Friday, November 26, 2004

he likes our pretty songs

back from new york! and i loved it, thanks for asking ;)

i did way too much shopping though (like it exists, but i have to be modest here so the world will think well of me. wait. scratch that. if the world reads my blog, i really would rather not know what they think of me). and we did a bit of sightseeing, and a bit of broadway show seeing, and a whole lot of walking. and a tiny bit of sleeping.

i am planning on getting my pictures developed and put on cds so maybe i'll post some of them here with some interesting comments. sound good to you?

i learned some stuff on this trip:
-all new york girls walk around talking on their cellphones (or pretending to...)
-the cops enjoy scaring the illegal street vendors by driving down the streets where they vend with their sirens on
-if you give a homeless man pizza he will give you the red carpet section out of a magazine
-don't walk around fifth avenue in the rain, you will get wet
-the iceskating rink and rockafeller center is actually pretty small, and the tree isn't lit up until december third
-the empire state building is really tall, but don't go up there when it's foggy
-stand under the signs that say "no standing anytime" during the macy's thanksgiving day parade so you will be able to enjoy the irony of your situation while you wait two hours for the parade to start
-carry an umbrella around
-the hershey's store is a letdown, it doesn't give out free chocolate
-old ladies shouldn't sit behind people at a broadway show and sing along with the actors
-cheesecake in new york = *drool*
-delis give you really big sandwiches, so don't order one per person, share
-saks fifth avenue is really obnoxiously expensive, and bloomingdales has a lot of the same stuff (for juniors, anyway, not all the designer lady's apparel and whatnot) for cheaper
-saks gives you free breakfast the day after thanksgiving
-northerners make fun of my accent, but usually not in mean way
-we do really have accents, but not the southern accent, people from georgia and alabama have those (the long, drawn out syllables and the such)
-the subways, being below ground, are not visible from the street, and it is rather pointless to look around when you hear train noises...
-central park is actually the third largest park in the city of new york, not the first
-they call the different areas of new york city buroughs
-don't get lost in greenwich village
-northerners call the day after thanksgiving "black friday"
-it is much colder in the north than it is here
-it gets darker earlier
-it is not a good idea to only get three hours of sleep the night before you leave to go somewhere far away

i am sure you all would love the vast amounts of knowledge that i have yet to share, but i think i'll save that for later (psh, like i can remember it that long, i'm actually just too lazy to type it all, and i'm falling asleep at my keyboard again)

so.. without further ado, the end of the post!

oh, but what is this?
my trip was sad too, you say?
yes.

at ground zero, as if it wasn't sad enough, there was a five-ish-year-old girl there with her dad. she was crying. her best friend lost his mother, who was touring the building at the time. it is not a happy feeling you get when you see a small girl standing alone in an empty space back from the crowd, her face red and tears streaming down her face. remember what has happened, what is happening. whether we like it or not, our people are overseas fighting for something. keep them in your thoughts.

this is my belated thanksgiving thought for you.

and he likes to sing along