Category: travel
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In honor of a Japanese tradition I recently learned about, I have chosen sempū as the kanji to represent the passing year. Sempū means “whirlwind” and is written thus: From… more ›
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Just a week after returning to the States from Europe I had already had enough of Dallas and crap at the university…. Or at least I knew I was going… more ›
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…to help keep the cold in on the first day of winter. (As if most of us needed help with that.) Here’s to a new season of personal (and universal)… more ›
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There’s nothing quite as funny as the number of drugs I’ve taken over the past few months (years) to help me sleep. But the week of Thanksgiving, I stepped down… more ›
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The first definition of “bullet” listed in the OED is “a small round ball.” I think first of a child’s ball: small, probably red, and rolling across a street in… more ›
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Stop having those miniature emotional outbursts (read: breakdowns) when you translate sentences like, “The baby with the head like a balloon died in the hospital while she held his hand,”… more ›
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Stop having those miniature emotional outbursts (read: breakdowns) when you translate sentences like, “The baby with the head like a balloon died in the hospital while she held his hand,”… more ›
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Don’t stress out about misplacing/losing my debit card. With lack of sleep and new drugs and several frustrating factors worming their way into my otherwise sedate and calm life, I’m… more ›
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Don’t stress out about misplacing/losing my debit card. With lack of sleep and new drugs and several frustrating factors worming their way into my otherwise sedate and calm life, I’m… more ›
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Insomnia – Since returning from Germany two weeks ago I haven’t been able to sleep past 4:30 AM. Most days I’m awake before then. (I’m usually in bed by 10:00… more ›