Archives

Some people get all upset that I have every old entry on a single archive page. They can just suck it up. This site is designed to be as accessible as possible, and having multiple archive pages is misery on slow dial-up connections. So all you broadband types can suffer - I'm looking out for the rest of us.

15 July 2004 - I’m not sure my ego has ever cycled as fast as it has lately.
12 July 2004 - shots
22 June 2004 - But that was long ago, and in another country.
09 June 2004 - I was getting bored with linear thought…
20 May 2004 - You told him we slept together before marriage?
13 May 2004 - On Easter baskets
10 May 2004 - Seventeen things my mother taught me
05 May 2004 - I recommend tough little street dogs to anybody wanting a durable pet
03 May 2004 - The bookshelves are varnished only on certain sides, apparently at random.
30 April 2004 - now I’m terrified of the oven and I will probably never bake anything ever again
22 April 2004 - Look at them, from the village and pretending to be from Tashkent
21 April 2004 - It’s good when people understand that you should never have to put a band-aid on yourself.
20 April 2004 - Narrating my way down the street
19 April 2004 - somethign sweet in my mouth
19 April 2004 - what she should pack
12 February 2004 - I am basically very happy to be here.
12 November 2003 - Hiatus
31 October 2003 - This is so totally the party room
23 October 2003 - the cup of tea I am drinking tastes a little like blood
15 October 2003 - So I run, and it’s nice, and the sky is blue above me.
03 October 2003 - I have been terrified of fire since I was a little girl.
01 October 2003 - I am growing to hate the passive voice
01 October 2003 - It feels like home.
25 September 2003 - I'm tired of being in a strange city with nobody I know but Markus
23 September 2003 - I do not look gift painkillers in the mouth
20 September 2003 - i have become that international consultant everyone hates
18 September 2003 - I keep waiting for disaster
17 September 2003 - I have been wearing a transparent sweater all day
16 September 2003 - Bored. There are flies.
15 September 2003 - Have a bad cold, work going well, nice to see Markus, nice to see other colleagues
07 September 2003 - boring and fascinating at the same time, hot and dry and long periods of sitting and being hungry
05 September 2003 - I worry less about the dog expiring from heat exhaustion.
04 September 2003 - I have spent my life since the age of 5 with my nose stuck in one book or another.
02 September 2003 - Today, we went in and sat down only to be told that they had no food today.
01 September 2003 - weird lately
21 August 2003 - it was apparently clean water, which is a major step up from tubercular sewage
21 August 2003 - about me
15 August 2003 - Why risk someone we love marrying into that kind of luck?
11 August 2003 - And now I am the proud owner of a painting done by a 9-year-old orphan named Vassily,
08 August 2003 - So it can take a long, long, time for me to realize I don’t like where I am.
05 August 2003 - Just kind of low-grade miserable, which will, I hope, pass sometime soon.
18 July 2003 - We drank a champagne toast to my Muslim heritage.
16 July 2003 - Followed closely by sunscreen, which I have decided is far more important than the internet.
09 July 2003 - Kir suspects it of coming from some kind of Bavarian build yourself a modern hospital kit
08 July 2003 - drafting pamphlets on nutrition for pregnant women who can barely afford food
07 July 2003 - I’m a public health street fighter.
01 July 2003 - I am good at this, at sleeping in the heat.
29 June 2003 - she's surprisingly good at this stuff
26 June 2003 - Now that we’re in Turkmenistan, we especially really need a dog.
24 June 2003 - Yes, there are pictures of the president everywhere.
20 June 2003 - Lost a friend the other day.
19 June 2003 - more people who bug me
19 June 2003 - people who bug me
11 June 2003 - Really fucking hard.
11 June 2003 - Jerk, jerk, jerk.
04 June 2003 - he was very polite about my navigational skills
03 June 2003 - an essay I wrote in grad school
02 June 2003 - Very ladylike, when I put it that way.
01 June 2003 - As usual, I am free of jet-lag but feeling shy about the phone.
29 May 2003 - I think about how much butter I am consuming, and giggle.
28 May 2003 - life is good
26 May 2003 - Apparently our graphic designer can levitate
21 May 2003 - Spontaneous digestive system rebellion?
15 May 2003 - I had the flu. It sucked.
11 May 2003 - Happy Mother's Day, Mom. You were right about rabbits.
09 May 2003 - I am never sleeping naked again.
07 May 2003 - Sometimes, I forgot I’m not Muslim until I’m confronted on a menu by sausage lasagna.
05 May 2003 - So here I am a grownup with a career, running an office on the basis of what I can remember from my first job when I was 18.
