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title: Packing
date: 2002-10-21 20:48:00.000000000 -07:00
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<p>I leave for Amsterdam in about 18 hours. Time to put together the list of stuff to shove into the backpack.</p>
<p>Oh, and yeah, what do I have to not miss in Amsterdam or Rotterdam?<br />
I've been to Amsterdam twice briefly, so the first-cut "go to a coffeeshop and lose a week" isn't top on my list. </p>
<p><!--more What am I missing?--><br />
ibook<br />
ibook SVGA Cable<br />
ibook AC adaptor<br />
euro-plug converter for electronics<br />
1 cat5 cable</p>
<p>keyboard (either the natural, or the <a href="http://www.fingerworks.com">fingerworks</a> if it shows up tuesday morning.)</p>
<p>tripod</p>
<p>phone<br />
phone charger<br />
hotsync cable for phone</p>
<p>ipod<br />
earbuds<br />
firewire cable for charging the ipod</p>
<p>"The other ibook", with AC adaptor, ipod, headphones, ipod ac adaptor, firewire cable</p>
<p>Camera<br />
Camera charger<br />
usb -&gt; cf adaptor for camera<br />
28-135mm lens.<br />
If I feel like I've actually got room, I may bring the 100-300mm lens.</p>
<p>food stuffs for ann:<br />
  wondra<br />
  maple candy<br />
  estee  sour citrus<br />
  estee peppermint swirl<br />
   arm and hammer unscented dryer sheets<br />
   sorbee peppermint patties<br />
   theraflu cinnamon  </p>
<p>Clothes:<br />
  2 pair pants<br />
   Boxers<br />
   socks<br />
   3 shirts, buttondown<br />
   3 tshirts<br />
   umbrella<br />
   scarf<br />
    jacket<br />
    jacket liner</p>
<p>Toiletries<br />
  razor<br />
  blades<br />
  shaving cream<br />
   toothbrush<br />
   toothpaste<br />
   shampoo<br />
   conditioner<br />
   elastics<br />
   hairbrush<br />
   advil</p>
<p>novel or two<br />
passport (with free bonus leftover travellers checks)<br />
netherlands guide<br />
notepad (mmm. paper)<br />
pens<br />
plane ticket.</p>
<p>Todo:<br />
  buy the rest of the food for ann<br />
  pick up drycleaning<br />
   coordinate contact information with <a href="http://chrysaphi.livejournal.com/" class="lj-user">chrysaphi</a>, who's showing up in Amsterdam while I'm there.</p>
<p>   email a couple of customers<br />
   mail ibook documentation to Jos.<br />
    deposit my paycheck.</p>
<p>   sleep.  </p>
<p>So yeah. That's about what I'm packing. So much for "pack light."  At least the foodstuffs and one of the ibooks are on one-way trip</p>