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It is amazing how much sound and scent can trigger an emotional response. I can’t help but wonder how I will remember new Zealand. Will it be in the scent of lavender? South Africa is clearly the smell of orange blossoms in the air…that and decomposing donkey on the side of the road – don’t […]
150,000 iraqi dead. I wonder how it is that we haven’t truly kept track until now. The standard word on iraq is that this is not a war on the people of iraq – only the insurgents. But if that were truly the case we would mourn each civilian death there as we mourn our […]
i’m staring out the window and gazing at what can only be described as “spastic” weather. New Zealand is the king of spastic weather. This morning the clouds were thick and by the time I walked outside the sun had come out but the wind whipped up into unbelievable gusts. And then rain fell from […]
i’d like to write some fun stuff now but stress seems to have taken over my mind body and soul. it seems that the slightest thing – what should be the easiest thing – becomes this monumental task incvolving way more effort than i ever though necessary. today was the day that classes opened for […]
This weekend was the beginning of my social butterfly stage. I’m not exactly sure what causes it other than lethargy…but whenever I’m about to move I get caught up in a whirl of social activities. All of a sudden my weekends are studded with events and the list of other things I need/want/ am supposed […]
so i finished it…my spss paper. i can’t say its good. i can say i learned something…whether it was enough to make the paper make sense i’ll find out in a week to a month. we’ll see then. so a load off of me and now there is room for yet another load…my exam for […]
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It isn’t difficult for me to get caught up in my life here in zed and forget that I’m in another country. I mean, yes, the demographics are WIDELY different than what I would find in downtown Houston, Dallas, or New Orleans…I just don’t think to myself every second of the day, “You’re in another […]
“We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.” ~Anias Nin~
the top muslim cleric in australia recently gave a speech that is causing outrage. he blamed “imodestly” dressed women for rape saying that it was 90% their fault and likening uncovered women to uncovered meat. needless to say that folks are emotional. on the today show it was mentioned in passing that there appears to […]
i nagged my mother tirelessly. i wanted her to work out. and she responded like a true champion. she hit the gym with a zeal and dedication that made me proud. next on my list has been my sister. equally, she has met the challenge…hitting the gym and looking to my mother for inspiration. now […]
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