Wednesday, February 20, 2008

White and Nerdy and we used it to our Advantage

So, if you know me you probably know that yesterday 3 friends and I took the train into Boston and went to the Museum of Fine Arts. 
I will now tell the story for your hearing pleasure with the use of handy visual aides. 
First we showed up at the train station and boarded. And we were quite bored. ( insert pun ). 
So when cute girls like us ( Sarah knows this ) are bored, we take pictures of ourselves. We are not vain, just bored. 
Example:




Jessie and I talked about underwear, art class and random other things. I'm not sure what Sarah and Jojo talked about. 

Next we arrived at Ruggles Station and argued about which way to go, until a nice lady with a star tattoo told us the way. Traveling onward, another nice lady in a Monster Truck (Monster energy drinks) handed us free Monster Coffees. I didn't take one because caffeine makes me strange and uncomfortable. 
Then we entered the Museum and got in free because we were 17 or under and on school vacation. Then some guy checked our tickets and told Jojo that her bag was too big and needed to be checked. To Baggage!
We checked our coats with this little older lady who didn't speak much English, but still I wouldn't mess with her in a million years. She could probably take me down with one hand. 
Then we embarked into the heart of the Museum. 
First we went through Egypt and the like, and looked at all the old sculptures and jewelery. It was all so amazing. 
I found this helmet that looked like a Batman helmet:




Next we went through the Ancient Rome section. It was all so fantastic, and Italian-ish. I loved it. We took some interesting pictures.




Next we went into the painting section and nerded out. It was great. This nice security guard told us all about a painting we had been staring at for about 5 minutes. He told us that the Disney Castle was based on the castle in the painting. Wow. Me and Sarah (and this random kid who walked by) said that it reminded us of Narnia. I also thought it was ironic because it was called "The Forest and Hunting" or something like that, and all the men were going off the hunt, but we, the viewers, could see that all the animals were in the other direction. Haha. 
I took a picture of it, but it came out blurry. 

When we were looking at the painting still, Jessie taps me and says "Look right" so I lok right and see this guy intently staring at a painting. And I mean Intently. He didn't even notice us staring at him. So Jessie fell in love, and made me stand in front of random things so she could pretend to take pictures of me but actually take pictures of Edward (that's what she named him). Then eventually none of the pictures came out so she just took a picture of him outright. Only he was so focused on the art, he had no idea. What a guy. 

Sorry some photos are sideways, I'm not sure how to fix that yet.
Here is a fascinating painting of paintings. Wow. 



Here is a glass purse. 



Here is the ceiling. 



Another cool painting. 



Next we went out for lunch. I had a surprisingly good burrito. When Sarah and Jojo were up ordering, Jessie took a picture of them in line and waved. And this older man thought we were waving to him, and then proceded to follow us until we left. He is actually in the corner of the picture. Creeeeeeeeeeepy. 



Back in the Museum, we looked at more paintings and then went to the Gift Shop! We looked at tons of books, and suddenly the lunch hit us and we all curled up next to the "50% Off" book rack and read random books. Sarah read us this hilarious quote book and I looked at a cat book and British travel guides and such. Jessie looked for cheaper Aussie books, but didn't find any :(
Eventually we dragged ourselves up and back out into the world. 
As we went out the museum door, Sarah and Jojo were walking down the steps with Jessie and I close behind, when these 2 boys turned the corner and the conversation went something like this: (correct me Jessie if i'm wrong)
Boy: Hello ladies, how are you?
Me: Good...
Boy: Did you enjoy the museum?
Me: Yes, it was very interesting. 
Boy: Thats good, are you from Boston?
Me: No. 
Boy: Are you a college student here?
Me: No
Boy: Then where are you from?
Me: Franklin. 
Boy: Where is that?
Me: Exactly, it's kinda in the middle of nowhere. 
Boy: Me too, I mean we are from Agawam.... one knows where that is. Springfield?
Me: Yep, I've been there. 
Boy: Cool, well you ladies have a good rest of the day now
Me and Jessie: Thanks, bye, you too. 

It was truly strange. Why?
1. They were cute.
2. That sort of thing doesn't usually happen to me. 
3. If they were hitting on us, they were very polite. 
4. They liked art, coz they went into the Museum afterwords. 

As we walked back to the station, we all came to the conclusion that an Art Museum during vacation would be a good place to meet guys who weren't jerks, because obviously they had good taste and were well mannered. 
Back at the station, I bought a water and Jojo bought an Oringina. 





Then we had nothing to do, so we took pictures again until we got on the train, where we took more. Here is a string of the ones we took. Again, sorry if your neck breaks trying to see them :P











THEN WE CAME HOME!

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Let's Reminisce Together

MUSEUM ADVENTURE IS GONNA BE UP TOMORROW!
i'm waiting to get all the pictures first. 
I am going to use them as visual aides for my intellectual, thrilling and sensational story. 


Art. Creepy men. Polite Boys. 
(wtf on the last one!!!!??! I didn't know that existed in this world!!)





....no offense to all the guys I'm friends with. You all rock. :D

Monday, February 18, 2008

Rain makes my hair frizzy




I don't know about you guys, but this is getting ridiculous. 
At least it's getting warmer today. 

Tomorrow should be fun, and now I'm glad we didn't go today, coz we would have been drenched. And no one loves soggy art nerds. 
Now I need to go shower to get the smell of burnt veggie bacon out of my hair. 
And I REALLY want to watch Ferris Bueller's  Day Off. 

Sunday, February 17, 2008


VACATION is a word I love. Very much. 
Other words I love are: RATHER, RIDICULOUS, and SQUEE
I know squee is not a word, but it very accurately describes the way I feel when I see something I like. I squee. 

So anyways, I am embarking on a journey this week, a journey called vacation. Hurray!

I haven't blogged as much as I've wanted to...

according to the All-Knowing Wikipedia, the origin of the word Blog is from a combo of the words Web Log. interesting. 

Nothing much going on right now. Playing guitar, and trying to find the distance from Ruggles Station to the Museum of Fine Arts. I think it's a little less than a mile. Eh. 
But my friends and I are going there this week coz we are Art Nerds. 

Speaking of Art Nerds, here is a photo I took and kinda like. I stuck a flower in the snow at various places in my yard and took pictures till my nose went numb with chilliness. 
HARDCORE PHOTOGRAPHERS UNITE! 
yeah. 

I'm also reading 13 Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson for the Nerdfighter's Blurbing Bookclub. (VlogBrothers on Youtube...Hank and John are fantastic) It's good so far....but it makes me sad coz I'm so jealous of the girl. She is shy and didn't even want to be in London in the first place, and already she is just THERE FOR 2 DAYS and met a wonderful boy (ex-convict/thief/drunken hooligan, but wonderful now) and they travel around together... :(
Grrrr.....but then she made him mad and he went away...so HA. I wouldn't have done that. 

Then I read my London Travel guide and feel slightly better. 

Mik's Quote of the Day: 
"The Queen talked to me like she was in a pub with the lads. "