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| Well it's been a long long long... long while since I've even touched this thing. Originally I think my only purpose for using this was to make updates as I was travelling through Europe.
Feels a bit weird using this Xanga account for anything else. So I figure I'll just make a totally new account.
check it out if you want.
http://www.xanga.com/kevlogs
I'll try to update it more frequently. As opposed to having a whole year pass.
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| I haven't used this weblog for ages.
much has happenned since my last entry. Saw some old
friends around Thanksgiving, A good friend got married, and had a HUGE
loveboat reunion over the New Year in Vancouver/Whistler.
The pics are many. But I haven't had a chance to REALLY go
through them all yet.
But fortunately I did manage to make an Ofoto Album of some pics of interest a month or 2 ago.
It's been almost 6 months since I came back from Europe.
And I DID promise pics.
After gathering all the pics from my travelling companions. I
numbered and organised them all. But I haven't figured out to
show them to you all.
'Cause the running total right now is around 5000. No jokes. Five Thousand!!..
You see the problems I have.
Well as a consolation. I personally had around 500 pics (On a
ghetto film camera) But that's still too many. So I condensed it
into a measly 170 into Ofoto. It's a really really condensed
form. Just copy and paste the link below.
I'll consider putting more up if the demand is there.
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=izqtk9d.6gnsn0ld&x=1&y=-floh5a
Cheers.. and enjoy.
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| I'm wondering if anyone has heard of Absinthe?
Have you heard of the Green Fairy?
Well this is one of the treasures I have brought back from overseas.
I hear in many places it's still not legal to have it.
Way back in the day, people used to drink this stuff all the time
because it was way cheaper to get than beer or wine at the time.
The problem with the drink was that they had no regulations as to how
potent you could make it and the side effects included hallucinations
and insanity. People would start going crazy and chop their
ears off like Van Gogh. Apprarntly Van Gogh drank alot of
Absinthe himself.
I'm sure if you drink enough, you start believing you're actually seeing the Green Fairy.
Because of this they banned the drink everywhere.
But in recent times places are gradually lifting the ban but have
strict regulations as to how potent you are allowed to make it. I
got my bottle in Austria which legalized it again in 1998.
It's made from several "herbs" mostly wormwood oil.
The alcohol content is 50% volume, 0.7 litre.
On the box it suggests for you to pour the drink over sugar cubes into
a glass. Then use a match and light the sugar cubes on fire and
then stir the sugar into the drink. There is enough alochol
to actually light the sugar on fire. I just found it funny they
had step by step instructions and photos showing us how we are to do
this.
It just blows my mind that people would actually drink this stuff.
They all must be crazy.
Oh yeah. by the way. It tastes like mint. Truuust me. heh...heh... | | |
| alright. after so many days.. we don't have a clear winner for the picture contest.
but a buddy of mine got the most answers right.
i was just looking for what those objects were in the pictures.
so here they are
1,2 - Flying Buttresses
3 - dome on cathedral
4 - roman arch
5,6 - type of greek columns
so the winner is.....
my buddy who wrote this email...
**excerp from email**
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OK,
I checked out the pictures. Good stuff buddy. Lets see, from the top we
have... flying buttresses.... the Hagia Sophia????... Ahhh the Roman
Arch... and hmmm the parenthanon?? Not to sure about the woman column..
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out of 4. not bad. Hagia Sophia is a good answer in a
different sense. but unfortunately i didn't make it that far
east.
the prize is on its way...
to tell you the truth, i went around all over Europe to get these pictures. it was a mini mission of mine.
alright. i'll have real pictures once i've sorted them all out.
there's just so many...
***edit***
as i was sorting some pictures today, i found one more that goes with my
mini mission theme. i don't think anybody can figure this one out.
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