| Me + meghan + music + alcohol = insanity
Meghan is up this weekend and it's been crazy old school college fun. I'm soooo glad she came. Last night was great. Tonight... sex toy party then going out.. again. Monday will be a rough morning. I can feel it already! | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment   |
| I haven't written anything here forever. To be honest, I haven't been much inspired. For a while I was busy playing video games, then I quit that and still managed to keep pretty busy (too much tv actually), and I guess mostly I'm just busy. When I first got back from greece and was at home I took it easy for a little while. When I actually started working my life just suddenly got so hectic. I thought it was just me adjusting to things as they go. In a few more days/weeks or whatever I would adjust, time would return to it's normal pace and I'd go on my merry old way. The problem is, it doesn't. If I forget to call someone, I don't remember until a week later. And then I don't remember to actually call until another week later. I remember feeling busy in college, bogged down with studying or papers and managing the lab. To be honest, it was never more than a few days or a few weeks at a time. After a few days I always had time to myself. Time to waste, time to use as I want it. I mean I still do, I just took two weeks off. But the time just goes by faster now.
I guess all this is brought on by the fact that I'm moving out tommorow. I'm moving away from home. I can walk around my new apartment with a big smile on my face all I want, but it's still a little scary. Even when I lived in a house my senior year, I still had my mom propping me up. I knew it was a matter of time before I was going back home. Now that I'm moving out, sure I'll go back home, but it will never actually be home again. That isn't going to hit me for a while. I know, in two months, hell two years... I'm going to look back at this like it was yesterday. Sure I'll appreciate being on my own, but it all goes by too fast.
It is now I realize this is life, or my first taste of it. This is what everyone has been warning me about. Life comes at you so damn fast. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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| | I had a really good night out tonight. Me and Christine went to Sundown Saloon in Greenwich. Her friend, who if he wasn't leaving the country would I imagine slowly become one of my friends since he's really cool, David is leaving the country for a really long time shortly. So she wanted to see him before he left. So this is like a thing they do every wednesday and I while I wasn't too into going I wound up having a really great time. I think going to the same bar the same night is a fun habit to have. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Cake - Alpha Beta Parking Lot | | Subject: | letting go of yet another dirty day | | Time: | 08:03 am | | Current Mood: | grateful |
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| | There are these few perfect moments... that make all the imperfect moments worth it. And when they happen your brain fast forwards to the future and what the future will be. Maybe it's just delusion, but it looks mostly good. As a matter of fact it looks amazing. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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| Step 1: gasp at the ever rising price of gas prices as they break 3 dollars and keep right on going
Step 2: decide to be more gas efficient
Step 3: buy nice mountain bike
Step 4: use mountain bike to go places
Step 5: fall off mountain bike
Step 6: ow
i was thinking of posting pictures.. i even took them. But honestly they are far too gruesome to share. I've lost nearly all the skin in my palm on my left hand. Like that part where your thumb meets your hand.. yeah. A lot of skin on my left knee as well. My right side fared far better but even that was far from perfect. Basically I was biking along the side of the road with dima.. decided the sidewalk would be safer and thought my bike could make the curb. Unfortunately it could not and instead sent me skidding along the pavement. I thought it was better my hands than my face.... so it goes. Right now i'm sitting up trying to acertain how i am going to go to sleep without inevitably waking up cursing like a sailor because i have accidently put presure on the wrong hand. Let this be a lesson to you all. Don't be me. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | It's funny how beautiful of things can be inspired by the smallest of things. I may be insanely busy and I may miss all of my college friends like crazy, but I am loving life right now. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| I think I'm starting to spread myself a bit thin. As most of you know, I've got the full time job from 8:30-5:30. Then a few days a week I work at the mall from 6-9:30. Saturdays I dig in Guilford with Yale from 8:30-4:30 and occasional sundays I will also be working at the mall. I mean, there's no denying I'm short on cash and high in debt at the moment. Mostly thanks to greece and college loans. The greece stuff should be all paid up by the end of the month and then I can begin to save for moving out. Plus start to put a sizeable dent in the student loans. If I can manage those two things at once. Hopefully I can be moved out by december/january. Thinking I might still want to spend christmas at home you know? Living at home? It's good to be home for the holidays. I'm planning on moving near my house anyway, but still might be cool to move in jan. 1st. Maybe dec. 1st would also be cool. Dunno guess I'll see. But yea, with all the things going on I've barely had like.. me time. I feel very rushed all the time and it certainly doesn't help that my stomach is fighting a civil war with the rest of my body and the food i put in it.
