There's a new years festival going down all over thailand that basically involves early morning bouts of drinking and throwing water on people, which is great if you're plastered by 9 am and don't care if you're dripping wet. It's because of new years that various people have introduced me to the lovely Hong Thong, which is not a whiskey, not a ( Read more... )

A gift from alistiwaiyah and my most prized possession, The Equatorian:


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I've been thinking of home a lot lately... what kind of home i'd like to have and what kind of homes i've had. Home is such a funny word ( Read more... )

I went to an archaeological site yesterday and this morning to walk about the ruins and have a nice think-over among the stupas and giant buddhas. I walked through rows of cracked columns, sat on stones to make sketches and stare at carvings, and watched the koi in the reflecting pools. I found myself in a garden of orchids and frangipani with ( Read more... )

I got an email last night that upset me more than most things should, and of course it's a long story that i never could tell until now. Things as they were in sudan with all the secrecy (it goes beyond discretion) and all the caution i took there to avoid any exposure whatsoever... i never felt free to discuss with anyone over the internet or ( Read more... )

Ever since arriving in thailand i've been suffering from heat exhaustion due to my over-exertion in doing things like walking to the go-go club down the street or picking flowers out of public beds... things i used to be able to do without fear of fainting on the sidewalk. It's been a solid week of this shit, but i found a way out of it, FINALLY. ( Read more... )

Ok Ok, so bangkok was nice, my horizons both cultural and sexual have been stretched just a tad, and i think i'm ready to move on to more sublime places once again. In other words, fetish clubs get old and 3somes are overrated so i need something a little less stimulating... or maybe stimulating in a different way, something thought-provoking and ( Read more... )

Oh wow, so in the past few days I have done the following ( Read more... )

Ok ok, so maybe i'm not so good at keeping promises after all... but like the buddhists say detachment is everything. Things in the village didn't turn out so well, not that Dip is to blame or that i'm to blame but it's general circumstances as usual. The people in lubhu aren't so used to foreigners traipsing around the place and get a little manic ( Read more... )

There must be a widely-circulated manual across the planet for dealing with westerners... a manual that must have an illustrated chapter entitled 'guilt and entrapment the easy way.' Instead of just inviting you out someplace, it's common for people to extract some kind of promise from you, and they take it so seriously it becomes ridiculous. Like ( Read more... )