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A Parade Through Downtown Phayao; Yes We Can

So, I’m back in the unusually stressed states of America.  Au Revior “mai pen rai” (translation: “it doesn’t matter”; the national motto of tourists in Thailand and of some Thais (not including those who are protesting in Pattaya and Bangkok).  Hello/Hola “back on the grind”  (translation: I’m just being dramatic).

It’s good to be back.  I kinda feel like I never left.  There’s still an Ed over in Thailand.  I’ll have to go visit him some time.  Or write about him.  I can’t say I’ll miss the Thai maxim, but I can definitely say I’ll be missing Mr. Brian, Nam Waan, Phii Noi, Zhilan, Tawat Chumchob, and the students of The Princess Mother School, Phayao.

Here’s some things that are coming your way:

• A new post in the continuing series on the economic crisis
• A discussion of hip hop as metaphor and model for my first-year comp class, which I haven’t taught yet :>
• More much-deserved coverage of M.I.A. and the violence in Sri Lanka
• Definitely gotta change the banner pic at the top of the pages
• Maybe a memoir post of my time in Thailand should be in order.  Hip hop definitely made some appearances…