The Korean for hedgehog (바늘 두더지) translates literally to "needle mole."
In about 36 hours I'm planning to join Ari, Meghan, and my friend Vasi who I met in Latvia in Istanbul for a few days over New Year's. Hopefully fun ensues.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
home for the holidays
Ah, the yearly transition from school to home. It's always such a shift, such an adjustment. Don't yall feel like so much of our identities are defined by our surroundings? By what we do, what we study, what instrument we play, where we've travelled. Suddenly I find myself removed from my normal surroundings and activities that normally define myself and am in a new place.
More that expressing our sevles and values by what we do, even just how we spend our daily time seems to define ourselves. Maybe I just think too much (hah, maybe), but I find myself pressured to spend my time well and in a way that reflects the sort of values I hold. I should get up early, I should read a book, I should help my mother unload the dishwasher and watch football with my dad. Having to redefine myself with new activities and time spendings is a bit stressful.
Maybe because I go to school so far away and see my family so infrequently I feel like my time here is not mine. Like my time here is somehow owed to my family, and I think about how every action I take affects them, and I think about how to give them my most attention. I don't want to sleep in if it risks missing breakfast with my dad.
Alas, another edition of Madeline's gone home and feels anxiety, but other than these self reflective moments I really am enjoying myself :)
Thanks for listening yall,
Happy break!
madz
More that expressing our sevles and values by what we do, even just how we spend our daily time seems to define ourselves. Maybe I just think too much (hah, maybe), but I find myself pressured to spend my time well and in a way that reflects the sort of values I hold. I should get up early, I should read a book, I should help my mother unload the dishwasher and watch football with my dad. Having to redefine myself with new activities and time spendings is a bit stressful.
Maybe because I go to school so far away and see my family so infrequently I feel like my time here is not mine. Like my time here is somehow owed to my family, and I think about how every action I take affects them, and I think about how to give them my most attention. I don't want to sleep in if it risks missing breakfast with my dad.
Alas, another edition of Madeline's gone home and feels anxiety, but other than these self reflective moments I really am enjoying myself :)
Thanks for listening yall,
Happy break!
madz
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