Caught In The Whirlwind
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This Weekend…Too Short…
Jan 12th 2009
This was the first regular weekend I've had in a couple weeks due to
Christmas and New Years extending things outward, so needless to
say…it felt REALLY short. Also compounding the shortness was a nice
trip out to Syracuse with my friends for some shopping and dinner.
Wassy needed to go out to Syracuse to pick up some art supplies (the
supply stores in this area are really bad) so we planned a day trip out
to syracuse for our usual weekend hanging out. The art shopping took a
lot less time than anticipated because they didn't have a certain type
of marker that she wanted to browse for. So we ended up getting to
Carousel Center for the window shopping with approximately 4-5 hours to
kill before we had to eat dinner.
Some actual shopping was done (they needed to get some clothes stuff
and pillows at JC Pennys and I was shopping for a measuring spoon for
tea measurement at work) but most of the time was spent wandering
around and browsing items. A couple things of note happened. While we
were sitting in pottery barn in some of the display chairs, a woman
walked up to us, set her bags down on the couch and said that we should
watch them since she couldn't cary them another step. We thought that
was weird…I'm not sure we look very trustworthy either…I'm pretty
certain I'd never just drop my bags off with random strangers sitting
in a store…
We also spent a lot of time in Brookstone playing with the gadgets they
have on display. Especially the massage chairs. Ooooh…I want one of
those. Sooo nice. The feet massage specifically was well appreciated
after wandering around most of the day. I was a little worried they
were going to kick us out of the store since we were spending so much
time in the chairs, but we ended up wandering out eventually.
I also discovered a coffee based beverage I like. At the urging of my
friends I tried out a Mocha Frappuccino from starbucks and I found out
I really liked it. I don't like coffee mostly because I'm fairly
sensitive to bitter tastes and coffee is a little too much for me. But
this was a good ratio of coffee to chocolate taste and was quite good
indeed.
After a quick stop at Barnes and Noble we ended up at Olive Garden a little early (5pm)
which was a good thing as even by that time, it was a 35 minute wait.
We hung out for a while and eventually were seated for a fine meal. We
had a good waitress, good conversation and good food. So it all worked
out quite nicely.
By the time we got done eating, it had started to snow, so our drive time got extended because the roads were becoming very slick. We eventually made it back in one piece though.
Sunday was the standard hanging out and relaxing day. I did a little
bit of cleaning around the apartment but nothing major. I ended up
playing City of Heroes for a little over an hour for the first time in
a while which was fun. I was really missing the game as it turns out.
And later I watched the Golden Globes because I was interested to see
if Heath Ledger won. Which he did, but I totally missed it as I had
stepped out for a few minutes to head over to my parents and didn't
hear that award was coming up. Dah!!
I caught it later on through the magic of the internet and it was
really moving. He totally deserves any award he can possibly win for
that role and I really hope that the fact that he died doesn't cause
him to not be nominated for an Oscar. His performance as the Joker is
probably the best bit of acting I've ever seen.
So, another weekend down, 5 more days until it rolls around again…
To The Alehouse!
Jul 28th 2008
This weekend was lots of fun, and I didn't even do anything I was planning on doing Friday. Everything sort of changed mid-stream. My plan was to spend the weekend cleaning up my apartment, doing a major clean type deal because it really needs it, going over to my friends for a little while on saturday. However, all of this changed when i got my replacement drivers license in the mail on Saturday.
I usually go to the Sterling Renaissance Festival in Sterling, NY every year with my sister, but she ended up not going this year for several reasons. My friends (Jay and Wassy) were going on Sunday, but I didn't really want to spend the money since we were going to be doing the state fair at the end of August, and I wanted to save money for that. However I did really want to go this year since they got a new owner and had a lot of improvements.
I had settled on not going though…until my drivers license arrived in the mail. Which means I could also partake in some of the consuming of spirits, which was all I needed to push me over the edge of going, so we rearranged plans and they swung by Sunday morning to pick me up and off we went.
We arrived promptly on time, no thanks to the GPS continually falling off their windshield (I need to get the weighted mount thingy for it…), got our hands stamped and started wandering around the shops a bit. My friend Jay wanted some coffee so we stopped by one of the vendors to grab one but they had a little problem with their coffee machine. So what started out as a quick coffee pitstop turned into a 10 minute coffee wait. I had to take a picture of the cup of coffee so that it will be preserved for all time. And it is there to the left.
After the coffee we headed to catch the rat show which I saw last year and my friends hadn't seen. It was as good as I remember it being and my friends enjoyed it too, which is also a plus. After the rat show, the pubs had opened, so we took a little break and had some lunch and mead/beer depending on who you were (I went with the mead).
We wandered on over to where one of the new attractions was, some acrobat type people who put on a really neat show. The pictures don't really show how high they were but they were high enough where a fall would hurt a good deal, but not high enough where they could right themselves to land on their feet if they did fall. Thankfully, nobody fell and the show was really quite interesting. I hope they're back next year.
After that things got a little fuzzy as to the order of things. There was some wandering around, I caught another show which my friends weren't terribly interested in, but I thought was good. Another stop at the pubs and I tried some draft cider this time which was good (And if anyone was wondering, yes there was water for me sprinkled in with the drinking to stay hydrated and all that). There was also a stop at the archery booth for the necessary bit of archery. I did ok, but my friend Jay ended up doing better (after nearly whacking himself in the face with an arrow which deducted major points). I stopped taking pictures at this point because I was just relaxing and having too much fun to think about it.
Towards the end of the day we went out wine tasting at the booths outside the show. We eventually ended up spending the most time over at the Thousand Islands Winery booth where we were guided through their selection by a entertaining and nice man who was also wearing no pants. Their wines were awesome though and I ended up buying two bottles, one of a Niagara and one of a dessert wine called Seaway Blues which is a blueberry flavored wine which I was surprised that I liked more than the Strawberry that I tried.
After that we went back in and wandered for a bit more but eventually we grew tired and made the trek home. All in all, I'm very glad I decided to go as the day was just perfect. Good weather, good company and a good time.
Unfortunetly…now I keep thinking it's Sunday because I usually don't do anything major on Sundays and have another day of the weekend to get through before I have to go back to work
QotD: The Best Blend
Feb 28th 2007
What’s your favorite blend or brand of coffee or tea?
I’m not really a coffee person, or a tea person, so I can’t really answer the question. Instead I’ll just interpret this to mean “your favorite hot beverage” in which case I’d have to go with the new White Hot Chocolate from Dunkin Donuts.
There are no words to describe how much I love this beverage. I pretty much stop by whenever I’m near a Dunkin Donuts and pick one up.
Mmmmm…
QotD: One Lump or Two?
Dec 21st 2006
How do you take your tea or coffee?
Submitted by Vasquez.
I don’t.
I enjoy how coffee smells but I don’t like the taste. And I’ve never been a big tea drinker.
Coffee…Bleh
Oct 23rd 2006
I had my first taste of coffee today. Yep, that’s right. I have not been a coffee drinker at all. My parents don’t drink it, so I guess I never got exposed.
The verdict? Well, it smells nice, but I’m not fond of the taste. Maybe I need to experiment a bit with stuff to find something I like, but..bleh. Granted it was the coffee at school in the bistro which probably isn’t the best sampling ever…
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