You flirted with a beautiful Italian girl on a sunny day watching a legendary horse race.

That was awesome.

You walked streets that were old when your great-great-great-great grandmother's great grandmother was a baby.

Did I mention the door in Westminster Cathedral that's older than the Norman conquest of England?

In other entertaining news:

Pictures from the counter demonstration against Fred Phelps at the Sand Diego Comic Con. Full size picture links.

I like the guy dressed up in the Bender costume with the sign that says Kill All Humans!

I love GOD HATES KITTENS, with a helpful picture of a kitten with an emphatic NO! scrawled next to it, just in case you were unclear on the objects of God's wrath.

Bender was awesome. Since nobody seems to have taken any pictures of the other side of his sign, I'm just telling myself that obviously it's telling Fred Phelps to kiss his shiny metal ass.

Sean, I apologize. I clearly misunderestimapprehended the situation.

I'm tired of the ducks that seem to be following you around. so glad you got Italy.

And everytime I see a counter protest -I feel good. How ever horrid Phelps and his people are, they have brought together some amazing groups of people. I figure that is the only reason he hasn't been struck by lightning -the smiting is more subtle than we thought it would be.

Also, there is the time-honored selling books and DVD's at a Half Price books for Ramen money. Granted, you get about $15 for a shitton of bring-in's but I have squeaked by many a poor week with that method.

Er, maybe you have a LOT of books/DVD's? Dude, that sucks and I feel you. October, I lost my job and my apartment. Not the first time I've been down that rabbit hole, either, and it really bites.

But, as others have said, ITALY!

Sean, I apologize. I clearly misunderestimapprehended the situation.

Please. I was in pretty bad shape. And there's no guarantees that my better attitude will last. Who knows. And believe me, I'm stressing over this stuff, but before I left this all would have put me on the floor in a quivvering mass of jello.

Daughter of Phelps mentions Buffy when asked why they are protesting Comic-Con [link]

I like the sign that says Support Fiction- Read The Bible! But I'm old fashioned like that.

Sean, you rock! dunno what else to say. Lemme know if you wanna come down to pool/my place. I can pick ya up to save miles on the doughnut tire. You can kick my ass in Halo or something.

I'm not getting much accomplished today. Sky is blue. Sun is bright. Office is freezing. And all I can think about is, how can I get to UPS counter to pick up my package from ThinkGeek AND make it to my dinner party on time.

F5 not working... or ... I killed the thread ... Or ... It's Friday and the east coast is fleeing home. Damn it, now I gotta do some work.

I did order some business cards! Woot! And it looks like my package has been signed for and waiting on my front door. I really hope UPS means at my apartment door, and not the front door to the building.

Dammit, I thought I was hungover but now I think I might actually be sick.

Oof. Freecycle guy just came by to pick up a set of weights that I haven't used in five years. I kind of forgot to take into account that bringing a set of weights to the front door means picking up all of them at once. I managed by putting them into a laundry basket, but wow, that was more difficult than I'd expected.