I can vividly remember the last time I interacted with a stranger without anxiety they might give me a deadly virus. It was the last weekend I had before a very, very long period of isolation. It’s on brand with…
Right Now in Laos: Costume Parties, Cracked Fillings and Trusting the Process, or, My Stoic Wisdom Tooth
Today I had an emergency filling done for $15, with no appointment and no anaesthetic, in a dentist’s office next door to the club where I was dancing in wrapping paper and snowflakes on Saturday night. This is a strange…
It Feels Good to Be Home
I am overwhelmed with gratitude right now that I have a healthy body, a fantastic job, lovely friends, tiny music filled clubs surrounded by sweaty dancing bodies, a silly little shitty awful scooter that gets me where I need to…
I Drank Swamp Cooler Water and I’m Just Fine: How My Broken AC Washed my Clothes
The other night my A.C. was doing what it does best- randomly deciding to half-heartedly wheeze a meh level of cool into my room, while simultaneously relieving itself through fast leaking drops all over my floor. Clearly the two are…
Teacher’s Day in Laos Ramps Up My Insomnia Guilt + My Students are The Best
As a teacher, I care a great deal about the classroom culture and atmosphere I foster and model for my students. There is an oft passed around mission statement type feel good quote that really resonates with me, despite being…
