it's alright ma (i'm only bleeding)

i got hit by a motorcycle. no joke. full head on collision. me on foot verses a speeding motorbike. i didn't even hit the deck, just a gash on the leg and a limp for a couple days. it's alright ma! i'm only bleeding!

there are two malaria medications. one is taken weekly and gives you night terrors and pale skin. the other is taken daily and makes you a lovely shade of sunburn pink. it also causes the birth control i'm not taking to cease function. anyways, i'm a well rested pink skinned volunteer.

they say you always forget to pack something. i forgot a headlamp and a shamwow. c'est la vie.

after two separate tours in asia and one month in country, i lost my squat toilett virginity today. i was originally going to store "it" for a couple days but...well, i guess i couldn't.

Barak Obama's face is everywhere here. everywhere.

i'm out.

Larson: AWAY!!!

Greetings friends!

I'm leaving tomorrow early in the AM for illadelphia, PA for my staging event. They'll vaccinate me, re-affirmate me, and caffinate me for one day and then it's off to Conakry via Brussels.

I'll keep you posted.

What am I bringing? A linen dress suit, some clothes, toilettries, a bottle of single malt scotch, a basketball, a football, some reading materials and some notebooks.

One day you're here (baby) and the next day you gone!

founding principles

(-)Purpose
This is where I'll post updates, clever witticisms, and half baked insights collected during the coming years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea.

(I) Brevity.
I don't like writing long posts and you don't like reading them. We can build on that.

(II) Humor
If you can watch this Journey video straight through without cracking a smile...I dunno. You probably won't get this blog.

(III) Input
I do not intend for this to be a one way conduit of information.

This blog serves limited purpose if my writing isn't worth your reading.

Leave anonymous comments telling me I'm a boor and a hack when it's deserved. Likewise send flowering praise or clever haiku for a particularly inspired dialogue.

(IV)
And that's that.

i am back but only shortly.

Here I am. It is good to see you old friend. I will be here momentarily. Only momentarily. Then I will leave. I may be back but then I'll be gone again. I will not sleep. Soon I will purchase a dog. I may name this dog Cunningham. Or perhaps Juan-Pablo. But not right now. I don't have time. I won't stay long.

....

Thank you for your hospitality. Now I have to go.

g'd up (from the feet up)

Guinea'd up actually.


This man is Linus Pauling and he is a hero in chemistry.

So what I'm really going for here is that I received my invitation from the Peace Corps and I'll be teaching 7-10th grade chemistry in Guinea. I leave July 7th. Thar she blows.

comin' out hard

Taken from the 2007 Playoffs where Mr. Davis was doing this to the hapless Russian Andre Kirlenko after completely dismantling number one seeded German marshmallow Dirk Nowitzki* and the Dallas Mavericks in the first round.

*shamefully also the regular season MVP

oh, well hello there.