ALSO! THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE TODAY!!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071030.wcalifquake1031/BNStory/International/home?cid=al_gam_mostview
We were in a souvenier store at Fisherman's Wharf when it happened and the shelf with all the souveniers started shaking pretty badly. I just stared at it because I thought someone had shaken it but couldn't understand how someone had shaken such a large set of shelves! I was so consumed with that thought that I apparently didn't even notice the vibrations on the ground. What are the chances of an earthquake hitting here on the one day we have in town?? I know I make it sound like the coolest thing ever, but it was kind of neat - I just wish I'd realized it was an earthquake while it was happening!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Seattle Day Off and Speeding Tickets
Seattle Day Off Purchases
-makeup
-2 books (both about class issues and homelessness)
-lunch and wine at the Cheesecake factory
-sassy knee-high boots
All in all a very successful day. Though I can't really afford all that stuff since we are still awaiting our first paycheck. But that's okay, yeah day off!
So Moose and I have both gotten speeding tickets this week - in Idaho and California respectively. Moose was only going 9 miles over and I was going 14 over - what can I say, we are wild childs. The only funny thing about it is that when the cop pulled me over, he spotted a very real looking decapitated finger that Moose's cousin made at Horror MakeUp College. We had it in a compartment near the door handle and the cop just goes, "is that a finger??" It was awesome, quite the bonding moment with Mr.California cop. Too bad the ticket was already written by then.
San francisco is LOVELY of course! Moose, Nicole, and I had dinner at the Hard Rock and then took the long way home through the hilly streets of San Fran...it's kind of like a rollercoaster so you know I loved it. Tomorrow we are off to Los Angeles for Halloween night!!
-makeup
-2 books (both about class issues and homelessness)
-lunch and wine at the Cheesecake factory
-sassy knee-high boots
All in all a very successful day. Though I can't really afford all that stuff since we are still awaiting our first paycheck. But that's okay, yeah day off!
So Moose and I have both gotten speeding tickets this week - in Idaho and California respectively. Moose was only going 9 miles over and I was going 14 over - what can I say, we are wild childs. The only funny thing about it is that when the cop pulled me over, he spotted a very real looking decapitated finger that Moose's cousin made at Horror MakeUp College. We had it in a compartment near the door handle and the cop just goes, "is that a finger??" It was awesome, quite the bonding moment with Mr.California cop. Too bad the ticket was already written by then.
San francisco is LOVELY of course! Moose, Nicole, and I had dinner at the Hard Rock and then took the long way home through the hilly streets of San Fran...it's kind of like a rollercoaster so you know I loved it. Tomorrow we are off to Los Angeles for Halloween night!!
Saturday, October 27, 2007
ON THE ROAD: a photo entry
South Dakota is so boring.
We learn Italian. Tanto Piachere! (nice to meet you)
A driving Moose!
I get bored sometimes, so I do this.
A sleeping Moose!
Mt. Rushmore (note: we didn't want to pay for parking so we had to pull over on the side of the road and zoom way in to get this picture. I was satisfied with it.)
Yea, we were kinda far...
Milestone mile counting!
Tractor on street.
And last but not least, we had so much fun driving in Montana that I just had to share it with YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XknZFVUMjhE
Thursday, October 25, 2007
The Mothership!
Nokia Flagship Store: Chicago, IL.
Good times!
Oh my do I love the Mall of America. Now if only they had an apartment building attached to the place...then I might just consider moving to Bloomington, Minnesota. They have a roller coaster - and its such a good one! And a Peanut Butter cafe with 10 different types of peanut butter. Simply heavenly. Legoland and an aquarium too! We didn't get past the second floor but we still milked our 4 hours at the mall today.
Go Red Sox!
Go sleep!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Chicago Friends!!
Lindsay Audette + Sue Redman + Mary Krupka + A super cool local person (Laureane) = Great day in Chicago!
Pictures? Maybe next time, I'm too lazy right now.
Tomorrow we leave for 4 days of crazy long middle of nowhere drives...
Chicago --> Minneapolis (see: Mall of America)
Minneapolis --> Rapid City, SD (see: Mount Rushmore)
Rapid City --> Missoula, MO. (see: depression.)
Missoula --> Seattle (YAY!)
Fun times, eh?
Pictures? Maybe next time, I'm too lazy right now.
Tomorrow we leave for 4 days of crazy long middle of nowhere drives...
Chicago --> Minneapolis (see: Mall of America)
Minneapolis --> Rapid City, SD (see: Mount Rushmore)
Rapid City --> Missoula, MO. (see: depression.)
Missoula --> Seattle (YAY!)
Fun times, eh?
Monday, October 22, 2007
Backtrack: Apple Picking Pictures from Boston
So pretty.
