by Kat
Fluuuhggghhh....
Ow, my old man hip.
How I wish to sleep all day instead of write my 600 word review for the SW.
Posted on July 30, 2006 @ 3:19 PM |
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Hokay, so. Going to make an attempt at running fourteen miles for marathon training tomorrow. Justin and I have decided to do it together - that is, if he can stand to do things my way. Anyhow, we just scarfed Vanilla Bean cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory so we'll make our best effort using the extra load as motivation.
We were downtown to see
Mitzi's Abortion at the ACT Theatre. Indeedy, a play called Mitzi's Abortion - the third production in a row at the ACT that I've reviewed for the Seattle Weekly. Hurrah! After the play we went to a discussion session with cast and assistant producer. Justin provided icebreaker for the evening, mistakenly declaring himself pro-life and stating that he thought the play had a decidedly pro-life tilt, before I whispered to him "do you mean pro-choice???" and he stammeringly corrected himself to much hilarity from me and the group.
In regards to the post below, my
cousin made me this:
Mmm, Crack delish!
Posted on July 29, 2006 @ 11:43 PM |
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I have an addiction I don't get to indulge very often. A pleasure that's guilty only for it's expense. That delicious indulgence is... Cracklin' Oat Bran. At a heavy 17 ounces, one box costs about $5.50 and contains what it purports to be about 10 servings. This is a lie... there are maybe five. No *normal* human eats only 3/4 cups (240 calories with milk) worth of cereal for breakfast. It's the most expensive cereal on the shelf at QFC - and rightfully so, for it may well be the best. And certainly the most addictive, earning it the well deserved name "Cracklin' Crack."
But we don't buy it because it's so ludicrously expensive compared to the other choices. Ironically, it's paltry compared to getting a latte and scone for breakfast, or even the $1.89 Trader Joes' quiches in which I indulge so frequently. But it's principle, dammit,
principle.
So imagine my unfettered joy when, upon chancing to enter the neighborhood QFC last night, I discovered that all Kellogg's cereals were 50% off.
And the damn Cracklin' Oat Bran was all gone.
I tracked down the first QFC employee I could find (who was stocking eggs) and sidled up next to him,
"Excuse me, QFC person," said I, sweetly, "But I am in search of Cracklin' Oat Bran, for it is fifty percent off... and you seem to be out!"
And he promised me the promise which so rarely pays off, "I'll look in the back."
I steadied myself for disappointment (the sale only runs through August 1st- what if they're out? - what if they don't re-stock?) and stayed put. I can't imagine many people ask grocery employees to check their overstock, but I've done it numerous times and pretty much always come out empty-handed. I mean, nothing's worse than going to the grocery store, where you *expect* them to have what you need, and having to leave without it. The only thing that raised my hopes was imagining that they'd been cleaned out of Cracklin' Crack in an instant by some other addict and hadn't had time to restock.
And yet he returned with a whole box of the stuff! Enough for me to take three cartons and stock the entire shelf. I danced around and held aloft my prize like a triumphant.... aw, who am I kidding... like a junkie. However, when I got my quarry back to the car, I heard a small voice nagging at me;
Three boxes isn't enough! When will they ever be this cheap again! You should get more! Stock up! They don't spoil! You can ration them out! Make sure you don't get sick of them! Save it up!
I rushed back inside like a crazed beast and cradled half the contents of the newly stocked shelf in my arms. Six? No, seven was a good number. Seven boxes of Cracklin' Crack. Two more proofs-of-purchase than necessary to get whatever awful family DVD promo they're offering. One thousand, six hundred and eighty percent of my daily fiber. Oh yeah.
Best purchase ever.
Posted on @ 1:20 PM |
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Yesterday when I went to take pictures of Gary Siebel's art car (see below), I had to look about to find him. My search took me up onto Kite Hill, where I spent several minutes ogling a fancy gadget attached to a kite and wondering what on earth it was. I scampered up the hill to find
Bre Pettis wrangling with a remote control. The contraption was his weekly project he'd built for
Make Magazine and his weekly
video podcast (also see
the accompanying blog post. Since I had all my camera gear with me, I slapped on my polarizing filter and
took a few pictures before running back to apologize for my tardiness.
