Email update on my life has been sent out. Please let me know if you want it but didn't get it (or vice versa). This will be my contact list should I send out emails/blogposts from Ghana (depending on Internet access).

I will be back in Phoenix in March.  Ticket not yet purchased, but most likely the second week.  Then Gina and I will be roadtripping back to Seattle, going through Cali and Portland.  So people along those route take note!  (And let me know who might be able to put us up for a night or two).

i finally paid back the 5 grand for grad school that i dipped into for india travels and moving to oly and job stuff.  and while i would much prefer to have kept that money in my checking to spend on various and sundry things, my savings account thanks me.  one goal down, 100 more to go, wink ( Read more... )

So, like a few other people, I've decided to do 101 things in 1001 days. http://www.triplux.com/dayzero/default.asp

I've already discussed how I don't like resolutions for the most part, but decided to do some this year.  This sort of builds on that, with specific activities and goals with a particular focus.  I realize this may seem daunting, but ( Read more... )

i hate this rain.  take me back to the desert!  i never thought i'd say it, but i miss my sun and this rain is getting me down.

however, things that instantly lift my mood: gchatting with my indian friends in broken hindi.  and... comics!  a few samples:

tiny sepuku was a comic in the stranger from my high school days.  looking back, this and savage ( Read more... )

Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational, which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition ( Read more... )

i sent this out in my latest mass email from india, but i felt like this is important enough to re-post in case you didn't get it ( Read more... )

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http://picasaweb.google.com/malaya.fletcher/India

must run to hindi.  will edit album later. 

I will not be using lj a whole lot while in India; internet is generally slow, and I'm keeping pretty busy.  I will theoretically be sending out emails and pics, so if you want to be on the list to receive those, send me your email.  Here's the first edition of the curry chronicles:

Hello folks,

Welcome to installment one of the curry chronicles. ( Read more... )