01 May 2003 - So I sat at the face cooking machine and wrote this journal entry in my head.
30 April 2003 - Actually, the accordion isn’t such a bad idea
28 April 2003 - I asked of people were hungry, or just liked the taste of dog.
25 April 2003 - Apparently over the last few months US politics have become terrifying enough to interest me.
24 April 2003 - I inherited this impressive diagnostic ability from my Dad, who is also not a doctor
15 April 2003 - Once my heart started beating again, I admitted that the journal was mine
15 April 2003 - When they tell you that Turkmenistan is a desert country, they lie.
10 April 2003 - You’d think someone who keeps an ONLINE JOURNAL would be comfortable writing about herself
09 April 2003 - Stomachache
07 April 2003 - some days
06 April 2003 - weekend
04 April 2003 - return to Mr. T
03 April 2003 - goofing off
24 March 2003 - arrival in Almaty
21 March 2003 - whinging about reviews
21 March 2003 - Rachel Corrie, again
18 March 2003 - Rachel Corrie
17 March 2003 - names i have been known to call my dog
16 March 2003 - on brushing my teeth topless
15 March 2003 - plants and cars
14 March 2003 - illness
13 March 2003 - OVIR
11 March 2003 - landlord
10 March 2003 - etc.
07 March 2003 - news
06 March 2003 - about my office
06 March 2003 - Kirless
06 March 2003 - Turkmen news
03 March 2003 - france. bah.
28 February 2003 - car
24 February 2003 - bugs
24 February 2003 - speaking turkmen
21 February 2003 - space
19 February 2003 - letter to mike
17 February 2003 - hope
16 February 2003 - procrastination
15 February 2003 - does not work on any level
12 February 2003 - etc.
11 February 2003 - dad's birthday
10 February 2003 - eh
07 February 2003 - new rules
07 February 2003 - pictures
29 January 2003 - saturday night
28 January 2003 - aesthetic seduction
23 January 2003 - journal
22 January 2003 - etc.
16 January 2003 - stress
14 January 2003 - dogs
09 January 2003 - a day in Miami
12 February 2040 - quiet
02 January 2003 - Pat Riarch
01 January 2003 - 2003
26 December 2002 - christmas, in review
25 December 2002 - -
20 December 2002 - bah
18 December 2002 - etc.
15 December 2002 - funny today
13 December 2002 - nazis?
11 December 2002 - desert blizzard
10 December 2002 - testing 1 2 3
05 December 2002 - a bit about Turkmenistan
05 December 2002 - running scared
03 December 2002 - disappointed
02 December 2002 - so complicated
22 November 2002 - some days are better than others
18 November 2002 - weekending
13 November 2002 - moon dogs
08 November 2002 - autumn
08 November 2002 - excuses, excuses
01 November 2002 - heat
31 October 2002 - excerpts
30 October 2002 - ack
24 October 2002 - firebombing mosques
23 October 2002 - Mike's Birthday
22 October 2002 - sand in the air
21 October 2002 - dogs
21 October 2002 - on writing a novel
18 October 2002 - et cetera
17 October 2002 - cardiovascular risk
16 October 2002 - a list
15 October 2002 - you never write...
08 October 2002 - settling in
07 October 2002 - argh
03 October 2002 - ashgabat
27 September 2002 - changes
26 September 2002 - hiking
25 September 2002 - the trip, part I
25 September 2002 - etc.
20 September 2002 - stress
19 September 2002 - happy birthday, gwen
17 September 2002 - dog stories
16 September 2002 - the aftermath
13 September 2002 - walking the dog
12 September 2002 - raspberries
11 September 2002 - september 11, II
11 September 2002 - september 11, 2002
09 September 2002 - losing it
05 September 2002 - It's okay - shes narrating
05 September 2002 - sleep and the lack thereof
04 September 2002 - decisions
04 September 2002 - independence day
03 September 2002 - Ugh. Sick.
26 August 2002 - Mike and Gulnara's Wedding
26 August 2002 - Eating and thinking
20 August 2002 - Uh, oh, ovaries
19 August 2002 - Avoiding my issues
16 August 2002 - Hunting an Idea
15 August 2002 - three countries in three days
