Me and My Little Brother in Santa Cruz, California. Five days ago, at four in the morning, I said a sleepy goodbye to New York. As my dad’s car pulled away from the curb, headed to JFK Airport, I looked back at the tree-lined street outlined in white, chalk dust-like snow, at the Christmas lights… Read More Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
Last night I went to the Bowery Poetry Club for Monday Night Bingo. If you don’t know what that is, well, it’s a lot more fun than it sounds. It’s Bingo for Gen Yer’s, in that it includes a Happy Hour and the hosts are drag queens. I went with a friend from High School,… Read More My Life in Limbo Land
Photo by Starsprinkles “Someday I’ll wish upon a star,And wake up where the clouds are farBehind me.” – Dorothy Last night, somewhere over the rainbow, on 14th street in Chelsea, Manhattan… Dude Sitting in the back of a Christmas Tree Truck: You dropped something. Me: (stopped walking to look behind me, surprised) Really? Dude: Yeah,… Read More There’s No Place Like Home?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/52113862_f02e6415a2.jpg?v=0 “These vagabond shoes are longing to stray, Right through the heart of it,New york, New York.”– Frank Sinatra It’s five am and I’m awake. But this time my insomnia isn’t of the “What am I doing with my life life?/Why, oh why am I in Japan?” variety. I’m awake because I’m jet lagged. And… Read More Live from New York…
My first day as an Eigo no Sensei (that’s Japanese for “Human Tissue and/or Punching Bag, Jungle Gym, Disney-Princess-Come-to-Life”) started in June, at a daycare center. I remember shortly after arriving, the teacher whom I was replacing, affectionately patted one of the toddlers on the head and said something to the effect of: “Aw, I’m… Read More And So Ends Another Chapter in My Life…