***EDIT*** It's supposed to be raining all day Thursday, so nevermind about the bonfire
Holy crap, this summer has been going by really fast. June 22 already? nuts.
I'm full time 3rd shift now. so that's cool I guess. Two days off a week, but it's never consistent (as in, every sat&sun off). This week I have/had Tuesday and Thursday off.
I went to South Bend w/ Jared, AJ, and Nick, we went to hang out with my friend Kristina and her bf and their friends @ Bar Louie. It was pretty fun. Kinda awkward. But the bar had $2 burgers all night, extra cost for toppings. But still, they were tasty.
And I know I've been nursing an off again/on again crush on Kristina...but apparently it was really evident to my friends. AJ sent me a text when we got there saying "you want to sleep with her, don't you? It's pretty obvious" So I was in panic mode all night like "holy shit, what if her bf knows I have a thing for her? He's a really nice guy and they're both happy together, oh lordy" but nothing happened.
I want to have a bonfire this Thursday. I wanted to invite Noah, Misha, Suzy, Abbey and all them. So I posted on a Facebook thread we started back in October, asking if they wanted to come to my house for a bonfire/party/drinks. This was back on Sunday. No one's responded. So they won't be coming.
I feel like they no longer want to hang out with me. Which kind of sucks, because they were a really big part of my life last year. They helped me get through a lot of shit (the break up with Kayla...my uncle dying).
all well, I'll just invite AJ, Jared, Chris, and Nick to come over. Hopefully they will. most of the time, we don't really do anything outside of chill in the basement/go see the last showing of a movie/go to 5 O'Clock. So hopefully they won't come up with an excuse. But they might.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Motherfucker, I am sleeping.
So, third shifts are hella retarded.
I'm so tired. And I only do them twice a week. I wonder how James manages to do them 5x a week.
I'm going to sleep. No time for blog posts. Time for sleep. mmmmm, sleep
***EDIT***
I'm at work righ nah, and blahhhh. Friggin third shift dawg. I'm always by myself in Media/photo, which means I can't leave the area, unless I call up someone else on third shift to cover the floor. And I'm pretty sure everyone else resents me, because they do all the "hard" work (such as stocking/pricing. And I only say it's hard in comparison to standing around in E4 and pretending to be busy)
I'm excited to start up school again. Figured it is time to stop bitching out and buckle Down.
I'm so tired. And I only do them twice a week. I wonder how James manages to do them 5x a week.
I'm going to sleep. No time for blog posts. Time for sleep. mmmmm, sleep
***EDIT***
I'm at work righ nah, and blahhhh. Friggin third shift dawg. I'm always by myself in Media/photo, which means I can't leave the area, unless I call up someone else on third shift to cover the floor. And I'm pretty sure everyone else resents me, because they do all the "hard" work (such as stocking/pricing. And I only say it's hard in comparison to standing around in E4 and pretending to be busy)
I'm excited to start up school again. Figured it is time to stop bitching out and buckle Down.
Friday, April 15, 2011
I'm such a little girl...
...and by that I mean I still giggle like one everytime I come home and my puppies jump all over me and lick me. Cause they're adorable
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
All I wanna do is just move on
EDIT: got a call from Meijer, orientation is tomorrow @ 10 am. bring two forms of ID.
you complain about things and they change...ALL HAIL THE POWER OF DUR INTERWEBS!
Srsly,that's all. Just want to start my job at Meijer (omg call me boss ppl, I'm ready to work!). Just want to pay off my student loans ($3k, ugh why did I take so much out?). Just want to pay for a year at lmc.
/Sigh anyway, I saw sucker punch in imax with my friends from back home. Will pretty much summed it up: "it was like being humped in the face by everything my 14 year old self loved"
Just got a phone call from 312, maybe a 316 # (can't remember, even tho it was less than 5 minutes ago, and I can't leave this page and go.check it since I'm on my phone typing this and if I leave this txt window, all my pretty words will delete) but anyway this lady on the other end asked for Lisa and I kindly told her that I'm Alex, you probably dialed this number by mistake. She then said "well the number she gave was 269-277-0477" which is my number, and I told her so. She then said "well isn't Lisa a loser" then hung up.
I giggled
you complain about things and they change...ALL HAIL THE POWER OF DUR INTERWEBS!
