So since being here, we haven't done an awful lot to be honest, so much sleeping and sitting around and watching TV, I feel like I'm suppose to feel bad cos I'm in another country and I don't wanna do anything, but I don't i worked my ass off to get here, then i worked my ass off for kids for 9 weeks! and I've been on the go being a tourist for the last almost month. I'm just too lazy to to wanna go be a tourist in Chicago, it's not like we've done nothing, we went into town one day, we to see billy talent on the 16th, which was pretty sweet, Louise got us tix and even though i don't like them all that much but the support bands were pretty sweet! and we got to go to the metro in Chicago which is a tidy little venue, a bit like the HiFi bar but smaller and not as hot hehe.
Then we were gonna go into town on the 17th, but i went and got my tattoo instead, yay! One of Matt's friends who's a tattooist in the next town over did it for me, I payed $200, which is what i paid for my feets tatts lol oops. I've wanted it for a long time! now i just have to get used to it being there! I feel like i should have thought it hurt more, but maybe i just have a high tolerance for pain? hahaha
Then last night we went to see the chicago white sox vs the kansas city royals, the sox lost 0-10, so it was fairly uneventful for the sox. We went back to Matt&Kristiana's after the game and hung out then headed home. That brings us up to date, going to a open mic night Matt is running tonight, so that should be good :) and probably going into town tomorrow.
I think another factor about being here is, I feel like I'm in some rut, I've been looking forward to Ash and Paul coming for SO freaking long and now that its only three days away I'm kinda over it and just want it to be here already... we were totally excited about it, now we're all just over them not being here yet!!...
I THINK IM DONE MOANING. BLOG Y'ALL SOON
mishhhhhhhhhhhx
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
So Sept 5th was the last time i updated hey? Well in that time my laptop internet stopped working, yay for vista.
Its now September 13th and I'm in Homewood, Illinois. Staying with Kate. Gonna be here til the 22nd, fromt here i fly to meet PAUL&ASH and im SOOO fucking excited!!!
the week or so since i updated has been pretty fun filled!!
Went to every museum imaginable In DC, Smithsonian Natural History, Smithsonian American History,Smithsonian Native American History, Freer Gallery, National Gallery Of Modern Art, as well as the Lincoln Memorial & The Washington Monument. we managed to spend not a lot of money which always makes me happy! stayed pretty chill in DC cos the days were pretty full on and a lot of walking. Next up was NYC again from the 9-12th, we made the most of it and went out every night. First night we went on a pub crawl with the Hostel we were staying at, whcih was on west 106th street, the upper west side, was pretty sweet all local bars within walking distance & pretty good prices as well!
The next day I met up with Peter O and we hung out, i did a little indulging which i dont do often, bought myself a couple thing arounf times square/5th avenue. Ha i wish i could have afforded to buy some good stuff but alas.. i spend $50 hahaha.
That night me and cat were suppose to meet up with Frannie in Brooklyn was she worked all day so we went out alone, we checked out a couple places that were pretty freaking sweet. I need to live in Brooklyn as soon as i can, this place is amazing, this place is me, this place is perfect for me. I just wish it was closer.. actually no i dont, cos that would mean i wold have no excuse to live in america! hahaha. I love NY a whole lot more than i did that first time around, it gave me a chance to explore. I got all the touristy stuff out of the way, and it allowed me to look at the city in a way that people who live there do. The everyday grind, but at the same time its so amazing.
The next day i went and checked out the Rock and Roll hall of fame exhibit @ the annex in SoHo. It's awesome, i love going to see things like that because I asm genuinely interested, i can go to a museum, and be interested, but if im bored i won't make myself walk around. This sort of thing, i wanna see it all, i wanna read it all. i wanna listen to it all. They had these sweet tour guide devices, that changed when you changed exhibits. We saw the history of Rock & rolls and saw personal belongings from people like Madonna, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Johnny Cash, Prince & the list goes on. I was impressed. It also featured The NYC years of John Lennon, many fantastic photos taken my Bob Bruen who was a fantastic music photographer and John & Yoko personal photography for all that they did... Yoko had put that part of the exhibit together herself, original lyrics to songs he had written, belongings of theirs. There was a phone on the wall that said "IF THIS RINGS, PICK IT UP, IT WILL BE YOKO. IT REALLY WILL SO PICK IT UP" thats pretty freakin amazing to know that if u were to pick up that phone, you'd be talking to yoko ono. The last thing you're left with in the exhibit is the clothes john lennon was wearing when he was killed, in the original paper bag that was handed to yoko more than 25 years ago. It was a lot to take in, and it prompted her to run a campaign for stricter guns laws in the USA, there was a petition to sign. John and yoko were definetly made for eachother, i guess that exhibit proved that, sometimes there might only one person who really gets you. And for John & Yojo that was one another.
