My journal is soon to become Friends Only ( Read more... )

I'd heard that it takes 6 months to a year from start to finish for the application process. For me, it was the latter ( Read more... )

I've been adding to my list of questions that I orginally posted several months ago June 9th and July 14th. Instead of re-posting it again, I'm just gonna add the new questions here...(and my responses). I'm noticing a pattern of questions where my response usually involves telling people about the infrastructure, the fact that they have ( Read more... )

"The journey home is never a direct route; it is, in fact, always circuitous, and somewhere along the way, we discover that the journey is more significant than the destination, and that the people we meet along the way will be traveling companions of our memories forever ( Read more... )

Well, I confirmed my departure date. I leave Seattle on Thursday September 22nd at 1:10pm. I go to WA DC for Peace Corps orientation, which is 2 days. I'll meet the other people in my team, approx 35 people. Then on Sunday we all fly to Macedonia. (I have so many mixed feelings about this as I'm typing, but anyway ( Read more... )

I am a mere 50 pages away from finishing the latest "Harry Potter" book. I tried to finish it last night (er, this morning) at 5am except I was literally falling asleep while reading. I'm gonna get off the computer and finish reading it now ( Read more... )

Today I was listening to a local radio station that threw out this random statistic:

Apparently, every year 40,000 Americans are injured by what household item?

I was surprised to learn that it is a toilet.

OK. Call me ignorant, but how the hell does someone get injured by a toilet?

I'm baffled.

Heelllllp! I'm having trouble with one of my blogs and I need someone who understands HTML to help me!

Preferably in person. Free coffee will be happily exchanged!

REMINDERS (from "Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking ( Read more... )

"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want." --Ben Stein

"Life is a long lesson in humility." --James M. Barrie (1860-1937)"You're alive. Do Something. The direction in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complex sentences. It sounded like this: ( Read more... )