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On November 29, I woke up to snow for the very first time. As you can see, it’s hardly a dusting, but I’ll take what I can get.

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Dr. Amaraa brought back 5 cow tongues from her trip to Bayan-Ulgii.

M16 Suzie is currently staying with Dr. Amaraa, and she was told that she could eat as much of the tongue as she wanted.

On Tuesday night, after our search for processed cheese ended in failure, Suzie and I decided that tongue in burritos would be pretty good. And it was.

You know you’ve been in Mongolia too long when…

It is better to be decorated by knowledge than all the finery of the world.
– Mongolian Proverb

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Thanksgiving weather report - Khovd.

This weekend I could see my breath all day long, and I felt more comfortable in my warm mittens instead of my glove liners. On Sunday, I had to change out of my tennis shoes because my toes got cold.

It feels like winter has started to settle in. I have been pleasently surprised to find out Khovd is one of the warmest places in the country. A couple of weeks ago it was in the 40s here and 15F in UB. ha!

Dems got Congress. Rummy is gone. If Colorado wasn’t full of prejudiced bastards, it would be a pretty good election.

Oh, and I how I follow the news is via washingtonpost.com email news alerts and scanning headlines on nytimes or google.

I love living here. Except for the complete and utter lack of live music.

I hadn’t really thought about this complete absence of something I truly love until a friend sent me a CD care package. It contained two new Barenaked Ladies albums.

This weekend I felt physical pain realizing that I won’t go to a concert in at least…two…years.

I try not to think like “I won’t/can’t ___ for two years.” Such lines of thought never lead to anyplace I want to be.

But that’s easier said than done when I comes to longing for the complete and utter ecstasy of a really fucking good rock show.