To make sure you dont forget what I look like, or you don't start to confuse me with the monkeys in the previous pics, some pictures for you and a little commentary for each...
-The Angelina Jolie-looking one-i'll post an explanation for this later, im copying and pasting this right from an email and it will take me a minute to describe-stay tuned
-the bird pic-this one is just for you jim, but ill explain it to the rest of you...some of the most meaningful advice jim ever gave me was,"Don't forget to look up, girl," and so here, in my Thailand life, I have made it a regular habit. As it happened, I looked up while visiting a temple about an hour away from here, and snapped a picture in the perfect instant that a bird had crossed the center of the scene. Little brother, i miss you. -
-pup pic-i took this while walking to the grocery store the other day, it was too much of a photo opp to pass up...these are some of the dogs i see hanging around my 'hood all the time-it looks like theybnwere waiting for me to capture them on film, so i did...they could also have been waiting there like that for me to perform role as the thai version of the creepy central park pigeon feeder lady, as i am steadily losing ten to twenty baht a day feeding the homeless dog population here. its funny, well not really funny but ironic...i rarely give money to homeless people but i dont think twice about giving these puppies a little treat, so i guess word is out on the canine street and ive accumulated a little following
-my lady love liz and i, this weekend, in cha-am beach, after we put her thai teacher lady friends to bed and went out on our own....we stopped at this gorgeous hotel (that i wish we had been staying in, but noooo, the thai ladies wanted to economize and we had to stay in another roach villa euphemized as a guest house) with a restaurant that had semi-outside seating right on the beach and we each had a beer and dessert....gross combination in theory but my fat cells were really jonesing for exercise-fried bananas, coconut ice cream, and chang beer, unbelievably appealing combination, second onlyto the pf changs banana spring rolls that we hold in such high regard-notice how my plate was long gone while liz was still working....dessert INHALATION, check....my appetite may be in temporary retirement but she comes out of hibernation given the chance
-liz and i woke up at 530 saturday morning to watch the sun rise over the beach-reason number 4575454654 why i love her, she is totally down to do nerd things like that....if im only going to be here for a few months, i want to see as many thai sunrises as i can, so this was my first one and it was beautiful-a little cloudy, which kind of subdued the whole dramatic effect of the sun's appearance, but still, overall, a great moment to have shared with a new friend...i took a million pictures, so ill let you see the slideshow when im home, but this one is my favorite for obvious reasons....ive said it before and ill say it again im sure, thailand has realllly tuned me in to my nerdy soft lovey side so i hope youre all prepared to be loved to death when i get back.
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