Baby apples are my favorite!!!
Apple. Paul. Happy Faces.
So many apples to pick and eat and bake into apple crisp...
<3!
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Chicago (day off)
Our rooms in Chicago are amazing!! I'll try to take some photos tonight to capture the awesomeness of them.
Today was good. I got to see Lindsay, who I haven't seen for over a year now and have absolutely missed so much. We went to brunch with Moose and Dusty. We spent the rest of the day hanging out (okay so we snuck in a little nap, but shh). It was lovely!
Now I'm back at the hotel watching The Wedding Planner. I love this movie.
Moose makes fun of me, and I make fun of him. Maybe you can help us settle who is more of a loser...
Moose: Spent the day driving 2.5 hours to Grand Rapids, Michigan to meet up with his internet buddies. Yes, the friends he met online through his video games. Oh World of Warcraft. I know what you're thinking...don't go on Danit, it's settled, Moose is the bigger loser. But just for humor-
Me: I love The Wedding Planner. I love Jennifer Lopez. Okay so maybe I try to model myself after her character in this movie sometimes. But how can I help it?! She's so put together, organized, and beautiful and we have similar hair in this movie. Is it really that bad that I kinda wanna BE her?
What do you think?
Today was good. I got to see Lindsay, who I haven't seen for over a year now and have absolutely missed so much. We went to brunch with Moose and Dusty. We spent the rest of the day hanging out (okay so we snuck in a little nap, but shh). It was lovely!
Now I'm back at the hotel watching The Wedding Planner. I love this movie.
Moose makes fun of me, and I make fun of him. Maybe you can help us settle who is more of a loser...
Moose: Spent the day driving 2.5 hours to Grand Rapids, Michigan to meet up with his internet buddies. Yes, the friends he met online through his video games. Oh World of Warcraft. I know what you're thinking...don't go on Danit, it's settled, Moose is the bigger loser. But just for humor-
Me: I love The Wedding Planner. I love Jennifer Lopez. Okay so maybe I try to model myself after her character in this movie sometimes. But how can I help it?! She's so put together, organized, and beautiful and we have similar hair in this movie. Is it really that bad that I kinda wanna BE her?
What do you think?
Friday, October 19, 2007
Downtown Baltimore
I hate this city. Please look to your right and click on the link to Moose's blog because he really explains the hotel situation well in his latest entry. Blah.
Anyways-
Today we went to the supermarket to get peanut butter for dinner sandwiches, and it was scary and gross.
This is me at the inner harbor- the single nice-looking and fun place to hang out at in Baltimore.
I stopped by the Hard Rock Cafe too. For those of you who don't know I have quite an extensive collection of guitar pins from around the country and around the world (hey whats up castle program). I like to get pins that represent my experience in the city and what I liked most about it. For Baltimore, I got a plain purple guitar pin. Cause there were only like 3 choices - a butterfly guitar, a purple guitar, and a crab guitar. And I didn't see any pretty butterflies or see/eat crabs. AND I don't like the color purple. So I figured it'd be appropriate.
Can't wait til Chicago!
Anyways-
Today we went to the supermarket to get peanut butter for dinner sandwiches, and it was scary and gross.
This is me at the inner harbor- the single nice-looking and fun place to hang out at in Baltimore.
I stopped by the Hard Rock Cafe too. For those of you who don't know I have quite an extensive collection of guitar pins from around the country and around the world (hey whats up castle program). I like to get pins that represent my experience in the city and what I liked most about it. For Baltimore, I got a plain purple guitar pin. Cause there were only like 3 choices - a butterfly guitar, a purple guitar, and a crab guitar. And I didn't see any pretty butterflies or see/eat crabs. AND I don't like the color purple. So I figured it'd be appropriate.
Can't wait til Chicago!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The Baltimore Quality Inn = HELL ON EARTH
It's 2am and I am literally scared to sleep. Thank God I have to share a room with Nicole in this shithole or else I'd really be scared. I don't even know how to explain the shadiness that is the Quality Inn in Baltimore. So I won't. Instead, why don't you enjoy these pretty pictures that prove how awesome of a photographer Paul is. They still need to be touched up a little bit to make some of the colors brighter and sharper, and then they will magically look 200% better than they already are!
But this is what I've got for now-
Tell me which you like best. Now time to put on my headphones, catch up on Grey's Anatomy, and dread sleeping here. AWESOME!
But this is what I've got for now-
Tell me which you like best. Now time to put on my headphones, catch up on Grey's Anatomy, and dread sleeping here. AWESOME!
