Blogs from East Lansing, Michigan, United States, North America

Stopped by Mom's and then went through MSU... read more

Made a brief detour on my way to the east coast to visit another poker player I know from twoplustwo. Not really sure what to write here as we pretty much just played poker solidly for 3 days, including one 12 hour session at the local Indian Casino. Either way, I got on really great with Josh and it was nice to have unlimited computer access for a couple of days to catch up on things like this blog (I use the term "catch up" loosely, I actually mean get less far behind) and Facebook. ... read more

I have re-entered academia. I am with academics- people who like to learn as a profession. I identify well with that description, and am enjoying my time as a student again. (My perpetual mouth does not, however, benefit my reputation as a student…) My brain is nearly constantly engaged with a new concept- primarily adapting to the Arabic language. I am picking up on the right-to-left method, well enough to write my English backwards, fairly adeptly. Once I remember which language flows most fluently from my pen, I admire the ease with which I create strokes that make words using letters from an alphabet in which I naturally recognize the phonetics. (Sometimes I indulge in my attraction to alliteration and otherwise play with words.) When I return to my Arabic homework, I re-start at the right, ... read more

First of all, I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to get down to writing this next blog, since leaving Ohio I've only had sporadic internet connection, and even now there is no usb hub to hook up my camera, so fotos will have to wait for a while I'm afraid. Anyhow, I left Joanna and Columbus bright and early on July 2nd. Too early if you ask me, and I'm sure Joanna will agree.. but I'm forever grateful for the 5.30am ride to the Greyhound station. I was going to spend the July 4th weekend with Michelle, my roommate from my TEFL course in Thailand, and was meeting her in East Lansing, the capital city of Michigan. Unfortunately for me there was no direct bus from Columbus to E. Lansing, so I had a ... read more

Hello everyone, this is Sean. I am sadly back in the united states. So here is what happened. We were having a great time traveling as you all have seen and read about. And we were making are way to the coast to go relax and swim in the sea. We wanted to stop in a small town on the way were you can get a $7 message. But on the bus ride there I started to feel really bad. When we got there I felt worse so I rested in bed for a couple of days. After 2 days I thought it was time to see the doctor. He was very nice and he took a blood test for malaria. It came back negative so he thought I just had an infection. The next day ... read more