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Weekend at Lake George!

Posted on Aug 2, 2010 10:05:13 PM

My friends and I decided (a few months ago, actually) that one weekend we should stay at Lake George. It kind of went unspoken until last week, when Brian mentioned wanting to get away for the weekend, and plans were made from there. We (Mike, Kevin, Brian, Alicia and myself) left Saturday around 4:00pm, and arrived about an hour later. First things first – finding our room. We rented a room for the night (read: one room for five people), so we had to get the keys and get unpacked before starting any activities. Now, I know that sounds crazy, but the room had three beds (one for Mike and I, another for Brian and Alicia, and one for Kevin), plus, the rooms were adjoining, so Brian and Alicia were separate from the rest of us. Of course, they also had the room with the bathroom, refrigerator, phone and door lock. Not really a huge deal…but it made things kind of interesting later on. Anyway, we dropped off our luggage, freshened up and hit the strip. Luckily for us, our motel was right in the middle of everything, so walking distance all the way!

We decided to stop for dinner first, as most of us were starving by that time. A handful of french fries (the best I’ve had in a long time, even), two mozzarella sticks and two-thirds of a cheeseburger later, I was stuffed. For somebody who was starving…that meal filled me up. But in my defense, the burger was huge. Anyway, we did a little shopping after dinner. I don’t know whether I’m disappointed or proud of myself, as I didn’t buy anything. I had a couple of things in mind that I wanted to buy, but ended up empty-handed.

Sometime after dark, we stopped to watch this street performer named Wacky Chad. (Just for kicks, I looked him up on YouTube; there’s a bunch of videos, if you’re interested). He’s this unicyclist, pogo-stickist (yes, I know that’s not a word, lol) and juggler. He was pretty amusing. At one point, he was attempting a trick on the pogo stick, but missed and fell on his back…on concrete. I cringed. It looked painful. It sounded painful. I tweeted this, but to reiterate, you can watch people falling on concrete on YouTube or TV, and it looks bad, but it’s nothing compared to actually witnessing it. I felt kinda bad for him. You could tell he was trying not to look affected, but he did mention that his hip was hurting, and he was bleeding. But I have to give him props, as he got right back on and finished his show. Heh, for part of his show, he mentioned that he needed a twenty-something female to assist him. He started scouring the crowd, and I started ducking out of sight, lmao. He stopped at Alicia…and promptly started hitting on her. “Wow…you make Paris Hilton look like…” I forget what he said, but you get the idea. And, “if you were in the dictionary, you’d be under KA-BAM!” And, when she was exiting, he was all, “I hate to see you leave, but I love to watch you go.” I thought Brian was gonna beat his ass, lol. Obviously he was joking, but even I have to say…it took it a little far. We stayed for the rest of his act, then headed back to the motel.

Somewhere around 11pm, we left to check out Lake George’s nightlife, which primarily meant bar-hopping, lol. We started with the club that [kind of] neighbored our motel. DJ Mike’s, I think it was called. 21+ with a $5 cover charge. The plan was to stay for a drink or two, then move on to the next place. …we ended up staying for at least two hours. Now, Mike doesn’t drink at all, and I rarely do, but as Alicia offered to buy me one, I couldn’t turn her down. (Well, I could’ve but, one drink? Yeah.) But that was my one and only for the night. As the night progressed, Alicia was gone, Kevin…well, let’s just say Brian had to practically carry him to his seat – which he then fell over- and Brian, who drank more than anyone, was also the most normal; guess it holds it better. The only actual reason why we left was because we kinda, sorta got kicked out due to Brian’s “dirty dancing.” I still don’t understand how dancefloor grinding gets you kicked out, but a group of girls making provocative gestures with a giant, blow-up penis is perfectly okay?!

Anyway, we left, looking for the next place to go. Ended up at the only open pizza place. And let’s face it – who doesn’t love 2am pizza? Chilled there for awhile, then headed back to the room.

For the next hour or so, a lot of shenanigans went on: Alicia wanted to play a game, Kevin passed out, Brian locked Alicia out…it just went on and on. Eventually he let her back in, and all was quiet for a good thirty minutes, then Alicia pops in and goes, “no, seriously, do you guys wanna play a game?” LMAO it was just so random. And so much fun.

