Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
the beantown update.
so as jake would say...
wisdom teefs are officially out.
not all four, cause that turned out to be a little more expensive than my mom anticipated, but still the bottom two. things are a little sore right now. eating lots of yogurt, mashed potatoes, applesauce, pudding, and grits. its a good thing i like all of those foods, or i would starve. the painkillers are serious sleep machines so i stopped taking those after the second day cause basically i slept the first away. but at least i'm getting plenty of rest. at this point, i dont have pain but i have this horrible, disgusting taste in my mouth all the time. i bothered the doctors office enough that they scheduled me to come in and have it looked at this afternoon. ha ha. i win again.
the trip to boston was amazing! i honestly and truly loved the city. even my mom said she was impressed with it. the sites were really great, the little apartment areas were so cute, and the people were no where near as rude as i thought they were going to be. i took lots of pictures that are now available on flickr, so check em out.
the whole trip went something like this...
we started out last sunday morning around 8 and drove I-95 pretty much the whole way there. got stuck in some major traffic crossing through new york over the george washington bridge, but got to see some of the nyc skyline across the water. after dinner, we stopped and stayed in maryland for the night. monday we got up and drove to providence, ri and walked around a little. it was after 5 before we got there, so the city was pretty dead, but it was nice. a very clean, historical, quiet city.
we finally made it to the boston area, and ended up staying in a hotel in norwood (which was quite a task considering most hotels were full). tuesday we went downtown boston and walked the freedom trail. the trail is a 3 mile walk through the northern part of the city that stops at 16 historical sites along the way. basically, its a really great self-guided and free tour of the city that starts in boston common, takes you through the markets and little italy and up into charlestown where the naval yard and the bunker hill monument are. most of the trail consists of red bricks which makes it easy to follow, but in areas where red bricks couldnt be placed, red paint was used.
the boston common and the public garden (pictured below) were really beautiful and i got to see the park were the bench from good will hunting is located (you know the part were matt damon and robin williams are chatting). also we saw the pub that inspired the show cheers.
wednesday, we went downtown again and while my family hung out in copley square, i took the subway to the museum of fine arts and wandered around for a couple of hours. they had a lot of great stuff, such as monet or renoir. plus, a lot of contemporary art and photography which was really cool. afterwards, i joined back up with the fam and we headed down to walk around fenway park. we couldnt go to a game (no tickets available) but we did see the stadium.
thursday morning, me and mom took the subway back downtown to walk around boston university, where i've considered maybe getting my masters someday. the university was a lot more spread out than i had imagined but still really nice and very clean. plus, the people (everywhere in boston actually) were really nice and helpful. which was not what i had expected to be completely honest. after lunch on thursday, we headed out to plymouth, ma and cape cod. we didnt drive down the whole cape cause it was longer than we had anticipated, but we did see some beaches and the mayflower II.
that night we started to head home and ended up staying the night in scranton, pa. friday morning we drove around the electric city for a few minutes and i got to see the steamtown mall. oh my, if only jim really was there.
now, since i've been back, i'm just been laying around mostly because of the whole wisdom teeth thing. me and my mom painted my room a lovely shade of sea foam green that i personally adore. take a look for yourself.
and now i'm just trying to figure out a great time to go see harry potter before i have to start back to work tomorrow and waiting until saturday when the new book comes out, which i have already pre-ordered. oh harry! you better not die on me!
wisdom teefs are officially out.
not all four, cause that turned out to be a little more expensive than my mom anticipated, but still the bottom two. things are a little sore right now. eating lots of yogurt, mashed potatoes, applesauce, pudding, and grits. its a good thing i like all of those foods, or i would starve. the painkillers are serious sleep machines so i stopped taking those after the second day cause basically i slept the first away. but at least i'm getting plenty of rest. at this point, i dont have pain but i have this horrible, disgusting taste in my mouth all the time. i bothered the doctors office enough that they scheduled me to come in and have it looked at this afternoon. ha ha. i win again.
the trip to boston was amazing! i honestly and truly loved the city. even my mom said she was impressed with it. the sites were really great, the little apartment areas were so cute, and the people were no where near as rude as i thought they were going to be. i took lots of pictures that are now available on flickr, so check em out.
the whole trip went something like this...
we started out last sunday morning around 8 and drove I-95 pretty much the whole way there. got stuck in some major traffic crossing through new york over the george washington bridge, but got to see some of the nyc skyline across the water. after dinner, we stopped and stayed in maryland for the night. monday we got up and drove to providence, ri and walked around a little. it was after 5 before we got there, so the city was pretty dead, but it was nice. a very clean, historical, quiet city.
