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Saturday, August 19, 2006 ( 2:58 AM ) shut up christine Jeff Lee is awesome. I've been following his travels through his website and here's a quote: I feel great about staying. I feel like I've sort of infiltrated, or broken through the arms length distance that Thai's hold the Farangs (outsiders, foreigners) to. I got to eat a traditional meal at someone's house, situated in a swamp like setting. I got to hang out with them and go where Thai's go and not just the places Lonely Planet tells you to go. I feel Jeff totally understands me on this one...these are the kinds of experiences we look for when we travel - the kinds of things you can't plan for or pay someone to give you. To me, these are the most worthwhile, and things that are worthwhile often involve a little risk, which brings me to my next point... There was an incident where I met a boy on a boat and hitched a ride with him halfway across Belize, and then later stayed at his house in Timbuktu (which by the way was one of my all time favorite experiences while traveling) but I GOT SO MUCH SHIT FOR THIS. I was lectured up the wazoo, some people seriously questioned my decision making skills, and I was deemed Hobag of the Year. and there is such a double standard and it sucks that when a girl travels alone, there's a whole other set of rules we have to abide by - obviously we have to be (extra)conscious of how we dress, how we make eye contact, who we talk to, how late we stay out, how many drinks we have/who we take drinks from and then there are "trivial" matters like walking past a large group of men...a guy probably wouldn't think twice about it, but if you're a girl walking by herself, you'd definitely be aware of them...or like how the sun goes down at 7pm in Nicaragua and you get in trrrouble for coming back to your homestay at 7:30pm while Douglas can go out at 10pm and no one cares (do I sound like a brat right now?) I totally forgot where I'm trying to go with this, so I'd just like to end by saying I really am not a hobag, bitzes p.s. thank you M # Thursday, August 17, 2006 ( 5:52 PM ) shut up christine two posts in one day! saw these quotes on storypeople.com: When I first met him, I knew in a moment I would have to spend the next few days re-arranging my mind so there'd be room for him to stay. Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life. and I immediately thought of a best friend I used to have who always used to say I'm sorry I do this to you I tend to take it out on the person I am closest to, and I loved him more for it, that out of all the people in the world, I was the one he could be messy and real and ugly and honest with, and I realized that there are times when its okay to do that and there are times when it's better to let the person stand on their own, and I didn't think I would get to a place where I would be able to say it but I'm glad you(we) don't need me(us) anymore, and I'm happy knowing that growing apart would make us stronger individually know what I'm saying? and I bet when Amy reads this she's going to throw up a little in her mouth ahaha on a different note, a long time ago Jeff, BR, and I went to see Hostel but we left in the middle of the movie because Jeff threw up and I wasn't even watching the movie anyway, I was mostly staring at my shoes, anyhow I always wondered what happened in the second half but I was too scared to ask anyone then yesterday Dean told me that the movie had a "happy" ending and I'm so relieved because it had been bugging me for a long time. that is all # ( 3:51 AM ) shut up christine  I found this photograph stuck between the pages of a book I had ordered from amazon.com I don't know who they are but I've named them Alvin, Simon, and Theodore They don't know it but they're my new favorite bookmark I'd like to think they had been sitting patiently on a shelf in a warehouse somewhere in Amarillo, Texas, when Christine Bulaoro placed an order on August 10th, 2006 (4 dollars and 78 cents) for one used copy of Make Your Creative Dreams Real: A Plan for Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy People, and People Who Would Rather Sleep All Day (hardcover), before arriving in a yellow bubble-lined envelope on my doorstep in Cerritos, California, six days later. But before that, I'd like to think that someone, a close friend of theirs perhaps, had taken this picture after an exciting game of cosmic bowling in St Pete, Florida, circa 1998. The photograph would remain in a desk drawer until April of 2004. It was around this time that Julie, the owner of the photograph, often contemplated the irrelevant role she played in her own life. Wanting to do something about this, she headed to the nearest Barnes and Noble bookstore and purchased the first book that spoke to her, a hardcover edition of Make Your Creative Dreams Real by Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK). One of Julie's goals was to reconnect with old friends whom she had lost contact with, so she placed an old picture in the book as a reminder. Ten months later, Julie was well on her way to attaining the kind of life she had always aspired to. She decided to move to Paris, France, just for the hell of it. Before leaving, she donated the majority of her belongings to various thrift stores, which is how the book eventually found its way to a warehouse in Amarillo, Texas, which eventually mailed the book to a house in Cerritos, CA, where a girl by the name of Christine found a photograph stuck between the pages and made it her new favorite bookmark Alvin, Simon, and Theodore where are you now # Friday, August 11, 2006 ( 5:20 PM ) shut up christine brown year at spop 3 talent show...pictures courtesy of brian ferrer    ....and Linda with a llama so Linda, one of my BESTEST friends from highschool, has just left for New York to study law at Columbia. Aside from being a genius, she's like the hardest working, nicest, artsy, non-arrogant person I know (and she's fluent in French!) This girl is going to change the world Man I have awesome friends good luck Linda! p.s. who wrote that last comment? I'm 95.7% positive I'm not going anymore p.p.s. tofu festival! anyone? p.p.p.s. Gerson where are you now # Saturday, August 05, 2006 ( 4:00 PM ) shut up christine I'm torn... on one hand I don't have a lot of money to throw around, I don't even have a job right now and I really should save what little money I have left. Anyway I could always go next year (I hate saying that!) on the other, I've been been looking forward to this for a whole year... I already planned my costumes and decorated my bike and I just learned my friend can't make it anymore... maybe I should take it as a sign that it wasn't meant to be? or I could go by myself...but then who would paint my boobs for me? and when I get lost in the middle of the desert, who's going to help me find my tent? 23 days left until Burning Man what should I do?? # |
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