Year: 2012

making sense of 2012

Making sense of 2012.

I now realize that the vitamin I just took was intended to be dissolved in liquid prior to consumption. I was wondering why 1) it tasted so awful when vitamins are generally innocuous; 2) my mouth started foaming as I chewed it. Hopefully this disgusting vitamin coupled with the week of rest I have had can bring me back to health so I don’t close this year out being physically and mentally ill. Yes, amazingly, 2012 is coming to a close already though it seems like it just began, bright and full of potential. I have accomplished a lot this year personally and I think putting some milestones down will help distill any sense in my mind that this year was an absolute disaster. Though each item contains its own subset of comedies I am going to be brief for…

letter to my family: December 23

Letter to my family...

Hey guys! How are things going there? Things here are okay. Last night I met a few of Ditte’s friends who are also illustrators and were pretty cool. They both seemed to be pretty successful or at least know what…

another successful failure

So, just for a joke, I’ve been trying to live like an adult lately. Since my lack of experience has so far prevented me from getting work in an adult industry I decided I’d do the next best thing—I’d just pursue an internship and get fucked for free. Yep, I resorted to the kind of thing I should’ve done when I was in college, when instead of being responsible, I was partying all the time…

arrival and impressions

Pre-trip iced coffee from a cute street vendor.

I typically set six alarms for important events. Naturally, this idea frequently backfires and creates needless anxiety for me…. The vegetable truck leaves at noon—there’s no way we are going to sleep until noon. There’s also no way my paranoia…

notes from the train

Andrew, shortly after having a sex change and converting to Islam. Thanks Allah for second-class.

We got up this morning, gathered our things and gladly said goodbye to Koh Tao and its beaches, excited for the long journey back to Bangkok. Taxi to boat to bus to train to Bangkok! We got all the way…