we finally made it to the boston area, and ended up staying in a hotel in norwood (which was quite a task considering most hotels were full). tuesday we went downtown boston and walked the freedom trail. the trail is a 3 mile walk through the northern part of the city that stops at 16 historical sites along the way. basically, its a really great self-guided and free tour of the city that starts in boston common, takes you through the markets and little italy and up into charlestown where the naval yard and the bunker hill monument are. most of the trail consists of red bricks which makes it easy to follow, but in areas where red bricks couldnt be placed, red paint was used.
the boston common and the public garden (pictured below) were really beautiful and i got to see the park were the bench from good will hunting is located (you know the part were matt damon and robin williams are chatting). also we saw the pub that inspired the show cheers.
wednesday, we went downtown again and while my family hung out in copley square, i took the subway to the museum of fine arts and wandered around for a couple of hours. they had a lot of great stuff, such as monet or renoir. plus, a lot of contemporary art and photography which was really cool. afterwards, i joined back up with the fam and we headed down to walk around fenway park. we couldnt go to a game (no tickets available) but we did see the stadium.
thursday morning, me and mom took the subway back downtown to walk around boston university, where i've considered maybe getting my masters someday. the university was a lot more spread out than i had imagined but still really nice and very clean. plus, the people (everywhere in boston actually) were really nice and helpful. which was not what i had expected to be completely honest. after lunch on thursday, we headed out to plymouth, ma and cape cod. we didnt drive down the whole cape cause it was longer than we had anticipated, but we did see some beaches and the mayflower II.
that night we started to head home and ended up staying the night in scranton, pa. friday morning we drove around the electric city for a few minutes and i got to see the steamtown mall. oh my, if only jim really was there.
now, since i've been back, i'm just been laying around mostly because of the whole wisdom teeth thing. me and my mom painted my room a lovely shade of sea foam green that i personally adore. take a look for yourself.
and now i'm just trying to figure out a great time to go see harry potter before i have to start back to work tomorrow and waiting until saturday when the new book comes out, which i have already pre-ordered. oh harry! you better not die on me!
Saturday, July 14, 2007
ridiculous.
look what i found online tonight.
apparently jim halpert loves ben gibbard and pedro
just as much as i do.
he flew down to nc to hang out with ben and david
while they are on their tour.
here are some pics i found...
and guess where they are standing...
the one and only cat's cradle in carrboro, nc.
and i've been there!
why couldnt they have been there when i was there?
or why couldnt i have gotten tickets to that show?
now, that is just ridiculous.
well, i'm sort of outraged by all that.
but i will meet ben one day.
just you wait.
boston trip blog will be along sortly.
pictures even sooner than that.
apparently jim halpert loves ben gibbard and pedro
just as much as i do.
he flew down to nc to hang out with ben and david
while they are on their tour.
here are some pics i found...
and guess where they are standing...
the one and only cat's cradle in carrboro, nc.
and i've been there!
why couldnt they have been there when i was there?
or why couldnt i have gotten tickets to that show?
now, that is just ridiculous.
well, i'm sort of outraged by all that.
but i will meet ben one day.
just you wait.
boston trip blog will be along sortly.
pictures even sooner than that.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
the fourth: so much for global warming.
my internet has been dead for a few days
so this is a wee bit late...
happy fourth of july to everyone and america.
and happy birthday to rique.
thank goodness he has a birthday
i can actually remember.
last night me and my family went a free fireworks showing in summerville. the show itself wasnt bad, but the really entertainment was my family. i'm telling you, they are all nuts. first, my mom, about halfway through the show, made the comment "so much for global warming...i'm sure al gore would not be impressed." i almost died. then my brother, who somewhat got a headache because of the noice and began to cheer for the firework finale. in his mind the firework show would obviously end with a burst of red, white, and blue (you know, the nations colors and all) and so to speed up the process, he began to chant "come on red white and blue, come on red white and blue." man, i love that kid. oh good times with the fam.
soon, as in sunday,
we leave for boston!
for a week of vacationing and relaxing
and freedom trail walking.
as you can tell,
i'm excited.
so this is a wee bit late...
happy fourth of july to everyone and america.
and happy birthday to rique.
thank goodness he has a birthday
i can actually remember.
last night me and my family went a free fireworks showing in summerville. the show itself wasnt bad, but the really entertainment was my family. i'm telling you, they are all nuts. first, my mom, about halfway through the show, made the comment "so much for global warming...i'm sure al gore would not be impressed." i almost died. then my brother, who somewhat got a headache because of the noice and began to cheer for the firework finale. in his mind the firework show would obviously end with a burst of red, white, and blue (you know, the nations colors and all) and so to speed up the process, he began to chant "come on red white and blue, come on red white and blue." man, i love that kid. oh good times with the fam.
soon, as in sunday,
we leave for boston!
for a week of vacationing and relaxing
and freedom trail walking.
as you can tell,
i'm excited.
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