Open Mike LIVE

This archive chronicles over 7 years of video posts made by Mike George on the Facebook Live platform, highlighting various locations around the United States and Canada:

- Columbus, Ohio

- Portland, Oregon

- Montreal, Quebec

- Alexandria, Louisiana

- Steubenville, Ohio

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Trans || Americas

This collection remembers the 25,000 miles I shared traveling in 2017 through 13 Western states with my boyfriend Matt, a long-haul flatbed truck driver.

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Pardon My French

This collection covers Mike’s time living in Montreal in 2018-19.

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2/19/23

Reflections on Houses & Home

Mike contrasts between his times of being broke/unhoused versus those of financial abundance with a roof over his head.
12/30/24

Faceoff w/ Parking Garage KAREN

Mike encounters Parking Garage KAREN in his penthouse loft.
12/16/24

Penthouse Loft

Mike finds a fabulous and unexpected solution to his present housing woes.
2/18/23

Mardi Gras in Natchez

As the people of Natchez gather along Commerce Street for its Mardi Gras celebration, Mike reflects on the comeback of numerous small and mid-sized towns throughout America.
12/22/22

Final Soiree

Mike kicks back with his new friend Robert and throws an impromptu soiree to commemorate the final days of Crimson House Alexandria, as his eviction date of 1 January 2023 draws ominously near…
9/7/22

The Portland She-bacle

Two years after the 2020 West Coast wildfires, Mike opens up and shares the series of traumatic events he faced mere months after moving to Portland, Oregon.
7/25/24

Camp Time

Mike presents his first improvised dwelling, a "camp" site created to accommodate his overnight stays in the Clintonville district of Columbus, Ohio.
7/20/24

Places Now & Then

Mike reflects on how notable places in our life anchor us to the past.
6/5/24

Rain Delay

When the rut starts to feel like the “new normal”…
9/22/23

Changing Face of Olde Towne East

Mike strolls down Oak St in the Olde Towne East neighborhood of Columbus, while reflecting on the changes and development throughout the neighborhood.
12/27/22

Final Day of Crimson House Alexandria

We’ve managed to take the greatest country on Earth and devolve into a nation of cowards - incapable of anything beyond armchair activism and complaining into the void of social media.

Journals & Musings

Figuring Things Out

2013-2020
Graphics are colorful, they invite a myriad of differing interpretations, they portray trends, etc. Plus, they're less prone to language barriers.
Figures make complicated concepts easier to understand, simplify, and organize. Plus, I was too lazy to write longwinded essays anymore.

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My Little Corner of Semi-Reality

2004-2013
My life is an open book. Please don't burn it.

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Open Mike LIVE

Trans || Americas

Pardon My French

Figuring Things Out

My Little Corner of Semi-Reality