This collection chronicles Mike’s adventures throughout the US and Canada, offering raw and unpolished glimpses into his life.
Mike’s life is deeply rooted in his Steel Valley upbringing, but shaped by his travels throughout North America and a lasting desire to build a better home back in Ohio.
Featuring occasional appearances with Dave, unidentified stoners in the park, WANDA, and Parking Garage KAREN.
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Featured Chapters
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Columbus - Side B
Mike returns to Columbus in 2023, 6 years after moving away, and finds a city in transformation.
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On Tour
Mike chronicles times in his life when he was unhoused, living on the streets of Portland, Chicago, Columbus, Alexandria, New Orleans, Natchez, and Mansfield.
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Calling My Bluff
This collection covers Mike’s adventures during Feb 2023 in the town of Natchez, Mississippi, when a Grindr date abruptly goes awry during a roadtrip into the lad’s hometown.
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Down in the Bayou
This collection spans Mike’s time living in Alexandria, Louisiana, in 2021-23, working in Central Louisiana to maintaining and restoring its electric substations throughout the state.
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Paradise in Smoke
This collection covers Mike’s move to Portland, Oregon, in 2020.
PDX is a paradise in the biblical sense - heavenly from far away, but hellish beneath the veil of perfection.
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Pardon My French
This collection covers Mike’s return to Montreal in 2018-19, an American foreigner working in a Canadian utility firm in a heavily French-speaking utility industry.
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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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Dashcam POV
Collection of Mike’s episodes taking place onboard his beloved blue Mazda - Osiris., 2012-18
Spring in the Bayou State
Mike provides an update from his home in Alexandria, discussing his latest project to develop a wireless audio scheme to connect all the Bluetooth speakers in the house, before inviting us on a "virtual date" in which he divulges some personal thoughts and anecdotes in his dating life.
Relaxed Afternoon
Mike provides a casual update from in front of Crimson House Alexandria.
Fall and Reemergence of Neo Hyrule
Mike chronicles the rise and fall of Neo Hyrule, notably The Great Flood.
Connecting Coast to Coast
Mike hosts from Crimson House PDX, sharing personal reflections and music, as well as a map-based crowd-sourcing platform that collects and documents LGBTQ+ experiences and memories tied to specific geographic locations.
Shenaniganza
Mike joins a gathering around a fire for “Shenaniganza,” a ritual of the Celtic New Year in which participants cleanse themselves of past disappointments from the preceding year 2020.
MAX, Mike, & TJ Maxx
Mike takes a walk in downtown Portland, gushing about some of the Queer spaces he’d recently discovered in the city’s east side. He discusses Halloween costumes with his friend Todd before entering a TJ Maxx downtown for a gander.
Evening in Portland
Mike provides a tour of downtown Portland, Oregon, discussing his tenuous housing situation and his frustrations finding an apartment. Passing by Powell’s Books and turning onto Harvey Milk Street, Mike reflects on the challenges of being homeless, including the loss of his personal belongings.
Backpacking around PDX
Now unhoused, Mike discusses his financial woes associated with delayed unemployment benefits, as well as his astonishment at the vast numbers of Queer people living on the streets.
The Apocalypse is Nigh
The moon is red in the sky, shrouded by the thick smoke from the wildfires surrounding Portland, Oregon.
On Deck at The Eagle
Mike enjoys a beer and some tomfoolery on the patio of Eagle PDX, chatting with nearby patrons and soliciting the audience to help “choose his adventure” by suggesting who he should vie to swoon.
Finding Renewed Purpose Out West
Mike shares career updates as he starts work at Portland General Electric as a transmission operations engineer overseeing the Pacific Northwest power grid.
In Kelowna, BC
Mike reports from Kelowna, British Columbia, having finished a technical conference on electrical grounding and lightning. Gazing into a lake in the Canadian Rockies, he candidly discusses his career and his upcoming plans back home in Montreal.