I have been an Indigo Girls fan since my freshman year at SUU. I was introduced to them by my cooler, older friends on the debate team. Listening to them always reminds me of long van rides to debate tournaments around the West Coast. Especially 1200 Curfew. That will ALWAYS be my favorite Indigo Girl [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Trip Down Memory Lane OR A review of “Staring Down the Brilliant Dream” by the Indigo Girls
Posted in Random on 31/01/2011 | 2 Comments »
Weekend with Joanna or Yay for girlfriends!
Posted in Everyday Life on 26/01/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend I drove up to Joburg to spend time with my friend Joanna. Joanna and I became friends while at JHSPH together and now we both work for the same organization, except that she’s in the Nigeria office. Her program is having a global meeting this week in Joburg so she came a few [...]
iPhone Apps
Posted in Random on 24/01/2011 | 1 Comment »
iTunes recently released an “App Stores Essentials Hall of Fame” with the top 50 apps of all time. I currently have and/or have used 11 of the 50 apps: Angry Birds Carcassone Evernote Facebook Flight Control Pano Plants vs. Zombies SoundHound Star Walk Hipstamatic Cut the Rope (tried the free version and when I ran [...]
Antarctica Inspiration
Posted in 17 before 2017 on 23/01/2011 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Kameko is my inspiration for adding “Visit all 7 continents” to my 17 before 2017 list. I added it BEFORE I saw the video she put together of her trip with photos by her and other passengers on the Polar Pioneer. Once I saw the video I was even more inspired and wanted [...]
In Lesotho, your life centers around the mall
Posted in Everyday Life on 20/01/2011 | 1 Comment »
Sad, but true. The mall has the best grocery store in town (Pick n Pay), several “dining” options (Spur, Ocean Basket, KFC, etc.) and the movie theatre. I’m at the mall several days a week, but it’s the movie theatre I love best. I have seen probably the most, and the worst, movies of my [...]
Cool find in Berlin
Posted in Random on 20/01/2011 | 1 Comment »
I found this cool wall calendar at the shop in the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin over Christmas/New Years. I hung it up in my office today. It’s black on one side and blue on the other. Fortunately the blue side is also the side in English. I think it was the small post-its to mark [...]
RIP Sargent Shriver
Posted in News on 19/01/2011 | 1 Comment »
I was saddened to learn of Sargent Shriver’s death yesterday (via FB, of course.) Meeting him was the starting point of my Peace Corps journey, and ultimately how I ended up living here. I volunteered for his son’s (Mark) campaign for Congress in 2001/2002 and at a community parade was assigned with others to keep [...]
I *heart* Amazon.com MP3 Daily Deals
Posted in Random on 18/01/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Have I mentioned that I’m a sucker for the MP3 Daily Deal at Amazon.com? I have the page bookmarked and check it religiously everyday. At the end of the year they went on a streak with albums from their “best of 2010″ list and I bought almost every single one. It’s strange because I’m typically [...]
After work
Posted in Everyday Life on 17/01/2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the last few months two of my friends/colleagues have become new dog owners and therefore dog friends of Molly. They are Alfred who was adopted from the vet who’s about a year old, was adopted from the vet and recently discovered to be some mix of Norfolk Terrier, and Cupid a 6-month old Maltese [...]
My newest love
Posted in Everyday Life on 15/01/2011 | Leave a Comment »
No, I didn’t add another animal to the family – I got a new gadget. An ice crusher. I bought it in Cologne and some store with lots of cute house gadget-y things. It’s so simple, and yet works so great. There’s a compartment on top where you put the ice in that has metal [...]
