We've been in Hong Kong a full 24 hrs. now. The hostel where we're staying is in Kowloon which is mostly crammed with lots of shopping and restaurant choices. Our room is more like a closet - 6'X 7' but clean and has an a/c. No huge adventures so far other than our little run-in at what we thought was an innocent karaoke night club, as the sign ( Read more... )

I bet your fortressed face
Belied your fort of lace
It is by the grace of me
You never learned what I could see
Oh you silly, stupid pastime of mine
You were always good for a rhyme
And from the first to all the last time
All the signs says 'stop'
But we went on whole-hearted it ended bad
But I love what we started
They said 'stop'
But we went ( Read more... )

I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes, and ( Read more... )

The slight crunching of eggshells beneath my feet ( Read more... )

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I'm in Montreal @ Gan's brother's house. Jim is a very cool, laid-back, earthy guy. His wife Sheila is an artist, very French-Canadian and direct. Their kids are absolutely awesome - so much character and very confident. Luc is 7 and the most precious little kid. He has the cutest laugh that makes me giggle. And Marina is 11 going on 30, very ( Read more... )

I just had the time to sit down and read this email....Dana and I grew up together, best friends from age one....Our mothers are best friends....We grew apart in high school and I haven't really seen her in several years....She was the only one unaccounted for after the hurricane, for weeks we didn't know if she was dead or alive. Her mother ( Read more... )

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I am completely and utterly sick of my job. It's been so fucking dead since I got back from CA and my tips have been next to nothing. Do you know how fucking long an 11 hr. shift can be when you have no customers?? I sit behind the bar reading a book....And I'm so, so, so sick of being sexually harassed by the drunken men off the street not to ( Read more... )

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