Ten on Tuesday - Vacations

because i can, and because i've been thinking about travel a lot recently
borrowed from linda@curious-notions which is from roots and rings

1. What is your dream vacation?
Go see the mountains and country side of China/Asia. Or, go to Europe for a month and wander

2. What has been your favorite trip so far in your life?
One of my fondest is Taiwan in 2007 for Christmas, New Years, and fun with friends and family

3. If you and one of your best friends could go anywhere in the world for one week, where would it be and why?
Japan because I admire the food and culture and language

4. Have you ever booked a trip using an online deal? How did it go?
Hmm, does Expedia or Orbitz count? Then yes, it worked and I got my slightly cheaper flight

5. What’s your favorite thing to do while you’re on vacation?
Eat the food, then experience the culture

6. Have you ever missed an opportunity to take a trip that you regret? 
Yes, two orchestra trips in high school, a ski resort and Europe

7. You travel far away from home and get stranded with no way to buy anything, what’s the one thing you can’t live without?
Camera. Assuming I'll eventually go home, I want pictures of where I'm stranded because it will likely be isolated and untraveled territory

8. What’s one of your favorite traveling memories?
Resting in London on a bench, then being asked to mimic my roommate, and both my friend and I made the exact same face on camera

9. All included resort or backpacking? Why?
Both? Probably resort, but I do want to try backpacking once

10. Are you more of a lie on the beach kind of person on vacation, or do you prefer to see the sights?
See the sights, unless there is nothing else to do but lie on a beach. The Caribbean particularly comes to mind.

hello world. or something

1. i'm shifting careers in a month. this year as been VERY eventful, and it's only 3/4 done...
2. daiso is a dangerous $1.50 store
3. my sense of perfectionism is also hindering my growth
4. the older i get, the better i am able to tell another person's age
5. i should stop buying fruit-infused chocolates because they are never as good as i think they will be
6. seattle's central library has a very intriguing design. i like it
7. dwelling on the past goes no where. people move on, i need to move forward too
8. my waistline expands fast when i wear khakis all the time. jeans give me a frame of reference.
9. scrapped princess novels are childish but fun
10. sometimes i feel like all this time i've just been running away

september tens

1. this year is really flying by...
2. still in vacation mode from my trip to ny. labor day weekend did not help. anyhow here are some photos
3. i'm happy to report that i have stronger walking legs now, and was able to peruse many stretches of NYC with no problems
4. my goal for this month is to eat at home more often by capping myself at 6 meals out max in a week (lunch & dinner) (yes, still pretty generous...)
5. next set of big purchases - TV, smartphone, vacuum, and lots of airplane tickets
6. spotify is pretty neat
7. i miss my parmesan oregano bread at subway
8. managed to bike ~7 miles on flat roads. got pretty tired towards the end tho
9. hurricanes and fires and other disasters everywhere. oh my...
10. i can feel myself wasting away, hanging on to the past, and falling into routine again... just highly unmotivated recently

neato links

whoa it's september already.

playing online games as an adult - yea, pretty much...

bored at work? make weapons from paperclips

ok go and the muppets - baa-aark?

if ever i buy a house with a basement, i'm getting this puzzle

katamari desk organizer DIY project looks fun

cartography of the world - globaia - very neat