www.ooamerica.com becomes www.ooaworld.com
http://www.ooamerica.com becomes http://www.ooaworld.com Hi all, this is a very important post for ooamerica.com as it is the LAST. But it is also the first of two things: the announcement of the launch of http://www.ooaworld.com, and of an entire new adventure, in Asia this time. Expect to see a similar, and hopefully improved – and certainly … Read more
Ooamerica: USA Road Trip (2), an Epilogue, My Life Philosophy?
June 15th All in all, it’s been a great trip. But I know there’ve also been a lot of hard times. That the frictions of travel have at times exposed Redrik and I to our worst enemies, however cliché it sounds: the worst of ourselves. That we did in fact make it, and pulled through … Read more
The Diaries: LA, an end to a USA Road Trip
There’s something scary about what comes last, or is it something scary about all things that must end: a perhaps unpleasant facet of reality we must all learn to accept, sooner or later. I’ve previously alluded to this in stories of loss and renewal, but an end is not a loss. It is, to … Read more
The Diaries: Conversations from a Portland Strip Club
May 13th “I remember this group brought their mothers in for Mother’s Day.” “What? To a titty bar?” “Swear it’s the truth, they were sitting right there,” pointing indiscriminately at one of the tables. We’ve spent the last three days in Portland. Redrik and I are sitting at the bar of the Acropolis. It’s … Read more
The Diaries: Seattle, croquet and waterfalls
6th May Walk around Coeur d’Alene. Work in a coffee house in the morning, forget last night’s woes. Redrik informs me about the outcome of the presidential elections in France. We head out. East Washington is unlike what I had expected – dry, rather level, plains and fields. National Forest appears as we near the … Read more
The Diaries: A Lonely Path through the Glaciers
May 2nd “I don’t think I can do this anymore.” It’s a grown man, with tears to his eyes, who says this. Damn, even a heartless robot (not a pleonasm) would say something. “I heard you making some calls. Were those the…?” “Yeah. I’m not in. I can’t do this anymore. I think I … Read more
The Diaries: Going for Broke, a Beer by a Salt Lake
Time has passed. A month now. I have no notes for the leg from Denver to Idaho, through Salt Lake City. My musings feel dry. Was it the trip itself, or is it something I missed? The arc. I know the arc. But is it coming together? Does it have to? Are things ever meant … Read more
The Diaries: From Rockies to Dinosaurs
April 27th “I thought the Rockies would be rockier.” “That John Denver is full of shit, man.” — Awake near the Geographic Center after four hours of sleep. Downpours as we head on country roads, looking for a stone mound designated to officially represent the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states. From the perspective … Read more
The Diaries: Kansas City, Lawrence: Driving Beyond the Influence
April 24thnd Cold night on the pavement. Awake and sit down by the peaceful lake and get a timelapse of sunrise, along with some spinach dip and bread. Redrik entangled amidst wires as I drive over to Jesse James’ childhood farm and grave bearing the inscription “murdered by a traitor and coward whose name is … Read more
The Diaries: Little Rocks, Large Shoes, Arkansas to Missouri
April 21st “Little Rock, Arkansas. Who would’ve thought?!” His eyes are gleaming with ecstasy. He’s drunk just right. It’s past midnight, we got in earlier and to our surprise, the town’s lively and well. Found a bar-club with a festive atmosphere: manic piano dueling on the top floor, some electro-R&B jams on the bottom level. … Read more
The Diaries: Memphis, some blues and rock
April 18th Open my eyes as we exit the freeway and into the historic main street of Tupelo, otherwise known and marketed as Elvis Presley’s birthplace. A welcome coincidence, had meant to visit but was hesitant, after having spent two days in small town Alabama, to ask Redrik to stop there – a balance must … Read more
The Diaries: From Athens’ Olympus to Carbon Hill, AL
April 14th We leave the St. Augustine area after lunch with Redrik’s Ma. The adventure (re)begins. Head towards Atlanta, which Redrik has never seen (I saw it during part 1). It’s night out by the time we divert to Athens, a college town. The town’s alive – last summer I visited just after graduation, … Read more
The Diaries: A trifling 40 dollars, El Mosquito
April 6th Both of us are eager to leave Fernandina, though we may have missed on the goodies (including Amelia Island, where the crème of the cream of aristocratic families have built state-sized houses. Also where, as I learn through readers, the majority of the country’s pizza boxes are produced. (Coincidence?) We stop by in … Read more
The Diaries: Roll on with the Rollers, Old Man and the Sea
April 3rd Leave Allendale and drive to Savannah – a place that has oft been recommended to visit. Walk around the town squares and circles, shaded in green, the river walk. Get a call from a friend and team member who is contributing music to the project – he kindly offers that we spend the … Read more
