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just got back from NEW YORK CITY today!
it is inexplicable, actually...
it was everything i dreamt i would be and 21 times more
it was immaculate! and immense, mind-blowing, astounding, i cannot sum it up!!!!! i loved it and visiting there only made me want to live there even more! the trip was exhilarating!!!
so, back to Arizona,,, the grand canyon was massive, beautiful and i highly advise you go there! Las Vegas, (not NYC, to me, but....) it was pretentious! that is all there is to it. lights were everywhere! i have plenty of pictures
then i went to Petoskey 2 days after i got home from vegas, for a week...with the family and jimdad. the first time i saw him since last year.. .he is cooool
left friday, like i said (my birthday, woot woot) to Detroit for a TIGERS GAME!!!! and they won 7-4... cool. stayed there for a night and a half... then went to ann arbor to stay with Aunt Margret (without jimdad) and she showed me around the U OF M campus... that was intense and awesome. that is all there is to that. U of M rocked ass... lol... met up with dad, stayed another night at Auntie Margret's and jimdad took me home the next day... he is cool. gave him a hug goodbye, and i was home for a few days.
and on that 3 hour ride home , it was, mind you, just us two... and we talked the whole time, you guys, the whole damn time, you have no idea what that means to me.!!!! it wasnt awkward for a change, we got to know eachother more... you are probably like, who gives a fuck, i dont care, (but, your dad doesnt live in japan, does he? yeah) his wife didnt come though (she is the japanese one, not him, lol as much as my eyes squint)....
that was kickass....
spent time with mom on wednesday. for a change, and she took us out to lunch, and saw PIRATES OF THE CARABBEAN!!! a time and a half. the movie stopped in the middle of the film, and my mom was freakin out and being funny as hell about getting her money back, but they couldnt fix the movie, so we got free tickets for another time, and got to watch it again... the whole thing, we were half way into it, and the show started about 230, we went in about 250.. bummer, man.... but it was a good one.. .yeah
then we met up again on thursday...and that whole night we talked again, he is a cool guy... and then the next day we left for NYC!!!!!!!!!
it took about 13 hours to get there. had to ride a train to get in the city. had to ride a subway everywhere you went...oh, man it was awesome! we didnt go IN the empire state building, but we were damn close it from our hotel room, we didnt go IN the statue of liberty, but we saw it. went to ground zero (aka where the world trade center was...) excruciating... dont want to talk about that part, lol... we DIDNT see any plays, we DIDNT go to any Museums... damn, B... what did we do? we went shopping, YES< SHOPPING IN NEW YORK CITY!!! went to SOHO, that was kickass. Went and saw The Dakota,... unbearable... where John Lennon was shot. that was pretty damn serious, man. as much as i love that man, i went to the place where he was shot.. just take a minute, lol...
spent a couple 200$ dinners, lol, hooked up with a cousin (not hooked up, c'mon) and speaking of that though, i know you dont care, and i bet nobody is even reading this, but, still:
in H & M, i was behind a gorgeous italian... he turned around, we made eye contact, and i smiled, (a way of saying, hi, hello, DAMN YOU ARE CUTE) and he smiled back, i know that doesnt mean anything, but he kept doing it, and yeah, it was at me, i am sure of it...and we talked, and i wont go any further than that, but he was italian, him and his friend were speaking it, i was in shock... ANYWAY....
later, after we hooked up with our cousin again, and had dinner, we decided to go to a bar...
dad said ' Take off your hat, galsses and pony tail... good, good, now dont smile, you look like you were born in 1984..'... lol. but read on... (he doesnt get in trouble, no need to)
went into a bar where only 21 year olds can get into... later to find out that you could be 16 and with a parent... but that doesnt make up for the fact that i was hit on, (but by people that dont even count) and offered beer, BY THE DAMN BARTENDER... yeah... no thanks... but, i would love to... a 45 year old guy (who actually looked like THe 40 Year old Virgin, not a nasty NASTY one, but, werid, b/c he thought i was in college, and even if i was, that doesnt make up for the fact that he was 10 years older than my dad) anyway, he asked if i wanted to take a shot, and he asked if i wanted to play a beer game... lol. no thanks though.
then i will not even go into the other dude, but, it was bad... seeeeck
and then there was another guy who was totally cool, and glad there was eye contact (no, he wasnt italian, damnit)... but, it is not like i am bragging here, ok? i will never see them again, i didnt make out with anyone ,and it is not like anything happened, i am just explaining that night
so, it was cool. headed home Tuesday, and got home at 4 this morning and made it to my damn ortho oppointment, the whole damn reason why we had to come back soo damn soon, damnit,
oh, by the way, more news, about jimdad
this is the most we have EVER hung out, not kidding, even more than when i was a kid, b/c when i was a kid, he was in Washington... so, this is the most, and the most i can even remember, so it counts, my friends, it counts,
when he was a little tipsy, we got on the subject of father, dad, daddy and jimdad... i told him he was lucky i dont call him daddy anymore, and he said thank you. then i asked him what he did want to be called... he said 'this is a tough question, and there is a long answer, have you thought about this question a lot? '
'yeah'
'all the time?'
'naa... so what do you like, jimdad, dad, jim, father?'
he didnt know, he was thinking
'if you want me to call you jim, or do you like jimdad'
nods his head in disagreement, ok, he doesnt like the name i gave him
'what do you want to call me?'
'i am not concerned with what i want to call you, i am concerned with what YOU want me to call you, what are you more comfortable with?'
'dad'
oh, i was soooooooo relieved to hear that. SOOOO... i was always afraid he would say jim...and he said dad, it meant a lot, actually....
'are yuo sure, that is cool with me, but i would rather call you dad that b/c jim is your name, and your my dad, and that is a little weird, so, dad is cool with you then, yeah...?'
yeah, but howabout Mr. Dad... just keeeedin'
well how about fadda, father or Padre then?
lol, so we settled on dad, that makes me feel nice,lol
on the way there, and back we listened to sooo much Zeppelin, it was awesome!
 .. beautiful man, but let's not talk about now-a-days, eh?
but, we got to know eachother a hell of a lot more! so that was sweet..
he is funny too. he has a sense of humor, so i can be myself around him, b/c i have one too, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes immature, sometimes bitchy or (in his case he can be a dick, but funny) or just messin' around and he gets it. b/c he have hung out enough... he knows when to laugh and stuff. it is way awesome to get to know him, and he called me. he called me today to 'touch base' and see how i was doing, how the ortho was, and if i got enough sleep, and he will call me when there is a plan.. HE WANTS TO HANG OUT!!!!!!!! he is putting an effort to see me! it is so cool.
me talking about how cool he is and how fun he is, i think my mom misses him. as much as they HATE EACHOTHER... i think she might take into consideration that he was cool, and she missed out on a lifetime
BUT as much as she loves rob, as much as he hurt her feelings (Dad) when it came to her being a democrat (he is a hardcore republican) and her being Lutheran and him a Catholic.... he told her she was beautiful, and how pretty she was and he purposed to her, enough to love her, eh? he is not a warm person, AT ALL, so if he says that kinda thing to you, he means it... for the love of God, here I AM>. they had to have feelings for eachother, eh? dont wanna think about it, all i am saying is my mom was on a roll when i was; about him... she admits to thinking he is cool and funny and extremely intelligent .. lol
cant wait to hang out with him again. he was the shiz
 jimdad and me..!! the exact second i turned 15!! 12:16.. way cool...
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