One of the most fabulous things about New Zealand culture is that they have certain objects still in use in everyday life that Americans have forsaken. My favorite of these has to be the "hottie", or hot water bottle. You know, that red, rectangular rubber thing that you fill with hot water. They have to be one of the strangest concepts ever; hey, ( Read more... )

sorry these are all here, but i haven't figured out how to do cuts yet. so obnoxious, i know. but so fun!


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Read my VisualDNA™     Get your own VisualDNA™In other news, I bummed a fixed-gear bike off a hostel on the south island and rode it around for a couple hours. It was pretty flat there, but still hard to get the hang of, so I took it down to the beach and was riding around in the sand getting a tan and goofing around. Then I got pulled over by the ( Read more... )

I WILL HAVE INTERNET TOMORROW AT MY FLAT AND WILL BE ABLE TO POST AGAIN AND EMAIL AND HAVE CONTACT WITH EVERYONE I LEFT BEHIND IN THE STATES. YESSSSSSSSS.

we'll also have television.

In no particular order, list ten things you wish you could say to ten people ( Read more... )

So tomorrow morning, I am dragging myself out of bed at about 3 AM and then subsequently flying out of the Burlington, VT airport at 7:25 AM on United Airlines flight 475. Two and a half hours later, I will land in Chicago O'Hare, only to leave again on United Airlines flight 1 from terminal 1 at 10:10 AM Chicago time. Nine and a half hours and an ( Read more... )

"ACHTUNG!woods_bum may actually be a spider-human hybrid
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My dad has to obtain credits to maintain his lawyerly status every few years, so he's dragged my family to Montreal to stay in a shmancy hotel while he sits through seminars debating the legality of gay marriage for the weekend. Outdoor heated pool? Fine by me ( Read more... )

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so. i'm back in ithaca. and there's still no snow. what the fuck, nature?!

my subletter wants to move in earlier than i had thought she would, so i had to come back and clean out the rest of my stuff. fun fun. but there will be much eating of tasty d-lite frozen yogurt while i am here. delicious.