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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like SHITmas

On December 27, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Expat Life in Chiang Mai, Get In My Belly, Let Me Explain Myself, Thailand

Remember my last post wherein I whined both about too much Christmas and also not enough Christmas? Well, if I believed in some sadistic cosmic force that punishes the worst kind of over-priviledged internet navel-gazing, I would certainly think that our Christmas day was cursed.

It started lovely enough. I [...]

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…Cinco de Mayo?

On December 24, 2011 · 11 Comments · In Let Me Explain Myself, Thailand

Spending the holidays in the sub-tropical climate of an exceedingly buddhist city has its advantages. Notably, I’m not on the verge of a maniacal rampage. I’m not hit with an urge to  destroy all things red, green, pine-scented and sounding of Bing Crosby because they’ve been around since mid-November, agitating all of my senses. [...]

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