Shitteritastic day evar
Jul. 30th, 2006 12:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kjpepperWelcome to Boston, where the new tunnels system should have signs posted warning motorists of falling rock, it takes fifteen wrong turns before you get to your hotel, and when you get into the hotel itself, it follows dream logic. No I'm serious, if you're like me and have dreams about hotels every so often you'll immediately recognize the place where room 201 is between rooms 237 and 238. You've dreamed it. it's crazy.
Anyway, we got here, after doing battle with laundry, unfinished renders and compositing, packing, emotional overwraughtness right and left, putting a deposit down on our weddingthingie space, and trying to get through Boston without killing anybody due to the fact that while our hotel may be in plain sight from the highway, getting to said place took 45 minutes of navigational blundering due to bad signage and inconveniently placed road islands. And then there's the weird dream logic hotel, where the hallways are ovens cause all the air conditioners vent into them and the numbering system for the rooms is quite remarkably hosed.
I've decided that I can't stand the underground tunnel type things. While driving in Boston is legendarily nightmarish, I find I quite like being able to see things around me like people and trees and sky and stuff, unless I'm going through a mountain or under a body of water or on the subway, though I suppose I tacitly support the idea of making driving less fun so maybe more people could do the public transport thing or something. Seriously... the tunnels just made me extremely claustrophobic, which is funny cause it's a five lane underground highway. Plus there's that little thing where part of one somewhere collapsed and killed someone a couple of weeks ago doesn't help with the whole making me comfy with it idea. On the other end one of the wrong turns we made got us lost in the North End, which was extremely pretty while we were trying to find our way back... I saw a couple of buildings that I totally want to photograph... there was this office building with Gigantic. Pointy. Ostentatious. Chandeliers. That I of course thought were the coolest thing evar in their "Ph33r me, we are GOTHIC" sort of way. And a store of some sort that had large models of ships in the windows. Might have to go back and check that out later.
So since C and I might have opportunities to get away from the Revenge of the CGI Nerds convention, does anyone have any special things or places we can go that only cost the price of T fare? We are teh poor. :)
Speaking of which. In the words of Stephen Colbert, "Hollywood, you are on notice." I read in this week's EW that they now have to gall to be remaking Revenge of the Nerds. I am apopletic. I mean, what next? Back to the Future? Grrr.
Anyway, today has been shitty and I just had to help haul lots of heavy compy equipment upstairs in the yecch that is the soupy weather, so I'm going to put an end to the misery by going the hell to bed.
Anyway, we got here, after doing battle with laundry, unfinished renders and compositing, packing, emotional overwraughtness right and left, putting a deposit down on our weddingthingie space, and trying to get through Boston without killing anybody due to the fact that while our hotel may be in plain sight from the highway, getting to said place took 45 minutes of navigational blundering due to bad signage and inconveniently placed road islands. And then there's the weird dream logic hotel, where the hallways are ovens cause all the air conditioners vent into them and the numbering system for the rooms is quite remarkably hosed.
I've decided that I can't stand the underground tunnel type things. While driving in Boston is legendarily nightmarish, I find I quite like being able to see things around me like people and trees and sky and stuff, unless I'm going through a mountain or under a body of water or on the subway, though I suppose I tacitly support the idea of making driving less fun so maybe more people could do the public transport thing or something. Seriously... the tunnels just made me extremely claustrophobic, which is funny cause it's a five lane underground highway. Plus there's that little thing where part of one somewhere collapsed and killed someone a couple of weeks ago doesn't help with the whole making me comfy with it idea. On the other end one of the wrong turns we made got us lost in the North End, which was extremely pretty while we were trying to find our way back... I saw a couple of buildings that I totally want to photograph... there was this office building with Gigantic. Pointy. Ostentatious. Chandeliers. That I of course thought were the coolest thing evar in their "Ph33r me, we are GOTHIC" sort of way. And a store of some sort that had large models of ships in the windows. Might have to go back and check that out later.
So since C and I might have opportunities to get away from the Revenge of the CGI Nerds convention, does anyone have any special things or places we can go that only cost the price of T fare? We are teh poor. :)
Speaking of which. In the words of Stephen Colbert, "Hollywood, you are on notice." I read in this week's EW that they now have to gall to be remaking Revenge of the Nerds. I am apopletic. I mean, what next? Back to the Future? Grrr.
Anyway, today has been shitty and I just had to help haul lots of heavy compy equipment upstairs in the yecch that is the soupy weather, so I'm going to put an end to the misery by going the hell to bed.
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fun things to do in boston
Date: 2006-07-30 02:39 pm (UTC)go to the gardens/commons. it's a really nice place to just sit and read, and the swan boats are only $2 a pop (if i remember correctly)
go usher at Blue Man Group. you have to call up before hand, and it's usually a friday/saturday thing, but if you hurry, they might have some shows on sunday that need a few extra people. all you need is black clothing (which, i know, if hard for you to come by) and to show up an hour early, seat people and you get a free show. it's pretty nice.
i always like wandering around Quincy market. it's more window-shopping than anything, which can quickly turn into actual shopping, but they have an amazing food court to die for. it's a good place to have lunch.
of course the best thing to do in boston is shop and eat out, but there are lots of places to just walk around. Harvard Square down in cambridge is fun to go at night, especially in the summer, because they usually have street performers all over the place.
hope that helps!