This morning, I raved to Llama friends about my adventure meeting Bre, and linked them to his
blog post about it. Bre's a fabulous guy and I liked him immediately upon meeting him. The Llamas thought he was hipster-tastic (which is probably true, but they were ribbing nevertheless) even though some of them are quite the Indie Rock Petes themselves. :D
In the afternoon, we were geeked to see that Bre's invention
was Boing Boing'd! For those who don't know, Boing Boing is a "Directory of Wonderful Things," a very popular, interesting and time-wasting blog that is worth a LOT of attention and link love. I'm happy for Bre and also excited for myself... since Bre linked to my blog and to my pictures (thanks, dude!) it's like getting a second-hand Boing Boing! And since none of my posts at the
SEOmoz blog have ever been Dugg, Slashdotted, or del.iciou.us...ed, I feel special. OK, I lied,
The Web 2.0 Awards are "Internet Famous" up the wazoo. But that wasn't a completely solo project.
Anyhoo, be sure to take a look at the spiffy camera-vention and its photos of Gasworks Park, which is only three blocks from my apartment!
Posted on July 28, 2006 @ 5:58 PM |
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Found me an interesting car on the way home from work yesterday:
It's Gary Siebel's City van, one of many art cars he's done over the years. How do I know? He was hangin' out in back when I stopped to take cameraphone photos last night. (Note: the above photo is not credited to me, it's Gary's.) I walked by with the 20D this morning to take some closeups of the cityscape.
It's a pretty nifty art car and certainly makes me wish I were ballsy or creative enough to do something with Fran the Van. But Fran the Van has been commandeered by my family because all my sisters are at home... and as these things go, Fran has started to fall apart in their presence.
The first time I leant her to them it was to get the turn signal repair priced. During the week I was away the battery died and had to be replaced- I'd never had a problem. This time, I left her with them while I was in Europe... in perfect health. First, the starter died. Then, when they took her in to get the starter repaired, the monkeywrenchers said that her tire rods were going, which I guess is dangerous and a big deal. Ain't been fixed yet tho, and not sure if I can afford it or care enough to do it. Nevertheless, before I could negotiate her safe return, the gorram muffler fell off as they were backing her out the driveway. Yeah, this car is old, a 1995 Olds Silhouette, and yeah it's expected to have problems after being driven for 150,000 miles or more... but it ONLY has problems when I'M not driving it. And it's MY CAR, ARGH!
So, about this art car dealy. The driver would like to see his picture with it in the PI's weekly automotive photo section, and someone has to take that photo. Since I've got the equipment and the time, we may soon head out to West Seattle to catch the skyline in the afternoon rays. And I'd love to get a newspaper photo credit under my belt!
This evening, I hope to have more Europe photos on the way from Germany. But first I've got to go over to my parents' to help them set up their newly purchased high-speed internet. O Blessed Day! They have finally made The Right Choice!
Posted on July 26, 2006 @ 4:37 PM |
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For those of you who don't already know, I would like to
officially announce that I am training to run
The Portland Marathon! [Beware, website has sound- blah!]
I'm getting a bit of a late start, but with my regular runs and established endurance in "medium" (8-11 mile) runs, I don't think there will be any major problems barring injury or heat stroke.
I'm gearing up for my first run over half the total distance, fourteen miles this Sunday. Wish me luck!
Posted on July 25, 2006 @ 11:15 PM |
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( "Whatchoo Lookin At?!" - Drift Creek Camping Pics )Spent the weekend in the Drift Creek Wilderness off the Oregon Coast Range with Llama pals. The first night we went car-camping so that everyone traveling from different locales could meet in one place. It was like the Disneyworld of camping. Whitebread and totally crappy. Nearly 90% of all the "sites" were taken up by trucks pulling campers. Many of the trailers were set up with pinwheels and whirligigs... their occupants broke out the lawn ornaments for their
camping trip. I guess, that is, if you can call it camping. Kids were motoring around in PowerWheels Escalades. Teenaged girls were blowdrying their hair and applying mascara in the bathrooms.
Despite the heat, the wilderness was a welcome respite after that. We had a great time camping and playing in the creek, even though there were about a million crawdads and some obnoxious flies. It kinda sucks to be back. It's unbearably hot outside and frigidly cold inside my office. I ran eight miles this evening in the sweltering heat. It's not *too* bad, but the temperature extremes and one very stuffy upstairs apartment make it hard to get any sort of balance. Oh well! More Amsterdam photos tomorrow... I'm off to join Justin in bed. He's got his first day of clinicals (for nursing school) tomorrow morning starting at 7AM. Wish him luck!