Srsly,that's all. Just want to start my job at Meijer (omg call me boss ppl, I'm ready to work!). Just want to pay off my student loans ($3k, ugh why did I take so much out?). Just want to pay for a year at lmc.
/Sigh anyway, I saw sucker punch in imax with my friends from back home. Will pretty much summed it up: "it was like being humped in the face by everything my 14 year old self loved"
Just got a phone call from 312, maybe a 316 # (can't remember, even tho it was less than 5 minutes ago, and I can't leave this page and go.check it since I'm on my phone typing this and if I leave this txt window, all my pretty words will delete) but anyway this lady on the other end asked for Lisa and I kindly told her that I'm Alex, you probably dialed this number by mistake. She then said "well the number she gave was 269-277-0477" which is my number, and I told her so. She then said "well isn't Lisa a loser" then hung up.
I giggled
Saturday, March 19, 2011
weeee
So Florida was pretty cool. drove down there, hung out with Eric R for a few days. We went to Little Havana in Miami, went to the beach almost every day. Watched people (including Eric) surf, saw jelly fish all washing up on shore, swam w/ a zebra-striped fishy. Went out to eat for Jared's birthday. Then we went camping, and visited a drive through safari w/ all sorts of awesome animals and such. then we drove home. Only spent $450 on the entire trip (including my share of gas)
I'm still working at Haworth (idk if I mentioned I'm back there, but I am). It's a pretty nice job. Only about 20-22 hours a week, but at $9/hr it isn't bad. Gives me enough money to start putting a dent in the $3k I have in student loan debts.
Have an interview this Wednesday for a position at Meijer, hopefully in their electronics department, because I'm all about movies and cameras and stuff like that...it'll be pretty cool to work there.
Wonder if I'll be able to work both of those jobs...It's possible, it's just a lot of commuting, and I'll be working a lot of nights/weekends. But someone has to do so. And I'd be able to pay for a year's worth of LMC a lot quicker.
Jared, AJ and I are thinking about a return trip to Florida this summer (well the first two weeks of May) We want to go all over Florida and the south. Get some legit BBQ, go deep sea fishing, go boar hunting in the everglades. Go to Universal Studios Orlando. Swim. Lady watch ;)
So hopefully I'll be able to go again.
Chris VE turns 21 at the end of the month...he made an event on Facebook about it, and didn't invite me, which I understood, because everyone else he invited was already 21...but AJ asked what about me, that I could @ least be the DD, and Chris said, "oh yeah, I'll invite him, even if his driving is as bad as a drunk driver" which pissed me off.
Yeah, sure I've had a few unpleasant experiences w/ cars, but fuck him, I mean really.... The accident w/ the VW Bug, I hydroplaned on a puddle of water as I was accelerating onto the on ramp. That situation was actually not that bad. Yeah the bug was totaled, but for whatever reason, there was no oncoming traffic as we went across the highway, and neither me or Adri were hurt when we slammed broadside into the concrete barrier.
And my car after that? Yeah drove that for almost 3 years before its transmission died, and it was cheaper to look for a new car, rather then investing in a new tranny, then a new engine, and a host of other new parts. the car was already close to 200k miles. And I drove it to the day it stopped looking.
And my new car? Yeah there was a learning curve for driving stick. Just like there is for everyone who does it. But now I can drive stick on any car, and infact, I prefer stick shifts to automatics. I feel like I have more control over the car and besides, it's more fun to drive. :P
so fuck that, but I'm still going to the party :P
Last weekend we had a bonfire, and played the "alphabet drinking game" how that works is Person A starts w/ any word they choose, and then the person after him has to say a word that begins w/ the last letter of the previous word and so one. If you goof (say a word that's already been used, or say a word that doesn't start w/ the previous word's last letter) you had to do a shot of everclear. Which is nasty stuff. we had a liter bottle of it..and 3 of us (AJ Jared and I, Nick R was there, but he had to go home later/he was our ref) put 2/3s of it away by the time we came inside. Jared was passed out on the floor.
