" example of a letter home to a friend"

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dear k-dawg,

welding with your dad is something special. remember those moments when the wisps of smoke rises amongst the shower of white-hot sparks. those are the sort of moments that one holds to them till the end.

life is a series of instances that fade into each other with a subtlety that is almost undetectable. in the same manner, poetry, prose or expression of the written form, should really be practiced, as much as it should just be done. naturally as emotional sentient beings, we have this insatiable yearning to share and express, and be shown some form of reciprocity. it's normal to have moments of pure clarity where you are the best in the universe. i wish you the best with your lovely sentences.

i have been secretly building upon my plan to stay here a bit longer than originally planned. this means that life, my life, will be evolving on my own terms for the better part of the next year and a half or so. that's nice. i enjoy trying to figure it all out on my own. while having almost no friends here close that understand me at all...i still find thailand to be a part of me in the best way. it;'s the blood that feeds the meat of my body.
there are more interesting things in life than maintaining the status quo. i fully intend to see what's behind the thin veil. so wish me luck, i'm a traveling.

(sorry i've been non-e-mailatory for the better part of the past two months...i've been out on the road, as it were) but i have as of ten minutes ago updated my photos for "august 2004," and also "malaysia," so please check those out. http://photos.yahoo.com/baystar_one

also, i think it's rad that you are going to the old crow medicine show. i really wanted to make it, but i'm alas...well, here. so njoy it and tell me how it went. below are some websites that just might furfill the itching that you are about to scratch.

http://www.gillianwelch.com
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040920fa_fact3
http://www.crowmedicine.com

miss you lots. tell kim i suck for not emailing her directly, but i lost her email. so...well, i suck i guess is all.say hi to a klingon for me at the star trek experience when you go home...if you have the time.

love and pad thai,

bay

wherever you are, you're there.

email proper: golden_buddha23@hotmail.com
pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/baystar_one
blog: http://baystar.blogspot.com
aim: weederman23
msn: same as email

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