I'd like to try writing here again, after a year, because I need to learn to organize my thoughts again. I spend at least an hour a day at my new job clicking around aimlessly on the computer, or going to the file drawer and forgetting what I came for. This is probably because my internal monologue at work goes something like "WHAT....THE...AM... ( Read more... )

It's been a while.

Some things I've been up to this summer:


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Here's what I've mostly been up to: fairly successful attempts at cooking and baking, lounging in backyards (preferably around a fire), studying Dutch, reading and watching things about chefs, and running ( Read more... )

Arrived in Budapest this afternoon after a rather frantic morning...caught a Shuttle Bus from Cesky Krumlov to Linz, rocketing along curvy roads at an exhilarating and furious pace. Got to Linz, bought a train ticket for the next train to Budapest. The ticket the woman gave us was for a train that was supposed to have left three minutes before, ( Read more... )

Grey and rainy for our last day in Prague. It would have been a good day to move on, if we hadn't paid for the room already, but instead we're just taking it pretty easy before heading to Cesky Krumlov tomorrow ( Read more... )

Two minute update:

Arrived in Prague after some of the smoothest travels ever. Stayed up for about 40 hours straight. Made friends quickly. Hostel is amazing.

The weather is amazing, low 70s, clear skies, lots of sun. Hard not to just lounge in the courtyard.

Wow, a lousy update, but my scrap of time is through.

The best / most pathetic conversation I've encountered in "Conversational Czech ( Read more... )

Now, I have a passionate hatred for comments on internet articles, but I stupidly gave in to the temptation to read what people were saying in response to a news story about a friend of ours getting badly beaten by thugs while overseas on vacation. This was a mistake ( Read more... )

Found an old roll of film, finally got it developed.

The best (by far):


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I spend the slow days at the office reading product reviews. I am addicted. Amazon is now understandably confused about the sort of products I might like to purchase. Perhaps I'd be interested in the same model of mini laptop I just bought, but in pink? Along with a pocket-sided guide to legal ethics? An ultralight, quick-drying towel? Dutch ( Read more... )