More pictures from
Dylan and
Rachel.
Posted on @ 12:17 AM |
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I forgot to mention what I think is one of the coolest Next Web photos. Taken at Jimmy Woo's club, it's of
the waitress with champagne glasses. I love the way the smoke curls around her.
Here's a funny pic of me
at Jimmy Woo's after The Next Web Conf.. Most of the other photos in that set, I look tired and drunk, which I was. Unfortunately, that makes me look sloppy and unattractive. Oh well. There's one picture of
me playing photographer at the conference that makes me happy, tho:
Look, Rachelry! Sisters by heart! :D
Posted on July 21, 2006 @ 1:23 PM |
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...Out for the weekend camping with Justin and the llamas in the Drift Creek Wilderness along the Oregon Coastal Range. Back Monday with more photos in the evening.
Posted on July 20, 2006 @ 11:39 PM |
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( Amsterdam Gallery, 7/6-7/10 )Ok, it's picture time!
When I was in Europe posted photos of
The Next Web Conference on Flickr and wrote about it in
the SEOmoz blog. If you prefer Gallery, photos of
the conference are also posted there. That accounts for most of Thursday and all of Friday, my first two days in the city.
Late Friday and into the early hours of Saturday, we danced and drank at
Jimmy Woo's. The music was 'meh' but the ceiling was covered in hundreds of tiny bulbs that flashed and flowed in pattern with the beat. I was tired, drunk, and overwhelmed, so I don't remember much more than that someone spilled their drink on me and I fell down. But Tariq and I managed to catch a cab back to the hotel before we were too burned out.
Saturday morning I woke up hung over to a flurry of activity. Here's what I did (or skip straight to the
Saturday Gallery):
...Rented a bike and rode to
Nordermart, an antiques, organic, and flea market in the northwest corner of the city center.
...Rode the bike all over the city and met a girl with a
rabbit named French Kiss. We pedaled through a park and passed the
Brouwerij 't IJ, a brewery in an old public bathouse attached to a windmill. Rad! The name means Brewery on the Ij. The Ij is the big river that runs along the north side of the city center and separates North Amsterdam from Amsterdam proper. The name means "water," I think.
...Biked out to
Java Island, a newly built island which houses a very attractive planned community, and then came back to the city center. I moved my luggage to my aunt's house and then came back for my bike.
...But first I detoured to the
Sex Museum [NSFW] and through the Red Light District.
(Keep reading or skip straight to the
Sun & Mon Gallery)
Sunday I didn't do much except
take a picture of a pidgeon. I had to recoup, edit photos from the conference, and write my blog post for SEOmoz. My aunt and I biked around the neighborhood a bit and went for a tasty beer on one of the dikes before getting caught in a rain storm and pedaling home.
That evening, I watched the final game of The World Cup at
an Irish pub.
Monday I got my train ticket to Germany for Tuesday. Then, I went shopping! All day, I walked and biked around the city, first through the Monday Nordermart, which features crafts, cloth, vintage clothing, and much more.
...I headed over to The Nine Streets, a nice shopping district with lots of boutiques , restaurants, and
sweet shoppes. I had refreshingly cool viccysoise with smoked salmon for lunch, then some sweets, and bought many souvenirs including cheese from a fabulous
cheese shoppe!
...Biked/walked around the more
touristy Leidsegracht, where I saw a native get a
bike ticket for failing to dismount her bike in a pedestrian-only zone.
...People-watched in
The Dam Square and tootled around looking at funky
European ArchitectureThis concludes PART ONE of my European photo tour! Be sure to look at the rest of the galleries... not just the photos I linked here. And stay tuned for PART TWO- Germany!!!
Posted on @ 11:26 AM |
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I've edited and uploaded all the pics from the first half of my stay in Amsterdam- I just have to caption them and they'll be delivered with a post later today. :)
Posted on @ 7:44 AM |
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I'm back- working on getting re-organized, editing photos, and packing again for a camping trip in Oregon this weekend.
I slept thirteen hours Sunday night (from 6PM to 7AM, approx) and went straight back to work Monday morning. I'll post again when I have photos to show for it!
Posted on July 18, 2006 @ 10:58 PM |
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Here it is, an awkward end to an otherwise great day and an amazing trip:
This morning (err, noon-ish) I set out to bike around the Wetlands northeast of Amsterdam proper. There are wonderful bike paths through fields, marshes, and villages for endless miles. I took a 37km route to end at the dike where my aunt's concert was performed. On the way I took many lovely pictures, though the light would have been better earlier or later in the day. I've never seen so many swans in my life! They were nesting along the canals, paddling with their young, and flocking in great gaggles of thirty or more on one of the lakes.
