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		<title>light breathing may be possible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Training of trainers and orientation days are finished, and I&#8217;m back in the capital for the first full weekend &#8220;off&#8221; I&#8217;ve had here. Course, I&#8217;m working on other things &#8211; friends of mongolia newsletter, thesis, IT stuff, banana bread? &#8211; but at least it&#8217;s a change. It&#8217;s pretty quiet here due to world cup, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2010/06/12/light-breathing-may-be-possible/</link>
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		<title>Mongolia is super busy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[aaaah work aah. Today&#8217;s the first day off in a bit and I&#8217;m working on other work. Baah.
On the other hand, walking around checking housing for the trainees was fun &#8211; and made me miss my host family. The training site soum we were at was so peaceful and the drive there was beautiful. Sigh.
Today [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2010/06/01/mongoliaissuperbusy/</link>
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		<title>quite the worker bee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was a good work day  &#8211; and probably the first serious one since I&#8217;ve gotten into Texas&#8230;
got through all my backlogged Mongolia and US correspondence, wrapped up a few reunion-related things, started my t-mobile plan migration (only 15 min left and still have 2 weeks before next billing cycle), replied to everything re: school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2009/09/30/quite-the-worker-bee/</link>
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		<title>transit part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lubbock to Dallas:
2 &#8220;entertainment&#8221; lounges containing the word &#8220;willie&#8221;: &#8220;chili willie&#8217;s&#8221; and &#8220;wet willies.&#8221; I&#8217;m not sure which is more appealing&#8230;
&#8220;Midnight Rodeo&#8221; club in Lubbock &#8211; $1 longnecks(?), college ID before 9pm get in free, all sorts of music, and (really) improved security so you can feel safe there &#8211; per the radio spot.
haircut &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2009/09/25/transit-part-2/</link>
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		<title>in transit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things seen:
A Hite beer billboard in Arizona
Start of I-40 (sign said Wilmington, NC 2300 (ish) miles)
A marked lack of &#8220;Dockside Babes&#8221; billboards (perhaps only in the SE?)
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		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2009/09/23/in-transit-2/</link>
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		<title>in transit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things seen:
A Hite beer billboard in Arizona
Start of I-40 (sign said Wilmington, NC 2300 (ish) miles)
A marked lack of &#8220;Dockside Babes&#8221; billboards (perhaps only in the SE?)
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		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2009/09/23/in-transit/</link>
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		<title>my usual confusion with flying and Seoul continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, some may remember the boneheadedness I had last time in Seoul in missing my connecting flight back to UB, and having to live in the airport for an extra two days or so.
This morning I just realized, also in Seoul, that my 11:00 flight is 11:00 AM, not PM. I realized this at 9:00 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2009/09/13/my-usual-confusion-with-flying-and-seoul-continues/</link>
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		<title>finishing service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I broke this blog somehow, but random copying and pasting of files figured things out, I believe.
Anywho, I COSed (close of service = wrapping up Peace Corps) technically last Friday. So I&#8217;m free and clear&#8230;though thesis-less still.
On the other hand, I just heard back from IRB that I qualify for exempt status possibly, so things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2009/08/28/finishing-service/</link>
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		<title>still alive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[but here has been random and work-ful.
brief notes of things to come (in a marked lack of temporal order):
slow-dancing with 12-year-olds
being apartment-less yet still in Khovd
being overly directive and accidentally pressuring concerning eating a green bean off the sidewalk
offending people
smushing bugs with my hands then wiping them on my pants
foreign service examinations &#8211; why me?
meringue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2009/08/07/still-alive/</link>
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		<title>Boo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Long radio silence, but since our last episode:

Trip to Thailand &#8211; note that spiders = personal kryptonite and people are very very nice


Work in Khovd &#8211; some cool stuff working with adolescents &#8211; want to keep on doing this kind of work later, as they all are on break in a week and thus work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ploofle.com/2009/05/21/boo/</link>
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