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Blogging... weird.  Thanks to Kaylee and the saga of Squirrely the Skunk, I've decided to go ahead and embark on an online extravaganza of sharing my thoughts, experiences and general things I think you would like to know and I would like to remember to cyberspace.  I'm still in Houston, but I (mostly for my own benefit) want to express my current feelings leading up to the great departure for the motherland.  In twenty minutes I will have six days remaining in the great state of Texas and then I will go see my dear friends at Skidmore College one last time before heading to Waterford, Connecticut for a three day orientation at the National Theater Institute.  The most current apprehension I've been enduring is the packing issue.  However, my fears were allayed when my mother and I did a trial run today.  Looks like there will be plenty of room and then some (that means more special somethings to bring back, perhaps for you?).  I have been diligently working on my Rosetta Stone lessons which I now endorse fully for anyone who has considered making the investment.  I find myself engulfed in Russian literature, swimming in a sea of Gorky, Ostrovskey, Gogol and tussled about in the crashing waves of Chekhov.  Once I finish one of his comedies, with which I am enamored, I decide to give the tragedies another chance.  But at this crest I find the wave collapsing into utter incomprehension and bafflement.  I still haven't read The Seagull-- hopefully there will be redemption.  I hope this will be a fun and effective way of communicating with friends and family.  Ask questions, make comments, correct my grammar and perhaps even enjoy...

One last thing: Galen Koch, one of my dearest friends is blogging from India.  AMAZING THINGS!!!!  Check her out too at www.galenindia.blogspot.com