On select Tuesdays in July you can enjoy this free outdoor concert series. Concerts take place in Washington Square on the Main Stage. In the event of rain, concerts will be held at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 371 Sixth Avenue at Washington Place in Greenwich Village. All concerts take place on Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m.
I just returned from a relaxing week in the Caribbean. On this trip I visited 6 beautiful islands and was tempted not to come home.
San Juan Beach
First stop was Puerto Rico. I got off the plane wishing I had retained more of the Spanish I learned in school. Spent the day on the Casa Bacardi tour which was nice and the two free drinks they give were a plus – I chose the rum punch which was on point. Then walking El Morro which was lovely.
Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas
St. Thomas was gorgeous and hot. This was the first time I’ve ever gotten sun burned.
Bridgetown, Barbados
In Barbados I got a nice tour of the island including the house where Rihanna grew up, the oldest and largest tree, first church, and Old Town which has an incredible view of the island from atop a mountain.
St Lucia
St. Lucia was my favorite. Spent the day walking the city and taking in the lifestyle. The shopping wasn’t all that great, but the scenery was stunning and the natives were friendly.
Basseterre, St Kitts
In St. Kitts I spent the day at their Shipwrecked beach. They had an earthquake and some bad weather the week before so the beach wasn’t so nice, but the views from the mountains were breathtaking.
Phillipsburg, St Maarten
St. Maarten was the last stop. This island is divided into two sides Dutch (St. Maarten) and French (St. Martin). Hung out at Orient beach which is divided into 2 sections – nude and clothed. I was on the clothed side, but there were topless women walking around and a lot of the men were wearing thong swim bottoms.
Overall this was a great vacation and I can’t wait for my next one.
This post will be my last post on this blog. So I was thinking what will be my last post? What I’m going to write about? As I was looking throughout my past posts I had an idea. I’ve always talked about movies and I’ve always tried to give you critics of films I’ve loved or hated. But one thing that I never did was telling you who is my favorite director. So I thought what better end to this posts than to tell you which director I love…
So here is the answer: one of my favorite directors is… PEDRO ALMODÓVAR!! I think people either love his films or hate them. Well for me the answer is simple I LOVE them. He is a great director! I just love every film he has made. He is an emblematic director. His films are innovative and original. He addresses themes like NO ONE else. His films are always around woman, sexuality, homosexuality, transsexuality and always related to problems between parents and children. I know that some people really don’t like his movies but what do you guys think of him? I know that his movies are powerful and sometimes very difficult to watch but I always find a lot of emotions in his films and I always end up crying. There is always a lot of drama in his films.
Anyone ever ask how much you weigh, or how much you bench? Do you tell them how much you currently bench or how much you used to bench? In my case, I tell people how much I used to bench 3 years ago.
Yeah, this is me, pre tattoo’s, but still just as menacing. Whenever I want to strike fear in the hearts of my enemies, I show them this video. I trained for a few years to learn how to be a competitive weightlifter. This was one of my two competitions.
This was actually a poor showing on my part. It looks like i went 4 for 6, but I really went 3 for 6, because the last one didn’t count. In case you were wondering, my biggest lift for snatch was 190, and my biggest lift for clean in jerk was 240. I put up 260 on my last lift, but I didn’t put it over my head in a clean motion, so I wasn’t given credit.
Olympic lifting definitely has unique competitors. If your a girl and think that this sport must be made of “Mr.Universe,” types, you’re sorely mistaken. It looks more like a bowling league. Olympic Weightlifting focuses on strength and speed, and doesn’t focus on muscle definition. I saw a guy that was almost looked like Larry David lifting over 200 pounds over his head. It really made me believe that looks can be deceiving.
I was eventually forced to give up my training when I took a job in midtown and had to commute 3 hours a day for work. It was a real shame that I had to stop. Olympic weightlifting is why I enjoy working out as much as I do today. I used to train in a private gym alongside high school and college athletes, strongmen, and other Olympic lifters. The comradery between the athletes was unbelievable.
As much as I miss competing, I don’t miss the toll that training took on my body. Now that I’m 30, there are things that hurt that don’t go away anymore. It reminds me of the Louie C.K. routine, when he gets an X-Ray from his doctor. His doctor tells him that he will have to do a certain stretch everyday for his sore ankle. Louie asks, “how long do I have to do this until it get’s better,” and doctor says, “it doesn’t. It’s just shitty now, and you have to do this everyday so it doesn’t get worse.”
I probably have 2 broken fingers and knee damage that I’ll have to work out everyday, or until I get health insurance and have it diagnosed, but it was all worth it. Eventually, I’ll be dead and nothing will work. Why not get as much milage out of your body as possible?
Yesterday, I saw a video which shocked me. I can’t wait to share it with you guys. Here is the video.
Is that crazy? I can’t even believe my eyes! I read some comments below and tried to find out the explanation. Some people said it was just a trick like the “Penrose stairs”. So I googled it. I found the Penrose Stairs also appeared in the movie Inception. It turns out the Penrose stairs are optical illusion. I also found a video to explain the Penrose stairs.
This is clearly impossible in three dimensions. But how did the Escherian Stairwell in RIT work? I still confused about that. I really wish to experience this magic stairs someday!
Everyone has little things that annoy them. Certain things that bother you may not bother your best friend at all. I’m not sure why we all have those little things that annoy us to different degrees, but we do and they’re called pet peeves. I don’t have very many pet peeves but there are a few things that really bug me. I don’t mind a bit of clutter, or when someone’s kid is yelling in a restaurant, or when someone is late. Here’s a list of the top three things that do get on my nerves:
Lots of people love to nit pick when it comes to grammar. To me, when it comes to spelling and grammar there is nothing more annoying than using the incorrect there, they’re or their. It’s just something so basic, and they all have a distinct use that I just feel is not that hard to remember! I don’t read articles or e-mails or any piece of reading material just to search for grammar mistakes because I know mine is not perfect. However, this is one gramatical related issue that really bugs me!
