My name is James Whitaker. I’m 28. I have been traveling around the world since November 2006. I run my internet business from my laptop. My friends think I’m crazy. I think it’s crazy to sit a cubicle for more than 5 minutes in a single lifetime. These are my adventures. My name is James Whitaker. I’m 29. I am back in America, running my internet business and ready to go back on the road for summer 09. These are my adventures. My name is James Whitaker. I’m 30. I am back in San Luis Obispo for a few months while I decide what to do when I grow up. I still play and work with websites.Tumblr (3.0; @jdubblog)http://www.jdubblog.com/<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3p9gngaAR1qz7rgq.jpg"/></p> <p>The only way to see Berlin is by bike. You can zoom around the neighborhoods faster than walking, and without the limits of the S-Bahn rail. Its also free and keeps you lythe and European no matter how many beers you drink.  So within 18 hours of being here, I got myself this beauty for 35 Euros. It’s a piece of shit, but that’s the idea. A bike isn’t a real Berlin bike unless you bought it from a shady Turkish guy, it squeeks and groans down the street, and you’re a little afraid to ride it. I got mine at Boxhagener Platz which is a weekly flea market. The guy was super shady. He even gave me the ol’ Turkish stink eye when I asked him to tighten the seat. After trying for a few minutes I think dude walked to the sidewalk and took a seat of some poor saps bike and put it on mine. It was still loose though, so I had to go “saddle out” the whole way home, or I would have fallen off the back the instant I sat down. His wife also gave me a lock, and had a ring of about 200 keys she tried till she found one that worked, which explains where they get their inventory for the flea market every week.</p> <p>I’ve named my mount Argento, which was the name of my bike last time I was here. I know its unoriginal, but I think a Berlin bike is like Air Force One, its not about the plane, but who’s riding, that gives it the distinction. So any Turkish shit bike that I happen to be astride while cruising around Berlin, is going to be Argento.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/676750860http://www.jdubblog.com/post/676750860Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:36:52 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3p8x31z8Z1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Office for Tuesday. Cuccuma. Kreuzberg. Books everywhere. Vintage billboard and movie posters for art.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/676702597http://www.jdubblog.com/post/676702597Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:15:03 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky7de0KjRP1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ellen and I goofing around on the couch after a sweet date to Steamers and Guiseppies on Valentines Day.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/402964749http://www.jdubblog.com/post/402964749Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:46:48 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky7d8kSacJ1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Never challenge me to an Orangoface contest. I’m undefeated under regulation rules.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/402959703http://www.jdubblog.com/post/402959703Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:43:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky7d4pZS5L1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>She’s a keeper!!!</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/402956174http://www.jdubblog.com/post/402956174Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:41:13 -0500<p>Just scored 3rd row tickets to Rent at the PAC tonight.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/216781853http://www.jdubblog.com/post/216781853Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:34:09 -0400<p>Classy ladies. My only company.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/208821585http://www.jdubblog.com/post/208821585Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:34:31 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr9rcnbeAW1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Daytime boozers.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/208751576http://www.jdubblog.com/post/208751576Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:48:27 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr8djnbFpm1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cunt night at the Grad.</p> <p>DISCLAIMER: Multiple people have written saying that I am calling this girl, a dear friend, something shitty. As everyone knows, I love the COUNTRY music, and sometimes when I’m boozy I shorten it to “CUNT”. It was Country night at the grad.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/208170827http://www.jdubblog.com/post/208170827Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:52:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyz9gYtrx1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sweet Isabelle after taking taggart for a walk on his leash. In the house.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/203860895http://www.jdubblog.com/post/203860895Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:05:44 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyp4dUi331qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mama and J Dub</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/203720753http://www.jdubblog.com/post/203720753Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:26:41 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqowswgPIF1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s amazing how fast “coffee shop dub” can morph into “al qaida dub”.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/199283502http://www.jdubblog.com/post/199283502Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:36:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqn597tU4f1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Always hire amigos to load your uhaul. They do it this special way where all the weight is in 1 place and you almost murder yourself on the 680 from the ass whip. Then, you get to pull over and reload it by yourself in a church parking lot in 200 degree walnut creek weather. It’s the awsemost!!!!</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/198431899http://www.jdubblog.com/post/198431899Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:43:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqdpa8yx121qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The return of the green smoothy. Yum.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/194211690http://www.jdubblog.com/post/194211690Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:20:37 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq8gy6kYOC1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taggart sleeps on Cleveland on the way to Redding.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191944672http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191944672Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:32:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq7hp02AI71qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At the piano bar with mama and meadow</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191581445http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191581445Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:50:49 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq7gejna4n1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Arbys sauce comes from the sweet teet of Zeus himself. It is seriously the most delicious shit ever.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191567578http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191567578Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:22:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq7gdqgyTf1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Arbys sauce comes from the sweet teet of Zeus himself. It is seriously the most delicious shit ever.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191567321http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191567321Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:22:22 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq78ljYWTc1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In Reno. Wrecking shop. This 5 hundo piece got stuck in my eye.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191465634http://www.jdubblog.com/post/191465634Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:34:36 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpxudunCFA1qz7q4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dub q’s it up.</p>http://www.jdubblog.com/post/187357427http://www.jdubblog.com/post/187357427Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:49:11 -0400