My Western Civ. class retake: What I relearned in Egypt?
My bag is unpacked, the laundry’s done, souvenirs are unwrapped and tucked away into their new home, and photos have been downloaded and transferred to my Flickr page. But the post-trip rituals don’t stop there. No, there are many stories to tell. However, since my online connections were limited to a brief 10 minute moment in the Luxor Airport where there was only time to update my Facebook status and respond to a few tweets, I had to hold the stories until I got out of ancient Egypt and into modern America. So for the next week or so, I’m going to focus and write about the funny, the tiring, frustrating, and educational moments in my week long visit to the cradle of Western Civilization. My sophomore year, I had to take a Western Civ. class...
Read MoreThe Carry-On
The carry on for international travel is an essential element in packing for long airplane rides. So as I sit in a bar drinking a beer, I contemplate what’s in my coveted carry-on to keep me occupied for 10 hours. -Drugs – no international trip is complete w/out Lunesta to keep me sound asleep for 8 of the 10 hours - Journal- to keep notes of the crazy people on the plane which could be good material for my book. - Snacks- This is not Lufthansa or British Airways, so I may have to live off Mike & Ike’s for the duration. -Long-sleeve shirt- I’m always cold so I need reinforcements. -Underwear- Well, you just never know! - Camera- Because I don’t trust this in my checked baggage. - Make-up: I can buy toothpaste in Egypt, but I...
Read MoreFlat Iron Stays Home
Preparing for my Egypt adventure was nothing short of a crash course in world conversion rates for electronics. After all, who really reads the manual from your flat iron or hairdryer? 110/120V, what’s that? Well, it seems the US voltage rate is less than other parts of the world, where it’s 240V. Translation: my flat iron will not work outside the US. It seems these devices don’t even work with a power converter. A small detail I failed to recognize until I read the small print from the $40 adapter/converter I purchased on a trip to Italy 5 years ago. I say all this all because come Wednesday when it’s time to wash and style my hair, the flat iron will be absent. It’ll be tucked away in my drawer at home, leaving me to fiend the...
Read MoreA Goldilocks Love Life
It seems my love life is much like “Godilocks and the Three Little Bears,” but instead of wandering through the forest looking for food, I’m wandering through a jungle of aging men, self-proclaimed bachelors and Peter Pan playboys. After all, Goldilocks had to try Papa Bear’s and Mama Bear’s porridge, chair and bed before she found Baby Bear’s to be “just right.” Does that mean that my previous two loves were preparing me for the “just right” one? Looking back, I’ve only really loved twice. And though I loved them both dearly, neither were “just right.” Let’s break it down: Geoff – Too Big Clancy – Too Small He thinks big and lives large There’s never a dull...
Read MoreAnd the nominees are…
Finally, the Oscars are here! And yes, I must admit that instead of listening to today’s homily, I drifted to think about my favorite movies and the lines in them that “spoke” to me. Here’s my top 10: 10. Mommie Dearest – “No wire hangers.” 9. A Few Good Men – “He eats breakfast three hundred yards away from four thousand Cubans who are trained to kill him and no one’s going to tell him how to run his unit, least of all the Harvard mouth in his faggoty white uniform.” 8. Bridget Jones’s Diary – “The only thing worse than smug married couple; lots of smug married couples.” 7. When Harry Met Sally - “All I’m saying is that somewhere out there is the man you are...
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