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possible brainstorming for funding

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

I finally sat down to work on my proposal to Krannert Center for this six month leave, and I started to realize all the benefits a performing arts center could attain by travels in developing countries. I started a list that led me to ideas of taking an actual sabbatical (where I would still be paid) and possible grants for this research. I’ve gone from trying to figure out how to budget for six months with out pay to wondering if I could get published for research in arts in developing countries (for entertainment, for community strength, for education, for kids, for women’s role in society). I have some key people to talk to this week for sure, this is exciting!

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living vicariously through myself

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

I have to include this conversation Danielle and I had in five minute intervals as our phones randomly hung up on the other person. Somewhere in there she said she was living vicariously through me on our plans, and it’s all so surreal-scary-exciting-will-it-even-happen that my response is “I’m living vicariously through myself too.”

I suppose I find myself doing that frequently when given a challenge. Jafe will tell you I’m scared of everything, which is pretty much true: snakes, heights, buses, large social groups, using the phone, going places by myself, things I can’t see in the water, water I can’t see through in general, depths. I could go on and on. BUT! I make myself do these things anyway, because I don’t want to miss out on stuff. I may not be very happy with that decision while I’m actually doing it, but after all is said and done I’m grateful I forced myself or Jafe forced me to face a fear. The only way I’m capable of doing that is in a sort of out of body way where I have to put on my fearless ass-kickin’ woman character and let her go. Maybe that sounds stupid, I don’t care, it gets me to do things I normally wouldn’t… like take a six month adventure with Jafe.

Most recently that happened while in Zion National Park on vacation with four awesome women (Danielle being one of them). All the canyons had me terrified of even driving through the park. On the last day we went ziplining, and in ziplining I was able to scream out some pent up energy (from the fears) and realize it’s only the first step that’s scary. The rest is an excellent ride.

Thanks to Katherine for this little video to remind me of the most beautiful state in the US: Utah.

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trying to budget

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Today I found a great site, airtreks.com, where I could put in locations and get an idea of what the cost may be for all our airline travels. Looks to be around $4000-$5000. Not bad considering we're flying amongst ... [Continue reading this entry]

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testing…

Friday, August 21st, 2009
I'm testing ways to best display pictures, since I will most definitely be taking a lot of pictures. Comments welcome if this is not user friendly.

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what?

Friday, August 21st, 2009
Our original blog I've been working on up and disappeared. Not only the blog, but the account all together too. I emailed for them to fix it, but from experience they'll have no record of any of it. So, all ... [Continue reading this entry]

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