will this be the year…

i start sending my writing out?

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Love from Thailand

P’Nui sent me another song this weekend.

Now you know what I mean when I use “Karaoke Thai” to describe the Thai letters in Roman letters.

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Binary

I’m either working or procrastinating.  That’s grad school.

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Checking in

Currently reading: Comparative Rhetoric by Ulla Connor, Red Azalea by Anchee Min, short stories written by classmates, I Dream of Microwaves by a Pakistani writer–I forgot his name (I’m not a good grad student), sometimes Moby Dick, my Spanish text book.
Currently writing: a story about babysitting and a story about a nursing home, and responses [...]

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ไทย ไทย ไทย Cheer Cheer Cheer

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More Banksy

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I can see stars at night

(One good reason to live in a small town.)

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Another Banksy of the Week:

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Language is so fun

I was just in West Virginia, camping in the mountains.  My friend Ian called and when I told him where I was, he said, “In Spanish, if you say you’re in the mountains, you’re uncivilized.”
Which is so funny, because in Thai, you’re uncivilized when you’re “Behind the mountain.”

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Does anyone know…

Is Rob Bell touring or something?  Why has it been months since he’s given the sermon at Mars Hill?  I’m asking because I like  to listen to his series on Philippians and the church seemed to have dropped it or something.

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