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My Weekly Update – Schedules, Snakes & Star Wars

Published on by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle3 Comments

One week off the A to Z Challenge and I found myself with no more structure and to many ideas in my head.  I thought I would give you my quick hits for the week and then start fresh next week with my new blogging  – – – –

Schedule

Monday – Main Blog post

Tuesday – Movie Quotes

Wednesday – Book Quotes

Friday – Main Blog Post

Sunday – Weekly Wrap up

* I will try this schedule for the rest of May.  With JuNoWriMo starting next month, it is bound to change.  Bear with me, I am still new to the blogging/writing life.

Snakes

At the Academy, we had a snake in the bathroom.  I am not messing with you.  We really had a snake in the bathroom.  A king cobra.  Really.  I’m not lying.  We had a kind cobra snake in the bathroom.  How’s that for a friendly work environment?

They are doing a lot of construction near our building.  All the little critters are looking for new homes and Mr. King Cobra thought the men’s bathroom at the Academy would be a perfect summer home.

But, I learned something this week.  How the Chinese get rid of snakes? According to my staff, there are several options:

  1. Drive the snake away by putting sulfur in the toilet and around the building.  Apparently, you can pick up sulfur at your local grocery store.
  2. Poison the snake by putting your normal household cleaning products in the toilet.  Again, apparently you can pick this up at your local grocery store.
  3. I am not sure what this does, but grab the snake by the tail and swing it around your head really fast.  This is from the military guy on our staff.   Apparently, this is how the Chinese military deal with their snake problems.

A couple days after the first and second snake sighting, one of our clients was leaving the Academy and saw the snake on the cart path behind the building.  Now, everyone has declared the snake gone. What? Apparently, they are assured that it is the same one.

Still not using the bathroom in this place. 

Star Wars

Yesterday was “Star Wars Day”.  I have been a huge fan for years and never knew there was a “Star Wars Day”.  “May the 4th be with you!” Get it. How did I celebrate?  I watch Episode IV. I typically share any and all Star Wars references I see.  So, every day could be “Star Wars Day” in my world.

Blog Love

Finally, I wanted start sharing blogs that I love and subscribe to.  I can’t wait for their posts to hit my in box every day.  I hope you enjoy them, too.

  1. Cowbell – Jenny Hansen is funny.
  2. The Masquerade Crew – each crew member contributes great stuff.
  3. My Gypsy Soul – Ana Riley has things to say.
  4. the. ego. tripper. – Good travel and photos with great sense of humor and a huge ego.
  5. Geektroverted – Andii is helping me accept my inner geek.

I have started a list on twitter as well, please subscribe.

Bizarro by Dan Piraro

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How cool is that?

 What do you you even call such a place?

One of my all time favorite ways to waste an afternoon is to wander around a book store.  I walk up and down the aisle of books with no idea what I am looking for.  I read titles.  I read the back cover. I look at the book cover art and without fail, I always find something thats interesting and something that I have never seen or heard of before.  No matter if it is the small independent book store in my college town or the mega book stores in every mall(you know who you are), I always find something that I just have to read.  I usually stick to certain sections such as brit chic lit, crimes/cops/PI stuff, and the travel section.  Occasionally, I wander into the cooking or biography section.  But, it never failed, there are always books that I have to buy; way beyond my budget and my book shelf space.
Before I moved to China this was a weekly ritual.  Now,  I am only able to partake in this activity when I am home for a visit.  Chinese books stores are nice, but hard to understand. (Note – I don’t speak Chinese).

I think I would be really disappointed if I came back to America and they were all gone.  My comfort, my source, my sanctuary, my inspiration, my book store.