A week ago, I left my apartment intending to break the law. What happened is a far better story, if you ask me. I live in Sums’ka oblast in Ukraine and we share a border with Russia. I think where I live, I’m about 50-60km from the border if you go directly there. It’s close […]
So the word on the street is that there’s a free concert today in the Eurocup 2012 Fan Zone in Kiev. Artists present are Queen, Elton John, and Adam Lambert. It’s a AIDS awareness event, if I heard correctly. Guess who is going. Peace Corps has taught me not to miss opportunities. If someone asks […]
I have a problem with bugs. I don’t like them. I don’t like them flying near me. I don’t like them crawling on me. I try my best not to kill them, however, unless I absolutely have to. A few days ago, I blamed Ernest Hemingway for leaving fleas in my apartment. It’s because he’s […]
Ernest Hemingway is a dick. No joke. Oh, I know at first he seems like he’s just a cute little guy braving the world on his own and forging new paths, but once you bring him into your home all you can think about is how to get him to leave. But really, you don’t […]
Summer hasn’t been up to snuff in my books. I can’t seem to motivate myself to much of what I want to do. I get out and do things often, but it seems like I also do a lot of sitting at home surfing the internet. It just dawned on me why last summer was […]
Today I faced my fear and I called two girls on the phone. I get very anxious every time I need to pick up the phone and call someone and it’s amplified when that someone is a girl. I’ve put it off for a week now but I finally pushed myself to do it. I […]
Today I got my hair cut because it was long overdue. I’ve worn it shorter in Ukraine and I like it this way. You can see it here. Anyway, I walked into the barber shop and sat down. The woman who usually cuts my hair walked over and asked me, “Как всегда?” and I replied, […]
Hey guys, get this. I’ve had two+ cups of coffee today. That’s some sort of record for me. I should be wired for a while now. I promised to make excuses, and here they are. I didn’t write yesterday because I continued with my deep cleaning of my apartment, I started work on my new […]
Today I learned that my running route is roughly 6.7 miles. How, you ask? I took out my old analog map and measured street by street. Then I added each street length together–I took the measurements in centimeters because I’ll be damned if I can find a standard ruler here–to get a total of 63.5cm. […]
This is the last time that I’m aware of that I’ll get to really enjoy this song in it’s fullness. School ended on Friday and it’s finally time to put my summer plans in motion. I’ve already cleared my bathroom sink of the fiberglass insulation-like clog of hair and gunk. Now for the bigger projects. […]