*Boston*
Boston. I mean, where do I really start when discussing Boston? It's weird because I am here for work but I think this ended up being one of my favorite trips to Boston in the past year. I'm not really going to talk about work in this post because, I mean, work gets redundant- and Boston had funner things involved! Like:
a) Sunday Day - We drove to Boston Saturday night so that we can have Sunday, our "travel day", off. Paul and I made great use of the day by visiting Apple Orchards in North Andover and going apple picking!! It was my first time and I had so much fun. We got a ton of apples (more about those later). Then we stopped by the farmers market and got some apple cider and an apple cider donut (omgsodelicious)! I love walking around in the fall and the area we were in was especially gorgeous.
b) Sunday Night - Moose and I got a handful of Zetas to come back to the hotel with us and held a little party. I made white Sangria (Savignon Blanc, Triple Sec, Apple Strawberry Kiwi juice, tons of cut up fruits, and lots of love!
c) Monday - Worked and then cooked dinner with Moose and Paul. Potatoes? Pasta? Brocolli and Cheese? YAY
d) Tuesday - My first day off, and so glad it came in Boston! Paul and I went into the woods and to shoot some photos for his photo project. It's about he elements and I'm representing earth. And earth is supposed to represent sensuality and sexiness and stuff (he did his research on wikipedia, so legit). It came out AMAZZZZING. I'll post pictures tomorrow. Or maybe later tonight... Then we made apple crisp and devoured it with Moose and Thom- spectaculariffic!
a) Sunday Day - We drove to Boston Saturday night so that we can have Sunday, our "travel day", off. Paul and I made great use of the day by visiting Apple Orchards in North Andover and going apple picking!! It was my first time and I had so much fun. We got a ton of apples (more about those later). Then we stopped by the farmers market and got some apple cider and an apple cider donut (omgsodelicious)! I love walking around in the fall and the area we were in was especially gorgeous.
b) Sunday Night - Moose and I got a handful of Zetas to come back to the hotel with us and held a little party. I made white Sangria (Savignon Blanc, Triple Sec, Apple Strawberry Kiwi juice, tons of cut up fruits, and lots of love!
c) Monday - Worked and then cooked dinner with Moose and Paul. Potatoes? Pasta? Brocolli and Cheese? YAY
d) Tuesday - My first day off, and so glad it came in Boston! Paul and I went into the woods and to shoot some photos for his photo project. It's about he elements and I'm representing earth. And earth is supposed to represent sensuality and sexiness and stuff (he did his research on wikipedia, so legit). It came out AMAZZZZING. I'll post pictures tomorrow. Or maybe later tonight... Then we made apple crisp and devoured it with Moose and Thom- spectaculariffic!
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Post Commenting
I changed the settings so that anyone can comment, even if you don't have a Blogger account. Yes, that means YOU. And YOU. And yes YOU too. K Thanks Bye.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Day 2: Rittenhouse Square & More, Philadelphia, PA.
The city of brotherly love, in photos:
@ "LOVE Park" , where we found many tourists and skater punk kids
"No Skateboarding" That doesn't apply to Segways, I mean, it doesn't say "no segways". Just in case, Moose alters the sign.
Daniel (our local helper) "pushes" over a domino onto a terrified moose. Ouch.
BTW- Did you know that Daniel is 37 and has 5 kids?? We thought it was 25 up until today.
We don't always run around taking super touristy photos. Look at how professional I look as I show this guy our awesome phones!
GO TEAM!
Chuck E. Cheese Photos to come...
It. was. awesome.
@ "LOVE Park" , where we found many tourists and skater punk kids
"No Skateboarding" That doesn't apply to Segways, I mean, it doesn't say "no segways". Just in case, Moose alters the sign.
Daniel (our local helper) "pushes" over a domino onto a terrified moose. Ouch.
BTW- Did you know that Daniel is 37 and has 5 kids?? We thought it was 25 up until today.
We don't always run around taking super touristy photos. Look at how professional I look as I show this guy our awesome phones!
GO TEAM!
Chuck E. Cheese Photos to come...
It. was. awesome.
Day 1: Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, PA.
I'm pretty much used to riding the Segways! They're SO odd. I got stuck going in fast circles around Rittenhouse Square because I couldn't get the damn thing to stop at some point. Turns out I accidently started going to fast and when you do that it flips out on you, so I just flipped out right back at it. Just imagine me speeding in large circles on a Segway yelling, "FUCK! I'm going to fall! It's not listening to me! Damn it!!!"
And Moose: "hahahhahaha"
Me: "You ASSHOLE, HELP ME!"
Once I got the hang of it things were cool though. Especially the weather, cool to the point where we were really freezing our asses off and had to make a completely necessary pit stop at Dunkin Donuts to grab a couple hot chocolates. I feel like that is going to happen more often from here on out. They hooked us up with all these new clothes but the Nokia winter jackets and beanies aren't in yet and I really hope they get in soon.
