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i'm going to see that Narnia movie with Ryan. i just hope i don't leave the theatre feeling disappointed with Someone Else's Vision of A Dear Childhood Literary Experience ( Read more... )

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i'm still deep in the process of readjusting to Everything here, that much is clear. i'm getting up at a reasonable hour, at least -- woke up at 7 today -- but otherwise, i feel weirdly disconnected. like i'm outside of this place ( Read more... )

that's right! i'm back! my flight was a million hours long, but i am indeed back from the wilds of the Dark Continent ( Read more... )

I forget to write in here for months at a time, and then when I AM online and remember my LJ, i can't think of much of interest to type. BUT! This time, though I am late in getting the news to you, I have the following to report ( Read more... )

today i am twenty two. in layman's terms, deuce deuce. [<--clear savageinfluence.] we made mexifood, drank margaritas, and ate carrot cake cupcakes last night to ring in o meu anniversario, and that was simply perfect ( Read more... )

"the opening ceremony is tomorrow ( Read more... )

the lymph node under my right armpit is swollen and infected. i cannot decide if i think it is awesome or disturbing or both ( Read more... )

We got back from Christmas in Chimoio last night after a neverending boleia. As Lindsey put it, "This is the most Peace Corps that I've felt the entire time we've been here." Willfully standing around outside and getting drenched by a 9 am rainstorm, whizzing past verdant plains and lazy palm trees and impossibly dramatic rock outcroppings, and ( Read more... )