I'm loving the people here in Philly. I have never in my life been surrounded with so many different accents and worldviews. How could you not thrive in an environment like that?
For example, this evening I was sitting in my living room listening to a conversation between my Bulgarian roommate and her Ethiopian friend from Kenya discuss the birthday traditions of their respective countries. They had quite a lot in common...
in Kenya- the tradition is to catch the birthday kid by surprise by dumping a bucket of water on them.
in Bulgaria- they are much more polite about the matter, they limit the amount of water to a small cup and make sure the water is at least room temperature. How sweet.
To see two people who come from polar opposite backgrounds- who look, dress and sound completely different from each other; to watch them tonight in their differences find something in common spoke to me so highly of humanity.
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I thought you'd like the posters :)
go to: http://beautifulangle.homestead.com/
they have some pretty awesome stuff.
I did get a new camera since I've seen you - it has 7 some megapixels, which is pretty nice, but it's still just a regular digital camera. So a steady hand is all you can hope for! :)
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