Going to the Far Side (of the world..sort of)

So Many malaria, yellow fever and dengue mosquitoes about to be in my life...

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I will be taking a short hiatus from this blog while I am working in Nigeria...but you can follow my adventures at "A Mango in Nigeria".

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This second one has no relevance other than it has always been my favorite Far Side since I was little.

Peace out Cheap Ass Bitches! I'll miss you all.

Chatroulette or a Trip into Creepy Town

Anyone tried out Chatroulette yet? I was very tempted after reading about it in New York Magazine and then seeing all those internet pictures of funny things people saw on the site....

So of course I had to try it out...but even more obvious I had to try it out as a ridiculous character. I dressed as an old Pirate wrapped in fur and made crazy faces. I felt like I got a lot of people to laugh, but I was hoping to bump into someone who was equally as crazy, but mostly it's normal ol' people or the perverted people...but nothing silly...except I did enjoy a moment when a girl fed me her spaghetti.

Ramblings of a Sane Lady

The Mission Madre's post about flat sheets got me aware of all the stupid things in life that have pissed me off the last few days...(also don't take this as real anger, I'm actually in quite a pleasant and chipper mood)

So to start, I like to bring my own bag when I go shopping...in fact it folds up nice and small and goes with me everywhere in my purse. I love you BAGGU. So why, when I go shopping do people act all weird when I pull it out? They go to start loading my purchases in a plastic bag and I tell them I have my own (which I always have ready for them)....but time and time again they look at it and then as always stop loading. It's like if I don't use "their" plastic bag then they don't have to load the purchases. Sorry people but a bag is a bag, now load my damn groceries!

Now let me talk a little about adapter plugs...uhhh. Why does every store sell kits of world travel adapter plugs? You think I'm galavanting all around the world traveling to every country that needs a new plug? NO. I'm traveling to one country that needs one type of plug and I need multiple of that plug...not one of every plug! Please correct this time and money wasting mistake...k thanks.

Great White Sharks on the Brain

I have been reading a book about great white sharks the past few days, and I am obsessed! I can't stop thinking, dreaming, and sadly talking about them....and unfortunately I have noticed that if you don't think/dream/care about great whites, you really really don't want to hear someone else talk about them.

So in the spirit of forcing you to think/dream/care about these guys...Come on, how could you not love that face?

So today after I did my fair share of reading, looking at photos and watching youtube clips, and still not feeling like I had my fix of the sharks...I started a new art project...

I'm still not quite done, I think she looks a little too happy and her nose kinda looks like a cat's, but whatever...I love collaging! and I'm sure I'll seal it in with a nice thick layer of decoupage, when the time is right. Now I just got to think of a good name for her...

RENTaurant or a Speak Easy of the Food Variety

The other night I was invited to go to a dinner at someone's house. A normal occurrence it seems...except, I was invited by someone who didn't live there, to a house they had never been to, to a house of people they had never met.

I had no idea what I was walking into, but I guess all over the world these Paladars, which are small, family-run, private-owned restaurants are popping up in people's homes. In fact you can find one in your neighborhood here.

The concept that night was that of a normal restaurant. You make a reservation, show up with your friends (and some wine to keep it extra cheap), order from the menu, eat till you're stuffed, and pay your bill (suggested donation $10-$20)!

The food was amazing! There were dips, delicious soups, two different pot pies with sides and the most fluffy mouth watering dessert.

I was horrible at taking pictures, but I did get this one of my Clam Chowder made from the chef's great grandmother's recipe.


I had the best time and can't wait for the email from Aaron & Megan (the chefs and lovely hosts) letting me know when the next and monthly Rentaurant is happening...I hope its before I leave for Nigeria!

G9 you are my Hall to my Oats...Cause You Make My Dreams Come True!

So as many of my devoted readers (the whole 4 of you) know I am leaving for Nigeria, like really really soon...eeep. I couldn't be more excited to go experience a new culture, way of life, food..basically everything...

So of course I had to buy myself a new awesome camera to capture everything. Now I plan on bringing my film SLR and shooting black and whites, but I also thought it was time to get myself in this thing people are calling "the digital age"...ok, I don't think anyone is calling it that..but you know a digital camera was needed. I wanted something small that I could carry around easily but had all the features of an SLR...(well except for an awesome lens) and also something I could afford...even though I've been ebaying like a mad woman, I couldn't drop more than I few hundred. So after doing all my researched I settled on a beautiful and amazing used Canon Powershot G9. Loves it!

Behold its beauty and my cheezy test shots at home...

gotsta love owls and shallow depths of fields

oooh colors! and seriously I don't need any more nail polish...except black...I don't have black, must go buy nail polish...

So in the end I got my lovely "new" G9, a case, 3 memory cards, charger, 3 batteries, and a cable for $360. Not too shabby...especially since I made that back on my ebay sales....

Also one of my friends, who also has a major love for the G9, gave me this cool little toy called the GorillaPod. Awesome bendable tripod that goes just about anywhere a narcissist would want to take a picture of themself.

Oh look its a narcissist! "Hey There"

Ebay...better than working? Or why my room looks like a Post Office

So I have been trying my hand at making a killing on ebay...yeah that's why I have been so horrible at putting up any new posts...

So it's nothing to quit my day job over, but I've been doing alright. I've been selling mainly things around my hoarded room that I havent worn/used in forever...somethings go for almost nothing...but some others were secret big ticket items...I'm talking like $20!

The best that I racked up though was selling my old unexposed 16mm film for 3x the amount any buy back film company offered me...and the real money makers were a big box of unopened PS3 games my brother sent me last week...I kept one, but the rest straight to ebay!....don't worry folks my brother totally agrees with me doing this....I think....

As they say in they say at in the USPS biz..."NEXT!"