what is this amazing piece of fine jewelry?
okay OKAY people, I know it's been a while since I've blogged. I'm sure you're all foaming at the mouth, aching, just DYING to have more of my witticisms about roadtrips fill your web browser. Well I will not disappoint. Well, actually I will disappoint because I think the roadtrip has come to an end.
I really like Seattle! I'm going to stick around until I either fall in love with it or get sick of it, but as of right now I'm leaning towards the love side. The city is nice, there's lots of stuff to do here, and there are a myriad of wonderful outdoorsy-type activities within arm's length. I'm very sad that this trip has come to an end, but I'm so grateful that I got to take it. Here are some important life lessons I've learned along the way:
1. The volume on my car radio only goes up to 38. Isn't that a strange, arbitrary number to have as the max volume? I can't tell you how many times I struggled with the dial as I was trying to blast Thin Lizzy, to only have the radio stand staunchly at 38!
2. Eating cereal while driving 80mph on the highway will result in cereal getting stuck in weird places in your car and on your person. Those "Oh's!" are just too tempting to not eat while driving, but the honey really makes them stick where ever they get stuck.
3. Everyone loves a story about the time you got covered in bugs. Unless you're about to share a bed with them.
4. Wawa stores have the best bathrooms, the most consistently. They also do not exist on the West coast, so I'll have to find another chain store with sanitary bathrooms out here. Starbucks are no good, because the diurectic effects of coffee are always working against them.
5. Walgreen's drugstores are sellers of fine jewelry. Note the ring (pictured above) that I recently purchased there for $1.99, it's a glow in the dark skull that has glow in the dark LIP GLOSS inside. How cool is that? The next time someone wants to kiss me and there's suddenly a blackout, I'm going to be prepared. Will you?
6. Always put the rain fly up on your tent. Always, always, even if you don't think it's going to rain. And if you don't put it up, at least keep it in the tent with you, and not in a car that's parked a quarter of a mile away. Some lessons are learned the hard way. Or the hard and wet way.
7. There are some aging hippies out there who are very, very lonely. And they often will approach you if you hang out in the parks long enough. And they will never stop talking if you let them start. Same goes for guitar playing, and hugging.
8. When camping alone, you don't need a lot of equipment. Since I had never really been camping before I went on this trip, I got all this stuff that I didn't need like a backpacking stove and various tools for starting a fire and a portable shower bag and whatnot. Really, you can be very comfortable with just a tent, a sleeping bag, and a light source of some sort. And a big knife to slash any bears or aging hippies who get too close of course.
9. All of my friends' friends are so cool. Or course I wouldn't expect anything less, because all of my friends are cool! Everyone who provided me with a place to sleep or a new thing to do was such a pleasure to hang out with, and hopefully I'll find an apartment soon so I can return the favor someday.
10. Brooklyn is a very special place, and everyone should go live there at some point in their lives. And then they should leave. Just kidding. I'll miss the big BK so much! However I'm also really excited to get to know a new city.
11. Getting sappy in blog form does not translate.Don't get your panties in a bunch, I'll write in this blog again soon. Who knows? Maybe this staying put thing won't stick.
