A few weeks ago, Shutterfly was offering a free 11x14" print, so I jumped on the chance to try out their printing products with one of my own. Now, I've taken thousands of photographs in the past ten years in the course of my travels, and most of them range from bad to mediocre shots. Only three come to my mind as being particularly memorable, and ( Read more... )

I've been back in the US for about a week now, decompressing and recovering from the trip. Much as I love traveling, it does take it out of me, especially since I'm not the type to go sit on a beach all day. Here is a recount of all the time that's passed ( Read more... )

The last leg of my trip: Pisa and Venice ( behind the cut )

My wireless internet works in Venezia! Joy!

Today is my last day before I go, so I will be quick uploading all my travelogue entries from the trip and hopefully getting home alright and somewhat on time!

My travelogue entries from my time in Florence, behind ( the cut )

( Day 4, 5, and 6 in Italia )

I am in my hotel in Firenze (AKA Florence, Italy) and am nearly beside myself with joy over having access to the internet again. It's been a week and it's been... hard, to put it mildly. I have, however, been typing up my travelogue entries (as always) and will be putting them up behind a cut in the next few entries. I spent the first six days ( Read more... )

It's been a busy week for me, running around packing and getting my things in order before I leave. In between sleeping in to obscene times and running errands, I got a discounted deal to go to the Empire State Building Skyride and Observatory on the 86th floor (there's one on the 102 floor too, but costs extra money to go to) through one of those ( Read more... )

1. I went to see La Boheme for the first time last week, and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The music was great, the story good in that it didn't take itself too seriously, and my seat--despite being practically in the nosebleed section--offered a still decent view. Enjoyable opera, overall. Now it makes me want to go see all ( Read more... )

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations ( Read more... )

1. I am recovering from a somewhat annoying headcold. It presented a range of mild symptoms that, oddly enough, never came together. The first day I had a mild sore throat, the second day it was even milder, the third day I had a runny nose, and then this past weekend was occupied with fatigue. I mostly spent the weekend on the couch, playing ( Read more... )