It’s been like a year since I last blogged. This is a tragedy. Not a tragedy in the sense that the Titanic sinking was a tragedy, but more of a Kingdom of the Crystal Skull tragedy. This blog can be so much more, you know? I’m sure my expansive audience is constantly left with a bitter taste in their mouths every time they visit here (multiple times a week I’m sure) and there are no updates. Well then, let your thirst be satiated!
So I’ve taken up cooking. I grew up consuming my mom’s delicious meals, but whatever the heck went on in the kitchen that resulted in nom-nom-licious grub seemed more magical than anything so I was clueless to cooking unless it involved a toaster (I can’t really admit to being proficient with the microwave since I once set a bag of popcorn on fire). Then I moved into a college dorm and had a steady diet of Wendys, Papa Johns and Subway for two years. Sadly those are two culinary years that I will never get back. But they instilled in me a desire to rise above mediocrity in food consumption. Well that, and when I got back from Egypt I had to get my fuul fix somehow so I made my own.
And I’ve also been growing more interested in organic farming (haha!! get it?!?). It turns out that quality tasting ingredients makes better meals. Who knew? I got to write a column for the online UofL newspaper thing so you can read all about my farming adventure here. But to sum things up: it was awesome! And now my future plans will hopefully involve a Peace Corps assignment doing sustainable agriculture over the next two years. I’m in the middle of the application process, and I should find out if and where I’m going in the summer.
Agriculture is quite the departure from what my initial future plans were when I was kid. About ten years ago I was certain that I was going to be a shortstop for the Reds or the reincarnation of Aragorn. Apparently you need to actually play baseball to join the MLB and Middle Earth doesn’t really exist, which is a shame because I would really love to try some Lembas bread. Although recipes do exist, but I doubt the Earth version fills you up after only like one bite.
It’s a possibility that I’ll end up in South America for the next two years, which is a region that I have always wanted to go to. Of course, I have to switch gears from arabic learning back to spanish learning. This semester I’m taking an arabic class (the last of my undergraduate career) and an online spanish class. This is resulting in some bizarre conversations in arabic when I’m thinking of three or four spanish words before remembering the arabic equivalent. Have you ever tried applying an arabic conjugation to a spanish verb? It’s not pretty.
I’m also planning a month long Europe trip with my dear compadre in arms, Steve (better known as author of the Idoru blog). Which means I will have been on four continents after one year of graduation. It’s not really my goal but a neat milestone none the less.
I would love to stay and keep rambling on for a couple more paragraphs, but I’ve got a Harry Potter premiere to catch! Peace.
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… I had to or else Nicole said she would.
But in a more intelligent relm, now I want to farm organically and make yummy foodstuffs.
what? are you serious? middle earth doesn’t ….no. what about Santa claus? is he fake too?