Megan Eaves-Egenes

my wordle widget. these words are me.

what’s wrong with america? would you like to know… i bet you would. just watch this video – a perfect, perfect example of everything that is wrong with america and everything that keeps america’s wrongness going… (i know i know i know, it’s been ages. i’ve been to the states and back since my last…

like my cynical mood, the rain has been pleasantly absent from ireland recently. the past couple of weeks have been all sunshine, rainbows and tan lines. school is out which means the dissertation has begun, supposedly. in actuality, steaks, weekend drives and afternoon cheap cocktails in the backyard have been taking up most time. the…

the other day before we went to the cinema, i put my [insert word for bag that women carry here] into the [insert word for the storage compartment located at the back of the car], but took out my [insert word for a small foldable container for money, credit cards, and the like ] so…

it was for want of seeing one of my favourite american singer-songwriters, jonatha brooke, that i went to belfast for the second time in my life. even after the fact, i’m not sure why she played in the dark, hazy northern capital when she could’ve performed for an audience thrice the size (at least) in…

when i was 11 years old, a postcard came in the mail. it was from my cousin who, at that time, was travelling the world working as a dancer on a cruise ship (where can i get a gig like that?) which had apparently taken port in barcelona. for some reason, my cousin felt like…

americans are obsessed with ruins. particularly the ruins of castles or churches or cemeteries, but really the ruins of anything will do. i discovered this over the weekend, when i rented a car with my crazy irish friend, ann marie, and our crazy american friend lamika. although it wasn’t my first time driving through ireland,…

ireland is kind of a weird place. there seems to be a prevailing sense of time and arrangement in this country that makes everything just a little bit chaotic. punctuality is not a word that translates into hiberno-english and organisation doesn’t roll off the irish tongue too often. a lot exists just under the surface…