I’m thinking I might buy a used scooter (like a vespa, only not name-brand) when I get to HK. I could wear a silly helmet when I ride it, paint it a ridiculous color, use it to get into the spacious mountain parks that seem to make up a lot of the new territories. In [...]
Archive for July, 2007
it’s now (just barely) tuesday
31 July, 2007
And I leave thursday at 7am. Well, that’s not technically true: depending on how you measure, I’ll have to leave the house at like 5:15 for the 7am flight to LAX, and I won’t actually leave the country until 1:35pm, when the LAX – Narita flight takes off. Whatever. It’s approximately two days, and that’s [...]
10 July, 2007
Visiting family is worthwhile, but definitely stressful. We’ll probably end up talking about it over the phone if you’re the sort of person that’s interested.
Deadlines really are what make me kick things into gear. Honestly, if I wasn’t going to Miami on thursday (hi, Vicki!) for a week, I would probably be sleeping til noon [...]
2 July, 2007
Going to Boston tomorrow. Staying on grandparents’ apartment floor, most likely, for lack of space. Packing so far: underwear, jeans, two black tshirts, one other tshirt, Thermarest pad. Add bathroom stuff in the morning. Esp with recent “incidents” in Glasgow, London, not interested in fighting overzealous TSA personnel on orange-red alert–bag will be checked.
Family business, [...]