Second base with a 6-yr-old

I hate kids. Of course my nephews are pretty radical (hi Dom, Cole, and Aengus!). But so many other children are so immature. Why can’t they just read a book quietly when I want to? And the fact that you can’t leave them alone… such a responsibility. And they’re also selfish and overly dramatic. I […]

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monkey see. monkey weeeeeee.

Danielle was my best friend in third grade. One of our favorite past times was dancing. Well, I would dance, mostly to ‘Cold Hearted Snake,’ and she would sit on my bed and watch. Now that I think of it, I never asked her if she wanted to watch me. I mostly made her watch […]

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The good, the bad, and the…hideous.

Bad news: Today I fell off a boat wearing my backpack. Worse news: computer, ipod, passport inside. Good news: Nothing got wet! Thanks, Lowe Alpine, for being the best backpack ever. Bad news: A girl in a thong bikini laughed at me when I fell in. Good news: She looked really bad in a thong […]

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Safe from AIDS. This time.

I made it. Eleven days & eleven nights. Silent. Wooden pillow. Chanting. I think I joined a cult. I won’t waste your time by writing about it here. I will personally come to everyone’s door to let you all know about it. In other news… I immediately booked it to the beach after the retreat. […]

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I make myself sick.

Ah! I am so mature that I’m disgusting myself. There is a full moon party on my birthday. It is the type of party that travelers talk about for years, the monthly party that overtakes the remote island of Ko Pha Ngan for days on end. A festival of the moon. A place to lose […]

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