Category: My Yeti Life
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Today in class we learned words used for telling time in Chinese. (Watch out second graders, I’m hot on your trail.) As part of this time-telling exercise, we had to tell our teacher (laoshi — pronounced lao-sure) what our daily timetable looked like. It was so thrilling for me that I knew it would be…
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The last few days I’ve actually had a mild case of writer’s block. I’ve wanted to write something thought-provoking or humorous or simply expound on some idea I’ve been having lately, but not a lot has come to mind. When this happens, that usually means it’s time for me to make a list… Since my…
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I’m feeling pretty lazy (and it’s late) so I’m not going to formulate any of these thoughts into meaningful and prosaic type paragraphs. But I thought I needed to write something down though, so here goes nothing… Last night I decided to take a shower. A hot shower. With our bathroom in the state it’s…
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The bad news first… I laid in bed most of today with an awful head cold. Yep, I skipped my classes and lounged around feeling sorry for myself. I attribute this cold to a.) the drop in temperature–it’s gotten very cold here, especially earlier in the week, and b.) the hotel room we stayed in…
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Sorry for the lengthy post yesterday regarding my many mishaps. I got a little carried away, but like I said it was a very strange day that continued on into the very early morning hours. I’ll try to keep this edition a little more concise… (Oh, who am I kidding?) Stanza five: I lost (big…
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Today my life played out like a country western song. A very weird, often absurd, cross-cultural and laughable country western song (if there can be such a thing.) I can’t stomach country music myself (the one exception being Johnny Cash–I’m listening to him right now for inspiration); even though I was born and spent many…
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Well, I haven’t blogged about anything really for 4 straight days. It deserves an explanation. Here are ten possible reasons for the slack in content: Laziness. I wish this wasn’t my number one excuse, but, well yeah… The sweltering heat. I feel like I’m melting in this humidity. The digital camera’s battery needs to be…
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One week from today we fly to Singapore. Man, it’s hard to believe. The travel time from L.A. to Singapore is roughly 18 hours. We leave on the 2nd of July and arrive in Singapore on the 4th! Ouch. Do you think they’ll have any fireworks over there in our honor? I have my doubts.…
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It’s beautiful outside today. I’m wearing shorts so that gives you an idea of just how warm and gorgeous it is outside. I wear jeans roughly 340 days of the year, so this is one of those rare 25 days that I break down and show some leg. (It doesn’t matter that I haven’t been…
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Did you think I really died? Actually, the Yeti and family just returned from a 5 day stint in Liberty Lake, Washington (right near the Idaho / Washington border). Nice views, huh? We visited some people there who were interested in learning about yak herding. I happen to be a self-proclaimed North American expert on…
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