Either way i'm going to try to be a bit wary of stretching myself to thin, but at this rate I don't think there is all that much I can do about it. I think once the dig finishes the work at the mall is going to pick up since the dig ends around thanksgiving and that's hwen the holiday season begins. I just really wish I could take the train to the dig but since the train that goes to guilford only operate m-f that's not possible. Maybe I can figure out something. I don't know I should probably ask around tommorow. Also, must not forget a lunch... again. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Hugo Chavez, the man Pat Robertson says is such a danger to the US he should be assasinated.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/23/chavez.gasoline.reut/
Dude, Pat, I'm soon to be living below the poverty line. Can we wait and see how much he's going to sell me gas for? Thanks. Undoubtedly, Chavez just wanted to start trouble. But honestly, Chavez isn't killing his people. He isn't blowing shit up. He isn't hiding and manufacturing weapons of mass destruction. He's taking the eye-dropping oil money profits and offering social services: free land, half-priced groceries, free health care and free education. Sure he thinks Bush is an idiot and thinks nothing of US foreign policy. Oh and he's friends with Castro (but then again, at a time, so were we). He kicked out the DEA for spying on him. But you know, he didn't kick out any weapons inspectors (nor merit them in the first place). And you know there was the fact that the coup attempted to oust him was supposedly funded by the Bush Administration (oops!).
To me Chavez sounds like your average liberal. He wants to have a country of fed, healthy, educated people. He makes friends that can help him. Is a little bit paranoid and you know hates George W. Bush.
If I am horribly wrong, feel free to argue. I've done a bit of research on the topic. Legitimate news sources only of course. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I have a job!
No more sleeping till 11am.
I hate interviews, although I get along well enough.
I think that the cover letter is quite possibly the worst creation ever.
Funny that lying is acceptable when getting a job.
What happened to honesty?
Oh yeah, it leaves you unemployed.
When warcraft doesn't work it makes me sad.
I can't wait to move into my own place, my first *own* place.
I can't believe how much it costs to live around here.
Why the hell is warcraft not working?
I think everyone suddenly gets why i'm updating.
And to answer your question, yes i am addicted.
My allergies have gotten terrible.
I need stronger medication.
I get bored with this way to easily.
I like blogger by google better, but no one else uses it.
I'm done. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| Johnny: Meghan do you do pskankies or whatever?
Meghan: Oh yea I do them all the time
Johnny: it's like pilates for whores | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Time: | 04:56 pm | | Current Mood: | happy |
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| I haven't written anything in quite a while. Sorry it's been a while since i've really had time to sit down and check my email without being rushed. Or well.. really this is the second time i've checked my email since I've last written in here I think.
The dig just kinda took off and my afternoons were filled with sleep or work or some halfassed attempt at both. Greece is fabulous. What can I say this country is absolutely amazing. I had to walk home from site one day and I got three, or actually, four people that stopped and offered me rides. I couldn't accept any of them as I was in a fair bit of trouble at the time. Speaking of which, the source of the trouble was me having my cell phone stolen at 5am under.. well rather questionable conditions. I was fine, but when the asshole that stole the phone called my prof. at 5am... he was not. Understandably so, I was in a bit of a predicament. Either way, I made it out alright. Have fully recovered from my dumbass mistake with only the loss of my mobile and some cash.
