• Personal

    On Touch and Otters

    Fair Warning: This one is going to be a bit more personal than the normal videos/blog posts.  It is, however, all about the positive. So, here’s the thing about touch.  It freaks me out more than a little most of the time.  Sure, my family gives me hugs, and being Greek I do the cheek-kissing thing…Turtle and I even whack each other regularly, but most people know me to be a touch jumpy, so they know to leave me be.  See, I’ve had some rough stuff go on at various points in my life and it’s made me rather averse to people touching me without notice, being near my face,…

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    England

    I love England (like my wonderful friend whom I call EJ, but the rest of the world knows as Julie).  For me, it feels like home in a strange way that other places simply don’t.  I just spent 8 days traveling about with a tour group of students and one of my favorite people/good friend/co-worker.  The trip was brilliant fun and thanks to the particular group of students we went with I had a British accent, my normal accent, and a Southern accent at various points and sometimes within a singular sentence. We hit some of my favourite places, I got together with college buddies, and watched soccer/football.  Now, those…