by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | Luxury to Forget
I did a bit of smuggling many years ago. I was young, traveling through Asia, and running with a group of budget travelers. Someone knew this guy out of Hong Kong who would send you off with suitcases full of…well, things he didn’t want to carry. He told us that it...
by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | Luxury to Forget
Where do you want me to start? I have a good laundry list of things, I guess. Underage drinking, obviously. Public intoxication. Public urination. Just instances of drugs, marijuana, LSD, some with driving. In middle school, I was a big shoplifter. My friend and I...
by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | Luxury to Forget
This won’t take long. When I was a teenager, I drove my parents’ car on the highway in excessive speeds. Like 130 mph excessive speeds. I had some concept of this–I was 18. The damage that could have resulted… I could have derailed so many possibilities in life. I...
by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | Luxury to Forget
It was high school; I was a delinquent. A straight-A delinquent. Once I got to college, I began reassessing what I wanted to do in life. I decided to study the mind. I’m fascinated by it all. How much we know, how much we don’t, and how much we take for granted. The...
by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | Luxury to Forget
I got started through the neighbors. It was never more than a personal hobby until then. Can you keep our contacts open? We don’t want to lose customers while we’re out of town. What do I get out of it? You can keep the profits. When they came back—they asked me if I...
