Monday, October 15, 2007

A Sample GA Lesson or Why Mike Probably Won't Be Hired as an Academic Professor (even though he should be)

Here is a lesson we can reasonably expect on any given day as a GA on Kibbutz Lotan:

Clearly we are going to learn about shit and then put the lesson into practice:

For those of you who are wondering what type of shit this is, it comes from the Kibbutz dairy. More specifically from:

And then from there, we will make "shit tea." Yes, "shit tea." Yum:
I thought I would be a little more specific about some of the pleasures I get to enjoy as a GA. For everyone who doesn't know, "shit tea" is an amazing fertilizer. It's so potent it usually needs to be diluted before it can be added to your garden.
-Katie

6 comments:

pheonix said...

i just made worm poop tea for the houseplants last night! i hope it will make them very happy. but worms are not as cute as that cow.

JB said...

Honestly, I prefer my tea from a fruit mixture with a hint of honey. You go ahead and enjoy that "special" tea.

So I cont. to take care of Phi in your absence. Is Nov. here yet? Since I last wrote she had "swollen eye" disease which was really the flu but she was certain she was going blind. In the end she survived but now has an aversion to Pho bcasue she ate it while sick. What is it with you people? I am sure this is on your master "I hate Pho" plan. She did share some nice jewish candies with me though, thanks!

I am sad you will not be here for halloween, we are having a big party complete with a fog machine. Are you going as a farmer this year? I think Phi might be going as a magician and I am going as a retro 60's b movie space girl *read I found a silver dress in the back of my closet*. Remeber I was in my 20's in the 90's when apparently I seriously wore a silver dress and thought that was "high fashion". Oh the days of early electronica.

Ok kisses from the family,

JB

BTW, your plants are great except the one Phi insisted I was killing and took away from me. She says it is better at her house. She might be right.

PorterDad said...

Wow, I do feel that charting "shit" concoctions is academically rigorous enough to meet professorial standards.

I did notice that "pig shit" was missing, something that occasionally adds to the country aroma here in Lancaster. A special smell that is easy to miss.

Glad you're laughing.We all miss you.

Unknown said...

Katie all I have to say is YOU'RE AWESOME! I'm glad to see you still have your sense of humor (not that I though Isreal would take it away or anything, but it's good to keep 'round) and reading all this makes me miss you! Keep having fun and take good notes on all that shit so you can tell me all the stories in person when you're "home" in SEattle!
VIDA

Katie Porter said...

phx - feed the worm poop to the plants! it's like chocolate! they need chocolate! chocolate!
jb - thanks for dealing with crazy pheonix's "swollen eye" diseases. i tried to make it better from thousands of miles away, but there is only so much i can do... i hope halloween kicks ass. i mean, it must: a silver dress. please.
dad - i think pig shit works, too.
vida - seattle totally feels like home. can't wait to see you in the great pac nw next june (unless you are going to visit me in south america...)

pheonix said...

oh you guys just love to talk about me, don't you? that's fine, you can bond by making fun of me having the flu as much as you want to. just don't ever talk about excluding me from a trivia team again!