singer/songwriter/musician, former IT wage slave, father of two, mother of fsckerz, master of poppets and all-around pain in the arse. some day i will smile.
messed up my back, left shoulder, right knee, severely pulled the muscle on the inside of my right thigh leading to the groin and also damned near gave myself a concussion. who the hell thought making the bathroom entirely from slippery tile graded to an undersized drain was a good idea?
- Joe Silence is not dead
Love the cow joke! Don't actually speak Spanish or Portuguese - just extrapolating from vache in French. But here's hoping you and Bessie both feel better fast . . .
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
photos of and from a friend of mine. strange to think i'm actually slightly older than he is. i wonder if i would have any silver or white in my beard if i was to stop shaving? my dad didn't til his early 50s.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Kuching, day 8: KFC here is basically just chicken-flavoured stool softener, apparently.
been taking loads of photos while here in Malaysia, also some in Singapore. plan on taking more, too. wish there was a way for me to put them up, but this is a borrowed laptop and i don't think sticking my software on here would be considerate.
i'll certainly put up plenty of good ones after my return, tho, so be forewarned: Uncle Silence will give his tedious slide show at month-end!
- Joe Silence is not dead
everyone is coughing and staggering. everyone. everywhere. no one will admit they're sick, even the ones who can barely stand on their feet.
- Joe Silence is not dead
the mosquitoes here leave HUGE red welts on your skin that linger for days on end. there is talk of a malaria outbreak.
- Joe Silence is not dead
just like Houston in late August with the air conditioning turned off...except with torrential downpours and wild dogs roaming the streets.
- Joe Silence is not dead
seat belts are a foreign concept here, as is following the traffic laws and signals. additionally, it's been awhile since i've driven on the left-hand side or in a right-hand drive vehicle. CARS ARE TINY HERE.
- Joe Silence is not dead
alot of staring. occasionally an insult in broken English. mostly i get alot of blatant stares. from groups, even...sometimes whole crowds. it's like they'd never seen a fat white guy 2 heads taller than they are. :P
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oops, wife just snuck a snap of me typing feverishly away on The One Bright Post Of Man.
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So... just how much is the Borneo Dept. of Tourism paying you for your promotional postings?
- Mark Jepsen
we ended up getting a Panasonic Lumix camera...10 megapizel, Leica lens, runs off of 2 AA. seems okay so far, but i have yet to crack the manual. i like it well enough so far.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Oh my... I don't even know where Kuching IS *geography fail*
- Mellissa Jane
weather is steamy here. rains alot in the early evening, this not this one for some reason. had kolo mee and some sweet coconut buns and Milo for breakie this morning. i forget lunch and dinner. we all slept like old pigs in the late afternoon. this may become a pattern!
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Kuching is the capitol of Sarawak, which is a state of eastern Malaysia on the NW end of Borneo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... had to fly over the far south end of the South China Sea in the strait between where S'pore is and the western edge of Borneo. quick flight compared to the rest of the journey!
- Joe Silence is not dead
apparently the mosquitoes find my blood to be very tasty. worrisome cos this is the time of year for malaria!
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back again. it's 9:27am on wednesday here. boiling my bum still. kids are getting haircuts for the hot weather, later on we're off to the shops for things we couldn't pack with us in checked luggage. dotters seem to be getting on well with their cousins that they're meeting for the first time.
- Joe Silence is not dead
i was *just* thinking about you today!
- Mary Carmen
:) i plan on filling the 8GB SD card with loads of photos. already have a few of Singapore Changi and my fam and a few of my inlaws' house. oh, and a couple of really horrific self-shots which are SAFE FOR WORK...but not sanity.
- Joe Silence is not dead
also, there should be a law that bulkhead seats automatically go to families/parents with children under 2 years of age, and NOT aging hipsters who like to recline fully and crush your toddlers half to death while blasting Madonna and Orbital on their earbuds.
- Joe Silence is not dead
i hope everyone is leading reletively drama-free lives here, i'll be back on intermittently from M'sia as possible. it's all about the love! "*HUGS*
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so, i'll be MIA for most (if not all) of the next 3 weeks. not going away for good, just heading off to the other side of the planet for a bit to alleviate my wife's homesickness and let our kids see their other grandparents.
A better tactic might be to bluff; attach the giant "marital aid" to your groin area, stand up tall, show your teeth, and make lots of noise. *OMG, that ugly hairless primate has an enormous pink penis! Run!*
- Christopher A Carr
Or, you may find yourself with a few new female primate friends.
- Victor Ganata
"On Sept. 9, 2009 I experienced something that I still am having trouble believing happened to me. I came into the possession of a cassette tape containing a Beatles album that was never released. I dont expect you to believe what happened to me, I sure wouldn't, but thats why I grabbed the tape as proof that my experience was real."
- Joe Silence is not dead
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"Yep. The title is true. Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin’s daughter Ireland asked for, and, more importantly, received a Lil’ Wayne monument of a cake for her birthday. Needless to say, the youngster is probably the coolest kid in her grade, or at least, shooting up the ranks of the middle school social ladder. Of course, its Hollywood so lil Ireland Basinger Baldwin can’t be on top forever, oh no, not with competition like Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s daughter Tallulah, who was reportedly seen at the same Beverly Hills bakery ordering an Easy-E cake complete with fudge-sicle oozies and a chocolate jheri curl with double chocolate truffle oil Soul Glo…better let ya Soullll Glow."
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"Let's make a plan, just like engineers! *guffaw*"
got crackin' on the packin' tonight. getting really keyed up and more than a little anxious about this trip now. mostly worried about what 3 weeks with the inlaws will be like THIS TIME, tho. :(
"Finally, if you're looking for some good ol' fashioned dirty humour and you are comfortable enough with your sexuality as to not be offended by drawn pictures, COME ON IN!"
- Joe Silence is not dead
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Lived in Georgetown (Penang) for two months in 1996. Incredible food for breakfast, especially some of the cheap outdoor dim sum places.
- TheIndustryStandard
i'm headed back to Kuching for the second time. not looking forward to all the flying, but i think it'll be good staying there again (assuming everyone can get along).
- Joe Silence is not dead
something i ate has put me on the liquid-fuelled rocket sled to Hell.