A window into my world

7:39 AM me: you up?

no idea what time it is in denver...

5 minutes

7:45 AM me: it's 9.44pm there. if you're in bed, i'm embarrassed

7:48 AM Brad: hey man, it's so late there, I'm ebarrassed for you

me: i'm in africa, it's 8am

[jerk]

Brad: where are you now, Tanzanier?

ha

me: ebarrassed

Brad: how is it, just as you left it?

me: is that some new online catchphrase?

7:49 AM it's great here

Brad: snyder and kristy still there

what have you all been doing

me: they're on safari

sarah [last name removed to protect the innocent] too

Brad: elitists

me: so i haven't seen them yet

Brad: you with Nate and Julie?

me: we meet them tonight in zanzibar

yeah

7:50 AM and krabill is arriving imminently

Brad: [gosh], how many vacation days do you get?

Krabill is coming too?

me: and maybe thad is stopping by

Brad: [wow]

[WOW]

me: he was landing 4 minutes ago

Brad: Maybe [a mutual acquaintance we don't like]?

five bucks says he is not on the plane

me: [the mutual acquaintance we don't like] showed up but was turned away

the thad thing is the funniest

7:51 AM Brad: do you know if he actually made the flight

me: he's in malawi for something

Brad: naturally

me: thad?

i don't even know if he has a flight

he may meet us in zanzibar this weekend

Brad: ha

sweet, zanzibar!

me: yeah, can't wait

7:52 AM Brad: how long you there?

me: chilling at nate and julie's flat is fun though too

Brad: what a [really great] trip

me: they have a chef and a housekeeper

Brad: tell em hello for me

me: got here yesterday at noon. next friday i fly to doha.

then back to london on sunday

Brad: how long are you in Doha?

me: i'll tell everyone you said hey

2 nights

just a long layover

Brad: go to the souq

me: a long, soulless layover

7:53 AM you been there?

Brad: yeah

pretty sweet

me: where should i stay?

Brad: when do Nate and Julie come back?

I stayed at the Marriott

they have a good brunch for $50

me: yeah everything seems pricey

Brad: not in Tanzania though

7:54 AM me: n&j come back in july

to philly

Brad: eat [food] for cheap

me: i had a good [non-alcoholic beverage] last night for 60 cents

half liter

Brad: I'm going to sarasota in a few weeks, which is kind of like Tanzania

60[expletive]cents

7:55 AM me: it's not as cheap around here as it was 10 years ago though

Brad: are they coming to Denver for Harf's wedding?

me: it's boomtown

all the [three ethnic groups who are investing heavily in africa] apparently

if they get invited they will

Brad: I'm sure they'll be invited

if not, they should come anyway

7:56 AM me: in doha, should i stay at one of the big hotels? book in advance?

Brad: It's all big hotels, stay at the Marriott, you'll get your own beach

7:57 AM there are probably smaller places, but it's kind of like Dubai in that it is expensive and wealthy

me: and pool?

Brad: Pool was being remodeled, but is probably done by now

they work fast

me: nate and julie said they heard you never socialized anymore.

7:58 AM told them that was your last phase

Brad: it's true, but the rebirth is coming

kind of like shedding my skin, when the new skin comes in, I'll be [deleting this because i'm not sure if it was a typo or actually just really offensive] again

me: that's funny -- i told them i was expecting a continued renaissance from you

7:59 AM i think i even might have said the word reborn as well

Brad: Now I'm just an old boring white guy

let's just say I'm about to get a lot younger

if you catch my drift

me: gross

8:00 AM i'm nearly 29

if you catch my drift

Brad: oh yeah your b day is next week

celebrate by [common sense tells me to delete this]!

me: yeah sunday

give the cell phone a ring and i'll pass you around

Brad: the last of an era

I'd call your cell, but all I have is the rick roll number [call me anytime on (772) 257-4501!]

8:01 AM what is your number

me: unless we're playing rook -- then just leave a voicemail

[not going to post my number on the internet]

Brad: cool, I'll give a call

me: or just call kristy or snyder

Brad: they are americans dude

their phones don't work abroad

8:02 AM me: 3G buddy

kristy has been texting

or maybe they got a phone here

pay as you go

8:03 AM Brad: post some pics on facebook, and tell nate and julie to get on facebook

I hear Nate never socializes anymore

he just hangs out on the corner with witch doctors

me: i gave julie a demo of fb yesterday

she was wowed

Brad: she'll be on in now time

she loves social capital

did I just say now time

8:04 AM it's sooo late here

me: postmodern academic

it's a whole new paradigm

8:05 AM Brad: I am the hyper real: http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl

8:07 AM me: i'll check it out

was trying to find the link to this thing i looked at the other day -- 99 things to see on the internet [http://youshouldhaveseenthis.com/]

Brad: have fun man, I'm going to bed soon...jess went to bed at 8:30

Oh yeah, I saw that too, love the fail blog

http://failblog.org/

8:08 AM me: how do you do it brad

and still go to bed before 10pm

Brad: cultural capital

me: good talk

Brad: take care

me: sleep easy

Brad: have fun

me: kwa heri bwana

8:09 AM Brad: at least watch the video of the dog sleep walking