lately, all my virtual communication occurs directly.

the days of sending mass missives out into the ether are over.

these days, i look at blank text boxes and feel bewildered.

but low and behold, when i got up this morning, there was a nudge from rob saying "the last time you posted something was 21 weeks ago ( Read more... )

the thing is, i keep going back and forth about whether i want to go downtown on tuesday or not. do i want to brave the crowds, live with the hassle of public transit, deal with the madness that is going to be the district of columbia on january 20th ( Read more... )

every time i think about last night, i start crying all over again.

i never thought i would feel good about american politics again.

please go vote today. obviously i would very much prefer it if you vote for barack obama, but if you feel the need to vote for someone else, just GO.

non-americans, i apologize for being one more person to spam your flist with american voting pleas. hope you have a great tuesday :)

The thing is, I don't think this is funny anymore. I watched every Katie Couric interview, every SNL spoof. I watched the debate (if you can even call it that) and felt ill. Because this is the sort of thing that would be funny if it was like when Obama was running against Alan Keyes, when it was obvious what was going to happen and you could ( Read more... )

What is your number one reason to vote for John McCain ( Read more... )

Adversity is like a strong wind.  I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go.  It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward, we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.

- Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

There were times when I envied their glamourous lives. Jetsetting from England to France to Indonesia to Australia to Peru. Standing where Caesar stood and scaling the Great Wall of China like those invading armies never could ( Read more... )

this is where i list 5 really cool things i've done this year, with photographic evidence. feel free to recycle - i did.

1. le mariage


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