Monthly Archives: December 2005

Updates

By theresa | Published: December 30, 2005
Maman and Papa Sarah: Your daughter is bomb. She brought me whole wheat flour from Ghana!!!! Maman and Papa Ben: Your son brought me software. He is bomb too. Mamans and Papas Katie and Carrie and Maman Amanda: Your daughters took me out to lunch yesterday. Again, BOMB. Everyone else in SED/ [...]
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Pasta Pasta

By theresa | Published: December 29, 2005
Dear Internet, My entire apartment is covered in slowly drying pasta right now. And flour. Flour is everywhere the pasta is not. I’m sure I made at least two pounds of pasta last night. Maybe three. Pasta making is a lot of fun, it turns out, but it’s also really fucking [...]
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There’s no snow in Grand Popo.

By theresa | Published: December 26, 2005
Damn straight. Christmas on the beach was incredible. Turns out, we’ve got a pretty amazing group of kids here. Everyone kept complimenting me on my excellent planning, but the truth is, I didn’t have to do a damn thing. I sent an email, figured out dinner, and everything else just fell into place. [...]
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I freaking love AskMe

By theresa | Published: December 21, 2005
Thinking about giving this Christmas? Check out this AskMe response. These are all great organizations. Anyway, think about it. :)  
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In which t talks about an interesting guy

By theresa | Published: December 21, 2005
I met someone absolutely fascinating last week. Our relationship was strictly professional, and we didn’t exchange contact information at the end. I will probably never see him again. That said, I learned a hell of a lot from him, and I’m really glad I didn’t turn down the opportunity to meet him [...]
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In which t talks about clothes! Yay!

By theresa | Published: December 14, 2005
Yay! It’s lesson time! Traditional Beninese clothing! First, the fabric. There are lots of different kinds of fabric, but the stuff I can afford is the stuff you’re probably used to seeing. Large bright prints (waxes, actually) that are bought by the pagne (2 meters). There are three pagnes in a [...]
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In which t chats about her ass

By theresa | Published: December 14, 2005
Turns out, content migration is a bitch. It’s data entry for the 21st century, and it fucking sucks. Luckily, I have hella experience in it (yay internships!), so I’m quicky getting a system down for the type of stuff I’m doiong here. More or less. The problem is that my system isn’t *quite* well enough [...]
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