June 28, 2005 11 Comments

Holy crap. I just realized I have a total of five days off this weekend. What the hell am I going to do with myself?

Especially since I have my birthday (the 5th) off, and as far as I know we aren’t having my party on the 5th. What should I do to celebrate my birthday?

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  1. tricstmr June 28, 2005 at 18:15

    to channel richard bach for a second…

    figure out what your own limits are…

    then surpass them….

    1. avdi June 28, 2005 at 18:19

      Re: to channel richard bach for a second…

      Wow… that was so…

      incredibly…

      VAGUE!

      😉

      1. tricstmr June 28, 2005 at 18:27

        heehee…

        well…

        Duh!!!.. 😉

        on the other hand… if you want to get all specific…

        you could decide what the most perfect meal that you could ever possibly eat would be.. write it down to the detail–including atmospherics, people attending, silverware arrangement, etc…

        And then give it to and say.. “Make it so!” in your best Picard impression…

  2. predestinedsoul June 28, 2005 at 18:36

    Sleep outside in the sun all day.
    Son’t forget the sunscreen.

  4. tirani June 28, 2005 at 19:13

    Anything you damn well want. *g*

  5. ex_greymaide85 June 28, 2005 at 20:16

    Hookers and booze! Hookers and booze!

  6. cheri_demort June 29, 2005 at 05:27

    Sit yourself down with a nice bottle of Jack Daniels… he’ll be your best friend!

  7. c4bl3fl4m3 June 29, 2005 at 14:28

    Fly to France. 😀

    1. avdi June 29, 2005 at 14:38

      I’m afraid France is near the bottom of my list of places to visit… not out of any dislike for the country, but from simple disinterest in all of the usual tourist destinations. Art museums generally don’t do it for me, and from a purely architectural point of view, the Eiffel Tower is not terribly exciting.

      What is there that is genuinely worth seeing in France – outside of Paris, in particular?

      1. c4bl3fl4m3 July 2, 2005 at 04:52

        There’s alot more architecture than the Eiffel Tower, hon. 😉

        Seriously though, the Gothic architecture over here is to DIE for. Cathedrals that took centuries to build because of the detail of the carvings on the outside… and it’s all done by hand! It’s so impressive. The amount of passion that these people put in their work is overwhelming. And I’m not just talking the Cathédrale de Notre Dame. I’m talking even the cathedrals in the other cities.

        Many buildings have lovely façades on the outside. The streets are small and charming. Even the road signs are done in such a way that requires intellect to decode them… I like decoding them in the way that an American would… literally. “Pile of Shit, 30!” and “Truck blowing up!” It’s fun.

        The food is good. The people are nice. The weather is usually nicer here than in the States in the summer (although lately, they’ve had a heat wave and it feels like summer in DC). The pubs are plentiful.

        Let’s see… well, I haven’t done too much outside of Paris other than in Metz, where lives. There’s a nice shopping district, the 3rd tallest cathédrale in France (with alot of that lovely Gothic architecture… I took some pics that I’ll share later), and alot of the town is closed to cars, so it’s perfect for strolling. Metz prides themselves on their integration of technology into the city, while still maintaining their rich past. (check out http://www.mairie-metz.fr/GB/intro.html for more detail)

        There’s lots of charming little towns, towns that feel like they’ve been the same for hundreds, if not thousands of years.

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