A wicked cold

I've had so many "firsts" since I moved here to Boston. My first Sox game.. my first clam chowder.. my first East Coast beach.. the list could go on and on. One first I was not looking forward to was my first East Coast cold. And boy is it wicked.

This is the street I live on - I get to see this type of East Coast beauty every time I walk to and from work.



And this is what my building looks like. Nothing spectacular really. But it does have the red-brick exterior, which is pretty sweet IMO.

The relationship between adventures and my happiness

My sadness is inversely proportional to the number of adventures I'm having per week.

sadness = 1 / adventures

dancing : girls : : adventures : me

if adventure then happy
adventure
therefore, happy (by way of Modus Ponens)

Hampton Beach

Hampton Beach was amazing. Way to go, New Hampshire. You've made me take back most of the bad things I've said about East Coast beaches. Ha, I guess not ALL of them are completes wastes of time and space.

The city of brotherly love

Philly was good to me this weekend. But it just wasn't quite as amazing as I've heard from so many friends and family. Don't get me wrong - I think everyone should go see it at least once - just don't expect too much of it. Do see Elfreth's Alley, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, South Street, and the Independence Hall. Don't waste your time checking out the Liberty Bell. And, when you do visit the city, make sure to bring your nose plugs - most streets rival New York in terms of thick putrid sewer smells.

States outnumber countries

Last weekend marked a significant point in the battle of states vs. countries - that is, the number of states[1] I've visited has finally surpassed the number of countries[2] I've been to. The current score is 16-14, states.

[1] States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.
[2] Countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Prague, Spain, Switzerland, UK, and the USA.