Vacation

Mamma needs a new pair of shoes!: Journal 12/7/06

And I’m off!  See ya later arctic bone crushing, spirit freezing cold of Chicago.  Hellloooo  Nevada!  Damn do I need to get away from this weather for a few days.  I think I’m more excited to feel the 50 degrees of Vegas than be here in Chicago where it peaks at a whopping 15 degrees around [...]

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Calling all shrinks: Journal 12/5/06

I’ve kinda been in hibernation mode which isn’t too uncommon for me but it’s felt different this last week.  Saturday I watched 4 hours of t.v.  4 hours!!  I don’t think I’ve watched that much t.v. the whole time I’ve been home from Iraq.  I was like a drooling sloth sitting on the couch doing nothing but letting the television [...]

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Lovehater Israel Style

In my head I keep recounting all the reasons why I loved Israel. I start to writing about Haifa or Jaffa or the Dead Sea but stop myself short every time. It’s been difficult to mold it into words when it’s still stuck in my chest as a feeling. Even the things [...]

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Never in America

Teeny tiny miniscule cars. They will never ever ever ever make it in America. At least not in my lifetime.

What would you say to the guy/gal driving down the highway in one of these bad boys? Snicker? Openly point and laugh? Shout obsenities to the likes of, “Holy %*$. [...]

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Hello! My Name is agnostic: Journal 11/25/06

There’s been an unexpected gap between my experiences in Israel and my journaling of it.  I think I overestimated my ability to separate myself from such an intense situation and look at it objectively.  Now that I’m back home and have each photo and video neatly saved in little computer folders, I can try to [...]

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