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		<title>Less Talk, More Doing</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/personal-development/less-talk-more-doing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less talk, more doing Recently, I&#8217;ve woken up to a busy life. I&#8217;m sure I wasn&#8217;t always this busy, but now here I am: every day with either work, attend social events or both.  I have a great social life and lots of classes (cooking, etc) and other fun things going on, but I&#8217;ve felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memoirs of a (Male) Geisha, Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the 3rd and final part of my interview with Jules, an American working as a Host in Japan. Enjoy! #### Take it to the Club I think it’s because everybody has an emptiness in their heart. But (the club is) so exciting… you’re sitting in this beautiful club, and you’re like, otoko-mae, handsome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memoirs of a (Male) Geisha, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/memoirs-of-a-male-geisha-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/memoirs-of-a-male-geisha-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is part 2 of  my article about Jules, an American working in a host club in Japan. If you missed part 1, click here. #### The Salaryman-Fuzoku-Host Triangle What kind of women go to a host club? Before my research, I imagined the clientele was mostly lonely housewives of rich, neglectful businessmen and unattractive young women, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memoirs of a (Male) Geisha: An American Host in Japan, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/memoirs-of-a-male-geisha-an-american-host-in-japan-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/memoirs-of-a-male-geisha-an-american-host-in-japan-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/?p=1249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[**I spent some time shopping this article around a few years back, but it seemed to not want to be published. A few magazines were biting, but they wanted it edited too much. I&#8217;d rather keep the juicy bits and have it see some light here. Here’s part 1 of 3: ### Memoirs of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Does it Cost to Live in Japan: A Weekly Breakdown</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/how-much-does-it-cost-to-live-in-japan-a-weekly-breakdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/how-much-does-it-cost-to-live-in-japan-a-weekly-breakdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 14:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost of living in Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saving Money]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/?p=1128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What gets measured gets improved.&#8221; &#8211; Robin Sharma, author of The Greatness Guide. I love reading financial blogs where they track savings/spendings and give their own figures. This week, I wanted to write my own post about the cost of living in an average city (ie. not Tokyo) in Japan. As an experiment, I kept track of ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Top 5 Travel Books Of All Time</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/awesome-stuff/my-top-5-travel-books-of-all-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/awesome-stuff/my-top-5-travel-books-of-all-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 14:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, visions of future travels cloud my thoughts. I`m gonna roll with it. My top 5 Travel Books of All-Time: 1. The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac Most people point to reading Kerouac`s On the Road as the root of their wanderlust or obsession with freight trains and hitchhiking. For me, it was The Dharma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Eightfold Path of Using Anime to Learn Japanese, Or: Boku wa Otaku desu!</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/the-eightfold-path-of-using-anime-to-learn-japanese-or-boku-wa-otaku-desu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/the-eightfold-path-of-using-anime-to-learn-japanese-or-boku-wa-otaku-desu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 13:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language Learning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning Japanese through Anime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/?p=1095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After many months of using anime as a tool to learn Japanese, I thought I’d share some tips that have been useful for seeing real improvements in my Japanese. Here&#8217;s my Eightfold Path to Japanese Enlightenment through Anime: 1) Right Mindset. If you like watching anime for fun, it could be a good tool for you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Song on my New Mobile Recording Setup &#8212; Feedback Please</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/music/first-song-on-my-new-mobile-recording-setup-feedback-please/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/music/first-song-on-my-new-mobile-recording-setup-feedback-please/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edirol UA25ex]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/?p=1064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, where I said in my last post about hitting the $8000 in savings mark… Well, that was true, until the other day when I decided to buy some new music gear (actually I decided a few months ago, and waited to make sure I wanted to buy it). I spent more than I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kakegawa Bird Park</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/kakegawa-bird-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/japan/kakegawa-bird-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hamamatsu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kachoen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kakegawa Bird Park]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/?p=1045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A wise man once said, If you have nothing good to say&#8230;.  Post some pictures. This weekend, I spent almost all my time at work and writing music, and I&#8217;m pretty tapped out. So here&#8217;s some pictures from Kachoen Bird Park in Kakegawa. I went there a few weekends ago with Kim and though I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>One Unusual Item I Won’t Travel Without</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/uncategorized/one-unusual-item-i-won%e2%80%99t-travel-without/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/uncategorized/one-unusual-item-i-won%e2%80%99t-travel-without/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/?p=1037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately &#8212; as you can see by my recent posts – I’ve been obsessed with media about traveling and backpacking. It’s out of necessity, really. I mean, here I am in Japan, working all week to save up for a trip that starts in exactly one year. It has definitely helped the savings process to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>3 Movies That Make Me Want To Travel</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/motorcycle/3-movies-that-make-me-want-to-travel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/motorcycle/3-movies-that-make-me-want-to-travel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motorcycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. A Map For Saturday. This is the film that inspired me to write this post. It`s a documentary that follows a successful twenty-something as he quits his job to backpack around the world for a year. Watching it, I felt it really captured everything about travel and backpacking that I love. Amazing film. This [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>10 Ways To Save Money For Your Trip</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/lifestyle-design/10-ways-to-save-money-for-your-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/lifestyle-design/10-ways-to-save-money-for-your-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Save money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel Money]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/?p=1012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People I meet often ask me how I can afford to travel so much, so I thought I’d write out what I do. It isn’t easy to save like I do, but it does get me to my goal fast. Personally, I’d rather make some sacrifices for a year (no going out, etc) and then [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quarterly Update on Goals</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/accountability-lists/quarterly-update-on-goals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/accountability-lists/quarterly-update-on-goals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountability Lists]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/?p=990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Click here for the original post with explanations of each goal) Three months into 2011, here are some updates on my goals. 1) Accumulate $22,000 in savings. On payday this coming Friday (and after paying my bills and withdrawing food money for the month) I will be up to almost $8000 in savings. Getting there. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unconventional Interviews #1: Tanissa&#8217;s Travels</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/lifestyle-design/unconventional-interview-1-tanissas-travels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/lifestyle-design/unconventional-interview-1-tanissas-travels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend has been a bit hectic, with all the earthquake and tsunami-related stuff going on not too far away. To be clear, I wasn&#8217;t directly affected here in Shizuoka (aside from feeling the earthquake), but it was enough to seriously change my weekend plans. On that note, my thoughts are with all the people [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Support the Team, Part 2: New Music</title>
		<link>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/awesome-stuff/support-the-team-part-2-new-music/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projecthitchhiker.com/awesome-stuff/support-the-team-part-2-new-music/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>projecthitchhiker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awesome Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Time for another shameless plug for my friends&#8217; projects. I love to see people doing awesome things, especially friends and family. Liam Mather An upcoming singer-songwriter in Halifax and good friend of mine, Liam&#8217;s music is part alt-country, part singer-songwriter, and all heart. He just released his first album of live tracks, which I picked [...]]]></description>
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