This week I'm in love with bbq sauce, Hellman's mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatos, and onions. alright, so it's not an exceptional week, but it is a delicious one.
two days ago: cheese burger (the ground meat i use here is 70% beef, 30% bacon, which was on sale for 2$USD per kilogram (2.2lb)!)
last night: grilled chicken sandwich.
any suggestions for what to do next? i still have a chicken breast i have to use today or it'll totally expire!
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Pretty much all the email addresses are taken
I've got about ten email address, and I remember the passwords for almost all of them...I just tend to forget the ones I only use for things that will probably get me a lot of spam. It's too bad hotmail doesn't do the thing where they ask you a personal question and give you an new password, cause i'd really like to get back "jackrubythejewel@hotmail."
anyway, apparently, there're a ton of hot chicks in vilnius, all from region 65 (i didn't know the regions were numbered), all will sexy nonlithuanian names like "tammy1255." to contact them, i have to sign up on amature match dot com. i'm thinking, what the hell (i'm actually thinking of dale;) ), let's see how far i get with this before i have to give up a credit card number...but i don't want to give them an email address i actually use, but it has to be real, incase tammy1255 emails me. so i go to make up a new one.
everything is taken, the most ridicuous things are taken! anything close to foothills, cypress, millers pond are gone...i thought johnson lane would be over the top...i tried those first, cause somebody told me once that if you're ever in porn your pseudonym should be your middle name and the name of your street...viligaila foothills...but i didn't wanna use viligaila...then i started going through the history of tv...that didn't work...i finally came up with this:
"fattyarbucklejunior"
anyway, apparently, there're a ton of hot chicks in vilnius, all from region 65 (i didn't know the regions were numbered), all will sexy nonlithuanian names like "tammy1255." to contact them, i have to sign up on amature match dot com. i'm thinking, what the hell (i'm actually thinking of dale;) ), let's see how far i get with this before i have to give up a credit card number...but i don't want to give them an email address i actually use, but it has to be real, incase tammy1255 emails me. so i go to make up a new one.
everything is taken, the most ridicuous things are taken! anything close to foothills, cypress, millers pond are gone...i thought johnson lane would be over the top...i tried those first, cause somebody told me once that if you're ever in porn your pseudonym should be your middle name and the name of your street...viligaila foothills...but i didn't wanna use viligaila...then i started going through the history of tv...that didn't work...i finally came up with this:
"fattyarbucklejunior"
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
I guess my colleagues do speak a little English...
An English instructor came in just now and asked me how to translate "kintantis skiemuo," which literally mieans "changing syllible," but actually means something like "an accent that switches from syllible to syllible." i suggested she translate it as "fucked up pronounciation," at which point my other colleague, who doesn't speak English at all, burst out laughing and said "Jo jo, tik parasyk 'Fuck You' ir pamatysi kas bus!"
Guess who got "Promoted"
Today was Instructors' Attestation Day. Last month I had to add up the points I scored over the past year for doing stuff as an English Instructor (not directly related to projects), such as teaching modules, translating, editing, making presentation in seminars, attending conferences, guest lecturing, writing articles... I needed to rake up 40 points to be "promoted" to my current position, Assistant Lecturer. I raked up 154.
My department, and then the faculty, then adjusts the point score, based on how much they agree with me on my performance. They left it at 154, so basically that means I can keep my job.
I signed a five-year contract, which was explained to me by the director herself to mean nothing, actually: it's a legal basis for keeping me on staff. They can still fire me, and I can still quit.
In two years (one if I lay down on the railroad tracks) I can apply to be a Lecturer. To do this I need to get 70 more points in the next two years combined. Since my very first year at a real job I scored 154, I bet I make 500 by that time...anybody wanna bet?
Here's the sad part of the point system: it's too easy. They've only got so much money, and they have to pay me to work more than the 55 hours a week for which I'm salaried (20 hours over the summer); when the money runs out, they offer me points for doing things like editing and translating. My response is, "I've got four times the points I need already! My regular, excessive activities more than make me eligible for promotions." Several of the point scores are on a subjective scale, like 1-5 per module I taught. I gave myself all fives, but even if they'd dropped them all to ones I'd still be far, far in excess of 40.
