May

30

To Zambia

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for my mom and anyone else vicariously stalking me on a minute-by-minute basis.
er, not that my mom does that.
Wednesday, May 30th
8:35pm - depart Vancouver
Thursday, May 31st
1:40pm - arrive London Heathrow (after 9 hours in the air)
7:05pm - depart London Heathrow
Friday, June 1st
6:50am - arrive Johannesburg (after 10 hours in the air)
11:05am […]

May

28

Testing phone blogging

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wow - phone blogging is sooo geeky. I love it! am positive Mr. Young is throwing up a little bit in his mouth right now.
we paid our respects to the strong Canadian dollar on the weekend with a quick trip to the Apple Store in Seattle. Jonathan bought me a present for […]

May

25

And she’s off… !

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it’s no secret that i’m a morning person, but even *i* haven’t been up before 5am in a very long time. as my eyes unglued this morning, i remember thinking: “holy crap, it’s early.”
followed by: “holy crap, it’s light out.”
according to my desktop widget, dawn this morning was at 4:37am and sunrise at 5:17am. […]

May

23

The two bums in my life

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aren’t they the bestest??

May

23

This time next week

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often when you’re looking forward to a Big Event that is months and months away, it ends up creeping up on you. turn your back for two seconds and — surprise! here it is! i’m a fan of countdowns* and for me the most jarring threshold is the “This Time Next Week” […]

May

22

Animal house

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so i’m hearing (reading, actually) a few bad things about the dorms at MUA. according to school policy, single first semester students are required to stay in the campus dorms. i can understand the good intentions of social integration and assistance for those living in a new country, but a few red flags […]

May

22

Morning becomes eclectic

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listening to: KCRW
not-quite enjoying: silty (new filter *sigh*) coffee
watching: people walk to work
thinking: writing is one of the best ways i know to slow down time
wow. what a whirlwind weekend. i can’t believe it’s monday tuesday(!) again already. once again, i had too many things to do and not enough hours to […]

May

22

Pain in the butt

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my opinion of pitbull owners is torn… part of me thinks they are stupid for choosing a breed with such aggressive reputations if they are unable to “handle” them. the rest of me feels bad because there is a lot of prejudice against them. pitbulls and their related (or similar-looking) breeds really can’t […]

May

19

I hope you’re having an awesome weekend cuz I sure am

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May

17

T-minus two weeks

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a glimpse of life after Africa from James in Sudan:
he was speaking the other night that after you do one mission, and you go back home, you are ruined. there is a distance between you and others that is irreconcilable, things that you cannot share. when you try, the people you talk to either cannot […]

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