Monthly Archives: July 2010
How Would You Define American Culture?
I asked my roommates the other day for a list of traits that they felt were uniquely American and one of the things they said was that Americans use the filler word ‘like’ a lot during conversations. I laughed because that so like, describes me you have like, no idea. Ha. I’m so bad about … Continue reading
Why It Sometimes Sucks to Be Female
The other night, at around 11 o’clock, I stood outside a karaoke bar and debated whether or not it was safe to make the block-long walk from the bar to the park. Even though I only lived five blocks away, I knew that walking on my own all the way home would have been too … Continue reading
Is Working in a Developing Country Ethical?
I held a paid teaching position in Guatemala for exactly five weeks and one day. Although I quit for financial reasons, the fact that my other co-workers resented my presence didn’t help the situation any. At first I thought I was just imagining their cold looks and silent treatment. And when they ignored me on … Continue reading
Future Travel Plans: Nicaragua!
So I’ve decided to celebrate my lapse back into unemployment by relocating to Nicaragua. I don’t know a lot about Nicaragua, cept that it’s cheaper there, which means that I can buy myself some more time to figure out what the Hell I’m doing with my life. That, and two of my old housemates are … Continue reading
I Quit My Job
Maybe this doesn’t come as much of a surprise to you. It certainly wouldn’t if you’d been around me the last few weeks and listened to my endless grumbles of “I don’t get paid enough for this” or “I’m not here to play Hilary Swank to a bunch of unmotivated, ungrateful punks.” Because besides the … Continue reading
