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Can I Tell You Something?: May 2008
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Can I Tell You Something? Friday, May 9, 2008. Life Lesson #10a: Carolina In My Mind (Freshman Year). Let me tell you something. Life Lesson #10: In my future academic, social, and general life trials, "I'll be going to Carolina in my mind. Today will be about Freshman year. Each point has a long story of its own. But for once, I will keep them concise. Coming late to my first class as an undergraduate and having to make an entire row get up for me because the only available seat was in the middle. Alien...
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Aidan on an Island: June 2011
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Sunday, June 26, 2011. I’m a sureño! I moved in temporarily with Chloe, and at the moment, an evangelical church has set up massive speakers and about a hundred chairs (a bit hopeful…) two houses down, and everything is vibrating. If they turned it down just a bit, you could hear something besides a billion decibels of static (screaming is…better? I started teaching basic computer classes in the batey! This is pretty much how my day went:. Here are some pictures from the last week:. The view from my fut...
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Aidan on an Island: December 2011
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Friday, December 30, 2011. I'm staying in my site for New Years. This will be the first major(ish) holiday that I haven't spent with other Volunteers, and while I like the ability to decline participation in large group activities, the site seems to be conspiring to make me regret my decision. I can't make parents hug their kids. I can't stop them from hitting them. That's the hardest part of being here- it's not the poverty or lack of water and power and sanitation and American food. Links to this post.
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Aidan on an Island: March 2011
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Thursday, March 31, 2011. Jessica, Chloe, and I worked on this article for the PCDR magazine, the Gringo Grita. New Chapters: Alfabetizing Peace Corps. Links to this post. The newest class of Peace Corps Trainees arrived in March! 160; After a week or two of training, each newbie goes out to visit a volunteer to see what their service is like. I took Blair around to all my classes and groups, out to one of the bateys, and got to see Heidi's kids play baseball. . Every once in a while, we had to stop the...
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Aidan on an Island: January 2012
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Thursday, January 12, 2012. Today, we built a network. This morning, Emilio stopped by my house while I was making coffee, and I taught him how to strip. Ethernet cables. You see, today was the day I started teaching my youth about computer networking. In high school, we added on a sunroom to our house, so I took the opportunity to install ethernet jacks in the walls, and ran wires through the walls to the living room, new sunroom, my room, and my sister’s room. So, this is a lot of work, but it. 1 Contr...
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Aidan on an Island: May 2011
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011. So, I started talking with other volunteers, trying to see if anyone knew of a good site. I had managed UNC’s computer labs before joining Peace Corps, and I was nominated and accepted and trained for service as an Information and Communication Technology Specialist, so finding a strong IT site was. And, I know, crazy—working within my sector? I was excited. This place felt good. I hope that feeling wasn’t due to the unseasonably cool weather and light br...Links to this post.
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Can I Tell You Something?: August 2008
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Can I Tell You Something? Monday, August 11, 2008. What's a Hokie anyway? Let me tell you something. I'm not going to be answering that question I asked in the title.at least not in this post, because Honestly even after several people tried to explain it to me, I'm still confused on that point. (Not that I know what a Tar Heel is exactly either). I just thought you'd be reeled in to reading this because you may be wondering what a Hokie. Is too. haha. Manipulation, thy name is Mona. Yes, this word may b...
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Aidan on an Island: October 2010
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Friday, October 22, 2010. I woke up today thinking it was Thursday. I planned my day for a Thursday. Today is Friday. The last time I remember being this disoriented was in high school, when the summer smushed into one long weekend. Instead, I’ve had a month of weekdays. I need some wins. This is the horse that sometimes eats my front yard at night. It may or may not be a ghost. Dusk from my front porch, through the bars. Power lines at night. Links to this post. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Than us....
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Aidan on an Island: Sweating in December
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011. I took two kids to the regional Brigada Verde conference, which was pretty fun. We went to the island in the middle of lake Enriquillo, the giant below-sea-level salt lake that is slowly rising, which may make it possible to kayak from Puerto Principe to Barahona in a few years. Thar be crocodiles! And giant iguanas with red eyes! View from CD’s apt in Santo Domingo. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. La Gringa en la República Dominicana. LR in the DR.
