March 2011
22 posts
James Blake - “A Case of You”
FALSE ALARM.
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Leaving The Gambia.
On Monday I left The Gambia, probably forever, to move to Dakar and it was a surprisingly difficult decision considering how much I hated almost every moment of my life in The Gambia from about June to August.
Back then I hated everything: I hated my work I hated the people I hated the food I hated the climate I hated the culture I hated my life. I think this is a fair enough standpoint on The...
You say tomato.
I was trying to work my feelings about cultural differences into a different blog post about my departure from The Gambia, but really it deserves its own. Cultural differences, you guys—do not underestimate the importance of that for a second. Sure we are all humans and we have that in common and, blah blah blah, but this is by far the hardest thing I’ve had to overcome in The Gambia and I have in...
WHY? – “Simeon’s Dilemma”
“Today you’re 25…”
It is...