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 […]

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 […]

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 […]