By bluerasberry on July 27, 2011
I met Sarahjane yesterday. I brought lots of books and work with me while I waited at the coffeeshop. She told me to be there at 4 and she showed up at 6. We got to her mom’s nearby hotel 2.5 hours later. She looks great. She has in spirits which were higher than most [...]
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By bluerasberry on July 25, 2011
I have been dating this boy named Xu since the middle of June and we have been seeing each other a few times a week. He is from Liaoning, which is the coastal province of China which shares a border with North Korea. He is doing a logistics program through Penn State’s industrial engineering department [...]
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By bluerasberry on May 20, 2011
I arrived in Seattle on the night of Friday May 13. The weather is wonderful here and I love my city. I find that my life is not so different here as it was in India. I work in front of a computer for part of the day and play for another part. Every day [...]
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By bluerasberry on August 29, 2010
This post has no interesting content at all. It is just a record to help me remember what I learned. On Thursday August 19 Simon and I dropped off the car by driving north through Golden Gate Park, into the Presidio, then west along the waterfront to the return at Fisherman’s Wharf. Simon took me [...]
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By bluerasberry on February 8, 2009
I had been thinking about applying for graduate school for a long time, but I decided I would not apply for admission in fall of 2009. I started questioning myself when I asked for a recommendation from a mentor of mine and he replied by asking me some hard questions about my goals. I’ve got [...]
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By bluerasberry on September 14, 2008
Yesterday I went out with this woman named Anna from work. She is in her mid-fifties and a few years off a divorce, move, and career change. I am always interested in people who are creating a new life. She met me in u-district and we toured the Ave and the Farmer’s market. We went [...]
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By bluerasberry on July 4, 2008
I start a new job Monday 070708. It is as a research assistant at a treatment facility doing a clinical trial for an experimental non-pharmaceutical cessation treatment for stimulant users, meaning meth or coke. It will be my first salaried job so I am making a big jump committing myself to work, but it is [...]
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By bluerasberry on November 19, 2007
I am fortunate to be a person who never has problems. I have been in Seattle for a few months since returning from overseas, and just now I am in an apartment in University District where I belong. I sort of regret not having been focused enough on my measurable goals in the past few [...]
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By bluerasberry on August 12, 2007
I have been back in Seattle now for a few weeks. Originally I planned to use this blog to write about my trip to India. Now that I am back, I think that I would like to use it for a semi-personal diary to record everything that I do. I am still sick. I went [...]
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By bluerasberry on June 1, 2007
I have to go to Nepal to renew my visa. It expires on June 7 and my flight out is on July 2. Nandan has recommended that I go by AC bus. He will take me to the bus station tonight and if we can find such a bus to Sunali, the city on the [...]
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