mischief and mayhem

for the people i had to leave back in the states... i thought you would like to meet the riffraff i've been hanging out with...

for my new friends i found here... if you have not made my list of riffraff... do not think you have escaped... it just means that (a.) you will be featured in a different blog... i gotta keep these things readable, ya know... or (b.) you're still here (or you just left)... and i have plenty of time to make stuff up about you.


















this is my british friend alice (finally shown here)... she taught me how to eat in this country... she was my first friend in india as well as the reason i gained weight in india... i'm sure my mom thanks you girl. she also taught me how to play the "indian game" and how to laugh at myself (even more than i do already)... nice one, yeah?... you should sing a song about that.














these are the canadians... they taught me words like gunt and swass... they tried to show me how to be canadian, but there's no hiding the fact that i'm completely not... they gave me the biggest gift of them all... the cake man. i found joy in them. they gave me a name and reminded me how to be truly happy.














gigi is my new german friend from LA... she is a healer... even though she would never admit it. she has a great laugh and will scare the crap out of any indian... especially the kids. ella, ella!














this is alex... she is also my new german friend, but she actually lives in germany. she taught me how to let go and reminded me that i can heal myself... she showed me that unrestrained laughter is a huge healer and coffee is even more delicious than i ever knew... wow, those are really big glasses!














these are the swedes. they showed me that i should learn a foreign language just so i can mess with people who don't understand the language. mutter something and insert name here... hahaha.














this is david from toronto. we connected as soon as we met. he thinks i'm funnier than i do... i didn't even know that was possible. he's the first to put a stipulation on my couch-surfing north american tour... three days max... always keepin' it real, yo.

i feel so lucky to meet so many fascinating people from all over the world. it's nice to discover that you can connect so deeply with people in such a short amount of time... and find so many who will let me sleep on their couches.