- Where'd the shampoo go? Ok, I'll get another bottle. Hm. Two choices. This one is green and has a leaf on it. This one is clear and has a turnip on it. Obviously, I HAVE to try the turnip shampoo. My Poland experience can't be complete without trying the turnip shampoo.
- I found a board game store! In Warsaw! In... the main train station? I asked the proprietor to recommend some uniquely Polish games so that I could have proper geek souveniers to bring home. I am now the proud owner of:
Mali Powstańcy (Little Insurgents)
The players are child scouts delivering messages to the resistance fighters in Warsaw during the uprising! Every turn you will get new orders to deliver. If you can't sneak past the Nazi Stormtroopers in five turns, it's too late and the brave fighters at the front die because you failed them. The game ends when the Nazi's crush the resistance, burn the city to the ground, and kill everyone the players held dear. A children's game, ages 8 and up.
Kolejka (Queue)
The game of waiting in line! You are a grandmother in Warsaw, 1980. You have a shopping list. Maybe something on your list will actually be in a store today. Probably not. But you're going to gossip until you find out where it might be and then get in line and you're going to wait for it like a motherfucker.
- Early snows caught the trees in Warsaw by surprise, coating many of them while their leaves were still in flaming autumn shades. I had the University Botanical Gardens to myself, no footprints in the snow except for where I'd come from.. That's a memory to tuck away and keep.
- My flight back to the US has been cancelled. Lufthansa doesn't want to fly into Hurricane Sandy as she lands on New York, it seems. Pansies.
- I just realized that Lufthansa's name is probably a reference back to the Hansa Teutonica, the old trade syndicate that made the northern coast of Europe its bitch for a couple centuries.
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OCT 29, 2012 09:21 AM
Oh hell, are you stuck in Warsaw now? I think I'll skip the turnip shampoo... 
OCT 29, 2012 03:30 PM
I know, right?
OCT 29, 2012 05:06 PM
OCT 30, 2012 09:33 AM
If I ever feel like I need some tunriposity in my life, I promise I'll let you know. 
OCT 31, 2012 02:45 PM
NOV 01, 2012 05:58 PM
Gah! I'm starting to see your point about the vouch system...I don't even know what to do with some people. 
How do you feel about purging inactive members?
NOV 01, 2012 10:36 PM
So far it's been people with inactive accounts and the rest who haven't said anything in the past year I all sent PMs to asking if they wanted to stay active...thought I'd give those at least a month. 
But with this group so many people don't live in the area and never talk, it makes me wonder how many just forgot they were there, but have no plans to participate (so far I've had about 5 people say that in response to the messages). It will help having more events though and luckily there are at least a few people who are active enough to throw around ideas. But you're right, I need to make the events at LEAST once a month, ideally I'd be doing something bi-weekly that other people can at least join.
NOV 02, 2012 12:49 PM
NOV 08, 2012 05:46 AM
I'm afraid that hissing will turn into clawing their eyes out. Oooh, I might have a pirate kitty. Should I get her an eye patch? 
NOV 08, 2012 07:29 AM
No pirate kitty for me, they seem to be successfully ignoring each other.
