hello again..

Is it weird I haven't posted since I left for the Middle East last year? Too much to say? Too little time? Not sure what to share? Those are all good excuses. I'm even staring at the white space now and saying..."what do I say?"

It has been a crazy 11 months and I don't really expect it to calm down. The last 7 has been a whirlwind with the Arab Spring. I could say so many things but it wouldn't even do it justice. I just want to share that I am very proud of our work here at Al Jazeera and when I travel around the world people tend to like what we do.

I was in Thailand this last week and this girl told me I was her Idol...I thought that was weird coming from an American who had just spent the last 6 months traveling 12 countries. I'm not sure how much AJE she had even seen but apparently it had made an impact. When I turned on my TV in our tiny bungalow on phi phi don there were 5 channels total...one of them was Al Jazeera English. I was in France Last month, they had 3 Al Jazeera channels, Germany as well. I was able to watch AJE in Beirut, Amman, Istanbul, Samos, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem in the past 11 months. The only place I haven't was the USA. It's weird going home (NYC/Denver/Tulsa) and not being sit down on the couch and watch what I do. Or even share. I get that the online product is there. It's being wildly watched in the states. But i'm still unsure if its being accepted or routine.

I hope you're watching. And yes, there will be more to come. I promise.