2. When People Charge at You as Soon as the Subway Doors Open
I’m sure we’ve all got a subway related pet peeve. The thing that bothers me more than the Mariachi Bands, and the smell, and people holding the doors open, is when people waiting on the platform charge at you when the subway is crowded and you are trying to exit the subway car. Isn’t the rule let people get off before you get on? This one really makes me mad!
3. No Manners
The thing that really bothers me more than anything else is when people don’t use manners. From working in food service for many years I have encountered a lot of rude people. I just don’t understand what is so hard about sayin please, thank you, or just smiling and saying something nice. The world would be a much nicer place if people would just be a bit kinder to one another!
I’ve recently got the flu and while I’m feeling very bad for myself I thought I would turn this in to a blog post. The reason why my flu is just a little bit interesting is because of the massive air condition attack my body is adapting to at the moment.
I would actually consider New York and Denmark to have the same climate. In the summer though it’s a bit warmer in New York but the spring weather is practically the same whether you’re in Copenhagen or in Manhattan. Anyways in Denmark we don’t use air condition and if we do it’s because we paid extra to get it installed in our car. It’s not normal to have air conditioning in your home and you’ll never meet it in stores.
You probably understand why I quickly got the flu once I experienced my first spring season in New York. In New York and New Jersey where I live there is air condition everywhere and my body is constantly exposed to this fake cold whether I’m in the hall in my building, in the bus, in stores or at restaurants.
I understand the concept of using an air conditioner to cool you down when it’s really warm outside. But in New York it seems more like that when the month shifts from March to April it means that the air conditioner should be turned on no matter how the actually weather is like. Why I don’t understand this is due to several reasons. First of all I don’t think air condition is very healthy because of this fake cold. Second of all it is a total waste of resources to have an air conditioner turned on everywhere even when it’s not needed.
At the moment my father, his girlfriend and one of my friends from Denmark are visiting New Jersey and New York. Last Sunday we went to eat dinner and we were seated at this very nice table. But once every ten minute a heavy breeze of cold wind would hit us and we all grabbed our coats and scarves to be rescued from the flu – unfortunately my immune system wasn’t properly prepared so now I’m struggling with fever and all the other flu accessorize.
I’m very interested in knowing more about this New York air conditioning culture? Do the Americans even think about the air conditioning or is it just an incorporated part of the everyday living? Is there any one else but me who also struggles with the New York air conditioning?
As the end of the semester is fast approaching and this happens to be our last blog post for Comm663 there is a part of me that is a little bit saddened lol. I know I can’t be the only one.
So you know “those” semesters where you are taking “those” classes that you are so confused about what you are learning, if anything, and how the information will be useful to you in life. When you are taking “those” classes you can’t wait for the semester to be over. It couldn’t end fast enough as far as we were concerned lol. I know you guys feel me on this!
Well this semester was very different from any other semester. I can honestly say that I learned so many things that I will be able to apply to my life, especially in this class. I will miss writing a blog post every week about something important that happened during the week. Blogging was something that I definitely was supposed to get into earlier. But I was nervous about not knowing what to write and what to say, and about having no audience. This class has taught me that I have control over that. If I want people to see, I have to share it. Now I am in a place where I am expressing myself. I am applying all that I have learned in this class in approving my brand, my YouTube channel and hopefully my future blog!
I’ve learned what to do and I’ve learned what not do to. I’ve learned so much that I feel confident enough to advise other people on what to do, and that is how a Graduate class is supposed to be. No wonder this class and William Scheckel come so highly recommended. If you leave a class feeling more knowledgeable that you were in January then your Professor has done his job. And when you leave the class feeling like you can apply all that you’ve learned, then you as a student have done your job as well.
So I’m going to miss reading all of your blogs and learning something new, different, and funny from all of them. This is a class where you learn from your classmates as well, something that you don’t usually find in other classes. You explore the world of social media and learn a plan of attack for each platform. Where do you fit? or Where should you fit?
So I’ll miss you guys and I hope you all have an amazing Summer! <3
I used to be all about reading the news on a daily basis, but lately, I just find myself wondering what is wrong with people today! Between the horrible news stories and the outright ridiculous news stories, I just don’t want to know what’s going on in the world anymore. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m going to take you through a few of a typical days worth of stories I find online:
1. Who thought a poutine flavored soda would be delicious?!
2. Faith in humanity now at -20
A lot of the time all I find are fluff articles like what kind of dress Miley Cyrus wore or stories of people struggling to pay student loans. If I go on Yahoo news for example, I usually come away without knowing anything of real value except for something along the lines of what new beauty treatment Kim Kardashian is trying. It’s somewhat sad and thus why I don’t read much of the news anymore. Actually I find that I learn more on Reddit then anything nowadays! There seems to be more of a balance in articles there between losing faith in humanity as well as restoring my faith in humanity. What do you think about news stories today? Do you think we as Americans are being informed enough about important events or are they all “fluffy” nonsense?
Today, I was watching an Ads filmed by A Spanish organization – Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation. They has come up with a unique project – a phone helpline number that is visible only to children using the technique of lenticular photography to help them report abuse.
The number 116 -111 is the number for children who want to call for help. On this telephone number, only for minors, they can find the help they need in a totally anonymous and confidential way.The creator launch the ad aims to let children whose height under 1.35 m ( under age 10 normally) can see the helpline number. At the same time, their parents or adults whose height 1.75 m, they can only see the waring message.
Summer is coming. If you are a music fan and you happen to be in NYC this summer, you cannot miss those free concerts!
