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deralte ([personal profile] deralte) wrote2003-08-04 02:20 pm
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In Bourges

Quite tired. So, I went to Bourges this year to dig in a moderately nice climlate compared to Cyprus, you know, 80 degrees. I get here, discover there;s a heat wave and that were digging in the same temperatures as cyprus 100+ degrees. Oy Vey.

Pool nearby is nice, but sleeping in the heat is nigh impossible at least for me. It might get better after I;m exhausted by the dig. Bourges is a very pretty city at least.

First day today, site cleaning always sucks but on top of that discovered hte kind professor is an anal bastard when it comes to digging. I wanted to curse him off when he made me give my cold water specially prepared by me to one of the french students who was stupid enough not to bring his own... and yet he doesn;t critize them, oh no... I have just as much, if not more digging experience than them. And his insistence that we rake and shovel and brush a very specific and tiring way is really getting on my nerves. Will snap at some point if this keeps up. In Cyprus they worked us just as hard, but they were nicer about it.

Have made a new friend at least. She;s in a year below me and likes anime, discworld, highlander and a bunch of other stuff... oh, and she writes fanfic:) More importantly she has my sense of humour, so despite meeting for hte first time yesterday, we;ve been acting like we;ve knonwn each other for years.

Off to the pool, then three more hours of digging. Why do I do these things again?

[identity profile] wcspegasus.livejournal.com 2003-08-05 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey there! Found you through that 50 closest non-friends thing. :) I adore your journal layout, very cool! Hope you don't mind that I've friended you. :)
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[identity profile] deralte.livejournal.com 2003-08-07 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
I don't mind:) though I might not get around to updating my friends list for awhile due to being a bit far away from anything close to a good comp. *thwaps her french keyboard*

[identity profile] ruadh-innsean.livejournal.com 2003-08-06 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Why so much digging?
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[identity profile] deralte.livejournal.com 2003-08-07 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
I'm required to do six weeks of digging each year as part of my major. Why so much on this particular dig? Because all digs are like this and all archaeologists are sadomasochists.

[identity profile] ruadh-innsean.livejournal.com 2003-08-07 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
At least you're getting a workout.

[identity profile] duchessdollydot.livejournal.com 2003-08-06 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Friend is good. Anal professor is not.
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[identity profile] deralte.livejournal.com 2003-08-07 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Anal professor is feeling the heat so things slightly better. Friend is silly and puts up with me putting grass in her shoes, the sign of a true friend;)

[identity profile] duchessdollydot.livejournal.com 2003-08-09 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds like things are greatly improving, then. True friend, indeed. You should bring her home with you. :)
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[identity profile] deralte.livejournal.com 2003-08-10 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Will be actually. She goes to my university and is already planning to borrow my dvd collection.

[identity profile] duchessdollydot.livejournal.com 2003-08-10 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Even better.