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post-santa barbara. post-americorps.now, learn how to save lives and fight fire, serve coffee, explore.i This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? Go get one!

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"the only people for me are the mad ones; the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved...the ones who never yawn and say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow candles exploding like spiders across the stars" -jack kerouac

My Blog

jazz fest (copied from my bulletin)

nccc alumni, jazz fest is april 25- may 4. we're all going. you have no choice.but seriously, let's choose a weekend, tickets are only $35 per weekend and i can probably get us a deal at the good ol' ...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:07:00 GMT

nola

my times picayune "katrina" book literally has dust on it.it's become easier to just forget any of it ever happened.i don't think i've fully come to terms with the fact that americorps is really, real...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:31:00 GMT

changed

it doesn't get any easier.we've been in the gulf off and on for the past 8 months. we drive past rotting, collapsing homes and FEMA trailers every day. i thought after a while i would get used to it a...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:30:00 GMT

NEW ORLEANS!!

found out yesterday that our fourth and final project will be in good ol', beloved new orleans. i'm fucking stoked. we're working at camp hope, which used to be dreaded and perceived as a hellhole, bu...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:33:00 GMT

The Plan

2nd phase almost done. getting ready to leave Biloxi, MS and Hands On. My team, half my Americorps class, and I will spend a week in Sacramento transitioning (meetings, paperwork, etc) before leaving ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:33:00 GMT

mail me shitttttttt

i have as close to no free time as i've probably ever had, which means no time to sit down and write a delightfully long-winded disjointed blog about what the fuck i'm doing here. but i promise it's g...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:06:00 GMT

yeah reflecting! **arm pump**

things i miss about santa barbara:doing beave and caca's make upkorie, beirut, and a particular ucsb athletic teamThe Bootswow cow and iced coffee (free food and coffee in general)lauren's amazing hea...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:58:00 GMT

ew. sentimental.

i'm sorry. i just need to point out how goddamn amazing my friends are. i miss my beloved pasado girls/house pet/partner in crime and my soulmates from auburn. being away has reminded me how lucky i a...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:18:00 GMT

mail me shit!

send me letters! everyone else gets mail. i don't. make me feel loved!!Andrea Gruber; AmeriCorps*NCCCc/o East St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity2229  3rd StreetSlidell, LA 70458
Posted by on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:25:00 GMT

thoughts on tonight's letterman

al franken, ellen pompeo, and jack nicholsen have the same smile. like they're puppets and their kindergarten creators didn't cut quite long enough along the line that allows the mouth to open. also, ...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:08:00 GMT