I learned some interesting things today ( Read more... )

Hurray! Today we went to an Indian grocery store and spoke a wee bit of Tamil with a true Tamil-speaking person! I even understood some of what he said. I asked him a few questions, and he understood me too, :) although he did have to tell me the word for garlic ( Read more... )

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I just learned a lot more about life. I'm not happy, but things are a lot clearer than they were two days ago. Or yesterday. They were slowly becoming clearer and I ... am glad they turned out the way they did, mostly ( Read more... )

I decided to hang out with myself today, and it was absolutely amazing ( Read more... )

That's something like what Tamil sounds like. It's fun, I like this language. I'm sure I'll like it a lot more once I get there too :) This is probably the most linguistically prepared I've ever been before traveling to a place ( Read more... )

I was just given the name of an Ashram in India. I may be there for a while. I just ... I just can't take the US, and sometimes the world. I need to learn how to be in it without writhing in disgust. Especially when later I realize I had no need to. There are few moments when I feel like everything is where it should be. One is with a certain ( Read more... )

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I've just arrived. Today was my first day exploring the city and I had a really great time. Last night I took a cab to my apartment and found my room, small and humid, but attached to a screened-in porch. Pretty sweeet ( Read more... )