October 9th, 2008

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Halloween Season: Love it or hate it

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

There are two types of people: those who love Halloween and those who don’t.

I love Halloween. I love seeing kids dress up, I love seeing families mill around outside after dark, and I love how it makes people come out of their shells. Halloween is an excuse for people to meet each other, laugh with strangers and make a “to do” about not much.

I am an “out of my shell” person by nature. Extroverted, chatty, animated, easy going: all of the above. For as long as you’ll listen, I’ll tell you pretty much anything, even if I just met you. For me, Halloween is a day that everyone else acts a little more like me.

I once heard that a good indicator of your character is if you would want to be good friends with yourself.

So I guess my answer would be yes, and it wouldn’t even have to be Halloween.

Though I like costumes.

Not Blogging All Over Myself: 2

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

I met Jess when we both spent a summer in Vietnam three years ago.  She is now a Peace Corp Volunteer in Cameroon and keeps an astonishingly humorous chronicle of her life there.

You may have to read around the archives a bit to get oriented, but it’s worth it.  I’ve been known to have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard.

Happy Hour: Cider by the pint

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

There are two types of people: beer lovers and beer non-lovers.

To the exasperation of nearly everyone I know, I am not a beer lover. For many years I thought that I would develop a taste for it, just as I did with coffee, wine, blue cheese, and many liquors. But alas… after years of trying, it’s still not my thing.

In London I discovered that I’m not totally incapable of enjoying a frosty pint with friends on the bank of the Thames after an afternoon spent shopping at Borough Market. Cider. Cider! Refreshing and tasty.  Many pubs offer various types that were fun to sample.

To most beer lovers, cider is overly sweet and… pathetic, maybe? But for me, it works.