croutonskill

how YOU doing... i'm home from the "teen girl squad in nyc" adventure. it was so amazingly fun. i had a really good time with the girls (laney, linds & lissa), it was nice to spend more than a few hours with them.

well, i don't know if i can fit our whole adventure into this one entry. girls... if i hold back, don't be offended. sometimes there are things i like to keep to myself and not exploit on pspd. its not because i don't care, often its because i care too much.

anywayz, we made it there just fine. safe and in good time. we took the metro-north train into the city and i'm certain it was a bbd train. i was uber excited about that. when we got to grand central station i dragged the girls into the transit museum to look at the history of new york's subway system. it was really neat.

i think i'll point-form-it from here on in:
• our hotel was nice. we got a kick out of the fact that our room's view was "a huge pile of" trash. and we checked daily to make sure it was still there.
• we went to china town for dinner and it rained on the way, but that was the only time. we got soaked, but it wasn't cold so that was ok. the food was awesome and i gobbled it down. after that we went to little italy for dessert, which was a little ritual we developed of going for dessert every night.
• our first night's sleep didn't go particularly well. poor laney had an awful nights sleep and nicknamed me "tossy". i literary rotated "side-stomach-side-back" all night, which i don't usually do, but i think it was a result of my pillow falling on the floor. among all the tossing my nosering fell out and by morning it was too late. i'd lost my piercing... so sad. i was nausous about it.
• that morning we went on a central park walking tour, which was particularly beautiful because the trees are blooming and blossoming (which resulted in an early allergy season for me). we spent some time at the central park zoo and saw the penguins being fed. it was awesome. we also saw puffins, sea lions and red panda's (which made me think of you meghan).
• we also went to strawberry fields and saw 'the dakota' where john lennon lived and was assassinated. john is my FAVOURITE beatle, so that was totally awesome for me. oh, on that note... girls i just looked up the first name of lenin. its vladimir. no wonder i couldn't remember it.
• after a quant lunch on the upper-west side, we went to the world trade center and visited ground zero. that was pretty sobering. my only regret is that i didn't go there in 2000 when i was in nyc the first time so i could have really appreciated the void left behind.
• we did some shopping on canal street (a.k.a. anal street) where i picked up some 'jackie-o' type sunglasses, an awesome belt, a "i heart n y" t-shirt (this is my 3rd one, it seems to fit properly so looks like 3rd time's a charm").
• we also went to various parts of the city – soho, tribeca, gramercy park. saw st. pat's cathedral, radio city music hall, nbc studios, rockerfellar center and so on.
• yesterday we went on this "movie and t.v. tour" and saw the sites. it was neato and really fun, they also gave us 'black & white cookies' from that one seinfeld episode "look to the cookie".
• at dusk we went to the brooklyn bridge which i really liked. i have this fascination with bridges. i wanted to be an architect for a long time and i think that's where that comes from.

well that's getting quite long and i should go to bed. i have to say, its pretty sad to come home to only one email in my inbox :(
am i not loved??
by the way, thanx sarah ;)

girls: here's a quote just for you...
hot as a hairdryer in your face
what's that referring to?

in new york you can forget, forget how to sit still