back in the usa (don't know how lucky you are?)
0 Comments Published by Ben on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 10:46 AM.
I'm back home, marveling that it was just over a week ago that I left Malawi. Crazy. I've kept the bulk of my culture shock and re-acclimation to myself--or at least not posted here--but suffice it to say that everything is just a lot bigger here. Cars, portions, people, buildings, rooms. Even the flies are bigger.
I'm back into the swing of things (sort of). This is a pretty light week in terms of responsibilities and scheduled things I have to do, so I'm able to do the really important stuff, like catch up on reality TV (I'm worried that everything is going to become "-licious" in my vocabulary just because him and his saying are so ridiculous). I'm also cleaning and organizing, trying to set up some decent working space in the apartment that's not in my bedroom so I can maybe have fewer nights of falling asleep in bed with my computer on my lap.
I've been on organization overdrive, reading a number of relevant blogs and books (happy to share if you're interested). At the moment, I'm sort of drooling over EverNote, but I have to upgrade to Leopard first, which I'll probably do later this fall.
Part of the organization is actually tending to things I've been putting off for whatever reason. Sometimes it's just nice to have the sense of completion that it's done, and other times, I get an iPod back. There's a longer version of the story, but suffice it to say that my iPod has been with BestBuy for months now for servicing, they lost it and are now sending a gift card for the purchase price. The prices haven't gone down (I bought it about this time last year), but the new iPhones dropped in price and the iPod Touch hasn't (an 8GB iPhone is $100 cheaper than an 8GB iPod). Technology is weird sometimes.
I'm also catching up on all sorts of things online, including NPR Podcasts. The most recent All Songs Considered podcast is pretty awesome. They feature this bands Ra Ra Riot that I've read about but had yet to hear. They have a few classically trained string players (violin and cello, I think) in the band, and the podcast sort of take the cello theme to heart. Toward the end of the podcast there's this really beautiful song by the Portland Cello Project that I have been listening to over and over again. Interesting concept and great execution, as far as I can tell.
I'm back into the swing of things (sort of). This is a pretty light week in terms of responsibilities and scheduled things I have to do, so I'm able to do the really important stuff, like catch up on reality TV (I'm worried that everything is going to become "-licious" in my vocabulary just because him and his saying are so ridiculous). I'm also cleaning and organizing, trying to set up some decent working space in the apartment that's not in my bedroom so I can maybe have fewer nights of falling asleep in bed with my computer on my lap.
I've been on organization overdrive, reading a number of relevant blogs and books (happy to share if you're interested). At the moment, I'm sort of drooling over EverNote, but I have to upgrade to Leopard first, which I'll probably do later this fall.
Part of the organization is actually tending to things I've been putting off for whatever reason. Sometimes it's just nice to have the sense of completion that it's done, and other times, I get an iPod back. There's a longer version of the story, but suffice it to say that my iPod has been with BestBuy for months now for servicing, they lost it and are now sending a gift card for the purchase price. The prices haven't gone down (I bought it about this time last year), but the new iPhones dropped in price and the iPod Touch hasn't (an 8GB iPhone is $100 cheaper than an 8GB iPod). Technology is weird sometimes.
I'm also catching up on all sorts of things online, including NPR Podcasts. The most recent All Songs Considered podcast is pretty awesome. They feature this bands Ra Ra Riot that I've read about but had yet to hear. They have a few classically trained string players (violin and cello, I think) in the band, and the podcast sort of take the cello theme to heart. Toward the end of the podcast there's this really beautiful song by the Portland Cello Project that I have been listening to over and over again. Interesting concept and great execution, as far as I can tell.
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