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[Alitas]

survey, of sorts.

Book beside the bed: Texas, by J. Michener
On the TV: Under the Tuscan Sun (dvd, we have no reception here)
What's in the glass: McClelland's single malt
On my feet: extremely comfortable clogs
On my skin: Eternity Orchid, sweatshirt and blue jeans
On the stereo: a bluegrass tribute to Phish
The weather outside: 50's F, spring-like
What I plan to teach tomorrow: the imperfect progressive, indirect object pronouns come to mind

Happy Sunday!

[nomadder]

Book-THe Art of Happiness-Dalai Lama
TV-Leaving Rangoon
Shoes-worn flip flops
Clothes-striped V neck short sleeved shirt and purple capri pants
Glass-can of Busch beer-import here in Panama
Temp-could be below 30C-much less humidity than yesterday and no rain but lots of weird bugs
Tomorrow-hike in park in cool mountainous area
Teach-myself the art of being in the now

[denise]

[Glenski]

Book beside the bed: unabridged Don Quixote
On the TV: whatever comes on (I have an 8-month-old, so I don't watch TV anymore)
What's in the glass: Coke, bottled tea
On my feet: 7-year-old Birkenstocks (at home), dress shoes (at work)
On my skin: suit & tie at work, jeans and comfy shirt at home
On the stereo: nothing except children's songs for my baby
The weather outside: 15-22 degrees C
What I plan to teach tomorrow: English, English, English... projects or new (yet arcane) grammar or some comprehension from Animal Farm

[James_T_Kirk]

Ah, this is my favorite type of thread!

Book beside the bed: Job, A Comedy of Justice (Robert Heinlein)
On the TV: ESPN
What's in the glass: Tea (it is still Sunday evening here, and I try my best not to drink on Sundays!)
On my feet: Nothing
On my skin: T-shirt and boxers
On the stereo: Sinatra
The weather outside: Mid-60s F
What I plan to teach tomorrow: Nothing unfortunately...back to the weekly corporate grind (Soon, SOON I will escape office cubicle/business travel hell!!!)

[nolefan]

book: La Peste , Albert Camus
on the TV: Dogville dvd
stereo: Concrete Blonde: Live in Brazil
in the cup: coffee
on my feet: nothing
clothes: Jeans and T-shirt
weather: 20 C
What I plan to teach: Nothing... I have scheduled tests for the next two days

[woodersn]

mah two bits:

book at bedside: Reading Lolita in Tehran
on the tv: Stepping into Liquid on DVD
on the stereo: Rollins Band unethically taken from the web
in the cup: water
on mah feet: hand-me-down leather Birks
clothes: shorts and a T
weather: 65ish F, thunder, dark (hey it's nitetime!)
what I plan to teach tomorrow: nothing, as I'm not yet a teacher! (boo, hiss! )

-Wood

[Louis]

Book beside the bed: Walden, by Thoreau
On the TV: CCTV5 (sports, except no real sports like hockey or baseball)
What's in the glass: Golden Dragon brandy (pretty kife, better than bai jiu, much cheaper than imported booze)
On my feet: dress shoes
On my skin: plaid shirt + khakis
On the stereo: hot108.com (thank God for shoutcast!)
The weather outside: 21, sunny
What I plan to teach tomorrow: ask me tomorrow morning...

[Sevarem]

Mm, these are fun. My turn!

Book beside the bed: Water by Alice Outwater (required reading for my Environmental History class) and The Bandit Queen of India, an autobiography by Phoolan Devi

On the TV: Not much of a TV watcher, but the last movie I saw, unfortunately, was The Punisher.

What's in the glass: Lady Grey tea
On my feet: socks
On my skin: the scent of vanilla body wash, comfy pjs
On the stereo: Losing My Religion by REM
The weather outside: slightly cool
What I plan to teach tomorrow: I plan to graduate in a week and hopefully start teaching in late August. [/i]

[Aramas]

Book beside the bed: Several hundred tomes ranging from maths,physics and naval architecture texts to 19th century copies of Ballantyne, Wells and Verne, and Wyndam first-editions.
On the TV: Don't have one. Best recent DVD was a chinese movie called 'Together' or something - about a guy with a kid that plays violin.
What's in the glass: Coke. After work there will be home-made bourbon in it.
On my feet: Black leather brothel creepers
On my skin: T-shirt and jeans
On the stereo: Kosheen's 'Kokopelli'
The weather outside: 30 C fine and sunny.

[foster]

Book beside the bed: Many many, but am reading "He Died with a Felafel in his Hand" by John B
On the TV: Beautiful Girls (DVD) new purchase!!
What's in the glass: Ginger beer in one and water in another
On my feet: Black Nike sandals
On my skin: grey sport shorts, pink tank top, soft n' dry deodorant
On the stereo: Annie Lennox
The weather outside: 30+ and freaking humid!!!
What I plan to teach tomorrow: Teach...hummm..hadn't thought that far in advance...reported speech and non-count and count with the Grammar lessons and Oral will wing it.

[ntropy]

Book beside the bed: One Death to Die, by Jakob Arjouni
On the TV: Hockey Night in Canada
What's in the glass: Homemade red wine
On my feet: nuttin'
On my skin: golf shirt, ratty cut-off sweat pants
On the stereo: Cat Stevens/Don McLean compilation
The weather outside: 20C (we had 30+ cm of snow 5 days ago!)
What I plan to teach tomorrow: nuttin'. Gainfully unemployed

[JosephP]

Books beside the bed: a couple of pulps from the late fifties that I bought for 50 cents apiece, "Die Gringo" and "Once an Outlaw." Western novels are an acquired taste I suppose.
On the TV: Some wildlife doco, I dunno.
What's in the glass? Cruzan Mango rum.
On my feet: white athletic socks.
On my skin: Polo shirt and black shorts.
On the stereo: Dave Brubeck
Weather outside: Cool, calm, and clear.
Tomorrow's teaching? Nothing. I'm between jobs now.

[Gordon]

Book beside the bed: The Bible and Embracing Defeat: Japan in the aftermath of WWII by John Dower
On the TV: nothing, this is Japan after all
What's in the glass: moogi cha (barley tea)
On my feet: nothing
On my skin: Canucks t-shirt and shorts
On the stereo: The Police
The weather outside: 25C and raining
What I plan to teach tomorrow: past perfect and past perfect continuous

[yaramaz]

Book beside the bed: About 5 or six different books, including one about transporting Einstein's brain across America, one about walking from Poland to Istanbul at the time of the dissolution of the USSR, 2 novels by orhan Pamuk, and a brilliant little thing by Tim Moore about London's monopoly board squares.
On the TV: At the moment, nothing, because I am at school. Also, I dont tend to watch much tv. Last night, however, BBC had a whole evening of great docs-- Human Instinct, etc. Brilliant.
What's in the glass:empty tea glass right now, might have a glass of Cappadocia wine tonight
On my feet: my favourite brown leather clunky-heeled zip-up boots
On my skin: um, soap residue? Oh, and my black swingy skirt and stripey Parisian green and purple turtleneck shirt.
On the stereo: lots of things-- just made yet another compilation cd for my discman, with some Turkish stuff, some Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Cyndi Lauper, Elbow, old Waterboys, etc.
The weather outside: very changeable so I can't comment. Currently sunny with some clouds and a coolish tinge.
What I plan to teach tomorrow: We'll have to see if my students actually show up... only a few came today and wednesday/thursday are holidays. If they come we'll be reading Pride and Prejudice, Insh'allah