Can you imagine having this as your back yard??
Monday, October 31, 2005
Monday, October 24, 2005
Naashville
I got to go to Nashville, TN last weekend!! The trip was for an interview at Vanderbilt (which is a gorgeous campus, btw). I had a blast in the south, thanks to Rufa and Dave. There's not a whole lot to do in the city though -- we entertained ourselves by taking a picture with every one of those guitar statues we came across (I found out later that I missed a whole bunch, and that they've got maps saying where they all are...would've been nice to know before). I got to meet Elvis while I was there too :)
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Yes, I believe I am from Jersey
Let everyone know how "jersey" you are! X out the ones that apply to you:
[ ] You went to Seaside after your Senior Prom.
[ ] You watched "Mallrats" and said, "I've been to that mall!"
[x] At least half of the people you went to high school with went to Rutgers.
[ ] You know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.
[ ] Your big class trip in elementary school was to Morristown.
[ ] You long for the days when the Devil wore Christmas colors.
[x] You know that the only people who call it "Joisey" are from NY.
[x] You've been to the Meadowlands Fair.
[x] You've planned a local trip around passing at least one Dunkin Donuts.
[x] You do not think of citrus when people mention the "Oranges."
[x] You know that it's called "Great Adventure", not "Six Flags."
[x] You actually know bakeries that are not part of a supermarket, but are individual stores.
[ ] You've ordered a "hard roll with butter" for breakfast.
[ ] You've gone to a diner after drinking all night.
[x] You've eaten at that diner at 3 am at least a dozen times.
[ ] At least 3 people in your family still like Bruce Springsteen.
[x] "Anyone who makes bad pizza can bite me!"
[x] You always use at least 10 variation of "damn" while driving.
[x] You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood.
[x] You once said "It smells like New York in here."
[x] You can go bowling at 1:30 am (w/ automatic scoring).
[x] In high school, you knew someone who worked at a Friendly's or Stewart's.
[x] The Garden State Parkway does not freak you out at night.
[x] You know what a "jug handle" is.
[x] You have mandatory recycling - enforced by law.
[ ] You've eaten a porkroll, egg & cheese on a hard roll -- and loved it.
[x] You go to the boardwalk at least once a year.
[x] You've pondered..."Maybe basketball would be more popular in NJ if the Nets weren't here."
[x] You say the words "water", "coffee", "dog" and "whatever", like this "wadder", "cawfee", "dowg" and "wadever".
[x] Even your high school cafeteria made good subs.
[x] You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and brushfires, but you have never seen a tornado, earthquake, tsunami or volcano.
[x] You can't believe that MTV went to Seaside Heights.
[x] You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.
[x] You only go to NYC for day trips.
[x] You've run out of money on the Parkway.
[ ] You're Italian.
[x] You know where to get a great bagel.
[x] You think Perkins is terrible and should have never opened any restaurants here.
[x] There are no self-serve gas stations -- and you like it that way.
[ ] You have had sex on the beach (not the drink).
[x] You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.
[x] The Jet/Giants game has started fights at your local bar.
[x] Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April and May.
[x] You can't understand why there aren't any 24 hour diners in the rest of the country.
[x] You live within 45 minutes of at least 3 different malls.
[ ] Someone at the beach once called you a "benny."
[ ] You can see the NYC skyline from some part of your town.
[x] You know what MCCC is and a good percentage of people from your high school went there.
[x] You've seen or been in a fight over the Rangers and Devils.
[x] You have, or know someone who has, Mafia connections.
[x] You're related to someone who think the NY Jets should be the New Jersey Jets.
[x] You have at least one friend who drives a truck.
[x] You've been camping.
[x] You've been in a city or town where Spanish is spoken more than English.
[ ] You can't remember when Clifton didn't win a softball championship.
[ ] You know where to gets drugs in Trenton, Paterson, Newark or New York.
[ ] You've been to a party in the woods.
[x] You've purchased fireworks in Chinatown.
[ ] You've played in a P.A.L. league.
[ ] You liked the Jets, even before Bill Parcells.
