i always stay restless. no matter what i seem to be doing, my mind is somewhere else. i need to write down my current "plan" while it's in my head, so i can be considering it and really thinking about what is best for my life.

i'm going crazy not having my kids around. i miss the asha mission kids so much, i feel like i could burst. it's a horrible ( Read more... )

...goes to blur's "sweet song." i was obsessed with the music of it for 9 months. now the words seem to have meaning. don't you hate that?

What am I to do
Someone here is really not happy
Put myself on a line
It seems I never got through to you
So I wean myself off slowly

I'm a darkened soul
My streets all pop music and gold
Our lives are on TV
You ( Read more... )

no one posts much on livejournal these days. i've felt like i've had nothing worthy of lj material. india is full of random moments and odd stories, but i don't write them down. you'll have to call me to hear them.

but soon i want to talk about mohandas gandhi. i want to quote him. so i will. when i don't feel like livejournal is a waste of time.

i'll start with philadelphia:


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ron paul advocates civil disobedience, less government control on citizens, he opposed the iraq war from the get-go, moving funds from foreign policy to individual choices on health care, and he's a strict constitutionalist...

and if you want more information, ask phillip (www.myspace.com/questionsindialect) cuz he introduced me to this epiphany and ( Read more... )

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ONE THIRD of all the world's bikes are in china. i believe it for sure. 

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tonight i got to hang out with a man and his five daughters whose names were praise, patience, blessin, miracle, and tooprecious. i'm not even kidding. and they were all of the above adjectives ( Read more... )

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i had an epiphany last night while reading psalm 147-148. so i want to stop forgetting what is around me and start remembering that i am but a microbe in the constant rhythm of the universe. the greatness of God and his creation is almost unfathomable to me. and it definitely goes beyond what shoes i'm gonna wear today or where i'll eat next. the ( Read more... )

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i decided that my dream (along with many others) is to one day be on chinese television. i've fallen in love with the zaniness of them. they don't try to be all badass like american celebrities. they just have a good time. ....annnnddd there are some pretty attractive boys in china. have i mentioned that before?  so weird but i love it!

the above is ( Read more... )