11/13/11
This one was very spur of the moment. I had just gotten out of work at 11:30 P.M. and after a long day, I wanted to unwind on my way home by listening to Cris Cab. It was probably in the mid 60's outside, so it was absolutely beautiful.
Long story short, I cranked up Cris Cab's "All of the Lights" cover to 20 something on my car stereo and drove home. It was exhilarating, having the windows open, wind blowing my hair around, blaring one of my favorite songs.
It felt so right.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
#29: Go to a drive-in movie
7/10/11
This was a particularly interesting adventure. Where I live, there aren't too many drive-in theaters. My friends and I normally go to the local MJR Cinema or the newer Imagine Theater (which has really comfy leather seats), but on one day in July, we decided to go to the drive-in!
The only drive-in that is somewhat close to my house is not in a very good neighborhood. However, my friend Holland said that her sister goes all the time with her kids so I thought, why not. We'll be locked in my car and I can peel out of there if something happens.
We got there and it was still pretty light out. It was a particularly warm night but it wasn't too bad with my car windows open. I parked in the very last row so we would have plenty of room in front of us to see in case a huge truck or van come along and thought it would be cool to park in front of us.
It finally got dark enough for the movie to start and we hooked the gigantic speaker onto the passenger side door. The volume really didn't go up that far though, so periodically I had to turn on my car radio. There were a lot of bugs bugging (ha) us throughout the movie but other than that it wasn't that bad. It was a double-feature movie but we only stayed for the first, Bad Teacher.
It was a fun experience to say the least, even at the beginning, I was a bit apprehensive about it. It was nice to sit comfortably in my car and enjoy a movie with my best friends. I would definitely do it again!
This was a particularly interesting adventure. Where I live, there aren't too many drive-in theaters. My friends and I normally go to the local MJR Cinema or the newer Imagine Theater (which has really comfy leather seats), but on one day in July, we decided to go to the drive-in!
The only drive-in that is somewhat close to my house is not in a very good neighborhood. However, my friend Holland said that her sister goes all the time with her kids so I thought, why not. We'll be locked in my car and I can peel out of there if something happens.
We got there and it was still pretty light out. It was a particularly warm night but it wasn't too bad with my car windows open. I parked in the very last row so we would have plenty of room in front of us to see in case a huge truck or van come along and thought it would be cool to park in front of us.
It finally got dark enough for the movie to start and we hooked the gigantic speaker onto the passenger side door. The volume really didn't go up that far though, so periodically I had to turn on my car radio. There were a lot of bugs bugging (ha) us throughout the movie but other than that it wasn't that bad. It was a double-feature movie but we only stayed for the first, Bad Teacher.
It was a fun experience to say the least, even at the beginning, I was a bit apprehensive about it. It was nice to sit comfortably in my car and enjoy a movie with my best friends. I would definitely do it again!
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| Perfect view! |
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| It was huge! |
No, I didn't die...
I could sit here, at tell you why I haven't been blogging my adventures for the past, erm, 10 months, BUT, I won't. Long story short, I sort of forgot I started this and I accidentally stumbled upon it the other day and thought, "Hey, why did I start this and not keep up with it!!?" I have completed a few things on my list though. So, I will try to make up for it by telling you about some of the ones I have completed in the last months, as well as updating when I complete new ones!
So, here we go again. This is a continuation. I promise I won't forget again...
So, here we go again. This is a continuation. I promise I won't forget again...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
#7: Ride in a Taxi
4/18/2009
Continuing on with the NY trip!
Exiting the doors of LaGuardia airport, the first thing we saw were the bright yellow taxi's.
I had never ridden in a taxi before and I knew at some point during the trip, we would HAVE to take a taxi somewhere, even it was for a around the block trip.
After viewing Ground Zero and walking around it, we decided that we wanted to go to Chinatown and shop for a bit.
We originally were going to walk there, but we realized it would have been a 50 minute walk. We had already been walking around all day and I don't think we would have made it there.
Thankfully, there was one conveniently stopped at the curb right in front of us.
My first taxi ride in New York!
We shopped around Chinatown for a while. There were a ton of people trying to sell us watches and purses. I think I said "No thanks" at least 100 times. I ended up buying my brother a jacket and a key chain (obviously).
