...The Ethiopian government is stupid. Why do people think regicide works? Russia should've been enough of an example, but apparently not, 'cause the last Emperor of Ethiopia was murdered in the 1970s and the country's struggled ever since. The latest is the sentencing of the leaders of the opposition (including several MPs and the new Mayor of ( Read more... )

CHRIS IS HERE!!! I totally thought he was arriving late Friday night, but I was up after midnight and he suddenly appeared into my room :-). It was a really nice surprise as I'd been wanting him to come earlier anyway. (I did wish I'd spent some time cleaning up my room like I've been needing to for a while, but c'est la vie ( Read more... )

I just jogged 3 miles after running about 2 miles yesterday. My legs are quite upset with me 'cause of that and all the standing at work earlier today (I was at both the Bookstore and Meijer). Nonetheless, I can now join Ben and Marie in their training program. And go to bed :-).

"I don't believe in organized religion; I'm Orthodox." Not the first time I've read that, but it's quite funny (and true for that matter). For the rest go to Khouria Frederica's website (www.frederica.com) and read her latest ( Read more... )

I know I'm stupid to be up this late, but we got back from Igor and Sarah's wedding after midnight and I've been looking through more TEFL websites. Seeing Igor and Sarah again made me want to go to Russia so bad, and the website for Language Link (the place where Sarah taught???) says it has 16 positions to teach in Moscow starting September 2007 ( Read more... )

So frustrated! Oy ( Read more... )

Joyous feast ( Read more... )

A very long, full day today. I worked a little over 5 hours in the bookstore, served at festal Vespers, and then raced back to Spring Arbor to feed the Winckles' cats before going over to Meijer to work another 5-hour shift. It was much slower than most of my others have been though, so in some ways it wasn't as hard on my back and legs. (Not ( Read more... )

I'm just back from 5 hours at Meijer, which followed a little over 6 hours at the bookstore. I am quite wiped out. I thought working later would be better (and in some ways it is - fewer customers), but it's not quite so. Tomorrow I have an even fuller day - both Shar and John will be gone, so I have work with Jayne in the bookstore from 9am to 5pm ( Read more... )