so i know i havent posted in a while. laziness, when forcibly mixed with production, does not a blog make. but to give you a tidbit from the excitement of cairo life, i have pasted part of a conversation i had with libby last night. enjoy.
oh and preceding this conversation was a brief dialogue about my computer. and the horribly strange sounds it was making. i quite honestly thought it was going to blow up. so i was in the midst of closing all applications and getting frantic advice from my sister when i realized that in fact these horrible noises were not the suicide cries of a desperate appliance, but were, instead, my itunes. playing a song. WHAT IS MUSIC COMING TO. and, more importantly, why is this music on my computer? (for those of you wondering, the song was by wilco. dear wilco, you suck.)
Rachel: im really sort of embarrassed now
amylyveon: go hide
amylyveon: under the bed
Rachel: no itll fall on me
Rachel: have i told you its breaking on a regular basis now?
Rachel: about once a night
amylyveon: noooooo
amylyveon: your life is so amusing
Rachel: haha yes i am rather amused
Rachel: except at 2am
Rachel: when my bed breaks
Rachel: actually im lying
Rachel: i tend to find it rather amusing then too
amylyveon: hahahah
Rachel: but its LOUD when it breaks
amylyveon: why don't you just leave it broken?
Rachel: and really uncomfortable to continue lying in
Rachel: which is what lazy ppl tend to do
Rachel: when theyre woken by their mattress falling through a hole in their bed
Rachel: and forcing their body into unnatural positions
amylyveon: ah
amylyveon: well that explains it
amylyveon: how do you fix it?
Rachel: oh have i not explained the layout of this master piece of contruction?
amylyveon: no
amylyveon: i haven't heard much about your bed
Rachel: ah the bed...
Rachel: so my bed is the extra bed
Rachel: and i guess its sort of the egyptian version of the portable bed
Rachel: "portable"
amylyveon: hahaha
Rachel: so the idea, i guess, was that instead of having the normal flat wooden board on the bed frame
Rachel: that the mattress lies on?
Rachel: instead you save time and energy and...wood? and have wooden planks instead
amylyveon: yeah
Rachel: genius, what?
amylyveon: wait
amylyveon: like, four wooden planks across the bed
Rachel: no there are about 10 of them
amylyveon: okay
Rachel: however
Rachel: there is a small problem
Rachel: these wooden planks that are supposed to lie across the bed
amylyveon: and that's all holding the mattress up so far.
Rachel: none of them are really...well....the right length
Rachel: so
Rachel: the ones in the middle arent long enough
Rachel: to fit across the bed frame
Rachel: and the ones at the end of the bed are too long
Rachel: (i think the bed frame might be crooked, but thats just my conspiracy theory)
amylyveon: hahahah
Rachel: so, the wooden planks in the middle are veeery precariously balanced on the veeeeery edges of the bed frame
Rachel: and any small movements of the planks tend to send them clattering to the floor
Rachel: loudly
Rachel: and they are quickly followed by the mattress, and, by extention, me
amylyveon: can you switch the planks so the too-little ones are at the foot and the too-big ones are at the head or something?
Rachel: you are so clever
Rachel: but no
Rachel: ive tried
Rachel: thus the conspiracy theory
amylyveon: huh
Rachel: yes
Rachel: i have another conspiracy theory
Rachel: i think this is the egyptian government's way of making sure us american whores stay chaste while in egypt
amylyveon: hahahaha
Rachel: because trust me this bed would NOT survive long under more...demanding circumstances
amylyveon: haha
amylyveon: that's really amusing
... (insert witty conversation here) ...and for my sister's benefit:
Rachel: i was considering posting this conversation on my blog to explain the bed situation
Rachel: i think i might have to censor that part
amylyveon: hahahahahah
amylyveon: yeah
amylyveon: you might
amylyveon: actually
amylyveon: you should censor it but not take out the bit where we're talking about you censoring it
Rachel: just make ppl wonder?
Rachel: thats not very friendly, now is it
Rachel: but its a rather good idea
so we'll let you wonder what part of the conversation you all missed.
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