Posted by: elephantdreams on: June 23, 2009
So the more I read about the things happening in Iran, the more it was seeming that as a number of countries (read: the US) have some interest in the situation, their fingers were perhaps pulling the strings behind the spontaneous outbreak of a color revolution.
At first, that made me feel crabby, because a [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: June 19, 2009
It’s a beautiful summery day in Tokushima today. My thoughts are elsewhere, specifically, in Iran.
The BBC
The BBC Reporter’s Log
and
The Daily Dish
Posted by: elephantdreams on: June 11, 2009
Current Activity: Cooking dinner (Indian curry and couscous)
As the weather heats up and the Awa Odori practices become regular night time occurrences, a curious thing happens.
Things become familiar.
Hearing the sounds and smelling the smells of this time of year actually triggers memory for me, and that’s amazing. Because I was here 11 months [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: June 5, 2009
Currently Rocking the Heck Out To: Gavin DeGraw
Current Activity: Cleaning up after houseguests/1 am apple fritters/midnight hilarity
Yesterday I was correcting papers, and I saw this sentence:
“I think “mottainai” is down charbache important”.
I looked at it. My JTE looked at it. We scratched our heads. I wrote a question mark (What the heck are you trying [...]
Posted by: elephantdreams on: June 2, 2009
My body is all out of whack lately… it comes from sitting around at a desk all day, and not having the gumption to go outside and run miles.
But that will all change, because now I am a yoga lady.
That’s right! Yoga!
Last night my friend The Kiwi took me to a Buddhist temple [...]
