day one.....

i love new york!

not this new york.....


















this new york....




















man, today has been a very tiring day. if you have an 8:30 flight in the morning....dont try to stay up, so you can sleep on your flight.

to kill time, i decided to go driving in the mountains. yeah....not the brightest idea in the world. in case you didnt know, the roads are more narrow. crazy....i know! so after falling asleep a couple of times driving down the mountain, i got home around 4:30ish to finish packing.

thanks to jen, i had a list. all i had to do was gather everything and check it off. i think i did a good job of organizing my suitcase....















got to the parking lot shuttle at 6 (i know my flight was at 8:30, but i had a friend...cough...wally...cough... who missed a flight last week, because he's retard and tried to check in 30 minutes before his flight. since i didnt want the same thing to happen to me, i decided to leave early).

it was freezing this morning.....















flew continental for the first time. let me tell you....i love continental! the plane ride was smooth, the service was great, and the guy stewardess....not gay!

after landing, i headed over to get my bags. whatever you do....do not go with super shuttle! they're the worst! i had to wait an hour for them to pick me up and then we were stuck in traffic for another 45 minutes.

arrived at my hotel, the roosevelt....















its really nice. and my room is huge.....















for jen!

i can barely get around. its okay. as long as i have a bed and a desk to blog, i'll survive.

its 8:30 now and im starvin like nicole ritchie. for some reason i was craving jap....anese. lucky for me, i found this place right next to rockefeller center....




















i love company paid trips! i ordered whatever i wanted. actually, i dont know if abm is going to pick this up, so i didnt go crazy. oh well, ill try to pass through anyway....















i started off with some fried tofu and toro. oh my goodness....toro is soo good. so soft and juicy and it tastes so good too! i had to order more, along with some salmon skin and soft shell crab....















while i was eating, i was eaves dropping (sp?) on the two girls next to me. what?!?! we're the only ones in there! anyway....they were complaining about their boyfriends. one girl's boyfriend had a bad temper and the other girl's boyfriend had a problem saving money. wait....since when did i have two girlfriends in new york? word of advise for them....give up! he's never gonna change! just kidding jen....

after i ate, i headed over to rockefeller center to visit their observatory deck. they just reopened it and i wanted to see the view, since i've already been to the empire state building. man...im so glad im here by myself. the view is so crappy, im glad i had no one to share it with.

seriously, its really nice up there. you get the view of the entire city and you can see all of central park....




















im thinking it looks better in the daytime.

on my way down the elevator, i thought to myself....hmmm, what would brian boitano do? it came to me...he would want me to be gay and go ice skating by myself (yeah....i used this joke already).















didnt feel gay at all skating by myself. its okay....i got to skate for 45 minutes. it was good excercise and i got to see a lot of people eat it. so good (lonely) times!

now for the best part of the evening. i was saving this part for last. for the past three weeks, brad and i have been looking everywhere for this f-ing toy....




















but guess who found it......















its the last toy i needed to finish my collection and now i have it! im so happy right now....

this trip is definitely going better than expected.

damn it! its 3:46? crap, i need to get up by 8 for my trip to liberty island. i have a lot planned for tomorrow, so come back, okay?

good night everyone! time for me and soundwave to go to bed.....