I make the occasional public post, as you'll see below, but most of my entries are friends only. If you're already on my friends list, then you should be able to start reading the most recent entry below this one ( Read more... )

This userpic seems especially true today, given that I have been considering unlocking previous journal entries, not sure whether it's a good idea or not.  Regardless, would like to know if anyone knows how to download/backup Livejournal entries en masse, because I'd like to save and make sure I don't lose my journaling from the past few years. 

Okay, so yesterday was Tuesday, I didn't bike in to work, but I didn't feel so guilty, because it turned out that my estimated distance on Monday was actually not 8, but 20 miles round trip (I talked to a colleague who drives it and knows the distance along the route I took)!

Then yesterday after work, Andrés and I walked down to the beach and ( Read more... )

So I'm sitting outside the McCafé in Carrasco after having enjoyed a morning mocha and a teeeeeeny little almond cookie. I rode out here hoping to enjoy some quiet and a coffee, check email and perhaps get some journaling in; instead I get leafblowers-R-US. *sigh*

Ahhh, inside now, with my breakfast bagel on the way and less noise. The ride I did ( Read more... )

Dear One:

You've been on my mind a great deal lately, and knowing that strange, almost mystical connection we've had for what seems as long as I can remember being, that must mean I've been on your mind, too.  I'm taking a chance that you still review this LJ every now and then to see what's going on with me, as I wonder what's going on in your ( Read more... )

Dear LJ ( Read more... )

As Christmases halfway across the world from family go, this one has been pretty darned enjoyable. There was not-working and Christmas-decoration-shopping with Holly on Friday, the party at Todd & Midori's on Saturday night, and a day of holiday kolace-baking on Christmas Eve with Elina and Fabio. (Yes, that's right, the Finn and the Italian with ( Read more... )

The "I Can Eat Glass" Project.

Check it out for yourself! You never know when you'll want to avoid being labeled as a silly tourist. I wish I'd found this sooner, I think it could have helped during my time in China thus far!!

The Indigo Girls - "Get Out The Map"

I'm gonna clear my head
I'm gonna drink that sun
The saddest sight my eyes can see is that big ball of orange sinking slyly down the trees
Sitting in a broken circle while you rest upon my knee this perfect moment will soon be leaving me
Suzanne calls from Boston the coffee's hot the corn is high
And that same sun ( Read more... )

• Breakfast: a banana and a double cappucino, and all my vitamins and meds.
• Work: caught up in both Consular and Public Affairs.
• Lunch: la tiaozi (spicy noodles with green pepper, tomato, onion, garlic shoots and a little bit of lamb) and iced green tea
• Exercise: Rode bike to and from work; worked out 45 minutes (cardio and weight training) after ( Read more... )