dilmah.

people! (not that people read this but whatev.) it's been a whole day and I have food for thought.

not that kind of food, silly.

has it been a day, or has it been a day. I am busting my ass over here, people. I mean it's cool stuff, but man, I haven't worked this hard, been this interested, or been this focused in a very long time. it's like you can hear the freakin wheels turning in my brain. the ends of my hair are turning blonde because I'm sucking intensity out of them. (but seriously, my hair is turning blonde, and I haven't the faintest clue why.)

I'm editing these documents that have been translated absolutely abominably by another summer student. then again, that's what I came here for! sling your english at me. bring it on. it's the one thing I am actually well equipped to deal with on this trip.

I have tried every flavor of tea in the kitchen, and my favorite is still peach, with the raspberry coming a dangerously close second. I'm becoming an addict, I swear to you.

it also just struck me how shitty white chocolate is. like seriously, I actually liked this stuff? milk isn't much better. I haven't had a plain chocolate bar in a while, so this is a new epiphany for me. when you dress it up with nougat and caramel and whatnot it's fine, but really, dark is so much better. once you go black you never go back...?

speaking of epiphanies, if I have two kids, a boy and a girl, I am naming them sky and epiphany. actually, gender doesn't really matter, those are the names they are getting. though a boy would probably get a lot of shit for being named epiphany. maybe pip for short? then again if I don't have a girl I'm going to go nuts. boys are a handful.


I went for a walk in the old city yesterday and got stared at like I was mary freakin poppins (or some sort of circus freak, but I'd like to think the former). a strange foreign woman wandering the streets by herself with her ipod in dressed in formal clothing and taking pictures of street art? I guess I'd stare too.

I hope we make ends meet for this new place. it would be so kickass.


they put something in the food here. there is no way I should be this skinny. NO way.

I heard some very interesting news today. it spawned a secret. (!) it sort of flew from my pen onto my legal pad as I was taking notes a few hours later. I think I am going to use this picture...

I will hopefully get to meet the famous dominika tomorrow! maybe I can convince someone (bartek?) to take me to a disco this weekend, too. and then it's just a week left! where did the time go?