i am so very busy moving - won'[t be blogging for awhile. sorry.

It appears to be back up - but stalled out @ July 18. Raffi - I don't have any of them in my cache... does anyone else. :(

Katy,
Lots o' people asking me why cilicia.com is down. Any news?

Sweet! DJ Raffi will soon be back in Armenia.

Sweet! We got a mention in Raffi's post today.
If people are interested in joining this discussion, please e-mail me. Or try to mess around in blogger.com. Yay!

Funniest remodeling story of the week - the sheets & men's taste comment...

I can wear cute tank tops and shorts w/o worry in America during the summer.
I can stay up late and go to clubs, bars, etc. in America.
I can enjoy A/C in summer in America.
Summertime laziness - i.e. laying in front of the TV is definately cool in America. TV in Armenia is intriguing, but hard to enjoy for me.
MOVIES! Going to the movies is great in the summer - you leave the heat, get cold for 2 hours, go back outside and it's hot again. Fun!
POOLS! Many many lakes (in Michigan, at least) Sevan's fun - but those damn whirlpools...

so anyway, Armenia sounds like it is getting fun... more fun. Or is it that I am getting older and appreciate a good "scene" more than I did my last trip to Armenia (1999, age 20) - whereas now I'm a seasoned American bar fly with a taste for things to do... or maybe it's because I am in A/C and going outside sounds nice - whereas in Armenia I felt like I would roast either way, so might as well stay inside in the shade.

I will list my favorite things about being in America in the summer v. Armenia next.

I don't know how many readers have been to Armenia in the last few years, but it sounds like this summer things are getting more and more "fun" (not the right word, but...) - discos, etc. - doing cool things like the Gregory the Illuminator rock opera (which I was telling friends about and I was pretty funny making guesses at what it sounds like - Trdat & Gregory doing a duet ala Les Miz or Secret Garden, Trdat as a boar doing a power ballad... some cool dance scenes w/ Hripsime & crew fending off Trdat... everyone loves a villian, but to even it out have Gregory doing the best songs... especially at the end. I could see Trdat's sister in a pleading alto asking for Trdat to let Gregory out. And let's not forget the pit scenes, which would obviously be similar to Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat when Joseph is imprisoned.)
Oops anyway....

do you read the blog every day or do you save up a few days worth? For me, it depends on how busy I am at work - but it IS really cool when I go on vacation or something and come back to many entries. Also, do you forward clips to people? I do.

I LOVE the Armenian Life blog. I love it so much that I've started this web site. Perhaps I should discuss how much I love the remont stories... or how cool DJ Raffi seems. Or maybe I'll just wait awhile. :)