I started playing Red Dead Redemption @ AJ's house last weekend too. Still haven't beaten it. It's a long game. Really addicting and fun to play tho, so that's a plus. I'm also working on beating Assassin's Creed II, so I can finish Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
Went shooting on Thursday, that was fun. Fired a .22 Magnum revolver...which was really loud and a lot of fun, for being such a tiny caliber. Also found what gun I'll be buying when I turn 21...it's a Ruger Super RedHawk Alaskan .44 revolver. I'm going to take the gun safety course, as well as shooting courses, and going to apply for and educate myself about the Conceal Carry Laws of MI, and you know, really learn to respect the gun, as well as learn all about taking care of the gun and stuff like that
I'm really excited for going back to LMC/getting back on track w/ my life. I wasted these past 2 years or so. Never did much, and I don't really have anything to show for it:
I had a girlfriend; she left
I made new friends; they don't talk to me anymore
I moved to the other side of the state; I'm back home
I'm planning on doing the Winter 2011 Semester (Sep-Dec), then the Spring 2012 semester (Jan-May), then to accelerate things, their new Summer 2012 Semester (May-Aug) and then finish the Winter 2012 semester, hoping to be able to transfer to WMU or somewhere before 2013...
Going to major in Psychology at least...might minor in philosophy, or pick up another major...depends. I'm just so tired of being stagnant. I don't wanna be the guy taking one or two classes while working a dead end job. I'm ready to bloody buckle down and toil away at what I need to do to get things going.
I'm still working at Haworth (idk if I mentioned I'm back there, but I am). It's a pretty nice job. Only about 20-22 hours a week, but at $9/hr it isn't bad. Gives me enough money to start putting a dent in the $3k I have in student loan debts.
Have an interview this Wednesday for a position at Meijer, hopefully in their electronics department, because I'm all about movies and cameras and stuff like that...it'll be pretty cool to work there.
Wonder if I'll be able to work both of those jobs...It's possible, it's just a lot of commuting, and I'll be working a lot of nights/weekends. But someone has to do so. And I'd be able to pay for a year's worth of LMC a lot quicker.
Jared, AJ and I are thinking about a return trip to Florida this summer (well the first two weeks of May) We want to go all over Florida and the south. Get some legit BBQ, go deep sea fishing, go boar hunting in the everglades. Go to Universal Studios Orlando. Swim. Lady watch ;)
So hopefully I'll be able to go again.
Chris VE turns 21 at the end of the month...he made an event on Facebook about it, and didn't invite me, which I understood, because everyone else he invited was already 21...but AJ asked what about me, that I could @ least be the DD, and Chris said, "oh yeah, I'll invite him, even if his driving is as bad as a drunk driver" which pissed me off.
Yeah, sure I've had a few unpleasant experiences w/ cars, but fuck him, I mean really.... The accident w/ the VW Bug, I hydroplaned on a puddle of water as I was accelerating onto the on ramp. That situation was actually not that bad. Yeah the bug was totaled, but for whatever reason, there was no oncoming traffic as we went across the highway, and neither me or Adri were hurt when we slammed broadside into the concrete barrier.
And my car after that? Yeah drove that for almost 3 years before its transmission died, and it was cheaper to look for a new car, rather then investing in a new tranny, then a new engine, and a host of other new parts. the car was already close to 200k miles. And I drove it to the day it stopped looking.
And my new car? Yeah there was a learning curve for driving stick. Just like there is for everyone who does it. But now I can drive stick on any car, and infact, I prefer stick shifts to automatics. I feel like I have more control over the car and besides, it's more fun to drive. :P
so fuck that, but I'm still going to the party :P
Last weekend we had a bonfire, and played the "alphabet drinking game" how that works is Person A starts w/ any word they choose, and then the person after him has to say a word that begins w/ the last letter of the previous word and so one. If you goof (say a word that's already been used, or say a word that doesn't start w/ the previous word's last letter) you had to do a shot of everclear. Which is nasty stuff. we had a liter bottle of it..and 3 of us (AJ Jared and I, Nick R was there, but he had to go home later/he was our ref) put 2/3s of it away by the time we came inside. Jared was passed out on the floor.
