The world is only as big as what you know.
Once you’ve seen a new place, the map you remember in elementary school changes. Pink, orange, green or yellow – no longer just odd shapes – states and countries explode into paintings of life. Each one becomes a new realm in your mind’s eye.
After I came [...]
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life’
April 14, 2009
Posted by Lauren
Setting the Scene
So I bet you’ve been wondering what kind of roof has been over my head here in Costa Rica . Or more importantly, more details about who I’ve been living with. Or maybe you haven’t. Bygones. I’m gonna tell you anyway.
When Julie first told me about my house parents, Natalia and [...]
February 24, 2009
Posted by Lauren
Germain Greer
A couple days ago I caught bits of a National Geographic show about religious cults in the US. It’s such a weird feeling to watch someone else talk with such certainty about an idea that you think is absolutely ludicrous. When the interviewer asked some of the teenage kids if they might have been brainwashed, [...]
September 30, 2008
Posted by Lauren
Life Equations
Future = Life(at present + 1)
Life(at present + 1) = Plan x Money(generally) x (at present)
Plan = finish condo rehab* + rent condo** + buy sailboat*** + go to Australia****
* by spring
** by May
*** during summer ‘09
**** next fall
Money(generally) = bane of existence
Money(at present) = ?
? = as good as a mathematical zero
So….
Future = [...]








