November 2011
2 posts
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe...”
– Noam Chomsky (via whimsicalele)
October 2011
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August 2011
1 post
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Think Mexican: Cause and Effect: American Drug... →
thinkmexican:
U.S. Intervention in Mexico Will Make Things Worse
The increasing involvement of the United States in Mexico’s drug war is only going to make a bad situation worse.
It will likely lead to more deaths. It will be a drain on our treasury. And it’s unlikely to stem the flow of drugs. This…
June 2011
2 posts
The Very Best- Super Mom
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March 2011
1 post
“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How...”
– Ray Bradbury. Thank you, Whiskey River. (via crashinglybeautiful)
February 2011
2 posts
Libya is in revolt. New Zealand just suffered a...
January 2011
3 posts
Los Viajes pt. 2
My wondering through Central America continued. From Flores i headed south to a place called Lanquin and ended up in a resort-like hostel that came highly recommended by every I’d talked to who’d been through Guatemala. Its called El Retiro (the retirement) and is set on a family’s piece of land in the valley of the luscious, green mountains that surround it. I had mixed...
Los Viajes pt. 1
In 8 days I’ll be heading back to sweet ole Oklahoma, and I’m really happy to be saying that. I’ve had an incredible time here and have just wrapped up a 3 week roadtrip around southern Mexico and Guatemala. I saw some beautiful stuff and experienced a whole range of things that kept the trip exciting the whole way through. I walked through ruins of ancient civilizations and...
November 2010
2 posts
CHIG-NAH-WA-PAN
After finally getting settled into a groove here in Mexico (post a couple of trips back to Oklahoma) I’m finding myself itching to visit my surrounding area before it ceases to be my surrounding. I’m writing from my cousin’s house in Mexico City, but this post is about the trip I took last weekend.
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Chignahuapan is in the northern mountain range of the state of Puebla, a...
La muerte, donde esta la muerte?
I’m gonna start this post and finish it. Lately, everytime i think about giving an update on here i start, then think “oh, i should upload all of those pictures from onto my computer so i can post some of those” and then i get distracted by something else and never get back around to writing an update. My apologies for all of the news that you didn’t know you were...
October 2010
1 post
Infantil
Ivon
Alan y Joshua
santiago y andrea
Teaching a bunch of five year olds art & english is fun, difficult, tiring, rewarding, and entertaining
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
4 posts
memoria
I love it when you’re away from home, out of town, or out of country and you see someone who has a striking resemblance to someone you know back home. That’s happened to me at least five times in the past two weeks :)
Las primeras dias
ain’t no such thing as traffic laws here
I’m still adjusting to the change of altitude, I’m about a mile closer to the sky here. I’ve settled in with my host family. They’re one hell of a cute old couple: Silvia Y Francisco, but they call each other Gordita y Flaco. They have a very welcoming feel about them, and really enjoy conversation. Francisco especially...
Aqui estoy
I’ve made it to Mexico City. The plane ride here was exceptional. from houston to D.F. i chatted it up with this twenty-four year old from Toluca. The whole time we were sitting next to each other i could tell she was short, she came up to about my shoulder. When we got up to get out of the plane she only came to about the middle of my chest. She asked me to help her with her stowed away...
hasta la victoria
I’m writing to calm nerves. a feeble attempt to put me at ease. I knew this would happen. I just had the last dinner I’ll have for five months with my family. All of them, they’re beautiful. I’m gonna miss them. In less than ten hours I’ll be on my way to Mexico, D.F. I know traveling is no big deal. Folks my age do it all the time and go to places a lot more...
July 2010
4 posts
never get tired of this song
Public Enemy -...
“Surrender yourself like the birds do
I’ll take you like the bears do...”
– Ernesto Guevara
in five weeks I'll be gone for five months
Time move’s quickly and, in an effort to keep up with myself, I’ve thought about keeping up with this blog as best I can. I’m currently five weeks from leaving home again to be someplace I’ve never been before. Feelings of being sixteen years old and on the verge of being on my own for the first time are spotting my meditations and I can’t help but smile. I’ll...
March 2010
6 posts
Watchif you live in Oklahoma and haven’t been to the art museum to check this out, go.
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primavera
it’s spring! we lost an hour!