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I'm just about to leave for Mali!
I'm so excited!

love you
Eileen

Words can not adequately describe how wonderfully amazing and chaotic the past two months have been. To everyone that has spent time with me before I left, thank you, every moment was wonderful.

Since I received my Peace Corps invitation I immediately gave my two weeks notice over at CONTECH Stormwater Solutions and started the intricate process ( Read more... )

I’m headed off to the sunny and arid Mali in July ( Read more... )

The past couple of weeks went by in quite the blur.. a couple of all nighters finishing projects, bike crashing, smashed (broke?) my thumb and smeared my face across the asphalt, finals, packing, hosting my sister and mom from Colorado, pouring rain, moving, more rain, graduation (a BS in Environmental Science with a concentration in water ( Read more... )

Also

"Xploding Plastix have a sound like irradiated neon washes, shimmering and pulse glowing accordingly disproportional to the flashy stuttering red lights, like cancerous cocktails; splintering with deranged delight. The cinematic dirty film noir feel is mercilessly exploited. Xploding Plastix is the epicure of a gorgeous, jagged, murderous pulse

DJ Danger Mouse

The Grey Album  (Quicktime Video)

the very illegitimate child of the Beatles' White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album

Awesome

There's a seagull tapping it's beak on our window at the the loaf of bread!
GAH!

Peace Corps Update ( Read more... )

"While we work in the fields, my sister-in-law walks five miles to the nearest village hand-pump to fill up our pots with drinking water. There is always a long queue at this pump and sometimes fights break out . . .many families send their children to fill up water. Some believe it's more important than sending them to school." Bargi Devi, Indian ( Read more... )