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poor iceland
So if you haven't heard, Iceland's economy is completely collapsing thanks to the financial mess the world is in. As a result, it's become incredibly cheap to go there. If I had $600 available, I would so do this. Plus, you know, I'd be helping their economy. It's not taking advantage, right? -
post-ike
Well, we made it through largely unscathed. A huge pine tree next door fell in our backyard and over our fence, but that's a helluva lot better than landing on our house. Across the street another tree fell and tore up that house's driveway. We also have a downed power line across the street, and a couple of other felled trees in our ( Read more... ) -
hey, another long weekend
My office is closed today, so I get to relax and do nothing. Man, this job is so different from my last. My week in the UK felt like a vacation, then I got the Labor Day weekend, and now this. I still have a lot of vacation time left for the year, but honestly don't need it. It's kind of nice ( Read more... ) -
happily exhausted
Like jagienka, I am sitting in a non-US airport right now -- Newcastle, specifically. We're flying into London tonight, then tomorrow morning we fly from London back to Houston. It's been a short trip, and I could happily stay here another couple of weeks (well, except for the money thing. Man, we get raped on the exchange rate ( Read more... ) -
travelicious
I am going to motherf'ing Paris! Squee~!!!
The week of the 24th this month I'm going to our main office in the UK, and the cheapest flights to our HQ are through Paris. So my company finally bought the tickets... but only to Paris. *laughs* My boss's plan is to stay there one night and see the city a bit (he's being really awesome and trying ( Read more... ) -
and i missed it?!
Apparently yesterday was National Orgasm Day, a 'holiday' for women. How did I not know this existed? To be fair, it's a UK thing, but man, I must be losing my touch.
In another UK awesomeness, I thought this article (mildly NSFW) was pretty neat, as were all the comments of "they're all hot!" from digg commenters. I don't know how UK sizes ( Read more... ) -
the power of fanaticism
I am amused/creeped out by this article. It would probably kinda suck to see an anime take over a small town if you were a long-time resident of the place, but hey -- your obsession is my market opportunity ( Read more... ) -
irritations
You know, I love how the majority of people can't be arsed to read the news or keep up on the political process, but will believe any two-bit "outrageous" email that gets sent to them.
--Yeah, one of my coworkers just fwd'd an "Obama hates the troops!" email to me. I immediately sent her and all her recipients to snopes. God, I hate willful -
rl update: school & job stuff
This past weekend was very good. I actually got out of the house a lot, and was treated(?) to the spectacle of Green Jello + midget wrestling. See nicofiend's journal if you want the details ( Read more... ) -
thinking about next summer
I have an option for a study abroad program. It's only 2 weeks long, since these are designed for adults who are taking college courses and working. I don't think I'd have a problem getting those 2 weeks off, and I've always wanted to do a study abroad, even a brief one ( Read more... )