disaster!

i got home last night from a fun and relaxing weekend visiting mikey in seattle to the following email from my friend rob:


"Erin what happened to Henry? I can't believe he signed with Barcelona, he and Ronaldinho are going to be unstoppable. You must be pretty pissed about it I would guess... "


pissed doesn't even *begin* to describe my reaction. i hadn't been online or checked sky sports news all weekend so i was completely blind-sided by this information. at first i thought he was just playing a cruel joke on me, and seeing as how it's rob, i wouldn't put it past him. so i checked sky sports - sure enough, there was the headline. but there's always been speculation about henry moving and this could be more of said speculation. so i go to arsenal.com to see if they agree, because they'd be the first to deny any wayward rumors. here was the first article:

Thierry Henry transfer to Barcelona agreed

nothing could possibly describe the sinking feeling in my heart any better than agony - pure agony.

then agony turned to anger. thierry, how could you?? where's the loyalty? arsenal made you the player you are today, gave you the best years of your career, and you abandon them? for *barcelona*?? bastard.

for those of you that don't understand how this makes me feel, try this exercise:
- think of your favorite sports team
- think of your favorite player of all time for that team
- think of a team you truly despise
- imagine that player transferring to that team

yep, that's about how i feel right now. way to ruin a perfectly good weekend, thierry. i forevermore vow to root against any team you play for.

happy solstice!

happy june 21, the summer solstice! longest day of the year, so as dave put it today, it's all downhill from here...

john mayer and naked people

friday night, red rocks, john mayer. best concert i'd attended in a long, long time. fuckin' amazing. that man is so incredibly talented. wow, i mean, damn. that's really all i can say.

saturday night the weirdest thing happened. i was leaving my apartment when about 30 naked people on bikes rode by me. apparently the now defunct boulder "happy thursday"s turned into "naked saturday"s...

it's official

well, i did it - i booked my trip for august. using the best decision-making tool available (the trusty coin toss), i decided on the costa rica/panama excursion. i fly into san jose on august 14 and fly home from panama city on august 29. in between those dates i will be snorkeling, hiking, whitewater rafting, and many other things that will make you all jealous. yes! i will return tan and tired after 15 days under the latin sun - doesn't it sound wonderful?

more on travel

taking james's comment to heart (and the realization i need to pack up my apartment before moving to LA), i've been looking into the central/south america option. there are many reasons - shorter trip, no jet lag, etc. the bike tour of india patrick suggested is a definitely possibility for *next* year...

a joint costa rica/panama trip is looking pretty good at the moment, but so is guatemala/belize/honduras since i'm kind of obsessed with mayan culture. i'll have to brush up on my spanish, but having a reason to is always a good motivator!

august travel

thanks to ucla being on the quarter system, i have about 6 weeks from late july to early september with which to do as i please. so naturally i want to travel.

i am now soliciting recommendations for good places to go. already on the list of contenders is india and southeast asia (thailand, laos, malaysia, etc). additional locations as well as comments on these will be much appreciated. also let me know if and where you'll be traveling - maybe we could meet up.

(yes, yes, i know it's august. half the world will be on holiday and places like the ones mentioned will be ridiculously hot. how about limiting comments to things i *don't* know?)

new blog locale

so i've thoroughly gotten sick of the blogging afforded by myspace, hence the change of location. stay tuned for updates, at least for those of you that care in the slightest what i babble about...