What's everyone up to right now?

[account_inactive]

There's a new South Park episode out. Probably gonna watch that.

[SteelCurtain]

Watching Scrubs and attempting to nap before work.

[Astreja]

Went to band practice; worked on the neckline of a sewing project; consumed mass quantities of Cheetos and drank a hot brandy toddy while reading a book written by a friend. We both used to be in a writers' group and I helped proofread the early drafts, so it's great to see the finished product.

[Joods]

Just saw my kid off to the school bus stop. Back to bed I go.

[Crossless2.0]

hmmm... Arab countries... tell your girl to take care with what she drinks.

What she wears, who she touches, where she eats and shops, what she says, who she is seen in public with. And I'm sure there's more.

Crossless if your daughter isn't used to being heavily constrained, the Arabian countries are probably not a good place for her to go to. If she's a teaching of TEFL degree China, Korea or Japan would  probably offer the same kind of job with much better benefits (most definitely the last two).

Yeah, U.A.E. came as a surprise because she had, in fact, been talking for some time about possibly teaching in an east Asian country, Korea being the one she mentioned most often, or perhaps Central or South America. I don't think she ever really had her heart set on a particular country or region. There's a lot of unsatisfied wanderlust about her, and I think she just wants to get the hell out of Dodge and experience different places and cultures without worrying too much where she lands. It's all grist for her mill.

Based on our conversation, I'm satisfied that she's mindful of the need to seriously research the norms/restrictions under which she will live. I'm doing my part to scour for good sources of information and am bombarding her with sites and book/article suggestions. She's sharp and disciplined (when it really matters), so I think she'll be ok. U.A.E. is certainly one of the more Western-friendly and cosmopolitan places one could work in in the M.E.

But just for good measure and a laugh, I reminded her to keep her wits about her because I'm not Liam Fucking Neeson, and I decidedly lack the necessary contacts and carefully honed 30-years-in-the-making skills set if the shit hits the fan. She laughed, but I sensed her disappointment at learning her father really isn't an international man of mystery and intrigue, after all.

[pocaracas]

What she wears, who she touches, where she eats and shops, what she says, who she is seen in public with. And I'm sure there's more.

Crossless if your daughter isn't used to being heavily constrained, the Arabian countries are probably not a good place for her to go to. If she's a teaching of TEFL degree China, Korea or Japan would  probably offer the same kind of job with much better benefits (most definitely the last two).

Yeah, U.A.E. came as a surprise because she had, in fact, been talking for some time about possibly teaching in an east Asian country, Korea being the one she mentioned most often, or perhaps Central or South America. I don't think she ever really had her heart set on a particular country or region. There's a lot of unsatisfied wanderlust about her, and I think she just wants to get the hell out of Dodge and experience different places and cultures without worrying too much where she lands. It's all grist for her mill.

Based on our conversation, I'm satisfied that she's mindful of the need to seriously research the norms/restrictions under which she will live. I'm doing my part to scour for good sources of information and am bombarding her with sites and book/article suggestions. She's sharp and disciplined (when it really matters), so I think she'll be ok. U.A.E. is certainly one of the more Western-friendly and cosmopolitan places one could work in in the M.E.

But just for good measure and a laugh, I reminded her to keep her wits about her because I'm not Liam Fucking Neeson, and I decidedly lack the necessary contacts and carefully honed 30-years-in-the-making skills set if the shit hits the fan. She laughed, but I sensed her disappointment at learning her father really isn't an international man of mystery and intrigue, after all.

No Liam Neeson is going to take care of this.
She must be careful.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...onths.html

[Edwardo Piet]

I'm about to work on what I feel is going to be my longest peace of music I've ever made, and also containing the most loops, rather than hours this could take days... or longer.

About to start now.

[Jackalope]

I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.

[Crossless2.0]

Yeah, U.A.E. came as a surprise because she had, in fact, been talking for some time about possibly teaching in an east Asian country, Korea being the one she mentioned most often, or perhaps Central or South America. I don't think she ever really had her heart set on a particular country or region. There's a lot of unsatisfied wanderlust about her, and I think she just wants to get the hell out of Dodge and experience different places and cultures without worrying too much where she lands. It's all grist for her mill.

Based on our conversation, I'm satisfied that she's mindful of the need to seriously research the norms/restrictions under which she will live. I'm doing my part to scour for good sources of information and am bombarding her with sites and book/article suggestions. She's sharp and disciplined (when it really matters), so I think she'll be ok. U.A.E. is certainly one of the more Western-friendly and cosmopolitan places one could work in in the M.E.

But just for good measure and a laugh, I reminded her to keep her wits about her because I'm not Liam Fucking Neeson, and I decidedly lack the necessary contacts and carefully honed 30-years-in-the-making skills set if the shit hits the fan. She laughed, but I sensed her disappointment at learning her father really isn't an international man of mystery and intrigue, after all.

No Liam Neeson is going to take care of this.
She must be careful.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...onths.html

Yeah, I really do wish it was Seoul instead. Sharia law: what can you say? She must be careful, indeed!

Thanks for the link. I've already forwarded it to her.

[Aegon]

This thread has 1003065 views. Does that number make any sense, or am I just that dumb when it comes to numbers? 1,003,065? 100,306.5? 10,030,65? I don't understand.