an email from my sister:

"I hope that you are having an absolutely fantastic time and you are

Safe. This safety plug is in the spirit of your mother who called me today to wonder aloud if the fatigue would kick your body right out of it, all of a sudden, and maybe you would fall asleep suddenly on the streets of Thailand, unable to rouse yourself to fight off the crazies.

I didn't know what to say."

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my family is so funny.

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I am sort of caught up on sleep. It is unbelievably hot, so i escaped to the country adn now i'm on an island... last night i sat on the beach and watched the moon rise and looked at constellations completely different from those i'm used to.

One thing that i didn't really connect before I got here. The best type of food of food in the world? THAI FOOD. I am in Thailand. There is no describing the food that i am eating. Green curry and hot noodles. Today i may just have to try Pad Thai. Since i'm in Thailand and all.

I am off to look for sharks. Like the bears in Whistler: you want them close enough to see... but not TOO close. (snorkelling!)

It's so weird to be here. I still have the blister I got sea kayaking in Vancouver. Was that really just two weeks ago?

11:10 a.m. - 2003-07-18