The Diaries: Allendale, a long-term plan for Hope
“It’s easy to hate what’s different. We do it everyday, almost instinctively. To protect ourselves. It’s easy to sit within those walls, give in to inherent biases.” “That’s what we’re fighting. Difference must be loved.” From a conversation with Redrik back in Myrtle Beach. Drive through smaller roads in SC, to Allendale. Quiet, sunny roads. … Read more
The Diaries: Jamestown, Myrtle, Isle of Palms: settlement, fairs, sunrise
Get to Williamsburg late and weary. Redrik wolfs a hot-dog near a picture of the world’s tallest man. Go out for some beers in the only lively bar in town, college atmosphere. William&Mary’s crowd. We feel old…er. Drive out to Jamestown, National Park. Another night in the car. March 30th Awake in Jamestown, Williamsburg. … Read more
The Diaries: D.C. – sunshine activism
First day in DC, Georgetown area. Had never seen the campus. The weather warmed significantly. Skin showed. We got a cheap-ish room across the Potomac – one of the great advantages of traveling with someone. Bought some beers nearby, and met a friendly guy, Moe, who wanted to decide whether he should take his girlfriend … Read more
To DC: Still sleeping in a car – and it’s no longer a minivan
28th March Day 3 on the road. Tired already – which is never a good sign this early in the trip. We left on Monday 26th, end afternoon. Many things weren’t ready so to speak, including ‘real’ work – that is, ‘jobs’ (both Redrik and I work part-time gigs which help keep us going, despite … Read more
ooamerica Part 2: USA Road-Trip kickstarts on Live Radio: The Welding Room @10pm
D-Day! After number of trials and tribulations, we (Redrik and I) are now a few hours away from our departure from the New York area. More than 6,000 miles and 24 states await… And we’ll be launching the Kickstarter campaign in the next days, more on that soon. On air – The Welding Room Our … Read more
The Diaries: The Road-Test, and the die is cast
March 13th The Road-Test “Virgin, Mobile” – the promotional and default ringtone of my cheap pay-as-you-go phone sings through the room. I look at the name displayed on the blinking screen: Redrik. The date is March 13th. The road-test is scheduled today at 1pm. I’m confident Redrik is flying-colors-ready (FCR). I glance at the time … Read more
The Diaries: Redrik’s manifesto, what’s made you wish to leave it all behind?
Hi all, this is ooa revo (in italics), I hope everyone is going well. The following is my friend and colleague’s first post on ooamerica – I’m confident Redrik’s voice and creative input will strike a resonant contrast with my own dull-buzzard’s de-gurgitations. In the near future we will likely experiment with combined notes and … Read more
The Diaries: Leap Day, stories of loss and renewal
Feb 29 – Leap Day Every life is, to some degree, the story of loss. And renewal. But while the latter brings energy, joy, a feeling of goodness, the prior may take years, or a lifetime, to ever understand – to cope with. It begins with the loss of an age, which we dubiously call … Read more
The Diaries: before the road again, it starts with a stop
Redrik, a friend and colleague who’ll be helping out during part 2, flew in Saturday. This marks the unofficial beginning of Part 2, though we are still in New York. I’ve also been talking to other team members about possibly joining for the second half of the itinerary. The initial challenges are the following: - … Read more
USA road-trip part 2: what would you like to see? polls are open
Hi, I hope everybody’s going great. Part 2 of the USA road-trip is approaching quickly. More than 6,000 miles and 24 states await… Work from the road will include video clips, photos, writing and artwork: the main focus is the film / documentary, asking people: “What’s your philosophy in life?” This time I’ll be accompanied … Read more
ooamerica USA road-trip: part 2, itinerary
This is the planned (general) itinerary for the second leg of the road-trip, which is coming up shortly! There’s wheel-room for nooks and turns, and a bit of adventure… although the general directions are a bit more determined than the last journey, since I’m really trying to visit the states not yet seen. Feedback welcome, … Read more
The Diaries: The road’s end, NY, happy 2012
Merry Christmas and holiday season! This will be the last series of postings ‘from the road’. Thanks to those who have followed this story, and to the people I met along the way, it’s been a great and wild adventure. The next (and last, for now) posting will be a trailer for a possible short … Read more
The Diaries: Firework wedding
September 5th I meet other friends, whom I hadn’t seen in a while, the next day. The reunion is joyous, festive. None of us can really believe our friend whom we’ve all known for at least fifteen years, is getting married. Time does pass by. We’re getting old, in a way, at our own pace. … Read more
