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Blog Inauguration

Hello, wel­come. This is the first blog entry–but you knew that. I intend to use this site to present my writ­ing, fic­tion, jour­nal­is­tic, and oth­er­wise. Cur­rently, I am pol­ish­ing a group of sto­ries and work­ing on pub­li­ca­tion. Mas­sive Excel file, believe me! You’ll see each of them here as they are pub­lished. Lord, mighty pre­ten­tious, I …

07.24.2010 – 10:46:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

1. Exiting (8.5.2008)

Thoughts on my impend­ing depar­ture to India, circa August 2008. Dis­cus­sion of trav­el­ing expec­ta­tions, beliefs about norms, music which was nec­es­sary for exis­tence. Brief dis­cus­sion on toi­let customs.

12.10.2008 – 10:35:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

9. Host Family (8.22.2008)

First expe­ri­ence meet­ing my Indian host fam­ily. Krishna’s birth­day cel­e­bra­tion ensues, plus inter­est­ing, clumsy cul­tural inter­ac­tion. I make a fool of myself by fail­ing to ring Krishna’s bell properly.

12.10.2008 – 10:19:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

10. Other Students (8.24.2008)

A blurb about the other stu­dents in the pro­gram with Dorothy and me, plus the first of many argu­ments we had with them.

12.10.2008 – 10:15:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)