Whew, I sure hope the new bosses don't find out that you are a stinky foot racist. Those poor children being forced to smell those toes. and thanks for the new threat I can use now
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laura - May 15, 2005 8:32:22 am PDT #9251 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Emily - May 15, 2005 8:36:42 am PDT #9252 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Cultural mores, eh? Also, people with no sense of humor will get you every time.
Is there a set of curriculum standards where you teach, Fay? I'm just wondering because I'm pretty sure "teach about the Holocaust, talk about Anne Frank" is mandated by the Board of Education in, like, fourth grade over here.
Also, I'd like to say about last night that it was briefly very scary, and then utterly hilarious. I actually don't think I've laughed that much in a very long time, in the relief-from-panic way. Four attractive police officers tramping through our house at 2:30 in the morning, and I'm standing there holding my cat (because the cops left our door open) thinking, oh dear, I would have neatened up a bit if I'd known. How's my hair? One of them actually thanked me on the way out. For what? I dunno. Protecting them from the cat, maybe?
I did feel really awful for vw, though, both for the utter panic and also because it'll be a while before she stops being nervous, since her bed is about six inches from that window. I have a bed far from my windows, but then I have the big room.
ETA: Also, my father should be in Cairo right now!
beathen - May 15, 2005 8:41:08 am PDT #9253 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
{{{Aimée}}} I hope you get everything worked out to your advantage!
{{{vw}}} Also, your neighbor is an idiot.
Congratulations DebetEsse!
Happy Anniversary, JZ and Hec!
I am trying to decide whether I should do laundry today or tomorrow. I have enough clothes for work so I'm not desperate (yet) and the idea of actaully putting on clothes besides my pajamas to go to the laundromat is unappealing. Weekends should be about relaxing, right?
Fay - May 15, 2005 8:46:47 am PDT #9254 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
OMG! Really? Here? Now?
...I feel like I should dash off and ply him with sheesha and mint tea, or something. Damn. Any idea where abouts he is? Just out of curiousity? Hope he gets to at least go on a faluka on the river, and maybe swing by the pyramids. TOTALLY worth going for coffee/lunch at the Khan El Khaleili restaurant upstairs in the Mena House hotel. If it were any closer to the pyramids, it would be under them. You can sip your coffee and stare out of the window going "Oh. My. God." It's very cool.
Re: curriculum - teaching about people's lives post 1930 is part of the National Curriculum, and the topic of Children's lives in WWII is one of the government-approved schemes of work. Now, I don't know what the Egyptian Government's take on that is - in plenty of bits of the Middle East you wouldn't be allowed to teach it, end of story.
DCJensen - May 15, 2005 8:47:32 am PDT #9255 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Happy Anniversary, JZ and Hec!
Fred Pete - May 15, 2005 8:49:51 am PDT #9256 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Egad, Fay.
You have parents who are objecting because you aren't teaching HATRED? Bad Fay! Bad!
Sadly, the same attitude exists over here.
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught....
Emily - May 15, 2005 8:50:36 am PDT #9257 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Fay, he's doing some consulting work for some new university they're building, I guess, but I'm not sure where he's staying. He's been doing these trips off and on for several years, so he's seen the pyramids and all (actually, I have pictures of him on a mule in front of them).
Fay - May 15, 2005 8:52:30 am PDT #9258 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Oooh! Is it the British University in Cairo? Is it? That'd be very exciting!
(...if it were for a school, rather than a Uni, it might even be my future employers...)
Emily - May 15, 2005 9:02:34 am PDT #9259 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Don't know. I'll ask him next time I email him.
Oh, lordy. You know, people tend to have their car radios on pretty loud as they go past our apartment, which is a little annoying, but they only stop at the stop sign and then move on, so no big. But now there's someone out there playing bad rap who's been there for the last five minutes and shows no sign of moving on. Come on, people. Not everyone wants to hear your fucking music! How hard is this concept?
ETA: okay, so he's cleaning his car. And thus has all his doors and windows open and the volume cranked up to maximum. Jesus. How loud does it need to be? You're in the car!
Cass - May 15, 2005 9:26:25 am PDT #9260 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Congratulations DebetEsse! That is wonderful news.
Happy Anniversary, JZ and Hec!
Ack vw and Emily... I am glad things weren't any more scary. I also hope you feel comfortable in your room sooner rather than later, vw.
Fay a racist? Suuuuuuuuure...
Weekends should be about relaxing, right?Yesh!
I'm watching Indy Time Trials. And though I have managed to get a lot done this weekend, I don't know if I have done enough to justify just sitting here with coffee watching tv.
eta: Helio Castroneves is qualifying now. I can't hear (or, frankly, see) his name without hearing Billytea making him sound neferious and evil. Which, of course, he is in his wee little Brazilian and notevil way.