Post One Hundred and Five - New Vacation

Next up...





June 30th - July 6th

actually...in reality, I believe oh Canada is next, I am probably going to Montreal sometime next month to see Once Upon A Time Walt Disney: The Sources of Inspiration For The Disney Studio, which would be amazing. I really need to get on that.

Speaking of Disney, the Philadelphia Film Festival is around again, and I got the pleasure of going to see some old Disney shorts. To my surprise and bewilderment, none other than Roy Disney himself, along with Leonard Maltin presented them! (he then sat in the row behind me when they were on!)

Quite an amazing experience that was.

SO yeah, many adventures to come, and I still have so much to tell about Italy, something I should do soon, before I forget it all.

Post One Hundred and Four - Im back!

Actually...I have been back for a while, just have not had time for well...anything. One thing I did have time for though, is editing pictures of my trip. they can be found here:


for the full sized ones,
and down here for the panoramas,
(which I am not fully done with yet)...


enjoy. more soon, alot more, promise.

Post One Hundred and Three - Hook'd on Pan

Disney released Peter Pan yesterday, and well, at first I was kind of bummed, cause I thought I wouldn't get to get it, but June arrived home with a sup rise for me, the DVD of course. I try not to be too materialistic, but when it comes to DVDs, its a different story. And, especially classic Disney animation of course.

The DVD is awesome, and the transfer is breathtaking, honestly. I was kind of disappointed at the last platinum edition releases transfer (Little Mermaid), but this one definitely made up for it, ten fold. A matter of fact, I do not think I have seen an animated film of it's time transferred so well.

In other movie news...I did watch the Prestige, and it was one of the best movies I have seen in a good long while. The story was so well written and the twist and turns were purely brilliant.

Movies have been my life this week I guess, I am trying to pass the time before my trip, seeing as I can not spend money and all.

5 days til Italia, a week from now, I will be in Venezia!

Also: Captain America dead?!

PSS: Spiderman 3 needs to come out already, for realz.

Post One Hundred and Two - March ON

NetFlix, has been my savior, during these pre international travel days, I have been trying to watch movies and return them right away, so I have no urge to go out at night, or what have you.

My movie today: The Prestige, and damn does it look awesome.

I really want to see Zodiac in theatres though, I have always been terrifyingly interested in that story, and I hear the movie is amazing.

Random thoughts, sorry. I have not been able to post much at all lately, due to being so busy at work and not having energy to think of things to post. I will have some new material for you all soon though, definitely some Italy pictures in the coming weeks.

8 days and a wake up.

Post One Hundred One - Amalfi Coast

Experience what it is like to drive on the narrow winding roads along the coast of Amalfi. View breathtaking mountain and ocean scenery. A quick stop in the town of Sorrento for a "caffe perfetto" and the madness of "I motorini". The Amalfi Coast is a little south of Naples Italy and runs between Sorrento and Salerno Italy.

We are taking a scooter ride along this road, hell yes we are insane, but you only live once. The town he/she stops into to get a drink, is Sorrento, where we will be staying.

Can everyone tell how uber excited I am?

22 days!

Post One Hundred - All planned

My plans for Italy are officially set, in regards to places to go, places to stay, and the general stuff we will be doing. I do not want to plan everything down to the minute, because that honestly kills the spontaneity of traveling, but I do like to know where I will be sleeping every night and all. Our plans pretty much go like this



March 13th - 6 hours in London, then on to Rome, then on to Venice.
March 14th - Venice for a whole full day.
March 15th - Venice during the day, then a 8:30 overnight train to Naples
March 16th - Naples, see Pompeii, Vesuvius, and into Sorrento.
March 17th - The Amalfi Coast, Postiano, Amalfi, and Salerno
March 18th - The Isle of Capri and then onto Rome, via a bullet train
March 19th - Rome and the Vatican
March 20th - Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, and all that, and Disco!
March 21st - Depart @ 12 for a trip back to the US of A. Boo!!!

28 days and counting.

Post Ninety Nine - Oh Anna...

What can be considered the Marilyn Monroe of my generation, miss Anna Nicole Smith, has passed today, in my home state of Florida. What an awful loss for America and the world.

Anna Nicole Smith
1967 - 2007

Post Ninety Eight - SuperBored

Oh its that time of the year again, the Eagles aren't in the bowl, so the true outcome of it doesn't really matter to me. However, I shall be going for the Colts, I don't really like the Bears that much, and want to see Mr. Manning get his statue so they can honestly shut up about it.

I honestly have much more on my mind than the silly Superbowl. I am going to Italy next month and I have yet to set any plans for hotels, yikes! I hate the fact that my American dollar has been so shit on by my own country, so much that now I spend a quarter more for every dollar in Europe. Thanks Federal Reserve, your a useless piece of shit.

I am however, very excited for my trip, I need to get away for a bit, I have not had time for anything, and work is just downright annoying me at this point.

Enough of my gripes, go get drunk and watch your Superbowl!

Post Ninety Seven - The March

WASHINGTON - Convinced this is their moment, tens of thousands marched Saturday in an anti-war demonstration linking military families, ordinary people and an icon of the Vietnam protest movement in a spirited call to get out of Iraq. (The Rest here, here, here, or here)

While it was definately worth going, and I enjoyed myself...I was a bit dissopointed by the outcome of the March. I am not trying to sound like a pessimist or anything, but I was expecting hundreds of thousands, milliions, and only tens of thousands came. Everyone held cookie cutter signs, chanted annoying phrases (what does democracy look like? this is what democracy looks like!), and the scene was overall chaotic because the parade route was not really set, and people were going every where.

Although alot of the people there seemed to be doing it cause in reality it's the "in thing" to do right now, I can honestly say that I met many very nice, and politically like-minded people whom I held great conversations with, including a woman from north Jersey, whom witnessed 9/11. I even made a friend, a kid from Boston, I met on the train into D.C.

Over-all, a good day with friends, and a beautiful day weather wise, in our nations capitol. Probably my last adventure of any sense before my trip to Italy, which is creeping up on my very quickly.

Post Ninety Six - Jan 27th, DC

In honor of all of our fallen brothers and sisters, TWENTY FOUR OF WHICH DIED TODAY, join the thousands of us, next Saturday in the March on Washington D.C.

Let's all make our voices heard to both sides of the political paradigm in Washington. The Dem's whom were put in office to make a difference, and take us out of this war, are obviously not living up to their promises. Halliburton and Dyncore are far more important to them than the words of their own constituents, so we must speak louder and make our voices known.

Wake up America.

Where: The National Mall, Washington D.C
When: Saturday January 27th, Noon