* Leaving this weekend to go on the family vacation to "Antigua":http://www.antigua-barbuda.org/. We'll be staying at a "lovely resort":http://www.eliteislandresorts.com/site/resorts.asp?islandID=1&resortID=11 on the south part of the island. I'm not super into laying on the beach, but there are a few things I think I'll be able to do: 1) Sleep. 2) Do lots of pushups and situps to get my flabby body back into shape in preparation for a winter of "Hueco bouldering":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/001226/. 3) Catch up on some reading. 4) walk around with my climbing shoes and a chalk bag. "Virgin":http://www.geocities.com/tryhardvideo/virgingorda.html "Gorda":http://www.utoledo.edu/~kpugh/VG-guide/ is too far away to take a puddle jumper, but it's the same volcanic formation, I think.. so there's probably at least a little bit of bouldering to be had on the island. 5) The place we're staying "has a casino":http://www.eliteislandresorts.com/site/features.asp?featureID=106&resortID=11&islandID=1, and there's also "a nice looking one":http://www.grandprincessentertainment.com/casino.htm a cab ride away. I figure there will be lots of fishy tourists (not including me, of course), so if I can find some $2/4 hold 'em I'll be very happy. * It's been pretty quiet here. Paul and April got married in New York over the weekend, and are on vacation in Banff and Jasper parks in Canada. I think they come back a week after I get back, and it will be good to see them. I have to order more holds for "the woody":http://feralboy.com/log/archives/001231/, and have some problems set for when they get back.

* Been getting out and about on my fixed-gear bike. It's a whole different kind of riding, but it's really nice to have something that's so cheap and so easy to maintain.

* "Poore Brothers Habanero Potato Chips":http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?snack_code=435 are the shit.

* My cat is a one-cat lizard-killing machine. I found 3 small ones scattered around the guest house just yesterday. You know that awful smell when you drive by a dead deer or something on the side of the road? Shrink that down about a fifth, and that's what the little treats are that my special boy is leaving for me.