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ok, i guess i should eventually post something of worth. i read about this crazy blog idea in a couple of magazines and thought it was a pretty stupid idea. i then proceeded to visit the website and read some people's entries. i found out that i was exactly correct initially: this idea is really stupid. if one ever has the slightest masochistic desire at all i would suggest that they visit one of these websites. they are mindless drivel and thoughtless rubbish. i wish them all vanquished. the irony here is obvious. i am using this crazy blog idea to criticize the blog idea. this is the absolute zenith of post-modern thinking. this is exactly like the time kevin found something inappropriately sarcastic and responded "oh, THAT wasn't sarcastic".
well, i plan to use this medium of communication to relay basic understandings and thoughts regarding my experience in Vietnam. I am traveling to Hanoi in about two weeks and thought that this blog thing would provide anyone interested (the throngs) thorough information on my journey. I plan to update this regularly with my experiences. (albeit, not as much as some of these fanatics) this mainly will be for the mollification of my parents but all are welcome to check in every once in a great while to see how life is progressing on the other side of the globe. For those of you who don't know exactly what i'll be doing i'll briefly explain. there is a university in southern vietnam called an giang university located in the province of the same name. this place just opened and the faculty is very young. i will be traveling there and aiding them in their english studies as well as helping them with technology. there will also be work in the development of curriculum. that is all. i will be the only american (to my limited knowledge) in the whole province and i will live at the university.

i set this up because it saves me much time: there are no mass emails to construct and people can come and go at their will.