tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11548246938931393152024-03-13T00:39:20.040-07:00Welcome To The Zooand i'm the monkeyHi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-67460733771251978042008-04-21T01:35:00.000-07:002008-04-21T01:36:19.755-07:00robo copMy whole town is being robo-coped, as it has been adequately named. EVERYTHNING is being fronted in this hideous silver and rarely gold, metallic looking paneling – every store business and building – it is not optional and I am told the stor owners have to pay for – that is not optional either – We are having an entire town “beautification” projects right now – all front streets are being Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-6547896651105628322008-04-21T01:34:00.000-07:002008-04-21T01:37:17.238-07:00my poor soulI get to take a trip to Turkey so I just read the lonely planet book for it – now I am reading the one for Azerbaijan looking for finding hiking places – and in the north there are some really good ones and in the south is nice and tropical –They are nothing close to as complimentarily about Azerbaijan as they are about Turkey, which is understandable and justified, but what I would like to Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-39797806272716049592008-04-06T03:09:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:04:42.676-08:00 the inards of what was a movie theater during soviet times - it now houses IDP's like most building but they evidently never cleaned it out Ahhhh, the river /junk yard / landfill - how niceThese men are fishing - with two car batteries and a net - if we had thought to catch the ducks a little earlier or these geese a little later you would have seen come mad/freaked out poultry hauling ass.Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-90480004677293315922008-04-06T02:59:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:04:42.873-08:00randomThe little girls here are very shy with me – though fascinated -they watch me from a safe distance, whispering then will turn toward me with round bright eye – scoping out whatever the just discussed - Our house is full of little girls, cousin and daughters of whoever – most 5 or 6 yrs old – so far only savinj will talk to me – probably because she sees me everyday-She is also the one who like toHi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-72023213250202177702008-03-31T05:29:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:04:44.602-08:00Novrus picturesHi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-52446694341507381312008-03-31T05:23:00.000-07:002008-03-31T05:28:26.295-07:00NovrusWe just finished up our Novrus holiday. It is in celebration of spring and all Azeri people will tell you the calander new year may be January 1st but this is the real new year – the time of year when life returns and everything is growing – I think they are write – I was also told today that during their days in the soviet union they were forbidden to celebrate Novrus – but I think that was not Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-30717538087577610672008-03-16T01:44:00.001-07:002008-12-08T20:04:45.196-08:00is work is work - and thats is as in workWith spring has come more work for me – Most people join the PC and are in a hurry to do something – anything – change something – get people going – Well they tell you flat out that at first there will not be much to do – that you have to make sure you are doing thing for them or things that they don’t really want in your eagerness to do something – and that even when you find people it will Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-14079073640856592082008-03-16T01:30:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:04:46.846-08:00springSpring oh Spring la di da – its shiny it bright it makes me light – oh la da da dancing a jig - if only I was irish and the river dance did not look so much like the azrie stomp these days – la fa di da, springThe apricots are the “1st”to come into full bloom – well the first of the fruit trees – there were some before it but they are not fruit trees – the weeping willows are early to bud too andHi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-14937638224916315392008-03-15T06:52:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:04:48.829-08:00Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-10606418779742976332008-01-27T04:15:00.000-08:002008-01-27T04:19:54.363-08:00hey allIlham Aliyev passed through Barda the other day – for several days before they tossed paint on walls and swept some – moved dead animals – the day of all streets were closed – the cops drove around in their VW’s yelling on their loud speakers – finally he arrived – he passed through the main part of town with about 15-20 other big black tinted windowed SUV’s and several cops, going about 90 Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-23063743245827522082008-01-13T23:25:00.000-08:002008-01-13T23:26:29.315-08:00its not so badI have been at site for a little over 3 months – the first 6months are supposed to be adjustment - figuring out what to do – and it turns out getting over my own disillusionment and frustrations and actually finding what I can do – I think this is why so many volunteers here are so negative –I was really surprised when I got here – everyone was so dispassionate, unhappy , I though god –well I Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-44642267914485040912008-01-13T23:23:00.000-08:002008-01-13T23:24:52.580-08:00the freedom of filth1-12-08So the "severest winter in 73 years" seems to be letting up – that