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It started out looking just like the photo would indicate. We won! We voted, and we actually won. We were excited that our thoughts counted, our id…
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Yesterday, over a conversation with Yvonne, while pacing the roof at my new office in Los Angeles, we laughingly discussed just how we’d end it all at…
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I'm in the office, sort of drowning in boredom. I try to stay under the bosses radar so I don't have to make a presentation on all the shit that I ha…
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Decorating at Yvonne's apartment, where we tried out a few things before we really got going. At first we loomed in despair at our failed Target deco…
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Last night, Yvonne came home to tell me that some people were talking about me on the internet. Feel free to google my name, and you’re bound to find …
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Every once in a while I look over at my computer, sitting on Yvonne's little homemade desk, in her little studio apartment in Los Angeles, California …
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New York. Two weeks ago I loved that city more then I have ever loved her. I even loved Brooklyn. Brooklyn, can you believe it? I loved the boroug…
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Halloween in West Hollywood is out of control! It was so crowded with people in the greatest costumes, sharing the warmest energy that I have ever fe…
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Two weeks ago I boarded my flight in Shanghai, to see what life on this side of the globe has to offer. So far, I've been catching up on the sunshine…
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Filthy apartments, upset stomachs, crying in the cab when the driver tells me that my Chinese is good, buying the massage lotion that they use on my f…
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Linda came back from lunch with something for us to drink. At
first I thought she had given me some of her 7-up. Then noticing
her holding a can o…
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The universe will take care of things. I’m not
overly superstitious, but I do read my horoscope every month. I pay attention
to “coincidences”. I po…
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My apartment grew increasingly disturbing during a period of 3 weeks
where I was training, thinking, and clearly, not cleaning a damn thing.
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Do you love somebody, because if you do, just
tell me, because I want to tell you that I love somebody. We don’t have to talk about who, or when, or
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Dear Kris,
I Have found a natural place to relax. This place name is "bai shui
yuan" which in zhe jiang province, near to hangzhou and it's
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The wife of the other patient came in and
helped her skinny mother down onto a potty.
She guided her down, without any privacy, shitting or pissing…
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Oatmeal cookies!
Caroline muxin it up.
French Braids. We were styled, straddleing the public toilets at
the office. Nancy, th…
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Arriving at the spa in faded cut off jeans with paint smears, and an oversized grey tank top so my little drips could bounce freely underneath, my bub…
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The street that hugs the lake.A weekend away. ( Ayub Ogada accompanies my spill) The last several months have been very interesting ones. I’ve been sp…
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Chaps Tar Uno
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
Her inimitable voice trickled over each
word, and dances in my memory. I can…
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Last
week, Joshua arranged a special phone call to China.
He emailed me the night before to make sure that I would be home, and
broke the news tha…
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On May 29th Carol and Jack Goodwin, the parents of my best friend all
the way from High School, came to town. It was so nice to see
them, and also …
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Interestingly enough Josh and I recently had a good long chat about how
weird the humor in america is. For example, the weird " funny"
fat people a…
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Ok Here's the deal. Joshua, you know who, is working on changing the
world. You see, my feelings beg to suggest that his work illustrates the
fine …
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Yesterday afternoon while Linda was
busy, I snuck up behind her and shared a little lemongrass essential
oil with her temples and forehead. When I …
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Saturday I woke up by the gentle sunlight that drew me from an
interesting night sleep. I've been gushing sweat puddles every
night, and May 12th w…
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Yeah! I am so lucky! Not only have I received two packages from
America filled with love from the best of friends, but today I came to
work and was…
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A few nights ago I had dinner with a friend, Nanci, and bragged about
the gift that Joshua sent to me. She had expressed hope that I
would indeed w…
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Listening to George Harrison (c/o Joshua) preparing yet another entry
to my world famous blog so that I can share my life with you.
Yesterday I gr…
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Today, I opened up a box of pure goodness from someone in NY that I
share love with. From the coconut lime shaving lotion and the
lavender hand soa…
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My boyfriend of nearly 4 years, x boyfriend, lover, romantic friend, best friend...whatever the shit you call him. Joshua, my lover of sorts, back in…
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On Saturday, Simone, Linda, and I met for some additional farewelling.
Kristina, Zeemona, and Lindala
Kristina, chowing down.
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Today is April 28th, the last day of work for my colleague and friend
Simone Steinborn, who will move back to Germany on Tuesday. She
has spent 2 y…
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Last weekend Caroline and Josh, the quintessential good couple threw a
party in the name of getting together, wearing ridiculous outfits, and
having…
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"how ar u
there today?i'm happy when i discovered u in one of this website and i
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Last night I had a strange dream about making out with someone named
Bill. I met Bill in his pick-up, parked in his driveway. I just
climbed in. …
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March
15, 2005 I moved to China. This picture was taken during a trip in May
2005 with some of the new friends that I met here. Aside from the ra…
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I started being more active about taking
care of myself after two months of traveling.
Yoga is never far from my thoughts, and I have always manage…
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So, yes, a punk show. I went to a show last week with Mary because
her boyfriend is in a band, and ended up enjoying myself even more then I
expect…
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Today Linda and I went to Xiang Yang Market again to buy a couple of
things. Lucky for us, we have more le sport sac bags then anyone
could ever us…
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I
just finished an email from Yvonne. You
should all be so lucky to receive such delicious emails. She writes like a luxurious 80 foot yacht
that…
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Last night during my weekly phone call with my grandfather, shoutingover the static, he reminded me to write another diary entry. I'vebeen trying to …
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I've been meaning to do this for some time. I've been meaning to sit
down and write something about Shanghai, but I've
been so wrapped up in my own…
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