Tomorrow I will fly from Guadalajara to Chicago to start my holiday vacation. I'm very excited, but today was a very stressful day getting ready to go. One of the main reasons is because in the last few days I lost both my ATM card and my debit card that go to my bank account in the U.S. in various cash machines. This caused a lot of phone calls ( Read more... )

Does anyone know if FA is down? I can't seem to bring it up in my browser...

There are a lot of things I miss about living in Kansas City - OK, not really "things" but people. I had a few wonderful, close friends (who are still wonderful friends, but just at a great distance) a number of acquaintences (some of whom I thought were friends, but it turns out were just acquaintences), and great roommates. I even had a family ( Read more... )

I just learned from one of my students from St. Petersburg Russia that a Big Mac meal at their McDonald's costs the equivalent of $12 USD. WOW! I can't even IMAGINE that! But, he says, Russia is an expensive country to live in, and food is one of the most expensive things. From students living in Moscow, I have heard that a tiny 1 bedroom condo ( Read more... )

It irks me to NO END how ignorant Americans are! At least President Obama isn't as ignorant as the people commenting in this article ( Read more... )

(Known in the U.S. as Sudafed - I mean the real stuff, not the fake stuff they have in front of the counter ( Read more... )

If this isn't a furry movie, I don't know what is!!!
And look at the cast!

Fantastic Mr. Fox


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I finally saw the 9 movie - Tim Burton. I enjoyed it, though it was simple. I think the best part of it was the technical and animation. Also, Danny Elfman kicked ass on the music as always! :) The cast was also pretty impressive ( Read more... )

I liked this movie, but not nearly as much as I thought I would. It was different than I expected, mainly because for me, the trailers gave nothing away about his mental illness. The thing that intrigued me about the movie was the same thing that intrigued the reporter in the movie - how could this guy end up going from Juliard to the streets? I ( Read more... )

As I sit here with insomnia (as was predicted, and I even took my Benadryl) I feel the need to post some random thoughts. For those of you who are not interested, sorry there's no cut, but I just can't remember how to do it, because I so rarely have the need to use it ( Read more... )