Most of my blogging tends toward my travel experiences, and diversity in media, but I will also discuss my own creative pursuits, which are generally in the film, writing, and performance fields. I'm also an editor at Solarwyrm Press. Performance: improv, acting, stand-up comedy. Filmmaking: screenwriting, directing, video editing, short films, music videos. Writing: speculative fiction, memoir, short stories. Though I consider myself a citizen of the world, with how many places feel like home to me, I was born and raised in Australia, to American parents. I'm a dual-national of both countries, lived in Malaysia for five and a half years, and now live in the US.
With another year gone, it’s fitting to summarise the highlights of the past year. Sometimes it’s hard to remember the good times when there have also been lows, so I want to remember how far I’ve come in spite of those lows. January * Spent a few days in Bangkok, Thailand * My eldest son … More 2012 in Review
Last month I wrote about a Malaysian short film, Gangster Macha. I’m still interested in making you aware of other creative people you might be familiar with, but I’m not going to follow a particular format. Earlier this month I went to a public screening of the aforementioned Gangster Macha at The Bee in Mont … More Check out Onn San’s Epomania
It’s been more than seven and a half years since my mum passed away from pancreatic cancer. They say it gets easier as time goes on, whoever “they” are. I’m not sure how true that is. Certainly the pain of not having her in my life any more often comes to the forefront of my … More Another Christmas Without My Mum
This post was created on December 10th because I wanted to promote some projects I’ve been backing and pass on the information before their deadlines, in case anyone else might be interested in backing them too. These are ordered according to earliest deadlines. Updated: December 13th. The View from Here is a feature film from … More Crowdfunding Campaigns Backed December 2012
When I came out as bisexual a couple of weeks ago, it was in part because I wanted to be able to more publicly write about the issues I face and the way it directly affects my life. Now, more often than not, I don’t really consider my sexuality anyway – it just happens to … More How Does One Flirt With Women?
Still going to be behind in this catch up travel blogging. I’m heading off to Thailand again tomorrow, and I still have to write about our trip to France after this post. Saturday 28th April, 2012 As I left the last travel entry, we flew from Incheon airport in South Korea to Taipei in Taiwan. … More Taiwan Apr 28-May 4 2012
This is probably going to be the hardest public blog post I’ll ever write in my life. When fear consumes you and prevents you from being true to yourself – from telling the people who matter the most to you who you really are, because you’re afraid of how they’ll react – then you’re no … More Tired of Hiding
I’ve decided to start using this blog as a way of occasionally promoting other lesser known creative types that I’ve enjoyed. Whether I’ve encountered them through social media, in person, or otherwise, I figure that it’s worth getting the word out about them. People like us don’t have multi-million dollar advertising budgets, so blogging and … More Promoting Lesser Known Artists: Gangster Macha
For those of you not familiar with Malaysia, here in Kuala Lumpur at least, we have a number of outlets of the US restaurant chain, TGI Friday’s. It just so happens to be one of the places I’m inclined to eat, so I like when they have special promotions on. For Mother’s Day earlier this … More Jaclyn Rousseau visits TGI Friday’s
I am really rather behind on writing about some of the travel I did this year, but now that I have a completed draft of my novel, I’m going to attempt to get these out of the way. We travelled to South Korea and Taiwan on the same holiday, but I’m going to separate them … More South Korea 24-28 Apr 2012