Hrm, lets see. Been going out to group meals lately which have been a lot of fun. Greeks do like interesting meal courses. First you get bread, then horiatiki (greek salad), then saganaki (fried cheese), then fries, then your main course and sometimes fruit after. It's fun. I've been so insanely busy doing post-excavation work these last few days (IE: Monday and Today) and going out for big dinners in the evenings that I haven't had time to pack (I leave tommorow) or think much about when I'm leaving. Over the weekend I was chilling out (which I kind of regret now) and everyone else was leaving so it was a bit lonely for a little while. Although I did get to see Mr. and Mrs. Smith over the weekend which was AMAZING. Oh Angelina... *sigh*
Anyway, I leave here tommorow after noon, my flight leaves in the evening. I have an unexpected overnight stay in Charles De Gaul (Paris)... fuck me. I need to be more careful on things I spend hundreds of dollars on that are impossible to change. Then I get back to the states around 10am Thursday. Woot! I plan to go on a crazy visiting/having people visit me spree because I miss everyone dearly and the AC is actually working in my car. I think once I see gas prices that may change to just convincing Meghan to have everyone over and talking people into going there. But we'll see. I still have a few postcards for people, which... I've been meaning to send for.. ohh two weeks now (see I am busy!) Anyway, the more I sit here talking about the states and how much i miss everyone the more I do so I'm going to go shower and get ready to go into Nafplio.
I'll talk to you/see you all very very soon! | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| It's been a while. Or it feels like its been a long while since I've been to an internet cafe. This past weekend we went to santorini. I will definitely post my pictures once I get them. It was absolutely beautiful. Like breathtakingly amazingly beautiful. We went to the ancient site of thera which was really cool since it was mostly preserved by the volcano and the museum (the good stuff is in athens though). On sunday we went to wander around the volcano which was fun but also disgustingly hot.. which really I was pretty stupid not to have expected. After the volcano we went swimming in the hot springs which honestly looked like everyone went there to poo (there was a large amount of goats near by which mad me suspicious) so mostly we had fun jumping off the boat. We also went swimming at the black beach. Which that picture does not begin to it justice.
The dig is going well. I'm trench supervisor this week with elizabeth and no major problems yet. The dig is going very quickly since we have so many people around and working constantly. We've had shorter days but are getting far more done than we did before I think.
Everytime I find internet I read this comic: http://www.machall.com/index.php?strip_id=337 Seriously, it's me and dima to a T. Figured I'd share for those of you that understand it (it's warcraft speak.)
Anyway, this place is fucking expensive so i've gotta jet . I'll be home august 4th officially.. so hopefully I can get to see everyone after I get home. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| This is ganked from my sister LJ. Sorry I'm too lazy to write about greece (since i just did three days ago and really there is nothign else to say.. I'm just in argos for the gyros). A few notes to understand it. My sister was on her way to work in tower two of the trade center on 9/11 and actually got there to see them on fire. Two- we're really different but I've never found a paragraph she wrote that I agreed with more than this one:
Everyone in the US is flipping their sh-t about terrorism, which I find not funny per say but rather ridiculous. I mean as someone who went through what I went through (& I was one of the VERY lucky ones) at the tender age of 22, I am somewhere between wanting to laugh and to slap people in teeny tiny towns in Podunk Arkansas that are freaking out about the orange alert thing. When this bullsh-t returns to New York, which we all know it probably will, if it doesn’t get me this time around, I would like to personally thank every single idiot who reelected our idiot President. I mean, seriously, it’s like morons vote for Pres Pretzel Choke, I do campaign work for Kerry, MoveOn, etc and when it’s that time again, it is much more likely that I or someone I love will be left holding the bag like a total a$$hole based solely upon the homophobic rantings and fantasyland paranoia of some hicks in a bunch of red states who are clearly convinced that someone with a name they could only dream of pronouncing is fixated with their two stoplights and feed store. I mean is it a coincidence that every place in the US that was either directly affected by 9/11 or is a major population center voted the other way??? Call me a crazy liberal, but I read books and the foreign press and think that the Administration totally f-cked up and could have prevented 9-11 or at least handled it better. I mean, no one has written a book entitled: 9-11, What The Administration Did Right and Why We’re Better Off Today. But, being a crazy liberal, I also believe that the government should give schoolchildren books and old people medicine instead of like fighting another war that means nothing and seems to exist solely for the purpose of making me worry about my friends who are serving their SECOND tour over there. But seriously, this country is getting so ridiculous and so nearsighted about so many things that it is seriously difficult to watch even CNN without wanting to projectile vomit.
