Sep 23 2009
in transit
Things seen:
A Hite beer billboard in Arizona
Start of I-40 (sign said Wilmington, NC 2300 (ish) miles)
A marked lack of “Dockside Babes” billboards (perhaps only in the SE?)
Sep 13 2009
my usual confusion with flying and Seoul continues
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 AM when I woke up. Hopefully I won’t miss it this time.
Off to change money and perhaps shower…
Oh, and by the way, I’m on my way back.
Aug 28 2009
finishing service
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’m free and clear…though thesis-less still.
On the other hand, I just heard back from IRB that I qualify for exempt status possibly, so things may move on that soon – though I’ve already purchased an open ticket back in case I need to return to do data collection…pfft.
I’ll try to trace back the past few days with all my free time in between hanging out with people for the last time here, but I do appreciate the Korean channel here with subtitles of variety shows – they just had a party game where everyone had to pretend to be blindfolded zombies except one person, who they were supposed to eventually find – which meant they “lost.”
Today I made a chocolate stout cake with candied ginger for the picnic that’s happening tomorrow and I drank a good cappuccino. At least it tasted like it was strong.
Hmm, maybe that’s why I’m not sleepy yet. I *did* drink it at 6pm or so….
Aug 07 2009
still alive
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 – why me?
meringue epic fail + destruction of immersion mixer + the Day We Made 4 Kinds of Pies (sort of)
Trying not to explode re: interpersonalities
May 21 2009
Boo
Long radio silence, but since our last episode:
- Trip to Thailand – note that spiders = personal kryptonite and people are very very nice
- Work in Khovd – some cool stuff working with adolescents – want to keep on doing this kind of work later, as they all are on break in a week and thus work will disappear
- Close of service conference, BoarBQ, TOT, virtual moving to UB – seems to be happening too fast – as I was told really today I’m moving most-ish to UB except for like a week in July. Otherwise exciting – there will be an Iron Chef at COS conference, and BoarBQ just sounds fun…
- Thesis – whimper ugh
- Lust – I have an unaccountable desire for a nerd merit badge laptop sash.
More eventually, but for now I should pack, as I fly out Friday til end of June and it discombobulates me greatly.
Also my official COS date is 21 August, which means I in theory leave Mongolia that day. For those with large quantities of appendages, count up the days or something 
Rarrrgh!
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