Mike provides a raw and personal update on his life in Portland. He openly discusses his recent experience with homelessness, his bipolar diagnosis, and the challenges of being unemployed during the pandemic. Despite his hardships, Mike remains focused on the future of his nonprofit Crimson Rouge Studios and his long-term goal of opening a community-focused queer space.

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.

Mike facilitates a casual gathering, providing a personal update on his work and domestic life, and interacting with viewers in conversation.

A double rainbow unexpectedly greets us while enjoying some Hair following the 2020 election.

Mike rides the MAX towards the suburb of Beaverton, Oregon.

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.

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.

Mike awaits the streetcar in Portland, near the Tillikum Bridge, sharing updates on his apartment hunting journey.

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.

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.

Reporting from the streets of Portland, Mike grapples with a sense of isolation and homelessness, from which he tries numerous times to escape through music and socializing with others he meets on the streets.

Mike takes a Saturday morning walk to McDonald’s in suburban Portland against a backdrop of a recent job loss, a breakup, and local wildfires.

In the peaceful pre-dawn hours, Mike outlines the personal turmoil faced in Portland during the Oregon wildfires.

Mike describes the ominous and strange atmosphere outside his home in Portland, implying the world ending imminently. Despite the gloomy conditions, he remains upbeat while troubleshooting his wireless speakers and reviewing recent lip sync recordings.

Heavy wildfire smoke has blotted out the sun, creating an ominous and surreal atmosphere where the morning skies around Portland remain in darkness.

Mike reflects on a difficult and strange day in which he feels on edge, wrestling with friction with his boyfriend and the frustrations of complying with social distancing regulations in the city. Exhausted from long shifts and recent toxicity in his social life, he vents about the mental toll of working in a high-pressure environment in tandem with a strained personal life, while in the throes of a global pandemic.

Mike gives a somber and direct update on the intense wildfires affecting the surrounding Portland area, highlighting the severe air quality and the eerie, darkened sky caused by heavy smoke. He discusses the impact of the fires on the Phantasm spring glamping retreat planned for Spring 2021 in Mount Hood National Forest.

Mike reflects from a surreal afternoon in downtown Portland on the recent personal and environmental crises in his life. Admiring the blue power chair of a local woman named Eclair, Mike reveals he was having a "panic attack" earlier that morning due to imminent fire evacuations and the feeling of abandonment in the apocalypse. He finds comfort in Eclair’s creative sketching and her positive outlook on recovery, eventually ending the broadcast to help her find a location to charge her electric chair.

Mike mourns the losses, destruction, and emotional toll of the wildfires that continue to burn indefinitely.

Streaming from his apartment amidst a heavy wildfire haze, Mike attempts to foster a lighthearted "apocalyptic" party atmosphere while contending with constant Bluetooth and speaker failures. Concluding with a "safety moment," Mike warns fellow smokers to extinguish their smoking materials completely, urging viewers to travel carefully and monitor official news updates.