Thursday was my best day of rock climbing this year. ( Black Fly, Nice 5.9 Climb, RMC, Jane )

I've never been anywhere that required context more than Venice. Without it, Venice is an old town with bizarre transportation; with context, Venice is a glittering museum, a carefully preserved monument to trade and its benefits. Julian arranged for a private historic walking tour that included take-home maps and charts. How cool is that? I don't ( Read more... )

It's a good thing Julian was super-excited and super-organized for our trip, bc I did a rubbish job of prepping. ( Books I sorta almost read )

I'm having trouble writing about my trip to Geneva bc I feel bad about being so negative. On the other hand, one of the top 5 things that happened on the trip was my niece pooping herself and trying to eat it, involving her mother plaintively calling my brother to help. It was kinda awesome, really ( Read more... )

The emergent themes of the weekend were navigation failure and decision fatigue. Bc my roofdeck is closed and boats on the river were overpriced, our sole July Fourth activity was a barbecue at Lbro's place, hosted by Bbro for his friends, what with Lbro being in Switzerland and all. I'm glad we went bc not only does my brother not know how to work ( Read more... )

I woke up at 6am on Sun morning, with plenty of time to go to lessons the only morning both Academy and adult group lessons meet -- and realized I'd be better off getting some extra sleep to treat my cold. Slept for another 3 hours, then dressed for the family gathering. ( ah family )

puppy dog bailed on me Fri night bc of his other mistress' birthday: so far, he's bailed on me the last two times and I've bailed on him once. That I know this says everything about what's happened to our relationship. Instead I finished Harry Connolly's Child of Fire, which is perfectly decent magic noir ( Read more... )

This post will be moved to its appropriate place in the timeline in a few days.

I'm not sure any more how I learned there's ice climbing around Banff: I picked it bc my mum said the scenery is amazing and Pongo seemed interested in skiing. Then we got on the plane and I opened Will Gadd's Ice and Mixed Climbing and discovered every picture in the ( Read more... )

I hate the UN, although I admit I have less tolerance for Obama's visits than I did for Bush's. (Possibly bc I was less worried about Bush sucking up to Dinnerjacket.) The only car company that had anything available was Lincoln Limousine -- which sent us a white stretch limo, but an hour late. Grr. Fortunately, our flight was delayed half an hour ( Read more... )

,bc bail is expensive.

• my new white peep toe pumps. <$100, comfortable, and oh so sexy.
  
• losing 2lbs bc I've switched to sex rather than restaurant dinners for my dates.
  
• sexy, smart people who are relentless in making plans with me, sometimes for restaurant dinners, sometimes for sex.
  
• being able to say no.
  
• all the awesome people in my life who like ( Read more... )