July 25, 2009 @ 7:00 am
For the next week, I’ll be away on vacation in Maine which means no updates here on Doobybrain.com.
I encourage you all to follow @doobybrain on Twitter and to continue sending me items via email (I’ll be on vacation, but I’ll be able to check email consistently). In the meantime, I hope you don’t get sick of seeing this image above for an entire week. See ya when I get back all refreshed!
July 11, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
This video shows Brett Ratner and Michael Jackson dancing to R. Kelly’s “Ignition (Remix)” while on vacation in Miami. [via]
How come these candid videos of Michael Jackson never surfaced while the entertainer was alive? It’s a shame really because I feel like these videos of him would have greatly influenced the public’s perception of this man for the better.
February 5, 2009 @ 9:19 am
This dog-shaped hotel made it in to Telegraph’s list of weirdest hotels and I love it (try to deal with the stupid pagination)!
The place is called Dog Bark Park Inn Bed & Breakfast (doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue) and it’s located in Cottonwood, Idaho. The large beagle was created by “chainsaw artists” Dennis J. Sullivan and Frances Conklin and features a list of common luxuries you’d find in any hotel. And best of all, rates seem to be decent for a hotel that’s been awarded “top 20 most fun & exciting places to stay” according to the London Times.
I was hoping you’d be able to see in in Google Maps, but you can’t (and there’s no street view there).
January 15, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been in Australia now for over 6 months. I first arrived on these shores on Sunday, July 8, 2007 and Tuesday, January 8, 2008 (the day I came back from Sydney and Whitsunday Islands) marked my 6 months of study, travel, and adventure here in the land down under.
There’s an unending list of things that I have picked up and learned while living here. Some of those things, if I were to write out a proper list, would include local slang, casual conversation idioms (lots of them), and just an increased laid-back look at life. Not to mention also the way in which people in Australia walk and drive too. Yep, 6 months in and I’m definitely feeling like I belong here. It’s a life style and culture befitting of my personality I think, and at the moment, I do consider it a “home away from home”.
If you’re wondering what the map above is for or what the map is showing, it’s highlighting the places I’ve traveled to on this large continent. For those who don’t know, Australia is separated into six states and two major territories. Of the six states, I’ve stepped foot into 5 of them — Victoria (where I live, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, and Queensland. The only state that I have not gone to yet is Tasmania, and unfortunately, I do not have any plans at the moment to travel there. As you can see, the colored portions are the states I’ve been to and the grayscale portions are places I’ve not traveled to yet.
Because of the poor national internet situation here in Australia, I have been limited in my sharing of travel stories, photos, and videos. This just means I’ll have lots of verbal stories to tell when I get home.
May the next 6 months be full of wonder and excitement. Onward, I go, New York City is just in the distance now!
