They say that drinking at odd times of the day is a sign of alcoholism.I exaggerate. We did a lot this weekend that had nothing to do with beer. I just don't have pictures of those things. (I will when other people send me their photos.) Also, no pictures yet of Oktoberfest itself, since I was afraid of losing my camera there ( Read more... )

New York is many things, but I can remember only a handful of times that I've stopped to think "God, I live in such a beautiful city." In Amsterdam, being in awe of the city I live in is a daily thing. Sometimes I'll be coming home at night, I'll cross a bridge and I'll see the lights reflecting off of the canals and I'm so happy to be here that my ( Read more... )

I went back and read my LJ entires over the last couple of years today - a very therapeutic process that I highly recommend. I found this meme that I really enjoyed and because my playlist is a lot different than it was then I'm giving it another go.
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I just got back from my friend Natasha's birthday party. I think I'm becoming more extroverted every day. I'm used to craving my time by myself, but now I'm always so much happier and energetic when I go out. Which is good, because I'm out pretty much all the time, except for random two or three day stretches where there's nothing going on and I ( Read more... )

Next weekend I'm going with my partially-reunited ISN group to Oktoberfest in Hanover, Germany. It's supposed to be the second-biggest Oktoberfest location in the world. I'm looking forward immensely to the beer, the food (apparently I have to try doner kebab, even though they look exactly like the kebab sandwich I've had a thousand times in New ( Read more... )

I'm fixing to go to my first open workout at Boost circus space. I'm incredibly excited - I can't even say how much I've missed training - and I'm also about to die, I'm so nervous. It's major performance anxiety. I've been away from training since late July and I've been doing very little besides sitting on my ass eating junk food since then. Not ( Read more... )

I must not be a good nerd, because the only time internet quizzes appeal to me is when I'm sick:


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You know that thing I do where I get a little sick and pretend that it'll go away in a couple days and keep running around and make it worse ( Read more... )

I managed to fall off my bike within 5 hours of buying it, because I AM THAT TALENTED. I hit a curb. Fortunately it wasn't a bad fall - my palms weren't even scraped - I just did it in front of three people, two of which are really good at biking, so my pride was pretty bruised. Then I fell off of my bike just trying to get on it, but that was ( Read more... )

I bought a bike today, and I'm terrified. Don't get me wrong, I love it already - it's small and ugly, but like a tiny annoying dog you get as a birthday present it's grown on me because it's mine. And there's really no excuse for living here and not having one ( Read more... )