After Chinatown, we walked to Little Italy. By that time, we were starving so we stopped at one of the many open restaurants. The food was delicious and the restaurant was so cute!
One of the waiters looked like Pedro from "Napoleon Dynamite". I stealthily snapped a picture of him. Creepy, I know.
New York firemen. Enough said.
Continuing on with the NY trip!
Exiting the doors of LaGuardia airport, the first thing we saw were the bright yellow taxi's.
I had never ridden in a taxi before and I knew at some point during the trip, we would HAVE to take a taxi somewhere, even it was for a around the block trip.
After viewing Ground Zero and walking around it, we decided that we wanted to go to Chinatown and shop for a bit.
We originally were going to walk there, but we realized it would have been a 50 minute walk. We had already been walking around all day and I don't think we would have made it there.
Thankfully, there was one conveniently stopped at the curb right in front of us.
My first taxi ride in New York!
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| Taxi driver! |
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| Ouchaoui took us right to the middle of Chinatown |
After Chinatown, we walked to Little Italy. By that time, we were starving so we stopped at one of the many open restaurants. The food was delicious and the restaurant was so cute!
One of the waiters looked like Pedro from "Napoleon Dynamite". I stealthily snapped a picture of him. Creepy, I know.
New York firemen. Enough said.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
#60: Stand on top of the Empire State Building
4/16/2009
NY Spring Break trip continued!
Of course when you are in New York, you HAVE to go to the Empire State Building.
I can remember watching "Sleepless in Seattle" with my parents for the first time, Jonah going alone to the top of the building, waiting for Annie...(sigh). Ever since then, I've always wanted to take the trip up myself. In the movie, he just runs on in, goes to the elevator and he is whisked upwards to the top. However, my experience was quite different than that. Sure, the movie was made in 1993 and obviously things have changed since then, but still, I thought we would walk in, pay, and then be whisked upwards just as Jonah had.
Here's how it went.
We finally arrive at the Empire State building. We are walking around the outside of the building, when this man in a flourescent orange jacket approaches us and starts talking about some NY Skyride deal.
We listen and after he's done pitching us his deal, we decide it would be fun. The guy gets paid, we get our tickets, and inside we go!
Sorry for the blurry picture. Anyways, we get inside, and there's a lot of people and a lot of scaffolding. They must have been repairing stuff, I'm not even sure.
We travel up a escalator and get to a room with a ton of red ropes that allow us to file into line in an orderly way.
After we get through security, we stand in line. Those people in the picture to the left are the last people in line. There was another room bigger than that room with people in line.
We stood in line for probably an hour or two...I can't remember. At the end of the line, we get to jump in front of a backdrop of the Empire State Building and get our picture taken. If we liked it, we could buy it for $20 or something around there. After your picture was taken, it would be displayed on monitors throughout the line and people could see them. It was a great way to be embarrassed if your picture wasn't too great.
So after filing down a hall, we get to this area which will begin as our NY Skyride adventure. There was a gift shop and random things you could take your picture next to like a miniature Statue of Liberty.
We wait a while longer and after we finally made it through (my ticket kept getting rejected!), we went into a dark industrial looking room with monitors hanging from the ceiling. We watched a short movie about the Empire State building, until we finally made our way to the virtual experience. The virtual experience was sitting on this platform that shifted and moved. We were "supposed" to be in a helicopter (Kevin Bacon was our guide), being flown around New York City, enjoying views of some of the most popular buildings and landmarks in the city. It was so much fun. At one point, the "helicopter" went underwater.
After that, we FINALLY get to go to the top! We waited in line for the next elevator...
...and got inside. They told us we could only go to floor 80 and from there, we had to hike it up stairs. I didn't think it would be that bad. However, I was wrong. I think we had to go maybe 4 or 5 floors and I almost died when we got to the top.
However, almost dying was totally worth it. Here are some picture of the time we spent on top.
The weather was perfect, the view was breathtaking. I probably will never experience that again. It was amazing.
NY Spring Break trip continued!
Of course when you are in New York, you HAVE to go to the Empire State Building.
I can remember watching "Sleepless in Seattle" with my parents for the first time, Jonah going alone to the top of the building, waiting for Annie...(sigh). Ever since then, I've always wanted to take the trip up myself. In the movie, he just runs on in, goes to the elevator and he is whisked upwards to the top. However, my experience was quite different than that. Sure, the movie was made in 1993 and obviously things have changed since then, but still, I thought we would walk in, pay, and then be whisked upwards just as Jonah had.