My department, and then the faculty, then adjusts the point score, based on how much they agree with me on my performance. They left it at 154, so basically that means I can keep my job.
I signed a five-year contract, which was explained to me by the director herself to mean nothing, actually: it's a legal basis for keeping me on staff. They can still fire me, and I can still quit.
In two years (one if I lay down on the railroad tracks) I can apply to be a Lecturer. To do this I need to get 70 more points in the next two years combined. Since my very first year at a real job I scored 154, I bet I make 500 by that time...anybody wanna bet?
Here's the sad part of the point system: it's too easy. They've only got so much money, and they have to pay me to work more than the 55 hours a week for which I'm salaried (20 hours over the summer); when the money runs out, they offer me points for doing things like editing and translating. My response is, "I've got four times the points I need already! My regular, excessive activities more than make me eligible for promotions." Several of the point scores are on a subjective scale, like 1-5 per module I taught. I gave myself all fives, but even if they'd dropped them all to ones I'd still be far, far in excess of 40.
Monday, June 27, 2005
3/4 weekends in vilnius so far in june!
athought actually, there wasn't much to do this time, holiday weekend means so many people left for the countryside that the city was beat, and lotsa places even closed early.
i went out to the countryside one afternoon (6-10 pm) too. we got there and i was sitting shotgun, and when we pulled in a large dog practically jumped through my window, getting dirty paw prints all over the interior of the car, and Juste yells "Arai, nu negalima!" ("Aras, you can't do that!")
And I'm all, "Arai?! Prie ko cia bliet Aras?!" ("Aras?! The fuck does this have to do with Aras?!") As if it's my fault because I had the window opened!
Turns out the dog's name is Aras, too, and she was scolding him, not me.
Also confusing, one of the people that lives there is a four year old girl, Guste. At one point she invited (ordered) me to come pick strawberries with her, and then help her get around on this tricycle with a long handle on the back for grown up assistance. At one point she asked me my name, and when I told her she stared at me blankly as if I was completely retarded, and after a moment squeeled indignantly "that's his name (pointing at the dog)!" she believed me in the end though.
p.s. we ate something that was surprisingly decent: grilled porkchops wrapped in lettuce. we had to do this, because we had no forks or knives or even plates. i thought it would be kinda shitty, but it turned out to be perfectly cromulent. in case you wanna try it, it was chinese lettuce (i'm not sure if that's what it's called state side). and they were grilled over wood embers, not coal.
i went out to the countryside one afternoon (6-10 pm) too. we got there and i was sitting shotgun, and when we pulled in a large dog practically jumped through my window, getting dirty paw prints all over the interior of the car, and Juste yells "Arai, nu negalima!" ("Aras, you can't do that!")
And I'm all, "Arai?! Prie ko cia bliet Aras?!" ("Aras?! The fuck does this have to do with Aras?!") As if it's my fault because I had the window opened!
Turns out the dog's name is Aras, too, and she was scolding him, not me.
Also confusing, one of the people that lives there is a four year old girl, Guste. At one point she invited (ordered) me to come pick strawberries with her, and then help her get around on this tricycle with a long handle on the back for grown up assistance. At one point she asked me my name, and when I told her she stared at me blankly as if I was completely retarded, and after a moment squeeled indignantly "that's his name (pointing at the dog)!" she believed me in the end though.
p.s. we ate something that was surprisingly decent: grilled porkchops wrapped in lettuce. we had to do this, because we had no forks or knives or even plates. i thought it would be kinda shitty, but it turned out to be perfectly cromulent. in case you wanna try it, it was chinese lettuce (i'm not sure if that's what it's called state side). and they were grilled over wood embers, not coal.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
gleakdom
i just gleaked for the first time in my life, all over my keyboard.
