My Haitian Vacation [New blog series!]
I had no idea what to expect coming to Haiti. Taking into consideration the portrayal of this country in the American media, I thought I might be seriously roughing it for a while. Don’t get me wrong,...
View ArticleAll in a day’s work
Call me accident prone, adventurous, spacey, unlucky. I don’t know what it is about me exactly, but I end up in more /facepalm situations than the average individual. Yeah, shit happens to everyone,...
View ArticleIn which the Millikan travels to the Motherland
A long-time Anglophile and tea enthusiast, I’ve always wanted to travel to the Motherland. So you can imagine that I jumped at the chance to attend the annual a session about online community...
View ArticleLittle green invaders in Brooklyn
The wild parrots of Brooklyn say hello to a member of the native species. Taken by me, on the parrot safari hosted by these guys.
View ArticleI’m going back to Haiti
Haiti's west inlet: The view from the plane Next Sunday, April 4th. There are several reasons why I am going. I want to see my family. My father and my sister and my step mother. The last time I saw...
View ArticleBaby steps
The day I arrived here, I saw some places the earthquake had destroyed on the route back from the airport, and was in awe. Today, on day 7 of my trip, it is all just Haiti — the scenery, the usual. The...
View ArticleT-bagging at the Glenn Beck rally in DC
I was in Washington, DC today and attended Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally. I didn’t know what I was getting into two months ago when my mom asked me if I would meet her in DC for a “veterans’...
View ArticleGalapagos humans
He came up to me, sitting in the corner of my local bar, as I was holding back tears related to a betrayal I’d rather not get into right now. “Is that yours?” this man with wild blonde hair asked me...
View ArticleI wonder…
I just deleted everything I wrote. I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. I’m launching something big soon. Stay tuned.
View ArticleMake it work
I may eyeroll about fashion magazines, but that’s not because I don’t appreciate fashion — I do, I am just selective about who I allow to advise me on it. At the top of my list, however, is my good...
View ArticleThe Plan Is There Is No Plan
Over the past week, I packed up my entire life. I donated about 70% of my things to various outlets, stored 20%, gave away 5% in the form of specialized care packages for my close friends, and packed...
View ArticleFalling in friend-love at Burning Man
I experienced Burning Man for the first time this past September. I went to the week-long festival in the middle of the desert by myself with some water, booze, and a one-person tent I got for $80 on...
View ArticleOne month on the road
It’s been a long one. Right now, I’m pretty exhausted, but I’d really like to get back on my daily blogging schedule. Some people have this idea that people who spend time online do so because they...
View ArticleFinding your inner gazelle
I stood there sweating, panting, looking at the 9 other Amazonian women standing with me in a circle. “After a gazelle gets chased by a lion, if it gets away and doesn’t get eaten, it shakes it out, ”...
View ArticleThere’s no place like home
My mother always shunned the idea of having a home. “Home is where your stuff is,” she would often say when mocking my childish want to be rooted somewhere. I’ve internalized this idea throughout life,...
View ArticleInto the unknown
I leave for Iceland tomorrow. My AirBnB just fell through so I only have my first night’s stay planned out of 5 total. I guess this is where my problem-solving abilities will need to kick in. I’m not...
View ArticlePattern recognition and Icelandic Lady Gaga imposters
A few weeks ago I noticed my brain doing something weird. I was in Iceland at a Steed Lord show with two of my favorite Icelandic tech lady friends, and we’d had a few beers and a shot they call a...
View ArticleFollow my adventures abroad on Beacon Reader!
Hello, friends! Today I launched a new blog on Beacon Reader. Beacon is a new publishing platform created by Nick Jackson and co which allows readers to directly fund their favorite bloggers. I had the...
View ArticleWhy I’m not getting a parrot
Nine months ago, I set out to travel the world. The goal wasn’t to find myself, as the cliche goes, although I have done a good deal of that, incidentally. Believe it or not, the main motivating factor...
View ArticleExperience vs. documentation
I’ve been back in the US for a little over five months now, but it feels like only yesterday that I was crossing the Pacific, all choked up because I had just accomplished the most difficult thing I...
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