Here's how it went.
We finally arrive at the Empire State building. We are walking around the outside of the building, when this man in a flourescent orange jacket approaches us and starts talking about some NY Skyride deal.
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We listen and after he's done pitching us his deal, we decide it would be fun. The guy gets paid, we get our tickets, and inside we go!
We travel up a escalator and get to a room with a ton of red ropes that allow us to file into line in an orderly way.
After we get through security, we stand in line. Those people in the picture to the left are the last people in line. There was another room bigger than that room with people in line.
We stood in line for probably an hour or two...I can't remember. At the end of the line, we get to jump in front of a backdrop of the Empire State Building and get our picture taken. If we liked it, we could buy it for $20 or something around there. After your picture was taken, it would be displayed on monitors throughout the line and people could see them. It was a great way to be embarrassed if your picture wasn't too great.
So after filing down a hall, we get to this area which will begin as our NY Skyride adventure. There was a gift shop and random things you could take your picture next to like a miniature Statue of Liberty.
We wait a while longer and after we finally made it through (my ticket kept getting rejected!), we went into a dark industrial looking room with monitors hanging from the ceiling. We watched a short movie about the Empire State building, until we finally made our way to the virtual experience. The virtual experience was sitting on this platform that shifted and moved. We were "supposed" to be in a helicopter (Kevin Bacon was our guide), being flown around New York City, enjoying views of some of the most popular buildings and landmarks in the city. It was so much fun. At one point, the "helicopter" went underwater.
After that, we FINALLY get to go to the top! We waited in line for the next elevator...
However, almost dying was totally worth it. Here are some picture of the time we spent on top.
The weather was perfect, the view was breathtaking. I probably will never experience that again. It was amazing.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
#8: Ride on the Subway
Since I haven't done any thing for this month yet (I know! I only have a little more than a week left!), I'm going to start off by reliving the things I have accomplished already up until I complete one for the month of January.
4/18/2009
NEW YORK, NEW YORK!! Spring Break 2009. My best friend Holland and I took a trip to New York for I think, about 5 days total. It was my first time there (2nd I believe for her) and I cannot tell you how excited I was to be there. We stayed at a hotel in White Plains and the days that we wanted to go into the city we took the train.
It must have been the second day into the trip and we wanted to visit Ground Zero. We were at Grand Central Station and obviously, Ground Zero is not very close to that. So, we needed to take the subway. When we finally got the right trains, we made our way to the subway station.
It was my first time on it and it was basically what I imagined it to be. People were standing, holding onto the poles, or quietly sitting on the hard, plastic bench chairs. However, I didn't expect it to be as fast as it was. At first we had to stand and when the train took off, I had to hold on tightly or else I would have definitely fallen over.
I especially liked one of the subway stations that we went into because there was a band putting on a little show. The short video I took is below!
It was a fun experience! I would definitely visit NY again and ride the subway trains!
4/18/2009
NEW YORK, NEW YORK!! Spring Break 2009. My best friend Holland and I took a trip to New York for I think, about 5 days total. It was my first time there (2nd I believe for her) and I cannot tell you how excited I was to be there. We stayed at a hotel in White Plains and the days that we wanted to go into the city we took the train.
It must have been the second day into the trip and we wanted to visit Ground Zero. We were at Grand Central Station and obviously, Ground Zero is not very close to that. So, we needed to take the subway. When we finally got the right trains, we made our way to the subway station.
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I especially liked one of the subway stations that we went into because there was a band putting on a little show. The short video I took is below!
Begining
Hello and welcome to my brand new blog.
I created this blog because I want to write down (or chronicle as I said in my blog description) and remember things that I plan to do in my life.
About 2 years ago, I started a list, which I believe is about 8 pages, of things that I want to do before I die. Since I have made that list, I have probably completed maybe 15 of the items on the list. It's really pitiful because I have had this list for this long and have only accomplished that many things. My only New Year's resolution this year was to do AT LEAST one thing on my list per month. Of course I can do more than one, but I have to do at least one. So, this blog is to help me remember each and every thing that I do.
So with that, here's to the beginning....
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