09 August 2002 - moving
07 August 2002 - sexuality education
06 August 2002 - Dildora
02 August 2002 - child safety
01 August 2002 - more ex-boyfriends
31 July 2002 - Human Development Report
30 July 2002 - Miscellany
30 July 2002 - ex-boyfriends
29 July 2002 - Mom's birthday
29 July 2002 - Emir Timur, Manas, and Turkmenbashi
26 July 2002 - a recipe
25 July 2002 - my mother
25 July 2002 - very little to say today
24 July 2002 - a bit of both
18 July 2002 - i'm back
02 July 2002 - brief update
31 May 2002 - brief
30 May 2002 - News
29 May 2002 - birthday
29 May 2002 - Islam and lies
28 May 2002 - low energy
24 May 2002 - tired
21 May 2002 - fruit
20 May 2002 - long netry of humiliation and more
17 May 2002 - tired, again
16 May 2002 - work, again
15 May 2002 - dark
13 May 2002 - Almaty
08 May 2002 - suck
06 May 2002 - mooing
02 May 2002 - recycling and Russiagirl
01 May 2002 - soviet medicine, again
30 April 2002 - kidneys
26 April 2002 - potpourri
26 April 2002 - musical thoughts
25 April 2002 - Washington, District of Disney
24 April 2002 - feh.
23 April 2002 - a trip to Bukhara
22 April 2002 - Bloomington and Tashkent
19 April 2002 - wedding, mostly
18 April 2002 - a secret
17 April 2002 - brief
09 April 2002 - nostalgia
09 April 2002 - BIO and more
08 April 2002 - Public Health Day Part II
05 April 2002 - public health
05 April 2002 - Mike
03 April 2002 - arguing in Russian
02 April 2002 - etc.
01 April 2002 - a wedding
29 March 2002 - lambs
28 March 2002 - dogs and more
27 March 2002 - Ian
26 March 2002 - jobs and gifts
25 March 2002 - rain
25 March 2002 - mountains
22 March 2002 - brief, yet whiny
19 March 2002 - Ferghana
15 March 2002 - assortment
13 March 2002 - freska
12 March 2002 - running from roaches
11 March 2002 - ehh
05 March 2002 - dogs and veiled women
05 March 2002 - earthquake
01 March 2002 - enough
01 March 2002 - motion
01 March 2002 - story of a birthmark
28 February 2002 - brave little dogs
28 February 2002 - flying, visas, and soldering irons
27 February 2002 - oh boy, a survey
26 February 2002 - more dialogue
25 February 2002 - two days in one
21 February 2002 - several days, at once
15 February 2002 - valentine's day
14 February 2002 - victory
13 February 2002 - guilt
12 February 2002 - good news
12 February 2002 - Ack
11 February 2002 - magic
05 February 2002 - food, snow, and debt
04 February 2002 - miscellany
01 February 2002 - a lesson on clothing
01 February 2002 - even more taxi excitement
31 January 2002 - thinking and the lack thereof
30 January 2002 - International Exchange
29 January 2002 - not a prolific day
28 January 2002 - taxis
25 January 2002 - going to the bank
24 January 2002 - employment and traffic lights
23 January 2002 - money changing woes and christmas gifts
22 January 2002 - the lack of kir
15 January 2002 - Congressional day camp, part II
14 January 2002 - snow and more
10 January 2002 - ramble on...
09 January 2002 - not part II, sorry
08 January 2002 - Mission: Tashkent
- 2002
29 December 2001 - strippers, at last
- recycling
20 December 2001 - Spots
20 December 2001 - Excuses, excuses
14 December 2001 - explanation
14 December 2001 - a little whining
13 December 2001 - blah
13 December 2001 - salad
11 December 2001 - Russiagirl rules
11 December 2001 - stuff
11 December 2001 - dogs and beds
- dogs and dads
10 December 2001 - Miami
08 December 2001 - stuff, and news
05 December 2001 - weather
05 December 2001 - a bit more
05 December 2001 - in germany
05 December 2001 - Leaving for Miami
29 November 2001 - goodbye
29 November 2001 - ugh.
23 November 2001 - Giving Thanks
19 November 2001 - Hungry!
19 November 2001 - Hungry!
16 November 2001 - Samuel Huntington
15 November 2001 - not much, sorry
14 November 2001 - minor crisis
13 November 2001 - bleah
13 November 2001 - Nukus
08 November 2001 - and she wept
08 November 2001 - not much at all