I started playing Red Dead Redemption @ AJ's house last weekend too. Still haven't beaten it. It's a long game. Really addicting and fun to play tho, so that's a plus. I'm also working on beating Assassin's Creed II, so I can finish Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
Went shooting on Thursday, that was fun. Fired a .22 Magnum revolver...which was really loud and a lot of fun, for being such a tiny caliber. Also found what gun I'll be buying when I turn 21...it's a Ruger Super RedHawk Alaskan .44 revolver. I'm going to take the gun safety course, as well as shooting courses, and going to apply for and educate myself about the Conceal Carry Laws of MI, and you know, really learn to respect the gun, as well as learn all about taking care of the gun and stuff like that
I'm really excited for going back to LMC/getting back on track w/ my life. I wasted these past 2 years or so. Never did much, and I don't really have anything to show for it:
I had a girlfriend; she left
I made new friends; they don't talk to me anymore
I moved to the other side of the state; I'm back home
I'm planning on doing the Winter 2011 Semester (Sep-Dec), then the Spring 2012 semester (Jan-May), then to accelerate things, their new Summer 2012 Semester (May-Aug) and then finish the Winter 2012 semester, hoping to be able to transfer to WMU or somewhere before 2013...
Going to major in Psychology at least...might minor in philosophy, or pick up another major...depends. I'm just so tired of being stagnant. I don't wanna be the guy taking one or two classes while working a dead end job. I'm ready to bloody buckle down and toil away at what I need to do to get things going.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
FUUUUUUUUUUUUU
EVERYONE, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND LOOK AT THESE:
*EDIT*: Ok, so in addition to the two previous links here (the super strong robot hand, and the skin gun) I've got this link as well, from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12400647
A fucking robot internet, called "RoboEarth" and here's a quote: "The idea behind RoboEarth is to develop methods that help robots encode, exchange and re-use knowledge" Now, I'm hoping all three of my loyal readers know where this is going, but if not I'll just say it: Skynet. The all knowing and all seeing network of robots and computers that laid waste to the earth in the Terminator universe. COME ON SCIENTISTS, DON'T DO THIS, SO NOT COOL.
I'm going to learn how to fabricate robot piercing rounds, before it's too late
***
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/super-strong-robot-hand-can-take-a-hammer-blow-20110126
THAT'S A FUCKING TERMINATOR ARM.
AND THIS:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AgSLts/gawker.com/5750105/spray%25A2skin-a-demonstration
SPRAY ON SKIN.
Combine these two, you get this:
http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/terminator-arm.jpg
Terminators.
Yeah sure you could be all like "But don't worry Alex, that spray skin is mixed using the patient's own stem cells, we're fine, robots don't have stem cells"
FOOLS, THEY CAN CLONE THAT SHIT.
we're screwed. So. Screwed.
*EDIT*: Ok, so in addition to the two previous links here (the super strong robot hand, and the skin gun) I've got this link as well, from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12400647
A fucking robot internet, called "RoboEarth" and here's a quote: "The idea behind RoboEarth is to develop methods that help robots encode, exchange and re-use knowledge" Now, I'm hoping all three of my loyal readers know where this is going, but if not I'll just say it: Skynet. The all knowing and all seeing network of robots and computers that laid waste to the earth in the Terminator universe. COME ON SCIENTISTS, DON'T DO THIS, SO NOT COOL.
I'm going to learn how to fabricate robot piercing rounds, before it's too late
***
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/super-strong-robot-hand-can-take-a-hammer-blow-20110126
THAT'S A FUCKING TERMINATOR ARM.
AND THIS:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AgSLts/gawker.com/5750105/spray%25A2skin-a-demonstration
SPRAY ON SKIN.
Combine these two, you get this:
http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/terminator-arm.jpg
Terminators.
Yeah sure you could be all like "But don't worry Alex, that spray skin is mixed using the patient's own stem cells, we're fine, robots don't have stem cells"
FOOLS, THEY CAN CLONE THAT SHIT.
we're screwed. So. Screwed.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
HONKY TONK BADONKADONK
BITCHES DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY HATE FOR STEP UP
the dance movies
especially Step Up 3D...IN YO FACE W/ KICKASS DANCE, kapowwwwwww. srsly "all you need to know about me is in my dance" WHO THE FUCK WROTE THAT. Look I get it that people go to dance movies to see awesome dance moves and shit, and not so much for the story, but if that is the case, WHY THE FUCK DO THEY ALL HAVE TO BE THE SAME STORY?!.
