Elliot Cole » Rounds http://elliotcole.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 24 I could be (mostly) happy anywhere, in a chair http://elliotcole.com/2009/04/15/24-i-could-be-mostly-happy-anywhere-in-a-chair/ http://elliotcole.com/2009/04/15/24-i-could-be-mostly-happy-anywhere-in-a-chair/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:13:01 +0000 admin http://funnel.elliotcole.com/?p=403 sheesha

I could be (mostly) happy anywhere, in a chair, with you, sheesha, assir manga, and more shai bi naana shukran!

Sheesha – water pipe for flavored tobacco
assir manga – fresh mango juice
shai bi naana, shukran! – tea with mint, thank you!

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Stuffed crocodile on Elephantine Island, Aswan, Nubia. Directly below was a glass box with a little water and a small, live crocodile in it. Tourists buy them, we were told.

What’s sadder than a croc in a box? It’s a tourist taking it home.
Does customs have a form for this? NO!

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Mediterranean City
where the corniche is pretty
take me to proud old Alexander’s

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Kate and I stayed a few days at a Red Sea resort called Lilyland. After two weeks of $2-5/night hostels, it was a huge relief. But our first morning began with a man trying to get into our room.

Lilyland Man, why did you open up our bedroom door,
disturbing us at eight o’clock in the goddam morning?

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Then we found the ants.

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You are in
Oh you are in
in the embrace of the history
you are
you are

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Architects and doctors in 2000 BC(E)
could actually hear Imhotep inside the minds of architects and doctors

[Thanks to Marsha Russell for making me care.
Historical psychology courtesy of Julian Jaynes.]

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]]> http://elliotcole.com/2008/08/09/19-imhotep/feed/ 0 18 It’s a Point of Pride http://elliotcole.com/2008/07/31/18-its-a-point-of-pride/ http://elliotcole.com/2008/07/31/18-its-a-point-of-pride/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:07:00 +0000 admin http://funnel.elliotcole.com/?p=69 It’s a point of pride what the Nubians are not.
They are not Egyptians. No. They do not just want your money,
they want to be your friend.
Save money till the end –
(then you fight.)

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Topless
Sunbathing Russians
is the theme of this song.

How come it’s so, so sad?

The B/Bb cross relation (really B/A#) was gutsy but unsuccessful. I’ll step to the Bb next time, maybe try to get an F in the middle voice. So much to learn!

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We spent a few days on the Red Sea in a resort for Russians. It was a nice break from the heat, buses and hostels, but we found constant service as alien as anything else.

Let me do it
on my own, please.
I don’t need your constant
help. Give me back
my bags, and get out of my room,
and don’t you take my plate
until I’m done.

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Part of a wedding ceremony is to drive a bunch of cars around town honking ‘da da dit-dit da, da da dit-dit da.’

Traditionalist taboos, together with the difficulties involved in getting married, are reportedly frustrating.

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a good salad makes. Oh!]]> Parsley, a touch of salt,
tomatoes, and some cumin
a good salad makes. Oh!

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Oh I was shaking!]]> This delicious evening of sheesha, shai bi naa’na and karkade in a Luxor ‘ahwa is about to go awry.

Waiter screamed and spit and threw
my twenty-seven pounds into
my face! It was hard
to not collapse and get ripped off.
Oh I was shaking!

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Oh ants, begone!]]> If I wash my clothes in the porcelain bidet,
will a terrible, terrible disease come my way?
Oh ants, begone!

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off the bus? (Just look out the window.)]]>
Two more people on the bus than there are seats.
Here comes the station man. Will he kick us
off the bus? (Just look out the window.)

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Third day it's sleepy. Fourth day it's sad. Oh, Poverty!]]>
First day it’s charming.
Second day it’s oh so quaint.
(Look at the donkeys and you’ll just faint!)
Third day it’s sleepy.
Fourth day it’s sad.
Oh, Poverty!

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