Islands

White Beluga whales swam past us sometimes in those jaded emerald waters and seals would steal fish from our nets, damaging them.

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Posted by Kashmir Mann at 12:57 AM | Permalink

I have finally gotten settled, so now I can write and tell you all about it. I got a real job! In an office, with a desk and a computer and my own telephone extension! Whoopee! I did it, I graduated and got a job! I am a legitimate adult! WOW!

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Posted by Rika Seidl at 10:44 AM | Permalink

So evedently my blog is still active and I can continue to use it... I did it, I graduated and now I am going to be a Success! I'll write more later and prove it. I've got big news! Yippee, Yippee

Posted by Rika Seidl at 05:50 PM | Permalink

But I'm not getting a big head about it folks...oh no. You see, I don't believe that a bachelor's degree is the be-all end-all of getting a job. Its a foot, more like a toe, in the door. The rest will depend on my seemingly inexhaustible supply of charisma (tee hee) and self-confidence.

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Posted by Lydia Dawe at 12:58 PM | Permalink

Yeah, I'm gonna blog.
I can't believe I'm graduating from college! I've been going to school since I was five years old and now I'm 21 and its over.

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Posted by Sally Cloninger at 11:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

hello anybody still here. well, my presentation is on wednesday, june 2nd at 11:15 if anyone wants to show up in the new seminar building. it's tittle is stray dogs: concepts of ownership. this year is coming to a close and i am just packing up and getting ready to go be a counsler at skylake yosemite camp i can't wait to be back at my second home. it's been a while but i still dream about being back there, so many memories, so many lessons i learned in my shildhood. right now i am still pulling everthing together and trying to look deeper into what i have learned. greece was such a greqt learning expierence and i need to trust myself and my intuition more. well, i should go to bed, i have a full day ahead tomorrow of learning of my fellow classmates's travels.

Posted by Ariella Spector at 08:19 PM | Permalink

It has been a month since we gathered at the Longhouse for our welcome back
potluck. Tomorrow the Islands Conference opens at Evergreen. In case there
are any blog fans out there who would like to see the conference schedule,
here is the link http://mediaspace.evergreen.edu/islands/schedule.html.

Posted by Sally Cloninger at 05:05 AM | Permalink

hello to whomever is reading this,
well, i am about to leave for an overnight camping trip to some hotsprings for a mini vacation. presentations are coming up at the end of this month and i have been working frantically. last thursday i spent about 4 hours in the computer lab scanning about 100 pictures onto a disk so i can use it in a powerpoint presentation. i have also been mounting panaroma opictures glued together on posterboard. my theme is stray dogs: concepts of ownership. well, i am excited to go to the beautiful olympic pennunsulia today, all the green surrounding me as i bath in naturally hot mineral water. i hope i make it okay. have wonderful days and even more splendid nights.

Posted by Ariella Spector at 07:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

"A fire at one end and a fool at the other."

-Kurt Vonnegut

Posted by Stuart Ralston at 12:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Here's some images to fill in some of the blanks.

-Stu

Alejo- Spanish Teacher
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San Ramon's Waterfall
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My Car in Managua
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Full Moon Party
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Pier at Granada
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Presto Coffee: Number One Convicts Choice!
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Shadow Under Tree
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Posted by Stuart Ralston at 01:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Yeah, so I'm now in the process of writing haikus based off of the materials that I've brought back from New York, the interviews, the pictures, and what ever else I can think of. So here's some YIPPIE inspired haikus....

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Posted by Will Erokan at 06:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

So here's some haikus I wrote when I was on the subway...

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Posted by Will Erokan at 06:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I hate being back. It makes little sense.

This rough outline of how things are supposed to come together isn't coming together.

Feel like I need to see the music selector for the soul reflector.

looking for a good beat

not off but on

perhaps four on the floor

or maybe nine to eight.

What do you think?

Where have all the groovers gone?

Did they run behind the crisp green trees

here in oly and get taken somewhere else

beautiful?

Or were they only here for a moment and now the cool thing is to be sexually abused and globally conscious?

Am I supposed to feel bad because I like what I do and I happen to be a white male?

Ok then it is what it is.

Cool

Posted by Walter Maenhout at 01:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

it's 2:40 am and i am getting up before eight to catch a flight to finally go home and be in my love's arms. i am back in a comfortable enviorment(olympia), but i am not quite home yet. well, i will be soon enough. i just watched "kill bill" for the first time a little while ago. it was really similiar to "pulp fiction" in the sense that it was done in the same style, just different content. i was a little dissappointed in it because when pulp fiction came out it was totally different from anything that was came out before. it was in it's own league. this one is so similiar to the style of pulp fiction that is not startingly new. i liked the way it was done, i.e. the camera shots, lighting, frames, and artistic cinemeatogrophy, but i think quintin tarintino has it in him to blow us away and create something completely new but didn't. it was enjoyable to watch, which is more than can be said for most recent movies. well, i am off to bed and back on a plane . i hope all is well for anyone who is reading this.

Posted by Ariella Spector at 10:51 PM | Permalink

Hey everyone.
I'm back. Sorry I haven't posted. I've been very buisy getting things sorted out. Right now, I really have no place to live. I've been sleeping on couches, but think I've found a room. I'll see you all tomarrow.
Curt

Posted by Curtis Block at 03:43 AM | Permalink

Hey everyone.
I'm back. Sorry I haven't posted. I've been very buisy getting things sorted out. Right now, I really have no place to live. I've been sleeping on couches, but think I've found a room. I'll see you all tomarrow.
Curt

Posted by Curtis Block at 03:40 AM | Permalink

I'm back! The flight was long and arduous, but I made it. My good friend Charlie picked me up at the airport and drove me to my mom's house where she had a fabulous dinner waiting. We ate outside and enjoyed the sunny northwest weather. My friends trickled in and by the time I was falling asleep in the living room I was surrounded by Grant, Ryan, Mike, Maggie, and Charlie. It was so good to see such good friends. Unfortunately after a major lack of sleep I wasnt able to make it out with everyone or to Sanchez's show... Sorry Dirty Sanchez! I will make it up to you.

Today has been beautiful and fun. I woke up to a breakfast of waffles, strawberries, whipped cream, and sausage! My mom is great! I also had a chance to speak to my fabulous grandmother. Then back to Olympia for a nice day of car washing and a mexican food dinner with Charlie. I have a plan to now watch one of the two pirated Thai movies I bought and to get a bit more sleep.

I also wanted to share that Catherine and Kenny from the Clubside restaurant in Olympia, had a baby at 2am Sunday morning so if you know them make sure to give them congratulations!

Love, Tim

Posted by Timothy Lyon at 01:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

So here's a collection of haikus written about Houston Street. I walked from broadway to the western coast one day, and then from broadway to the eastern coast the next day. Whenever I came to an intersection I stopped and wrote a haiku about what was going on. I also took a photo or two, although I still need to get them developed...

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Posted by Will Erokan at 11:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

I am FINALLY home.

The last day on the island was a sad one. I woke up early and drove out to the beach to watch the sunrise (which I saved until my last morning). It was beautiful but I thought I was going to freeze because the wind was blowing so hard. I parked my car in line for the ferry as soon as I could and spend the rest of the morning walking around town and saying goodbye to Andrea. The ferry ride was amazing. The waves were so big that the water splashed all over the deck- and since my car was the second from the front, it was soaked. I have to admit that I cried when I got home. Im not exactly sure why.

I just got back from a trip to Vancouver Canada. It was my vacation before heading back to school.

Im nervous about being back in class.

Posted by Rachel Komenski at 08:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)