We went to a lot of places that day as well, we went to the Chelsea Hotel, which is the hotel in Chelsea (funnily enough) that Sid Vicious stabbed and killed his wife nancy in.. we were wondering how many people would go in every day and ask to see the room. Also Bob Dylan lived there with his wife when they had their first child. We visited a place called Bleecker Bob's Records on 3rd st, which is a beat up on record store where people like Blondie and the New York Dolls worked before they became famous. The Bitter end was a bar we also visited which was place, where Bob Dylan & Janis Joplin would often play at, on a mellow week night. New York hold such amazing history for things i hold close to me, and i feel so lucky to be able to go and visit it and feel the history within the walls of CBGB's and be able to see the amazing photos of people who paved the way for my idols.
Last stop before going out was New York Museum Of Modern art, free entry after 5:30pm, the weather was miserable and there were herds of people in there with soaked hair & dripping umbrellas. There were so many Picasso's & Matisse's & some Van Gogh's & come Lichtenstein's, and so much more. I'm kinda proud of myself for getting to know artists and recognising their styling and enjoying it a lot more as well.
We headed to Webster hall, the biggest night club in NYC, which has something for everyone, including $1 vodkas, something for everyone! We got drunk quickly & Cat & Frannie picked up boys who were friends, so i spent the rest of the night as the 5th wheel, or by myself. It was ok i was too drunk to really care.
We left at about 3:30 to make out way back to the upper west side, cos we had to pack up & leave to Chicago. Yesterday was a long day of trains then trains then planes then trains and some more trains. Chilling out here will do us some good, and kate has TiVo, and it makes me so very very happy bcos it means i get to catch up on episodes of the Jonas Brothers show i hadn't seen yet hahahaha. yay.
I think im good for a while now. Try and update once i do something interesting!
mishhhhhhhhhhhhx
Its now September 13th and I'm in Homewood, Illinois. Staying with Kate. Gonna be here til the 22nd, fromt here i fly to meet PAUL&ASH and im SOOO fucking excited!!!
the week or so since i updated has been pretty fun filled!!
Went to every museum imaginable In DC, Smithsonian Natural History, Smithsonian American History,Smithsonian Native American History, Freer Gallery, National Gallery Of Modern Art, as well as the Lincoln Memorial & The Washington Monument. we managed to spend not a lot of money which always makes me happy! stayed pretty chill in DC cos the days were pretty full on and a lot of walking. Next up was NYC again from the 9-12th, we made the most of it and went out every night. First night we went on a pub crawl with the Hostel we were staying at, whcih was on west 106th street, the upper west side, was pretty sweet all local bars within walking distance & pretty good prices as well!
The next day I met up with Peter O and we hung out, i did a little indulging which i dont do often, bought myself a couple thing arounf times square/5th avenue. Ha i wish i could have afforded to buy some good stuff but alas.. i spend $50 hahaha.
That night me and cat were suppose to meet up with Frannie in Brooklyn was she worked all day so we went out alone, we checked out a couple places that were pretty freaking sweet. I need to live in Brooklyn as soon as i can, this place is amazing, this place is me, this place is perfect for me. I just wish it was closer.. actually no i dont, cos that would mean i wold have no excuse to live in america! hahaha. I love NY a whole lot more than i did that first time around, it gave me a chance to explore. I got all the touristy stuff out of the way, and it allowed me to look at the city in a way that people who live there do. The everyday grind, but at the same time its so amazing.
The next day i went and checked out the Rock and Roll hall of fame exhibit @ the annex in SoHo. It's awesome, i love going to see things like that because I asm genuinely interested, i can go to a museum, and be interested, but if im bored i won't make myself walk around. This sort of thing, i wanna see it all, i wanna read it all. i wanna listen to it all. They had these sweet tour guide devices, that changed when you changed exhibits. We saw the history of Rock & rolls and saw personal belongings from people like Madonna, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Johnny Cash, Prince & the list goes on. I was impressed. It also featured The NYC years of John Lennon, many fantastic photos taken my Bob Bruen who was a fantastic music photographer and John & Yoko personal photography for all that they did... Yoko had put that part of the exhibit together herself, original lyrics to songs he had written, belongings of theirs. There was a phone on the wall that said "IF THIS RINGS, PICK IT UP, IT WILL BE YOKO. IT REALLY WILL SO PICK IT UP" thats pretty freakin amazing to know that if u were to pick up that phone, you'd be talking to yoko ono. The last thing you're left with in the exhibit is the clothes john lennon was wearing when he was killed, in the original paper bag that was handed to yoko more than 25 years ago. It was a lot to take in, and it prompted her to run a campaign for stricter guns laws in the USA, there was a petition to sign. John and yoko were definetly made for eachother, i guess that exhibit proved that, sometimes there might only one person who really gets you. And for John & Yojo that was one another.
