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Scraaaatch
I’ve been taken out of commission by some type of heat rash or allergy affecting my face and neck. I’ve assembled the finest team of witch doctors in the Northeastern Region, and am currently sticking dried gecko in my orifices to get rid of this affliction. In the meantime, please enjoy my photo of a lung-shaped, rotting mango: It was supposed to be a photo of just a lung-shaped mango, but I forgot about it for a week.
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A quick note regarding comments
My shared server is sick, or my blogging software is messed up. It’s hard to tell, because my “country road” DSL connection is so spotty. In any case, what this means for you, loyal reader, is that comments may seem like they aren’t going through. Most of the time, however, they are. If you want to make sure your comment went through even though it’s seemed to have timed out, go ahead and hit the back button on your browser and try posting it again. I’ll clean up any double-posted comments for you afterwards. Sorry for this inefficient way of doing things, but it won’t last forever.
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Lion vs. Mantis (don’t mess w/the king dub)
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Recent Observations
I just saw a big house gecko bite another on the neck, and it wouldn’t let go. Finally the one being bitten managed to escape, but the big one chased it all the way across the wall. I wonder what that was all about; it’s not like there’s a shortage of bugs to eat around here or anything. //////////////////////// For the English camp, we stayed at a campground in a nature preserve, up in the mountains. We stayed in bungalows maintained by the forest rangers, who wore tigerstripe and treebark camouflage, and watched over the entire preserve with high-power binoculars. Once a day or so, they would hear a message…
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Pimp My Ride with Borat
I haven’t decided whether Borat is retarded or brilliant yet – I think that’s what’s considered cutting edge these days, though. Speaking of pimping rides, I left my car in the shop for some dampening work and to be fit with a custom sub box since I had a nice mix of audio parts I brought from Japan. Pics to follow.
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Thailand is too hot for campfires
I’ve just come back from an “English camp” where I taught elementary school kids at a summer camp with a couple of colleagues. It was fun, but totally sapping in the 100 degree weather. It was nice to be in the green mountains after living on the dusty plains for so long… Man, it was so hot at times, I could have roasted marshmallows in my pocket! Speaking of heat, there was a fire at MBK center. MBK is great because they have so many unique shops crammed into all the space, which is also why it would suck to be there in a fire. In fact, whenever I’m there,…
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VA Tech
A prayer for the victims, families, and friends. And a curse on all the bad people living in this world.
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A Chink in the Armour
“A documentary looking at Chinese stereotypes in North America. Do they all know kung fu? Are they all good at math? How many really suck at driving? Answers lie within!” (Google Video link) You know, this is the first documentary that has ever reminded me of Big Trouble in Little China.
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Mangosteens and Rambutans
…are in season! They sell for around 40 cents per pound each at the market; this is apparently a good year. Probably my favorite fruit in the world. In fact, I can’t think of a close second. Such an alien-looking fruit. Delicious, though. Fr007 pr0n! Bonus trivia (via Wikipedia): The mangosteen is known as the “Queen of Fruits” in Asia. (The “King of Fruits” is the durian. If the king and queen ever bear children, I’ll be the first in line to eat them.) The exocarp (purple outer layer) of the mangosteen is rich in both nutrients and antioxidants, however, this is generally not the edible part. The inner white…
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Cows in Kalasin
A photo from a road trip to a dam in Kalasin (a neighboring town) last month. I just had to stop the car to walk among them even though it was 100 degrees outside. In other news, I am still trying to perfect my channel mixing skills – the grass in that field wasn’t actually orange, it was green, but I think it looks better orange.
