i've been experiencing a run of technology-fueled bad luck. a couple of weeks ago, my 4yr old laptop, which had been showing signs of dying, bit the bullet, kicked the bucket, went to the laptop heaven in the sky, passed on, croaked, found greener pastures, left this corporeal life, now sings with the angels. at the same time, my work laptop ( Read more... )

today is the first day of summer! i've been waiting for this day since.....since the first day of last fall. i'm that much of a floridian at heart. spring was fun, and the weather has been beautiful with only a few exceptions. my herb garden on the deck is set and finally looking great, although the big garden needs a lot of work still. i went to ( Read more... )

interested in pictures from my trip? i put them up on ofoto, which is proving to be a bad idea -- it keeps changing the link and pissing me off. hopefully you will have better luck viewing the first album and the second.

two hours into my 12 hour flight from cairo, a man on the plane had a heart attack and passed away. he collapsed in the galley near the bathrooms and his wife started screaming; the next thing we knew the crew was calling for all doctors on board. there happened to be two cardiologists (i learned this later) who tried to save his life, as well as ( Read more... )

three words: worth.every.penny

i found myself wondering the following during bjork's show at radio city last night: 1) why i spend money seeing any other bands when i could just save that money to see bjork multiple times every four years or so; 2) why i did not try to buy tickets for all 3 shows she is playing in nyc (may have been impossible, ( Read more... )

my week in re(pre)view:

mon: cooked dinner and launched freaks&geeks marathon, tues: peter bjorn and john (not as good as i had hoped), weds: bjork (sure to be awesome), thurs: pack, fri: EGYPT. a scandanavian/egyptian invasion!

a great week, but really, really busy with work and preparing for my trip and fun things, and i'm feeling very stressed out ( Read more... )

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i love living in nyc, dont get me wrong....but the constant occurrence of fun things going on simultaneously is overwhelming at times. for instance, i am very very excited about the upcoming bjork concert next week, but more than a little dismayed that this is happening the SAME night that david cross is scheduled to appear at upright citizens ( Read more... )

i've had my point and shoot digital canon camera for almost 3 yrs, and it is unfortunately wearing out on me. i need to get a new camera before my cairo trip (i'll be bringing a ncie SLR but want a compact digital as well). my biggest issues are photo delays -- i realize most cameras have these, but my current camera is ridiculously bad at this and ( Read more... )