Wow things really change fast sometimes. Especially when you’re on one side of the planet, people you care about are on the other side, and the shit decides this would be the best time to hit the fan.
So without elaborating too much, I abruptly changed my plans on the 12th of June by moving back […]

1) Get a job at a club like Bang in Cincinnati. Make sure it has owners as egotistical as Josh Heuser (formerly of Club Clau) and Nick Grammas (formerly of The Exchange). You’ll know this when they’re both visibly annoyed that you have the audacity to actually introduce yourself to them. And it must be […]

It’s been a while since I’ve recapped the big stuff in my life, so here’s what went down in 2007.
At the risk of seeming like a complete nerd, I thought I’d share five goals I set in August 2006 before leaving Arizona to complete my last year at The University of Auckland. I’ll share what […]

Like I didn’t already know the music/dance scene in Cincinnati is kinda crappy, now I have Facebook reminding me when I login:
 
I thought Rap and Country were the two genres no one likes???

Tonight I was checking out all the nightlife venues in Downtown Cincinnati, and I had a pretty cool thought as I was watching a fat chick run across the street and into a bar: Cincy’s nightlife ain’t so bad, or at least not nearly as bad as I had been thinking over the past few […]

Just as my stars are starting to align for the future, I got some bad news this week. My good friend Ellie unfortunately has to move back to Singapore on extremely short notice. What a bummer. I met Ellie back in 2004 when we lived in O’Rorke. I didn’t really hang with her much then, […]

During my time in Phoenix, I�ve been able to take some pretty cool trips. First was when my friends Sean and Tim, and my brother Rob came out to visit over New Years ‘06 and we all went up to Las Vegas. And yeah, the place lives up to its reputation. I also went out […]

So after Europe, a brief trip home, and a cross-country drive, I got to work full time at the Phoenix offices of the software firm I had been working for remotely in New Zealand.
(Just in case you’re wondering, I have intentionally concealed information about the company to prevent the competition from finding my blog.)
Looking back […]

After returning to New Zealand in January 2005 things were pretty cool for a while, but after a few months something started to feel not quite right. The warts of New Zealand were starting to show and the place just didn’t have the same spark I felt in ‘04. Whether is was the sometimes striking […]

One of the coolest people I met in Auckland was my very good friend Kai (rhymes with “sky”) who was also one of my O’Rorke podmates a.k.a. neighbors. Anyone who’s ever met her can totally appreciate her coolness, but for the unlucky ones who haven’t, the best way to describe her is to borrow a […]

Honestly, I can’t remember too many of the details from April 2004 until finishing my first year at The University of Auckland in November of 2004. In a broad sense, I mostly think most about the friends I met in Auckland including Albo, Camilla, Graham, Jack, Jesse, Jo, Kai, Lara, Lucy, Matt, Onur, Rook, Sam, […]

woah woah woah things have been kinda nuts here in Phoenix. My cousin Paul just dropped me off at the airport and im now on my way to New Zealand by way of LA and Fiji. This was a really good week. When I got here I wasn’t sure whether or not I would be […]

It snowed AGAIN here in Cincy today. The only thing nice about that is that all of the ice is now covered with snow so I don’t slip on my ass when trying to go down the steps at Jason’s house. I could shovel the snow considering I am the Couch Guy but that will […]

Two weeks and five days until I begin a new part of my life. Whenever you are leaving your house to run some errands, do you ever have that sense that you’re forgetting something that you know you will remember as soon as you get on the road? I have that times a thousand right […]

ok i decided to keep this journal because i’m going to be moving to the other side of the planet and i want to document this experience so i can better understand myself and mainly so i can share my experiences with the people in my life, many of whom I will be leaving in […]