We went to a lot of places that day as well, we went to the Chelsea Hotel, which is the hotel in Chelsea (funnily enough) that Sid Vicious stabbed and killed his wife nancy in.. we were wondering how many people would go in every day and ask to see the room. Also Bob Dylan lived there with his wife when they had their first child. We visited a place called Bleecker Bob's Records on 3rd st, which is a beat up on record store where people like Blondie and the New York Dolls worked before they became famous. The Bitter end was a bar we also visited which was place, where Bob Dylan & Janis Joplin would often play at, on a mellow week night. New York hold such amazing history for things i hold close to me, and i feel so lucky to be able to go and visit it and feel the history within the walls of CBGB's and be able to see the amazing photos of people who paved the way for my idols.
Last stop before going out was New York Museum Of Modern art, free entry after 5:30pm, the weather was miserable and there were herds of people in there with soaked hair & dripping umbrellas. There were so many Picasso's & Matisse's & some Van Gogh's & come Lichtenstein's, and so much more. I'm kinda proud of myself for getting to know artists and recognising their styling and enjoying it a lot more as well.
We headed to Webster hall, the biggest night club in NYC, which has something for everyone, including $1 vodkas, something for everyone! We got drunk quickly & Cat & Frannie picked up boys who were friends, so i spent the rest of the night as the 5th wheel, or by myself. It was ok i was too drunk to really care.
We left at about 3:30 to make out way back to the upper west side, cos we had to pack up & leave to Chicago. Yesterday was a long day of trains then trains then planes then trains and some more trains. Chilling out here will do us some good, and kate has TiVo, and it makes me so very very happy bcos it means i get to catch up on episodes of the Jonas Brothers show i hadn't seen yet hahahaha. yay.
I think im good for a while now. Try and update once i do something interesting!
mishhhhhhhhhhhhx
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Provincetown was was nowhere near what i thought it would be, i went to the cape on my adventures last year and thought it would be somewhat like that. Boy was I wrong, it was pretty much socially unacceptable to be straight there and i loved it. Quite clearly a pretty sweet party town, with rainbows alll over the place. Really nice streets and cute little shops, a few x rated shops that were so nicely decked out that you didnt realise until you had 100 vibrators in your face hahaha.
It was sick to get to chill with Jaryd for the day, Cat came too which was sweet, but I'm glad i got to see him again before i left cos he made so much of my summer that i would have been sad if i hadnt have gotten to see him. Got to see jessie too she met up with us later, it was brief yet triumphant and everyone survived the experience hahaha.
The last fews days have been a whirlwind of lugging bags around foriegn large cities. Went from a hotel room where Cat and I got a Queen each, to a hostel on Broadway that had 8 girls sleeping in a room smaller than the hotel we had on the cape. Luckily it was only for a night and we left early the nexy day to get our bus to DC.
So that's where i currently am, Washington DC, hung out with Charchar last night which was amazing, I fucking missed that girl, out power went out in the hostel for like 4 hours its was kind've rediculous. All the museums are free here, which is awesome cos its the place to come for all that stuff. We checked out the Smithsonian museum of Natural history today as well as the national museum of American History and they were both pretty sweet, looking forward to checking out the washington monument, the Capitol and so many more things!
ok. il all out. xoxox.
It was sick to get to chill with Jaryd for the day, Cat came too which was sweet, but I'm glad i got to see him again before i left cos he made so much of my summer that i would have been sad if i hadnt have gotten to see him. Got to see jessie too she met up with us later, it was brief yet triumphant and everyone survived the experience hahaha.
The last fews days have been a whirlwind of lugging bags around foriegn large cities. Went from a hotel room where Cat and I got a Queen each, to a hostel on Broadway that had 8 girls sleeping in a room smaller than the hotel we had on the cape. Luckily it was only for a night and we left early the nexy day to get our bus to DC.
So that's where i currently am, Washington DC, hung out with Charchar last night which was amazing, I fucking missed that girl, out power went out in the hostel for like 4 hours its was kind've rediculous. All the museums are free here, which is awesome cos its the place to come for all that stuff. We checked out the Smithsonian museum of Natural history today as well as the national museum of American History and they were both pretty sweet, looking forward to checking out the washington monument, the Capitol and so many more things!
ok. il all out. xoxox.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
sailing the east coast..
