Silver Lining?

My sink leaked to the point where it flooded half of the house whilst I was occupied. Luckily, it's so infernally hot out that the whole place dried in an hour.

Rejected SPA Grant Proposals

So for those of you who don't know, SPA (or Small Projects Assistance) is one kind of grant that a PCV can apply for to get funds for various projects or whatnot. The following are the titles of some (fake) submissions that were promptly rejected.

Book-It!: A Bible Themed Reading Race

Bribing Your Way to the Middle: A career skills development workshop aimed at preparing youths for being cogs in the bureaucratic machine.

"Don't 'Bounjour' me you little asshole!" : A Youth Education Campaign

(Alternate title: "No I don't have a fucking stylo!")

U!S!A! All the Way!: An American Culture Seminar

(note: Attendants will dine enjoy a Southern style pig pickin' while listening to Satanic death metal and watching a presentation on how Twilight is, in fact, for girls)

"I give you special price!": A how-to workshop for improved tourist scamming techniques in Marrakesh.

Unleashing Your Inner Racist :A content-based seminar for PCVs stressing the importance of full integration

Marche Maroc Boumia: Bringing modern marketing techniques to the world's oldest profession.