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Let's not go there
Apr. 5th, 2010 07:56 pmThe Prestigious Universities from which ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jwg and I graduated send us frequent brochures for various exotic (and expensive) trips, which we always look at but never really seriously consider. Today we got one from MIT for a trip we've never seen before" "The Faces of Melanesia". a 19-day cruise that starts in Fiji and gradually works its way northwest to Papua New Guinea. It actually looks very interesting, but aside from being really expensive, it's right after a trip that we're already taking, so it would be a bit much.
But what inspired me to post was John's observation that "Melanesia" sounded like the condition of having forgotten that you had melanoma, although I claim that he was actually thinking of "melamnesia".
jwg and I graduated send us frequent brochures for various exotic (and expensive) trips, which we always look at but never really seriously consider. Today we got one from MIT for a trip we've never seen before" "The Faces of Melanesia". a 19-day cruise that starts in Fiji and gradually works its way northwest to Papua New Guinea. It actually looks very interesting, but aside from being really expensive, it's right after a trip that we're already taking, so it would be a bit much.But what inspired me to post was John's observation that "Melanesia" sounded like the condition of having forgotten that you had melanoma, although I claim that he was actually thinking of "melamnesia".
