Being Electrocuted
December 26, 2007
Merry Crimbo
After a lot of traveling, we decided to stay home alone for the celebration of consumerism this year. We got pretty festive with a two-foot tree and some multi-colored lights in our bushes. For Christmas eve, we loosely follow a Lithuanian tradition of eating seafood, so we went out to The Fish Market in Palo Alto. It was really good, I think I'll be back. I don't really like seafood other than shrimp and crab, but I am strangely drawn to seafood restaurants. Maybe it is some weird nostalgia thing that makes me think of Florida or reminds me of when I used to work in seafood restaurants on the beach. Who knows.
Christmas Morning, 8 AM - Lola and Levi unwrap their new dog toys (the dogs always get presents), play for about 30 seconds until Levi decides both toys are actually his. Lola disagrees, a fight breaks out. Two minutes later, I'm in the car on my way to the vet with Lola, who has a huge gash on her forehead. After 3 staples (Dr. Sharon Zweiter was awesome), I bring her home with a giant cone around her neck and a bottle of amoxicillin. 11 AM - We finally open gifts from each other and the rest of the family. Highlights were Guitar Hero III for Wii from my brother, much needed semi-professional clothes from Brigitta, and a Wusthof knife set from my parents. With gift certificates and cash, we bought a TivoHD box, finally! CableCards are scheduled for a Jan 5th install. I'll give a full history of Tivo and Comcast, and me after that. Oh, and I need someone to invite me to a New Years Eve party. ¶ 1:06 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
Christmas Morning, 8 AM - Lola and Levi unwrap their new dog toys (the dogs always get presents), play for about 30 seconds until Levi decides both toys are actually his. Lola disagrees, a fight breaks out. Two minutes later, I'm in the car on my way to the vet with Lola, who has a huge gash on her forehead. After 3 staples (Dr. Sharon Zweiter was awesome), I bring her home with a giant cone around her neck and a bottle of amoxicillin. 11 AM - We finally open gifts from each other and the rest of the family. Highlights were Guitar Hero III for Wii from my brother, much needed semi-professional clothes from Brigitta, and a Wusthof knife set from my parents. With gift certificates and cash, we bought a TivoHD box, finally! CableCards are scheduled for a Jan 5th install. I'll give a full history of Tivo and Comcast, and me after that. Oh, and I need someone to invite me to a New Years Eve party. ¶ 1:06 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
December 9, 2007
The Cliffs of Insanity
Finally a hotel with free WiFi! Brigitta and I are in Galway, Ireland at the moment, just back from a Day trip out to the Burren and Cliffs of Moher, well almost...We were supposed to go to the Cliffs of Moher (Cliffs of Insanity from the Princess Bride) but the winds were so strong that they closed the cliffs to visitors for the first time this year. The rest of the trip was fun, though rainy, cold, and windy.
It's been three months since I've written anything on here, and since then I've been studying for the GMAT, traveling a lot and occupying the rest of my time kicking ass at Fantasy Football. I took the GMAT in September and scored a 640 plus a 5.5 out of 6 on the essay section (which I hear no one actually looks at). I finished up my application to UF's distance MBA program and sent it in. We'll see what happens. After that, Brigitta and I went on our first European Vacation together to Berlin, Munich and Prague. It was seriously awesome, and here's our #1 tip: Visit Prague now before the Czech Republic converts to the Euro and it becomes insanely expensive. Next, for Thanksgiving, we went to north Georgia to visit my parents and brother in their new permanent home in the mountains. My dad is recently retired and now spends his time working on the house, making it seem more rustic and less modern. We flew into ATL and rented a car to drive the 2.5 hours up to Dillard, GA. Highlight of the trip...I got to drink sweet tea for the first time in years! One week after getting home from that trip, I left for Dublin, Ireland for a two week work trip. I'm halfway through now, and Brigitta came out for a week in the middle, so here we are on a weekend trip to Galway.
Slàinte
PS - Tim Tebow won the Heisman, in case you were wondering.
It's been three months since I've written anything on here, and since then I've been studying for the GMAT, traveling a lot and occupying the rest of my time kicking ass at Fantasy Football. I took the GMAT in September and scored a 640 plus a 5.5 out of 6 on the essay section (which I hear no one actually looks at). I finished up my application to UF's distance MBA program and sent it in. We'll see what happens. After that, Brigitta and I went on our first European Vacation together to Berlin, Munich and Prague. It was seriously awesome, and here's our #1 tip: Visit Prague now before the Czech Republic converts to the Euro and it becomes insanely expensive. Next, for Thanksgiving, we went to north Georgia to visit my parents and brother in their new permanent home in the mountains. My dad is recently retired and now spends his time working on the house, making it seem more rustic and less modern. We flew into ATL and rented a car to drive the 2.5 hours up to Dillard, GA. Highlight of the trip...I got to drink sweet tea for the first time in years! One week after getting home from that trip, I left for Dublin, Ireland for a two week work trip. I'm halfway through now, and Brigitta came out for a week in the middle, so here we are on a weekend trip to Galway.
Slàinte
PS - Tim Tebow won the Heisman, in case you were wondering.
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