in case anybody's not familiar with that term, it's when your tongue is pressed to the roof of your mouth and saliva squirts out of some pocket in the bottom of your mought. matt giroski used to be able to do it on purpose in middle school.
in case anybody's not familiar with that term, it's when your tongue is pressed to the roof of your mouth and saliva squirts out of some pocket in the bottom of your mought. matt giroski used to be able to do it on purpose in middle school.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
how much i would suck without a thesaurus
i had to translate "atsiskaitymo formos"
using my LT-EN dictionary i came up with "forms of reckoning!" and i was like wait...this is Klaipeda College...not...a...John Wayne movie.
luckily using dictionary.com's thesaurus i came up with "forms of assessment." better, don't you think?
using my LT-EN dictionary i came up with "forms of reckoning!" and i was like wait...this is Klaipeda College...not...a...John Wayne movie.
luckily using dictionary.com's thesaurus i came up with "forms of assessment." better, don't you think?
laptop decision
i'm going to try to save money and buy a lap top within the next year, mostely so i have something to do at home, e.g. keep working, watch dvds, play alpha centauri/civ. in the end, i'm sure this would actually save me money; aside from making more money on work, i'd also save money on beer. all year cedric and i, with no tv and no laptops, whenever we were bored:
dude, let's do something.
what?
i don't know. nothing i guess.
we can get beer.
ok.
dude, let's do something.
what?
i don't know. nothing i guess.
we can get beer.
ok.
Monday, June 20, 2005
Vilnius...2/3 weekends already this month
Another conference in Vilnius Friday afforded me another weekend of good old vilnius adventure...
Thursday: Bite concert at Artistai (formerly Baras Amerika). i'd never heard this group before, and every time i asked what they're called i understood "Pide," and i was like "what?! pide?! like piderastai?!?!"
also i bumped into jurga, a girl i used to date a few years ago, which was fun; she's all smiles and quite a looker.
Friday: finally, a couple of beers with Evita, a former colleague of darius razgiukas, whom i haven't seen since last summer. then one with tadas vysniauskas, the the two of us took off to my place for a splif an pork chop sandwiches. then off to meet aidas the peg (got lost walking about two miles to meet him in the old city!). and then...some kind of debauchery...oh yeah, a concert at Zalvyksle, the group that does the new version of "suk suk ratelis," which is alot of fun. saw jurga there again.
i'd snagged the last free table when we got in (without paying the cover somehow). a couple people asked if they could join us, and i said yes, of course. aidas and i are chatting in English, and the girl is paying attention, and all of a sudden i turn to her and say in lugan "did you order yet?" shocked. shocked. "what, you're lithuanian?!" we made friends and had the same conversation we have everyday with people surprised to meet lithuanian americans returning to live in their homeland.
i think they might have been a couple, but i wasn't sure. she, vita, and i repeatedly made and held eye contact and just sat there smiling at each other whenever aidas and the other guy, audrius, were deep in conversation. gedas and juste joined us, and when the concert was over we went to aido for pre-game shots. they mentioned my, um, bizarre taste in music, my x-mas 2004 album, and vita said she'd love to hear it. i jumped on that: "oh yeah? gimme your phone number and i'll let you know when i bring it to town! 8...?" she laughs and looks at audrius (this glance, in my opinion, confirms that they're romantically involved) but then give up the digits :)
saturday i went to eat and drink with andrius and his family again, and play cards. this time they taught me to play trinka, a very cool simple quick game, ten cent ante, at which i won 14.90 LTL. then aidas calls me and let's me know diana juskyte is in town: exciting.
i leave andius' dad my mnumber, cause andrius ios going to ireland for a year to work, and his dad's a good time. he immediatly, surreptitiously, calls me. not having seens him, and not recognizing his phone number of course, i just answer. "hello? who is this? gedai? oh what's up, i'll be in town in 25 minutes. no, not in 15, 25. no, i can't, dude. what's your problem, i said 25?" i could hear everyone laughing, but i thought they were laughing at just my end of the conversation, not both! total burn, but i certainly had a good laugh at myself when i realized what had happened. ;)
i meet diana at the post office and when went to aido for a little pregame. then to a skamp concert, where we were joined by audrius from kaunas. blah blah blah, off to aido again...i think...then to cozy, where we were all a little...less than energetic. diana and i had a conversation with the waitress that somehow resulted in us getting unexpected food. my was clams, i think; yummy.
anything else worth mentioning i'm not willing to mention here,) so sayonara, suckers!
