http://wiki.millerjs.org/ 2026-04-11T10:19:58+00:00 http://wiki.millerjs.org/ http://wiki.millerjs.org/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1408_-_mountains_to_sea?rev=1731551416&do=diff For those who wish to see and not read, here is the photo album. For those who wish to read a bit more (though not much). After many, many delays, mostly due to getting medical stuff ready for the Peace Corps. Cheezusrice this was a ton of work. So much red tape, forms, and other nonsense. My urinalysis came back positive for blood, so I had to get it redone. Unfortunately by this time, I was already in Charlotte. I thought it would be easy to get a UA done. I was wrong. So, so wrong. I had Jo… text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1408_-_mountains_to_seap2?rev=1731551416&do=diff Day Two. Ok, where was I... Blah blah biked through the mountains. Uphill sucks, downhill rocks. Reached crabtree falls, took a bath, enjoyed the sun, met some interesting people, slept next to the parking lot. Lost a spoon. Speaking of eating, my cook system was pretty interesting. I learned how to make an alcohol stove out of a catfood can from a book, works great and is super light. Used that to boil water, with a windshield, and ate freeze-dried camp food - surprisingly tasty. text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1410l?rev=1731551416&do=diff Part III – First Days Sequentiality is overrated. Plus I don’t remember the exact sequence of events, so I’ll just give random things from here on out. This first week is a blur, so much has happened in so short a time. I can barely remember the trip anymore, and I feel like I’ve been here for ages and ages. text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1412?rev=1731551416&do=diff Lots of things I want to start off saying, that flies waking you up gets really old, really fast. And for the longest time, I couldn't figure out where they were coming from. All I knew is they were driving me crazy. They'd wake me up around 5, and then it'd be impossible to go back to sleep with all the buzzing, and little tickling legs landing on you. Yum. But! I've hit on a solution. If I leave the windows closed during the day, and open at night, it seems to do the trick. It's so nice to wa… text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1501?rev=1731551416&do=diff January Happy New year! and all that jazz. Things have slowed down here in the mountain kingdom. I've mostly been reading (see : Booklist), exercising, and visiting people. New Years was decent, not spectacular, but then not everything can be. I met up with some other PCVs, we made fried chicken text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1502?rev=1731551416&do=diff February First Day of School had to wake up early, no time for a nice, slow morning, sadly. Ah well. I've had plenty, and there's plenty more to come. Walked very briskly to school, took about 40 minutes. Even though it was a cool morning, my back was completely soaked on arrival. I was a bit late, but no worries, they were just having assembly. Which went on for another half hour after getting there. And then text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1503?rev=1731551416&do=diff March Please pardon the long interlude, however, your patience will now be rewarded! With tedious stories of my rather monotonous month, though I will try to hide that and pack the post full of emotional punches. School has proceeded normally, with a glut of vacation days. text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1504?rev=1731551416&do=diff April: Easter Vacation Pics Lots of things, a great time; I'm going to write a lot. Bear with me. In essence, we had training, followed by about a week of vacation. A group of us had decided a while back to do a backpacking from Tsehlanyane (a national park) to Afriski (a ski resort - the only one in Lesotho.). We (optimistically) figured about 3 days, even though most of us had never done a long-distance backpacking trip before (including me, to my shame). We didn’t plan to spend any nights … text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1505?rev=1731551416&do=diff May There’s tons to say, about not much at all. No big adventures, but lots of daily life stories and micro-stories. By the way, if you just hover your cursor over the footnote, it’ll pop up. As a note that doesn’t fit anywhere, my home meal for the past couple of months (literally, I haven’t cooked anything else) has been onion and potatoe and egg hash. It’s a good thing I don’t easily tire of routine. Cooking for yourself is just not worth the effort, you know? Give me guests, and I’ll serve… text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/1506?rev=1731551416&do=diff June Welp, school is out for winter break. A pretty long break, almost a month and a half. During this time I have a week-long training session that I’m dreading - except for the free food -, and a Trip to Namibia. I’m suuper excited about the latter, almost entirely because I FINALLY GET TO DRIVE again. text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/2014.15_-_lesotho?rev=1731551416&do=diff Lesotho All Lesotho Posts here, chronologically ordered with the newest at the top - except Comm notes is sticky at the top. Lesotho Communication Notes And Wishlist Booklist January : New Years and The Inexorable Crawl of Time December 2 : Swearing in and Christmas December : Teaching, Tseshlayayane, Slot Canyon Spa, Cooking, Adventures of the Morning of the 13th of December, and Tertiary Projects November 2 : Going to Supervisor Workshops and Permanent