Posted by: moedee on: July 23, 2007
I felt pretty helpless here today. I don’t speak the language, understand the currency, don’t have a car or phone, and have no idea how to help myself if something were to happen. Big reality check. In the US, I feel pretty confident that I could manage wherever I was put down. [...]
Posted by: moedee on: July 23, 2007
Here’s a random list of things I noticed on either the drive or my first walk around the neighborhood. I may elaborate more later but want to get them down:
dogs everywhere, some maimed or injured
chickens, especially the rooster crowing at 5:00 in the morning
very hilly
i don’t recognize the plants (except banana and bamboo)
windy roads
tin [...]
Posted by: moedee on: July 23, 2007
Readings I didn’t really like either of the articles but other people seemed to like the one on stickiness from The Tipping Point. It is a marketing perspective and the author looks at Sesame Street and Blue’s Clues (both wildly successful educational programs) and what makes them so successful. I suppose I [...]
Posted by: moedee on: July 23, 2007
The plane landed yesterday a little after 2. I got through immigration (migracion) and customs and to my ride by 3:30, 3:45. We had to wait for another student who was supposed to arrive before me but ended up getting to us around 4. Eddy, the man who met us, took us [...]
Posted by: moedee on: July 22, 2007
but I’ve been travelling since about 8:30 Saturday evening. I’m sitting in Guadalajara and can barely keep my eyes open. The flight from pdx was good but I have trouble sleeping on planes. Between the sinus dessication caused by dry air and weird spasming legs, I can rarely get any rest. [...]
Posted by: moedee on: July 21, 2007
So here’s the scenario: It’s 11:00 pm and I’m sitting cross-legged on the floor at the Portland airport, laptop plugged in and iTunes running. I never even considered blogging this trip until my new coworker, tJollo, asked if I was going to. Isn’t that funny? I’ve known him, what, 3 seconds [...]
Posted by: moedee on: July 10, 2007
The last week of June, I and four co-workers attended one of the Oregon Writer’s Project workshops at Lewis & Clark (thanks Danica!). Here are the pieces I wrote and the assignment that generated them:
Southern Girl: We did an exercise where we were supposed to map our neighborhoods. Being a military brat, [...]
