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About Me

I won the job lottery. Then gave it back. I also cook pasta and kielbasa, teach English for fun and zlotych, make plans, change plans, laugh at my country, laugh at other countries, laugh in general, drive long distances when possible, walk longer distances when possible, strolling through sentiment, surreality, sarcasm and stoicism.

My Interests

Drunk people, real people, cyber avatars of people, smart people, considerate people, friendly people, happy people and most non-violent primates.

I'd like to meet:

Friends, and friends of friends.

Music:

Uncle Tupelo and ilk, Archers of Loaf and ilk, Husker Du and ilk, Velvet Underground and ilk, power dungeons and dragons/Middle Earth metal, various indie rock and alternative country bands, and Michael Knott, the Christian rock guy who sings about having a hangover at church.

Movies:

Mulholland Drive, Lord of the Rings, Manhunter, Braveheart, Big Lebowski, Emperor's New Groove, Legend of Drunken Master, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me...

Television:

The Wire, Simpsons, Survivor, Rome, Top Model, Homicide, Raymond, Arrested Development, Cowboy Bebop, MST3K...

Books:

Roman history, teaching theory books, Dune series, Hitchhikers Guide, Dragonlance, Brothers Karamazov.

My Blog

Turnover

You were warned. Reading the reports in China about the earthquake and the building codes and the sudden burials, it's pretty easy to think thusly: "Yeah... but there's 1.4 BILLION of the...
Posted by Roy on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:24:00 PST

The Protest Vote

It's spring in Krakow and all the restaurants in the main square have sprouted their outdoor tables again. I'm looking forward to tourist season again, when one of, if not the, largest ma...
Posted by Roy on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:16:00 PST

All Professionals Here

Maciej was a student who initially was frustrated that no native speaker could properly pronounce his name. When you look at the spelling as a native English speaker, you probably think "...
Posted by Roy on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:42:00 PST

Lifer

Teaching abroad is something that is often done by people more interested in traveling than in teaching. It's one way to have a cultural immersion experience without draining mommy and daddy dry, u...
Posted by Roy on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:02:00 PST

Swimming

Lessons lately have been a little off kilter. This morning, the taxi drivers were taught how to be tour guides. Jacek was especially curious as to the description of the place that cleans water. ...
Posted by Roy on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:57:00 PST

High Dual Culture

Roy: So this is not a pot, this is a pitcher. I don't know why they call it a pot, it's not a pot, it's a pitcher. It's also called a carafe. Sometimes, you know, you order a pitcher of beer at ...
Posted by Roy on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:52:00 PST

The Dwarves Revolt!

It's the practice in Poland to only give 11 roses or 15 roses at Valentine's day, since even numbers are unlucky and we all know about 13. So nice to know that in the middle of my war-torn, economi...
Posted by Roy on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:53:00 PST

Rain

The aforementioned Pawel Zygula of Nakaja Art discussed the construction of his new house as his cross waves, possible he meant cross weight. It's apparently the Polish expression that translates a...
Posted by Roy on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:10:00 PST

Slippery Doo Dah

It's dark a lot here. At 7 am on the tram, day dawned and red band across the sky cast a shadow on the tram connection, and I saw the shadow of a metallic crab skittering across the wire. The crab...
Posted by Roy on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:10:00 PST

Kult

There's been way more moments than notes. I'm still in the habit of telling myself I'll remember things and not writing them down. Then I forget the things. Fortunately, one o...
Posted by Roy on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:26:00 PST