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Patrick Thedinga


The off-the-grid traveler’s log

Nov. 9, 2016 8 a.m.: Today will be my first day back in civilization in six years. Since the day I graduated from college, I have been living on my own in the wilderness.

A townhall meeting of all the bugs living in my apartment

Ladybug: Okay everybody, thanks for coming tonight. I know some of us had harder trips than usual getting here — A big, brown spider: I had to crawl across his sheets multiple times before leaving him terrified and awake. Ladybug: — so let’s take full advantage of our time together.

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