Date Check: September 3rd.
Days since camp ended: 10
Days been away from home: 77
Days til I go home: 75
Days til I see Kristiana & Kate: 10
Days til I see Paul and Ash: 20
Days til I See Louise: 50
Days til I see my amazing Mother: 77
Camp is over, and it's like we're all in mourning, it's so strange, we all keep talking about being socially acceptable
because we forgot how to. I think i have the hang of it now and now i've just become a foreign backpacker.
I spent 5 days in Boston after camp, was alone for it all got to hang out with Jenn, but didn't see anyone else from camp which made me sad.
Made friends easily enough @ the hostel as there were a lot of people coming from camps there and hostels are just great places to meet people in general.
Went to some jazz bars which I can say ive now done and throroughly enjoyed. Boston is the kind of place that I don't like as a tourist, but its definetely
somewhere I could live, i stayed in the back bay, and it's a cool area lotsa musicians and interesting looking people around.
I was spose to go hang with James for the weekend in Worcester but that full through so i decided to go meet up with Cat early and go to NYC for the weekend.
Worked out well, went to a sick place called Webster hall, cheap entry, cheap drinks, bands and SWEEEET indie/electro. Got so very drunk and by the time we got back
to our hostels it was 4am, the subway is a bitch even at 2:30am. THe place reminded me of home, like if i weren't to step outside i could easily have been at a bar or something
back in Melbourne town. Going to such large cities makes me realise how fucking lucky I am to live in such asn amazing place such as melbourne.
It's not unlivable in anyway, the city, while busy, is bearable, not a lot of congestion. SO SO Much culture, the right amount of multiculturalism,
the right attitude, something for everyone, sports, music, theatre, restaurants/bars. And im so glad i can get the same thing from NYC as i can from the city i call home.
I met up with Frannie, who's living in Brooklyn, and it's my favourite part of NYC, the right amount happenings for me, we just sat in a park and chilled for a few hours,
i love it to just be able to chill out! Mischa Barton even made an appearance down the street!
I'm in Plymouth at the moment, the place where the Mayflower first hit america and the english took over, pretty crazy. Going up to Provincetown with Jessie & Jaryd & Cat tomorrow,
which I'm looking forward to.
I can't wait to see Ash and Paul, its going to be amazinggggggggggg.
you know you love me xoxo
Days since camp ended: 10
Days been away from home: 77
Days til I go home: 75
Days til I see Kristiana & Kate: 10
Days til I see Paul and Ash: 20
Days til I See Louise: 50
Days til I see my amazing Mother: 77
Camp is over, and it's like we're all in mourning, it's so strange, we all keep talking about being socially acceptable
because we forgot how to. I think i have the hang of it now and now i've just become a foreign backpacker.
I spent 5 days in Boston after camp, was alone for it all got to hang out with Jenn, but didn't see anyone else from camp which made me sad.
Made friends easily enough @ the hostel as there were a lot of people coming from camps there and hostels are just great places to meet people in general.
Went to some jazz bars which I can say ive now done and throroughly enjoyed. Boston is the kind of place that I don't like as a tourist, but its definetely
somewhere I could live, i stayed in the back bay, and it's a cool area lotsa musicians and interesting looking people around.
I was spose to go hang with James for the weekend in Worcester but that full through so i decided to go meet up with Cat early and go to NYC for the weekend.
Worked out well, went to a sick place called Webster hall, cheap entry, cheap drinks, bands and SWEEEET indie/electro. Got so very drunk and by the time we got back
to our hostels it was 4am, the subway is a bitch even at 2:30am. THe place reminded me of home, like if i weren't to step outside i could easily have been at a bar or something
back in Melbourne town. Going to such large cities makes me realise how fucking lucky I am to live in such asn amazing place such as melbourne.
It's not unlivable in anyway, the city, while busy, is bearable, not a lot of congestion. SO SO Much culture, the right amount of multiculturalism,
the right attitude, something for everyone, sports, music, theatre, restaurants/bars. And im so glad i can get the same thing from NYC as i can from the city i call home.
I met up with Frannie, who's living in Brooklyn, and it's my favourite part of NYC, the right amount happenings for me, we just sat in a park and chilled for a few hours,
i love it to just be able to chill out! Mischa Barton even made an appearance down the street!
I'm in Plymouth at the moment, the place where the Mayflower first hit america and the english took over, pretty crazy. Going up to Provincetown with Jessie & Jaryd & Cat tomorrow,
which I'm looking forward to.
I can't wait to see Ash and Paul, its going to be amazinggggggggggg.
you know you love me xoxo
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