Journal – Page 12 – Oddball Update

Ten Things

April 25, 2009April 25, 2009 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

In my last post I promised that this was coming, so now here it is. Ten things I miss about the U.S.: Family. Since my parents have a habit of visiting Florida once every couple of months or so, going for half a year without seeing them has been different.

Escapism as a Lifestyle

April 25, 2009September 21, 2011 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

Originally, this post was going to discuss the official launch of our final week here in Thailand. It was going to feature details of the fun stuff we’ve got planned for our last weekend, our trip prep activities over the coming week, and even a list of “10 things I miss about the U.S.”

Random Hoo-Ha

April 19, 2009April 19, 2009 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

I couldn’t think of an appropriately witty title for this entry, nor could I decide on a particular subject — so what you get is, indeed, a bunch of random hoo-ha. Hard to believe that yet another weekend is already two-thirds gone.

Three Weekends Left

April 10, 2009April 10, 2009 Chief Oddball

It’s Saturday tomorrow, and the beginning of the first of our final three weekends here in Thailand. We’ve already got them all planned out, too, although you would expect as much from us by now. After spending the entirety of every weekday within the same four walls, working 80% of the day and mostly losing myself in daydreams and fantasy for the remaining 20%, when the weekend comes we like to get out of the house and do something.

A Weekend in Koh Samui

March 3, 2009March 3, 2009 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

Apple and I spent the weekend in Koh Samui, and the experience was so incredible that I’m going to post about it here, despite the fact that I really feel rather dead right now. Is this feeling due to the inevitable gloom associated with having to put an end to what was possibly life’s greatest vacation, you ask?

Escape Hatch

February 24, 2009May 8, 2012 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

It’s been a long time since my last update, folks, which means there’s a lot of verbal spew that’s accumulated in my mind and needs to be released. This post comes with the usual warning labels attached about excessive length, and possibly excessive bitching.

Run for the Border

February 8, 2009February 8, 2009 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

Make a ruuunnnn…for the borderrrrr…Taco Bell! Okay, sorry. The ’80s just came back to me unbidden, as they so often do. Today Apple and I made our own run for the border: The border of Malaysia, rather than Mexico. However, what was going to be a fairly routine visa run and shopping trip turned into a bit more of an adventure than we expected.

Invigorated

January 30, 2009November 12, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

Hey, where’s the post about the giant robot angst? Suffice it to say, I’ll finish the second part of my Evangelion-themed entries a little later than I expected. In the meantime, my attention has been bouncing like a pinball from one new idea to another, and by now, my minor rediscovery of anime is only one facet of my overall sphere of inspiration.

Whipped.

January 22, 2009January 22, 2009 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

And I mean tired. Yes, that’s my excuse for why this site was neglected for the past week. I actually was on track to maintain the “post once every two or three days” schedule that I had fallen into since the new year started, that is until the Scheiβen hit the proverbial Lüfter on Friday.

Pizza Huh?

January 15, 2009January 15, 2009 Chief Oddball

The developers of a new shopping plaza in Nanjing, China have done something amusing to attract the eyes of tourists, business prospects and gullible westerners alike. Rather than stick with plain vanilla facades on storefronts that have yet to be leased, they’ve created a “virtual mall” of parody shops and merchandise, taken after those of real businesses.

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