I listen to music almost constantly…and I have been wanting to give people a glimpse of the soundtrack to my life. You know, the music that would accompany you if you were in a movie, walking briskly down the street….
Month: December 2006
tipping over in streams flying down a million stairs I want to create the illusion of vastness in the little sideways pieces of buildings. I want to see the little ways that your words will take hold and stay in…
There was this cough that infected the BWC, echoing down the mountain. You may scoff, but trust me on this, the rockets were never this loud. The lady afflicted by the curse hid in corners and behind stairs but the…
– I injured my hand a little bit doing a cartwheel last night. I haven’t done one since this summer (on the soccer field) and since I did it in a living room…well, I was nervous about hitting the TV…
I’ve been here for over two weeks now, so I decided to make a list (in no real order). This stems partly out of a lunchtime conversation today. 1. The warm weather. Need I say more? I read about my…
Well, I’m not that short, nor do I have large, hairy feet. But I’ve developed a routine over the years regarding my eating habits that could be compared to Hobbits. First breakfast- 6:30 amSecond breakfast- 10 am, at my deskLunch-…
Check out this bee on a flower…I got chased by that bee soon afterward! I had fun on Friday…we packed our lunches to eat at Bahji. Well, I made this potato and carrot dish, fried in olive oil and tumeric….
I am learning my way around…very slowly. I’ve found that taking taxis does not help me learn the city streets, and taxis can get expensive anyways. I’m not in much of a rush most of the time. I rode a…
I am in Haifa. It is wonderful. It has been so warm (compared to Chicago, I guess), nights are a little chillier. Barely jetlagged (yay!), and I haven’t had time to really catch up on everything. My roommates are wonderful…
And now the heroine embarks on an epic journey. There were going to be dangers along the way…dragons, a couple of bad-tempered wizards, and maybe even a few evil spirits. One could never know with epic journeys. That is part…
I thought I was going to escape Chicago without getting hit by cold weather or snow, but I was wrong. We awoke Friday to a world buried under inches of snow. Check out these before and after pictures from Flickr…