I’ve never been one for resolutions, so I don’t make them. However, I don’t mind occasionally trying to change my life. If it happens around the New Year, so be it. This year I decided to get into better shape again. I was in decent shape before I left for the Peace Corps, I biked every day and I lifted weights a few times a week. However, since coming to Ukraine I’m lost nearly all … Continue reading
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Did I make you proud, Dad?
I want to go to India because that’s where people go to find themselves.
-Sasha, 8th grade
I had a really exciting weekend. After the school dance I got a great package, as I mentioned but I also got some great news. You may remember that I had an advertisement in my old website design asking for donations to a grant I was working on. Well, with the new layout (which no one has commented on sadly) I forgot to add the advertisement back to the page. But that didn’t stop people … Continue reading
Received this package in the mail today. It completely proves why your parents don’t even stand a chance up against my parents in a contest of coolness.
Contents include:
Just try to beat that.
A few updates which I think should be shared. First, I spent my weekend working at Camp Excite (our regional English language camp which we work on weekends and for a week during the summer). As seems it is the growing trend this year, we played dodge ball. I was nervous playing because I haven’t done any physical activity on my knee since I saw the doctor a month ago and I was afraid to find out … Continue reading
Can you believe it? I’ve been at this for four weeks now. We’re almost home. You may have missed yesterday’s fanfare, so I’ll go about tooting my horn again. I won NaNoWriMo last night. I came in at 50,045 words and I called it quits for the month. My brain is dead. I have insane calluses on my middle finger and my pointer finger from holding my pen (did I mention I wrote all of … Continue reading
I’m not going to suggest I’m awesome. I’m going to say it. I am awesome. Today, with the aid of a full night sleep and two cups of coffee, I wrote 7,722 words towards the novel. I am completely caught up from the past five days where I only wrote about 400 words. I’m also over 3/4ths of my way to my weekend goal and I still have all day tomorrow to write. With any … Continue reading
We’re on the home stretch. Less than a week until this crazy month is over. If everything goes according to plan I’ll have done 3,000 push ups and 3,000 sit ups. I’ll have written 50,000 words towards my novel. I’ll have taken 30 days and 30 steps towards being a better man. And most importantly of all, I’ll have a kick-ass mustache to show the world. I only wrote a few words today, but the weekend is … Continue reading