Mackenzie's Guestbook
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Date: 22nd July 2009
Wow, I felt like I was right there in the car with you. Your descriptions were amazing. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful experience and being so open with your emotions. Im sure the picture of the stars will be imprinted on your mind forever.
From Blog: Everything the light touches, is our kindgom.
Wow, I felt like I was right there in the car with you. Your descriptions were amazing. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful experience and being so open with your emotions. Im sure the picture of the stars will be imprinted on your mind forever.
From Blog: Everything the light touches, is our kindgom.
Date: 21st July 2009
WIsh I could have been there with you! One of these days you can be my tour guide:)
From Blog: Everything the light touches, is our kindgom.
WIsh I could have been there with you! One of these days you can be my tour guide:)
From Blog: Everything the light touches, is our kindgom.
Date: 20th July 2009
Your Safari
Mackenzie, your safari experience sounds inspiring!
From Blog: Everything the light touches, is our kindgom.
Your Safari
Mackenzie, your safari experience sounds inspiring!
From Blog: Everything the light touches, is our kindgom.
Date: 18th July 2009
"so I'll probably write in my notebook"
Hmm, would you be using an actual pen and paper/journal/faux leather thing? How quaint.. ;-) dadaa
From Blog: Eating food with your fingers, who knew it'd be so much fun??
"so I'll probably write in my notebook"
Hmm, would you be using an actual pen and paper/journal/faux leather thing? How quaint.. ;-) dadaa
From Blog: Eating food with your fingers, who knew it'd be so much fun??
Date: 16th July 2009
oh you HAVE to watch So You Think You Can Dance when you get home. I'll watch the whole season again with you, for real! From the top twenty on there's some amazing performances...especially by Kupono, the gorgeous Hawaiin guy...wait til you see some of his numbers.
From Blog: Public praise...it does the ego good??
oh you HAVE to watch So You Think You Can Dance when you get home. I'll watch the whole season again with you, for real! From the top twenty on there's some amazing performances...especially by Kupono, the gorgeous Hawaiin guy...wait til you see some of his numbers.
From Blog: Public praise...it does the ego good??
Date: 12th July 2009
Who's the novelty?
Hi Mack: I got a chuckle reading about your concern that the parents might think you're treating their children as if they are a novelty. Clearly, you are the novelty with your blonde hair and fair skin!! It also seems lately as though you have been assimilating. Your blogs have definitely had a much more positive tone. I think the food has been more to your liking recently. I know how grumpy you can get when you're hungry. Only two more weeks in Africa. I think you will be sad when you leave. Love you, mom
From Blog: A bit behind on blogs are we?
Who's the novelty?
Hi Mack: I got a chuckle reading about your concern that the parents might think you're treating their children as if they are a novelty. Clearly, you are the novelty with your blonde hair and fair skin!! It also seems lately as though you have been assimilating. Your blogs have definitely had a much more positive tone. I think the food has been more to your liking recently. I know how grumpy you can get when you're hungry. Only two more weeks in Africa. I think you will be sad when you leave. Love you, mom
From Blog: A bit behind on blogs are we?
Date: 11th July 2009
Your phone
Hi Mack: did you get your cell phone yet? I'm anxious to know if it works! Love, mom
From Blog: International Ciminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Your phone
Hi Mack: did you get your cell phone yet? I'm anxious to know if it works! Love, mom
From Blog: International Ciminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Date: 10th July 2009
Trés Bien !!!
Jambo ;-) Going back to an earlier comment I made here to you, in which I wondered what would be the most effective / personal venue por tu to affect change. A legal stage for international justice seems to be your direction, and I think that SO apropos for you. I can envision the esteemed counselor Mackenzie boring into the dastardly perpetrators of heinous crimes; so you, and so cool... ;-) And, I miss you, too, but these entries are part of my daily morning routine and make me :-) dadaa
From Blog: International Ciminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Trés Bien !!!
Jambo ;-) Going back to an earlier comment I made here to you, in which I wondered what would be the most effective / personal venue por tu to affect change. A legal stage for international justice seems to be your direction, and I think that SO apropos for you. I can envision the esteemed counselor Mackenzie boring into the dastardly perpetrators of heinous crimes; so you, and so cool... ;-) And, I miss you, too, but these entries are part of my daily morning routine and make me :-) dadaa
From Blog: International Ciminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Date: 10th July 2009
Herro! Im excited to hear about heffer! the cow
From Blog: International Ciminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Herro! Im excited to hear about heffer! the cow
From Blog: International Ciminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Date: 8th July 2009
If we were keeping an AIDS vaccine from the public then how would anyone know? It is funny how everyone always assumes the worst about America!
From Blog: Slobbery hands.
If we were keeping an AIDS vaccine from the public then how would anyone know? It is funny how everyone always assumes the worst about America!
From Blog: Slobbery hands.
Date: 8th July 2009
Yay Im glad you are having better days. Wish we could talk now, but I know you are aschleep!!! Luv u !
