dad: Catherine bought me a motorcycle for father's day.
me: why?
dad: I have no idea.
me: oh.
dad: I certainly don't want a motorcycle.

it's amazing how much of my life is dictated by what's on the travel channel. Every night I go online, see what Samantha Brown is hosting next, and plan out when I will go to the gym and work out in front of my elliptical machine's personal cable tv. That's the good thing about Rochester, I guess. No more sweaty college gyms. My dad doesn't ( Read more... )

NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL QUESTIONNAIRE

what was your first passport stamp?
belize, nineteen ninety seven

was there a tourist trap that you actually love?
hell was kind of interesting, but I really liked the tower of london.

favorite hotel?when my parents were together and we still took family vacations, we used to stay in this apartment in new york ( Read more... )

I have already gotten myself into so many embarrassing security situations at Louise's office, from not knowing how to use my intern badge to being stuck in the parking lot after the gate wouldn't go up to being stopped by police who were escorting convicts to the courthouse to having my camera phone taken away to trying to come in the wrong door ( Read more... )

there are some times when I can't imagine why I wouldn't want to have nice evenings with my family. Today my dad took me to the lilac festival and even offered to buy my gas on the way home. I was reunited with the Pittsford Wegmans, where I bought things yuppies buy, like portabello mushrooms and goat cheese. My sister and I made dinner, and ( Read more... )

I've been in Alewife all day. I swam in the Best Western pool and my mom bought her weight in freeze dried strawberries from Whole Foods. It's like living the resort life. We saw Charley's concert tonight in the parlor of this mansion on Beacon Street. I will never cease to be amazed by the caliber of professionals who teach retarded people ( Read more... )

am I really writing this? I don't know. This year has been a crazy time of a lot of adjustment. In the beginning I didn't understand that tests in college are totally different from high school, I wasn't used to waking up every morning in a cement box next to someone I barely knew, I missed my parents and would call my mom often to know that I ( Read more... )

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cinco de mayo!
or, as it would be more aptly named,
capturing my friendship with tim perfectly

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dad: Kevin took Claire to church on sunday ( Read more... )