East Coast Here I Come!

After many heated debates (between myself and myself) I have made my decision! In about a week I'm going to get on an airplane and fly my little self all the way to Wilton, Connecticut. My wonderful friend Steph lives there and is willing to let me stay with her for a week. We are going to have a great time! I am trying not to plan it out too much, I think I just need a roll with the punches, fly by the seat of your pants kind of vacation. We are planning to ride the train into the city (yay, New York) a couple of times which I think will be great. I've never been to Connecticut and I have only been to New York once about 9 years ago when I was 16 (Wow, time flies doesn't it?!) Any great suggestions on things I shouldn't miss seeing or doing while I'm there?

Lets Just Say...

Lets just say that you (and by you I mean whomever is reading this at the moment) are a single 25 year old female. And lets say that you desperately need a vacation or trip. Where would you go and what would you do if you were a woman travelling alone? Lets also just say that you need to go on this trip SOON, like within weeks hopefully. Come on folks, I need your ideas. Lets hear them...

Silent Rave

I heard on the radio yesterday as I was driving home from work something that sort of baffled me. Apparently the new, hip thing to do (this is one of those times I feel older than I think I should feel) is to have silent raves. NPR was telling their little story on my drive home about a bunch of teenager/college age kids getting together in Union Square in NYC, putting on their headphones and turning their iPods on at the same time then dancing around to their own music. I guess there were around 7,000 people dancing around and having a grand old time, each to the beat of whatever drum was playing on their personal musical device. I didn't really get it, they said they were socializing but they couldn't have been talking to each other or mingling so much because they had their headphones on. It must have been a sight though, 7,000 people dancing around and acting crazy in apparent silence. Wow, I feel a little old and out of touch!

Bob Dylan

I found out on Friday that one of my all time favorite artists was coming on Sunday to play in Park City. And even though there were minor obstacles in the way, like that I had nobody to go with and the fact that the show was actually sold out, I HAD TO GO! So, Sunday afternoon I loaded the trusty Subaru, hoped in, and took off in hopes that I could somehow get into the concert. Finding a ticket was no problem but lets talk for a minute about the rain. IT RAINED A LOT. I just heard on the news that it rained more yesterday than it did in the months of June, July, and the rest of August (all but yesterday) combined. Did I mention that this was an outdoor concert? WE GOT SOAKED! I can't remember the last time I've seen it rain so hard or so much!! It was totally worth it though. He played some great songs and I had a great time even if I was very cold and very wet

Bob Dylan

Park City, Utah

Deer Valley Resort
August 31, 2008

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob on keyboard)
2. When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on keyboard)
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again(Bob on keyboard)
4. Not Dark Yet (Bob on keyboard)
5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob on keyboard)
6. Million Miles (Bob on keyboard)
7. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard)
8. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard)
9. She Belongs To Me (Bob on keyboard)
10. Honest With Me (Bob on keyboard)
11. Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on keyboard)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard)
13. Queen Jane Approximately (Bob on keyboard)
14. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard)
(encore)
15. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on keyboard)

It doesn't mention it on this set list that I found on the Internet, but he also played the harmonica on a few songs which was awesome. What a great time!

A Great Find

I have found a great book! I'm pretty sure (since I found it in the childrens section of the book store) that it might be directed towards people that are a little younger than I, but it was too much fun to refuse so I bought it anyway. It's a journal and the name of the journal is "Wreck This Journal" by Keri Smith.

These are her words:

I have only just begun but so far I am having loads of fun. Basically each page has some sort of instruction on it, such as:

Rub Here With Dirt

or

Collect Fruit Stickers Here (stickers you find on bought fruit)

or

Ask A Friend To Do Something Destructive To This Page. Don't Look.

or

Glue In A Photo Of Yourself That You Dislike. Deface.

one of my favorites is

Tongue Painting 1. eat some colorful candy. 2. lick this page

I had some of the people I work with help me with the fingerprint page...

I think I'm really going to enjoy this book!!

Yeah, We Did That

August 13, 2008
Ogden, Utah

Brandon, Michelle and Jodi hanging out and waiting for it all to begin

Before we could jump we had to sign our lives away...

Time to suit Up!

Here is the plane

And the ride to approximately 13,000 feet

And this is Jodi jumping out of the plane at about 13,000 feet

There I am!!

We made it!

IT WAS AMAZING!!!

Brandon put some photos and a video on his blog as well, check them out here:

http://ishouldtoo.blogspot.com/2008/08/inexplicable-bliss.html

Some Things To Avoid Doing On The 13th

(If your superstitious that is, which I am by the way)

• walk under a ladder


• let a black cat cross your path


• jump out of an airplane


• step on a crack


• break a mirror


• play in traffic


• open an umbrella indoors


• spill salt without immediately throwing some over your left shoulder

Those are all that I can think of off the top of my head. The point is: Its the 13th and while it isn't FRIDAY the 13th one should probably be careful just the same.

On another note, I'M GOING SKYDIVING TODAY AT 6:00 PM

whoo-hoo!!