back in america. ate a cheesesteak the other night with hibby and keej. learned that everybody is also obsessed with mgmt and kids here. awesome. theres no acai, acerola, goiaba, etc here. depressed. its also very cold. it was 95 every day in belem. needless to say i now have a cold. been reading the invisible pyramid. if i could find my old copy of the phantom tollbooth i would read that too. next is the bookseller of kabul. i have a pile next to the massage chair. theres also a spot for my tea cup. been working out too. no ju jitsu, not enough time. leave jan 4th for ecosystem ecology. will bum around vassar and nyc until bard starts. need to buy a jump rope. going to get my hair trimmed today. i can drive. go grocery shopping. i hope this post is a good example of the state of my mind right now. talk about liminality.
thursday im heading up to bard with larkin's parents and will hang there for the night. it will be really good to see people.
its very weird to be home. both happy to be back, but also miserable not to still be there. but then again, it was mostly the people there who made it what it was. to be back in amazonia right now on my own would be a completely different experience.
1 comment:
Oh Dan!
I am so glad you are home and it seems like you are covering a lot of practical things. I am sure it must be strange to go from one place that was so different and new and come back to your home that is familiar but strangely changed because your perceptions have changed. Anyhoo I have been reading like a crazy fiend. I am reading Nurriden Farah, a Ethiopian writer who writes about Somalia predominately - Knots. Just finished Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun about child violence, and I am also reading Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago. You would like him I think....
come to Boston at some point!
Miss you!!
Post a Comment