I think you just can't let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight

Ok I had some cool experiences to share. I went to the beach yesterday. I have my drum and am taking it home tomorrow. So I got that going for me which is nice.

I have been reading Tao te Ching a lot. I really like it. If you like Asian philosophy at all check it out if you have been. I read two translations and both were enjoyable with some different perspectives also. My director has the book now or i would share some of my favorite quotes. But the book is all about how to live and how people should be governed. The Tao believes we should live simple lives without laws, economies, wars, and possessions. So of course i love it! Well this book, a conversation with a friend here about power, and re-reading some things in my journal mixed with my crazy sleep schedual led me to my first cool experience. this is 2am-ish and I am wide awake. I decide that I'm not going to care if my students use notes on the test as long as they are learning. So i go to class write that i trust them to do whatever helps them learn best and to use whatever they want. (maybe they thought it was a trick) But to my surprise NO CHEATING! I was shocked and it felt really good. I am going to try the same with my other classes. this was my good and small class. Hopefully things will not get too crazy next time.

Not cool experience, got really sick last week. I couldnt eat or do anything for a day. I went to class, I taught and felt odd. Then my next class, I felt really crappy and almost puked a couple times. I ended up giving a bunch of work to do and ended class early. The next day going over their assignment. The last exercise text i wrote, made absolutely no sense. I checked a few papers and realized it was my fault that is how out of it i was. I went home and stayed in bed the rest of the day. One of my students stopped by and helped me with some stuff i needed to do for my night students. The next day i felt better and went to class. But in bed i could not sleep well, had hot and cold sweats, my back and knees ached, had a fever, and was pretty much hating life. I think i got some food poisoning because i couldnt eat much the next day either. Then I realized cutting a bell pepper Friday that there was a worm in there and it was full of worm poop. I often cook at night and have little to no light when i am cutting and cooking. so i probably ate a bunch of worm poop Monday night and then got really sick.

Had big plans to camp out on the beach. I had everything i needed to survive a night out on the beach then could not find a boat ride to my desired site. I decided to head back with my two friends and crashed with them. It was fun at least going to the beach and i got to see some of the other volunteers. But I am jonesin to camp out soon!

I seen the moon set getting up to pee the other night and that was really awesome.

Ok I am tired and finally loaded some newer photos on facebook, not really new though. Also I may of found a way to make post from my email. So I might be able to update more often from my phone. Then I can actually share more without trying to remember what I did the last month.

Peace, love, and do good things


Jimmy