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Escaping Suburbia

Interlude

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Quite a few people have asked me to update my website, especially in light of all that is going on in Gaza right now. I will finish our story, because I feel it's important. But I feel my recent fascination with the ordinary has taken up my focus and I need to let it all out before I can continue with the story of our trip to the Middle East.

Burka Beagle Wael's Disco Bling Where we live More Grocery Store Porn Shopping Cart Art Yay Purple Trees NW Portland Creepy Old House Pioneer Square Park Blocks Iraq Death Toll, White Flags = Iraqis Waterfront Park

Why Portland is Awesome

  • You can walk everywhere
  • Regular condiments contain smut in the grocery stores
  • The opera has English subtitles
  • There is a community pile in our basement where I found a very nice shower rack and some great used books
  • Even gas stations have a fine selection of wine and beer
  • It is against the law to pump your own gas
  • The bums tell you you're beautiful when they want spare change
  • There are more strip clubs per capita here than anywhere else in the world (except Amsterdam)
  • You can take your dog into almost any store, and even some restaurants
  • We have the world's largest independent bookstore
  • I am buffer than all the emo kids in town

 

That said, I will let you in on my little secret. I did not get into PSU. Wael told me that any retard can get into PSU. But not this retard. Apparently they do not accept applications 20 days past the deadline.  I was not aware of this, as I feel pretty important, personally. Now I will have to prove my worth by becoming very rich and famous and dedicating all my books to the fact that PSU did not accept me into their writing program.

Thank you, goodnight.

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Cause Everybody in Hebron Has Had It Up To Here

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Settlers toss bricks down on Palestinians walking below Old city...pretty abandoned The main street of Hebron before it was closed down Arabs have to use a seperate entrance Settlers IDF coming to arrest us Settlers closing in... Settlers videotaping our attack Jelle getting arrested Wael getting arrested Just in case you didn't know... Jews Marrow? That's a bit uncalled for..

(It's Gettin Harder and Harder Each and Every Year) I just had to toss some Sublime into my title because that is where what I like to call “The Vacation Occupation” began.

For almost a month Wael and I had been working very hard to get the FFJ website up and running and to teach everyone how to maintain the site after we left. We were worn out and ready to begin the rest of our journey. After just a month of volunteering in Palestine we were mentally and physically drained and ready for some simple tourism. If we were this exhausted in a month, I can’t imagine how it must feel after generations…

When Wael had come to the summer camp in Palestine the year before, he had made many friends. One of them, a Dutch guy named Jelle, he invited to join us for three weeks as we traveled through Israel, Syria and Lebanon.

Jelle arrived in Bilin the afternoon before we were set to leave, and unlike Wael and I, Jelle was fresh off the boat with guns blazing. Before we knew what happened, we had been scheduled to meet with his various contacts, to receive more tours of what was happening around Palestine, to interview more people about the struggle. With Sublime blaring in the background as we packed up to leave, I suggested that we begin our new journey together over a drink in Ramallah. Jelle informed me that he did not like Sublime and that he did not like to drink. Our journey was off to a fabulous start.

We went back to Hebron to meet up with a Israeli Palestinian, Musa, who worked there for the Israeli organization, B’T selem, and this is where the trouble began.

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Summer-o Summer-o Where art thou?

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Just before she ran away Horryrood Wael's hair makes babies scream Bow down to the R2D2 I'm sure it was perfectly safe... Napa Valley Our U-Haul Redwood Forest Drive Seagulls on Oregon Coast Oregon Coast Beach Oregon Coast Jealous yet? Humboldt County How happy can you be driving this UHaul? Random lake Fierce dog hunting dangerous grass Redwood Forest The Uhaul wouldn't fit Wild berries Beagle is a model Ok, Wael is better a taking pictures than me. I give up. Waterfalls, shiney, pretty, yay Along Columbia Gorge Highway Not our U-Haul Columbia River Gorge Highway Hiking around Multnomah Falls Columbia River Me at Columbia River Wael hiking Hood River, cute little town

I'm sorry I haven't been able to update this site in so long. I was locked out of my account and until now, haven't been at a computer where I could really get into the database and figure out what was wrong (yes, I know how to do that, thank you very much).

We arrived safely back in the US of A and drove our U-Haul up the California Coast all the way to Portland. It was an amazing drive and we are now living in downtown Portland, within walking distance of every damn cool thing that you can think of.

Wael got a job working on the Obama campaign, and I am submitting resumes to places I'd love to work. If that doesn't work out, then I suppose I'll have to revert to my sales skills, so please keep your fingers crossed that doesn't happen.

I just wanted to put up a quick article to let everyone know we're alive, and that I will be continuing to post the story of our journey through the Middle East, as it only got more intense as went along. But for now, here are some pictures from our road trip.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 September 2008 19:16 )
 
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