So a while back I read a blog by an affie of mine about whether or not guys and girls can be simply just friends. I personally believe so. I may know more girls than I do guys, but I’m closer to more guys than I am with girls. Sometimes us girls get annoying! The drama, ugh I can’t take it. Sometimes, I just want to hang with my guy friends, most of the time they can be more fun to be around!

The truth is, it’s all about your mindset. Just don’t think of them that way, and you won’t have any problems. And because I have this opinion it doesn’t mean that I’m lesbian or something. Yes, I have had someone say that to me, and it was very frustrating. I don’t get how you can judge someone’s orientation based on one opinion that person has.

On a more personal note:
Well, Warped Tour was EPIC! I had a blast, got to see a couple awesome bands live. I like The Devil Wears Prada a little better, but August Burns Red definitely had the best performance. They sounded great! I bought some merch while I was there, including a FF5 poster I had them sign when they were at their booth. So now I have that hanging in my room which is cool.

Things with my site are frustrating right now. Something is wrong so now it won’t update, and my host said I should find another. I have, but I’m not getting a response and it’s been almost a week now, so it is getting a bit frustrating. I need to get hosted quick because I need to update my site. I have content to upload, plus I’m thinking of just totally changing my site and what it does. I’m thinking of turning it more into a portfolio with resources. I would still keep layouts, textures, brushes, renders, stock photography, etc. available, but I would really go through my content and keep only what is of the highest quality. Some of the things I used to make were really horrible, and I shouldn’t kid myself. If something I make is crap, I shouldn’t put it up. So I’m going to stop making myself feel the need to update all the time. I’ll just update when I feel inspiration. Now because I haven’t had much lately, there won’t be tons of updates. They will just be when something is going on. If any affiliates decide to remove me, then that is fine. I can’t deal with pressure from people over something such as not updating my site. I deal with enough shit (sorry) in real life, that I just won’t deal with it online over stupid stuff.

I’m exhausted, I ended up staying up really late watching mindless movies that were only okay. Now I’m watching Analyze This now, it has Robert De Niro and some other dude (I forget his name :/), but it’s pretty funny. I might end up watching the sequel, Analyze That. Hopefully it will be good.

Does anyone know of any good movies on Netflix? I’m running out of movies here!!! I wish they would just make everything instant watch because of this stupid pricing change….GAH!

Well stupid me didn’t even talk about the new layout in the last blog. I know that the image from the layout is a guy, but he’s awesome! He’s a cartoon with a paintbrush and graphic design pen & tablet. I don’t know why I’m spazzing, but I’m sad because the other image from the Smith Micro products is of the girl…I couldn’t find it. I thought I saved it to my computer a long time ago, but apparently not because I can’t find it i my files.
It’s a simple layout, but it was a chance for me to practice with CSS3. Between the gradients and the effects to the navigation…the only images are the ones created for the navigation and the header and background…yeah that’s a lot, but I didn’t do much, I mainly just found the image of the character, pasted some text, and made a very simple texture background. This is the first I’ve made though, so I’m kind of proud of myself.

There was something else I wanted to write about, but I’m not sure. I’ll come back a little later and write that blog I promised when I was checking on Toxic Flame last.

I’m not going to write about the blog challenge for today, because I’m not sure what to write for it yet.

Ugh, I’m stupid, I left a glass in my bedroom last night, and it had Gatorade. I drank it all, but apparently what was left in the bottom was enough sugar to brink ants in my room…they are now ALL OVER my room. I think some are even crawling on me…they’ve been all over my computer, keyboard, and mouse. I’m so stupid!!!

Well, I finally have a new desk for my dad’s house, but it’s not the one I showed you. It’s a wood that matches what I have from Ikea, and it’s more ideal because it has a hutch so there is more space…which I needed. Plus there is space for when I get a monitor…I really want to get one for when I work on projects in Photoshop and such.

Well, I think I’m doing better emotionally, but I’m not really sure.I’m nervous my friend Nicole will see those things I had wrote on here…see she found out about my site, and said she’ll sometimes check up on it. Well the site links to here, so it’s just a matter of time before she starts reading this. She’s been mentioning she might start a blog soon….maybe she’ll let me make a layout for her!

