I have been feeling homesick for the past few days. It started the other day while I was looking for Mexican recipes online to make in our kitchen (we've been getting quite sick of our Bengali meals). Just looking through the recipes made me sad because I could envision myself cooking these things in my own kitchen with all of the ingredients ( Read more... )

I only have 6 weeks left here and it depresses the hell out of me! I finally feel settled and already I'm leaving. 6 weeks may sound like a lot but it's going to go by in a flash. Just a few weeks ago I was complaining and I couldn't wait to go home...now I don't know what I'm going to do once that time actually comes. Coming home will ( Read more... )

I think that I have finally become a part of the city. When I walk down the street I don't so much notice the rickshaw driver man sleeping on the pavement, or the beggar children asking for money, or the street dogs lying on the curb, or the smell of urine or feces seeping out of a back alley, or the men staring as I walk by. I just walk with my ( Read more... )

I'm not really sure why, but I'm in such an amazing mood today. It's weird because I've been constipated for 3 days now, our dog pissed all over my North Face backpack, and I think that our laundry lady stole a few pairs of my underwear. BUT I got a haircut today for $6.00 (incl. tip) that came out pretty much exactly how I wanted it (Momum ( Read more... )

Today marks the 1 month point since my departure from the states. It has gone by so quickly, but when I look back it seems like it has been forever to get here. Only 2 1/3 more months left! Sometimes I catch myself counting how much time I have left...with my malaria pills. It's not that I don't like it here, or REALLY miss home, but I just ( Read more... )

Just checking in from India. I have now been here for a little over three weeks and I can't believe it! It feels like I have already been here for 3 months. I feel as if I am adjusting pretty well to my new environment...not too much culture shock. It's funny that most of my annoyances here are directed towards the group that I came here with and ( Read more... )

I miss Amy. I miss being able to have someone there to talk everything out with...and to laugh over retarded stuff with. I'm glad we'll be roomates again next semester.

I had a Gertrude Stein epiphany this evening while sipping my iced coffee at Au Bon Pain before my Sociology of the Family class started. I finally understand "Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights" (this play we read in Drama by Women). Justin kept trying to explain it to me. Even this morning he was trying to explain it to me and it just wasn't sinking ( Read more... )

church fart (6:08:35 PM): thats going to be a long flight ( Read more... )

My Shiny New Red Bicycle