It is not down in any map; true places never are. ~Herman Melville

28 June 2008

rock the vote

Came upon this article at a friend's travelblog.

I'm not really a "travel writer", since that would suggest that I travel and write for a living, as opposed to... whatever it is that I actually do. But the article still got me wondering, "which of these 6 travel writer personalities am I?"

Process of elimination comes in very handy. I'm clearly not an Epic Adventurer (my trips are usually stunt-free), Walking Party (don't know how to party), PR Pro (I've got more than 8 adjectives... and doesn't the prototype sound a bit slutty?), or Guide Book Writer (I'm no longer young and bright-eyed, though still bushy-tailed).

That makes me... an Intrepid Monk (except for the intrepid part)? Or a Naked Introvert (minus the naked)?

What do you think, dear readers? Now, I'm obviously pandering for comments from the 6 of you who actually visit me here, so humor me. Vote!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

You could combine the two. You could be an Intrepid Introvert. Or a Naked Monk.

I vote for the Introvert. Naked or otherwise.

johan in progress said...

Anytime that I can throw Karis into a box, I'm more than willing.

Karis is:

Funny, honest and extremely self-deprecating;

Most entertaining when she finds herself in awkward and uncertain situations;

Always clothed.

Obviously, naked introvert.

Mangosteen Mambo said...

I don't know after being in Thailand and getting oh so cool misspelled t-shirts I'm not' going with the naked one, soooo You're you and you're own kind of traveler.

Unknown said...

ok, as reader #4, i'd probably say they left out one of the stereotypes oh, so common to asians: the grazing ranger.
sightseeing revolves around the next edible treat. i'd probably say you're a mix of that one and naked introvert. a naked ranger? a grazing introvert?