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I found out today that an old friend of mine was in Haiti when the earthquake happened and she is still missing. She works for the CDC and was doing work in Haiti on AIDS. She was staying at the Hotel Montana where they are still pulling survivors out of the rubble. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts, as well as all those who are ( Read more... ) -
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i am absolutely flabbergasted. i'm somewhere between jumping up and down and crying tears of joy! as i write this john mccain is giving his concession speech. i'm just overwhelmed with happiness and shock. BARACK OBAMA IS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
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i've been back in toledo for a few days but i haven't felt motivated to post. plus, i've been obsessively watching the olympics. my trip to knoxville went surprisingly well. like i said before, it was so wonderful to be surrounded by friends and my former community. it was also really nice to spend time with my sister, my niece, and my brother- ( Read more... ) -
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i am emotionally and physically exhausted after a very long weekend. i arrived in knoxville late thursday night and was woken up at eight something in the morning by my friend taryn calling me to arrange what time i should be at the site to help set up for our friend beth's wedding. it was a 100+ degrees heat index all weekend and we worked our ( Read more... ) -
Tanzania Trog Part 9: Iraqwi Tribe, Karatu School, and Gibbs Farms
On the eighth day of our trip we reluctantly left the Ngorongoro Crater. Unfortunately, it was rainy and extremely misty so we couldn't see the Crater as we drove out of the Ngorongoro Conservation area, but at least the baboons came out to bid us a fond farewell as we drove out of the park.
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Tanzania Trog Part 8: Maasai Village
The Maasai Village deserves its own entry because it was such a strange and interesting experience (not like everything else on this hasn't been strange and interesting). On our second day at the Ngorongoro Crater we drove just outside the park to visit a Maasai village, or boma ( Read more... ) -
Tanzania Trog Part 7: Oldupai Gorge and Ngorongoro Crater
After our balloon safari and full english breakfast was over with we were taken to a spot to meet back up with our guides and my sister, niece, and brother-in-law. We loaded into the Land Rovers and headed out of the Serengeti and into the Ngorongoro Highlands. I was sad to leave the Serengeti because it was such an amazing experience and also ( Read more... ) -
Africa Trog: Addendum
I have been having major difficulty in getting my videos uploaded from trip to websites. Apparently my laptop does not like the format that my digital camera records them in so i had to transfer them to our desktop and then they wouldn't work on the sites i uploaded them to... The point is that it's been a pain in the ass but at least i've finally ( Read more... ) -
Tanzania Trog Part 6: Balloon Safari (Central Serengeti continued)
Jambo, jambo (our wake up call) came at four in the morning and by 4:30 my parents, my sister, her boyfriend, and i were loaded into a Land Rover and heading towards the launch site for our balloon safari. While getting up at four in the morning sucks the benefit is, at least when you're in the Serengeti, is that you get to see some of the ( Read more... )
