in 3 days i will be off this rock and in rome. my life will actually be moving again in some direction. probably towards the more poor end of things. today one of my student's families came up to the lab and i showed them around. turns out they are going to be living about 10 min away from me in queens. they were really nice and in need of a ( Read more... )

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well when you live on the tiniest island ever, sometimes you are driven to do things that you hate. i have taken up running. it is the only thing that keeps me from sleeping all day. i had an mp3 player sent to me from hong kong and i still hate every minute of running. i run with good music next to the mediterranean sea. still hate it. but here ( Read more... )

i downloaded the new justin timberlake song from vh1 because there is nothing better to do on this island and now it won't stop playing. i can't find the application. he just keeps saying get on it and now i want to get on it and hopefully it is a windsurf board cause i want to try that. i'm going to rome in september TICKET PURCHASED! and ( Read more... )

fuck italy fuck france. two sucky futbol teams at the world cup.

i'm sitting on menorca listening to iron and wine. quite possibly the most comforting music whn one is pondering life decisions such as why did i say that i would stay on a tiny island for the next four months? it is beautiful. it is helping my career. it is helping my spanish. must be brave. iron and wine is nice sitting alone in your apartment ( Read more... )

i graduated this weekend and sat through the really long ceremony. andrew not invited to after party by my parents so i wouldn't let anyone ese be invited. he came in while we were lining up and said hi but didn't stay til the end. felt like sneaking around. felt bad cause i was there all day and didn't go to see my grandma that day ( Read more... )