It’s been two years since I last posted, and with all the new social media out, with all the status updates and the microblogging, it seems appropriate to go back to my internet roots, so to speak. I must admit, fitting your thoughts into 140 characters is its own art form, but one that doesn’t quite go with my iPhone less, not constantly wired ( Read more... )

My favorite jelly bean flavor (cherry) and my most hated (cinnamon) are exactly the same shade of red.

There's a 4 lb. jar of jellybeans on the computer table right now.

Texas is as I remember.Vast, endless landscapes and clouds that stretch out into forever. This time it's cold too. We arrived, from a 23 hour flight, into a truly miserable afternoon. The rainstorms plaguing Kansas and Oklahoma had made our 3 hour flight into an almost 4 hour ordeal of turbulence and crying babies. It was raining, from the tail ( Read more... )

I ended my long work day at 6, right after teaching a couple of particularly unruly small children. Exhausted, I decided to take a cab home. I had 50 pesos left in my bag, which I hoped would be enough. It sometimes is when there's not much traffic. If it wasn't, I'd have the taxi wait outside while I got some change from my apartment, or maybe ( Read more... )

I donated blood today. With
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In the summer most schools are on a break, and so are most teachers. But it's the busiest time for me, when kids on vacation come in, usually forced by their parents to brush up on some language skill or other. And I have to teach them ( Read more... )

My new resolution to get back to the gym was messed up again! It never fails. Every time I got on a treadmill, I got a minor pain on my left foot, not nearly excruciating, but enough to make me stop running. Two weeks later and it hadn't changed, so I decided to put my new health insurance to good use, and headed to the hospital. After I'd waited ( Read more... )

So I did it, after maybe 6 years, i faced one of my worst fears and went to THE DENTIST ( Read more... )

Today I scored the best ukay-ukay find ever.


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So I finally did it and cut my hair last week. Now I have to show it off.


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