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  Last night, Meli, and Lindsay and Caleb and Elliot and I went sledding, all over Rosie and Cripple Creek. Chigmut (sp?) powerline was the best- waist-deep powder, which we carved a louge run into. Me and Eli and Lindsay piled into The Tub (our big snowmachine sled the size of a small bathtub) and ran it, going so fast, with no way to steer, that ( Read more... )

    It looked grim for Priscilla; my '91 Subaru Loyale had been run several days without oil, and a loud knocking developed in the engine. I added oil, waited, added more. I turned over the engine, cautiously, and the knocking is all but gone. It's a miracle, obviously. I think I will add the name  पुनर्जीवित as her middle name, which is Arabic for ( Read more... )

  So I think I am going to marry Natalie Portman.  Seriously. Somehow it's the hottest video ever.

   Today Eli got in a horrific accident, but is okay, save a horrible head wound and some goofy lumpy limbs. I just can't believe how close he was to getting truly fucked up ( Read more... )

    Blissful.

I spent the last day sewing like mad, trying to get through my pile of fabic that I've amassed. Garden planning is beginning, and I keep staring at the snow, like I do every year, no believing that it will ever leave.

I spent almost the entire day at Jessica's, plotting for summer, laughing  talking, sucking down such copious ( Read more... )

"When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no ( Read more... )

Today I began searching for possible volunteering possitions in Zambia and Botswana. I would like to work either in the healthcare or agricultural sector, Elliot would like to work in building or design, and we are thinking of taking off 2 months in the fall, and going. Graduation pushed back yet again. Anyhow, finding the appropriate ( Read more... )

   Being home is awkward and weird. I miss NZ, I can't wait to move there.

Today when I was dowing a glass of water, something caught in my throat- I hacked it up and it was a beetle, maybe 15mm across, almost completely sphereical, blue in color. I've only seen a beetle like that in South America.
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    We are thinking of Zambia for the next ( Read more... )

  I am on the Hawaiian superferry! Super cush, with bay windows, wooden floors, free wi-fi...It's crazy. My journal will be located at  elliotandtrista.livejournal.com for the duration of my travels, find me there....