Sites November : Basotho Culture … text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/140812-11_-_wilmington?rev=1731551416&do=diff So, recent events of the summer. Attempted to ride my bike to Wilmington, NC - failed miserably. I set out a lovely afternoon around 4 in the afternoon, rode happily for a couple of hours, then rode with increasing misery for a couple more. I was navigating with an atlas and a coordinate GPS text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/141018lesotho?rev=1731551416&do=diff Saturday, October 18, 2014 – Arrival and First Days in Lesotho TY (Teyateyaneng – Camptown (here)) Part I – The Cars, Buses, Planes, and Waiting. Well, this is the moment you’ve all been waiting for – my first post from Lesotho. So much to say, so few words text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/141021?rev=1731551416&do=diff HVV - Host Volunteer Visits We were sent off to go stay at a current volunteers house and see a bit of their life. Name of Rachel. She’s from Philly, and different from other, typical volunteers : much more urban – if that’s the right word. Much less outdoorsy, which I find to be interesting - that there are other types that survive and even thrive. She has less than a month to go, and has her life in a nice routine here. I just made proper coffee text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/141101?rev=1731551416&do=diff Settling In Today we cook! Finally. You have no idea. I've eaten enough cold lunches to last the rest of my life. Cold pumpkin, cold peas, cold rice, cold chicken, cold beets, cold, cold cold. Ugh. Enough. I've been dreaming, drooling over food - American food, mexican food, food food. Killing myself. And now the day has finally come. We've spent all day in TY shopping. I bought a of peanut butter. text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/141115?rev=1731551416&do=diff Basotho Culture and Other Things As I write this , the cold rain trickling down the windows is sharpened by my knees feeling the cold through my wet pants. The sky is so uniformly grey, and the nearest trees on the hill are barely visible through the mist, a vision of an alpine winterland. The hum of the generator and the patter of rain on the tin roof mix with soft conversation to form a background noise as pleasant and grey as the weather outside text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/141122?rev=1731551416&do=diff Supervisor Workshop We traveled to this great hotel for the workshop. I've not much to say on the workshop itself, I'm not even really sure what it was all about, I was busy writing silly poems and playing Basotho Ultra-tac-toe I think it was mostly about us meeting our principals, and having cross-cultural sessions. Not terrible, but repetitive and much longer than necessary. text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/141229?rev=1731551416&do=diff End 2014 Edit : New Pictures are up! Well guys, sad news. Turns out I'm not in the peace corps after all. Listen to tuesday's schedule: Woke up, had freshly-ground coffee, dress, go to the gym, swim for a bit, have an amazingly hot, steamy, high-pressure shower, pizza and a beer. This isn't the peace corps, it's the Posh Corps. text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/abortion?rev=1731551416&do=diff An Essay On Abortion Not trying to preach, just my thoughts on the matter. As with most things, I write because the topic has been on my mind after a heated discussion with a friend (fellow PCV) on the topic. For ages, my view has been simple : I considered abortion immoral, but it should be legal because it's not the governments job to police morality. However, during said discussion, I realized this is a logical fallacy. Follow, if you will. Why is abortion immoral? It is the early terminat… text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/booklist?rev=1731551416&do=diff Booklist A list of all the books I've read while in Lesotho, with the most recent at the top. If the book/series made a particular impression on my I'll leave a short little summary/recommendation. Check for updates when you're bored, there should be one a week or so. text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/lcommnotes?rev=1731551416&do=diff Communication Notes Coordinates (plug into google earth/maps) S30 ; E027 - the little round house is mine. As you can see, very close to the main road, makes traveling super easy. Phone/WhatsApp #: +266 5051 2702 Email address / Paypal : mixlear@gmail.com. I'll reply whenever I have internet, usually once every couple of weeks. text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/start?rev=1731551416&do=diff The Life and Times of Lea Rodriguez The time has come. Lea is finally starting a blog. Shudder. For those of you who don’t know me - I pity you. For those of you who do, I congratulate you. The main drive behind this piece of utter narcissism is that I’m going to Lesotho for my peace corps assignment and text/html 2024-11-14T02:30:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.millerjs.org/lea/trd?rev=1731551416&do=diff Toilet Roll Disaster - A True Story You may think the title is an exaggeration, but I assure it is nothing less that the truth, albeit perhaps a little subjectively. I was at my friends house is the mountains of western North Carolina, visiting a weekend before our universities started. One evening, I go the bathroom in the apartment (the only bathroom). I noticed that I have used all the roll on the holder, and so being the naturally good-hearted and generous guest that I am I found a new rol…