This disenchanted Obie is spending a semester in South Africa. will she become an expatriate? Just you wait and see…Tumblr (3.0; @obietojozi)http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/After a little over a week here, I’ve seen and experienced enough things to fill about twenty...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/17426516546http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/17426516546Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:11:39 -0600“An Open Letter to My Loved Ones: “My body is not a representation of my failures,...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/14768577823http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/14768577823Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:16:57 -0600“The new South Africa is…one of the most inspiring and hope-filled places on the...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/14740972114http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/14740972114Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:21:23 -0600Patriotism has never been a big part of my life. I spent most of my youth as the only kid who...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/4197007385http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/4197007385Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:38:41 -0500When I committed to going on a trip to Brazil to learn about Capoeira, I knew that I was committing...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/3173817989http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/3173817989Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:21:30 -0600I always do this. I worry about silly things instead of focusing on the good. I’m mostly...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/2609951948http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/2609951948Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:59:46 -0600Reading things like this makes me think A) what a messed up world I live in and B) maybe I could...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1468080792http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1468080792Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:32:18 -0500Saudade: somanydynamos: readmorewikipedia: Saudade (singular) or saudades (plural) is a Portuguese...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1210364868http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1210364868Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:40:35 -0500Three hours of Capoeira Angola training later, I’m still moving. I think I might be stronger...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1187044033http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1187044033Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:56:14 -0500I’m sick. My sinuses and I are not on good terms. Yet when people ask how I’m doing, I...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1151559658http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1151559658Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:32:44 -0500My heart’s impatient and persistent propensity to love will never cease to amaze and frustrate...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1123722620http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1123722620Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:47:44 -0500Oberlin is not real life. It is a strange little bubble of left-wing life in the middle of Ohio that...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1112619822http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1112619822Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:55:13 -0500I love fiction because it’s there when I’ve had too much of my own story and would...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1103965788http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1103965788Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:24:54 -0500Soon after I realized that Capoeira would be my first class of the semester, though not soon enough...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1081428732http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1081428732Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:14:04 -0500It just hit me that my first class of the year is 10AM Capoeira Angola. Here’s hoping my heart...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1081117896http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1081117896Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:42:46 -0500I’ve told a couple of people this, but lately I’ve had this urge to slow dance. Maybe...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1038417167http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/1038417167Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:31:45 -0500Coming back to campus with history is really fascinating. Places that I didn’t even know how...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/988922518http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/988922518Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:14:00 -0500I’ve learned in the past few weeks that while going out is nice, sitting at home on a friday...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/950208677http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/950208677Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:30:15 -0500Joseph Gordon-Levitt has joined Dev Patel on the list of people with whom I’d like to have...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/925042194http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/925042194Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:57:58 -0500Day 1: A recent picture and 10 interesting facts about yourself 1) When I’m upset, I take it...http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/925015014http://obietojozi.tumblr.com/post/925015014Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:51:29 -0500