Well, I’m tired and just feel like watching something, so I’m gonna go search Netflix instant watch for something. I’m so pissed at them for the price increase!!! And the separation of instant plays with DVD, it’d only be fair if they would make everything instant watch otherwise those people won’t have as large a selection, but still paying the same price!!!! I hate corporate businesses.

Day 13: When you are stressed, what can you use as an outlet? Why do you think it helps you?
Listening to music really helps me. Also, drumming. It’s ideal for me. I once wrote for a report: “It’s a chance for me to bang around and get out all the stress and anger without being judged by society as a violent person.”
My English teacher really liked that, she said it makes a lot of sense. It was the first time a teacher made me feel proud about what I wrote. I was kind of proud of myself when she said that. I thank her for that, she was a good teacher and that comment will stick with me for a long time….wow I got off topic.

I’m exhausted, I ended up staying up really late watching mindless movies that were only okay. Now I’m watching Analyze This now, it has Robert De Niro and some other dude (I forget his name :/), but it’s pretty funny. I might end up watching the sequel, Analyze That. Hopefully it will be good.

Does anyone know of any good movies on Netflix? I’m running out of movies here!!! I wish they would just make everything instant watch because of this stupid pricing change….GAH!

Well stupid me didn’t even talk about the new layout in the last blog. I know that the image from the layout is a guy, but he’s awesome! He’s a cartoon with a paintbrush and graphic design pen & tablet. I don’t know why I’m spazzing, but I’m sad because the other image from the Smith Micro products is of the girl…I couldn’t find it. I thought I saved it to my computer a long time ago, but apparently not because I can’t find it i my files.
It’s a simple layout, but it was a chance for me to practice with CSS3. Between the gradients and the effects to the navigation…the only images are the ones created for the navigation and the header and background…yeah that’s a lot, but I didn’t do much, I mainly just found the image of the character, pasted some text, and made a very simple texture background. This is the first I’ve made though, so I’m kind of proud of myself.

There was something else I wanted to write about, but I’m not sure. I’ll come back a little later and write that blog I promised when I was checking on Toxic Flame last.

I’m not going to write about the blog challenge for today, because I’m not sure what to write for it yet.

I hate that I haven’t had internet since my last blog. Not only have I been unable to blog, but there have been some things I’ve needed to do for my mother but can’t without internet, so she’s spazzing on me! I’ll have internet tomorrow I think. I fly home tomorrow, and will have an hour and half layover. I’ll try to blog, but I might just want to read or something. There are a couple of books my parents really want me to read, despite me not wanting too. I read a little on this trip, but it was my book, Assassins. It’s actually a good book and probably isn’t what you are thinking. Have you heard of the Left Behind series? Well check it out. The books are really good and well written. I wasn’t able to read much though because I was feeling a little sick when I read.

Monday around 6:00 pm we arrived at Cape Cod, where we have been heading the whole time. Today I’m packing and getting ready for my flight tomorrow while my dad cleans the boat and deals with some people that need to fix a few things on the boat. Last night we were somewhere in Conneticut, and the night before we were in a marina in New Jersey that had a view of New York! I was able to get some awesome pictures, and at night I took some cool shots of the buildings that gave me neat light textures that can be found in a new texture pack on Toxic Flame. We passed by The Statue of Liberty and I was able to get some pictures of it. I’ve been to New York once, but I didn’t see the statue and nothing compares to seeing the city from the water. I never expected to be staying on a boat that is docked at a marina with a view of NYC…oh, and there was a party boat playing heavy metal music…drunks are funny.

Okay, now prepare for a lot of links to images, because I want to show you some pictures, but they will take up too much space if I add them to the bottom of the blog. Tomorrow or something I will show you pics from other places I visited earlier on the trip that I already told you about. So I’ll start with Annapolis. The architecture there is very different from where I live, so I loved it. This, this, and this, are shots of downtown Annapolis. There is a church there with a huge steeple too. There was a lot of property there for the church too. When me and my dad were walking around, we saw this really cool version of a kayak I think. It has a sail too! I also saw some kids learning to sail (they looked about 4 years old)…how cute! Plus I saw a really cute sailboat I liked…I loved what was on the back. That night we ate dinner at Boatyard Bar & Grill. It was good me and my dad split our two meals so we each had a crabcake and soft shell crab. It was really good….AGH now I’m craving it. I tried getting shots of the naval academy, but I couldn’t use my filter because it needed to be cleaned, so the pictures didn’t come out.

