Another year, another crazy long posting hiatus from me. *sigh* Anyway, to quickly recap the past two months, Brooke and I went to New York for Thanksgiving to see our friends Natalie and Judith. We had a great visit, and the weather was fantastic. Pictures from the trip are here.

I performed in another belly dance show. This time I had a sword on ( Read more... )

3-day weekends make for awesome birthdays. Last Friday I went out for delicious Ethiopian food and karaoke with about half of the DC crew. Private karaoke rooms are amazing. No listening to songs you hate butchered by people you don’t know! Other highlights of the weekend include watching Clueless, goodies from Lake Champlain Chocolates from my ( Read more... )

I saw Foxy Shazam and Patrick Stump open for Panic! at the Disco on Halloween at the 9:30 Club. Since it was Halloween, the crowd was in a great mix of costumes. I went as a belly dancer. It was great fun meeting and hanging out with new people I had previously only known online while waiting for doors to open and the show to start. Foxy Shazam did ( Read more... )

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This weekend was full of awesome things! So many things that I feel the need to break it into several posts and spam your flists/circles ( Read more... )

To anyone who is interested in volunteering at anything ever, I have a few notes for you ( Read more... )

I got my plane tickets, hotel, and rental car booked for Chicago. I'm flying in Thursday, Oct. 27 and flying out late Saturday, Oct. 29. I welcome any suggestions for things to do/see/eat while I'm there.

I went to a winery with
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I'm going to Chicago for a friend's wedding at the end of the month. Anyone else going to be in the greater Chicago metropolitan area October 27-30? Maybe we could meet up. Also, anyone who had been to Chicago is encouraged to offer suggestions on things to do and places to eat while I'm there. My hotel is in Bolingbrook owing to the location of ( Read more... )

So way back in July, I went to Snore & Roar at the zoo. You get to do a behind-the-scenes tour of one part of the zoo, spend the night at the zoo in tents they provide, and you get breakfast in the morning. The Snore & Roar I did had behind-the-scenes of the Reptile Discovery Center. I got to feed an aldabra tortoise and learn that they feed the ( Read more... )

I have once again been ridiculously negligent in posting. This is pretty much going to be a rundown of flickr links for interesting stuff I've done in the past few months.

Italy was amazing. I probably posted way too many pictures, but everything was so cool to look at. Here's a quick rundown of what we saw in each city ( Read more... )