January 2011
23 posts
2(nine) & Thirty →
(29) My sister and her boyfriend let me harass them and their lovey-dovey dog all weekend. Good times! (30) How many cheesecakes does it take to…
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I really don’t feel that old…
2(six), 2(seven) & 2(eight) →
(26) The journals and SD cards for Snapshots of Service! Getting it all ready to go! (27) My birthday is on Sunday. Right now I am in Tampa visiting and…
C/SA, Pacific Islands, Caribbean, Asia, and... →
I am not trying to discriminate again Africa volunteers (you are welcome to sign up!), but they are dominating the journal project thus far! It would be great to get PCVs from multiple countries in…
Twenty-Three →
Something a little different today: My first ever video! I have forgotten for so long how to do video on my D-90 that I was pretty excited to figure it out :) This will be my Day 23 in lieu of a…
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Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty-One & Twenty-Two →
(19) Car wash day! I now have a happier car. (20) Went for a drive around my area. I also did not get lost, which makes me extra impressed with myself.
“Yes, indeed. Shatter the glass. In our society that is so self-absorbed, begin...”
– R. Sargent Shriver (via blahblahblahcoyotes)
My stupid nose is trying to suffocate me.
STOP BEING STUFFY, NOSE!
Also, I hate being sick. I am a baby about such things.
Skeptical Blender: Peace Corps rape controversy →
skepticalblender:
Twitter is… atwitter… with consternation about an ABC News 20/20 investigation which aired tonight. After an investigation, ABC learned that “more than 1,000 young American women have been raped or sexually assaulted” since 2000.
My heart definitely goes out to these people. What they went…
I think that this is brilliantly written and I absolutely agree. I know the...
“Existentialists are nihilists because they recognize that life is ultimately...”
– How to be an Existentialist, Gary Cox (via selley)
“At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized — at a time when we...”
– Barack Obama @ Arizona Memorial Service
And today I shall send away most of my paycheck.
Damn carpet bill.
And then I remember I also have medical bills left to pay.
FML today!
Ten. →
Traveling gnome?!
You bet I have one!
Nine →
I get far too much amusement out of the Smart Water animals.
“Let’s drink responsibly and recycle! (You know you really otter)”
Gah, I need a new camera lens. I love mine in…
Eight →
And so I again start the scarf that I have started and restarted numerous time since 2007. As I was cleaning the other day, I found my incomplete knitting and have been working on it here and there…
Day Seven →
Okay, so technically it is past midnight, but I haven’t been to bed yet, so it is still Day Seven. I did something I consider to be AMAZING today, for me at least. Let me start by saying I am a dumb…
Bizarre Foods →
So Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern often shows him in countries where Peace Corps serves, which makes those some of my favorite episodes since I tend to think: “I wonder how many PCVs have tried…
Day Five →
You know what I like about this 365 thing? It helps give me things to write about! I generally find myself to be a pretty crappy blogger as I tend to either give up and lose interest or wind up using…
Mapping North American English dialects...
thenewrepublic:
An impressive hobby.
The linguistic nerd in me loves this!
Day Four →
I managed to catch my brother online today and he forcefully convinced me to video call him with Skype despite the fact that video chat mildly freaks me out due to my own insecurities in regards to…
Day Three →
I love Spaghetti’s “I am not amused” face.
I don’t blame her, I hate having my picture taken, too and my camera has one bright flash. Anyway, see those little bits of pink on her paw?…
Making an Attempt; Day One →
It is a new year! But really, we all know that as we aren’t exactly living under a rock. I am not one for resolutions since I think that we can start any goals we may have at any time we’d like to….