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Drugs, thugs and racism: a smidgen of what I've learned so far on the border.
January 27, 2009
A list of recent distractions. This is what has been keeping me busy recently.
January 27, 2009
Tomorrow will be my first opportunity to listen to my completed mix, The Long Road Home. That last leg that seems to last oh-so-long will be much quicker this time.
January 26, 2009
In this post: rejection letters, romantic rejection, my petty impulses, The Kenyon Review , and children's publishing.
January 26, 2009
We were getting bedraggled, after countless handstands, cartwheels, and rope climbs. Yet as the weeks wound down, we got closer and closer as a group.
January 26, 2009
He proceeded to talk about a hotel that once existed, the spirit that haunted it, and the bomoh they hired to appease it.
January 26, 2009
A final week with the Pirates... a wayfaring seafaring voyage that will take me to the ends of the world...err... New York.
January 25, 2009
I thought I'd share with you 10 things I have learned during my time at home, and despite their narrow margin of relevance, maybe they'll come in handy someday.
January 25, 2009
German, food, and friends. Good times, free time, and endless hectares of vocabulary to learn. Co-oping, the present perfect, and the biting cold.
January 23, 2009
The movie centered on Darius, a 15-year-old with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Darius' brother Mario died of the same disease when he was 19, and Darius talks about his brother occasionally during the film.
January 22, 2009
Bartok and Techno, but not at the same time.
January 22, 2009
This mix of people leads me to a very important topic: food. Malaysia, and particularly Penang, where my grandparents live, is well-known on those travel cooking shows for having amazing food. Those shows aren't lying.