Month: March 2006

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Step 1 (we can have lots of fun… ok – I’ll stop now….)

1. Arrive on a trpoical island, exhausted and beaten down by airport asshattery and airplane air, grab a beer and head straight for the beach to watch the sunset. Say “screw the camera” because there will be more of them to photograph. Eat dinner, watch hockey streamed from Sportnet (hooray for slingbox) and fall alseep before the end of the first period.

2. Bake in the sun all morning. Take lunch break. Go shopping all afternoon. Burn. Oops. Return with large bottle of aloe and hide from the sun for the rest of the afternoon. Drinks at bar across the street. Sleep.

3. Bake in the sun all morning again (with liberally applied sunscreen this time). Lunchbreak. Realize that leaving the island tomorrow sounds like the least fun ever, and spending 2 days in Miami alone isn’t sounding so hot either. Contact airline and extend trip by 52 hours.

Steps to come: A sunset horseback ride tonight, diving tomorrow, and hopefully trips out to stingray city, hell, and the turtle farm. Frankly, my hometown peeps are lucky I’m coming home at all.
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dolphin kiss Originally uploaded by peechie. Continue reading now you may commence the hate

Last night I stayed at the Fairfield Inn Marriott in Doral (aka Miami West) since it’s near the airport. It’s nice – I recommend it, especially the business centre with free internet. I didn’t wanna fork out $80 to take a cab to the beach and back at 6pm, so I asked what was nearby … Continue reading One is the Loneliest Number

A list of things I am rapidly discovering I’m not a fan of: -19 hour days, followed by 4 hours of fitful airplane sleep. -Airports, specifically Pearson, on so many levels. We have it SO GOOD at YVR. -Other people’s children. -Bell Internet kiosks. -Having to strip down (not all the way thankfully) to clear … Continue reading don’t hate me yet…

You know you want to. Continue reading Hate me.