Belgium: Full of Experience Junkies
Yes, I’m watching you. Well, kinda. Through the power of Google Analytics I’m paying attention to what you’re reading on this website and from where you’re visiting from. Since The Experience Junkie launched in late June I’ve had visits from over 78 different countries around the world – roughly the same amount I’ve visited. While some of those are supportive friends (thank...
Read MoreFree Hugs
Perhaps you’ve seen them on city street corners or standing in the middle of public squares, these seemingly crazy people with cardboard placards advertising their wares: Free Hugs. Free? The very word induces scepticism. Nothing is ever free right? Are these people starved of affection? What’s the catch? There’s always one, isn’t there? Yesterday, I was downtown Vancouver to watch a...
Read MoreBird Brightens Day
Today I had a bad day. I’m not sure how it began and I can’t remember what fuelled it – although a lack of food and too many things on my plate probably contributed. What I do know was that I was in a foul mood. Hunger being an issue, I stopped at McDonald’s for a burger. There were no seats inside so I sat outside. No sooner had I sat down, when a light rain started. Great! Could my day...
Read MoreAn Inspiring Poem
Confessions of an Experience Junkie by Will Chase (Reader discretion advised) (ode to Molly Bloom) Order the strangest thing on the menu. If you can’t pronounce it, eat it. Never take the same route twice. Street, trail, slope, train of thought, line of reasoning. What time is it? Now. Where are you? Here. Pick at random. Be surprised. Relish. Fail. Talk to strangers. Keep a map in your...
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