And lastly, from me, greece is good. It was about 105 degrees the other day. This weather is making 90 deg. seem like a cold spell. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
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| Yay for people reading this. I'm in argos, again. We tried to go to the super market but everything closes at six on saturdays and never opens on sundays. That's one thing I won't miss about greece. Oh well at least it wasn't urgent for me. I went to the beach today. A new one I hadn't been too before. We played marco polo and it was a lot of fun. I'm working on the tan. A greek guy called me mavros today which literally means black, but the greeks use it for tan. To think, I've got like three more weeks here. The time flies like crazy since you're either sleeping or busy or being a lazy ass.
Dima sent me a package. I won't share the geekiness it contained, but it also had the gameboy advance he bought in it. I've gotten addicted to Final Fantasy II. So that's pretty sweet. I've been working my wayt through beating that although I really would like anohter book to read. There are tons floating around amoung people so I guess it's just a matter of asking.
Most everyone is feeling better again. There was some terrible virus that landed a few people in the hospital (greek hospitals... eek!). Anyway, they seem to be recovering pretty well. I guess we'll see. I managed to avoid getting sick (or at least it cleared out really fast).
On site we're finding all this cool fresco which excites me. I think we should be able to piece most of it together and it's juts relaly beautiful. Not like today, but the upcomign weekend is our trip to santorini. I'll try and post some pictures since we've rounded up a flash drive to use.
I was really sad to hear about the london bombings. As horrible as it may sound I was relieved that it wasn't happening to new york (have two of my three close fam. members working there), but I still think it was awful. I mean, really I don't understand why people do things. Why kill innocent people just to prove a point. I understand that things like this happens elsewhere on a daily basis. I can't even begin to imagine. I feel fortunate to be here, since you know, unless people go around bombing ancient mycenaean sites I think I'm in the clear. I hope everyone anyone knows around london is safe.
Alright I best go now. If anyone wants a more personal response than this please toss me an email. As much as I'd love to write you all emails, I detest sending mass emails and can't possible sit down and send everyone I know an email. Or you can also call me, but I understand it's expensive. If you can talk to dima, he found some phone cards to call here for 0.10 a min. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | I don't think anyone reads this and people are waiting so i guess i'll make it short. i've yet to stop at the post office so i've got postcards taht have been sitting around for like two weeks now. umm dig started i've been working on the survey team which is a lot different. all the kids are here so there are a million people around all the time. fitts just arrived today, so he'll be lots of fun. ummm that's about it. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Time: | 03:38 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/blank.gif) lethargic |
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| Okay, sorry for coping out and just writing in my live journal instead of doing nice things like sending people emails, but really, I don't have enough time. Anyway, I sent out like four post cards. I have four more just sitting there waiting for stamps but I haven't seen a post office recently, so it might be a while. Don't worry I still love you all :)
Anyway, after Loutraki we went up to Mikines. Other than the addition of a bar at alati piperi, the place is pretty much the same. I forgot how much I really love that little town. It's so calm, relaxed and chill (for me at least). We hit the beach once, jenn sarah and katie went a second time but I had was too much work to get through (i very dumbassly, volunteered for this big computer project). NO biggie though, it's mostly done and I got lots of help with it. It's nice to get paid and no longer look at my bank account wondering if the checks I wrote to pay off my credit cards in advance are going to bounce. Thankfully, not I think.
