October 28, 2007
"We all have abnormalities in common. We're a breed apart from the rest of humanity, we theatre folk. We are the original displaced personalities."
It's official - I'm seriously out of my element.... (read more)
October 27, 2007
"Here's my argaroll socks straight from California, made in Taiwan."
It's nearly 8am. I'm in the Taiwan airport waiting for my transfer to Bangkok and what do I see when I get off the plane? Free internet access! Not $10 for 5 minutes, like in Ireland. Not $22 for a day, like in Australia. Free! And they have these little... (read more)
October 26, 2007
"Ever been in love?"
Love and relationships, love and relationships… God, it seems like that’s all I’ve been talking about over the past week and it’s making me uncomfortable. Not because I’m in that whiny I-wish-I-weren’t-single mode – I’m long, long over that phase and well into the getting-into-a-relationship-terrifies-the-shit-out-of-me phase. Actually, maybe terrified is... (read more)
October 25, 2007
"Because that pipe doesn't go to the marshmallow room. It goes to the fudge room."
I appear to be suffering from something the Aussies call “brain fag.” No, it’s not a slur – not that I know of, anyway. But one of my tour operators was telling me about this spot in the forest that’s believed to cure brain fag. “What’s that?” I asked. “You... (read more)
October 22, 2007
"You don't think I come out with these blinding flashes of deduction when I'm completely sober, do you?"
...and on the last night, I got a little tipsy. Good vino and good company made for a perfect ending to a perfect trip. In typical fashion I was blurting out whatever magnificent insights came into my brain (like someone else I know...) and asking highly inappropriate questions of my... (read more)
"I gotta wait in line with nobodies to buy groceries from a failure!"
I was finally able to partake in my time-honored tradition of visiting a foreign grocery store today, on my last day in Adelaide. It wasn’t as uproariously hilarious as the ones in Finland and Pico – mind you, I don’t know that anything could beat those (mostly due to the... (read more)
October 21, 2007
"Right, birthday. Um, actually, I, I do have a thing."
It’s official: I’m the big 32. This is how it all went down:... (read more)
October 19, 2007
"Everyone knows that birthday wishes are the only ones with any real validity."
I'm back in Adelaide. This morning I ate my breakfast hopping distance from kangaroos, blended my own wine, had a fantastic lunch and did more wine tasting. I'm about to run out to do some scouting in the Central Market before dinner. Tomorrow morning it's off to Kangaroo Island for... (read more)
October 18, 2007
"I think that you are going to continue to ignore this particular problem until it swims up and bites you in the ass!"
So, the shark diving thing happened yesterday. And I almost didn’t make it. No, that’s not dramatics. I’m being serious.... (read more)
October 10, 2007
"Darling, stop me drinking today because Saffy's threatened to leave home again."
Home. Tired. Unpacking. Repacking. Why? Australia. When? Tomorrow. Bye bye...... (read more)
October 8, 2007
"Oh, we are *so* hunting spiders in Belize!"
I had a moment today in Belize that was pure bliss.... (read more)
October 7, 2007
"Tell me, Madigan, what kind of country is that Ireland place?"
After two days of hanging out with the tour group, I’m on my own in Belize again. I took a Tropic Air flight from Ambergris Caye to Belize City, then from Belize City to Dangriga, where I was picked up at the airport and driven to a resort called Hanamasi.... (read more)
October 6, 2007
"I'd never been to Belize."
Last Saturday I was in Portugal, this Saturday I’m in Belize. I’ve been here since Thursday morning, actually. After a quick 12-hour turnaround at home where I unpacked and repacked, did some laundry and reminded myself of what my home looks like, I turned right back around to reacquaint myself... (read more)
October 2, 2007
"And Matthew, of course, is from Neptune. I, myself, am descended from the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower from... Portugal, or somewhere."
Some random notes on my last day in Portugal…... (read more)
