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Hello Livejournal!

James and I have created a Tumblr page for our Jordan trip. Feel free to join us, from pre-trip preparation to final destination!

http://zen-debris.tumblr.com/

I want to say that I am jubilant. I mean, shouldn't I be? In a Law & Order sort of way? Shouldn't I have that moment where the camera pans in on me, my family, and then sweeps out when the jury hands down the guilty verdict ( Read more... )

For those of you not on Facebook, I was awarded a full summer scholarship to the Qasid Institute for Arabic studies in Amman, Jordan. James and I will be leaving the states on June 15 and returning on August 27.

We are very excited for this adventure!

Hi all! I am not posting a lot lately, but I am checking in and reading on a semi-regular basis. Big hugs to you all.

At the end of Jonathan Saffron Foer's masterpiece, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," you will find, instead of words, a series of pictures. I call them the falling-up pictures. You see a shot of one of the twin towers, and slowly, page after page, the body of a man in a suit falls up, and up, and up. He falls up and disappears from the picture ( Read more... )

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Everything just feels backwards right now. In fact, our entire country seems to have regressed, lapsing into a state of fear and suspicion. The economy is in shambles, foreclosures are happening every day, and I feel like there is no end in sight. There is a certain sense of hopelessness and despair in our daily lives, and frankly it’s getting too ( Read more... )

Rest in Peace, Lee Michael Desmond.
I hope you find peace, finally, wherever you are.

I'll never forget you.

Toni Morrison, you always remind me that I am something, that I am a woman, I am.