06 November 2001 - a meeting
05 November 2001 - running out of clever entry names
02 November 2001 - complaining a bit
02 November 2001 - Friday blues
01 November 2001 - Just some stuff I was thinking
31 October 2001 - various
30 October 2001 - whining, mostly
29 October 2001 - brief collection of oddments
29 October 2001 - Monday after Karachi
25 October 2001 - Karachi III
05 January 1980 - Karachi II
05 January 1980 - karachi
17 October 2001 - And now for the present
17 October 2001 - Samarkand continued
15 October 2001 - My weekend, Part II
15 October 2001 - My weekend, Part I
11 October 2001 - quick note
08 October 2001 - Monday, Monday
05 October 2001 - Recycling
05 October 2001 - Friday afternoon
05 October 2001 - waiting
03 October 2001 - soap opera update
02 October 2001 - mom and moving
02 October 2001 - part I of the weekend
01 October 2001 - some random stuff
28 September 2001 - modern technology
26 September 2001 - the date
26 September 2001 - a letter of reassurance
25 September 2001 - an essay
25 September 2001 - round-up of the weekend
25 September 2001 - brief
21 September 2001 - End Notes
21 September 2001 - secondhand rose
20 September 2001 - end of Thursday
20 September 2001 - quiet
20 September 2001 - today's scary email
19 September 2001 - A few facts about me
19 September 2001 - me
19 September 2001 - bishkek #3
19 September 2001 - Crying
19 September 2001 - Bishkek #2
19 September 2001 - Bishkek 1
18 September 2001 - leaving a party
18 September 2001 - today
18 September 2001 - why I'm here
17 September 2001 - logistics
17 September 2001 - more required reading
17 September 2001 - more email
17 September 2001 - I decided I didn't need ice cream either and went back to CNN.
14 September 2001 - required reading
14 September 2001 - another email
14 September 2001 - an email
14 September 2001 - trying not to cry
13 September 2001 - Travel
12 September 2001 - Kir
12 September 2001 - and this
12 September 2001 - Read this
12 September 2001 - Kashmarr
10 September 2001 - waiting
07 September 2001 - I should quit whining so much
07 September 2001 - Bah
07 September 2001 - rabbit with a pancake on his head
06 September 2001 - Africa
06 September 2001 - someone else's journal
06 September 2001 - things not to worry about
05 September 2001 - news from today
04 September 2001 - Independence Day
03 September 2001 - Weekend with Gulnara
29 August 2001 - a bad day
2001-08-27 - water
2001-08-24 - not much
2001-08-22 - a quick observation
2001-08-21 - at last, a trenchant observation
2001-08-21 - odds and ends
2001-08-21 - Magic, and the lack thereof
2001-08-20 - weekend events
2001-08-17 - an argh kind of day
2001-08-15 - tired
2001-08-14 - lunch
2001-08-13 - kishlokda (in the village)
2001-08-10 - minutiae
2001-08-10 - whatever
2001-08-10 - Beata
2001-08-09 - My ear
2001-08-09 - lunch
2001-08-09 - melons and the immune system
2001-08-08 - bad formatting
2001-08-07 - bank hell
2001-08-06 - job despair
2001-08-05 - Gulnara
2001-08-05 - a revelation
2001-08-03 - social ineptitude
2001-08-03 - Translation
2001-08-03 - What, me worry?
2001-08-03 - preserves
2001-08-02 - nothing much
2001-08-01 - not dead
2001-07-31 - Sobir
2001-07-30 - sick
2001-07-27 - tashkent
2001-07-26 - onion
2001-07-26 - Mom (part II)
2001-07-26 - Dad
2001-07-25 - Mom (part I)
2001-07-25 - lunch
2001-07-24 - yeah
2001-07-24 - Work, again
2001-07-23 - Melons
2001-07-20 - job doubts
2001-07-20 - Friday afternoon ramblings
2001-07-19 - Why here?
2001-07-19 - First real entry
2001-07-19 - About me

USAID is one of many donors for the project I work for. The views expressed herein are the author’s own views and do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer or especially those of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. And I mean it. I probably give the US government heart attacks.