From Blog: Doodles?!?
Yay Im glad you are having better days. Wish we could talk now, but I know you are aschleep!!! Luv u !
From Blog: Doodles?!?
Date: 7th July 2009
"that I actually ENJOY LEARNING."
Hola, dahlin' ;-) I can only hope that I have students like you in my class-room. Yes, *drabness* is, in fact, a real word, but certainly not applicable to your present environment. Enjoy it, warts and all, por favor? dadaa
From Blog: Doodles?!?
"that I actually ENJOY LEARNING."
Hola, dahlin' ;-) I can only hope that I have students like you in my class-room. Yes, *drabness* is, in fact, a real word, but certainly not applicable to your present environment. Enjoy it, warts and all, por favor? dadaa
From Blog: Doodles?!?
Date: 6th July 2009
Amazing
Once again, you have made me feel as though I am there with you. What a successful weekend it was for you. Your mood seems to be vastly improved from earlier last week. I am so glad that your experience is improving. I will call NYU for you today and I've emailed Martha asking for her address so that I can mail yoru phone. THe pictures were great and I can't wait to see more. Love you, Mom :)
From Blog: Welcome to Meruland..
Amazing
Once again, you have made me feel as though I am there with you. What a successful weekend it was for you. Your mood seems to be vastly improved from earlier last week. I am so glad that your experience is improving. I will call NYU for you today and I've emailed Martha asking for her address so that I can mail yoru phone. THe pictures were great and I can't wait to see more. Love you, Mom :)
From Blog: Welcome to Meruland..
Date: 5th July 2009
I have read that No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency... it was very good. Glad to see that you had an awesome time!
From Blog: Welcome to Meruland..
I have read that No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency... it was very good. Glad to see that you had an awesome time!
From Blog: Welcome to Meruland..
Date: 4th July 2009
"mission accomplished" ;-)
Buenos dias, dahlin' ;-) Re: "going for both a public policy masters...." >> How does one institute public policy? Activism? Politics? Law? By human nature, any society in any country is hesitant to accept change to centuries of traditional thinking, particularly in a third world situation (see W's *democracy* scheme for the Islamic world). It took us--the people of the Estados Unidos--8 years to FINALLY reject that obviously failing political *vision* by electing BO. And we are not a 3rd world country. There are centuries of indigenous thinking AND misguided Western Euro bungling with politically-based *map carving* in Africa to overcome. I so admire your fervor for the *one with the people* vision. Perhaps the time spent in academia to study the most effective way to institute that change is the best option, in conjunction with the *boots on the ground* approach of actually understanding the culture by being part of it, which is what you are currently doing. BRAVO! Such experience will be of immeasurable benefit to your studies. The rub is the actual acceptance of change by the people it is intended to help. Think of DWB (Doctors Without Borders). The practical application of that is the challenge. Look how difficult it has been to eliminate curry from your valued veggies/ rice diet--LOL. How did you finally achieve it? By finding the right person to ask and make the change. "One small step...." dadaa ;-)
From Blog: Steamed veggies
"mission accomplished" ;-)
Buenos dias, dahlin' ;-) Re: "going for both a public policy masters...." >> How does one institute public policy? Activism? Politics? Law? By human nature, any society in any country is hesitant to accept change to centuries of traditional thinking, particularly in a third world situation (see W's *democracy* scheme for the Islamic world). It took us--the people of the Estados Unidos--8 years to FINALLY reject that obviously failing political *vision* by electing BO. And we are not a 3rd world country. There are centuries of indigenous thinking AND misguided Western Euro bungling with politically-based *map carving* in Africa to overcome. I so admire your fervor for the *one with the people* vision. Perhaps the time spent in academia to study the most effective way to institute that change is the best option, in conjunction with the *boots on the ground* approach of actually understanding the culture by being part of it, which is what you are currently doing. BRAVO! Such experience will be of immeasurable benefit to your studies. The rub is the actual acceptance of change by the people it is intended to help. Think of DWB (Doctors Without Borders). The practical application of that is the challenge. Look how difficult it has been to eliminate curry from your valued veggies/ rice diet--LOL. How did you finally achieve it? By finding the right person to ask and make the change. "One small step...." dadaa ;-)
From Blog: Steamed veggies
Date: 3rd July 2009
Hallelujah
I knew you would come around. Glad dinner was a success! :) Mom
From Blog: Steamed veggies
Hallelujah
I knew you would come around. Glad dinner was a success! :) Mom
From Blog: Steamed veggies
Date: 3rd July 2009
Awesome blog.. Im glad to see you had a better day!!!
From Blog: Steamed veggies
Awesome blog.. Im glad to see you had a better day!!!
From Blog: Steamed veggies
Date: 29th June 2009
If I had the time and money for safaris I'd be on one everyday.
From Blog: Culture shock is wearing me down..
If I had the time and money for safaris I'd be on one everyday.
