I've officially been in Scotland for 1 month.  I have a job, a flat, a bank account, and soon will have the equivalent of my Social Security #.  I realized the other day that I now have 3 different numbers for the floating around the world ( Read more... )

I climbed Arthur’s Seat today.  Located in the southeast of the city, it is one of, if not the tallest spot in Edinburgh.  An easy enough climb, I made it in about 40 minutes and I was going fairly slowly.  I have pictures, but unfortunately need to experiment with getting my computer to talk to my camera again before anybody will be able to see ( Read more... )

As demanded, I provide.  Be afraid, be very afraid.  This is a (hopefully funny) rendition of my
day on Monday.

The day started reasonably well with me calling a bunch of places and getting a couple of responses back.  By the time I actually left for Edinburgh for the day, I'd exchanged several text messages with one person (finally determining that ( Read more... )

Wow, so I haven't quite hit a year, but I'm getting close ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm officially never going to sleep. A spider the size of baseball just landed on my shoulder. At this point, I'm proud of myself for not being curled up into a ball, rocking back and forth and humming. As it is, I'm glad I didn't know what it was at first - I'd thought it was a moth or something, so I grabbed it and threw it on the floor. ( Read more... )

So today I woke up and ate cereal. Then I edited my paper again. Then I got up and took a shower. Then I walked down to the bus and went to school ( Read more... )

So as of tomorrow I will be registered in summer courses at UBC. Which means I'm not coming home for the summer. So... yah. This is my big announcement bit. I still have band committments and such, and I'll still be down to visit, but I'm living up here and going to school and hopefully working.

And I want guys to make sense... is that so

Not entirely sure what timing is going to be like as yet, but there are a couple options for birthday celebrations. I am celebrating with various band members at the Keg on Thursday night (the 19th) for anyone who has a way to get there. Other than that, possibly Friday night for a get-together? Ah the joys of a busy-busy January!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah (since tonight IS the first night)!!!

This has been the best Christmas weekend I think I've ever had. Memories to hold all year long...

Here's to hoping everyone is enjoying their holiday!!!!