In 2004, I was living in a minivan I bought for $175. I should have stuck to VWs. I called this one Pig and usually had hands black from working on it’s horrid engine. As I re-edit and prepare to launch Rough Living 2013 and Smooth Living: Beyond the Life of a Vagabond, I can…
Category: Books and Writers
Anarchy as Religion – Religious Anarchy in Social Context
This is another essay from 2000. Again, my credentials as an anarchist are not clear since I can’t put myself in a box. I’m not sure what to call my beliefs in a religious, political, or economic sense, though I am clear on what my beliefs are…more on that later. I thought that the first…
Amazon’s Amazon Coins are No Play Money – Exploring Virtual Currency
The world of virtual currency is nothing new. However, Amazon.com just unveiled a new virtual currency. It will be coming in May and lots of people are excited about it…but not everyone. I remember hearing about this phenomenon a few years ago. I laughed, I thought it was a media sensation, I pretty much forgot…
Kingdom of Loathing – The Best Game on the Web
Link to the Game. Kingdom of Loathing: Virtual Society of the Spectacle Kingdom of Loathing, located at kingdomofloathing.com, is a game that began as a joke. The joke requires some historical background in order to be understood. In 2003 online games were becoming increasingly sophisticated with 3-D type graphics, complex imaginary worlds, and sophisticated character…
Critical Mass Honolulu – Making the Streets Safe for Bicyclists.
This article first appeared in Ka Leo, the University of Hawaii student newspaper in 2008, but there were a few things in it that were cut that I thought were important. For those who don’t know, Critical Mass is an event typically held on the last Friday of every month in cities around the world…
Flashback 2004 – Living Rough Again On Oahu
Living Rough Again on Oahu by Vago Damitio (I wrote this on a blospot blog back on June 25, 2004 I’m glad this isn’t my life any longer.) Alright…I can’t resist. I’m living “vanlife” again. This time on the island of Oahu. I got the van for $175. It’s a plymouth voyager and it seems…
Never Mind the Bullocks…Where’s the Passion Fruit?
Never Mind the Bull, Where’s the Passion Fruit? by Vago Damitio For the bulk of the existence of the human species, men and women have not kept pets nor tended gardens in the ‘modern’ sense. Neither have they ranched livestock, planted fields, nor built houses in one spot and put a mailbox in front with…
Social Justice, Society, Education
I wrote this essay back in 2008, as of this publishing of it, my student loans add up to more than $45,000 despite my having paid back nearly $10,000. My education has earned me less than $2000 and none of it in my major of anthropology. A cracker jack degree would have gotten me the…
How to Deal with Aggression – Blackberries and Work
Blackberries by Vago Damitio Blackberries are the scourge of the Pacific Northwest. To those who have never dealt with them, it sounds lovely to have a huge blackberry bramble growing in the yard. It’s different if you live in the northwest. Imported from the Himalayas to England and from England to America, blackberries found a…
Hawaii Mind Body Spirit Expo – Kooks Are Us
Flashback 2005. This was one of those bizarre days I shared that I still think about. I posted this on my old blog and it inspired a long string of hate and troll attacks that culminated with someone posting my face on pictures of gay porn and posting them on craigslist…totally bizarre.I wonder if that…