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Writing Again, Finally, Kind Of
I've always wanted to write, write fiction that is. I took a class last fall to get me back into the groove. The class did succeed in forcing me to write but I've fallen back on the empty page again, now that the class is over. Here's the first piece I wrote for the class...
Mother's Beloved Shop
Elliot’s mother's old pastry shop occupied a ( Read more... ) -
The Helen of the West Indies
On February 7th, I left the rough-and-tumble world of NYC for the peace and serenity of Saint Lucia along with a very good high-school friend of mine. We booked a 7-day stay at an all-inclusive resort near the northern tip of the island. The 7 days were filled with swimming, snorkeling, hiking, zip lining, eating, and just plain relaxing.
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Misplaced Cynicism
I'm used to President Bush arrogantly pushing his views across and I'm all too familiar with Israel's political leaders preciously guarding their own seats while the country suffers, but I did not expect docile Canada to wake me up from my honeymoon with politics ( Read more... ) -
Letting My Cynicism Go
I have a love-hate relationship with politics. I follow it religiously but refuse to trust a word that comes out of any politician's mouth. I am mostly up to speed on who's in charge, who's running, and what they've done. However, since I don't believe them, I rarely dig deep into their promises because I believe them to be empty.
This US election ( Read more... ) -
Tales from Gate 78
I sense a pattern...
March 16th, 2007
I'm all hyped up and a little bit nervous about my upcoming solo trip to Costa Rica. I wake up as early as the bus shuttle to LGA will allow and head to the airport for my 8:30am flight. As I sit at the gate awaiting to board, I take in the weather forecast which calls for freezing rain around midday. With ( Read more... ) -
Scandinavia : The Summary
As you may well have gathered, I spent two weeks touring Scandinavia with Porter between June 17th and June 30th. It was a great extension of our Great European Adventure '06. While the trip itself was fantastic and I was eager to live it, posting about it has led me to several failed, half-hearted attempts at transferring the contents of my ( Read more... ) -
Israel, a Waste of Time
I got back from the Holy Land yesterday. I had an amazing time there. I hadn't been back to my homeland in 8 years and a lot has changed there since then. My parents arrived there a week before me. It was my father's first time back since we left in 1990. He barely recognized his country! My arrival was supposed to be a surprise for the rest of my ( Read more... ) -
Babysitting a MacBook
I'm writing this entry from "my" new MacBook. Actually, it's my brother's new MacBook. Despite the loonie being above parity against the greenback, Macs are still more expensive north of the border. So, last night, smack in the middle of the release of Leopard, I walked into the Apple Store empty-handed and walked out with a MacBook ( Read more... ) -
Back From The Dead
I'm not dead yet, but my Livejournal has certainly been.
Well, it's been a little over six months since I last posted. So, I thought, what the hell, I'm due for another post.
Let's see... For a start, I never did go to Costa Rica. The weather that day grounded all flights out of NYC and I tried to re-book the flight for several hours before giving up ( Read more... ) -
Making A Dent In The Map
After I took that picture of the shower curtain as the world in my bathroom, my housemate stuck blue arrows on the map to indicate where she has been. She's placed arrows on multiple locations in the US, some in Canada, others in Europe, and one each in Hong Kong and Bali. She's also using red tags to indicate locations she's planning to go to. ( Read more... )