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Plethora of posting tonight, and now you get to hear me again

Lucky readers! A voice post!

Apparently, I have a lisp of some sort

This is a short snip taking right before I went paragliding in New Zealand last year. I just watched this for the first time yesterday while getting some paragliding pictures off the CD they made for me.

One of my friends here at school assures me that I don't normally talk like this. Still, the humor value is not harmed by my everyday lack of speech impediment.

Naming Countries

Someone has put up a fun quiz wherein you must list the 192 member states of the UN in 10 minutes. I managed to get 88 my first go around. I won't enumerate my weak spots, lest I give you an idea.

I'm a bit dismayed at my results. I was in Model United Nations in high school (oh, yes -- I even went to a conference in DC where I represented India on a council for water rights standards), so I knew a lot of these countries. Honestly, I just forgot some . . . others, I have no excuse (especially the few I missed in Latin America -- I know better than that!).

Anyway, it's a fun game, and I suggest people give it a try.

The other big challenge is trying to name all 50 states in less than 5 minutes. I got everything but New Jersey and Mississippi in about 3 minutes. I used to know them all (thank you, alphabetical song), but I've forgotten the middle part.

all via Kottke

Shopping Trip

All week long, I've been looking for a new pair of pants. My jeans are all falling apart on me, and I need something casual to get me through the day.

I spent a lot of time at various stores this week. I found a super cute pair of jeans at the gap, but I almost vomited when I realized they cost $60. Who pays that much for a pair of jeans? Man alive.

After much fruitless searching, I finally decided to go thrifting. I am now the happy owner of two pairs of jeans, a pair of slacks, and a nice sweater (100% silk!) for only $25. The only downside is that the sweater is dryclean only (ugh), but otherwise I now have enough jeans to last me awhile for less than the price of one pair of jeans at any of the stores I visited this week.