So I've never made a bucket list -- well, never wrote one down.  I've got some bucket list-type goals for sure, so here's just a basic, off-the-top-of-my-head list of things I'd like to do ( Read more... )

Likes:
~roadtrips
~fall is definitely here - the weather is beautiful!
~bragging to my boss about attending a Diamondbacks game
~Jeff Dunham
~Steinbeck's East of Eden - I've only read part one so far, but it's quite enjoyable
~feeling confident and optimistic
~plans for indoor rock climbing next week

Dislikes:
~back to work tomorrow to play catch-up
~being ( Read more... )

It's my first day home from an awesome trip to Memphis to visit Merci.  We had a awesome time, even in spite of (and, in some ways, because of) being hit by more snow than the region has seen in... well, maybe ever.  It was so nice to see a good friend, to get away from small town existence for a few days, and to add a new set of experiences to the ( Read more... )

This reminds me of another cocktail that was introduced to me by a former co-worker: UV flavored vodka + Powerade.  The idea behind that one is that you can get drunk without becoming dehydrated, thus skipping the hangover.  Why would you want to?  A cocktail designed for those who want to lose themselves without the rest of the world knowing that ( Read more... )

me:  i can't figure out what to blog about :S
 Christine:  um
blog about turantulas
 me:  i don't know anything about them
 Christine:  hehe
 me:  other than they're big furry spider things
Christine:  or blog about where you would go if someone gave you 10,000 dollars and said you had to spend it on a trip somewhere.
 me:  hmmm

$10,000 on a trip.  So ( Read more... )

Today wound up being a more eventful day than anticipated. The package that I feared would take all day to arrive came about 10:30 this morning. With the rest of the day now free, I took a short roadtrip to an itty bitty town. It's one of those towns that's so small that I got some funny looks while I was there, because the minority population, ( Read more... )

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. - Jack Kerouac ( Read more... )

My last post was highly metaphoric* and just a bit vague.  So here's the story:

I was driving home after work yesterday, relieved that another Monday had been survived and was over.  A lot of my progress throughout the day had been interrupted by mandatory meetings**, which annoyed the hell out of me, but there was nothing I could do about it any ( Read more... )

I need to start taking more roadtrips.  I'm considering taking another one next weekend, since I put in for a vacation day that Monday (Oct. 20th), and my request was granted, so I'll have a three-day weekend.  I don't know where I'd go.  I suppose it doesn't matter because it's not the destination I'm concerned about.  I'd just like to be able to ( Read more... )

Our sophomore year of high school, I propsed a trip to a friend of mine: a tour of all the stadiums in Major League Baseball.  A summer on the road, bouncing from city to city, living and breathing baseball.  I was actually half joking when I first mentioned it, but her enthusiasm about the trip was so great that I made up my mind to go ahead and ( Read more... )