ah, so the weekend planning begins. there's nothing quite like the seamlessness of staying on top of work tasks and contributing useful input while managing one's own life and planning for things while at work. there is just something about accomplishment and organization that's satisfying.

so first of all: last night was a HOA board meeting - nothing like the optimism of a condo board before the annual meeting. so that was much fun for about 90 minutes before i got to head over to the planning meeting for my march england trip. it was quite fun and i was able to subtly get my point across and convince the group of my desired route through conversation and no overt disagreement or prodding. quick summary: there are 8 of us renting a canal boat from outside of manchester, UK for a week. we can traverse any direction we choose, provided we return the boat in a week's time. there about five primary routes of travel available from our starting point and i am for seeing as much of the country as possible. the group essentially narrowed the choices down to 2 prior to yesterday: a westerly journey towards wales or a northern bearing towards chester. You can take a look here if you like. there is obviously some quiet concern in the group of so many people being in such close proximity for a whole week on such a cozy vessel. that initially led people to choose the shorter chester trip which would require 3 hours a day of canal travel while the llangollen route would require 6 and, of course, cover much a greater distance. while traveling i usually default to covering as much area as possible as to take in the most culture and sights. there are of course exceptions for great locations and taking the time to relax and acclimate to the schedule and mannerisms of the locals. but regardless - in this case i was more worried about how to spend the non-traveling time. there is only so much to see in small towns located off the beaten path and i imagine after a while they tend to be fairly uniform. for the shorter trip we would get to spend almost two full days in chester and liverpool - but i espouse that the reason for taking a canal trip is to become one with the boat and traverse as much culture and distance as possible.

but this is a conversation that will continue on until our trip in mid-march, so i digress.

only 4 more days until the superbowl! and i am slowly becoming fairly excited. i do not really recall the last rooting championship game i was able to 'participate' in because, while sports have been a fair constant in my life, the teams with which i associate, identify, and somewhat follow have not fared well for two decades. so this leaves me with faint memories of childhood happiness and gatherings - which i will now attempt to recreate for my friends this weekend.

good times, eh?


oh, and for Aqua Teen Hunger Force - nice!
I don't even follow news tickers anymore but noticed 'special alert' crawls about boston happingings yesterday and ignored them as usual. today i get to read the orgin and cause of such excitement.

to sum up: apparantly boston folks are quite terrified of moonanites.