.the beat goes on

All right.

Peace Corps has three main goals. The first is to provide trained men and women to organizations and schools in the host country who ask for it. The second is to provide a real-life example of American culture to host country nationals. The third is to teach Americans at home about the host country.

The third goal was the reason why I decided on a public blog rather than an email list. As much as I have friends and family who would like to keep tags on my misadventures, the blog was more of a message in a bottle to whomever passed by. Maybe it's a future Peace Corps Volunteer who was wondering what it was all about, like I was in the months preceeding my service. Maybe it was somebody who was interested in Kyrgyzstan or teaching English abroad. Maybe it was somebody who clicked the "random" button on blogger.com and this came up. Whatever.

But unfortunately I seem to have made a bit of a target out of myself with my last post, for better or worse. I no longer feel comfortable writing here, and I think it might prove detrimental to the rest of my service if I continue to do so. It's too bad, but that's the way it is.

You usually don't have to tell me something twice. Usually.

Basically, if anybody is interested in getting occasional emails about what I'm up to and how I'm dealing with it, you can leave a message with your email in a comment, or you can get ahold of me on facebook, or you can send me an email saying you're interested.

It's my birthday. And I'll write if I want to.