and here we are january fourth here being vientiane where i arrived for a job i decided on in three hours less than two weeks before it should begin and have to start in fact have yet to be sure if it’s happening and that is okay because all is well no matter what happens. from volunteering with its teary christmas goodbyes to such a lovely holiday in the south on beaches in hammocks complete with some luxury and truebloods and now here is this new year and it is a promising new year as most of 2009 was grand as well with its lessons its friendships and its bringing me here. 2009 i thank you for many things but most of all i thank you for letting me learn that i was bored and unsatisfied and thank you for having me book a one-way ticket in a half-assed manner because it was hands down the best decision i made all year. and for today i am thankful this day i did nothing except for the monumental event that was a haircut my first non-home haircut in years and dear god i forgot the feeling of having your hair washed scalp massaged and it worked out better than i suspected when you can speak zero percent to your hair stylist. and sunsets i love you its true what she said today i do have a thing for sunsets.