Green Eyes

Broken Bones in the Bronx

So I'm at my fourth Yanks game of the season, with Sean, Justin and Nick, against the Mets, and everything's going great. The Yankees were winning, I had a beer and a hot dog while I wore my new Robinson Cano t-shirt, when it starts to downpour, and the game is on hold in the 4th inning. Since Sean and I were on the top tier, we tried to climb up a few rows to seek refuge under the roof.  But, for a reason still unkown today, I lost my balance on the way up, fell backwards and rolled down the top tier of Yankee Stadium, tumbling fiercely quite a few rows, each one followed by a loud "Oooh!" from the surrounding fans, before I came to a complete stop. I seemed fine... Sean was at my landing point by the time I lost momentum, and he was shocked that I was even conscious, let alone laughing and making jokes. Buuuut, a few minutes later I realized my hand hurt like hell and my pinkie wasnt straight, so I sat down inside amongst the angry wet drunken men that crowded the inside of the stadium. Sean fetched the first aid people who absurdly insisted on transporting me through a chaotic stadium in a wheelchair just for some fake doctor in flip flops to give me an ice pack and advice to get x-rays.

Soooo, although I was in a lot of pain, I figured the ER could wait, and we returned to the game right behind home plate! I wasn't about to climb up the tiers again, HAH! The game went on a 63 minute delay, so we missed NOTHING by the time everything was said and done! It was awesome, I got to see Jeter bend over up close, and Damon pick a wedgie. Such a great night.

And we finished the night in the ER around 4am, which was a joke, considering my Doctor's name was Dr. Doolittle. But, the x-rays proved I chipped off a piece of my bone in my pinkie, making this my first official broken bone, and I couldn't have asked for a more fun way to do it.

Traffic Ghosts

A couple photos I snapped the other day... I used a 30 second shutter speed, so even the busiest intersections of Midtown Manhattan, including the constantly chaotic Main Concourse of Grand Central Terminal, seem empty and quiet.

I heart weekends

This weekend and last week I kept very busy and got to catch up with a lot of good friends. Spent some time with some of my beloved Monroe crew and had a splendid dinner with everyone at Bravo in Fairfield. The next night, Eric and I had the privledge of seeing our friend's boyfriend Hal's stand up comedy show at Caroline's in Times Square in the city, and afterwards hung around midtown til we caught an early morning train. The weekend was filled with some great parties, including the one I snuck my lil sis out of the house for (sorry Mom), and I got to check out a couple new bars like Archie Moore's in Derby.

So Proud

Our very own Sarah Bell the Great has graduated from high school!!  The fam & I couldn't be any prouder of the little lady for reaching such a goal, along with maintaining TWO jobs during high school. She'll be taking courses at WestCONN next semester. Quite impressive, Sar, Congratulations!!

Hoop and Stick, Sir!?

I've recently discovered how funny The Colbert Report is. Your turn:

Black Rock

This weekend I went camping upstate to Black Rock State Park with a good group of about fifteen of the delightful Derby kids.  It was very relaxing, and shared a considerably excess amount of laughter (rapping crows, scallops!, glory holes, drunk walks to lake, illegal convos, late night spinning, etc). Did a lot of stuff, the usual hiking, kayaking, fishing, and swimming, and of course nightly campfire entertainment.  At least a few of us went to the lake and layed on the beach every night with some cold beers to catch a decent view of the sky; even caught a few shooting stars! I realized I've gone away every week since I left my Saturday job and graduated last month, which is exactly what I wanted to do with these fabulous 2 day vacations I get now, called "weekends!"    

A Lesson Learned

Valuable advice: Do what makes you happy. Endless thanks to those of you who have been instilling this in my brain lately.

Lyrics of the day:

Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my open ears
exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

--John Lennon, "Across the Universe"

Yanks vs. Indians

Last night my doll of a friend, Justin, was sweet enough to offer me a ticket to see the Yanks game with his brother Sean and our friend Mickey. The game was against Cleveland, we WON (of course) 1-0, and we had really good seats. Partied alot before and after the game on top of the parking garage where we blasted the Beatles and made friends with crazy drunken Jersey folk who made me laugh all night, especially by continuously reminding us that we were from the "Constipation State."  The ride home was a typical glorious road trip where we sing a long to the songs we love, with the energy provided to us by our typical coffees & red bulls. 

Weekends on West Street

Spent my first weekend in years up in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts.  My family has a bunch of houses within miles of eachother, where I spent all my summers as a kid.  Now that I FINALLY have weekends off, I'll definately be heading up that way more often. This time, it was only Eric, Sean, and I, since it was a last minute trip, and we stayed at my grandfather's place. The three of us each brought our kayaks and went on a few expeditions on the shores and islands of a bunch of lakes and ponds in the area...got a great workout and had so much fun.  We also got a chance to hike through Windsor Jambs and to do a little fishing.  We drank local beers out of jugs, swam in 40 degree weather, used the squiggly phrase "Nudist Brigade" one too many times, acted like 5th graders in our bunk beds, rode motor scooters around town, achieved the cookies, ate meats, hunted catapillers with rifles, made out with live fish, rocked out to the Beatles on dark dirt country roads, and buried a treasure.  The weekend was exciting and relaxing all at the same time, couldn't have been better.  I want manyyy more people to come over this summer!!  

Start Spreading the News...

Well, California was great, but nothing beats good ol' New York City.  Sean picked me up from the airport and we literally were zig zagging around Manhattan all day. Our adventure started at JFK, where we took off for breakfast in Bryant Park where they were setting up for the Fashion Awards, did some shopping in Midtown, caught the Bodies exhibition down at South Street Seaport (very creepy but SO captivating), watched someone fall going up subway stairs, cherished Irish food and beer at Mac Menamin's Pub downtown, witnessed Sean aquire his latest addition to his parking ticket collection, consumed LOTS of Red Bull, got hit by a car, and of course, the Yankees vs Red Sox game to finish the day off... which, I must say, was the most entertaining game I've ever been to (plus, the Yanks WON!). A great welcoming back to the East Coast... but just hours later, I was back to work in the real world again.