18 8월 2007

Words Fail Me...

I'm trying to think of a good word to describe just how much I loooooove the Fun Lovin Criminals. Seriously, it's alot of love.

posted by Jes @ 15:12 1 comments

17 8월 2007

Good Luck Brownie!!!


Today my big brother will pack up and head to Leadville, Colorado, and tomorrow at 4 a.m. he'll start running. And he'll keep running. For 100 friggin' miles! He thinks the Hope Pass area will be the most difficult, and says if he's able to hit it by nightfall he should be fine. By nightfall? Can you imagine starting at 4 a.m. and still be running at nightfall???? I think it's awesome! I also think he's nuts, but hey the more crazy behavior he and my little brother involve themselves in, the less the folks are gonna be looking at my behavior, right?

This is how the Leadville website describes the course: 50 miles out and back in the midst of the Colorado Rockies. Lowest point is 9,200 ft. and the highest point is Hope Pass, 12,600 ft. The majority is on forest trails with some mountain roads. Pacers allowed after the 50 mile point. 11 well-supplied aid stations with cut-offs; 5 are medical checks. Christ, if I even made it to the first medical check that's probably where I'd be pronounced dead. And that would be way after the cutoff time.
Here's some pics of the Hope Pass areas of the course, stolen from Brownie who stole them from somewhere else.
GOOD LUCK BROWNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!! I'll drink some cheap yellow beer and jager shots in your honor!!!

posted by Jes @ 07:36 4 comments

16 8월 2007

Last year I was less than thrilled to turn 30. Can't believe I'll be 31 in less than a month. Any ideas on how I should celebrate? I must say, though, it's been a hell of a year. Here's to turning another year older and not being any wiser!! :)

posted by Jes @ 21:36 13 comments

15 8월 2007

I HEART SPA CASTLE!!






Those pictures are stolen directly from the Spa Castle website...I don't know how to enlarge them, but they're enough to give you the idea. I went to Spa Castle right after I first arrived in Korea, and I loved it! I have my heart set on going back, hopefully for a weekend sometime in September or October. I mentioned it to some friends last night and these same friends who HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO TAKE THEIR PANTS OFF ON THE STREETS OF ITAEWON said, "Ohh...is it one of those jimjilbang places where I have to get naked? If so there's no way I'm going..."

posted by Jes @ 13:19 5 comments

My best friend Andy and I have been playing phone tag for ages. I miss him so much it makes my tummy hurt!!! He has all kinds of excuses for missing my calls, but I suspect the real reason is that my number comes up as UNKNOWN on his caller ID, so he doesn't bother to answer it. BASTARD!

posted by Jes @ 13:00 3 comments

13 8월 2007

Weekend

Thanks to Kathryn and her amazing ability to organize events through the wonder known as Facebook I was able to meet up with some friends for dinner and a few drinks Saturday night. I met my friend Chris a bit earlier in Itaewon and we wandered around for a while and then went to grab a beer before meeting everyone else at Petra's in Noksapyeong for some yummy Middle Eastern food served up by an incredibly grumpy staff. After we stuffed ourselves we headed over to Bungalow, where I was hoping to see Shells, but she had already split. We didn't stay at Bungalow long because it was sooo crowded and hot. We then headed to Bliss, where it was drinks, shots and good conversation until I called it a night and went home and crashed. Good times, and it was lovely to run into Joel!
And the rest of my weekend? Friday night Mic (finally) got home from a week-long Unicef volunteer project so we hung out and watched a movie at my place. He was feeling a bit ill, so within minutes of starting the movie he was sound asleep. Feeling bad for him, I made him some Thera-flu and after he drank that he mumbled some sort of apology for being so tired and sick and was out cold for the rest of the night. Yeah, it was an exciting time! Sunday I was a total bum. Skipped the hash for no good reason, just felt like being lazy. Watched TV, drank too much coffee, and ate many many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Later in the day I went to the bookstore, watched CSI and then went to bed. Thrilling stuff, eh?

posted by Jes @ 07:35 3 comments


Ha! Look how bent my knees are. Clearly, I have trust issues. My old job in the States used to make us do those shitty team building exercises where we had to fall back and let our coworkers catch us. I was always like, "NO FUCKING WAY!!"

posted by Jes @ 07:14 2 comments

12 8월 2007

You guys see this? I'm disgusted...

posted by Jes @ 10:53 5 comments