[Expat] repatriation

[Eric Nguyen]

i'm happy to continue receiving emails from expats; i just didn't want to
moderate. i say ken hands the keys to judit, if she's willing to admin.

~e

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:26 AM, judit <jpungor at gmail.com> wrote:

> greetings my fellow wanderers, well-timedly from a small cafe in baja sur.
>
> maybe it's just the itching of the sand still between my toes, or the sun
> still scorching my shoulders going to my head, but reading this made me cry
> no no no!
>
> perhaps your days of flight are paused for the moment ken, and perhaps you
> want to leave this list. while i feel that expats will sorely lack without
> your insane waxings, i still don't think it should die! i, at least, think
> of it often on my travelings, and have actually had some musings as to how
> it might expand (perhaps in a more wiki-based less inbox-filling reference
> kinda way).
>
> if people were wanting to see it continue, i would be happy to moderate.
>
> keep the spirit alive!
>
> corazones!
> j
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM, ken lynch <clothoid at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Expats,
>>
>> As my expat days run dear, and I contemplate my repatriation, I
>> wonder, what has been the use of this low traffic list?
>>
>> For me, as a marker for identity, and the knowledge that I've a few
>> friends that stand with me no matter where I set foot, this list has
>> been great.  And I'll always stand with you, no matter where you
>> wander.
>>
>> But alas, the time was not ripe to set down a colony of our making on
>> this other side of the globe.  Where ever I've been able to penetrate
>> a baroo flag, I've found the soil perhaps too salted by bank loans to
>> make it our own sovereign territory.  But more, my personal land of
>> dreams (the grand himalaya) offers no safe longterm refuge for those
>> not conforming to the ethnic nationalism that rages in our still
>> historic times.  As a guest, I'm treated as God, but as a homesteader,
>> viewed with both jealousy and suspicion.  Perhaps in a not so distant
>> future, in another land, we can give it another try.  If this were the
>> only chance to find a home in a far distant land, there's no way I'd
>> have given up so easily.
>>
>> No matter.  For me, these years abroad have been of service, as
>> perhaps you can judge from my sporadic though very long travel emails.
>>  Ripping at these political borders, I've been able to uncover and
>> travel down roads that lead more deeply into my soul, finding profit.
>> as ken the expat, it's been essential for my understanding of self,
>> and hope that your identification with it has helpful to you as well.
>>
>> To the issue of collective identity, one thing does seem clear to me:
>> if one is to reject nationalism and ethnicism, you must fill this
>> vacuum with something.  As we continue to struggle with these issues,
>> solving the troubles with these ideas, one thing has become blazingly
>> clear.  We are not just travelers.  When I look at you, (Eric, Jordon,
>> Judit, Alison, et al), I see heroes.  Part of being a hero is that you
>> must make this journey into the outer unknown, beyond the borders.
>> some parts of this journey, you must make alone.
>>
>> I've chocolate brewing.  A secret smuggling society may emerge sooner
>> rather then later, hellbent on poking holes in the normal day to day
>> reality of dominant political-economics.  Ah this is sweet!  And
>> dangerous!  Perhaps you're interested in building this fantastical
>> imagined community with me?  let me know.  for now, kamakazi! And
>> retirement.  I'm leaving this list.  Do you want to take over as
>> mediator?  If not, I'm putting her down.  To be reincarnated when
>> appropriate.
>>
>> With love,
>> ken
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> -- She who protects Nature will rule Humanity.
>>
>> clothoid.blogspot.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> expat mailing list
>> expat at lists.false-profit.com
>> http://lists.false-profit.com/mailman/listinfo/expat
>>
>
>
>
> --
> ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> .·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..
> ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>
>
> _______________________________________________
> expat mailing list
> expat at lists.false-profit.com
> http://lists.false-profit.com/mailman/listinfo/expat
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.false-profit.com/pipermail/expat/attachments/20080721/4f6a5aea/attachment.html