Wanderlust Summer I

So far this delectable summer, I've been to quite a few places of which i will briefly summarize in the kinda awesome, kinda funny, kinda fun list as follows in order of chronological appearance:

1. Michigan: weather piping hot and glorious in mid june, as summer should be if the east coast actually believed in having normal weather. went to the univ of mi at ann arbor with someone who i will call Booboo-Bear (who was not booboo-bear at the time but only a minor cub-ling), which was a nice long 12 hr drive away. We began by driving lessons. I needed to learn how to drive stick. If i may so humbly say, it was a cinch. an ease squeeze. a veritable no-bake cake. sometimes, ppl say a good pupil is the product of a good master. i say, a good pupil determines the goodness of a master. ANYWAY, the drive was successfully undermined by the sheer epic nature of the endless cd mixes of which entailed some of the most epic of all songs. i also gained a newfound appreciation for Dave Matthews Band which never would have happened had i not been forced to be delightfully acquainted with it for the majority of the drive. it wasn't classic conditioning, it wasn't systemic desensitization. it was a full onslaught of endless, musical exposure. such was my trial by fire, dmb style and needless to say i have come out with both ears still in tact and loving Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King. thanks booboo :)

1a. Pennsylvania: the rolling hills of PA did not promise to be abound with horse-drawn carriages nor amish folk by the wagon-fulls. i actually don't remember much of PA except that it was one state closer to MI.

1b. Ohio: let's play a game called never have i ever. never have i ever.....driven thru a land so positively boring as the land of OHIO. the plains of ohio are indeed the plainest, blandist *expetive insert* i have ever witnessed. not only that but by the time we reached the land of the bland, rain started to come down by the bucket full. it wasn't just pelts. it was some epic freakin ocean waves. at least the versa got a nice autobody bath. there really is nothing worse than driving thru OH. this is also true because i got a call from Babylove while enduring Ohio-an traffic about MJ's death. Yes, MJ died while I was driving thru Ohio. I don't know if I will ever find it in my heart to feel for Ohio like i do for other states. it's just not the same.

1 (cont): sooooooo....of course right when we rolled into MI, in light of epic songs which so clearly defined the journey, the rain cleared, the sun poured forth, and the only song that possibly did the entry justice was the jimmy nash song:

"i can see clearly now the rain is gone. i can see all obstacles in my way...." etc etc.

so the campus possibly had the most amazing collegetown i've ever seen. yes. a collegetown with real stores. not pricey poser 5th ave boutiques which only popped collar whities can afford (cough hack cornell), but real stores with places that normal ppl fancy with their anemic wallets. i.e. urban, american apparel, b and n, borders, etc. Go Wolverines!!! (the univ mascot which i mistakenly mistook for a hairy monster caveman upon first glimpse) not gonna lie, i might have had a bit of blue and yellow fever by the end....the campus stores were even arrayed in blue and yellow wallpaper. blue and yellow carpetting, blue and yellow poles. another exciting revelation about mi, the 75 mph speed limit. ah, my kinda state exactly. amazing. the trip back was not as epic as the trip there but ohio was a bit more tolerant than not and overall it went a little faster mostly because i drove ;]

2. Connecticut: as per the highway welcome sign dictates, CT is the the land of "little surprises." well, indeed it is, and has been. so went there for 4th of july to then-not-booboo's abode. Despite me going on my sloughing-period, I decided to take a risk and still venture on a road trip that was destined for possibly shark infested waters.

2a. Rhode Island: went to some unprounouncable beach that kinda sounds like Misty Squats. So Misty Squats proved to be awesome despite my bodily condition. And despite having told booboo bear that sharks would come after me if I went in the water, he proceeded to push me in the salty depths time and time again. o, booboo bear...so silly. anyway. I escaped unscathed by potential shark bites and came out quite tan. score!

2 (cont): went to mohegan sun for some fun with money i apparently dont have. BUT for the first time ever, i won a whopping 2.65$ on the slot machines. booboo bear won 185$. i know, right. like, who does that. but like wise folk always says, good things come in small amounts ;] although the only fireworks to be seen were those above the treetops while driving home on the highway, i've surprisingly no complaints because later that night/wknd i found out that i am the master of all things cards. woot woot.

....that's all for now folks. more adventures and mild misdemeanors to come