[ ] You know where to get a fresh Taylor ham, egg and cheese at 2 am.
[x] You don't take no crap from no one.
[x] You remember Action Park and may have been seriously injured there.
[ ] At sometime you got on the wrong highway while trying to leave Willowbrook Mall.
[ ] Z-100 used to be your favorite, now it's K-Rock.
[x] Anything less than 3 inches of snow isn't worth your time.
[x] Someone on the road cut you off and you used at least four swear words to tell them what you thought.
[x] You think people from South Jersey talk funny.
[x] You know someone who lives in a neighborhood with contaminated water, because of toxic chemicals.
[x] You know there is no beach, just "the shore".
[ ] You know the names of the three Pep Boys.
[ ] You know what town Bruce Springsteen is from, which high school he went to and where he lives now.
[ ] You know what town Bon Jovi is from and can spell his real name.
[ ] You know where Kevin Smith's comic book store is. You also believe he's the model for the Simpsons' "Comic Book Guy".
[x] You can toss 35 cents out of your driver's side window into a funnel of 12" diameter at 55 mph.
[x] You've been to two malls in one day.
[x] When you want to know where people live, you ask "Which exit?"
[ ] You think the NJ State Motto should be "Road Closed"
[x] You're used to that strange smell that people from other states complain about.
[x] You know two wrongs don't make a right, but 3 rights do make a left.
[x] You know pizza isn't pizza if it doesn't flop in the front with grease dripping off the end.
[x] You hate people who think you love Bon Jovi.
[x] You are a safe driver in New Jersey, but deadly elsewhere.
[ ] You went to Seaside after your Senior Prom.
[ ] You watched "Mallrats" and said, "I've been to that mall!"
[x] At least half of the people you went to high school with went to Rutgers.
[ ] You know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.
[ ] Your big class trip in elementary school was to Morristown.
[ ] You long for the days when the Devil wore Christmas colors.
[x] You know that the only people who call it "Joisey" are from NY.
[x] You've been to the Meadowlands Fair.
[x] You've planned a local trip around passing at least one Dunkin Donuts.
[x] You do not think of citrus when people mention the "Oranges."
[x] You know that it's called "Great Adventure", not "Six Flags."
[x] You actually know bakeries that are not part of a supermarket, but are individual stores.
[ ] You've ordered a "hard roll with butter" for breakfast.
[ ] You've gone to a diner after drinking all night.
[x] You've eaten at that diner at 3 am at least a dozen times.
[ ] At least 3 people in your family still like Bruce Springsteen.
[x] "Anyone who makes bad pizza can bite me!"
[x] You always use at least 10 variation of "damn" while driving.
[x] You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood.
[x] You once said "It smells like New York in here."
[x] You can go bowling at 1:30 am (w/ automatic scoring).
[x] In high school, you knew someone who worked at a Friendly's or Stewart's.
[x] The Garden State Parkway does not freak you out at night.
[x] You know what a "jug handle" is.
[x] You have mandatory recycling - enforced by law.
[ ] You've eaten a porkroll, egg & cheese on a hard roll -- and loved it.
[x] You go to the boardwalk at least once a year.
[x] You've pondered..."Maybe basketball would be more popular in NJ if the Nets weren't here."
[x] You say the words "water", "coffee", "dog" and "whatever", like this "wadder", "cawfee", "dowg" and "wadever".
[x] Even your high school cafeteria made good subs.
[x] You've lived through hurricanes, nor'easters and brushfires, but you have never seen a tornado, earthquake, tsunami or volcano.
[x] You can't believe that MTV went to Seaside Heights.
[x] You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.
[x] You only go to NYC for day trips.
[x] You've run out of money on the Parkway.
[ ] You're Italian.
[x] You know where to get a great bagel.
[x] You think Perkins is terrible and should have never opened any restaurants here.
[x] There are no self-serve gas stations -- and you like it that way.
[ ] You have had sex on the beach (not the drink).
[x] You know how to successfully handle a traffic circle.
