The Time Is Now

Happy midnight, all.

Brandy and I are in the midst of our final preparations and packing arguments. In less than eight hours, we'll be on a plane headed for... well, a layover in Chicago first. But after that, we'll be headed for Amsterdam to begin our five-week, whirlwind tour of Europe.

Despite our historically bad timing (the currency exchange rate), we're really looking forward to this trip. There will be lots of wine (and beer and liquor and fatty foods), so I'll try to keep a running blog of the trip, complete with pictures if I can find fast enough Internet access.

So keep on checking the site, and maybe you'll be able to bear witness to the Wine Tour of Europe...

 

Ouch

Hat tip to Aaron Gleeman and Deadspin for this.

This prank was just too damn good to not post. For the blow-by-blow, click on the Deadspin link above.

 

Well, it's about time

Well, that's done. Took my WSET exam yesterday morning. Think I did OK. Depending on what they were looking for in the short answer, I either did extremely well or extremely poorly. Either way, I learned a shitload, and if I have to retake the test, I have to retake the test. And to think, Level Four (the Diploma level) is exponentially more difficult.

Now that I've finished this round of studying, I'll be kicking into high gear for trip planning. Two weeks left...

In other news, you know how I said I'd have lots of pictures from my reunion. Umm... I didn't take any. I have some nice shots of my friends' kids from the day before, but none from the actual reunion. Ooops.

The reunion itself was very pleasant. It really was nice catching up with everybody. I might post more about it later, but honestly, there isn't that much to tell. We got together, hung out, drank some, talked, and basically just enjoyed what turned out to be some fabulous Labor Day weather.

And, of course, it was great to hang out with my parents. As I've grown older and older (and older and older... ha ha, yes, you're very funny), I've come to realize how cool my parents are. And to appreciate how nice it is to have home-cooked Korean food on a regular basis.

Hey, Jooms, Korean BBQ next week, right?

 

OK, last excuse post

Hey, all.

I promise, I'll have a real post (short as it may be) on Friday.

T-minus ~48 hours for the WSET Level Three exam.

Off to study, study, study...