new york city?!?

sorry everyone that i has been so long since the last update. once i got to new york city, i didnt have easy internet access with my computer so i just told myself ill do it when i leave. then there was a day and a half of travel. then procrastination. then i was just exhausted. well here we go....

picking up where i left off, i wondered around boston and found what i like to call a sweet spot. it had an outlet to charge all of my electronics, and open internet source, AND secluded enough for me to bed down for a couple of hours before my train left.


















instead of rearranging the pictures which is a big pain i will just explain them in the order they are already in. not necessarily chronologically.
cory and i took a nice scenic walk of brooklyn and found a secluded park. we sat and enjoyed.


ummm, a big arch. it was cool. it seems familiar and probably is famous, but whatever.



























cory and i went into the city and walked around. felt like old times, but this time i wasnt on my crutches. very niice. we went to "the burger joint". those of you who keep up with US weekly know that all the big celebs love the place.



uhhh, this is just a pic of me on the subway on my way out to brooklyn to see cory and annie.



next we hit a couple of thrift stores. cory pointed out the most getto security camera of all time. even when security cameras were first invented they were more high-tech than this.



each day i got to go out with cory and annies friends. we had a good time. the first pic is will. hes cool.



this is marvin. hes corys roommate (other than annie) he is really cool as well. the night of this picture we went to a grand opening of a cafe and everything was free free free. awesome.



of course, this is cory, annie, and i. just before i left new york. the weekend was great. but wait theres more...



here is the "bed" they so graciously gave me....






















empire state building.....


























as we were walking around brookly, our eyes were always peeled looking for good "garbage". we found the perfect pieces for corys new bench....

























new bench.....














front of corys house....






















hehe, guess......



new york mets suck.....




....but the brewers dont. it was great. cory acquired press box seats for a mets game on saturday. they usually run $76 a piece. great view. the first like 5 innings were close, but then the brewers hit a grand slam and took off. the final score was 12-3, brewers.




okay. now the best for last. this was awesome. as cory and i were walking around manhattan i noticed this guy yelling at people for no reason. in my head that means some video camera and following. i followed him for about 5 minutes all over the heavily crowded streets. what was happening was for NO reason what so ever, and what seemed to be completely at random he would charge people and walk into them throwing them out of the way. when the people rightfully objected to the rudeness, he would just turn and start yelling at them. wwwwwooooowww.



i got three good shoves on tape, but there were at least 3 more before i realized that it was going to be an ongoing thing and to take out my camera, and 1 or 2 because people got in the way while i was following. and as you can see in this last picture, girls were not excluded in the fun. he walked straight into the group throwing his arms out pushing them aside.



i would say only in new york, but i am now currently in miami beach, fl, and i have seen some similarly amazing things. but that is for next time. i am still here another 36 hours and will try and update miami at my next stop virginia.

i hope you all are enjoying reading. i am enjoying making the magic happen.....

sneak peak into miami.....paradise beaches, mad sunburns, transvestites, CRAZY tourette guy, and more.....

graduation....birthday.....maine.....

well, where to start. its sunday morning may 6. the whole family was together and we went to church and then head for a 1230pm brunch?



kevin did something really really funny and made everybody laugh. it was funny.




then it was time for mikkeles graduation. she finally made it. it was a nice ceremony. a little long, but that was expected. i had fun taking whatever pictures i could. it was the whole reason for not only the whole family being together in chicago, but how this 30 day trip came about.



















































































































monday morning kevin rechelle and i went back into chicago to wander around. of course we ended back at the big metal bean. the place is awesome. we wondered around for about 4 hours until they dropped me off at the train station so i could catch my train and they could catch their flight back to california.



















































































of course i got to the train station about 5 hours early, so i laid down on a pew and took a solid 3 hour nap. it felt awesome.























on the road again. i was heading for new york city for the evening. it was about a 22 hour train ride.





i arrived in new york on my birthday, and what better way of celebrating it, than by catching about 4 1/2 hours of ucb theater. it was my plan to arrive at penn station at 7pm and then watch some shows, (the theater is only about 5 small blocks from the station), and then leave out on another train at 3am. it worked perfectly.





















































this is a picture at around 230am in penn station. a dude was passed out on the floor behind me.


























i had to get on the boston subway to make my connecting train through boston to get to portland, me. mikkele, i guess that other dude didnt really know how to make them.






















finally maine. this was my first time in this particular state.



they have these really small shiny buttons for the crosswalks and i had fun taking my picture in them.






then i sat down for some authentic new england clam chowder. it was pretty good. but then again so is the splash cafe's.



i wondered around the city for a good 8 hours, taking in all it had to offer. i was a little disappointed, it wasnt as nice as i was hoping. maybe it was the wrong time of year.



































































i came across a museum, that randomly enough, because i am a bank of america customer, i got in free. whatever. it was free. i was only able to take pictures of some of the displayed art pieces, but it was fun.






there were a lot of mirror type displays that, of course, i took self portraits in.













































creepy picture.....






















i like to call this picture, "staiway to heaven". it wasnt even part of the exhibit, just the stairs to go to the second level.























this was an awesome piece outside in the garden area.






















i made it back to the portland train station about 740pm, ready to wait until my train left at 550am. but as i was there i found out that there was a bus leaving at 8pm. so i made some quick calls and got my reservations changed and was able to leave portland and get to at least boston. it was getting kind of cold in portland, but in boston it is a cool 70º. doing it this way also is going to put me back in manhattan 4 hours earlier, which is nice. but now i have to find things to do in boston, as opposed to portland. i ended up riding the subway back and forth for about 2 hours. it was fun watching all of the people get on and off.






















after the subway was going to stop running, i wondered around the station looking for things to do. i found a guy to talk to. he was cool.




that brings me to right now. i found this nice little sitting area a couple of blocks from the train depot. i was just sitting enjoying the pleasant weather when i realized there were all kinds of apartments around. i took out my computer and sure enough....free internet.




thats all for now. its currently about 245am and my train leaves in about 3 hours. i finished this at just the right time because my battery is going to die in about 15 minutes.

this mostly goes against what i normally do, but i will say it anyways. whoever is reading this, post me a comment. so i can see who is actually viewing it and what you think about it.

until next time.......