Ready for the breakdown, here it is: loner guy/girl stumbles across a secret society/poor group of dancers that are the best of the best, yet they have to dance to save their dance hall/meth lab. Oh and of course loner falls in love w/ sexy opposite gender counterpart.
Although if they really did have to dance in front of a panel of cops, ATF, DEA and judges to save their meth lab. I'd watch that movie. cause that would be ridic.
that's all I have to say on that...
pumped for the weekend. peace
the dance movies
especially Step Up 3D...IN YO FACE W/ KICKASS DANCE, kapowwwwwww. srsly "all you need to know about me is in my dance" WHO THE FUCK WROTE THAT. Look I get it that people go to dance movies to see awesome dance moves and shit, and not so much for the story, but if that is the case, WHY THE FUCK DO THEY ALL HAVE TO BE THE SAME STORY?!.
Ready for the breakdown, here it is: loner guy/girl stumbles across a secret society/poor group of dancers that are the best of the best, yet they have to dance to save their dance hall/meth lab. Oh and of course loner falls in love w/ sexy opposite gender counterpart.
Although if they really did have to dance in front of a panel of cops, ATF, DEA and judges to save their meth lab. I'd watch that movie. cause that would be ridic.
that's all I have to say on that...
pumped for the weekend. peace
Monday, January 17, 2011
Ho-Hum
Bryce invited me to Grand Rapids to party w/ him and his Uncle this past weekend. If I had more of a heads up about it, and hadn't already made plans, I totally would have joined him.
Funny how he's the only friend I have from Ypsi/a2 that still talks to me. But whatever. He's a nice guy. I feel kinda bad that I used to not want to hang out with him a lot when I lived w/ him and everyone.
Jared Vince and I are starting work on a new film project. It's going to be a YouTube sketch comedy show. I don't have any high hopes for it, I just think it'll be super fun to write/produce/film/star in/and edit it w/ like the three friends I have left (Jared, Vince, and Chris VE)
Because yeah, they're my only real friends. I mean Jesse is still counted amongst them, But I don't talk to him as much as I used to, cause he's got his own shtick up in the UP, so it's cool. when he comes back we all chill and stuff.
Noah hasn't talked to me since October, but whatever, no surprise there. Kayla doesn't talk to me either, but once again, don't care. Misha deleted me from Facebook, so that's cool. and of course all my awesome friends from Ypsi don't talk to me or invite me to parties over there anymore, soo yeahhhhh.
Yuck, I hate these kind of blog entries "woe is me, I have no friends, herrderp"
anyway fuck it, I'm working out, getting into shape. Burning more calories then I'm consuming (at least in theory)and yeah, it's all good.
anyway, I'm going to go eat lunch.
Funny how he's the only friend I have from Ypsi/a2 that still talks to me. But whatever. He's a nice guy. I feel kinda bad that I used to not want to hang out with him a lot when I lived w/ him and everyone.
Jared Vince and I are starting work on a new film project. It's going to be a YouTube sketch comedy show. I don't have any high hopes for it, I just think it'll be super fun to write/produce/film/star in/and edit it w/ like the three friends I have left (Jared, Vince, and Chris VE)
Because yeah, they're my only real friends. I mean Jesse is still counted amongst them, But I don't talk to him as much as I used to, cause he's got his own shtick up in the UP, so it's cool. when he comes back we all chill and stuff.
Noah hasn't talked to me since October, but whatever, no surprise there. Kayla doesn't talk to me either, but once again, don't care. Misha deleted me from Facebook, so that's cool. and of course all my awesome friends from Ypsi don't talk to me or invite me to parties over there anymore, soo yeahhhhh.
Yuck, I hate these kind of blog entries "woe is me, I have no friends, herrderp"
anyway fuck it, I'm working out, getting into shape. Burning more calories then I'm consuming (at least in theory)and yeah, it's all good.
anyway, I'm going to go eat lunch.
Friday, January 14, 2011
I was on a boat and...
...it went fast and stuff
but not that fast, cause it was a superginormous cruise ship.
That was our big Christmas gift this year. I felt kind of bad that my parents got us a shit load of other stuff, because I would have been fine w/ a 5 day cruise, and all the fixings.
