Okay so I was wrong, I remembered this case as if they were from China.

The Nayar from the Indian state of Kerala.

Recently I've been thinking about a class I took back in spring 2006 called Anthropology of Family Life so I found my old notebook and want to make a couple of notes here about what I learned back then so that I can do more research about what I've been thinking about ( Read more... )

I was going to write a heartfelt lj entry... and then I thought I'd have to talk about other stuff... so instead I'll just do this.

( please work and cut this )

My life is a series of awkward events.  Case in point ( Read more... )

Two random facebook friends of mine had the following statuses today: I pray your brakes go out runnin’ down a hill, I pray a flowerpot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I’d like to, I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls, I pray you’re flyin’ high when your engine stalls, I pray all your dreams never come true, Just ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's been a year.  One year ago today, everything was different.    But one thing remains the same: we all miss you and love you ( Read more... )

I'm practicing learning how to cook in my apartment.

So far I have been able to make:

-Irish Soda Bread (Ireland)
-Corned Beef and Potatoes (Ireland)
-Mohinga (Burma)
-Mohinga with coconut milk (ohnocohswe but with fish?) (Burma?)
-chana dahl curry (Bangladesh)
-green papaya salad err... red papaya soup (Thailand)
-Caprese Sandwiches (France)
-Crepes ( ( Read more... )

( One of those fun surveys )

This morning I was visiting one of my favorite schools and ended up just visiting the ESL classroom for about an hour. All my kids were there and it was wonderful just hanging out with them, hearing how great they're doing in class, and helping solve their problems. They're such good kids. When I told the ESL teacher (one of my favorites in the ( Read more... )

Today was a wonderful day too ( Read more... )