So I got up this morning and went back to the Swarthmore apartment to get things organized and such, ended up going on a fire call, then going to the station for an ambulance call, and finally returning to the apartment to move boxes around in preparation for painting. All situated for painting, I took a break to help someone return a bookcase to ( Read more... )

Yeah, yeah, yeah... it's been forever since I've posted in LJ. I've never been very good at journal keeping ( Read more... )

TBS is running the best Lord of the Rings ads EVER. They are doing all sorts of strange things with the advertizing (like one which goes through all the times Frodo falls down in Fellowship of the Rings, then says "it sucks to be Frodo"), but the best is the one that shows what close friends Sam and Frodo are - with the song "Secret Lovers" in the ( Read more... )

For those of you I haven't gushed at personally about the Galapagos, my Blog is now fully updated! Complete with a couple of pictures, which is the real reason it hasn't gone up recently - silly computers being too slow to upload photos. Now the trick will be to get this all into the paper journal I keep - which is still currently in the middle ( Read more... )

Having not posted in about forever, why not re-enter with a bang ( Read more... )

In Quito!! Flights went well, got here with no problems... and now off to pour through a guide book and figure out where we're going tomorrow. Oh, and GALPAGOS ON SATURDAY!!!

This is amazing, in a combination of wonderful and sad.

And there's an MSNBC article about it as well.

It's always nice to be reminded how small a world it really is sometimes.

since this is the thing to do, and actually quite funny:

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Kaytt!

1. The horns of kaytt are made entirely from hair.
2. Kaytt can pollinate up to six times more efficiently than the honeybee.
3. The Australian billygoat plum contains a hundred times more Vitamin C than kaytt.
4. Edinburgh imports three thousand kilograms of kaytt every ( Read more... )

I GOT INTO DREXEL!!! Found out when I got home at about 1am last night. Needless to say, I'm rediculously happy!

More later as I must be off to work.

here i am in the beautiful tropics! (said only partly to make those of you not enjoying the lovely snow and cold jealous... they have their merrits, though.) and i just spent a fantastic week with rob here with me. sadly, he left this morning, having to return to the "real world" or something. the weather up until today has been absolutely ( Read more... )