T minus 15 days

i'm looking forward to:

• learning from a completely different people about God, life, and laughing
• beginning on a new slate of who i am and what i know
• not having all the answers
• working on perfecting my french
• spending 9.5 months in a non-consumerist society learning to live a truly simple existence
• having a monkey for a pet

so much for america, i'm glad i know what it's like to be a consumer, but i'll really enjoy being somewhere radically different and life-changing, hopefully i'll come back with a new world view, not just the "america rules" picture