June 20, 2005

• Frequently Asked Questions, typed in full TWICE because Xanga is completely and totally ridiculous right now and I hate it.

  
  

  Q: Are you not going back to Texas now?
  A: Yes, I am.  You know what they say, when you assume, you look really retarded.

  
  

  Q: When?
  A: Probably this week, to oversee the beginning of the work and to make sure it's actually being done, and then again before I leave to make sure it's finished.

  
  

  Q: So you ARE going to finish it? 
  A: Obviously.  I never said I wasn't going to.

  
  

  Q: But didn't you say you were going to quit?
  A: No, I don't think I ever said I was GOING to... I probably said I WANTED to, but I'm no quitter!  I'm just gonna hire out all the work, which is not quite what my dad had in mind, so he's throwing a little bit of a fit.  I tried to remind him that he told me I could do that if I wanted to, but it would cut into my profits.  Apparently that wasn't for real or something, or maybe I'm just expected to have money as my #1 priority in life like he does.  Who knows!  Point is, the work WILL get finished.  I'm not a quitter.

  
  

  Q: Oh, aren't you?
  A: No.  Go to hell.

  
  

  Q: That wasn't very nice!
  A: And that wasn't very a question.

  
  

  Q: That wasn't very nice?
  A: Better.  No.

  
  

  Q: Well what are you going to do in Egypt for a month?
  A: Basically sit on my ass.  I'm going to try to learn some tourist Italian and Dutch (I already know a bit of Dutch but it's the useless stuff like "mother" and "ball"), and explore the Egyptian Museum as much as humanly possible.  Also I'm going to do my damndest to get Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince shipped to me from Britain as close to the release date as I can, so there's always that.  We're planning some kind of weekend vacation, probably to Santorini, and I'll probably make him come with me to Alexandria one weekend.  But basically I'm going to be with my Michael, so that's really all I need.

  
  

  Q: Can you bring me something Egyptian?
  A: If you have a specific idea of what you'd like, I'll do my best to find it for you.  Otherwise, I'm planning on bringing a bunch of glass vials to fill with sand from the pyramids.  Hopefully this doesn't get found at customs, as it's illegal to bring any kind of soil back into the country.  I won't be declaring it though.  OOO!  So dangerous!

  
  

  Q: How are you getting from Italy to Amsterdam?
  A: Good question.  Basically we're spending a couple days in Rome, and then taking a train to Tuscany for a few days.  We're going to see il Palio in Siena, and if you don't know what that is and you have any interest in Geography or Anthropology I suggest you check it out real quick, as it's pretty much a huge deal, awesome ancient tradition, really interesting, and I'm more than a little excited to actually see it!  Also in Tuscany I was going to surprise Mike with a hot air balloon ride, but I kind of knew I'd never be able to keep it a secret for very long.  He already knows about it.  Haha.  D'oh!  Oh, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.  Then it's off on a sleeper train to Paris, where we'll see the eiffel tower and promptly leave (I want to come back and do France more thoroughly after I learn French this year, and maybe in subsequent years) on a high speed train for Amsterdam, which we will explore for a couple days.  Sounds fun, huh!

  
  

  Q: Yeah, it does! ..?
  A: Yep, I get my vaccinations on the 29th.

  
  

  Q: Can you bring me something Italian/Dutch/Greek/whatever?
  A: Basically it will work the same way, if you have something you WANT, let me know and I'll see, but otherwise it's sand!

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