i leave on saturday for a 36 hour train ride to milwaukee. then karen, dawn, patrick, and kristin meet me for dinner. then all but kristin go to appleton. which means i'll be sleeping in my bed in hiett (and, more specifically, showering in my OWN BATHROOM in hiett) in a week from yesterday.

that is pretty sweet.

i finally watched motorcycle diaries.

i loved it.

i wish i spoke spanish. i'm going to learn...

here is my most highly recommended book for you to read next:
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins

it was fascinating.

..an excerpt from my letter to my advisor, prof. frazier.... it demonstrates my current state of mind and my academic plans.

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i'm home. ....happy/sad sigh.....

i'm tired, so nothing much that i'm able to say. i did change my facebook profile...there's a nice picture of me on the very tip top of xunantunich....

maybe more later. maybe not.

On Saturday I snorkelled with nurse sharks and sting rays! The sting rays were everywhere, gliding underneath me in a kaleidiscope of long tails, graceful wings, and ancient eyes. I will never forget that experience ( Read more... )

You remember my post from a few days ago about the tree that dropped stuff on me and I freaked out? I have nicknamed it the Tree of Doom. It lurks behind the bar most of us hang out at every day or so. The bar is a good place to get a plate of nachos, or a bottle of beer, and catch up with the other volunteers hanging around. That is...it used to ( Read more... )

Here is my promised post "adventure" update. It's actually mid "adventure." At the moment I'm using "quotes" because my adventure flopped, so it wasn't adventurous at all. I'm "mid adventure" in that I have another task to do but wanted to stop for a bit before picking up again ( Read more... )

I'm sorry my last post was so negative. I almost took it off livejournal but then realized I meant every word of it...it's just that usually I try to present my most positive outlook and with that post I clearly didn't. I'm going to be ok. I know I'm going to come home with some great stories, especially the ones that are the hardest to live ( Read more... )

Belize is hard you guys. It's hard. It's not what I expected. I'm at the beach this weekend, and this is what I expected. It's laid back, it's beautiful, it's charming, it's relaxing, it's nice temperature, it's somewhere you'd go on purpose and then stay. Where I am during the week in San Ignacio is where you'd end up because you'd never been ( Read more... )