[x] The Jet/Giants game has started fights at your local bar.
[x] Your car is covered with yellow-green dust in April and May.
[x] You can't understand why there aren't any 24 hour diners in the rest of the country.
[x] You live within 45 minutes of at least 3 different malls.
[ ] Someone at the beach once called you a "benny."
[ ] You can see the NYC skyline from some part of your town.
[x] You know what MCCC is and a good percentage of people from your high school went there.
[x] You've seen or been in a fight over the Rangers and Devils.
[x] You have, or know someone who has, Mafia connections.
[x] You're related to someone who think the NY Jets should be the New Jersey Jets.
[x] You have at least one friend who drives a truck.
[x] You've been camping.
[x] You've been in a city or town where Spanish is spoken more than English.
[ ] You can't remember when Clifton didn't win a softball championship.
[ ] You know where to gets drugs in Trenton, Paterson, Newark or New York.
[ ] You've been to a party in the woods.
[x] You've purchased fireworks in Chinatown.
[ ] You've played in a P.A.L. league.
[ ] You liked the Jets, even before Bill Parcells.
[ ] You know where to get a fresh Taylor ham, egg and cheese at 2 am.
[x] You don't take no crap from no one.
[x] You remember Action Park and may have been seriously injured there.
[ ] At sometime you got on the wrong highway while trying to leave Willowbrook Mall.
[ ] Z-100 used to be your favorite, now it's K-Rock.
[x] Anything less than 3 inches of snow isn't worth your time.
[x] Someone on the road cut you off and you used at least four swear words to tell them what you thought.
[x] You think people from South Jersey talk funny.
[x] You know someone who lives in a neighborhood with contaminated water, because of toxic chemicals.
[x] You know there is no beach, just "the shore".
[ ] You know the names of the three Pep Boys.
[ ] You know what town Bruce Springsteen is from, which high school he went to and where he lives now.
[ ] You know what town Bon Jovi is from and can spell his real name.
[ ] You know where Kevin Smith's comic book store is. You also believe he's the model for the Simpsons' "Comic Book Guy".
[x] You can toss 35 cents out of your driver's side window into a funnel of 12" diameter at 55 mph.
[x] You've been to two malls in one day.
[x] When you want to know where people live, you ask "Which exit?"
[ ] You think the NJ State Motto should be "Road Closed"
[x] You're used to that strange smell that people from other states complain about.
[x] You know two wrongs don't make a right, but 3 rights do make a left.
[x] You know pizza isn't pizza if it doesn't flop in the front with grease dripping off the end.
[x] You hate people who think you love Bon Jovi.
[x] You are a safe driver in New Jersey, but deadly elsewhere.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
MidKnight Madness
A little about the pictures below the post:
I went to a Tau Beta Pi convention in Salt Lake City, Utah with Nay for an extended weekend. It was a nice break from school work and Jersey, but I've gotta say, I'm glad I live here. Who needs an orange flag to cross the street? And they've got little birdies seranading you as you cross the street, too. Man those people are odd...
For the pictures that are to come, I went to MidKnight Madness for the Rutgers basketball team. The guys on the team are huge. You have to seriously strain your neck to look up at them. I got to give everyone R tattoos, and all the little kids who came were so cute! I felt bad cause the water we used was cold, and they'd all cringe when we put it on them. But then they'd give these goofy smiles when they saw the red R on them, and it was all better =)
I went to a Tau Beta Pi convention in Salt Lake City, Utah with Nay for an extended weekend. It was a nice break from school work and Jersey, but I've gotta say, I'm glad I live here. Who needs an orange flag to cross the street? And they've got little birdies seranading you as you cross the street, too. Man those people are odd...
For the pictures that are to come, I went to MidKnight Madness for the Rutgers basketball team. The guys on the team are huge. You have to seriously strain your neck to look up at them. I got to give everyone R tattoos, and all the little kids who came were so cute! I felt bad cause the water we used was cold, and they'd all cringe when we put it on them. But then they'd give these goofy smiles when they saw the red R on them, and it was all better =)
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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