So, I just glanced through the last couple of pages of my LJ, and I realize... HEY! I *was* posting regularly even up until 2011. Like with a lot of things, it was moving to Korea that messed up my LJ posting (and TV watching). It was such a big change for me, such an upheaval, and in fairness there are so many interesting people to meet and things ( Read more... )

I'm visiting family right now in Saint John (about an hour away from Fredericton, where I live) and I've been reading a couple of coffee-table books on the most beautiful cities and museums in the world. It's neat to see which ones I've been to, so... I'm going to make up my own meme.

From The 100 Most Beautiful Cities of the World, I've been to ( Read more... )

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I'm still glowing about my U.S. trip. I just re-did my map of U.S. states visited, since I went to more states than I thought I would. I want to visit the rest now!

( Map of states I've visited )

A friend helped me resize some pictures, so I can post a few now. I have them uploaded in the LJ scrapbook feature and don't know how to get them to post from there without doing them one at a time, or re-uploading them to Photobucket, which seems silly. So bear with me, and if you have any suggestions on how to better use (and post from) the LJ ( Read more... )

I hope all of my American friends had a great Independence Day today ( Read more... )

I walked to the mall today after work (after unsuccessfully trying to take a regular short cut that is now full of mud and fell trees, construction workers, and *lots* of mosquitoes) and, upon realizing I wasn't in a shopping mood, figured I wouldn't be very productive there. Was I ever wrong. I sat down in Chapters and read about $200 worth of ( Read more... )

I have found some neat stuff in my travel-related internet searches. For the funny: unlikely phrases from real phrasebooks.

I want a specimen of your urine.
Ja vozjmu u vas mochu na analiz. (Russian)

Why are you laughing?
Porque está a rir? (Portuguese)

Drive us around for one hour.
Fahren Sie eine Stunde herum! (German)

What do we pay for the ( Read more... )