Thursday: Bite concert at Artistai (formerly Baras Amerika). i'd never heard this group before, and every time i asked what they're called i understood "Pide," and i was like "what?! pide?! like piderastai?!?!"
also i bumped into jurga, a girl i used to date a few years ago, which was fun; she's all smiles and quite a looker.
Friday: finally, a couple of beers with Evita, a former colleague of darius razgiukas, whom i haven't seen since last summer. then one with tadas vysniauskas, the the two of us took off to my place for a splif an pork chop sandwiches. then off to meet aidas the peg (got lost walking about two miles to meet him in the old city!). and then...some kind of debauchery...oh yeah, a concert at Zalvyksle, the group that does the new version of "suk suk ratelis," which is alot of fun. saw jurga there again.
i'd snagged the last free table when we got in (without paying the cover somehow). a couple people asked if they could join us, and i said yes, of course. aidas and i are chatting in English, and the girl is paying attention, and all of a sudden i turn to her and say in lugan "did you order yet?" shocked. shocked. "what, you're lithuanian?!" we made friends and had the same conversation we have everyday with people surprised to meet lithuanian americans returning to live in their homeland.
i think they might have been a couple, but i wasn't sure. she, vita, and i repeatedly made and held eye contact and just sat there smiling at each other whenever aidas and the other guy, audrius, were deep in conversation. gedas and juste joined us, and when the concert was over we went to aido for pre-game shots. they mentioned my, um, bizarre taste in music, my x-mas 2004 album, and vita said she'd love to hear it. i jumped on that: "oh yeah? gimme your phone number and i'll let you know when i bring it to town! 8...?" she laughs and looks at audrius (this glance, in my opinion, confirms that they're romantically involved) but then give up the digits :)
saturday i went to eat and drink with andrius and his family again, and play cards. this time they taught me to play trinka, a very cool simple quick game, ten cent ante, at which i won 14.90 LTL. then aidas calls me and let's me know diana juskyte is in town: exciting.
i leave andius' dad my mnumber, cause andrius ios going to ireland for a year to work, and his dad's a good time. he immediatly, surreptitiously, calls me. not having seens him, and not recognizing his phone number of course, i just answer. "hello? who is this? gedai? oh what's up, i'll be in town in 25 minutes. no, not in 15, 25. no, i can't, dude. what's your problem, i said 25?" i could hear everyone laughing, but i thought they were laughing at just my end of the conversation, not both! total burn, but i certainly had a good laugh at myself when i realized what had happened. ;)
i meet diana at the post office and when went to aido for a little pregame. then to a skamp concert, where we were joined by audrius from kaunas. blah blah blah, off to aido again...i think...then to cozy, where we were all a little...less than energetic. diana and i had a conversation with the waitress that somehow resulted in us getting unexpected food. my was clams, i think; yummy.
anything else worth mentioning i'm not willing to mention here,) so sayonara, suckers!
Thursday, June 16, 2005
My dream last night
let me set the cause, first: last night i met saidas for a couple beers, and he'd just finished his exam to graduate from gym teacher training school. he was very anxious to find out that he passed, and said he'd be satisfied with a 5 (D-), but that a 7 (C+) would be fantasic.
so i dreamt that i was in his class too. i held the exam and got a 6. i was confused, very much, wondering how i of all people could score so low. i went back to the class where everyone was waiting, and i said, to myself as much as to the rest of the class, "i got a six..."
the guy with the diplomas said "well, that's all you need, here you go!" and he hands me a diploma. i open it so see what's written, and i see two condoms rubberbanded inside. i look as saidas who says "yeah, to celebrate graduation!"
so i dreamt that i was in his class too. i held the exam and got a 6. i was confused, very much, wondering how i of all people could score so low. i went back to the class where everyone was waiting, and i said, to myself as much as to the rest of the class, "i got a six..."
the guy with the diplomas said "well, that's all you need, here you go!" and he hands me a diploma. i open it so see what's written, and i see two condoms rubberbanded inside. i look as saidas who says "yeah, to celebrate graduation!"
