Taking The Long Road Home

A Chronicle of My Journey from Singapore Back To Austin

Sean Paul Kelley

Sean Paul Kelley
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Birthday
October 06
Title
Editor-at-Large
Company
Agonist Intermedia Inc.
Bio
Sean Paul Kelley is a travel writer, former radio host, and before that an asset manager for a Wall Street investment bank that is still (barely) alive. He recently left a fantastic job in Singapore working for Solar Winds, a software company based out of Austin to travel around the world for a year (or two). He founded The Agonist, (agonist.org) in 2002, which is still considered the top international affairs, culture and news destination for progressives. He is also the Global Correspondent for The Young Turks, on satellite radio and Air America. He blogs at The Huffington Post from time to time as well. He's traveled in more than 50 countries including Iran, Turkey, Oman, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, China, Nepal and India. You can read his travel-blogging at The Agonist, which is updated regularly.

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JUNE 23, 2009 7:44AM

The Madhouse

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It's 530am, Tuesday morning. I'm awake. It's the jetlag. And I'm already asking myself, "how the fuck do I get out of this madhouse?"

I think this will be the hardest lesson of all.

Lunch yesterday in Houston was dreadful. The food tasted like processed cheese. Everyone is attached to blackberries. And I fear, most of all, losing the ability to live in the moment. I worry I won't be able to snatch all those little moments of beauty and wonder, stick them in my pocket and pull them out when I need them.

It's strange, out there, in the world, I never felt lost. A stream of images rush past, the fabric of the last year, the warp of memories and the weft of people. Even in the middle of a bewildering 'India moment' I knew exactly where I was. But here?

It's not easy leaving all that magic behind.

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Once you leave the farm, there's no comin' back! But if you ever get tired of traveling, just call... I'll be glad to go for ya!
MiddleAgedWomanBlogging
June 23, 2009 09:47 AM
re-entry always bites.
wakingupslowly
June 23, 2009 12:57 PM
I think you are the first white person that I herad say the opposite of what people say about bewildering India moments :) so am wandering off to the Agonist to see, if there is an account of those b-moments but it would nice to have it here in the future, OS can be fun
Rolling
November 08, 2009 05:27 AM