Most everyone has some sort of opinion about what I should do with my life, which is all well and good, except I don’t tend to listen to most people, besides my mother (and it took a good twenty-three years before I started doing that). A general trend I have noticed, not only in my [...]
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Grad School Is the New Marriage
Posted in readjustment, sustain this! on March 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Five Stages of Hiking
Posted in Bulgaria, fitness, sustain this! on December 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This is what happens when you go hiking with three outdoorsy Bulgarians, someone who rides his bicycle everyday and possesses the temperament of a mountain goat, and someone who just went to Athens and ran 42 kilometers for fun. 1. Denial. They said it was an easy hike! You can handle it. Just a few [...]
Who wants to join me?
Posted in Bulgaria, sustain this! on November 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I would like to propose a fourth goal to Peace Corps Bulgaria: forming an elite team of corruption-fighting volunteers whose lives will resemble a Bond movie at best, or at least resemble a good episode of MacGeyver. We will regulate. We will kick ass. We will have nifty spy gadgets and set up headquarters in [...]
Oh.My.God.
Posted in sustain this!, Travels on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ridiculous. My apartment does not usually look like this.
Sandwiches, telling time at the North Pole, and antidisestablishmentarianism
Posted in sustain this!, teaching on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had the opportunity to watch the class of one of my colleagues today. Even though I didn’t understand everything that was said in the class (it was Geography), I learned quite a lot. This particular class was the 8th grade. They are, at first glance, the most well-behaved of the classes in the school. [...]
A Pat on the Back
Posted in sustain this!, vibes on October 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Give yourselves one, people. Because you deserve it! And if you are a B23, go ahead and give yourself a big ‘ol bear hug or find a Bulgarian nearby to do the honors, if you are lucky enough to have neighbors. Ahem. Just existing in the madness that is the world is enough reason to [...]
