There is something magical about mornings, those early early mornings when the sun is still rubbing its eyes trying to wake up. Not coincidentally, this morning is one of those mornings. The few thin, long whips of cloud in the sky are highlighted by the suns first few rays of light. It’s beautiful. I’m not [...]
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Early Morning
Posted in Processing, Random on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Inspired by Solutions.
Posted in Change, Processing, tagged change, ESL, immigrant, teaching english on March 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the media. From my friends. A random conversation I just happen to hear while passing by. Often, I hear comments about “those” immigrants in our communities. Why don’t they want to learn English? Don’t they know they’re in America? If I lived in another country I’d learn the language! We have a serious problem [...]
Un-stuck.
Posted in Processing, Travel, tagged Southern California, travel on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
2.73 months. 11.85 weeks. 83 days. 1992-odd hours. No matter how you slice it, I’ve been home for a little while and my wanderlust should be eating away at me right about now… looking for the nearest release. Somewhere to go. Something to do. Driving me mad. Looking for cheap flights. Talking with faraway friends. [...]
When a big heart is too big.
Posted in Processing, Random, Travel, tagged Chile, China, compassion, natural disasters, Pakistan on August 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
No lie, today I’m a bit depressed. No one died; nothing happened to make me miss home; I’m not running out of money; the food here is still delicious; my bed is comfortable. Everything on the outside is perfectly fine. But on the inside my mind is running in circles around itself. The problem? I [...]
Rogue Thoughts Caught.
Posted in Processing on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m walking down Edinger Avenue to a friends house when guy on a bike starts harassing me. I forcefully tell him to leave me alone, but he won’t listen. I grab the wheel and throw him down. He rolls onto the ground, picks up the bike and rides off. Then a few minutes later he’s [...]
Cobblestone Clouds
Posted in Processing on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Written floating in the sky somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, on the way to Hawaii.) Up here my thoughts are clear. Perhaps the unobstructed view of the universe above me makes the distance between my heart and my mind seem insignificant… funny how being stuck in a metal tube suspended magically in [...]
Count Down
Posted in Processing on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
173 days left until I graduate. 180 days until my 25th birthday. Around 200 days until I leave for Tajikistan for another 42 days. After that? Nothing. My only plan is that I have no plans. Well, that’s not entirely true. I applied for an internship at the National Geographic headquarters in D.C. But that [...]
Metablogging
Posted in Processing on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I saw Julie & Julia at the dollar theater. Nothin’ like a movie about blogging to get you thinking about blogging so much that you want to blog. Ridiculous, I know. But really… it got me thinking. Why do people blog? Or, more specifically, why do I blog? Generally, I think the root of [...]
Lincoln makes a grown man cry…
Posted in Processing, tagged Processing on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joey handed the guy a doughnut; I handed him a five-dollar bill, and you’d have thought we flipped open the floodgates of the Hoover Dam. The man’s eyes opened wide for a split second, then clamped shut as instant tears clung to his short eyelashes. He grabbed my arm and cried out, “God bless you. [...]
