In case you didn't catch it, the title is a play on Mary Kate and Ashley Olson's incredibly cheesy (albeit slightly less horrible than the rest) movie, How the West Was Fun. Yesterday I did my very first "official" presentation of my trip to my mom's church ladies group. I don't think I presented my thoughts very clearly. Sigh. Technology is the devil. The messed-up powerpoint and residual technological errors had me rather flustered (Note: those of you who have actually seen me present stuff before, REJOICE with me, for I was neither visibly shaking, nor loosing my ability to breathe, nor feeling as if I was about to go into cardiac arrest at any moment). Anyways, I decided afterwards that there are at least two blog posts about my Israel trip that I want to write: one called How the East Was Fun, to focus on the funnest day of my life, and one called Why the Palestinians Are Mad to concisely illustrate the reasons behind my pro-Palestinian stance. I can't find my c-d with the Palestinian-Israeli political maps to write the more serious of the two posts, so instead I'm going to celebrate the success of the Post-Israel party I cohosted with Michelle tonight by writing about happier times than school papers and midterms. Cheers.
The picture you see above is me and Skye standing in front of one of the many idols carved into the Seike walls leading into the ancient crown city of the Nabateans, Petra (now a tourist attraction in Jordan).
Saturday, October 21, 2006
How the East Was Fun
In case you didn't catch it, the title is a play on Mary Kate and Ashley Olson's incredibly cheesy (albeit slightly less horrible than the rest) movie, How the West Was Fun. Yesterday I did my very first "official" presentation of my trip to my mom's church ladies group. I don't think I presented my thoughts very clearly. Sigh. Technology is the devil. The messed-up powerpoint and residual technological errors had me rather flustered (Note: those of you who have actually seen me present stuff before, REJOICE with me, for I was neither visibly shaking, nor loosing my ability to breathe, nor feeling as if I was about to go into cardiac arrest at any moment). Anyways, I decided afterwards that there are at least two blog posts about my Israel trip that I want to write: one called How the East Was Fun, to focus on the funnest day of my life, and one called Why the Palestinians Are Mad to concisely illustrate the reasons behind my pro-Palestinian stance. I can't find my c-d with the Palestinian-Israeli political maps to write the more serious of the two posts, so instead I'm going to celebrate the success of the Post-Israel party I cohosted with Michelle tonight by writing about happier times than school papers and midterms. Cheers.
The picture you see above is me and Skye standing in front of one of the many idols carved into the Seike walls leading into the ancient crown city of the Nabateans, Petra (now a tourist attraction in Jordan).
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2 comments:
Hey Faye.
Nice to see that beautiful series of photos and their associated stories. I am thoroughly tempted by your recounting of the experiences out there, my pocketbook aches at the thought of the eventual travels I now have to save up for.
Hope to see some more when you have the time.
Jonathan
So, I finally get my wish. My dreams have all come true! Faye has published another blog and one about her trip to boot! I am excited! I always enjoy your bloggings. This one was great. I am ever so jelous of your Jordan expereince. Though 2008 here I come!
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