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Oh, it's the best!
I love when this happens, it's amazing!!!
I wake up and have a nice breakfast: yoghurt, banana, one fried egg, and a piece of bread with nutella. a glass of juice and two cups of coffee. mmmmmm.........
then onto a shower, gettin clean, gettin ready for work, yeah!
i go brush my teeth and then a little mouth wash to be extra clean mouthed, and a little seeps down my throat, and it's so disgusting i barf into the sink!
I wake up and have a nice breakfast: yoghurt, banana, one fried egg, and a piece of bread with nutella. a glass of juice and two cups of coffee. mmmmmm.........
then onto a shower, gettin clean, gettin ready for work, yeah!
i go brush my teeth and then a little mouth wash to be extra clean mouthed, and a little seeps down my throat, and it's so disgusting i barf into the sink!
Monday, June 13, 2005
Weary?
I'm translating some stuff at work beyond what I'm responsible for, so long days. I've been at it for ten hours already and I've got a couple more to go before I'll go home. I translated the word "kuribiskumas" thusly: creativeness. Word let it slide but I'm thinking, "that doesn't sound quite right...hmmm..." In the end I needed a thesaurus to remind me of the word I was looking for: creativity!
bikes
there's a lot of people out riding bikes now that it's gorgeous out. it's sort of refreshing to see people doing something in public besides drinking, bleeding, and begging.
also, i saw someone throw a perfectly good bicycle out a third story window saturday afternoon. i didn't go check it out, but it looked to be in very good condition. probably some kid's drunk dad venting.
also, i saw someone throw a perfectly good bicycle out a third story window saturday afternoon. i didn't go check it out, but it looked to be in very good condition. probably some kid's drunk dad venting.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Angelika
I danced with Angelika's doppelganger (sp?) wednesday night. Brunette, cute face, light skin, tight white tshirt, tight light jeans, all smiles out drunk dancing on a Wednesday night.
What I call my computer sometimes
I was on windows messenger, and because i'm wicked bored, I decided to check out the background images the conversations can have. The default ones were a little lame, so I clicked "more images." a list appeared, but it was just a list of the default one! so i yelled:
"what?! there is no more you fuckin bitch face!"
it's a love-hate relationship. the love part is hindered cause we're always at work together, so, no porno. unless it's funny porn, but that counts more like humor than porn. if you're interested in humourous porn, email gedas. if you're interested in gay porn, email rastenis, or just ask for him at the docks.
"what?! there is no more you fuckin bitch face!"
it's a love-hate relationship. the love part is hindered cause we're always at work together, so, no porno. unless it's funny porn, but that counts more like humor than porn. if you're interested in humourous porn, email gedas. if you're interested in gay porn, email rastenis, or just ask for him at the docks.
Canadians are such communists--even compared to the Franch!
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/10/international/americas/10canada.html?
These bastards...I don't understand how anybody can be so stupid! It really makes me lose respect for mankind. They complain that doctors will leave the public system--it's cause the public system sucks for doctors; they think doctors should be slaves to the common good. They say there's already a shortage of doctors--it's cause doctors aren't stupid; they know that Canadians will make slaves of them!
I used to say there's nothing in Canada except maple syrup and bison. Now they got a third thing in Canada: communists.
These bastards...I don't understand how anybody can be so stupid! It really makes me lose respect for mankind. They complain that doctors will leave the public system--it's cause the public system sucks for doctors; they think doctors should be slaves to the common good. They say there's already a shortage of doctors--it's cause doctors aren't stupid; they know that Canadians will make slaves of them!
