July 2003

upcoming european adventure

Submitted by Eric Fox on July 11, 2003 - 8:00pm

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It's nearly 3 weeks before I even leave for my grand European adventure, and I'm already posting comments here. How's that for blog value? I say it's hella value. You see, planning for my trip to Europe is consuming nearly as much time as the actual trip will...so I figured I would keep my loyal readers informed about my preparations. Please, try to calm yourself. I know this is all very exciting for you. I was initially planning to leave my trip itinerary extremely flexible with few details planned in advance, but that changed once I realized that many of the hostels in the big European cities fill up very quickly during the summer (I've already had difficulty getting reservations at some of them). Also, the Eurail pass I purchased only allows me 5 travel days, so I figured it would be a good idea to figure out if I could get to where I need to be going in 5 days. read more

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bye-bye miss american pie

Submitted by Eric Fox on July 16, 2003 - 8:00pm

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I probably won't post here too much before I leave because I'm feverishly working to finish my Relational Frame Theory tutorial before I leave. I'd like to preview the tutorial at the conference I'm attending in Sweden, as well as get feedback from expert types. And now, the top 10 reasons I'm excited about my trip to Europe: read more

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getting ready

Submitted by Eric Fox on July 21, 2003 - 8:00pm

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I leave for Europe in 9 days. Yikes. I have approximately 427 days worth of work to get done in these 9 days. Life is going to be a serious crapfest for the next week and a half. On the plus side, I was able to get in touch with an old friend of mine from junior high and high school named Javier. He lives in (or near) London now, and has offered to let me stay with him during my time in London. Neat. I haven't really seen Jav since high school, so it will be great to hang out with him and see what kind of freaky adult he has turned into. Back to work fer me.

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leaving soon

Submitted by Eric Fox on July 30, 2003 - 8:00pm

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I'll be leaving for the airport in about 10 hours. It's unlikely I'll get any sleep during that time. Although I'm pretty much finished packing (got my pack down to about 30 pounds, even with my stupid laptop and other computer junk I need to bring), I still need to do some more work on my tutorial before printing it out and leaving a copy for my advisor in the morning. I'm quite the sleepy bastard lately, and it's amusing to observe the cognitive deficiencies with which my sleep deprivation has blessed me. My flight leaves around noon tomorrow (Thursday, July 31), and I'll arrive in London at 8:15am (London time; a little after midnight Phoenix time) on Friday morning. I'm going to be staying at the Piccadilly Backpackers Hotel in London, which is in or near Soho. I've decided to stay in the hostel during my first stop in London because I want to experience the fun, party hostel atmosphere in London and because my friend Jav has a pretty busy schedule this weekend, anyway. read more

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burger king bloggin'

Submitted by Eric Fox on July 31, 2003 - 8:00pm

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Okay, so I'm writing this from the basement of a Burger King in the middle of London's trendy theatre district. No, I was not eating at Burger King...I just noticed their huge sign for their high-speed internet access on the sidewalk. They literally have about 100 PCs on their bottom floor computer lab. It's all very disturbing, I must say. Furthermore, I'm not really sure I'm in the middle of London's trendy theatre district. All the little areas and districts here are so close together and connected that I'm never really sure where I am. Piccadilly Circus? Could be. Soho? Maybe. Trendy theatre district? Why not...it sounds good in my blog, anyway. The flight over was rather uneventful. I had about a 3-hour flight from Phoenix to Chi-town, and then about a 7-hour flight from Chicago to London. Instead of trying to work on the flights, I opted for trying to get some rest since I hadn't really slept the night before and didn't want to be completely gone when I arrived in London. read more

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