We left from Ft. Lauderdale on the second, and spent that first day (the ship didn't leave until midnight or so...we were told that they were holding the ship for a plane full of passengers that was late from Miami, but apparently someone jumped from the ship...) exploring the ship. 10 decks! all decked out in beautiful wood and marble. I'll post some pics. Aron and I shared a cabin, while Chrissy and my parents shared the cabin two doors from us. we were on the second deck, which was pretty nice. My grandparents had a cabin on the 8 floor, w/ a cute little balcony.
Dinner onboard the ships were really cool. They were formal, Italian style dinners, so several small courses over 2-3 hours. And the food was reallllllllyyyyyyyyyy good, like yummy, and fresh, and interesting meals. The list of courses went:
Appetizer (2 choices)
Soup (2 choices/1 hot, 1 cold)
Pasta (2 choices)
Salad (2 choices/option to be served it either before or after the main course)
Main course (4-5 courses)
Cheese plate (optional)
Dessert (2-4 choices)
Every night I tried one of everything, but I always had the chilled soup option...usually a creamed fruit broth, they were all super tasty and refreshing. But all the courses were always fresh, and I tried some new things that trip, like octopus (really light and clean, not a lot of natural flavor, but garnished and seasoned w/ lemon and capers, yummm :D) And idk if you all know this, but my mum is a vegan, so she was worried she couldn't eat much, but the head waiter, or as they're known in ritzy circles: the maître d' personally made sure she could eat a full course vegan meal, every night w/ us, and he hand delivered each of her plates to her.
I realize I just spent a good chunk on this entry about the dinners on board...guess I should move onto the rest of the trip.
OK anyway first stop was in Key West. That was a pretty nice artsy kinda place, has the honor of being the southern most point in the United States. A lot of really neat art studios, and an impressive hipster/old folks place...I liked it there. And there is where I found this cool store called Cariloha and they sell bamboo clothing. It's super light and breathable fabric and really comfortable and holy hell so so so so soft. Like you wear it just for one day, and cotton feels like burlap. Not really but partly so. Infact, every stop had a Cariloha store. And hey, they take online orders, and ship anywhere in the US! I'm going to email them and let them know they should make bamboo underwear and socks, because omg, that would be so comfortable. And pants. they should make pants. it be a cloud of bamboo heaven! Anyway also in Key West we went to the Original Margartiville and it was pretty fun to be the tourist doing the touristy thing, but that was expensive (4 burgers, 1 vegan patty all w/ fries and 3 virgin margaritas and 2 regular margaritas + tip put the bill just north of $100)
The next port was Cozumel, MEXICO. I WAS SUPER EXCITED/HAPPY to be back there in 5 years. so we walked around, and it was really touristy at least where we were, because all the shop owners were standing outside their stores shouting to those getting off the ships to see their wares. But anyway, we (as in our family) weren't there for Cozumel, we hopped a ferry to Play del Carmen and met up w/ Mom and Dad's dive buddies/friends Paul and Jen, and had lunch w/ them, after we walked around for a couple hours taking photos. They're really cool older folks and funny. And Aron and I got to buy our first legal drinks there. Aron ordered a Mango Margarita and I had an original (lime) Margarita. It was really strong, but I finished mine. Aron couldn't. So I finished his. then ordered a pina colada. So anyway after lunch we had to kinda rush and catch our ferry back to port to get on our ship (it's a 40 min boat ride to Playa from Cozumel)
The final port was Grand Cayman, were we grabbed a taxi to a dive site and set out for my first dive in a couple years and of course my first saltwater dive :P
Sadly Mom and my ears' couldn't clear so we only hit 25 feet and stayed under for 30 minutes or so. We were kinda bummed but it's better then damaging our ears. Anyway, Dad took Chrissy and Aron around the dive site and they had an excellent time diving.
And then the next day we spent all day at sea, sailing back to Ft. Lauderdale. We just kind of lounged around and spent time exploring the ship some more. I bought a really nice black Fossil watch for $115...
See what I mean when I would have been just fine w/ the cruise for Christmas? In fact I would have been more then fine, I would have been ecstatic!
So yeah that was my christmas :)
but not that fast, cause it was a superginormous cruise ship.
