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I've been in Edinburgh for a few days now, and it's been quite lovely. I spend my time walking about ten miles a day in random directions, amusing myself with silly cultural differences and hanging out in Craigmillar Castle. Dashing Nick was my wonderful host and companion for a few days, kindly letting me stay in his flat full of southerners, but ( Read more... )

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I went for a walk in Valley Ford today and all the cows stared at me like I was the first non-cow creature they'd ever seen. It's a little scary to be walking along, minding your own business, and suddenly realize there are 100 pairs of eyes fixed on you. A flock of wild turkeys gave me some pretty dirty looks as well. As I was leaving, a truck ( Read more... )

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that came to the My Youth in Arcadia - Exasperation Missionary show on friday and made it so much better than I could have possibly expected. There were really good tomatoes there, too.

I am bursting with excitement for my pan-Atlantic journey.

Does anyone want to come with me to Norway and hijack a Viking ship from a museum? I don't think we'll have too much trouble.

I met a cat today named Virgil Biscuit.

I moshed for the first time in 5 years at the Circle Jerks concert last night. My Youth in Arcadia invaded a Burke's Canoes picnic and smore cook-off.

I rode Vanessa's tiny pink bike 7 miles today. It was really fun.

I recieved a really strange book.

Tomorrow I gain a whole bunch of rights I will rarely take advantage of.

I just returned from the Lake Tahoe area, where I enjoyed a short, eventful weekend. On Friday, Miss Walsh and I crossed a waterfall on a fallen tree, saved a baby bear and a baby pheasant from getting hit by cars, visited the oldest settlement in Nevada, and searched a great number of bookstores in vain for a copy of Catwings. Also, I got pretty ( Read more... )

Hmong musical banana leaves.

It ain't so bad. I can see the ice-cream factory from my window.
- Furry Lewis, on being in the hospital after having his leg cut off.