My aunt's concert was lovely- she plays the viola and was part of a trio comprised of a pianist and soprano. Unfortunately, I spent most of it with a growing allergic reaction and ended up itchy and shaking from a combination of wind and grass pollen, bug bites, sun exposure, exhaustion, and stress. Some stupid mosquito (or something) massacred my face. When I woke up this morning I had three bites on my forehead, which had been there for days, but this evening my whole face is covered in itchy bites. I look like I got into a fight with a nest of bees.
I decided, therefore, to go incognito into town tonight and just walk about the Red Light district and maybe smoke a joint. Oh, I forgot to mention that earlier in the evening my aunt and I visited Wynard Fockink, the loverly schnapps bar near the Dam Square. Highly recommended! In any case, before going into town I decided I wanted to avoid attention so I dolled myself up as little as possible except for a little makeup to prevent myself from looking like I had a run-in with a nest of ants. Meh.
But I had barely locked my bike when I was discovered by someone from the conference! Funnily, Amsterdam is still small enough that this had happened no less than three times in the course of five days. Hmm. I'd just about settled into my groove when he found me and we chatted for a few minutes but not without the customary "we're off to do (xyz) and you should join us!" I hadn't planned on it, but I got kind of distracted by it. So, long story short, though he meant no harm, I kept focusing on whether or not I ought to go meet up with them rather than relaxing through my walk.
I'd just decided to go find them at Club Eleven when another something happened to throw me off guard. God, sometimes just to be left alone! Some weird guy from South Africa decided he wanted to chat with me, so I let him for a moment because I didn't want to start the conversation with "fuck off, whatever you're selling or whatever you want, I don't need it." He tried to chat me up so I gave him some bullshit name and schpiel, but I was thorougly thrown off guard when he said "Why are you alone? Don't you have any friends?" Fuck you! Seriously. I know it's just a line but it pissed me off. Of course, this was the lead up to "I'm alone too. And I'm looking for companionship. You know what this means?" Hah. To which I replied, "Yes. But not with me," followed by a series of "no," "no," and "no," in response to his attempts to prove he could show me a good time.
All in all, it was more interesting than distressing and that in itself didn't really bother me, but it did make me feel vulnerable. So I wasn't in the same mood when I set out for the club, and by the time I got there, I was ready to turn around and go home. So I did.
I didn't want noise or small talk or strangers. I especially didn't want any more unwanted advances, and certainly not looking like I do right now.
But as I left I was kicking myself. People I'd met had invited me to a club. In Amsterdam. On my last night. And I was leaving! Where was my sense of adventure? What was I missing out on?
I can give any number of good reasons/excuses for not going, but it all amounts to three: 1) it's not my scene, 2) I look like crap, 3) I don't know or trust people enough to enjoy myself. And the third is a real shame, which is why I was brooding all the way home.
So I didn't smoke a joint in Amsterdam. Boo on me. But I'll use my last twenty Euros cash to pay for my bike rental tomorrow morning and I won't still be stoned when I wake up early. (Plus, c'mon, I have a huge stash at home, so what the hell.) I did see hookers and I did drink good beer- not a single Heinekin or Amstel light. I'm coming home with a ton of photos, two bags FULL of souvenirs, a lovely tan, and a face full of proof that my blood is deeeelicious. Despite the fact that I am an ovbious lamer and homebody, that, my friends, is damnwell good enough for me.
Posted on July 15, 2006 @ 4:56 PM |
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My aunt is so cool. She treats her kids like real people. Her oldest daughter, my cousin Leah, just graduated and will attend Oxford in the fals. Her mother trusts her to take care of herself. She's got no curfew, is having a few friends stay over tonight, and they just now (12:46AM) went out on the town. Guess she got back at 4AM last night too.
Wish I'd had that much fun at that age. Besides living in a boorrrinnnnggg city, the summer before my first year of college had some of the tightest restrictions of all. Drat and damn. Now look at me, going to bed while they party. But I guess I never was one for noise and crowds. And I'm TIRED. So there!
