hi livejournal.

its been a while. i just read through all your old posts, especially from westtown junior and senior year. hmm.

im different -- quite different, but its also hillarious how some things are still so similar, or are like glimmers across a pond. so many like cycles twirl away, dont they?

anyway, its not as bad as the mess my blog turned ( Read more... )

back in america. wtf is this place. ate a cheesesteak the other night with hibby and keej. learned that everybody is also obsessed with mgmt and kids here. awesome. theres no acai, acerola, goiaba, etc here. depressed. its also very cold. it was 95 every day in belem. needless to say i now have a cold. been reading the invisible pyramid. if i could ( Read more... )

oh man. im funny. what a weird...yeah.

so, brazil. brazil is great. everything about it is great. but i like my blog better than lj. which is ok. tuesday i leave real amazonia, yet stay within the legal amazon, and go to sao luis, aka tropical reggae island, and live in a seminary and do environmental health community research. my life rocks?

i feel ( Read more... )

brazil in 10 days. ohhhh snap. gotta crank up the summer reading and the portuguese

Man oh man do I miss Jaya.
Nuff said. It's hard to believe that its been a month since we last saw each other. And that it will be six more until we do again. I mean, I think we did the right thing by splitting up for now. You go abroad to grow, and the best way to do that is to immerse yourself. Plus, who knows how much communication I will ( Read more... )

• stop writing with capitol letters in writing outlets that aren't graded for grammar; its dumb
• keep exercising
• do more portuguese
• find better ways to avoid/escape from family
• write a short story

Everything is fantastic, and it feels about time. It's rare you find someone you really do feel as if you can't get enough of them. She's falling for me and I'm falling for her. Schoolwork is engaging and challenging. I have a group of friends I feel more or less very comfortable around. So, everything is very good. Jaya is pretty amazing. It feels ( Read more... )

To prove the chaos that is my mind ( Read more... )

So 2007 sucked more than I can ever imagine. It feels like a bad dream, but hey, when's a better time to start with a clean slate then the new year? On the beach I really have all the time in the world to reflect on choices, attitudes, and approaches I have made over the year, and I am going to do everything in my power to not let this year suck.

Yesterday my residents and I had a secret santa and it was quite fun. I got a cd of jazz and brazilian music i am very excited to chill and listen to ( Read more... )