The question of the day.....
Dec. 8th, 2003 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleinHow come, if i all of a sudden have a job with less responsibility, i am working harder?
i had something really terrific i wanted to write about, and now that i have the chance to sit down and do it, the thought has left my mind. That sucks.
i bought a new keyboard last weekend. A flat one, the kind you can roll up and stick in your laptop case. i have had it less than one week, and the 'a' key isn't working. i think i just wasted nearly 30$. One constant about businesses in this country, they do not accept returns, even with the reciept, even within one week of date of purchase. About the only places i know here that will take returns are businesses that are American based. And then, the customer service people can be a real pain in the ass about it. Drat.
The moon is beautiful on the ocean tonight. There is a moonlit path on the water that makes me ache to just go out there and swim to oblivion on it. A couple of things are keeping me from that right now, i would freeze my bazongas off before i got in water deep enough to swim in, and we are having soldiers for christmas dinner. i think i'll wait until the january full moon.
In the year 2004, February will have 29 days. i just realized that planning next semester's class calendar. i have committed myself to summer school again. Same course as i teach during the regular year, but newly revised. It will be the third semester for it, and should go really well. Loads of work, though, but the summer money is quite handsome.
When i told my son about soldiers for christmas dinner, he said he thought they might be a bit tough and stringy. Where did he ever get that weird sense of humor?
The Kuwait military is taking this terrorist threat thing seriously. It makes me feel safe and a bit afraid at the same time. In the passed week i have noticed more military units guarding 'soft targets'. There is a unit set up around the refinery. i wonder how cold they get at night sleeping in that tent? i have noticed others as well. At least they aren't on my beach. This complex must not be soft enough.
Although it is a bit more dangerous to live here now than during the war. Now there is only one empty apartment. During the war, over half the apartments were empty. Master and i were the only American couple here. Now the apartments are filled with Americans, many of whom are working in Iraq. They go in for a week and come out for a week. The company is paying for the apartment so they will have a place comfortable to stay. In Iraq, many are living in tents. i hear they are making good money, but the hours and the stress of being in a military area, in my mind, cannot be worth the money.
Now in the future, when the country is more stable, i wouldn't mind teaching there. What an amazing country to be in. The antiquities and the history would just jump out and hit you bang smack in the face. i could do with some culture like that.
i had something really terrific i wanted to write about, and now that i have the chance to sit down and do it, the thought has left my mind. That sucks.
i bought a new keyboard last weekend. A flat one, the kind you can roll up and stick in your laptop case. i have had it less than one week, and the 'a' key isn't working. i think i just wasted nearly 30$. One constant about businesses in this country, they do not accept returns, even with the reciept, even within one week of date of purchase. About the only places i know here that will take returns are businesses that are American based. And then, the customer service people can be a real pain in the ass about it. Drat.
The moon is beautiful on the ocean tonight. There is a moonlit path on the water that makes me ache to just go out there and swim to oblivion on it. A couple of things are keeping me from that right now, i would freeze my bazongas off before i got in water deep enough to swim in, and we are having soldiers for christmas dinner. i think i'll wait until the january full moon.
In the year 2004, February will have 29 days. i just realized that planning next semester's class calendar. i have committed myself to summer school again. Same course as i teach during the regular year, but newly revised. It will be the third semester for it, and should go really well. Loads of work, though, but the summer money is quite handsome.
When i told my son about soldiers for christmas dinner, he said he thought they might be a bit tough and stringy. Where did he ever get that weird sense of humor?
The Kuwait military is taking this terrorist threat thing seriously. It makes me feel safe and a bit afraid at the same time. In the passed week i have noticed more military units guarding 'soft targets'. There is a unit set up around the refinery. i wonder how cold they get at night sleeping in that tent? i have noticed others as well. At least they aren't on my beach. This complex must not be soft enough.
Although it is a bit more dangerous to live here now than during the war. Now there is only one empty apartment. During the war, over half the apartments were empty. Master and i were the only American couple here. Now the apartments are filled with Americans, many of whom are working in Iraq. They go in for a week and come out for a week. The company is paying for the apartment so they will have a place comfortable to stay. In Iraq, many are living in tents. i hear they are making good money, but the hours and the stress of being in a military area, in my mind, cannot be worth the money.
Now in the future, when the country is more stable, i wouldn't mind teaching there. What an amazing country to be in. The antiquities and the history would just jump out and hit you bang smack in the face. i could do with some culture like that.
