i am up way too late and it's weird.,

howdy y'all! there is going to be a party at my house this friday and everyone is invited. bring your grandma if you want to. anyhow, i live at 3809 ave. f, off of 38th st. in hyde park. bring beer and other party refreshments. hope to see you there.

going to whataburger at 2 am after getting drunk with my mom at the once-was sandollar pavillion. we each get a BOB, no meat just egg and cheese. my inspiration. as we pass the brand new super wal-mart, mom laments the tragedies of the raped environment, screaming obsenities out the window, cursing the evil which is. me saying "bush sucks weiner" ( Read more... )

hi folks! i'm back in texas!

yesterday i was going to update my journal when out of the blue the unassuming young vietnamese lab assistant named the anh started randomly speaking to me in vietnamese. now it is true that i am in vietnam and should take every opportunity i can to speak vietnamese, however the circumstances under which i was expected to perform were daunting. i ( Read more... )

i decided to help him because he was desperate and shy. his english full of fault lines that i stumbled upon many a time. he said he had an interview to attend university in singapore and could i please help him? i have gotten many of the same questions, many a time. could you please help me practice my english? i thought this time i would be kind ( Read more... )

right now i have been sitting in front of a very slow computer in a very beautiful city called hue, in central vietnam. right now i have about 10 mosquito bites on each ankle and i am contemplating whether i should eat lunch or study french ( Read more... )

#1! Finished reading David Copperfield after 2 1/2 months. So wonderful. So so so wonderful. Charles ( Read more... )

The other day we went to a festival celebrating the mandarins of the Mac Dynasty from 12th century. Every village has their own personal deities which they prostrate to. Our appearance at this remote village surprised and delighted the people there and they showered us with gifts and attention. Every step we took we were shadowed by 15 children. ( Read more... )

Getting one's haircut is always an experience, especially at a swanky salon in Hanoi. At the snazzy salons here, rather than boasting Paul Mitchell or Redken as part of their shampooing line-up, all of them use BEDHEAD products. When you lay your head down on the not so snug neck rest, the water that they spray upon your head is lukewarm. All of a ( Read more... )