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Archive for July, 2008
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Jul 24
“New York City,
Jul 24
center of the universe.” That’s a quote from the musical Rent. I had to travel to DC and stop off there before heading to NYC, so I could still get reimbursed for the travel to DC. The flight to NY was a stand-by buddy pass. Don’t fly stand-by if you can help it. TSA is not very quick to respond. I waited in this glass room while the guard was calling “Need male assist, no alarm, stat” for over 15 minutes before someone could check me out. My laptop sat on the conveyor belt like a ripe plumb to a thief.
It was a lot of fun. Since it was my second time in Manhattan, I had the hang of jaywalking and riding the sub. I was able to visit Central Park, Coney Island, SoHo, Chinatown, and Times Square.
The decade of my life in California makes me drawn to the beach like a moth to flame. The Atlantic by New York isn’t quite the same. It may be that Coney Island is on the north side of the bay. Anyway, it’s still beautiful and there were tons of people on the beach. You can see a few of my pictures on the shore and in front of the world-famous Cyclone. It was really fun and got super fast. There were lots of tummy-losing drops and quick turns.
Skimboarding
Jul 24
Trago and family were in town my last week and he took me skim boarding. It’s kind of like surfing on the shore, if that makes any sense. There’s a video of some people who are way better at it than me.
It was my first time, and after learning to keep my self low, stepping on the board with my back foot first, getting the right orientation, testing my speed,… I actually got the hang of it! Too bad they don’t skim board in Virginia.
Bye, Bye, California
Jul 13
June 26 was my last day in California. I’ll miss the palm trees, lack of humidity, and relatively small insects. Virginia likes to sport the woods with wild trees growing all over the place as well as flies and ants so big one could assume they’re hold backs from the Mesozoic era. Getting off the plane in DC was rough. The jetway had to be about 90°F and 80% humidity… not so pleasant. I’m glad that was the exception. Days have been hot, but not as bad as my first day here.
The moving guys came and were great about the whole thing. In a few hours, my room was so clean, I almost didn’t recognize it, which is strange, because I’d lived there for 3 years. That’s the longest I’ve ever spent in one place in California. Hope the new guy likes it!
