Well . . . he can talk. That is an improvement, right? Bring on the Terrorist, socialist, Israeli hating, elitist. I hope that he is the magic fix that everyone over here believes that he will be.
peace, love, and happiness
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
New Talent!!!
So, last night I am cooking dinner for myself (a rare treat) consisting of a couple of fried eggs, bread, juice, and milk. As I am cooking the eggs I realize that my spatula is dirty, and not wanting to take precious egg cooking time to clean it, I instead take the pan and toss the eggs, simultaneously they flip and land back in the pan, all without breaking a yoke. Now, I am not sure that you are understanding the implications of this new skill I have procured; not only does it impress the ladies, but it also means that I can do fewer dishes as I no longer need a spatula. Pretty sweet, huh?
Monday, November 3, 2008
Regarding My Future Job
After some serious study over the past years; including watching Tombstone, 3.10 to Yuma, The Proposition, The Assassination of Jesse James, and The High Plains Drifter, and listening to Johnny Cash, Murder by Death, The Raconteurs, and The Decembrists, I have decided that I should be allowed to carry a 30/30 lever action shot gun and a six shooter while riding around on horseback, dressed in a wool button up, black sash, black cowboy hat, and a waxed slicker shooting stuff.
Obviously I went to school for the wrong profession.
Obviously I went to school for the wrong profession.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
New Pictures, First Check-in, Climbing, School, and My New Sippy Cup
Well, things have been pretty exciting over that last month and a half. School has been crazy as I am trying to work with a poorly organized 6th grade curriculum, we had a huge grand opening ceremony, and MUN is at full steam. In the mean time my social life has taken several huge leaps forward, and climbing has re-entered my life to add to my consternation over time management.
I enjoyed my first long weekend traveling to Meteora with some students from the university. I have a good friend who is involved in a climbing club/class and when I arrived in Thessaloniki she was bragging that she was climbing all the time and after inviting myself I was climbing as well. The first time was about two weeks ago at a little crag outside of Thessaloniki. Everyone is super nice and I have met a number of people that I keep in touch with on a regular basis.
The pictures from the previous few posts are of Meteora and while one might think it fun to live in one of the cliff to monasteries we must remember that to do this one has to be a Greek Orthodox monk and among many other characteristics this includes being a man (no women allowed) and a strict belief in the Bible. The climbing on the other hand excludes no one and is wonderful, be you a beginner or the hardest of the hard. The rock is a sandstone conglomerate, think Maple Canyon, and was bolted in the days of yore by Germans, the hardest hardest of the hard, this means 10 to 15 meter run-outs are the norm and everything was done ground up and only recently has chalk been allowed in the area (thank goodness). For the most part the rock quality is good, but I was always on my toes (no pun intended) nervous about loose stones that turned a perfectly good climbing shoe into a roller-skate.
The final picture, right at the top, is a picture of my new sippy-cup (see previous post) that my mother sent me recently.
Hope you're all doing well and the weather in the States isn't getting you down too much. It has been sunny and around 20 degrees here for about two weeks now.
love luck and lollipops
ian
I enjoyed my first long weekend traveling to Meteora with some students from the university. I have a good friend who is involved in a climbing club/class and when I arrived in Thessaloniki she was bragging that she was climbing all the time and after inviting myself I was climbing as well. The first time was about two weeks ago at a little crag outside of Thessaloniki. Everyone is super nice and I have met a number of people that I keep in touch with on a regular basis.
The pictures from the previous few posts are of Meteora and while one might think it fun to live in one of the cliff to monasteries we must remember that to do this one has to be a Greek Orthodox monk and among many other characteristics this includes being a man (no women allowed) and a strict belief in the Bible. The climbing on the other hand excludes no one and is wonderful, be you a beginner or the hardest of the hard. The rock is a sandstone conglomerate, think Maple Canyon, and was bolted in the days of yore by Germans, the hardest hardest of the hard, this means 10 to 15 meter run-outs are the norm and everything was done ground up and only recently has chalk been allowed in the area (thank goodness). For the most part the rock quality is good, but I was always on my toes (no pun intended) nervous about loose stones that turned a perfectly good climbing shoe into a roller-skate.
The final picture, right at the top, is a picture of my new sippy-cup (see previous post) that my mother sent me recently.
Hope you're all doing well and the weather in the States isn't getting you down too much. It has been sunny and around 20 degrees here for about two weeks now.
love luck and lollipops
ian
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