February 2012
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Ask me anything, tell me anything http://www.formspring.me/hellojsmith
Feb 9th
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I keep
ordering things online and sending them home. When I finally get back there it’s going to be like Christmas all over again!
Feb 7th
booked my ticket back to LA
“When I told them that I was traveling back to America by myself, they seemed offended and then secretly envious, as if traveling alone were a dangerous, uncouth activity done only by rebellious American youths. But whenever I thought of what I was going back to in America, I found myself curiously detached from my own memories” -Jaed Coffin A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants
Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 4th
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So the only school bus on island is broken
 Thankfully people have volunteered to give rides back and forth between villages. Today Erin and I were driven home by the police officer. Hopefully the bus will be fixed soon, but things never happen fast around here.
Feb 2nd
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January 2012
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Jan 28th
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Jan 20th
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My heart hurts
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Jan 13th
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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December 2011
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Dec 30th
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HOME!
there’s nowhere else I’d rather be for the Holidays : )
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Photo a day
I decided to start this again. Withe the spotty internet connection I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep it up, but I’ll try! http://jsmithphotoaday.tumblr.com/
Dec 2nd
November 2011
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Nov 30th
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October 2011
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This week in my reading class
students are working in pairs or groups of threes to write reader’s theatre scripts. They’ve been coming up with some pretty crazy ideas, but are having a lot of fun. One group is a doctor and patient, and I think there may be a mock surgery involved. Another group of three is working on a script with a zombie as one of the characters. Next week they’re going to get to perform...
Oct 6th
Oct 6th
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I miss watching the leaves change color
Oct 5th
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Oct 5th
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September 2011
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Sep 30th
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jnacolesmith@gmail.com
I can’t use facebook, but e-mails are always fun : )
Sep 15th
Home. What is it?
floodwaters: when will I be there? Am I there now?
Sep 15th
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My laptop is on the fritz!
and facebook won’t load at school anymore : ( technology hates me
Sep 14th
so we had a tsunami drill today
the whole school ran as fast as they could and piled into one bus. Then we all drove up the mountain, got out, and ran farther up. All of this happened in less than 5 minutes. Those kids don’t play around with tsunami drills.  
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“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it...”
– Anthony Bourdain (via quinnbo)
Sep 2nd
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Sep 2nd
Mel was supposed to write about his dream...
This is what I got: My dream vacation is a monster one day I see the monster back of my house the monster color is white hair, black shirt, and he say I’m going to eat you Melchior because you are same color you and me if you sleep at the night I’m gonna eat you boy me: I gonna tell you to my mom I don’t care about your mom say come back to the house why happened in the back of my house. I...
Sep 2nd