Monday, November 30, 2009

No one else will have me, only you.


It's been a busy few months since I've moved out here to Philly. Or, really, "In West Philadelphia, born and raised. On a playground is where I spent most of my days..." Good ole' Fresh Prince haha.
I am going to rant on here about things that annoy me a lot while driving in the city. Not much in this entry, but I've developed crazy road rage that's 10x worse than it was when I lived in Erie or Butler. I'll tell you my biggest pet peeve that every single driver in Philadelphia does: NOT USING TURN SIGNALS!!! I've never had so many people cut me off or suddenly turn without signaling! And to make matters worse, most other drivers just assume everyone else won't signal, so many times people have gone around me in intersections cause they think I might be turning. wtf? People are insane! But it's kinda fun driving here. My favorite time to drive is when I'm coming home from work sometimes at 10 or so at night. I take Chestnut from 63rd to 44th street, and the lights are timed to change for traffic, so it's a lot of fun to drive. Especially cause I totally change lanes a lot and it's fun :) I think I'd be a kickass stunt driver heh.
The leaves picture was taken at Bartram's Garden. It's the oldest living botanical garden in the U.S.! It's pretty great, too. I enjoyed taking this picture of yellow ginkgo leaves!

Here is a picture of some bubbles with a light on the other side. Bubbles can be very entertaining, even for adults ;)







Here's Chris and I at Bartram's. The skyline is actually behind us but it was all misty-raining out, so you could barely see it. Hi to everyone that I miss!! :D
So I guess I embarrass people that I'm walking with sometimes. If I see something neat, I have to take a picture of it!! I know I probably look odd, bending down on the sidewalk to take pictures of the side of the building, lol. But, I don't care. I've realized that you should just enjoy life, and not care about what others think of you. I am extremely klutzy, and sometimes I trip over my own feet, or a crack in the sidewalk, etc. Now that I live in a big city, there are usually at least 10 people that watch me trip each time lol. And I just brush it off, act like nothing happened and keep walking lol. It's fun actually! If people react, just act like they're nuts. I mean, tripping is usually an accident. Why get embarrassed by something you couldn't help? I feel the same way about, um, bowel movements, burps, farts, etc. These are bodily functions people! We have to do these things to survive, lol. What in the hell is there to get embarrassed about? I mean, yea, sure, they're a bit gross. But who cares? I feel the same way about buying tampons and pads. Women who get embarrassed by this shouldn't! I mean, obviously, there's a good chance if you're a woman, you're menstruating. It's okay, it's not like it's used haha! This makes me think of my plastic bag boycott. I'll get into that another time...

I absolutely love this picture. Again, it was taken at Bartram's Gardens. I could have gotten it in slightly better focus, but it was really windy and I'm lucky to have gotten this! :)