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#1 2008-11-26 15:03:34

Xenophon
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Registered: 2001-08-14
Posts: 4194

Extended

*sigh* nuff said.


Groundhog Day continues, at least an extra month.


To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

— Nevil Shute

 

#2 2008-11-26 16:16:42

strangeshe
Hierarch
From: Texas
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 11251

Re: Extended

*hugs* Sorry to hear that, Xeno. Hang in there.

 

#3 2008-11-26 16:22:42

Jendaiya
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-01
Posts: 21821
Website

Re: Extended

*adds more hugs to the pile*


What can one say? I hope you're well.


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#4 2008-11-26 19:10:39

cyan
Mantis
From: Oakland
Registered: 2005-02-16
Posts: 22782

Re: Extended

*adds to hugs*

Bummer, Xeno.  Have you started any of those hobbies you contemplated prior to going over?


"Reality is for those people who can't handle fantasy!" - Genisis X

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#5 2008-12-03 16:01:31

Miiru
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From: Just a bit left of center.
Registered: 2001-06-20
Posts: 14675
Website

Re: Extended

Oh, Xeno. :(  -hug-


Ted Kennedy in a speedo is just another sign of the coming apocalypse.
-wiked

 

#6 2009-01-13 15:51:54

Xenophon
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Registered: 2001-08-14
Posts: 4194

Re: Extended

So, I figure it would be a niec thing to write trhank you notes to people who sent care packages while I've been out here...

I walk down to the post exchange and find....

They don't sell envelopes, and cannot get envelopes...


IS it just me, or does it strike anyone else as odd that you can't buy regular postal envelopes out here?


To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

— Nevil Shute

 

#7 2009-01-13 16:48:21

Jendaiya
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-01
Posts: 21821
Website

Re: Extended

Um... Yeah. Kinda.


Maybe put envelopes on your list to bring next time? What an odd thing. Is it just that they're out or did they never have them to begin with?


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#8 2009-01-13 18:38:24

Xenophon
Pilgrim
Registered: 2001-08-14
Posts: 4194

Re: Extended

never ever carry them.

You would think they'd figure people would want to write home once in a while, not just e-mail.


To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

— Nevil Shute

 

#9 2009-01-14 00:31:00

Sahi
Mantis
From: Assendelft (the Netherlands)
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 37881
Website

Re: Extended

How silly!


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#10 2009-02-14 17:54:25

Xenophon
Pilgrim
Registered: 2001-08-14
Posts: 4194

Re: Extended

And again... At least this time they're not pretending to have a return date for me...

thanks for putting up with my whining.


To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

— Nevil Shute

 

#11 2009-02-14 21:34:18

Jendaiya
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-01
Posts: 21821
Website

Re: Extended

*pet pet pet*


Nothing more one can say. I hope you get home soon.


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#12 2009-04-01 20:10:59

Xenophon
Pilgrim
Registered: 2001-08-14
Posts: 4194

Re: Extended

I is the home!


yays!

though.. they want to send me back out in June already o_O

Customer liked me so much they asked to have meback...

serious case of "don't do me any favors, guys"


To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

— Nevil Shute

 

#13 2009-04-02 01:20:49

Sahi
Mantis
From: Assendelft (the Netherlands)
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 37881
Website

Re: Extended

*huggles Xeno* Sometimes it sucks being good at what you do, eh?


"I'm a much nicer person online" - Aan'Allein

First member of the Shadowmarch Council of Sages, Official Quiller's Mint Historian
You may call me the Porcupine Lady, or if you are feeling generous the Erinaceous One.

 

#14 2009-04-02 07:25:03

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42278

Re: Extended

Welcome back, Xeno!


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#15 2009-04-02 16:15:53

Jendaiya
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-01
Posts: 21821
Website

Re: Extended

Hey! Welcome back!

*hugs*

:)


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#16 2009-04-03 18:00:57

Xenophon
Pilgrim
Registered: 2001-08-14
Posts: 4194

Re: Extended

Thank you for the welcome :)

Sahi, yes its hard at times, but I'm trying to finagle the current good will toward me into an instructing position and away from being a mission pilot.  However the trip in June looks pretty unavoidable unless I quit.  As unpopular as this may be with the current mood in the U.S. and worldwide, I believe in our work and what we do, and consider it to be the most important work I've ever done.  I feel infinitely more useful doing this than I ever did in that school classroom I was imprisoned in.


To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

— Nevil Shute

 

#17 2009-04-03 19:07:07

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42278

Re: Extended

All very good reasons to stay at your job, Xeno.


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#18 2009-10-29 04:41:52

Xenophon
Pilgrim
Registered: 2001-08-14
Posts: 4194

Re: Extended

this time.. "indefinitely" o_O


To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

— Nevil Shute

 

#19 2009-10-29 06:45:55

Em
Mantis
From: somewhere left of reality
Registered: 2004-12-28
Posts: 42278

Re: Extended

Crap. *mondo huggles*


Don't let appearances fool you, there's always only one reality. 1Q84, Haruki Murakami.

 

#20 2009-10-29 11:18:44

Magpie
Mantis
From: the town of thistly flowerbeds
Registered: 2006-03-27
Posts: 19920
Website

Re: Extended

*adds more hugs*


I think we've just proven that our greatest power is silliness!
- cyan

babbling about books and plants
my crazy customers

 

#21 2009-10-29 11:47:44

sisterdew
Pilgrim
From: Vienna, Austria
Registered: 2007-01-08
Posts: 5868

Re: Extended

that's a HUGE heap of crap there:( *huggles*

how many times can they do that? i mean, they'll have to let you go home eventually?

Last edited by sisterdew (2009-10-29 11:48:14)


daisy-headed, one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater!

 

#22 2009-10-30 11:46:07

Jendaiya
Pilgrim
From: Canada
Registered: 2001-06-01
Posts: 21821
Website

Re: Extended

He's a civilian. Can't he just say no?


*adds hugs*

:)


Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

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