Well, it's that time again...after many many weeks of not updating this journal, I hope this will be a good excuse to start again. I will also be posting resolutions and such on jlostinspain, so take a look. For now, it's time for the annual Year in Review.

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So I'm going to try REALLY hard not to keep abandoning one journal when I start up the other. But honestly, pretty much everything I want to talk about is in the other one. Anyway, what I wanted to talk about here was my New Year's Resolutions ( Read more... )

I really hope Obama and Clinton get over this little spat they're having. Come on, people...you both know that what we need is not more of the same shit, the same name-calling, finger-pointing, ass-kissing, topic-evading bullshit we've had for the past...oh, 232 years ( Read more... )

...when the headline "A Treatise of Civil Power" is misread as "A Treatise on Chili Powder."

...and the idea of a treatise on chili powder actually seems interesting to you.

Okay, I just learned that, in addition to being the headquarters of such powerful governmental organizations as the EU and NATO, and the place whose most famous monument is a peeing boy statue, and being THE place to go for excellent chocolate, waffles, beer, AND French fries, Brussels is going to be hosting a week-long festival of Icelandic music ( Read more... )

My favorite song of the beginning of 2008 has got to be "Die Alone" by Ingrid Michaelson.

Sixteen days into January and still keeping my resolutions! That's got to be some kind of record!

So last week was basically seven days of crap. I had a huge fight with my mom, which is probably long overdue since I've been living rent-free (and rather unexpectedly) for four months and two weeks of vacation where both of us were home 24/7. Then I caught flack from the rest of the peanut gallery, which led me to be moody and withdrawn for the ( Read more... )

January 31, 2008:

Chicago. Dublin. Brussels. Aer Lingus.

I'm going back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Move to Belgium. Soon ( Read more... )

Well, it's about that time again...time for the annual ( Year in Review. )