Friday, May 28, 2004

Friday, May 21, 2004

When did Amtrak raise their fares? Now even with AAA discount, it is over $100 roundtrip between New York and Philadelphia.

Monday, May 17, 2004

Sunday, May 16, 2004

Sunday Sunday Sunday

Sunday in NYC. What to do. It's real nice outside so I should probably go and sit in the park. However, my leg still hurts a little bit from my activities on Saturday.

Yesterday, I managed to get into a fight with an escalator. Well, it was not so much of a fight as the escalator kicking my butt. See, I was at Bed Bath and Beyond and carrying new towels in a basket. I had the basket in one hand and a new light fixture (an incandescent torchiere, not a halogen*) in the other hand. So I am wearing my flip flops and I manage to slip as I step onto the escalator. So I have one leg on the escalator and the other leg up still on normal ground. The escalator is moving, as that is what it does, and I am off balance. I slip a little and get a few small cuts on me leg. Totally embarrassing. The escalator won; I lost - totally my stupid fault.

* Halogen lamps - those things are evil. They fall into the same category as Ikea furniture: great for the dorm, unacceptable in real life.

Saturday, May 15, 2004

Playing Golf in NYC

I want to play some golf but have run into the following problems:
1. I don't have a car - Getting to a golf course via public transit from Manhattan leaves basically the only option as Van Cortland.
2. I don't have friends who want to play. I am kind of sick of playing as a single and going up to Van Cortland to do so.
3. My romomate won't let me borrow his car. This wouldn't solve problem #2 but it would help with #1. I would also be able to go to the driving range without going all the way to Chelsea or depending on the Randall's Island shuttle.