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Monthly Archives: September 2005
First day of work
So turns out, I’m making my work computer cry. Yes. Work Computer. I am updating my BLOG from my COMPUTER at WORK in BENIN. Life is so fucking sweet right now.
Sort of.
On Friday all we happy stagaires swore to defend the constitution and do our duty to the Peace [...]
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My birthday was yesterday.
Pop-quiz, hot shots. You’re in a third world country. You miss American food. It’s your birthday. What does Theresa do?
Throw a party and cook up a storm. As if there was any doubt.
Seriously. You know you’ve made good friends when you promise free food, and when they show up, [...]
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My birthday is in two days.
Lyle: We learned a word to describe you, today.
Theresa: Really? What?
Lyle: I forget, but I know it means “grouchy” in English.
For all I bitch, I sure am going to miss everybody when we all split for out different posts. For those of you not lucky enough to be here in [...]
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Day in the Life of
I’m neither homesick nor lonely (I’m exactly where I want to be right now), but nor do I want to spend the next twenty-five months in a world completely cut off from those I care about. I love getting emails from home. I love hearing about the small things that make life interesting [...]
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Overwhelmed.
Dear Internet,
Some of you have wondered why I don’t talk about the poverty here. That’s because it’s fucking painful.
There’s no way to describe what it’s like to come over here as a white American, full of dreams and hopes of encouraging development for those less fortunate than myself, then to realize that [...]
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Those damn kids