fifteen days to go, till i leave this amazing country for the hustle and bustle of the highways, the confinements of home, but good people and good food (mexican and pizza oh my!) is what keeps me going. hopeful for conversations and the enjoyable last remaining weeks of my undergraduate education. then comes summer and apartment hunting in New ( Read more... )

Can i just say that going to a mall in india is beyond weird? like..i hate malls in the States, but having to drive past slum tent villages to get to a big plastic beackon of mass consumption, consumerism, and capitalism made me sick. the guilt of spending 900 Rs. (about $20, and about what a good portion of the population makes in a months income ( Read more... )

Aside from falling down the stairs today, despite the million billion mosquito bites plaguing my body, and minus the lightheadedness/dizziness that occurs whenever i do yoga, I am doing very well. I am learning so much about spirituality/the caste system/Gandhi/EVERYTHING and seeing so much doing so much moving nonstop practically. I am very tired ( Read more... )

india is amazing. this paradise will be my home for the next three and a half months. everything about the ashram is perfect-- the jungle, the food, the gals i'm with, the weather..oh it's so warm and nice. my only complaint is that my sleep schedule is still fucked up. its 7 a.m here right now, and i've been up since four. the night before, we ( Read more... )

my last 48 hours in new jersey and i am a mess. my tonsils are huge pus covered and even a little bloody, my ears ache, head hurts, no voice, etc etc. i went to the doctors this morn (after a night with little to no sleep past two a.m.) and got some zithromax. he wasn't even going to write me anything cause he thought it was viral (mono? uh no.) ( Read more... )

So i took my last final at Ramapo College. woo! i think i did well, it was hell, but i think in the end my grade will be a reward. especially since i got a fuckin A on my grant, one of two people in the class to get it "approved, without need for changes". yay. after celebrating the success of that with some sweet badlands burritos, i finished all ( Read more... )

i don't know what to say
except
i don't know.

and i guess i'm twenty two now..

these times they are a'changin'.

fucking atlantic county never received my absentee ballot form (despite mailing it like 3 weeks ago), so looks like im coming home tonight so i can vote tomorrow. then back up to school for class. oh joy.

i almost died today and i'm still a little shaken. mauro and i were driving back to the office from staples, and we were at a red light. the light turned green, and he started to press on the gas to go through, but suddenly this huge hideous hummer sped straight through the red light going like 60 miles and hour. i screamed and mauro slammed on his ( Read more... )