On the 10th anniversary of my move to California, give or take a few days, I was in St. Petersburg for a writing seminar. This was the third in what I've come to think of as three different trips chained together, each to a different city.

This October will mark the 10th anniversary of the Halloween party where I first met (or at least, was first in the same room with) a lot of the people who've been part of my life here. That party led directly to working for Critical Path, going to Burning Man, and all sorts of other good social things.

This is how California became my home. And it's still my home, the home of a lifetime. But I can reasonably expect another sixty years in this lifetime, so I might as well explore a bit more, right?

There's a short list of places I think I could really enjoy living, besides here. San Diego, sometimes. Portland. Seattle. London, if I could find a job that pays in pounds. And -- ever since I visited last October -- Boulder, Colorado.

Door number one: stay in the industry.
It is comfortable, I know my shit, I am (somehow) a rock star.
But, God damn, all these years.

Door number two: is it open yet?

Door number three: write.

Can I reach doors one and three at the same time?

What's behind door number two? The window is still foggy.

Searching.
Thinking.
Pondering.

I keep answering the same questions, so it's time to write a FAQ (hehe.) You can't really use this to rob my house or hack my server, because both locations will still be monitored by other people.

2 June	Koinonea presents 2012 in San Francisco
3 June	get on a plane in the afternoon, stay on it for a long time
4-9 June	Dublin, Ireland for MAAWG
9-16 June	London, United Kingdom: working from Yahoo!'s London office, plus some sightseeing & fun
16-30 June	St. Petersburg, Russia for the first session of the Summer Literary Seminar
2 July	home again

Yes, the literary seminar is in English. It's run by folks who spend most of the year in Brooklyn.

You didn't know that I want to write because I didn't talk much about it. Well, except here on my blog. So if you're reading this, maybe you already knew. Anyway, the desire to write has only recently moved into the active file.

Yes, it'll be a big fun crazy trip.

I'll write more (and take lots of pictures) as the trip progresses.