Category Archives: Summer 2010
The Language Pledge
تعهد – (t’ahud) pledge I signed the Middlebury language pledge at around 1pm today. The 4-5 day honeymoon period is over, and I won’t be speaking English for the next 105 days (give or take). I also won’t be writing … Continue reading
The Beginning (of the End)
بداية النهاية – (bidayat al-nihaya) the end of the beginning And so I arrived at the final full week on my calendar for this summer – coincidentally, the same seven days since my last post. I apologize for the delay … Continue reading
Madness
مجنون – (majnoon) crazy This post deals with several different types of madness. To please fans of Memento and Pulp Fiction, these stories will not be presented in chronological order. Coin Madness After we finally made our way through the … Continue reading
Shambling Onwards
يمشي – (yamshee) to walk The end is approaching. This should not come as a surprise, of course – we are chest deep in August, a month that always seems to be a sublime mixture of last-minute scrambling and interminable … Continue reading
Vacation
اجازة – (ijaaza) vacation/weekend Time is a subjective experience. Take the 8 hours from 7am to 3pm on Saturday, working at Food Lion while I waited to go meet up with friends to visit the Outer Banks. Lasted longer than … Continue reading
(A)ttic, (B)each, (C)omputers
Another lazy afternoon at Food Lion, stretching on past the sunset into the waiting arms of night. The shoppers shop, the cashiers cashier, the shoplifters shoplift (and subsequently get the make and model of their car, as well as the … Continue reading
A Given Value of Nothing
نشاط – (nishawt) activity Exciting events: Watching a tow truck and towed pickup truck slide down the ramp at a parking garage- and not in the direction the tow truck’s wheels were pointing. Thunderstorm blotting out the sun while working … Continue reading
Stories 2 – The Gulf
يساعد – (yusaa’id) to help Well, I guess I can update the previous edition of “Stories” – cleaning that bathroom now ranks as the 3rd most disgusting thing I’ve taken care of while working for Food Lion. In comparison, cleaning … Continue reading
