Archive for June, 2009
Fourteen hours after takeoff and we landed in Rome. I was in a non-reading mood, only getting through about 50 pages, so I spent my time mindlessly watching terrible, terrible movies. Specifically He’s Just Not That Into You, Mall Cop, Inkheart, and Marley & Me. Really could have gone with never seeing any of those, [ READ MORE ]
The vacation has begun, and a day early at that! A coworker thoughtfully pointed out to me that my schedule for tomorrow had the potential to come crumbling down around me, so I decided it best that I set out today instead of tomorrow morning as planned. My flight for Rome leaves at 11:30am tomorrow from [ READ MORE ]
Only a week until I’m off to Italy! I was initially supposed to be meeting up with some friends who were living there for the year, but they unfortunately had to come back to Canada for a family emergency. I’ve traveled solo before, so I plan to still enjoy this trip. Traveling alone has its [ READ MORE ]
I was at a local bookstore after work today, picking up a guidebook to research my vacation, and it turned out David Sedaris was having a book signing and reading. I’d seen some of his clips on YouTube before, and listened to some of his stories in podcasts, so I stuck around. I knew he [ READ MORE ]
My parents were in town this last weekend, and we visited a few wineries while they were down. We did a small tour last time they were here as well, and I have to admit these wine tastings are a great time. I never really thought I’d enjoy wine tasting. I very much like to drink [ READ MORE ]
I became an Internet hermit these last few weeks. There were no social applications for me, although I did keep an eye on my Google Reader. I’m not strong enough to give that up, but I only really lurked. This was due partly to my feeling I was getting a little too tied in to these [ READ MORE ]