"Love me to life!" |
One of the main, albeit unconscious, reasons I haven't been writing much recently is because I haven't wanted to whine. I hate whiners. And, more indicative of my condition, I haven't wanted to conc...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:06:00 GMT |
Venus Before Sleep program notes |
Notes for 'Venus Before Sleep': Two years ago I began sketches of Venus Before Sleep for my first formal composition class at UMBC. I had a teacher who was pushing my ear into uncomfortable places, an...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:59:00 GMT |
"Save His Life" |
Nothing could seem more foreignor so strikingly, strangely vivaciousin this palatial marble fortress of a university in Thailandthan a single stray catswatting at a butterfly with both pawsin the silv...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:38:00 GMT |
Something stupid, like "Paradise" |
I just returned from a week in southern Thailand - not, to my parents'great relief, Malay southern Thailand (an area that has been teemingwith terrorism for the past decade or so), but "Tropical Parad...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:05:00 GMT |
Konchanaburi |
Konchanaburi, the new song I put up, is the name of a rural province in Thailand which I visited with my friends a couple weekends ago. You remember that movie, "The Bridge Over the River Kwai"? Tha...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:18:00 GMT |
That Must Be the Place |
I'm ready to come home. As ready as anyone ever is (i plan on waxing a bit sentimental, so get the kleenex ready...or the noose). I can't think of a need, a concrete need, to ever be home, just an u...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:07:00 GMT |
Snapshots of Bang Na |
For those of you who have been frantically checking daily for new blogs - I apologize, but the endeavor of sitting down to sum something up in words can seem unappealing, especially considering many o...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT |
I'm Think We Can Blake Up, My Sweatie |
The first requirement that I have been given is that my students be able to write short notes or letters. They are also supposed to be able to use conjunctions which, for those of you who forget, are...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:18:00 GMT |
My Thai Classes (completely Non-Fiction) |
An update on my teaching career:I'm teaching five sections of college freshmen, all of whom are in Basic English. 96% of incoming freshmen at Assumption University (ABAC, as it's also called) are req...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:51:00 GMT |
Mai Kao Jai |
So there we were, Erik and I, shuffling around the white dirt parking lot between a closed down open-air market and the pier of Ban Phe (the launch pad for Koh Samed (which is not a large island by an...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:22:00 GMT |
