Archive for April, 2007
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26
Apr
2007
Somewhat on the Awake Side
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers rolled through town Tuesday night. As always, the concert was incredible. I saw friends from past shows, met more fans, and Read the rest of this entry »
23
Apr
2007
The Fates Have Spoken
After Friday’s physical therapy, I was quite sore. Lasted through Saturday, but I woke up Sunday feeling bright eyed. I still have a little catch spot in the side of my leg that hurts, but it’s night and day. I bound up and down the stairs with nary a thought!
Perfect timing I’d say as tomorrow night, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers are in town!! Wooohoo!! I’m well enough to be in my usual spot in front of the stage bouncing up and down as if I had two coordinated feet! Which reminds me, if I’m going to be awake tomorrow, I have to be asleep soon tonight! Oh, I’d kill for them to come on a weekend night again soon.
And the big news of the day, I have plans to travel in May! To Mexico! Surprised? You may be more surprised. As much as I’d love to see Rocky Point again and enjoy RCPM to the wee hours, that’s not when or where I’m going. I’m going to Merida, Mexico, capital of the Yucatan. I looked at flights into Cancun, because I gave up on finding any cool adventure tours I could take (they were all like two weeks if not months long, wow). So, I figured, I’d just do it on my own as I’ve done in Europe before. Cancun was a nightmare with my frequent flier miles though. I just couldn’t work out a good plan of action, so I started seeing where else Delta flew into on the Yucatan peninsula… and discovered Merida. So, for $60, I’ll be flying to Mexico in May! And I found a cool hostel that has probably got the most rave reviews I’ve ever seen out there – $17 a night – yessss! At last a country where the $ is strong! Sure, I could have used that to stay at a super duper hotel for a week, but I want the opportunity to meet others and hotels just don’t work so well for that. This hostel also has the opportunity for group tours and such to the various ruins and other attractions of the area, so, a chance to find fellow travel nuts (most likely way more committed than I) and all for low $. Sold!
I have the idea I should save the money anyway. I really think Egypt is next. I don’t have definite plans now, but I’m hatching New Years with the Pyramids. I’ve seen the tour I want to take. It’s just a matter of forking out the $1,000 for airfare… ouch! —outlook hazy, ask again later— says the magic 8 ball!
Mexico here I come!
20
Apr
2007
Cold Packs And Hot Fuzz!
Decent day. Got a good bit of work-work accomplished. Wheeee! It’s paying the bills at least!
The day started with physical therapy and, Read the rest of this entry »
20
Apr
2007
Imagekind Partners with Flickr
Quite interesting news from Imagekind yesterday as they have partnered with Flickr. As a casual user of flickr and someone actively advertising my prints gallery at imagekind, this is very interesting news.
One of the things noticeably absent Read the rest of this entry »
19
Apr
2007
Indecision Thy Name Is Mark
So, a few days ago, I was thinking about Mexico. And I do desire to go back there some day, although the fall just calls to me more than Spring. I don’t know why. I’m not a logical person. Logical people don’t search the web for travel possibilities every time the work day gets rough.
Today, I started looking at Costa Rica. I found a pretty neat week long tour, and I could fly there for $7.50 with my frequent flier miles. Not bad at all. It’s not that I’ve ever had this strong desire to see Costa Rica, it’s just not here, if you comprehend that idea. Then I came to the list of vaccinations I should have and leaving in less than a month suddenly sounded like too much effort.
That’s a sample of my thought processes. Through the day, I mentally traveled to Egypt (a perennial desire of late), Peru, Venice, Madrid, and Dublin. The variety of reasons for not going range from not enough vacation time to cost and beyond, but every idea I ended up striking down.
So there, I stand. I’ve thought that for spring, I may just take a week off, spend part of it with the folks, maybe travel a little locally. I’ve long intended to visit Savannah for instance. Mom and I haven’t gone to see her kin in South Alabama in a few years either. So, there are options that don’t involve hopping on a plane.
So, maybe I’ll stay more local right now and do my normal combo of what’s left of this year’s vacation and next years at the beginning of the year. I found airfare to Egypt today for that time period would run me around $1,000. I saw it a little lower last year, okay $200 lower, when I first caught the Egypt bug. But I’ve yet to see anything that cheap roll by again….
Decisions, decisions…
Meanwhile, the new website continues to progress. I’ve got all my prints up and I’ve put up some art links. I’ve loads of pictures I’ll eventually put in the gallery, although the bulk of them are probably either in my deviant art gallery or my flickr photostream. It’s just a matter of consolidating them and maybe throwing a few things in that haven’t been put out for the world along the way.
This weekend is Atlanta Gallifreyans, hopefully some decent weather to get out with the camera, and hopefully Friday I’ll get to go see Hot Fuzz!