From Blog: Culture shock is wearing me down..
Date: 29th June 2009
WHY ARENT YOU WAKING UP FOR SAFARIS?? i am disappointed in you.
From Blog: Culture shock is wearing me down..
WHY ARENT YOU WAKING UP FOR SAFARIS?? i am disappointed in you.
From Blog: Culture shock is wearing me down..
Date: 26th June 2009
Ahalan
I couldn't agree more with Gilli's comment. Step outside of your comfort zone...surrender to the experience and escape the trappings of your mind. You may return home completely transformed and free of your idiosyncratic burdens!! Love you and mish you!! Mom
From Blog: Doing laundry in the sink..
Ahalan
I couldn't agree more with Gilli's comment. Step outside of your comfort zone...surrender to the experience and escape the trappings of your mind. You may return home completely transformed and free of your idiosyncratic burdens!! Love you and mish you!! Mom
From Blog: Doing laundry in the sink..
Date: 25th June 2009
OMG!!
ThEY, IT'S TEZ:) Im so proud of you!!! I cant believe your in africa!ll! awsome:) soo tell me how your liking it so far, I want to hear all about it. could i call you while your in africa? or are you only allowed to do blogs? ok. well get back to me and good luck in everything you do. I know you'll do great over there. k. well ill talk to you later. bye:) heres my emAIL. terrifictez15@hotmail.com
From Blog: Doing laundry in the sink..
OMG!!
ThEY, IT'S TEZ:) Im so proud of you!!! I cant believe your in africa!ll! awsome:) soo tell me how your liking it so far, I want to hear all about it. could i call you while your in africa? or are you only allowed to do blogs? ok. well get back to me and good luck in everything you do. I know you'll do great over there. k. well ill talk to you later. bye:) heres my emAIL. terrifictez15@hotmail.com
From Blog: Doing laundry in the sink..
Date: 24th June 2009
ahalan
My Dearest friend, My comment title is your first lesson in Hebrew (ahalan = hey) so that when you arrive at Ben Gurion National Airport you can feel a little more secure. I read what you write and I miss you, very very much, and I am so thrilled and so proud of you that you are physically living the the fantasy that you've been dreaming about since we were ten years old. It's funny...I see you're "working out", "doing squats", eating "carb-filled" meals, sleeping with "earplugs." My love, this is the beauty of travel. To step out of your comfort zone and go with the flow, become a traveler, a see-er, a believer, a romanticist, a doer. To fall asleep to the sound of the Tanzanian beat, to let yourself be woken up to the prayer call because fuck - it's a once is a fucking lifetime kind of thing. To sit outside, to watch the sunset, to let the mosquitoes feast on your white gourmet blood, to stay off facebook and to leave your ipod inside because nothing compares to the sounds of the wilderness. Africa is beauty in its sexiest, its rawest, its most earnest. There is no other place like it in the world. We will discuss in-depth when you get here. Am planning something breathtaking. Can't wait for you to arrive. Enjoy every minute, as i know you will. Love.
From Blog: Karibu Tanzania
ahalan
My Dearest friend, My comment title is your first lesson in Hebrew (ahalan = hey) so that when you arrive at Ben Gurion National Airport you can feel a little more secure. I read what you write and I miss you, very very much, and I am so thrilled and so proud of you that you are physically living the the fantasy that you've been dreaming about since we were ten years old. It's funny...I see you're "working out", "doing squats", eating "carb-filled" meals, sleeping with "earplugs." My love, this is the beauty of travel. To step out of your comfort zone and go with the flow, become a traveler, a see-er, a believer, a romanticist, a doer. To fall asleep to the sound of the Tanzanian beat, to let yourself be woken up to the prayer call because fuck - it's a once is a fucking lifetime kind of thing. To sit outside, to watch the sunset, to let the mosquitoes feast on your white gourmet blood, to stay off facebook and to leave your ipod inside because nothing compares to the sounds of the wilderness. Africa is beauty in its sexiest, its rawest, its most earnest. There is no other place like it in the world. We will discuss in-depth when you get here. Am planning something breathtaking. Can't wait for you to arrive. Enjoy every minute, as i know you will. Love.
From Blog: Karibu Tanzania
Date: 24th June 2009
I agree Kathy. I love seeing her posts because it's a first hand account of the African experience. I look forward to your blogs and can not wait for my next Kiswahili lesson!
From Blog: Karibu Tanzania
I agree Kathy. I love seeing her posts because it's a first hand account of the African experience. I look forward to your blogs and can not wait for my next Kiswahili lesson!
From Blog: Karibu Tanzania
Jimmy McGuire
non-member comment
Hi
Hi kenz, I just wanted to say hello and let you know I was thinking about you. What you've done is truly amazing and I'm excited for you to have some fun finally with your friend in Israel. I heard about your Terrible Towel pic and am trying to locate it, that's great!... Myron would be proud of you! Be safe, Love McGoo.
From Blog: The end is near.