adventures in calling Patty

Today it worked.

Sort of.

I heard a lot of background noise and her saying hello twice. But she couldn't hear me, I don't think.

*sigh*

it worked!

She was able to page me to tell me to call her back, although I don't think I can page her phone, although I just tried (ETA: hey, it worked!).

So we talked for about an hour. It was very laggy, but I heard about really cool stuff she found on the dig and about the car accident that screwed up their swimming plans and how Oman won a bit soccer tournament and people burned things to celebrate and about the cats that live around the dig site and the camels off in the distance.

She hadn't been feeling well earlier in the day, but was doing better now and generally seems much happier on the dig. I talked to her about the cruise thing, so we're go on that and all is well, eventhough phone is very weird for us in general.

Also: 3 weeks down, 7.5 more to go.

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Dear CNN,

Why is a throwaway article about cross-gender friendships headlined in a way that implies women are propertyand that men decide the rules for and everyone knows it?

SO offensive.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/01/23/lw.opposite.sex.friends/index.html

ETA: please send CNN an email about the problems with this story. Click on "contact CNN" at the very bottom of the CNN.com page and progress from there.

where I wasn't last night

That Australia gala.

Ah well.

For those of you who remotely care about my obsession:
http://www.wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?igi=350419&nbc1=1

Look at that first picture and Luhrmann being all queeny and "look at my cheekbones." So funny. So fabulous. Look at that 1930s Hollywood mustache! If I were a man, I would absolutely, positively be that awesomely ridiculous.

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Rahm Emmanuel is so rocking my world it's a little scary.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/us/politics/25emanuel.html