Posted on July 13, 2006 @ 3:49 PM |
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May I direct you to these blog posts by a friend of mine in Seattle? I've been thinking on VERY similar lines lately, to the point of being uncomfortable around strangers of the opposite sex:
Strangers Without CandyStrangers w/o Candy Pt. IIThe creepiness extends to sending me random emails telling me I'm hot. It's not sexy or cute, it's just weird, especially if I don't know you at all. You're just another internet fanboy- and believe me, you're not going to catch my eye for originality. If you're a girl, I won't stop you, because you would be the first and that'd take cojones.
If I have met you and you are paying me compliment because you feel like it or because you were too bashful to do it in person, that is different. Please feel free! I'm not trying to harsh your vibe here, folks, it's just that some days I wish I were invisible because it gets really tiring dealing with other peoples' agendas.
All this brought on by some thinking recently and culminated by reading these blog posts.
KTHXBAI!
Posted on @ 3:28 PM |
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I'm back in Amsterdam, tuckered out from a long day of sightseeing in the Munsterlands. Yup.
We went to Munster this morning by car, looked around the old part of the city and saw several very old cathedrals, houses, and castles. Then we poked around the countryside and saw a few "water castles" (i.e. those with a moat) of variable sizes. Not the big whopping things you see on posters of Germany, but still well-known structures.
I almost missed my connection back to Amsterdam in Duisburg when the regional express train I was riding stopped for a solid five minutes for no apparent reason. It turned out that they stopped because
children were playing on the tracks. WHUT?! We weren't even out of the city! I call it natural selection.
Anyway, "express" was a bit of a misnomer and the train was over 15 minutes late. Luckily, I didn't miss my connection because the ICE was over 20 minutes late. If I had missed it, I'd have had to wait a good long while for the next train back to Amsterdam.
I had a spiffy seat up in the head of the train, set just back from the driver. It would have been better, however, if he hadn't chain smoked cigarillos the entire time, letting the haze drift from his compartment into out "smoke-free" car. BLEGH.
But I made it back and with time to take my aunt's two dogs, Ballo and Rex, for a walk along the river. Tomorrow I'll try to see the countryside and perhaps the Anne Frank House, which is more famous for its lines than anything else. Though I like art, I'm not a huge museum fan, and thus I'm avoiding the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. I will be hitting up the Red Light District, smoking a joint some-where, and taking in a little schnapps at a place called (believe it or not) Fockink.
Posted on @ 3:10 PM |
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Here's the original entry I wrote three days ago...
I've arrived safely in Germany after an uneventful (and nap-full) ride on the ICE (Inter-City Express) train. Why does public transport have to be so bad in the States? During the last leg of the journey at the transfer station we were redirected onto another ICE train rather than the local one we were supposed to take due to delays. I gave up my seat for a bent-over old German man and rode the rest of the way in style, standing up.
I'm staying with Gerhard and Gertrude in Bochum. If you haven't heart of the city, I'm not surprised. It's not a tourist town. I chose to come here first because I didn't feel like paying a hotel or arranging a hostel stay in a bigger town. We'll see some castles, old churches, and idyllic villages from here without the trouble of crowds. As I said before, big cities are overwhelming- especially alone, and I figure I'll have a chance to see Berlin and Koln later in life. Right now, I want to take advantage of the opportunity to see a few out-of-the way places or, instead, do nothing at all. This is, after all, vacation.
Secondly, Gerhard and Gertrude share my family name. My grandparents on my father's side found their son when looking in a Berlin phonebook and connected with Gerhard, who is very into genealogy. He has traced our family roots back hundreds of years and it only took a little legwork for him to find out how we're related. He's been showing me his documents this afternoon and I'll share photos with you later. Interestingly, one of the descendants in my line is Katarina Dupre and I wonder if she's related to Jacqueline Dupre, the famous musician. It'd be funny if she was because Jackie is related to my mother's side distantly (I think, tho I should check) and it'd be sort of incestuous.
Anyhow, it's time for the afternoon rest here at the GG Haus, so I'm going to sun myself in the yard and do nothing at all. Then maybe take some more touristy photos.
UPDATE: Today I saw several very old churches and small castles before visiting a charming historic village. The first church had a graveyard with stones from the 16th century and older-- the church itself is from 1100. While we were there, the organist entered the chapel, which is off limits to the public and behind glass doors except when a service is in session, and began to practice alone. What music! What acoustics! Amazing. I wish I had a recording to share. Truly an incredible experience.
As I can't share that, have some random pics instead...
