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Trip prep errands
Things are expensive. Meh. But I now have things I need such as
a) money belt (much better than the neck thing I have, which isn't quite so compatable w/ tank tops & the like
b) cheap paperbacks for flight (used bookstores w/ $1 - $2 books are dangerous but amazing) to exhange for other books/get rid of at the book exchange in the hostel I'm staying at my first night (and probably last night) int he country... so I can pick up different books on my way out. I'm currently wearing it to get used to it prior to the trip.
c) assorted otc meds for my first aid kit
d) slightly used & aged (but 1/4 price) costa rica lonely planet
e)some food for my 24 hrs of airplanes
f) food for the time between now & when I leave
g) Rite-in-the-rain spiral bound journal (I have a really thin ritr notebook i'm using for trip logistics, but it doesnt have enough pages, and there is something appealing about having a seperate personal journal vs nuts & bolts...and with less than 2 pgs (that would be 2 sides)/day in the little notebook I'd probaly run out of room if i used it for both.

Now I need to go into the basement and work on organizing my stuff down there for general post-running-around-the-world moving, and also go through to search for more shorts.

first impressions are everything
anyone played with Sidux yet?

Current Mood: curious
Current Music: rictus - axiome

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have read 12of her books out of bordom and washed all her floors.

Travel randomness from Facebook widgit
From the top 25 lists on the "where have you visited/lived/want to go" lists...
(note that the US & Canada are broken into states/provences & the rest of the world is by country)

Been to 21 of the top 25 places people visit
Lived in 2 of the top 3 places people live.. and lived in 5 of the top 25, and once I move to Colorado it will be 6. I've (again) been to 21 of those places.

I've been to 8.5 of the top 25 places people want to visit.

Because yes, this is a vital thing for me to do in the "getting ready for Costa Rica" list...

7/4 success story
So my wife and I used Alton's "Who Loves Ya Baby Back Ribs" recipe yesterday for the Fourth, and I must say it turned out pretty damned good. I did have a couple of ideas, though, and wanted to bounce them off the comm.
1. Dropping the cooking temp after the first hour by 25 degrees and going longer, maybe an hour or so?
2. Substituting apple cider vinegar instead of white wine vinegar in the braising liquid.
3. Cutting the salt load a skosh.

Thoughts?

4th of july
I can kinda see the fireworks out my window.

They have nothing on Wednesday night's thunderstorm. Really. Of course I do NOT want fireworks being set off above my head at 2 am tonight, so I'm ok with that.

I have two DVDRs left.

The Descent
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/

White Noise
An architect's desire to speak with his wife from beyond the grave, becomes an obsession with supernatural repercussions.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375210/

It will not cost you anything. I will mail them to you for free.

It's not like the juice is going to last past Monday, but it's the principle that counts.
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just me and my head. its already roaring.

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no puter. no tv. i wasnt prepared. i didnt bring anything. omg.

Going by the numbers I win. So why doesn't it feel like it?
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Current Mood: depressed

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house sitting for free because im a goober.

Back from Reinier
I'm back from Reinier. It was a great trip, and I contemplated staying another day, but I really need to get things organized & re-packed here & ready to go to Costa Rica. I can't believe I'm leaving in less than a week.

Whoopsie...
This isn't entirely a Linux-related post but I think some Linux tools could help with repair...
So here's the deal. My finace has two HDs on her system.

HDA is windows/linux split
HDB is one media partition (fat32 or ntfs, I can't recall)

Anyway, windows needed a reinstall (a shocker, I know). She never uses her Linux partition so I went to delete both paritions. Through some random act of stupidity, I removed the partitions for both DRIVES instead of both partitions. This means her HDB media drive now has no partition info. The data was never formatted, I just removed the partition accidentally.

Since the drive was never formatted, I have a feeling I can rescue the data somehow or other. As I've never made this kind of mistake, I have no idea what would be involved in restoring the data. I am quite competent in Linux and since most of the tools are free I'd like to use that to fix the partition table if possible.

Can anyone recommend some tools that might work to help restore the partition table and/or retrieve the data?

Current Mood: embarrassed

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.
-Horace Mann, educational reformer (1796-1859)

Happy 4th of July!
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Current Mood: nostalgic

D:
Joey Chestnut won in overtime. :(

OH MY GODS
IT'S A TIE! OVERTIME OMFG!

::FLAIL::
I can't see anything, but poor Kobayashi is behind. :(

Stupid Joey Chestnut and his four-dog lead!

Edit 1: TIED

Edit 2: Kobayashi is ahead 1.5 hot dogs!!

Edit 3: Two hot dog lead!

Edit 4: OMFG IS IT A TIE?!?!?

Live Blogging the Madness
A couple just got engaged on stage. The Emcee knew it was going to happen. In preparation earlier this week, he registered in the Universal Life Church. So they also just got married.

LOL WHUT.

Also: I'm still a Kobayashi girl, but I'm giving serious thought to Double-Oh-Kevin.

or something
welcome to depression. the real question is: when am I NOT depressed? I mean I get manic, like not sleeping for the last 3 days, but I'm still depressed. sad to the point where I feel sick to my stomach and the tears are either misting my eyes or on my cheeks.

and then there are the nights, where my mind races and things get so loud in my head. I beg for people to get up in the morning. and then when they do I'm safer from my head but all the more alone. I feel separated, like I'm not even here, just watching "the chouinards: on the compound". like a really sucky reality show.

anyway, YAY AMERICA! or something.

ALL THE WAY TO CONEY
I'm at the hot dog eating contest.

GO KOBAYASHI!!!