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November 2001 ArchiveFriday, November 16, 2001So, this morning I'd like to extol the virtues of Half.com. A week and a half ago I placed an order. Since I was mostly looking for business books, which are in abundant supply, I got 8 books for $35. Good frickin' bargain. 33% of the price had I walked into a bookstore and bought them, 38% of the price on Amazon (standard shipping). One book that was an older edition than I was anticipating (my mistake), but otherwise great service and books.*whew*
Better toddle off to bed now.
Sunday, November 04, 2001In another bout of wanderlust last night, I was looking up books to inform my 2006 year abroad. I came across fantastic reviews of Thalia Zepatos's "A Journey of One's Own: Uncommon Advice for the Independent Woman Traveler." I got a bug up my ass to get it immediately. I purchased it earlier today and have been reading bits and pieces. It is a fantastic book. Thalia has compiled copious amount of encouraging, ballsy advice, stories from lots of women from lots of travel and gobs of solid info.Lots
of people I've talked to about my plans have asked me if I'm going
to work abroad. I intend to have the funds to not necessitate
this. At this point, I have lots of guidebooks to get distracted
by, a great atlas and a list of continental must-sees. After spend
a couple hours with Zepatos's book, I'm planning to do a little
structured studying there. One of the organizations included in
the mix is Earthwatch.
Earthwatch is an organization that hooks up very adventurous,
curious travelers with scientists and their research projects.
It's pricey and exhausting but the chance of a lifetime. I went
to the site thinking "yeah, a week or two on a field expedition
- that's a great idea." So, I went to the site and roamed around.
But the coolest frickin' thing was a feeling of familiarity and
accomplishment. For
those who have stumbled across this site and don't know me personally,
or those who haven't heard *all* of my stories, here's another.
During the summer between my junior and senior years of high school,
I was awarded one of 70 annual Earthwatch awards given to students
interested in both art and science. The objective was to give
creative teens a taste of scientific field research. I was intrigued
when my school's gifted and talented coordinator got the letter
asking her to nominate up to three students. She just came up
with me, and I was sent an application. I was thrilled when I
was accepted and sent to the Alaskan
arctic for two weeks to studying arctic
ground squirrels (Spermophilus
parryii) in their preparation for hibernation. It
was totally rockin to look at the site, peruse the current exhibitions
and actually have personal experience.
Enough
for now. More travel surfing to do.
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