I'm back from London and Duran Duran in New York, on to Harry Potter

It's been way too long, but I'm back now. This past month has found me travelling, first to London and then to New York. Two of my favorite cities. To see my London photos/journal here's the url: http://www.jennslounge.com/trips/london/. The rest of my site is still under works, but I wanted to go ahead and make that available.

I primarily went to London to see Dan Radcliffe in Equus, the play was amazing btw, and decided to stay for a week. I've been a Wham! / George Michael fan for twenty something years, but had never seen him in concert. I lucked out that he happened to be performing at Wembley while I was in London, so I finally got to see him. Fantastic show!! The rest of the week was spent both getting lost in the city and escaping it by visiting a friend in Oxford. I had a great time.

I only spent a couple of days in New York. I am a ridiculously obsessive Duran Duran fan. They were doing a show exclusively for their fan club, so of course I had to go! I flew up Sunday and then came back home Monday evening. Other than the concert I didn't have a chance to do too much. Breakfast with my brother and then walking around. One odd thing though.... The concert ended around 11, and as I hadn't eaten dinner before the show I was starving went it let out. Being New York City I figured it'd be no problem... I was wrong. Nearly everything was closed, and this was mid-town near Penn Station, I was so surprised. :) I ended up eating at this little diner... very Seinfeld-ish, good food and packed with other Duranies in the same position. I halfway expected Simon or Nick to walk in. No such luck.

Now it's July and for all us Harry Potter fans a very big month is finally here!! The 5th movie comes out next week and the final book on the 21st. If you watch/read either of these, I'd love to hear from you... just watch the spoilers! :)

I guess that's it for now. Have fun!

Fun with Vista

As a web developer I can't tell you how much fun it is when a new operating system comes out. I've spent most of the day today, yup it's Sunday, playing... aka fighting with IE 7.0 and Vista. For the most part the project I'm working on works fine, but every once in awhile a new "feature" rears it head and makes things interesting. Course if it was always easy, I wouldn't love it so much.

Heading back toward the top of the hill. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can... .

Democratic Debate

Tonight the democratic candidates will debate on the issues facing this country. Regardless of what side you're on, I would suggest that everyone watch both the debates (Republican's will be on Tuesday). One of these candidates could very well be our next president so I for one definitely want to know where they stand on the issues. I'm watching CNN, but it may be shown on other channels... though I didn't see one.

On a side note: Happy Birthday AC!

Chicago's children

I'm currently watching my DVR (recording of last night's AC 360 on CNN) while getting this all set up. Anderson is being tested on the spelling of the word "Serrefine". He guessed it the way I would... we were both wrong.

I'm amazed at what's happening in Chicago right now, it's insane, but I'm glad that CNN is bringing such an important story to light. For those that didn't see it, so far 28 school age kids have been murdered this school year. My heart goes out to the families effected by these senseless acts of violence, both in Chicago and throughout the rest of the country. Our children need help, encouragement and guidance... and in my opinion less time on their hands. Idle time and boredom is a big reason kids go searching. Helping and encouraging them to find positive ways to spend their time will go a long way in keeping kids out of trouble.

Welcome!

Hey there! The enivatable first post! Must say it's a bit daunting facing this empty box, but here goes. Generally I'll post about things that are going on both in my own little world and the world outside. Whether you agree or disagree with me, I'd love to hear from you. I'm always interested in other points of view. I hope you enjoy looking around.