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And then we sleep.

August 25, 2011 Uncategorized

“We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in other countries; we struggle to write things that do not change the world, despite our extravagant hopes. We live our lives, do whatever we do, and then we sleep. It’s as simple and ordinary as that.” –Michael Cunningham I wrote this in an email to a friend several months ago. It’s not a depressing or negative reflection for me now, but just a reality and something that IRead More

back in paradise

August 21, 2011 Uncategorized

Well I made it uneventfully through the 30 hour slog of travel back to Afghanistan. This one took a toll on my body like never before, especially during the near-8 hour layover in Dubai airport in which I felt like the rolling of time got a flat tire and was stuck by the side of the road in a mud pit, but only for me.. everyone else was moving on through. Finally getting onto the plane at 3:00am felt onlyRead More

Protected: The Weekend Round Up

June 25, 2011 Uncategorized

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