traveled through four continents.
celebrated my 10,000th day on earth.
published my first
paper. (helps sas, stata, and sudaan healthcare analysts transition to
r.)
woke up in greek cyprus.
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flew to egypt. museumed. discovered four thousand year old cairo chimps with true-to-life genitalia.
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metroed to giza.
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rode a horse to the pyramids.
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watched the last sunset of the decade.
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expected as much.
walked by the nile.
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flew to amman, bused to the border, noted the jordanian
prussian soldier gear.
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hitchhiked to jerusalem, with..
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neon cauliflower
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and mountains of spice.
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didn't negotiate hard, paid $35 for this.
saw the sights..
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hats
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yasser araf-hats
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why didn't i think of that-s
crossed the checkpoint..
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..to ramallah..
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and her uninhabited settlements.
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and her ill-advised children's toys.
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and her americana.
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..and her unfairly delicious sundaes.
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turned south to sunday mass in bethlehem.
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onward christian tourist-pilgrims.
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baby jesus wuz here.
have a favorite palestinian t-shirt: "guns & moses" / favorite graffiti: "one wall two jails"
saw the dead sea, a failed historic site preservation attempt.
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flew to new york city. worked from my remote office for a few days.
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hope / resolve to travel while working remotely in the future. better to ease into a city, and stay connected to my career at the same time.
read
a long way gone, a memoir written by a fellow graduate of
oberlin who (nobody knew) had been a child soldier. worthwhile, but strangely edited: "this is your time to revenge the deaths of your families."
stopped reading
karen armstrong's buddha halfway through. a mix of contextual history, religious philosophy, and physiological explanations, the author strays from her stated goal of biographing too often to maintain a captivating storyline.
1/7