soundtrack: talking heads: once in a lifetime
shoutouts first: congrats to nic for getting into the only grad program you applied for and waiting the whole summer to see if you got in, only to recieve an email telling you to come to orientation next week. shoutouts to the biochem and kfc crews, to marcus, alisson, ger, jeremy, yvette, tekla. shoutout to veen... hold nih down for me! to crispy... that's my girl! shout out to OG... i'm high off life dogg! i likey the wiskey!
friday five second:
1. What's the last place you traveled to, outside your own home state/country?
umm... wow. you know, now that i think about it, i haven't traveled post 9/11... the last place i've been is kenya for christmas 2001.
2. What's the most bizarre/unusual thing that's ever happened to you while traveling?
i know i mentioned this already... but i'll say it again:
my last trip to kenya. we went to go visit mom's parents (who are in the middle of nowhere) and when we were driving back to dad's parents farm (which is also in the middle of nowhere), the car broke down (in the middle of nowhere! a rock had puncured the oil line and we had no oil left). so after 4 hours (at which point mom left us in the middle of nowhere where cars were not very frequent, to see if she could *find* a payphone to call somebody) finally some military passed and gave us a ride. after 5 more hours, we got back to the village (which is like 2-3 hours away from the farm), with no transportation to get back... uncle, who we met at the village finds this guy with this ghetto truck (steel cage over the back) and he's going that way. timon and i (al was still in the us taking finals) hopped in the back, along with mom, who didn't want to leave us in the back all alone (apparently, uncle didn't care) and we were on our way. after about 1/2 hour running on dirt roads (mind you, it's PITCH BLACK, with wolves, lions and all sorts), the truck dies. and i'm thinking: I DID NOT JUST COME FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE TO LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME TO DIE AGAIN!! the driver chuckles and he pours something in the engine. he tries the truck and it starts. when we get to the farm, we realize that the man's truck had no gas tank (please don't ask... i'm still trying to figure it all out myself...) and apparently he was pouring gas into the engine to make it go. BOOO!
also, to add upon the fact that i almost died in the kenya savanna, dad would leave us stranded on the farm with no car, so we would spend days on the farm bored out of our minds...
3. If you could take off to anywhere, money and time being no object, where would you go?
i don't know. i don't really have a particular place.
4. Do you prefer traveling by plane, train or car?
i don't mind planes, but they make me queasy. same for cars. i need to go somewhere on a train first, but i'm prefering that.
5. What's the next place on your list to visit?
i'm thinking philly
peace.
shoutouts first: congrats to nic for getting into the only grad program you applied for and waiting the whole summer to see if you got in, only to recieve an email telling you to come to orientation next week. shoutouts to the biochem and kfc crews, to marcus, alisson, ger, jeremy, yvette, tekla. shoutout to veen... hold nih down for me! to crispy... that's my girl! shout out to OG... i'm high off life dogg! i likey the wiskey!
friday five second:
1. What's the last place you traveled to, outside your own home state/country?
umm... wow. you know, now that i think about it, i haven't traveled post 9/11... the last place i've been is kenya for christmas 2001.
2. What's the most bizarre/unusual thing that's ever happened to you while traveling?
i know i mentioned this already... but i'll say it again:
my last trip to kenya. we went to go visit mom's parents (who are in the middle of nowhere) and when we were driving back to dad's parents farm (which is also in the middle of nowhere), the car broke down (in the middle of nowhere! a rock had puncured the oil line and we had no oil left). so after 4 hours (at which point mom left us in the middle of nowhere where cars were not very frequent, to see if she could *find* a payphone to call somebody) finally some military passed and gave us a ride. after 5 more hours, we got back to the village (which is like 2-3 hours away from the farm), with no transportation to get back... uncle, who we met at the village finds this guy with this ghetto truck (steel cage over the back) and he's going that way. timon and i (al was still in the us taking finals) hopped in the back, along with mom, who didn't want to leave us in the back all alone (apparently, uncle didn't care) and we were on our way. after about 1/2 hour running on dirt roads (mind you, it's PITCH BLACK, with wolves, lions and all sorts), the truck dies. and i'm thinking: I DID NOT JUST COME FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE TO LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME TO DIE AGAIN!! the driver chuckles and he pours something in the engine. he tries the truck and it starts. when we get to the farm, we realize that the man's truck had no gas tank (please don't ask... i'm still trying to figure it all out myself...) and apparently he was pouring gas into the engine to make it go. BOOO!
also, to add upon the fact that i almost died in the kenya savanna, dad would leave us stranded on the farm with no car, so we would spend days on the farm bored out of our minds...
3. If you could take off to anywhere, money and time being no object, where would you go?
i don't know. i don't really have a particular place.
4. Do you prefer traveling by plane, train or car?
i don't mind planes, but they make me queasy. same for cars. i need to go somewhere on a train first, but i'm prefering that.
5. What's the next place on your list to visit?
i'm thinking philly
peace.
<< Home