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Friday, May 25, 2012

The Penny...


Can't access my OWN blog

I created a blog last summer, but I didn't really figure out the whole blogging aspect until AFTER I forgot my password. I want my dashboard back. I want my URL back, the URL I meticulously created myself.

If you can hack, hack me to pieces and hit me up. Here it is: http://thestrandedfellow.blogspot.com/

I thought using the stranded blog would be more appropriate considering I'm going to be taking several flights in the next several days. And although I will not be able to update, I would like to do so when I return.

Atentamente,
A Stranded Fellow

Megs

"Hola, Jake, Katie y Megs!
We have a short connection (less than an hour) 
Then perhaps you can plead with gate agents, and tell them we're coming
Megs, when does your flight from Dallas get in?"


Jake, Katie y Megs might be the only ones who make it onto the plane. Let me sell my soul. I am assuming that I am "Megs."

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Not Nevada

I am going to a country whose comparative area is slightly smaller than Nevada's.

Name the country.

hint: three different climates, located above and below the equator, or read my past two blog posts

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Ante-Ecuador: 1

I am really looking forward to our dear teacher leading us through the jungle, and I could not resist sharing her words of encouragement!


Excerpts: "Hola, Viajer's!


So the word of the day is shots, which I hope you all have gotten by now. 
For the malaria medicine, we can all take these together at breakfast every morning! 
Get ready for tomorrow's word of the day: SOCKS!"

And boy am I looking forward to the discussion about socks. Get at me Army Surplus Store!


... lest we contrive jungle rot...

Monday, May 21, 2012

Response from the Jungle

...... and with godspeed did it come.

I will now be  "well-versed in a recent history of Ecuador's Indians, Oil, and Politics." 


I have a date with Joe tomorrow morning. 
Now that I have the book, I have no excuses to not read it

Amazon: It's guerrilla warfare

This is my rant about dealing with Amazon. No, I am not a satisfied customer. Yes, I would like to leave a review; thanks so much for asking.

Thrice this year has Amazon so greatly failed me! So disappointed am I! So frustrated am I, so frustrated that I have gone to great lengths to illegally obtain my books because what I paid for was not delivered! I don't know at what part in the system the disconnect was, nevertheless, I do not have my books. 

Yes, I would like to personally call whomever and get the break down of where the my books are. I am embarking on a journey to South America, SOON, and I need my book, BEFORE soon. 

I invested my money in you, oh so greatly-reviewed salesman, and I depended on you. I was too trusting.

It's not even a matter of where the my books are, it's when they are going to get here. Expedited shipping was paid; I paid more for shipping than I did for my book. So yes, I would say that the shipping was the key here.

I tried to send a nice note in your direction, and had I not feared the Amazonian officials busting through my front door and taking me captive due to use of profanity, I would have used it.

Ironic that I need a book about the Amazon, from Amazon?

Excerpt, probably the nicest I've sent:
"I ordered "of Indians, Oil, and Politics: A Recent History of Ecuador," last week, and I paid for expedited shipping. I would like my book as soon as possible. I am leaving for Ecuador on Friday and need to have read the book for a class before I leave. I expected the book to be here by now. It did not come today, Monday, and I would like to know if it will be here before I have to leave. If it comes tomorrow, Tuesday, then my apologies about my angst; however, you must understand my thirst for paid-for expedited knowledge. Since you are the owner of the book, I am assuming that you've either traveled to Ecuador or have a particular interest in the country, as it is not just another book about Latin American history as a whole. I am looking forward to my travels; however, I would be able to enjoy my travels  a lot more if I was well-versed in a recent history of Ecuador's Indians, Oil, and Politics. I appreciate your time traveling to the post office, packing up my book, and sending it my way; I really do. And I WISH YOU GODSPEED."