go to chicago and walk. you can get by fairly cheap in chicago and you can always have a different visit than the last time you were there.

pinstripeprincess,

Fly out to Chihuahua, Mexico and take this trip http://www.coppercanyon-mexico.com/cc-mex/cctren.htm (it sounds like this is what you need)

what inspires you?

that mexico train trip looks great.... that might also work better since i'll probably be travelling alone.

i think i used the wrong word... i don't necessarily need to be reinspired so much as regain perspective. i've been reading betadinesutures "20 hours" post and i'm just feeling stuck in this technical and soul sucking engineering job. i'd like to be reminded that there's beauty, art and culture out there and people who can appreciate it.

i am planning (not planning) a little trip for my fall break this fall. (hopefully) i plan on going to the train station, and getting on a random train... going somewhere and just be there for a few days. no plans... i dont even want to know where im going... i just want to end up somewhere... that sounds inspiring

i want to do that sometime, but sometime when i've got more than a weekend.

granted.. i may just do that and just try not to travel too far. you should leave on the first train out of the station ;)

new...oh forget it.

That guy who was under the hatch in LOST was eating cereal, shooting steroids, and listening to Mama Cass Eliot - how cool was that?

almost as cool as being crushed by a random car that people were tipping at your homecoming?

i think i'm going away for canadian thanksgiving and we're goign to do the |letdown| thing... heading to the airport with a backpack and a credit card.