this my friends….is very, very scary.

so much to say, where to begin?

the reason why i stalled is because i felt like i missed the perfect opportunity for the punch line; it’s all about timing you know. like a good joke. but sure, i’ve been busy, i’ve done things worthy of being ‘blogged’. but again, i feel like those items have passed their time to get proper recognition.

a few weeks ago I drove to rochester, new york. that’s upstate and about a 10 hour drive from chicago. of course i was visiting veronica. from rochester, we drove up to lake placid in the adirondacks to camp out for a bit. it was stunning. we had a very secluded camp site with a lean-to and a running river all to ourselves. it was a dream camp site if you ask me. we grilled, we slept, we did everything out in this forest. we focused on our three meals a day because that took up so much time and effort. we had to start the fire, cook the food, eat and then clean the dishes. one day instead of taking our food back up to the car, we left it out and came back to see that some little critter(s) had investigated the cookies, apples and marshmellows. bastards. another morning i felt as if i had seen a pretty good sized bear print on our lean to and then again in the ground. Veronica, however, still to this day will try to convince you that it was her sandle that made that print. hmmmm…

from lake placid we drove to boston. a city which doesn’t live up to it’s name. BOSton. the city of Boston is useless…if you have no idea where you’re going or what to do. there are no street signs, there is no structure to their city layout, it just sucks trying to get around. there are some nice attractions to visit and if you do know what you’re doing or you’re with people who have something to do, it’s a good time. otherwise, you can live without it. in fact if you find yourself in boston and just don’t know what to do or how to get somewhere, just find one of those buses that takes you to new york city for like $15 and trust me, the 3 hour drive will be totally worth it. i don’t have much else to say about boston, except that it’s worthless if you dont know what you’re doing and it’s a huge college town…let me go on about that for one a little bit more. everywhere you turn there seems to be another university or college that takes up space and sounds like it is the best out there. and for a second you feel a little bit in awe because you’re near harvard or berklee but then you look around closer and you see that there isn’t anything much more special about these campuses or students and then you look even closer at the situation and realize, “shit, everyone here is wearing a fucking boston red sox shirt/hat.” and then my friend you realize that boston is like a wriglleyville to the extreme. (i’m sorry but thinking of an entire city being like the worst part of chicago makes me want to puke a little bit.) boston is very much a big college “city” where everyone wears red sox merchandise. sure it’s pride in your team that’s doing real well, but there was a scenario where i heard red sox fans talking about how great they were for having the oldest stadium in the league! are you fucking kidding me here!? please Boston, i walked by fenway, i’ve seen it on tv, i’m sure it doesn’t get much better and it wasn’t that impressive. to be quite honest it looked like it should be a warehouse from the outside and there wasn’t a chance in hell i was going to pay $350 to sit in the “green monster” or $100 for standing room only. I don’t give to shits about you having the oldest stadium in the majors. your stadium still looks like shit and the fans have become cunkees. yes a mix of cubs and yankee fans. you finally got a taste of winning so you’re real high brow and yet you still whine about your “historic” field. blah blah blah. i’m done with you. and to think i almost liked the red sox for a little.

i digress…from boston we went to a real city. a city for all other citys, with the exception of chicago, to admire and bow down to…NEW YORK CITY! such a pleasure to be in a city where driving makes sense and you can walk to or take public transport to any destination you want to. new york, i really, really like you. the vibe, the people, the food, the softball games in central park on a monday afternoon, the wonderful hotel room, were all such a pleasure. i was in new york city for a day, but could write about it for a week. there is and was so much going on that your mind was constantly working. and that may sound exhausting, but then you have this magical wonder of central park. a jungle within a jungle and you’re able to escape for it all. veronica and i enjoyed a double header softball game and found ourselves laughing, cheering and enjoying this onslaught of characters, typical new yorkers, i mean stereotypical new yorkers!, playing softball and it might have been the greatest hour and a half of my life. i don’t think i’ve seen anything more real or honest than this team playing softball in central park new york city on a monday afternoon. this image that i had always envisioned in my head, that i have seen in tv and movies was a reality right before my eyes. one day i’ll post video of it. and then you’ll get to see.

so anyway, the punchline was really missed with my last few weeks and i’ve fallen a bit behind. but i do hope you enjoyed this. i’ll do my best to keep you up to date. so long for now.

-Bos