I'm trying to get from Edinburgh to York/London with Lucky and it's extremely frustrating. Everything is hideously expensive, the net connection keeps failing me on critical pages, and my cell phone is barring calls I need to make.

I'm at Worldcon right now. It's not as big as last year, but that was expected. Food is expensive. I saw a panel on private orbital and sub-orbital flight. Now I have to get off the computer.

I'm sitting in a different net place in Nicosia because I ran into people I met at Larnaka in the other one and I really hate it when guys won't leave me alone ( Read more... )

Yesterday some people found a large spider by the bathroom. When people started shrieking, I decided that it might actually be worthwhile to go over and look at it. It was indeed quite large and a bit hairy. Someone said that it was a wolf spider and thus not poisonous per se but still capable of numbing a victim. Seth killed it when it jumped ( Read more... )

After spending a few hours here, I've finally met Michael Brian, the New Yorker who's on the dig. Just before he showed up I was half-asleep and dreaming of chicken, so we're going to go out soon and grab something to eat.

A two taxis and a bus ride later, I am settled in Nicosia. The net cafe here is air conditioned, which is an excellent change of pace. I think I prefer Nicosia to Larnaca; I need a certain about of visual stimulation to be happy.

Why do guys keep on hitting on me? I say I have a boyfriend, yet they carry on the same way. *sigh ( Read more... )

I went back to the Cuckoo's Nest and hung out in the kitchen for a bit. I watched the production of mousaka and learned how one cooks lamb chops in a kitchen aimed mostly at British tourists. The cook (Stavos) kept on handing me things to eat (cheese, french fries, mousaka) and the owner (Andreas) insisted I have something to drink, so he made me ( Read more... )

Finished The Time Traveler's Wife (4 am).
Got 4 hours sleep.
Left my towel at the hostel when I went to the beach.
Napped for 4 hours.
Cut my finger on the fan in the room.
Figured out that I need to catch the bus to Nicosia on Saturday, as they don't run on Sundays.

After going to bed last night at 11-something, I woke up at 2-something and again at 5-something. Well, six hours of sleep is better than the previous nights, and I'll probably take a nap later, so I got out of bed and wandered around. I called Erik and located myself on the map, then went in search of breakfast. I went to a bakery that was ( Read more... )