Ru's Travelogue '07!
Aug. 3rd, 2007 12:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ruHoly crap a lot has been happening. I want to talk about it all, but it's starting to get late, and there's a ton ton *ton* to discuss. So I think I'll just do some bullets of the highlights thus far.
--I know we came during Florida's rainy season, but this is ridiculous. More than once I've had to consider the possibility of building an ark and gathering two of everything, because it's been MONSOONING. It normally isn't like this. Apparently the standard is for the heavens to open for about 20 minutes, then it stops. Oh no. Twice this week it has rained NONSTOP for most of the day. Kinda put a damper on things.
--Sandhill cranes! Tampa Bay! FRIGGIN' ORANGE GROVES OMG! You have no idea how tickled I was to see orange groves. I went and took a couple pictures of one (growing on the grounds of the college my grandmother went to, no doubt). They probably aren't that great, since they were taken on one of the rainy days, but hey. I saw real oranges actually being grown and everything!
--Oriental Market! We went to an Oriental market to get some things so my uncle can make tonkatsu tomorrow. It was huge and oh so very cool. I was having a blast running about and looking at everything and going WHOA. Apparently people eat jellyfish! I also got me a really nice all-in-one infuser/top/cup with a blue dragon on it. I think I shall call it my Seiryuu cup. <3 We'll be going back tomorrow to get some last minute things for tempura as well.
--International Plaza! LUSH STORE! <3 <3 <3 I went on a bit of a binge, smelling just about everything in the store and buying a fair chunk of bathy goodness. It was quite nice to actually go and smell things before buying them. There were things there that I thought sounded really neat, but went and smelled them and went, "Hm. Not for me.". But that's okay, because I got me some scented goodness. We also poked into a store that had, I kid you not, penis pasta. That kinda threw me for a loop. There was also the requisite accompanying breast pasta. Though I wonder, would it really be any good? It's probably more for the novelty than anything. Though it'd be nice if it tasted good.
--Dade City! Sadly, there was no fanfare from the Who as we drove into town. Bummer. Lots of antique stores, though.
--Knitting Store! My aunt took me to a knitting store, where, again, I binged. ^_^; I got some super cool yarns that I normally wouldn't buy, just to play with. I got some lovely jewel toned ribbon, and some silk yarn, and some spiffy cotton/spandex yarn I think I'm gonna use to try and make socks, and bamboo yarn! Yes, bamboo yarn! I was surprised too. And it's quite pretty, in all these water toney colors. Mmm.
--Dali Museum! This was actually today's activity. Some of it just weirded me out, but a lot of it was really, really cool. I like Dali's painting style. It's very crisp, despite being surreal. There were some paintings there that I really liked, like one that was a sort of chaos/order still life. And lots of DNA stuff. I got a kick out of that. ^_^ I got some postcards of some of the paintings I was more intrigued by. And a picture of the lobster telephone. Because everyone loves the lobster telephone.
And those are the big things I can think of at the moment. There are lots of little things, like making dinner for the family, and playing with everyone on the Wii, and, you know, doing family-type things.
Also. In case I don't get the chance to mention it later, we'll be heading off to Disney on Saturday, so my online-ness will probably be even more infrequent. If nothing else, I'll be seeing you all when I get back north! I'm really looking forward to this. Aside from the general "Whee! Disney!", it'll be interesting to be in Disney on my birthday. Somehow, stuff keeps getting inadvertently scheduled on my birthday. For instance, my cousin's wedding was the same day as my 21st birthday. That was interesting.
Anyway! Onward!
--I know we came during Florida's rainy season, but this is ridiculous. More than once I've had to consider the possibility of building an ark and gathering two of everything, because it's been MONSOONING. It normally isn't like this. Apparently the standard is for the heavens to open for about 20 minutes, then it stops. Oh no. Twice this week it has rained NONSTOP for most of the day. Kinda put a damper on things.
--Sandhill cranes! Tampa Bay! FRIGGIN' ORANGE GROVES OMG! You have no idea how tickled I was to see orange groves. I went and took a couple pictures of one (growing on the grounds of the college my grandmother went to, no doubt). They probably aren't that great, since they were taken on one of the rainy days, but hey. I saw real oranges actually being grown and everything!
--Oriental Market! We went to an Oriental market to get some things so my uncle can make tonkatsu tomorrow. It was huge and oh so very cool. I was having a blast running about and looking at everything and going WHOA. Apparently people eat jellyfish! I also got me a really nice all-in-one infuser/top/cup with a blue dragon on it. I think I shall call it my Seiryuu cup. <3 We'll be going back tomorrow to get some last minute things for tempura as well.
--International Plaza! LUSH STORE! <3 <3 <3 I went on a bit of a binge, smelling just about everything in the store and buying a fair chunk of bathy goodness. It was quite nice to actually go and smell things before buying them. There were things there that I thought sounded really neat, but went and smelled them and went, "Hm. Not for me.". But that's okay, because I got me some scented goodness. We also poked into a store that had, I kid you not, penis pasta. That kinda threw me for a loop. There was also the requisite accompanying breast pasta. Though I wonder, would it really be any good? It's probably more for the novelty than anything. Though it'd be nice if it tasted good.
--Dade City! Sadly, there was no fanfare from the Who as we drove into town. Bummer. Lots of antique stores, though.
--Knitting Store! My aunt took me to a knitting store, where, again, I binged. ^_^; I got some super cool yarns that I normally wouldn't buy, just to play with. I got some lovely jewel toned ribbon, and some silk yarn, and some spiffy cotton/spandex yarn I think I'm gonna use to try and make socks, and bamboo yarn! Yes, bamboo yarn! I was surprised too. And it's quite pretty, in all these water toney colors. Mmm.
--Dali Museum! This was actually today's activity. Some of it just weirded me out, but a lot of it was really, really cool. I like Dali's painting style. It's very crisp, despite being surreal. There were some paintings there that I really liked, like one that was a sort of chaos/order still life. And lots of DNA stuff. I got a kick out of that. ^_^ I got some postcards of some of the paintings I was more intrigued by. And a picture of the lobster telephone. Because everyone loves the lobster telephone.
And those are the big things I can think of at the moment. There are lots of little things, like making dinner for the family, and playing with everyone on the Wii, and, you know, doing family-type things.
Also. In case I don't get the chance to mention it later, we'll be heading off to Disney on Saturday, so my online-ness will probably be even more infrequent. If nothing else, I'll be seeing you all when I get back north! I'm really looking forward to this. Aside from the general "Whee! Disney!", it'll be interesting to be in Disney on my birthday. Somehow, stuff keeps getting inadvertently scheduled on my birthday. For instance, my cousin's wedding was the same day as my 21st birthday. That was interesting.
Anyway! Onward!