We didn’t go anywhere when we where in the marina in New Jersey, but it was okay because I was able to get some night shots of New York. This was our view from the boat! As we were getting to the marina I got some shots of Manhattan (1, 2) and of The Statue of Liberty. We saw this really cool boat too. I liked it and felt the need for a picture. When we left in the late morning we passed by the statue once again, but this time we saw a Staue Cruises boat go by. It was packed full. We made our way down the river and I was able to get some really nice shots.

Well, that’s all for today. It was a long blog. I’ll try to update about other places I saw either tomorrow or the next day.

Well, the owners came on today. They are nice, and so is their grandson. We’re in Cape May today, we got here around 7:30 P.M. and grilled hamburgers as soon as we got here. ^.^

I’ll blog more tomorrow, in a shitty and depressed mood….lots of shit going on right now, I can’t take it!

Well, we are now in Annapolis, Maryland. We got here last night, and we’ll stay until about noon tomorrow. It all depends on when the owner of the yacht gets here. Yeah, they’re getting here tomorrow. It’s possible when we get to Cape Cod that my dad will stay for another week and a half, and I might stay a few more days than planned myself (the owner said I was welcome to). They have a house there, so it would be just me and my dad on the boat at night (Yes! Finally my own room!). I’m not sure yet though. I’m enjoying being on vacation (especially on a boat), but I really miss my boyfriend and I’m also going to New Orleans to see family in early July, so there won’t be much time to see him.

Today we walked around a lot, went downtown, then back and across the bridge to see some of the houses and stuff. I took a fair amount of photos, but I’m gonna wait to show you, mainly because they aren’t even uploaded onto my computer. I know I said I’d share photos…and I will, but I want to edit them first. Some of them need it because I couldn’t use my filter, something weird got on it, so I need to clean it. :/

I don’t want to say everything isn’t fine, but I’m not sure if they are fine. Some things with friends are driving me insane, and now my boyfriend is being dragged in. It’s so stressful! I can’t get my mind calm for even just one minute. I feel like my head is going to explode! I’m getting pushed overboard…and I can’t take it much longer.

Day 12: Where do you see your best friend in 10 years?
Huh, interesting question. Well, my best friend would be Lexi. I see her living somewhere on the east coast, and running her own little shop. I’m not sure why, but I do. I’m not sure what else, I know we’ll still be close though, I have this gut feeling, and it’s more than usual (does that even make sense? lolz).

Well, last night and today we’ve been in Beaufort, North Carolina. It’s such a cute little town, I love it! Just makes you want to smile. We had to stay here all today and tonight because of the engine trouble, but everything is fixed so we’ll leave at 7:30 am tomorrow.

Originally on Thursday when the Mate left and the owners get on the boat my dad would move to the third room so I would have my own room (right now we share the room with bunk beds), but now it turns out that the owners are bringing their grandson. So now I have to share the room with my dad the whole time. This kind of sucks, but I can’t do anything about it and I’m just grateful that I get to even stay.

There was more I wanted to mention, but my brain is too cluttered to sort out what, so I’ll just blog tomorrow.

Day 11: If you could trade places with anyone for one week, who would it be and why?
I don’t think I would trade places with anyone. I don’t know who I would trade with…

Ok, so first of all, I am writing this at 3:26, I just am without wifi to post on internet until a few hours later.
Well, I’m kind of going crazy without Photoshop. I want to edit my photos I had taken yesterday, and I would like to work on creating some PNG resources for Toxic Flame. I used to have a free version of Sketchbook Pro (there was a freebie week or something), but I can’t find it on my computer. I might download Gimp until I get my Adobe applications working, but first I need internet to actually download the program. Whatever I choose, I’ll let you know, just for the heck of it.

