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Belize 4: Tourism
Well, today was my last day as a responsible, productive person in Belize. I'm spending the rest of my time here as a tourist.( Read more... ) -
Belize 3- An American In Belize
So I spent the weekend at the Benque Viejo Fiesta, helping the nurses from the Ministry of Health with free HIV testing. ( Read more... ) -
Belize 2
Over the past couple of days, I've really gotten down to work on a couple of the programs that I'll be doing while I'm here. ( Read more... ) -
Belize
For those of you who don't know, I'm in Belize, volunteering with a local HIV/AIDS outreach program in San Ignacio. It's been a long time since I've updated here regularly, but it seems like a good idea to keep a record of sorts.
I arrived yesterday at the airport in Belize City. ( Read more... ) -
The Disease Philosophy
I'm procrastinating very hard for my finals, so I thought I'd take the time to share some thoughts I've had along the way. ( Read more... ) -
Life interferes with livejournal. . .
This is true on several different levels. Of course, if you have a life you don't have time to livejournal about it. But, less obviously, if you have a life, then anything you can talk about on livejournal is likely to involve people who will be reading it. This could be seen as being rather tasteless ( Read more... ) -
This bites
In other news, I am completely unable to look at any individual user's LJ (including my own) while I'm logged in. I go from my logon page to any other page, and I'm logged off when I get there. Does anybody have any idea what's going on here? -
Utility or Truth?
Just a minute ago, I ran a Google search to make sure I had a Heisenberg quote right: "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning." Much to my surprise, the first couple links I clicked on were actually not scientific websites. One of them was titled Questioning the Scientific Worldview and seemed to be ( Read more... ) -
Sick, damnit!
I am a terrible sick person. I whine and complain over even the most minor illness, walk around with this huge "pity me!" face for days. It's really unflattering. But, really, it's because I hate being sick. Even little things put me off my game- I can't sleep at all, or concentrate worth a damn when my nose is stuffed up. I sneeze all the time ( Read more... )