Hey. We made it here, last night, exhausted but in one piece. We just got tickets to Krabi tomorrow, and beach beach beach. I must be old or something, as this appeals to me more than it used to. Or maybe I’m just looking forward to getting out of Bangkok. The part I’m in hasn’t changed in years, except of course the prices are a touch higher for some goods. I have some decent books picked up used around here, Lime did some shopping as well — hers more efficient and intelligent than mine. We have discovered that we can …
Month: January 2006
By the Way
There’s one more little clause in my contract which I need to consider carefully when running this site… I am not allowed to disparage the Church of its teachings. I am assuming this means in-class, but given that my name, googled, leads directly to this site, it seems some of my rants on theology shall have to be assigned to the private section. (UPDATE: Not anymore! I’m free! Free! Hahahaha! Thus… this post is now public!) But for almost $200 a month more than I thought I would be making, and for approximately $800 a month more than I was …
On Our Way Out
Lime and I are at the Incheon Airport.
Scalzi’s SF Film List
If you are a regular reader of blogs, you might have encountered the Scalzi SF films list at places like Ethel the Frog, Byzantium’s Shores, or Pharyngula (or at Scalzi’s own site, of course). The meme as it is online now is to bold the ones you’ve seen. So here goes: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! Akira Alien Aliens Alphaville Back to the Future Blade Runner Brazil Bride of Frankenstein Brother From Another Planet A Clockwork Orange Close Encounters of the Third Kind Contact The Damned Destination Moon The Day The Earth Stood Still Delicatessen Escape …
St. Etienne’s Song
The one I’m thinking of remains in my memory only as a title: “Can’t Sleep”. I can’t sleep right now, so I thought I would share in some of the amusements of camp. Whilst teachers enjoyed the remnants of a huge fire from earlier in the evening: … Shawn decided, not having shown his manhood enough by becoming an expectant father, that it was a good night to go firewalking. Without a shirt on. At least he kept his running shoes on, though, or I’d have been horrified by the proceedings. More quotes from Shawn to come soon… especially one …