Been awhile...

Hi all—

Not that anybody reads this blog anymore. Hell, I don’t even look at it. But I have been wanting to write down a few things that’s happened over the last few months, and in the back of my head is always the nagging thought that I should update this thing, or write anything at all.

A lot has passed since I last posted (jeez, in March, really?). I got into law school, enrolled in law school, deferred law school for another year, left my internship in Nablus and picked up a full-time job at another NGO along with a year-long, multi-exit B1 visa, aka the Holy Grail for foreigners working in the West Bank. I’ve hit up Greece, Lebanon and Eritrea, lost a couple of friends back to their homes, made a few more, and moved into the most adorable Ottoman-style house with a garden and tentative plans for a puppy named Zan.

All in all I am having a wonderful time here in Palestine. In fact, it’s become so nice and cozy that it feels a little too insulated from the real world. Ramallah is often called a bubble, and with good reason – with the heavy presence of foreigners it is easy to go a few days without speaking any Arabic; the restaurants, bars and general nightlife, though slim by international standards, are a far cry from teetotalling Nablus that shuts down with sundown. Ironically, my peaceful yuppie life in this “conflict zone” has made me reluctant to head back to the US. Seriously, guys, what is going on over there? Quran-burning? Tea parties? The Rangers nearly sweeping the Yankees (woot!)?

But return I will, for fall in New York. So try to get it together before then, ok guys?