Turkey
Hi fans. I am back from turkey, again. I know we already covered this story in 2006. But last time was sheer facts and statistics, so this time the coverage will focus on the human aspect of events, especially diarreah.
The first question you might ask is, did you live in a tent? no way fans. Here is the camp setup:
Ok, I should take a moment here to tell you, that I made a very original joke in Turkey. It's called "Do you want to come in my room". Fans do you get it? I didn't understand at first. Also the site had a lot of scorpios.
The other first question you might ask is: oh what a nice relaxation you must've had. This is sort of not true. It was an archaeological site and I was so hard I almost died. For example, here is the official work schedule:
I have highlighted the most important parts, Waking up at 6am and lunch.
The next question you might as is: did you dig up any fossils? Again, this is the wrong question to ask, b/c instead of fossils we were looking for Graeco-Roman Artifacts, and instead of digging we were surveying the area. It sounds really complicated, so here are some clarifications.
1. First we build a rope letter out of rope and wooden sticks.
2. Then we test the rope letter, some of us wearing a slightly more RFID sensors than others.
Now fans, before I continue, you might wonder, omg wtf is with all the LED sensors?! This technology comes from an inside joke that you might not find funny even if you were on the dig with me. One night, I asked every archaeologist: guys, who is most likely to be an alien amongst us? And unanimously, everyone said Jaimie. We have never experienced such unanimity before- even when I asked everyone something really simple like what is your job, the percent confidence was lower. Some people said archaeologist, but others said computer, and some said hobo. There was no unanimity at all!
Clearly, the prediction about Jaimie was right because he is the guy in the picture with the satellite dish mounted on his head. Only aliens can do that!!
Anyways, to continue about the rope letter, after we tested it, we used it to climb down into a huge aqueduct shaft.
3. Upwards view from shaft
In addition to exploring aqueduct shafts, we also took GPS points on some moderately dangerous aqueduct bridges. For example, in this picture, I am waiting to lock into 7 satellites to get accurate reading. If Jaimie was there, I could've used the satellite that was mounted on his head.
After Collecting all this aquiduct data, my job was then to make a predictive model about its path. Here is an example of me doing data analysis:
The End result looked something like this:
My other job duties included basic admin work. This means making this image the desktop background of every computer on site:
(I had to read instruction manual to figure out this setup for the mac)
We also explored other things, like this tumulus tomb:
Then one day, out of nowhere, someone said, QUICK TO THE BATCAVE!!!!! OMG LOL
OK OK fans, I know what you're thinking, Enough about work already. Fine, let me tell you what I did for fun. First of all, I went to a really sweet Turkish wedding.
The dinner conversation was really indepth:
Then everyone did a typical Turkish Dance called ZEBEC:
In return I did a typical American dance called shaking my ass:
Another cool thing about the Turkish wedding is guns: lots of gun-shooting takes place. I have no pictures here b/c Chris did not take!
Another important point to address is the work ethic between me and chris. A typical day went something like this:
A few days later, it was my birthday. Having a birthday in Turkey is really sweet because the entire site has a party. First of all, we had a real DJ equipment:
Second of all, Check out this picture of Jaimie:
And third of all, I got really really sloppy drunk
Also, at some point, the airguitar came out
Finally, we had a couple of days off: 2 days in total. That's why we decided to do a whirlwind tour of the Southern coast of Turkey. Here is a map that Chris made of our trip. It makes no sense why he made it:
Don't worry about the top part that says Istanbul. We rented a car to see some sites. Since Jaimie came on the roadtrip, I tried really hard to blend in:
I even tried to transmit some wavelets but couldn't.
My favorite part of the trip was an ancient city called Apestos. It was sweet b/c we could climb on this fountain and grope the statue balls:
Then Chris and I played this really ancient game:
At night we went to see a dance show called "let's cram as many abnoxious russians into a roman theatre as possible"
We almost had to double up to stay alive!
So anyways, there is only one more important thing I must tell you. Sometimes for fun, we played soccer in the field. During these games, I had only one primary concern: does the tetrapylon make me look fat and does my hair look ok?
During typical game, i tried to look nice:
However, this precaution did not help, because I had many accidents like this:
(Ps i don't know why i ran into that guy, he doesnt even have the ball?! omg, maybe for fun!)
Anyways, one time, someone kicked my foot really hard, and I said, ok no problem. But a few weeks later i found out: it's a foot fracture! but at the time, I did not know, and trusted a famous medical method: yank the broken toe as hard as you can untill it feels better. Actually this method works, because the pain is smaller after the pull than during the pulling. I recommend to anyone. Also, when I continued to play soccer, everyone wanted to pull my toe:
The next day, it was time for the "Epic hike". Fans, epic hike means hiking up 3 random peaks for at least 35 miles in one day. I said "ok i will do it". Because of the fracture I was a little slower, but stil looked hot at the peaks:
When we got back, it was so dark, I had to rely on sonar from Jaimie's planet:
In conclusion, the best treatment for a foot fracture is vigorous pulling, and I made a rope letter.
PS fans, if you are wondering, where is the update about diarreah, go here!!!