The spiders here are huge! not the big hairy kind, but the armored-looking ones with long scary legs ( Read more... )

I made it!
We got through all the airports, survived the drive here, took an 8-hour nap, and here we are in the Windsor Castle in Kottayam.
So I am safely in Kerala, we leave for Ayroor tomorrow morning.
This place is fantastic.  Gorgeous tropical forest, but the streets and buildings are filthy and trash-strewn (except for the resorts).

I'm having a ( Read more... )

here I am in the Comfort Inn, Metro.  in Romulus.
Tomorrow morning at eight-something I leave for New Mexico for a week, and then it's on to Kerala.  I won't have computer access until I arrive in Ayroor, probably, so don't expect any updates until probably the 15th or 16th.  maybe later.  So wish me luck everyone.

I had forgotten how amazing Calvin and Hobbes is.  Going back, I can't believe how much influence it has had on the way I think.  I bet you think I'm kidding, but I'm really not.  Bill Watterson is an artist ( Read more... )

I hate how she makes generalizations about other countries.  Like "Well you know in foreign countries punishments for crimes are way more severe" or "Well in foreign countries they don't keep pets like we do.  I mean in some of them."  As if most everyone lives in the US, and the rest of the world is just a small group of weirdos who are mostly all ( Read more... )

In case anyone's wondering, the reason I haven't made very many or very long updates is because I've told you all there is to tell. There really is nothing more to say. I wait, bored, for August 5th. Which I might just have to declare an international day of celebration ( Read more... )

I just spent two days in Paw Paw with Brett, Lindsay, and Jordan. We went tubing and swimming and JimmyJohn's-ing and it was a blast. I swam so much that I am very sore in my pectorals and legs, but it's a good sore.

If you were going to the other side of the world for 4 months, what would you pack?

You know how on Talk of the Nation they'll play a little music between stories. Well today (about 5 minutes ago) they played the intro to the Red Hot Chili Pepper's Californication. funny.

At the end of a long day, there's nothing like a nice hot cup of VIII to cool down with ( Read more... )

I had a thing at my church that they needed me for tonight. I tried to call you and let you know, but there was no answer. My phone was off during services, so the number you called me from doesn't show up. And your phone is dead. The thing at church ended at 8:00, and I've spent most of the last 20 minutes calling the number you gave me on ( Read more... )