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Ever feel stuck? In quicksand? Or amber? La Brea tar pit stuck? That's about where I am at the moment. Couldn't tell you when it happened exactly, I only know that one day I woke up and felt like I couldn't draw one more breath if something didn't change in a big way. No, not my marriage. I still...
<-- recycled white envelopes [pack of 25], $3. okay, i have officially decided, i hate looking for colleges. my main choices now are columbia college (the one in chicago for art people, not the one in new york for doctors) and the savannah college of art and design, even though my grades and school...
A friend of mine is joining the Peace Corps this week and I thought I would do a little research in the program he is going to dedicate so much of his time to. According to their website, "The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at...
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2008 – Peace Corps Volunteers serving in China are accounted for and safe. Earlier today, an earthquake registering 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred 55 miles northwest of the Peace Corps/China office in Chengdu, Sichuan province. There are currently 111 Peace Corps...
After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo (that I grabbed from the internet) of the hike point (as in hitchhike) for Engela, where I lived and taught during my first year. People wait in the shade of the tree on the right for cars to come along. Sometimes you wait...
I don't really know how to start these things off anymore - I guess that's part of my writing style. Call it a pitfall, call it a quirk - that's just me. Usually I'll make it a point to get some sort of writing done on here, then I get caught up with conversations on banal matters on AIM, which...
for some reason i felt the urge to post very early today. i don't know exactly why i need to post in the beginning of the day, but i suppose there is some reason for it, and i don't really care what it is, so yeah, here i am ! i guess i feel like i should accomplish a lot today? yeah, maybe that is...
After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. This is Hafeni, my "homestay brother" in Engela. Hafeni means "Happiness" in Oshikwanyama, which is also the name I was given by the language instructors during the initial Peace Corps training.
After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo of my classroom is Tses:
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Here is a Google Map of my time in Namibia:
After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo of me in my second year outside of my house while the sun is setting. The dormant volcano Brukkaros is visible in the background:
After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo of me in my second year teaching 8th grade English:
After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo of me in my first year kneeling in the veldt:
well, sometime last month my best friend from college took off for the peace corps. her destination is senegal. right now she is training. she left an email on her facebook for us to contact for her mailing address and did not leave a name. i assumed it was her bf and it was. i sent him an email...
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