The rest of the Dickinson crew showed up yesterday and we're back in athens. It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't require walking all over and not eating for very long stretches of time. Maggidis was trying to get it through as quickly as possible (so he could skip out) so we went from 8am to about 2pmish without stop. Actually me jenn sarah katie and elizabeth skipped out of a museum early so we could grab food. We left the rest of them there. Which I felt kinda bad about but ohh well. They're out getting food now. Then we're gonna meet up and go back throught he national archaeological museum after we've rested up a bit.
It's good to see everyone but it kinda feels like I'm constantly in the arch lab. Although, it's one fuck of a lot brighter than the arch lab is. That's for sure. Umm tommorow I think they are doing hte akropolis and agora, which i just did two weeks ago so I think a few of us are either going to the planetarium or to sounion instead.
Today first thing we went to the olympic plaza where all the olympic events were held. It's absolutely gorgeous. The architecture was cool. Plus we got to go on the actually grass and track of the stadium. The girls and the guys all raced. And we also played frisbee (thanks to owen who brought a frisbee with him). So you know, me owen jenn and linos are the olympic frisbee team :) Only people to play frisbee there anyway.
But yeah... I'm off to read up on the friends list a bit then it's back to the museum. I hope everyone's summers are going well. Call or email me when you all get jobs. I'd be happy to know. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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| Sorry guys for only ever updating my livejournal. Not sending emails. I sent out some postcards and I've got another few that are waiting for stamps. Greece is fun, mostly. I'm in loutraki now. Which was perilous to get to. Me and Dima got up planning to go to the metro so he could get to the airport and I could get to the train station. And voila, it's closed. The fucking public transit workers were on strike. The buses are apparently private but the airport bus wasn't coming till too late so he had to take a taxi. Apparently the security workers were also on strike so getting through the airport was also hell. Sucks. Anyway, he got home alright. I got to the train station I needed to go to only to find out the train workers were also on strike. After a small panic attack I got to the bus station and took a bus. WOrked out alright.
Not to much to report about. Zakynthos was excellent. I learned how to scuba dive. I'm now a PADI certified diver. I've gotten pretty tan and been spending lots of time on really nice beaches. Zakynthos was super touristy. Although me and dima managed to have fun hanging out with the scuba center guys (who mostly rather hot). My instructor was hungarian whcih was cool. Anyway, I'm spending more time than I probably have euro's for so I gotta jet.
Oh I have my cell number if anyone wants to call me, happy calls from friends are always appreciated... it's (this is exactly what you dial from the states) 011306942610789. There is a 7 hour time difference to 12 noon home is 7PM here. Oh and you can also text me, there are some sites online that give free SMS :)
I miss everyone. I'll write again sometime soon. Hopefully it won't be so dull. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Life in greece is beautiful thus far. We've been wandering around Plaka mostly. KT and sarah went to piraeus today, but apparently they didn't go to the nice part so perhaps we can hit it later. I bought a skirt. It's turquoise long and greekish. Anyway, everyone else is done on the computers so I gotta jet. I have a cell phone, ask Meghan or my parents for the number if you want to call me. If you don't know how to reach either of those toss me an email and I'll send it to you. Okay! Bye!! | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| I failed to mention one thing. A new travel tip I learned. Always bring gas-X or some sort of gas stopping medication. While it is ideal to counter airline food suckiness, when the guy behind you proudly announces when he's contaminated the air of the plane for, oh I don't know, the 80th time in a 7 hour flight, you can turn around and tell him here.. have some gasX, and for godsakes see a doctor or something that's disgusting. As opposed to suffering in very smelly silence. Honestly, that guy was a fucking fountain of gas and me and dima had the very unfortunate chance to be seated DIRECTLY fucking in front of him (and in the middle of his high school trip to spain).
OKay that's it. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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