4:37:42PM Thursday, March 28, 2002
Laziness is a very bad thing... and it's kept me from posting on here lately. Apparently Shawn's given up on posting on this... moved on to his blog or something? Anyone want to take his place posting? I'm sick of seeing un-updated posts down there.
Anyway... sweet field trip today - went into the city with AP Spanish for a spanish show. First, was the bus ride. Don't ask me why - but Senora Graziano got a bus for 49, for 14 of us... we each had like 5 rows to ourselves if we wanted it. Also - it was a nice, nice bus - with TV's, bathroom, etc. I don't know why we didn't just take a school bus that wouldn't have cost 30 bucks each, or maybe just taken the train? Regardless, we took this bus. So I, in all of my genius (and glory), brought along the infamous "Spanish Video", which I proceeded to show to everyone. Then, again in my genius, I took out the Survivor Season 2 Finale, which we also watched. I am a god - no?
So we get to the city, go to the restaurant she decided we'd go to, which just happens to be french - even though we're a spanish class. We all order, it's a really weird place, the owner/chef has a gigantic (when I say gigantic, I mean gigantic) white mustache, a head of white hair, then a random blonde pony tail sticking out of the back of his head. Very strange. I order a croiscant (spelled wrong) (Sorry God - We're going to pretend I didn't break Passover) and scrambled eggs with cheese. When I ordered the eggs, the big white mustache guy said "thats the same as an ommelete"... I told him it wasn't, he insisted it was, I said fine. So the food comes a little while later, and the guy bringing it (not crazy mustache guy) says "Scrambled eggs." I say "right here" assuming that it's what I ordered. Apparently, it's not. We find this out about 10 minutes later when they have an extra cheese ommelete and not enough scrambled eggs. I explain the situation, or attempt to at least, then get stuck with the cheese ommelete - which turns out to taste better than the scrambled eggs anyway. Hats off to Dan Brown who took the already started scrambled eggs.
So anyway, we eat, etc. then start to collect money to pay. Oh, I almost forgot. I was laughing at something and decided to drink some water. Never laugh and drink at the same time - the water ends up everywhere. Enough said. So we start collecting money, approximating who owes what, etc. Senora says that she'll put it on her credit card and we'll just give her the money, that's fine, blah blah blah. So we're all collected, we have about $95, then we see what she had just payed: $155. Don't ask me how it was that much... you got me.
Oh, and in the process I had almost thrown Candra over the railing and down the steps - good stuff.
So we walk to the theater, everyone hesitates about going in, etc. We find out you can get headphones that translate the play into english, Senora won't let us, I work out a little deal with the guy where he'll bring a pair into me in the middle - he never did, I didn't really need them. I didn't understand much of the play, but the little synopsis on the back pretty much told me what happened, so I could follow it without really understanding.
There was a group of old spanish people two rows behind us and during the second act one of them started cackling and talking and making weird noises. Alex Kellner and I started cracking up and couldn't stop for like 20 minutes... literally. I was crying for most of the time - crying from laughing too hard. The bad thing about that was that we were laughing during one of the sad parts of the show... whoops. Neither of us could stop - it was great.
So the show ended, we went to some deli and got some snacks (Once again God - I'm convinced that those Bravos weren't leavened - agreed? Agreed!) And Erica broke Passover without really realizing it. Baked Lays aren't kosher for passover... sucks. So we got back on the bus, spent the bus ride home watching Tina beat out Colby in the Survivor 2 Finale. Great show - I need to start watching it again.
And when I'm 21 I'm 100% trying out for it - and winning... obviously.
So that was my day... the trip overall was a lot of fun, I'm glad I went. And a second seder tonight.... yes!
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