For the ladies:
For the d00ds:
For everyone, from Germany! Cheers!:
Oh, and look at my ZOMGSundae!
Posted on @ 2:59 PM |
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I've arrived safely in Germany and had prepared a post. But as I can't get my laptop online due to strange network logins, the info and accompanying photos will have to wait until I get back to Amsterdam tomorrow evening. I'm having a good time... not seeing any major sights but enjoying the relaxation staying with family affords me.
Tschuss!
Posted on July 12, 2006 @ 11:36 AM |
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Some summary from an email I just sent Justin...
Anyhow, I spent all today shopping and picked up some nice goodies. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you! I still have six things on my list, if not more. I've done a lot of very Amsterdammy things, as well as having nice home-time with my aunt and cousins. If my mom's still wondering, we get along beautifully and can talk much more easily than I can, for example, with her. I haven't smoked a joint yet, though I plan to go to a coffeehouse one of my last nights here. I have seen the red light district and it was really interesting- a weird mix of depressing and very sexy- and I plan to go back for another look.
I've been riding my rental bike around and will get another one once I'm back in the city. For now, it's off to see what the next border over holds for me. Everyone keeps saying that Bochum isn't a big city so there isn't much going on. Frankly, I'm a little relieved. I'm not a big city person and vibrant city life only entertains me for a while before it becomes overwhelming. I'd rather see a quaint town or even industry for my next visit rather than, say, tackling the nightclubs of berlin. Loud music, drinking, and being treated like a walking vagina seem to be the universal flavor of nightlife all around the world. Not my bag, ya know.
All right, sleep time. Got to catch the ICE at 8AM tomorrow.Yes, I've been taking lots of photos and may have a chance to edit some on the 3 hour train ride. Woo! And also, mmm, mosquito bites all over my arms. D:
Posted on July 10, 2006 @ 3:32 PM |
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O God, I have a hangover. Go fucking figure! I want to sleep longer but there's too much to see and do! Check out my post at SEOmoz for some brief apologetic ramblings. I'll have to blog in a more official capacity later, as there's much to say, but I'm not done with the conference-related socializing! Can't pass that up to write online. Seems like real life wins again... for the moment.
P.S. I'm really not jet-lagged at all. As I slept on the plane it was pretty easy to get onto Amsterdam time. The afternoons are a little difficult but I have the same problem in the states. Of course, I went and wonked out my clock even more last night. Pssh.
P.P.S. The thing I love most about Europe so far is the eclectic fashions sense of women. Here, at least, there seems to be a distinct lack of whorish Abercrombie & Fitch homogeneity. I feel like I can wear whatever the hell I want and not be over or under-dressed. Huttah!
Posted on July 08, 2006 @ 1:39 AM |
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I'm chilling in my hotel room before heading out to the conference after party. I guess I could be out walking around, but it just feels like too much right now. And besides, since I couldn't blog live (wireless problems), I've got to edit some photos and write a post for
the SEOmoz blog. Not much to report besides conference news, so check over there for that.
And here's a random-ass quiz:
| Your Political Profile: |
| Overall: 20% Conservative, 80% Liberal |
| Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal |
| Personal Responsibility: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal |
| Fiscal Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal |
| Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal |
| Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal |
Posted on July 07, 2006 @ 10:15 AM |
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After nearly missing my flight due to stupid lines at security, I am here in Amsterdam. The truth is that I've been here since 8AM this morning-- it's now 4:45PM-- but I've spent the day with my aunt cycling around and swimming. I've just now settled into my hotel and I have to soon begin getting ready for dinner with several of the conference
keynote speakers. Yes, I am tired... I can tell because I'm having a lot of difficulty spelling words correctly. (Also, I crashed my aunt's bike into a fence but that was probably more a function of not being used to old-fashioned backpedal brakes.) But I am functioning. I stayed up until 4AM last night, got a few hours sleep, and slept probably six or more of eight-and-a-half hours on the plane. I'd like to take a nap but there's no clock in here, my phone won't register a network (duh), I don't trust my computer or iPod, and I'm too lazy to schedule a wakeup call for half an hour from now. So instead I'm going to suck it up, write some emails, shower, and take a bike taxi to dinner. :)
Posted on July 06, 2006 @ 7:46 AM |
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Annnnd I'm off to Europe for eleven days. The next time I post, it'll be from Amsterdam!
Cheers. :)
Posted on July 05, 2006 @ 11:00 AM |
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