Last night I got whatever the opposite of a Cease and Desist Letter is on Facebook.
What the hell dude. Your blog hasn’t been updated in like 3 weeks. Either you are 1) dead, 2) incarcerated in a sketchy South American prison, 3) simply having too much fun to be bothered, or 4) in a part of the world that has not heard of this thing we call The Internet.
All four excuses are crap. I expect an update in the next 48 hours, or there will be consequences.*
Petey
* consequences will take the form of a strongly worded letter expressing my disappointment. Beware!
Hi everyone. Yah, I havent been updating my blog. Even though I’ve written a bunch of blog posts — some literally, in my journal… and even more in my head — but somehow they havent gotten digitized for the masses. Suck. But what I have been doing when I get on a computer is uploading photos to Flickr. (http://flickr.com/photos/dsldsl) Then, ive been using a random-ass tool Flickr2Facebook to move copy some of those photos to Facebook. (dammit why isnt there something better.) Then ive been tagging people in Facebook. And on top of all of that i’ve been using Twitter pretty regularly to update what I’m up to (http://twitter.com/dsldsl) and that twitter update automatically updates my Facebook status so there you go. (BTW, I didnt realize how much Facebook was taking over the world until I started traveling. It is all anyone ever uses when they travel and I can see why. Its the best travel stay-in-touch-with-new-friends tool ever, and the tag-photos feature is perfect for sharing while traveling. In short, I get it now!) WHY IS IT NOT EASIER TO DO ALL OF THAT PHOTO POSTING IN ONE STEP? I wonder if there’s a market for a better Flickr to Facebook image tool.
But in all of that interneticity, no blog posts. And no blog posts for all of columbia basically which is a bit of a shame since Columbia is Amazing. (yes, petey, it’s mostly #3 with a bit of #4 and some aspects of #1 thrown in. although somehow, unlike my friend Nico, I managed to stay away from #2. those that know me know that is a miracle in itself. or a sign that I am maturing? nah, must be a christmas miracle.) Columbia is a land of Friendly People, of Socializing in Parques all night long, of Safe Cities (seriously, mostly), of Beautiful Women, of Rum and Rum and more Rum, of Warm Beaches, of Lush Jungles, of Cheap Everything, and Fun Fun Fun Parties. I highly recommend it, but you need a lot of time here. I could stay for another month and not see everything that I want to see.
hmmmm… does a meta-blog post count as a blog post? really, the first one back is the hardest. ive been trying to figure out for the past few weeks if i should start posting back when I left off and catch up, or just start in the present, and that decision has rendered me paralyzed. I suppose now I can just write! :)
ok, here’s the scene… sitting in my pajamas, need to pack my bag and get to the Brazilian Embassy at noon to (hopefully) pick up my passport (it takes 4 days to get a visa, but “because its Christmas” the nice lady at the brazilian embassy was willing to overnight it for me so I can get to Rio for XMAS), say goodbye to all of my friends here, get to the airport, get on a plane, SLEEP XMAS EVE AWAY and then wake up XMas eve in Rio! And maybe put on pants somewhere in all of that. Oh, and I have to figure out where to stay in rio and what im going to do when I get there until Dodgy and the Walds show up in a few days for the grande fiesta!
If I get packed with some time to spare I’ll post more here of travel adventures and travel thoughts.
Happy Chanukah! (I miss Latkes.)
Merry XMas! (I miss the Delaney Family Xmas party.)
Happy Everything Else in Winter! (I dont miss the freezing cold of SF right now.)
