My series of Morning News essays taken from my Peace Corps journals continues today with Life In The Fishbowl.
Posted on December 11, 2003 to Elsewhere"As many a fish had learned before us, the only thing worse than being in the bowl is abruptly finding yourself on the outside.
" Brilliant! Keep these stories coming!
hehe, hence the internet celebrity :D j/k, please regale us with more of your peace corp tales, they're great!
Posted by: drk on December 12, 2003 9:52 PMI lived in Bolivia for six months as part of an overseas post-high-school program in 1996. You are so spot-on with your description of the fishbowl! The story made me laugh, right when I needed a laugh. I'm in South Korea now, teaching English and let me tell you... I've re-entered the fishbowl and had forgotten what a mixed blessing it is.
Posted by: Alex on December 14, 2003 7:27 AMVery funny - I'm looking forward to more krazy hijinks. Aren't you worried about exhausting your anecdote archive?
Posted by: Brendon (longtime reader) on December 14, 2003 5:46 PMFrom a couple I know who met in the PC (in Honduras): "This piece was absolutely right on target. It really skewered our peace
corps experience! made jen laugh so hard she cried. it's all true, every
word of it."
