What is Paris Hilton doing in Cyprus? Monday, July 31, 2006
You’d think she’d have the sense to not be dressed like that in a Muslim country!
Evacuation from Lebanon to Cyprus Monday, July 31, 2006
My Dad is the Regional Medical Officer for the American Diplomat Corps in the Middle East. What that means is that he coordinates all of the medical teams and doctors in the area. His specific region includes Egypt - where he is based, Algeria, Malta, Sudan, Libya, and Morocco. However, due to the recent war between Lebanon and Israel, he has been in charge of the medical aspect of the evacuation of American citizens to Cyprus. He was in Cyprus for over a week, and has just now returned to Egypt, where my Mom and younger brother live.
Here are a few pictures from his experience.
He loves his job, and I think you can see why 
Words that move as themselves Monday, July 31, 2006
GondolaGondolaGondolaGondolaGondolaGondola
GazeboGazebogazeboGazeboGazeboGazeboGazebo
ZamboniZamboniZamboniZamboniZamboniZamboni
La fanciulla del West Thursday, July 27, 2006
An opera about miners.
“Che faranno i vecchi miei”
“Jim, perche piangi?”
“Mister Johnson, voi m’avete seccato!”
“La posta! La posta!” (Translation: Mail call!)
“Una partita a poker!” (”I challenge you to a game of poker!”)
Things overheard at work Thursday, July 27, 2006
“I’m crushing your head with my brain right now…”
The guy in the cubicle to the left of me talking to the guy to the cubicle to my right ON THE PHONE.
What I have learned from Operas Thursday, July 27, 2006
If you ever have ANY problem, just drink poison.
Everything will sort itself out in the end.
“A little off the top, please. And remove my appendix, while you’re at it, why don’t you.” Thursday, July 27, 2006
Did you know that barbers used to double as surgeons in the olden times? If you did, why didn’t you tell me?!??
THAT’S SO COOL!
Apparently their motto was “Have scissors, will cut.”
Just think of THAT next time you get a bad haircut. It could have been much worse! They could have accidentally removed your left lung! Not to mention castration!
The State of the World: Explained! Thursday, July 27, 2006
People are always complaining that society is going downhill, and we’re becoming more depraved and hedonistic than ever before and the end of the world is nigh. Some people point to the shocking nature of things like television and popular culture as proof. Some people believe that the needle of the compass of depravity in society is held firmly in the claws of soap operas.
They point out that these characters lie, cheat, steal, manipulate, and hurt each other constantly. This is believed to reflect the awful state of the world today.
In that case, I would like to point out that the ridiculous situations and interactions imposed on the characters by the writers of these soap operas are no different and are many times, in fact, less tragic than the plots of Operas!
I would know, I read the plots of Operas all day at my job. Every character loves someone, but is engaged to someone else, and goes to bed with a third in order to screw over their betrothed, who is in love with the servant of the first character, who is actually the nephew of the original characters benefactress, who really wants to seduce the servant in order to frighten the dog.
Or something!
AND THEN EVERYONE DIES!!!!
If you’re ever taking a test about the plot of an Opera and you didn’t read it because you had something better to do, like, say, anything, then just know that everyone seduces everyone else and in the end EVERYONE DIES. Just like real life?
I guess my point is that humans have always enjoyed watching drama and shocking moral choices. So that explains the state of the world.
I’d join your WoW group, but I’m going to be busy… Wednesday, July 26, 2006
I’ll be busy at my JOB. I don’t know if many of you know about these. You work and do stuff and people pay you.
I’ll be doing that.
FULL-time.
Feel free to write me if you want.
It’ll be a while until I respond, though.
Cause I’ll be busy at my JOB.