That was our big Christmas gift this year. I felt kind of bad that my parents got us a shit load of other stuff, because I would have been fine w/ a 5 day cruise, and all the fixings.
We left from Ft. Lauderdale on the second, and spent that first day (the ship didn't leave until midnight or so...we were told that they were holding the ship for a plane full of passengers that was late from Miami, but apparently someone jumped from the ship...) exploring the ship. 10 decks! all decked out in beautiful wood and marble. I'll post some pics. Aron and I shared a cabin, while Chrissy and my parents shared the cabin two doors from us. we were on the second deck, which was pretty nice. My grandparents had a cabin on the 8 floor, w/ a cute little balcony.
Dinner onboard the ships were really cool. They were formal, Italian style dinners, so several small courses over 2-3 hours. And the food was reallllllllyyyyyyyyyy good, like yummy, and fresh, and interesting meals. The list of courses went:
Appetizer (2 choices)
Soup (2 choices/1 hot, 1 cold)
Pasta (2 choices)
Salad (2 choices/option to be served it either before or after the main course)
Main course (4-5 courses)
Cheese plate (optional)
Dessert (2-4 choices)
Every night I tried one of everything, but I always had the chilled soup option...usually a creamed fruit broth, they were all super tasty and refreshing. But all the courses were always fresh, and I tried some new things that trip, like octopus (really light and clean, not a lot of natural flavor, but garnished and seasoned w/ lemon and capers, yummm :D) And idk if you all know this, but my mum is a vegan, so she was worried she couldn't eat much, but the head waiter, or as they're known in ritzy circles: the maître d' personally made sure she could eat a full course vegan meal, every night w/ us, and he hand delivered each of her plates to her.
I realize I just spent a good chunk on this entry about the dinners on board...guess I should move onto the rest of the trip.
OK anyway first stop was in Key West. That was a pretty nice artsy kinda place, has the honor of being the southern most point in the United States. A lot of really neat art studios, and an impressive hipster/old folks place...I liked it there. And there is where I found this cool store called Cariloha and they sell bamboo clothing. It's super light and breathable fabric and really comfortable and holy hell so so so so soft. Like you wear it just for one day, and cotton feels like burlap. Not really but partly so. Infact, every stop had a Cariloha store. And hey, they take online orders, and ship anywhere in the US! I'm going to email them and let them know they should make bamboo underwear and socks, because omg, that would be so comfortable. And pants. they should make pants. it be a cloud of bamboo heaven! Anyway also in Key West we went to the Original Margartiville and it was pretty fun to be the tourist doing the touristy thing, but that was expensive (4 burgers, 1 vegan patty all w/ fries and 3 virgin margaritas and 2 regular margaritas + tip put the bill just north of $100)
The next port was Cozumel, MEXICO. I WAS SUPER EXCITED/HAPPY to be back there in 5 years. so we walked around, and it was really touristy at least where we were, because all the shop owners were standing outside their stores shouting to those getting off the ships to see their wares. But anyway, we (as in our family) weren't there for Cozumel, we hopped a ferry to Play del Carmen and met up w/ Mom and Dad's dive buddies/friends Paul and Jen, and had lunch w/ them, after we walked around for a couple hours taking photos. They're really cool older folks and funny. And Aron and I got to buy our first legal drinks there. Aron ordered a Mango Margarita and I had an original (lime) Margarita. It was really strong, but I finished mine. Aron couldn't. So I finished his. then ordered a pina colada. So anyway after lunch we had to kinda rush and catch our ferry back to port to get on our ship (it's a 40 min boat ride to Playa from Cozumel)
The final port was Grand Cayman, were we grabbed a taxi to a dive site and set out for my first dive in a couple years and of course my first saltwater dive :P
Sadly Mom and my ears' couldn't clear so we only hit 25 feet and stayed under for 30 minutes or so. We were kinda bummed but it's better then damaging our ears. Anyway, Dad took Chrissy and Aron around the dive site and they had an excellent time diving.
And then the next day we spent all day at sea, sailing back to Ft. Lauderdale. We just kind of lounged around and spent time exploring the ship some more. I bought a really nice black Fossil watch for $115...
See what I mean when I would have been just fine w/ the cruise for Christmas? In fact I would have been more then fine, I would have been ecstatic!
So yeah that was my christmas :)
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