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It's a fucking saga

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:54:35 -0500

Why aren’t more people talking about going to see New Moon tonight on my dashboard? This seriously makes me rethink the type of people I follow.

Julia please come home.

People aren’t really into Twilight in Nepal. It is so weird when no one gets my references.

Finished Buddha. Leaving Kathmandu day after tomorrow for...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:09 -0500

Finished Buddha. Leaving Kathmandu day after tomorrow for village. Home in 17 days.

on a tuk tuk IN NEPAL

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:16:46 -0500

on a tuk tuk IN NEPAL

badal-clouds

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:10:18 -0500

badal-clouds

3 weeks

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:13:35 -0500

So in exactly three weeks I will be coming home! I leave Kathmandu in one week for village homestay then a week volunteering at a national park, chilling with sun bears and one horned rhinos.

This flower on my thangka took 3 hours.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:37:43 -0500

This flower on my thangka took 3 hours.

What do you guys think of my new look?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:31:30 -0500

What do you guys think of my new look?

hannahmaimai: i met julia! we ate falaffels. they put fries in...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:56:20 -0500

hannahmaimai:

i met julia! we ate falaffels. they put fries in there too. pretty chill.

Photo

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:12:42 -0500

I started painting my Thangka!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:22:30 -0500

I started painting my Thangka!

Pause NYC

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:06:32 -0500

andreaallen:

I was telling some friendos that I wish I could pause New York while I’m away.

I’ll push play in one week.

Wait, I thought NYC was already on pause because I was gone?>!?!

Hmm

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:47:25 -0500

So, things have been pretty fun here, but I am getting the itch to be home. It is hard spending a lot of time with a group of people who don’t get along (my group that I am with hate eachother). I miss my friends who know me well. I miss people that like computers and don’t think they are evil. And most of all I miss mom, dad, hadley, katie and jimmy.

This is when I fought a monkey.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:25:05 -0400

Eye contact

the approach

the attack

This is when I fought a monkey.

Photo

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:21:35 -0400

live hamburger

Juphal

I discovered a weird plant

Photo

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:00:30 -0400

I found a tiny boot

Putoo

Dog tikkah

Photo

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:46:57 -0400

sloooooog

Bhaktapur rice paddies

Helllllooooo

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:06:51 -0400

So I just finished up week two in Kathmandu. I am feeling a little more comfortable and able to find my way around. I understand a bit of Nepali (if people speak slowly) and my homestay is going well. My brothers are great. Last weekend was Bhai Tikka which is the festival for celebrating bros so I got to put tikka (red stuff) on their face. I felt kind of weird doing it, but they seemed fine with it. We watch Naruto together in the evening (unless my ama and didi (older sister) make me watch Nepali soap operas with them. Soap operas are pretty big here and they are really hard to watch without laughing.) My thangka painting class is cool. I have learned how to draw the Buddha head according to the precise dimensions. It takes me 25 minutes just to draw the head. Tomorrow I will learn how to do the body and then next week I will get to start my canvas. My Nepali is progressing. I can make my needs/wants known for the most part and I am totally awesome at bartering. I can’t believe October is almost over. Time has started to move faster which is nice. Thanks for all the nice messages. I am having fun, but am excited to get back to my western life in about a month and a half.

Some pics!!

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:17:32 -0400

My IV

CHill

Some pics!!

little note

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:10:21 -0400

we started our homestay last night. my homestay mother is very very nice and speaks pretty good english. i have two younger brothers 15 and 16. i only met the 15 year old because the other is on vacation with his sister who also has a little girl who lives in our house for now. i have my own room and bathroom(!!!!!). my brother nisha is really into death metal and plays guitar really well. We jammed last night for a little while. We talked about comic books and he likes to draw cartoons. it is still nerve wracking and weird but i think it will be good.

Today marks exactly one month since I arrived in Nepal. It seems like a lot longer, but then I...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:57:17 -0400

Today marks exactly one month since I arrived in Nepal. It seems like a lot longer, but then I think one third of this trip is already over and behind me. Weird. This has probably been the most intense month of my life from the mountains to the monastery. In other news, I have become pretty good at meditation (some might say enlightened, just kidding, maybe). The other important thing I learned is that if you want to practice Buddhism you can still celebrate Christmas. So, yeah. I also met a “Little Lama” today who is supposedly the reincarnation of a dead lama who was enlightened. There is a movie about this kid, lama Konchog, called The Unmistaken Child if you want to check it out.

Namaste bros!