Just a note to anyone reading this blog before we continue, I am enjoying myself. It has been brought to my attention that I might sound angry. I will explain this as such:
1. Cultural differences often produce uncomortable situations. As a result, it takes time and much reflection to cope with, process and adapt to these situations. This process is often long and arduous, if not often never ending. So when I complain about things, or bring up problems, it is not the express my deep down hate, or even anger with the situation, but to express a difference, often to prove a point. Point and case my host mother asking me for money - this brings to the foreground the weird idea about the importance of money here. People seem like they don't really care, but then they always seem to be asking you for it whenever they can.
2. Its emotionally taxing. Sometimes I often use this blog as a vent when I am tired, confused, whatever. I apologize to anyone reading for purely objective analysis. I am not an anthropologist. I try to give an idea of life here but I am forced to interpret this life through my own activities, and emotions. Sooo, if I seem angry, I might be angry, but this is not to say that I am very angry, or unhappy. Unfortunately, you may assume that this is some overwhelming problem, because I wrote about it. Nevertheless, I may write things when I am angry but it is not a constant thing, unfortunately, you do not see the majority of my life (I guess not unfortunately, I would not want to be Truman show-esque) and as a result I am not unhappy. I enjoy things here. One blog that seems angry may be followed by one that seems happy
And one more thing: Spelling mistakes. I am not really a bad speller, or maybe I am, but the large amount of spelling mistakes is probably due to the language changes. Here, I speak very very very little English. So when I start writing in English, I often have difficulties. I apologize for the spelling or grammar mistakes.
EN REVANCHE: GO SENEGAL!
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3 comments:
Josh, Even through I appreciate your honesty. I do not feel that your blogs are angry. I find that when I read them, I read them as you are interpretating your experiences. My opinion is, it's always going to come down to the interpretation of the reader, some readers interprate the negative or positive.
I think that with your blogs we truly must view them as your experiences that you are bringing us into. We can't fully understand when reading something that we are walking in the author's shoes. Certainly, we might also read within them some frustration but we must also take the time to understand what might be causing the frustrations. With many good authors we are given several chapters explainig the personalities of all the characters in greater detail. Unfortuately, in a blog we have snippets where we try to gather as much information as is given. But, again it will always fall unto the shoulders of the reader and their interpretation.
Hey, I'm not the best speller myself and by far not even close to writing things grammatical correct but again I don't pass those judgements on others.
I meant to finish my comments with keep writing the blog entries. Your have a faithful reader
Love Aunt List
you see my spelling is crap. I can't even spell my name correctly.
list - Lisa
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