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Carrying as much as I can, to as many places I can
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by: jmcarr
jmcarr
I'm an American who graduated from college in 2009, lived in Zürich Switzerland from July 2009-August 2010, lived in Istanbul for the fall of 2010 and am currently in Oslo, Norway.

Latest posts on Travels of an Overpacker

I'm a Baller Posted on 18/03/2013

Okay, I swear that every time I set out to write a blog post something thwarts me. This is the third, THIRD, different blog post that’s somehow been deleted. Thanks a lot, interwebs....   Read more
Updates Posted on 04/03/2013

So I’ve been really bad at blogging. Sorry about that. It’s not that I don’t think of posts, it’s that I spend a lot of time at work looking at a screen and when I...   Read more

You got me Uncle JC! I didn’t do a birthday post for my father, but, in my defense, I was with my dad on his birthday this year—so that’s got to count for something,...   Read more
Celebrity Sighting Posted on 28/01/2013

I’ve always thought that were I to come into contact with a celebrity, that’d I’d be calm and cool. (And then because I’m so calm and cool the celeb would...   Read more
One of Those Days Posted on 16/01/2013

Today could have really been one of those days. I had to force myself out of bed (at the crack of 6AM), get dressed for the gym and get out the door. I grabbed my bills (ugh) and my...   Read more

When I was back in Minnesota (I was there for nearly 10 days for the Christmas holiday) I realized the radio kind of sucks. Like really sucks.  Thankfully, in America you do have a...   Read more
Crackberry Posted on 05/01/2013

Well, that was short lived. I’ve finally entered into the technological age and gotten an iPhone.  A) I miss having a keypadB) The iPhone is so cool that I’m trying not to...   Read more
365 Posted on 02/01/2013

I have now called Chicago my home for 365 days. I haven’t lived anywhere for a year since Switzerland, and I haven’t lived in the same spot for a full calendar year since my...   Read more

This video parody of “Merry Indie Christmas) is pretty awesome. The clips at the bottom of the post (found here) are spot on a hilarious (perhaps only if you know the artists/their...   Read more
Santa's Watching Posted on 17/12/2012

When I was in D.C. my girlfriends and I were shopping around a street market and I was debating the merits of buying a pair of cute, “gold” earrings for the hefty price of $12....   Read more
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