Funny thing- we are working with two British guys and they keep making fun of Americans because we have to get our days off
(legally, labor laws) and we have such strict rules about work hours. Apparently over in the UK people just work, A LOT. Like one of the guys is supposed to have a day off tomorrow and he's like, "eh, I'll just work". I don't get it... Day off!! Go play on the streets of Philly, find Will Smith, play some B-ball outside of the school!
We have decided to really skimp on unnecessary spending of money, at least til we get a few paychecks. So we hit up a grocery store and a Target and got food/drinks to hold the both of us over for the next 2.5 days or so- for $35 combined! :)
I think tomorrow we will spoil ourselves and go to Chuck E. Cheeses for dinner and fun times. Because that's how we roll. Moose will probably look like a creepo walking around there without any children in tow. It'll be fun for me to watch.
Anyways, we are getting updates schedules tomorrow so I will have to hold back on posting any specific trip itineraries and maps until then. But for now, here we are on day 1...so young and naive.
We're awesome.
What's up random T-Mobile guy who kinda maybe looks a little like Thom...
Okay now it's sleepy time.
And Moose: "hahahhahaha"
Me: "You ASSHOLE, HELP ME!"
Once I got the hang of it things were cool though. Especially the weather, cool to the point where we were really freezing our asses off and had to make a completely necessary pit stop at Dunkin Donuts to grab a couple hot chocolates. I feel like that is going to happen more often from here on out. They hooked us up with all these new clothes but the Nokia winter jackets and beanies aren't in yet and I really hope they get in soon.
Funny thing- we are working with two British guys and they keep making fun of Americans because we have to get our days off
(legally, labor laws) and we have such strict rules about work hours. Apparently over in the UK people just work, A LOT. Like one of the guys is supposed to have a day off tomorrow and he's like, "eh, I'll just work". I don't get it... Day off!! Go play on the streets of Philly, find Will Smith, play some B-ball outside of the school!
We have decided to really skimp on unnecessary spending of money, at least til we get a few paychecks. So we hit up a grocery store and a Target and got food/drinks to hold the both of us over for the next 2.5 days or so- for $35 combined! :)
I think tomorrow we will spoil ourselves and go to Chuck E. Cheeses for dinner and fun times. Because that's how we roll. Moose will probably look like a creepo walking around there without any children in tow. It'll be fun for me to watch.
Anyways, we are getting updates schedules tomorrow so I will have to hold back on posting any specific trip itineraries and maps until then. But for now, here we are on day 1...so young and naive.
We're awesome.
What's up random T-Mobile guy who kinda maybe looks a little like Thom...
Okay now it's sleepy time.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Here we go...
Welcome friends! I have decided to follow in Moose's footsteps and create a blog to document the next 7 weeks of our lives. We have been hired to work a promotion for Nokia's new set of phones that focus on music. They're all pretty sweet and we're really excited. We are currently chiling out at our first stop on the trip: Philadelphia, PA (okay, so they put us in cherry hill, nj...but we'll work in philly tomorrow).
So far, we have been through a training on the phones and how to use the segways (I am still struggling with both!) but I think it will take some time until everything sinks in. We will basically be traveling across the perimeter of the country and stopping in 10 different cities to ride around in segways and tell people about the cool phones. Speaking of cool phones, we each got one for the duration of the tour and I am officially obsessed with mine (nokia n-series n95) because it's incredible! Anyways, stay tuned for a map of our route.
I'm debating wether or not to make this more of a writing based blog or a photo blog. I guess I can settle on something in between, but we shall see. Enjoy these photos for now though! And cross your fingers because tomorrow is our first official day out in downtown philly and the last thing I need is to fall of a frickin segway!
Moose, Me, and the Van of Love
Moose rockin the Segway in the Days Inn parking lot!
Taking advantage of the shady fitness center. Lets hope I can keep this going throughout the tour!
Stay tuned for more blogging, photos, and a map!
So far, we have been through a training on the phones and how to use the segways (I am still struggling with both!) but I think it will take some time until everything sinks in. We will basically be traveling across the perimeter of the country and stopping in 10 different cities to ride around in segways and tell people about the cool phones. Speaking of cool phones, we each got one for the duration of the tour and I am officially obsessed with mine (nokia n-series n95) because it's incredible! Anyways, stay tuned for a map of our route.
I'm debating wether or not to make this more of a writing based blog or a photo blog. I guess I can settle on something in between, but we shall see. Enjoy these photos for now though! And cross your fingers because tomorrow is our first official day out in downtown philly and the last thing I need is to fall of a frickin segway!
Moose, Me, and the Van of Love
Moose rockin the Segway in the Days Inn parking lot!
Taking advantage of the shady fitness center. Lets hope I can keep this going throughout the tour!
Stay tuned for more blogging, photos, and a map!
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