even though in taipei these days the daily high is still in the mid-80s, if you can believe it, the air has changed here the same way it does in the u.s. this time of year, and i find myself feeling that conflicted ambivalent feeling i always have in fall. it's a sad feeling of change and adjustment and dread of the cold, but it's still so full of ( Read more... )

i love horsefeathers and i love you.
i talk about you all the time lately, and it's not just cuz i miss you, but because i've learned so much from you.

today is my birthday ( Read more... )

it's due time i've posted something about my life here. so here ccomes a long entry ( Read more... )

and on an unrelated note, i have a beautiful apartment (keys are in my purse) in taipei. i'm so excited i can't even tell you.

take a look!you know you wanna come visit. (but i don't get like, any vacation this year...but come anyhow ( Read more... )

cowgirl, this is for you.


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the first thing i did when i got home, basically, was sit in front of my bookshelf. i just sat there looking at all the great books i own, most of them picked up from library book sales and used book stores. i really love my book collection and now that i've started packing to move back to halfway around the world, i'm dealing with that strange ( Read more... )

i just need to write this angry post ( Read more... )

hey everyone. i didn't drop off the planet, so here's the update ( Read more... )

it's almost official.

i just sent an email accepting a job at a little elementary school right outside of taipei whose name in english is "white cloud."

now i've just gotta wait for the confirmation email.