Sunset over the Rocky Mountains. Image by A guy with A camera. It was supposed to be like going to camp or to boarding school. I could come back and it would all fall into place with the same scents and comforts and, for the most part, players. But after my freshman year, it wasn’t [...] Read more »
From the Onion. “Do you do resolutions?” Dee asks me. I laugh. “No.” “Why not?” “Because,” I say, “if I’m going to change my life, I’m not going to wait for New Year’s to try. I’m simply going to do it.” — I’m not really a holiday person in general. Holidays are merely another excuse [...] Read more »
“Listen Mom,” I say tepidly, the fear and disappointed firmly held from my voice. This is important. This is necessary. I still don’t like it. “I’m down to the dregs in my bank account. If I don’t spend any money between now and the end of the year, I’ll have just enough to cover my [...] Read more »
Light slips in through cracks, illuminating the longhouse provided for us in Karen. For more serene photographs of Thailand, click here. In the mountains outside the city of Chiang Mai lies a series of villages which are merely referred to as Ban Mai in Thai. To the people of these villages, our guide Samruam (Sam [...] Read more »
“You know. I’m just saving the princess from the clutches of evil.” “Oh,” I said, impressed by the matter-of-fact way in which he replied. I ate another grape off my plate as I sat down cross-legged next to him. I’m not sure I realized it right then, but thinking back, I should have been in [...] Read more »
On Friday, the phone rang. In and of itself, there’s nothing special about the phone ringing. It rings quite often, in fact. Usually several times a day. Most of the time, it’s telemarketers, though I generally hang up before they come on. Sometimes, I find rude ways of dispatching them, like eating loudly into the [...] Read more »
To put it simply, I have a strong distaste for my mom’s parents. My grandmother is an ignorant bigot and my grandfather is a forceful and stubborn republican. I’ve been instructed not to discuss anything controversial in their presence. Despite this, I sometimes have the urge to come out of the closet to them, despite [...] Read more »
Last week, I went skiing with my mom. My grandparents have cable at the condo in Frisco where we were staying, so after the first day of skiing, I flopped down on the couch and played channel roulette until I hit CNN. All afternoon I flipped between CNN, MSNBC and CNBC. I’ve never liked news, [...] Read more »
We all grow old. Such is the way of the world. My Dad’s uncle died when I was 5 of a heart attack. He was in his 50s. My Dad’s mother died of breast cancer when I was 14. She was in her late 60s. Right before Thanksgiving, my Grandmother’s aunt passed on. Now my [...] Read more »
I like naps. I really do. In high school, I fixed my schedule so that I slept for 3 hours when I got home, did homework until late in the night and slept 3 hours before going back to school. It worked far better than trying to get work done at the end of the [...] Read more »