Ah, Paris! I'm here--it's 5:30 AM here because I went to sleep super-early last night, like 9. I'm proud of myself that I lasted that long--usually, I need to sleep for 24 hours or something to get adjusted. Yesterday was nice---we walked all around Megan's neighborhood (Montemartre) and had coffees and pastries and talked. To say that there ( Read more... )

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I've "upgraded" to the new LJ level where you get some paid features but you have to have advertising. I'll see how much it annoys me and I'll see how much I use the extra features and I'll see if I'll keep it. Sorry to anyone if the ads bother you--they're just text, from Google, so they don't really bother me all that much.

I've subscribed to the NY Times weekend to be delivered to Brooklyn, allowing me many a savory Sunday afternoon curled up on the couch with the Magazine. Mmmm ( Read more... )

"Intellectually" Intelligent

You're 'Intellectually Intelligent.' That pretty much means that you're good with theoretical ideas and concepts - but this comes to you naturally. More or less, you're a natural brainiac. Good for you.

80% theoretical intelligence
60% natural intelligence


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Election day is Tuesday and here's my plea for you all to vote. I voted and I'm in Madrid. My roommate Alena paid €30 to overnight her absentee ballot so that she could vote. Vote! Just do it! Seriously. It's not a presidential year but that means your vote means even more. NJ is electing a governor, and if Corzine wins, he will be ( Read more... )

I just visited xe.com to check out the Euro's exchange rate to the dollar for today....a not bad $1.20/€. In any case, I had the thought that I've been obsessively checking exchange rates several times a week, if not daily, for over a year. Because when you live abroad and the dollar's weak, it's important. And in a little over a month and ( Read more... )

All of our flights are booked. All done. I hope I have the money to pay for it all ( Read more... )

You are a
Social Liberal
(68% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(18% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist

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