is to say there was not any snow today and I saw the sun – Not that there is 3 feet of snow and sleet all day – but it is cold as hell and because it is usually not this cold here they are just not ready for it – there has not been any water sense last Saturday and it does not seem clear when that will let up – consequentlyHi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-66129999305166243352008-01-06T05:30:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:04:49.945-08:00oh the snow1-5-08So its been one hell of a day today – I woke up to the wonder of snow – yea – being from South Carolina that’s exciting – and then made the wise decision to go for a walk in the woods – the only wood in town – which are slowly being chopped up for firewood by the local IDP’s – Of course this morning there was more slush on the road than snow – If I had been smart, after the first big truck Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-43244371134935142492008-01-04T04:19:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:04:51.023-08:00where the poor carrot farmers in the village have to wash carrots - in a mub pit with ducks barefoot stomping on themThe eglish language club threw us a christmas/new years partypretty lights of baki out of my hotel windowpart of the gafgas mountains - I can see it from my house on a clear day and not a all some othersmaking homemade vodkapeople drying wool on the pavment outside of what used to Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-48043790255329594842007-12-24T21:24:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:04:53.012-08:00Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-4587401011293637972007-12-01T06:01:00.001-08:002007-12-01T06:01:54.875-08:00death - oh what a painI went to my first funeral the other day – well at least part of one – Funerals here are as multilayered as weddings are – Me and Famila were joking that the two hardest things to do in Azerbaian are get married and Die. When someone dies there are 7 initial days of morning the 7th being the biggest, followed by every Thursday for four Thursdays then the 40th day after is import ad they are Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-181100039700351722007-12-01T06:00:00.001-08:002007-12-01T06:00:56.023-08:00one more shot11-23-07/11-24-07 Im sitting in my room retyping something that I have already typed. I hate doing that. The rats are hard at work above my head. Technically I am retyping it because the file was ruined. This is because my computer is very old and I have not been the easiest on it. So it has become a little temperamental. It occasionally turns itself off flashing a rainbow of colors and screamingHi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-60157725399380204172007-12-01T05:57:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:04:53.184-08:00Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-80329394313652085932007-11-27T23:37:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:04:53.372-08:00Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-17393773651204496532007-11-21T01:07:00.000-08:002007-11-21T01:55:06.560-08:00oilI love you all and we have power at work for the first time in about two weeks - praise the lord I'm not freezing today - I asked about it the other day and was told it was becasue we would not pay them bribes. Luckely they can evedently only abuse one person at a time for so long, or we paided a bribe. Who can really know. Speaking on azerbaijan's crappy courruption. I was reading an article inHi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-88702630682660325312007-11-20T02:05:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:04:53.994-08:0011/16/07I’m headed to Goycay today for thanksgiving – I little early but we cant get leave during the week. I think pretty much everyone else is going to Baki for the annual thanksgiving dinner. I think it is usually over 100 people and that is just too many people for me and thanksgiving. I think thanksgiving is actually one of my favorite holidays. I love the food, I loved the cooking, and I Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-56098102056478201852007-11-14T01:10:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:04:54.823-08:00Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-29678519736470215682007-11-14T01:06:00.000-08:002007-11-14T01:09:56.330-08:00Somethings a littel Ratty11-14-07A couple of weeks ago Ryan told me he had a rat in the attic above his head. It scurried around, making little pitter patter sounds and he did not like it because it was creepy and sounded like someone else was in the room. I told him to be nice, it was probably very nice and this had been its house before his. They heard me! The other night I heard little pitter patter over my room. I Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-68610643947444408022007-11-13T02:08:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:04:55.309-08:00Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1154824693893139315.post-67044457465412093942007-11-13T01:51:00.000-08:002007-11-13T02:01:41.968-08:00The Anti WhineAfter it has been pointed out in one way or another I see that mast of my posts seem to have bitter undertone to them. I am sorry, it just turns out that I use my blog forum to vent – and I think it is important for people to understand the problems. So no doubt, I will be writing lots of depressing stuff. But don’t mistake the downbeat posts I my write for the experience that I’m having. They Hi Everyone,http://www.blogger.com/profile/07326180730200402164noreply@blogger.com0