jas i SUCK happy belated birthday!!! i love you!!
and since i won't be posting for a few days, happy birthday grandpa!!! (the 14th and the 16th...)
so first i have some bad news, and then i have some good news.
the bad news is a little outdated, but i'm out of the loop and i just found out yesterday (i don't know whether to say thanks, j). this is terrifying and shocking, but i'll tell you from the outset that all is fine now, so try not to freak out too much. apparently on september 21st, while performing in spain, leonard cohen collapsed onstage. they say he had bad food poisoning (i'm so afraid they're lying) and he passed out while singing "bird on a wire.". considering he's 75 and touring all over the world, one fainting spell actually seems pretty impressive. supposedly there's video footage of him fainting, but i think i would die if i watched it.
we love you, leonard. REMEMBER WHEN I SAW HIM IN NEW YORK OMG SO GOOD.
and now for the good news. last week when i was dying all my roommates went to murchison falls, a national park that has beautiful waterfalls and ALL THE BIG ONES -- lions, elephants, giraffes, hippos, etc. etc. obvs i couldn't go cause i was sicky, but i'm going this weekend!!
at the orphanage where my 2 friends live/volunteer (and have the wireless internet), the orphanage people always take the volunteers to murchison falls. there are 3 italians who volunteer there, too, and they're going this weekend, and my friend courtney and i persuaded them to let us tag along. so we're leaving at 5 am tomorrow morning and coming back sunday night. you should SEE the pictures they got last time...they sat in the bed of a pickup truck and drove around and these animals were literally like 10 feet away. i'm going to have SUCH juicy pictures for you, because i don't have any moral qualms about taking pictures of animals.
oh and sarah b., giving them wrong numbers sounds like a good idea in theory, except for that they always want your number first and then they "flash you" (i.e., call you -- it took awhile to get used to that term) so you'll have their number, so if you give them the wrong number and they try to flash you and it doesn't go through....pwned.
til monday!
I love the fact that I check your blog often enough to steal the first comment spot TWICE now. I can't wait to see some tasty animal pictures! Would prefer some tasty Farnyfoo pictures, but still... I can't believe how soon you're coming home! I Think about you all the time and tell your Uganda stories to whoever will listen. Goodbye honeylove i have so many good words to put in your ear but i leave you with only these wordies sweetness honeylife.
ReplyDeleteSarah B
i am so excited you are going to animalville...i would have been so very sad if you had spent almost a lifetime in africa and not seen "the big ones"...think of me while you are very close to a big beautiful animal as i once thought i would be...but instead i decided to have and raise 4 beautiful cubs of my own....alas, i would still love to see an elephant in the wild....have a wonderful time, my love....i am sorry i haven't talked to you in what seems forever, but i have been thinking of you constantly and carry you always in my heart...i will talk to you when you return to gulu...i am anxious to see how your research is coming and to hear a healthy glow in your voice....i adore you....mama
ReplyDeletep.s. will work on that favor asap
get me some good elephant pictures! you're home, so soon. i really cannot wait. i love you.
ReplyDeleteAnna
AWWW I JUST READ THIS
ReplyDeleteI LOVE YOU
CAN'T WAIT TILL YOUR HOME
Kissies!
jasy