Saturday, July 26, 2008

boston - week 4 and 5

i didn't take time to post last week, so i'm sure i'm leaving out stuff. the things that come to mind now are:
  • went to Improv Boston. 4 groups. most were decent, 1 was amazing
  • took my camera to repair shop :( out of commission for 3 weeks
  • ordered canon 100mm f/2.8 USM lens! along w/ some other accessories :)
  • got vaccinations for my trip to indonesia
  • had an RA steal my mail package
oh, and one morning at 7:30, all the interns and i were walkin to the bus stop, as usual. as i crossed the crosswalk, i looked up and saw a guy walkin diagonally towards me. we were abt to collide and neither of us wanted to budge. so, naturally, he brought his elbow up to body check my shoulder as he said, 'get the [freckles] out of my way!' lol, it was pretty funny. who does that, especially at 7:30 in the morning? too much hatred.

as for the package stealing, i ordered a gift for sheley. i came home, saw the slip in my box signifying that i have a package. we interns were in a rush to go see the improv show, so i figured i'd get it when i come home. yet, at 11:30pm, the slip had magically disappeared from my box. nobody has access to my box, other than the RA behind the desk, as the boxes are open from the back, and the RAs are the ones who put the slips in. i asked the girl RA on duty--let's call her ms. jerkface--how that's possible. i saw my name on the list of ppl who had packages awaiting them, too. yet, my package was nowhere behind the RA desk. gone. she refused to even look through all of the packages for me and told me to come back tomorrow. how nice of her. 2 hrs of convos and investigation later, management and i confirmed that nobody had been accidentally handed my package, and that mrs. jerkface was the only person on duty during the span of time from when i first saw the slip and from when the slip was gone. clearly, she stole it, but they refuse to accuse her of such. i feel sorry for her, though. that's pretty low. management might reimburse me, though. yay.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

boston - week 2





this past week has been fun-filled w/ so many events that i can't even recall them all. well, the ones that stick out at least are:
  • going to see blue man group
  • 4th of july fireworks on the charles bridge (and the pre-show on the 3rd)
  • u.s.s. constitution parade
  • my birthday
blue man group was pretty sweet, and the venue was much smaller than i expected. definitely worth the $25 we paid, but definitely not worth the retail price tag of $60.

3rd of july pre-show was marked w/ a huge downpour right before the show started, which cause huge lines as the ~200k people crammed into the grassy venue area once the rained stopped. the boston pops orchestra performed, along w/ the rascal flatts (country). a few people clapped for the flatts, but i believe they were clapping moreso from being happy that the flatts were done. it really amazed me that the theme included baseball so much, which definitely made me feel right at home here. i'm falling in love w/ boston. on the 4th, we saw the fireworks from the bridge. best show i've ever seen--the works went in tune w/ the orchestra. very nice :)

for my birthday, we went to one of the supposed top 18 seafood places in the nation. it only seats ~15 people. somehow, we managed to gather ~9 people to go... mostly intern friends and a few homeless people. good food, and not too expensive. afterwards, we walked by fenway and played pool. pretty much the best pool place i've ever been to. well, it rivals mr. cues II in chamblee tucker, ga. mr. cues is more for pros, though. anyway, it was all good. apparently ryan likes to use the [bleep] stick in pool, though... just incase anyone wants to know.

oh, and here's a map of pretty much all the significant places i've been to so far:

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