prepping for the trip

parents..before they began their worrying

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Well not too much to report yet...this is mostly a trial to get me used to writing on a public journal. I'm not yet sure I will like how it feels. But, I've decided to try it for this trip.

I've been hiding out at home for the last few weeks...busy doing my prep work for the trip - boring things like shots, and shopping. I've also been reading a few books - I loved the one I just finished - Maximum City. The writer returns to his childhood home - which was then Bombay - and pushes himself into the many worlds of the city. He finds himself in the company of gangters, dancers, police officers, and Bollywood producers. His description of the city gave me an impression that a city could have a soul or lifesource. The worlds of Bombay/Mumbai seemed both harsh and terrifying and also appealing. Still working it out in my head.

other loved ones at my bday

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I leave in a week and I thought that I should apologize now if I wasn't able to say goodbye the way I should have. There are excuses...I was completely overwhelmed at the end of school with papers/exams. I was also packing up my apartment which has accumulated more than I could imagine in a year and a half. And at home...I've been coasting between reading, papers, packing, necessary shopping, learning hindi (if you didn't know - it has 11 vowels and 33 consonants), and trying to spend time with family and friends here. Occasional parental tornados have also contributed to me retreating into myself to think things through. More on that later. Maybe.

So I love you all, please write to me! I would love to hear all about what you are up to and send me pictures too!

Much love, and next time I write I'll be in India!