ahh.. back home again and it feels like i never left. vancouver was a lot of fun even though it was cold most of the time i was there. really glad that i decided to take a coat despite toronto having 21C plus temperatures the few days before i departed ( Read more... )

its be a slow week, sort of. i get email from people who i guess are bored at work. its random chat stuff that everyone does. a frequent question seems to be "hows your week been?" completely genuine. in general every day of my life has been more or less the same since last october. get up waste time online, do some thesis work, waste time by ( Read more... )

here a few reasons why flying australia domestic, across the tasman, and new zealand domestic are infinitely better than flying in north america ( Read more... )

so much for getting to see my mom on NYE, her flight out of SFO was just canceled and now she will be here a day later than planned. shes getting a full day in san francisco now, and the day that does not exist crossing the international dateline will be december 31st! no ringing in the new year at all ( Read more... )

fricken fuck. ive played travel agent all week making the bookings for my mom and i to go to NZ in janurary. it turns out i am the master of the internet cheap everythings in my family ( Read more... )

how messed up is this:

Dec 20 to Jan 6

Melbourne -> Los Angeles -> Toronto $3900 AUD (return)

Melbourne -> Los Angeles -> London Heathrow $2800 AUD (return)

over a thousand dollars cheaper to cross ANOTHER ocean!?!? what higher power (jedi?) is it that does not want me to be home for Christmas?