes to others. My bags will be packed and stacked neatly against my door, my room mostly bare with slight traces that I had been there.
In two weeks time I’ll lay on my bed one last time and [...]

My apologies for this post sounding like it’s unstructured… Today I’m just writing from my current stream of consciousness in an attempt to gather some of my thoughts.
Tonight I dug through my piles of literature to reach for Bruce Feiler’s book on “Learning to Bow- Inside the Heart of Japan.” I had started this book [...]

Instead of writing about goals I want to take a brief reprieve and talk about something I’ve noticed about American society.
Recently I’ve been meandering around my neighborhood with a camera taking clips of buildings, streets, and sometimes people. On two occasions people have came up to me asking in a sort of commanding tone what [...]

It’s pretty important to setup goals for the next year. It keeps you focused on objectives you need to complete or work on. My goals are simple, but rather complex to do. I believe some may take longer then 1 year, while others may be finished in a few months. I should say that my [...]

In scouts there’s thousands of little lessons to learn. One of them is on packing. I learned a long time ago that you always pack your backpack twice– sometimes even three times. This is to estimate weight vs. essentials and to pullout unnecessary stuff. Often, with regards to weight, you always need to pack your [...]

I’ve been informed my family now has a renewed Cosco account! This means I’ll be hitting Cosco this weekend sometime so load up on whatever last items I think I’ll need.
Some stuff on my list include:
Crotch Powder; Deodorant; Mexican spices packets; Ibuprofen; Toothpaste & Toothbrush; Pack of shavers; and other essentials & perhaps non-essentials.
Going in [...]

So I used to roll with this channel called r3draq0n. It was good for a generic thing, but hard to tell people about. So I went and started a new channel just titled “The R3dragon.” I couldn’t believe someone didn’t suck that name up.. but my other thoughts were:
r3dragondesu
MrR3dragon
r3dragonsan
All three gave away the channel as [...]

I envy those who can travel on a whim.. Even those who travel abroad every year- For me, I’ll admit I couldn’t figure it out fast enough. I felt that I needed to finish college, then I kept on working, and well about 3 years went by just like that.
Its not a fantasy that people [...]