Monthly Archives: September 2012
Things that go Dump in the Night
There are a lot of things I enjoy about life, but one of them has got to be sitting down to do some writing with a beer nearby. I recently obtained my alcohol permit which allowed me to visit the only liquor store in the country and purchase some beer. I also bought bacon, and […]
What Would You Do-oo-oo for a Klon-Dump Bar?
The long and the short of it is that today, despite being Friday, I am at work. There is certainly a level of “getting used” to a schedule where normally, I am off on a day when all of you are working, and spending my Sunday at work, while you at home sit and watch […]
Haircuts and IDs
Yesterday, during the hours that I was supposed to convince some lazy napping kids to go to prayer, I stopped in at the barracks barber shop. All students at my school are required to have hair no longer than the first knuckle. To ensure that sort of consistency, the school employs two barbers who sit […]
How to sit, watch and prepare for replacing a Sheik
Allow me to explain to how a guy like myself came to be sitting in a Majlis (a room set up like desert camping tent, complete with fur covered saddles, floor pillows, and blankets) listening to a Sheik lecture to a group of tenth graders in Arabic. A few weeks ago, one of my superiors […]
First Vacation Scheduled
Qatar, so far, has been adventure-lite. In my other trip abroad, I lived in a place where there were “things to do” within the city, so you didn’t always have to leave. Doha, to my experience, is not that way. That’s why during the last week of October, I am going to take a vacation. […]
I just Dump-located my shoulder
In what can only be described as a “classic mix-up,” I popped my shoulder way out of place this morning trying to put on deodorant. Granted, this is not the weirdest way I’ve injured my shoulder (eating ice cream, sleeping, dancing) but this does mark the most recent injury. I haven’t subluxated (information about subluxation […]
Plan of A TAC (long read)
Last night, a friend who I rarely talk to because she’s “busy with law school” (as though that’s a real thing.) told me she thought my blog was hilarious. First, I was surprised because I didn’t know she was reading it and secondly because I am not trying to be funny. That said, I appreciate […]
WWJD (What Would Jesus Dump)
Last night, I made too much pasta. At the time, this seemed a good idea. I was about to go to the store and figured I’d just use all of my materials (pasta, cheese, sauce, meat) and while at the store, I’d buy some tupperware in which to keep the leftovers. When I finished dinner […]
What it’s like to work on Labor Day
I’ve never truly understood why it’s called Labor Day. Somewhere in my brain, that sounds like a day made for Labor, not a day made for drinking beer and grilling out on the porch. This year, I decided that after many years of holiday, I would go to work. Let me explain that when I […]
Going Missing for Awhile 