Awesome Vacation Ideas

Amateur Traveler (a travel podcast) always gives these "Internet resources" at the end of their show. Well, yesterday I was listening to an episode (can't remember which one, maybe Dominica?) and the host mentioned a site called VocationVacation.com where you can work at your dream job (at a hefty price) for your next vacation. Okay, so I will probably never take advantage of this, but the site is so fun and addicting to browse through! I mean, imagine being a Broadway Producer for your next vacation and imagine telling your coworkers and friends about it! My sister does graphic arts and animation and I discovered one job where you can actually be an Animation TV Producer for a week! Let's see... there's Bed and Breakfast owner. How fun would that be, for about a half a second. I used to work in hotels and it's not as fun as it would seem. There's Boat Captain, Choreographer, Comedy Club Owner, Flight Instructor (this seems a little unnerving), Symphony Computer, Wedding Coordinator, and on and on... Oh and for the guys out there - Sports Broadcaster! How cool of a gift would that be for a husband or boyfriend??

You can even be a photographer, which was one of the cheaper ones. This made me think actually...if you have an exciting job and you are your own boss, you could easily do something like this! I wonder if you could just contact this site and let them set it up. My job is not exciting enough to offer to people, but this would also be a practical way to get your foot in the door somewhere - like a mini internship. Anyway, I just thought this was incredibly cool. Thanks to Chris Christensen of Amateur Traveler for always offering the coolest intel on travel! ;)

Cures for insomnia:

I am a total insomniac. I seriously wake up in the middle of the night and just goof around on the internet because I can’t sleep. I think everyone on my mother’s side of the family is, so it must be genetic. Maybe it is what makes my gerbil-like mind babble incessantly on this blog thing. Hmmm… Anyway, I have decided to list some cool websites I have found useful to cure my midnight boredom lately in case anyone who may see this can also cure their boredom:

www.quamut.com - A friend told me about this one today actually. This gives you the “How To” in just about everything under the sun, such as buying a good laptop, or I don't know, knitting.

Hulu.com - My husband loves this site. This site lets you watch TV shows or movies; you just have to endure some commercials in the process.

Pandora.com - My favorite iPod Application as well – A personalized radio

Eventful.com - Tells you about upcoming events based on your location and lets you request certain events that you wish would come to your location.

AskSunday.com - I have never used this, but I saw this on the Today Show and it peeked my interest. This is a virtual personal assistant that costs a minimum of like $19.99 a month for 10 tasks. The reporter from the Today Show said someone even used their personal assistant to wish their mother happy birthday, so then of course I had to check it out. Of course, I would never actually use this site for my mother, but it was tempting! Another person used it to break up with a girlfriend, which just seems wrong. It's a cool concept though.


I also found this Time Magazine's Top 10 Websites when I was checking out AskSunday.com, since it is apparently their #2 site. Here is the article: Time Article. They have some other cool sites on there, such as Lemonade.com and FatSecret.com.