| The moment that made it all worth it:
When a six-year-old girl turned to me and said, "I'm having fun here." | comments: hit the nail on the head   |
| At the airport again (hoorah for wireless internet!) Being as I'm one of the people that has pulled more than a full day of shifts, I'm in charge of an area! I'm doing the packing, sorting, and supplying for the comfort kits (toiletries and such), infant supplies, and watching the kids' table.
Lebanon Repatriation by the numbers
Since 9 am Sunday morning:
Hours spent in an airport terminal so far: 28.5
Hours spent at work: 12
Hours spent at home: 11
Hours spent sleeping: 9
Longest consecutive period awake: 42 hours
Number of cups of La Colombe coffee consumed: 2
Number of children carried on shoulders: 1
Number of paper airplanes attached to parts of my body: 4
Number of Arabic words/ phrases learned: 16
Number of hours until I go home: unknown
Stories I'll be able to tell and differing viewpoints gained on the world: innumerable. | | comments: 1 swing of the hammer or hit the nail on the head |
| Yay sleep of the not long enough variety! There are errands and a doctor's appointment and work tonight. Words are not entirely unslurred yet. Amazement and hilarity may abound.
Stories to come tonightish. | | comments: hit the nail on the head |
| At this point, I have been awake for about 42 hours. I think disaster response is my true calling.
Now I sleep. | | comments: hit the nail on the head |
| | The Lebanese coming into the airport are amazing - incredibly gracious, good-humored, willing to teach us things about their language and culture; none of the things I would be if I'd been running from my home for a week. After this shift, I promise I'll sleep... | | comments: hit the nail on the head |
| | So, I'm pretty sure that there was supposed to be very good news coming my way yesterday. Unfortunately, the hellstorms of Tuesday knocked the power out at the place that was supposed to be giving me said good news. So *insert excitedscreamyhophopyee here* will have to wait... | | comments: hit the nail on the head |
| Subject: wepoci
Text: unfortunate word! He is a skin-changer. He changes his skin; sometimes
he is a huge black bear, sometimes he is a great strong black-haired man
with huge arms and a great beard. I cannot tell you much more, though
From luciankoep@eagleresearchcorp.com
...any ideas?
EDIT: and the second strange email
Subject: Re: on iynis
Text: and none at all, it is, said he. No burra€“ hobbits, but lots of these
here dwarves. Thats about the shape of it!
I reckon youre right, said Bert, and wed best get out of the light.
And so they did. With sacks in their hands, that they used for
carrying off mutton and other plunder, they waited in the shadows. As
each dwarf came up and looked at the fire, and the spilled jugs, and the
from katoshamblin@ace-internet.net
These emails are definitely winning the most pointless spam ever award. | | comments: 1 swing of the hammer or hit the nail on the head |
| as a moon may adore you and remain, high moon
the wind may crown your head with leaves, and keep blowing
so I'll stop and I'll watch you, for I love, I love
and then be on my way. | | comments: hit the nail on the head |
| | Your Aura is Purple | 
Your Personality: You're a dreamer and visionary. You believe you were put on this earth to do something great.
You in Love: You're very passionate but often too busy for love. You need a man who sees your vision and adopts it as his own.
Your Career: You need a job that helps you make a difference. You have a bright future as a guru, politician, teacher, or musician. |
Oooohhh...guru. I call that! | | comments: hit the nail on the head |
| | Subject: | Welcome to the Internets! Episode the Second | | Time: | 01:19 pm |
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| Hello, and welcome to another exciting installment of Welcome to the Internets!
Now, if you're anything like me, you live for stories of stupidity - and boy, do they sure have a way of finding a place on the web. But how long has it been since net stupidity made you laugh out loud and snort carrots up your nose? Too long, I say. It seems that these days, everyone believes that their story of "OH NOEZ soooo dumb!1" is worthy of a window on your screen. How, you ask yourself, can anyone be expected to sort through the slushpile to find the gems?
I answer you, my dear (and likely imaginary) readers, with this masterpiece from 2001: The Chronicles of George. This site, about the true misadventures of the Tech Support From Hell, is sure to make you cover yourself in various fluids ejected from your body!
And with that, lovely (figment) readers, I bid you adieu and enjoy!
EDIT: And while you're there, don't forget to check out All Your Base Are Belong to Us: The Musical! Perhaps George has a twin? Hmm... | | comments: hit the nail on the head |
| homemade pho for breakfast
making hot pepper vinegar
having plans to cook for my dad for father's day
picking out a new dvd player (on the supercheap)
early morning wawa iced coffee & a daily news
bellybutton rings to play with when bored
train rides to philadelphia
midnight romps in the woods
picking mulberries
NJ gas prices
driving to and from NYC with no wrong turns
a free newspaper for buying a pack of gum
shopping for a car
dreaming and planning for a trip to hong kong
the "America" daily calendar (Jon Stewart's America)
holographic nail polish
fresh herbs growing out front
singing RENT songs on the subway
street festivals
walking down york road in hatboro
discussing books with the librarian
lemon water ice
necklaces | | comments: hit the nail on the head |
| | Subject: | Welcome to Welcome to the Internets! | | Time: | 10:50 am |
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| Do you miss the good old days of the internet? The days before every Tom, Dick, and Harry had a glossy, shiny webpage, and everyone from the New York Times editor to your grandmother had a blog? Do you miss the era where anger was the lingua franca of the net, and properly created sentences were just an hinderance? When WTF was not a comment, but a lifestyle?
Well, fret no more! Now, you can rediscover some of these wonderful classics with our new series, Welcome To the Internets!, a randomly updated features about the best and the brightest of that golden era!
Today's gem: fleetmack.com/rants.htm, home of such wonderful classics as "Beat Your Kids Somewhere Other Than Wal-Mart", "Gas Stations - What the Fuck?!?!?!", and "Want To Get Out of Debt? This Worked For Me But You're Probably Too Dumb To Get It To Work For You."
Don't miss the insightful commentary such as this line, from "Malls=Purgatory": fucking Disney saleswhore.( HA! spell check just gave me a red squiggly under "saleswhore" and recommended "saleswoman" ha! funny! i am amused by that - another wonderful thing to piss me off from Microsuck. - HA! another red squiggly - it wants "Microsuck" to be spelled as "Micro suck"!!)
Notice how the author manages to link two completely different megacorporations together, joining them by the sheer force of his rage!
But that's not all you'll get! On every page, there is a link back to the author's home page, where even more wonderful content resides! If a page full of rants isn't enough for you, there are articles on religion, transcripts of the dream he had the night before, and...
FREE DOWNLOADS (including one of the author titled "Me attempting to play Alice In Chains - Angry Chair - I suck and so does this clip of me sucking")!
So hurry on over to fleetmack.com/rants.htm to get started! | | comments: hit the nail on the head |
| | Subject: | ganked with pleasure from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) spychicr | | Time: | 10:41 am |
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| "If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, (even if we don't speak often) please post a comment with a COMPLETELY MADE UP AND FICTIONAL memory of you and me.
It can be anything you want - good or bad - BUT IT HAS TO BE FAKE.
When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people DON'T ACTUALLY remember about you."
Weehoo! | | comments: 3 swings of the hammer or hit the nail on the head |
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