Fell asleep somewhere around 4am, and only woke up when I heard the door open. I immediately woke Mike up and was like, “somebody just opened the door!” but we discovered that Kevin wasn’t in his bed, so that was a relief. Went back to sleep and again woke up to a knock on the door. Housekeeping was there to kick us out. (I sense a theme here…) We were all still sleeping. Oops. But we were out within half an hour.

Found a place serving breakfast until noon, so we stopped there before heading home. All in all, it was an amazing time; definitely need to do it again, for longer.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on Feb 14, 2010 09:30:16 AM

In terms of Valentine’s Day, what comes to your mind? Your significant other, flowers, jewelry, chocolate, maybe a romantic dinner at home (or out)…? For Mike and I, we’re a little less traditional. I wouldn’t know how to take care of roses, I have enough candy left from Christmas to tide me over, and as much as I like pretty jewelry, I don’t wear it a lot. I work in retail, and a few years ago, I lost a bracelet that was very dear to me. Ever since then, I’ve refused to wear any sort of jewelry other than earrings, and as far as those go, nothing expensive. So what did Mike and I do? We exchanged gifts, but as I said, they’re very non-traditional. I got him the first Naruto: Shippuden set, as he’s been wanting that for some time now. He got me Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the PSP. It came out last month, and I’ve wanted it ever since I saw it for pre-order. For me, that’s as awesome as any “commercialized” Valentine’s gift. I’m not your “usual” romantic. I don’t need flowers and all that girly stuff to make me happy. Get me a DVD I’ve been wanting or a book or a game and I’m a happy girl.

I’m also very easy-going. Mike wanted to play basketball with the boys today, and he asked me last night if it would be okay. I told him to do whatever he wants. I’m not going to be one of those nagging girlfriends that refuses to let their other half out of the house. I mean, he plays for what, a couple of hours, and then we have the entire evening together. I promised him that I would watch Zombieland tonight. I bought it for him last week, and he absolutely loved it, and has insisted for the last week that I watch it with him. I’m kinda “eh” on zombie movies – some are good, others… not so much. But not one person I’ve talked to has had anything bad to say about this movie… just that it’s hilarious and I need to see it. So I’ll be doing that tonight. In the meantime, who knows. Enjoy your holiday, everyone!

Superbowl, you say?

Posted on Feb 6, 2010 04:56:43 PM

Honestly, it’s just another weekend to me. I’ve never followed football, never will. Mike has tried to get me into it, but it’s just so boring to me. But for Mike, I will be a Patriots fan, lol. So tomorrow Mike’ll be at a Superbowl party, which leaves me home by myself, but I don’t mind. It’ll give me a chance to get some cleaning done, or maybe just spend some quality time alone. That sounds pathetic, heh. But you know what I mean. I may go to the party before the game starts, get some food and hang out with everyone for awhile. We’ll see. I don’t wanna eat and run, how bad would that look? Although they’re good friends of ours, and I know they won’t care, but still.

Another short entry, I know. I don’t have too much going on, lol. We may go midnight bowling later, that’s always fun. I haven’t gone since before Christmas due to being sick, so it’ll be fun to get back into it… if I can avoid getting dizzy when I throw my ball, that is. That’s what happened last Monday in my league and I had to sit out. So hopefully I’ll be okay this time.

Ahoy, fresh new look!

Posted on Feb 1, 2010 10:18:04 PM

So I took the plunge and upgraded to WordPress. Years late, right? Actually, I tried using it multiple times in the past, but I always got frustrated, mostly over installation issues, and in the end, I always gave up. But this time, the installation went smoothly (methinks), and everything looks good, so we’ll see. Perhaps this will prompt me to blog more? Maybe. I lead a boring life, lol. I guarantee if I blog more, they’ll be a lot of rants about work. But trust me, most of those will bring forth entertainment.

Anyway, so I’ve been sick for like, the past month. I’m not even kidding. I went almost a week straight without eating (no appetite), and it cost me 15 pounds… which I am desperate to gain back. I’ve been eating like crazy, but every time I weigh myself, it’s exactly the same. I’m tired of my pants falling down, lol. I need to gain my weight back! (Most people probably think I’m crazy and wish for the opposite, lol.)

I think I’ll leave off here… I gotta get ready for bowling in a bit… since I’ve been sick, I haven’t gone, so it’s been a good month or more since I’ve bowled. I hope I don’t complately suck, haha. In the meantime, don’t mind the lack of content, I’m working on it… slowly.