I used to say there's nothing in Canada except maple syrup and bison. Now they got a third thing in Canada: communists.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
I love these mistakes
This isn't as good as "man, aras, i'm so boring," but...
"To begin with, Jerome David Salinger is one of the most favorite writers not only in the USA, but also in the entire world. He wrote many intersting stories and one of them admired me totally."
"To begin with, Jerome David Salinger is one of the most favorite writers not only in the USA, but also in the entire world. He wrote many intersting stories and one of them admired me totally."
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
The longest day of my life
Today is the longest day of my life. And since I had mentioned in conversation a former lover, I can't get that song out of my head: "Mr. Lovah Lovah"
ALso, I gotta say, since my gym membership expired my life is much easier, but I'm also more bored and fat. Maybe I should go back.
ALso, I gotta say, since my gym membership expired my life is much easier, but I'm also more bored and fat. Maybe I should go back.
Estate Taxes in Connecticut
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/nyregion/08budget.html?
This is the problem with governments:
"I think a number of states think they're through with it, but when they have to find money, who knows?"
Goverments only find (take) money; they don't make money. This makes them parasites.
This is the problem with governments:
"I think a number of states think they're through with it, but when they have to find money, who knows?"
Goverments only find (take) money; they don't make money. This makes them parasites.
Two things I that are fun to do
Go to the grocery store, select nothing but a bottle of champagne and a pack of condoms. Pick out the cutest cashier. Watch her look of amusement at the innocent mirth on your face. You really need to pick a cute one for this to work, cause otherwise they'll just have bitterness on their faces or else it means they're fed up with their job and nothing can amuse them.
And you'll keep being reminded of the fun you had over and over for as long as the champagne sits undrunk in your fridge and the condoms move from pants pocket to pants pocket without being used.
What the hell was the second one? I had this blog entry zip through my mind while I was putting my socks on this morning...I'll add it if I remember it later.
And you'll keep being reminded of the fun you had over and over for as long as the champagne sits undrunk in your fridge and the condoms move from pants pocket to pants pocket without being used.
What the hell was the second one? I had this blog entry zip through my mind while I was putting my socks on this morning...I'll add it if I remember it later.
Sunday, June 05, 2005
satyrday at 3:24
i came home arrtgtwer somethintgs in vilnius, includuintg IT-LT soccare game, wbich we lost miseerable, they had infinity times more points than we (1-0).
and then we...well, before that we drank some beers at Tekniske Park and at the Old Defensive Wall...but after that we...oh wait also before that we snuck into a concert. the first to guys ran by through this back door, but the security sady beat me to the door. so i had to go out and try again in five minutes and i sprinted past her the seconnd time.
so then we walked around and gedas and juste got pissseed at each other and then we went to tstudpid chile kaimas, which is gay waddd, but henm we went to SMC and there was some kind of party there, but everybody was outside, so it waws fun/.
on the way home tha taxi driver was a women. and she was wearing a skirt. she's gotta fuck for money, don't you think? a female taxi driver wearing a short skirt? i think so. she was a little bitchy though' gedas asked her to change the music, and hse just turned it off and wouldn't ruirn it back on for five minutes.
sjell you later...
and then we...well, before that we drank some beers at Tekniske Park and at the Old Defensive Wall...but after that we...oh wait also before that we snuck into a concert. the first to guys ran by through this back door, but the security sady beat me to the door. so i had to go out and try again in five minutes and i sprinted past her the seconnd time.
so then we walked around and gedas and juste got pissseed at each other and then we went to tstudpid chile kaimas, which is gay waddd, but henm we went to SMC and there was some kind of party there, but everybody was outside, so it waws fun/.
on the way home tha taxi driver was a women. and she was wearing a skirt. she's gotta fuck for money, don't you think? a female taxi driver wearing a short skirt? i think so. she was a little bitchy though' gedas asked her to change the music, and hse just turned it off and wouldn't ruirn it back on for five minutes.
sjell you later...
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