I seem to be pretty good at getting away from or deciding agaist going to places right before something bad happens. This might be the statement that will jinx me and haunt me forever but let’s just say disasters ain’t got nothin’ on me. Loma Prieta earthquake: Okay, so I didn’t avoid this one, but [...]
Entries from February 28th, 2010
Small victories in life
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Dork Report
After my little technical frustration with getting pictures on my site, and consulting with my angry designer friend, I basically gave up on the idea of ever backdating my posts. Then, I decided to go back to a forum, tweak the CSS a bit, and I’ve figured out how to make portrait images a decent [...]
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Almost not worth it
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Dork Report
I forget that every time I try to make improvements to one of my blogs, I end up spending hours doing a bunch of stuff before I can even get to making improvements. Tonight’s goal was to make photoblogging a tad bit easier now that I’ve completed uploading my pictures to Picasa. It’s been a [...]
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Things I lost during my trip
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Dork Report
I don’t tend to lose things, but when you’re backpacking around, shit happens. To borrow from Brianne’s blog, these are the things I lost during my trip, in almost sequential order. 1) My watch – The ugly Timex Triathlon watch I got in elementary school that I now travel with because I can read the [...]
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The last supper
February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · South America
I am sitting at the airport in Santiago now, waiting to finally board my flight. After my experience with LAN airline’s vegetarian food on my flight in (sliced zuchini, eggplant, and squash with either rice or bread) I decided an expensive meal that will probably give me gas during my entire 18-hour journey home was [...]
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Looking forward to going home
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · South America
Well, it’s now Feb. 3 and I’ve got three more nights left in Santiago, which means three more nights of my trip. I am ready to go home. I’ve been ready for a while, especially since I had to kill so much time in the Atacama desert this past week. If I had had my [...]
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