I came home yesterday to my fancy shmansy apartment with the mercedes parked out front, a lamborghini dealership less than a mile away and within a 5 minute walk to one of the largest malls in the country...and there is a flock of sheep crossing the road. I freakin' love this country.

RULE NUMBER ONE ABOUT LIVING IN JORDAN: Never ever ever give your phone number to the chef even when you feel forced into it...lol!!!

"if I get your smile I don't need flowers. If I get your voice, I don't need music. If you speak to me I don't need anybody else. If you are my friend I don't need the world"

Where do they get this stuff?!

Huh.

I'm going to spend the next few months of my life with Princeton, West Point, Columbia, and Georgetown students.

This is going to be really interesting.

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Friday night.

I'm still waiting for a dull moment....

This selective pride is pathetic.

We don't choose when we want to be Americans. We are BORN Americans.
We ARE America.
Have you no pride in yourself?

Tonight was EXACTLY what I've been craving!
I cannot believe how much fun I just had.

I love the Middle East. I love the people. I love the culture.
This is what I want to do with my life.

This feels SO right.

I wish I could feel like this every night.
every day.
every minute.
every second.

Its amazing how just a simple story can correlate with some much in my life. Maybe its just me drawing simple comparisons---trying to establish a link to something I cherish.

Fact is, come morning this will all evaporate; a dream fading upon waking.

Manic.

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