There were some problems with the engines earlier, so we won’t get to the next marina until about 9:30PM now. Originally it would have been around 6:00, but we had to slow down. We’re ok though and we’ll make it, we just have to get a part before we can continue, but it shouldn’t affect the schedule too much.

As you can see, I’ve made a couple changes to this layout. I felt the navigation needed to be smaller, and I like the side image better when flipped in the current direction.
When I change the layout on Toxic Flame, I’ll put the current Toxic Flame layout on here because I think it makes a good blog layout, and this layout will be available for download. I like it, but I don’t know if it fits me very much. All this pink is getting to me, lolz. However it is working out well because I can tweak this layout for when I give it to you for download. I’m going to go back and edit all my layouts. Some I will merely verify all the coding, others I will create a Mibba version for, and others I might make a php version for those who can use php and understand it. It is simple to understand and convert, but just incase someone wishes to use it but does not how to set it up. Just make sure your hosting allows php! Services such as webs.com (the free version) don’t allow use of php.

Well, here’s the deal. I’m on a trip with my dad right now. He’s taking a boat up for someone to Cape Cod, and I get to go with him. The trip will last a total of 10 to 12 days. We are on day 2 right now. I was going to blog earlier, but we were out of range for cell service and there is no wifi unless we are at a marina for the night. Last night we weren’t at a marina though, we drove overnight. Tonight we’re in Charleston. It’s so cool, looks very similar to New Orleans. I’ll be sharing some photos with you as well. Today I took over 200 photos, but I forgot to bring it with me when we walked around town. Plus last night, when there was a little storm I was trying to get photos of lighting. That didn’t work, but it automatically gave me a slow shutter speed so I got some awesome photos that will make good light textures. Those will be added to Toxic Flame in the next day or so, but probably tomorrow.

Licensing for all my Adobe products has stopped working, and I can’t get this issue fixed until I’m back home, in almost 2 weeks. So, for that time being, don’t expect a lot of updates on Toxic Flame, other than some textures and stock photos. Possibly some PNGs as well, but I doubt it. When I get back home the issue will be fixed, and then I’ll start that 30 Day Graphic/Resource Challenge I mentioned on Toxic Flame earlier. I’ll still be lurking on the internet though, so feel free to email me or comment on any post. Bye, talk to you later!

Day 9: Did you have a good day or a bad day? Where do you think that defining line was?
Well, I had a good day. There was no “defining line” though, I don’t think so anyway. I was on a boat all day and got to see a new town. Finally got internet back, and I’m just enjoying this time away. I love boats, so this is an awesome experience for me. This is something I’ve needed. To get away and be happy, something I’m starting to forget.

Well, first of all, I am now the co-owner over at fiction abyss. It’s very exciting, and I look forward to my time as a site administrator.

I know there is stuff to blog about, but I’ve forgotten because I’m so tired, so lemme just do the challenge:

Day 8: Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Well, I’ve honestly got no clue (if I’m even still living then). Either in Seattle or New Orleans. Still playing drums, still a music obsessee, and still designing/coding websites & programming whether it’s my job or a hobby. Other than that, I’m not sure. Life can take me wherever the fuck it wants too.

I’m starting a plugging section for my blog, and to start it off, as you can see, it’s my ebay items for sale. I’m cleaning through my stuff, and I finally have my stuff put up on ebay. So check it out incase there’s anything you would be interested in. I also have more items going up soon. I’ll let you know when I do though.

Well today was eventful, I went to the local Ikea store, which wasn’t that close, but still. I bought a desk chair (mine has been broken for a few weeks now), a nightstand (i’ve needed one for a year now), and a trashcan (I really needed that too). I’m getting a new desk soon too, because for a few years I’ve been using my dad’s old desk. It’s warped, and just not the style I want. I found one at Office Max that has a nice bookcase that goes with it. (featured in blog icon for today) I’ll get the desk first, then eventually the bookcase because I probably will need it. Unless I can get away with the chest I still need to buy from Ikea in a few weeks. I’ve been waiting to do my room for a long time, and now we finally are. I’m not sure how to paint it yet, but I might do a giant mural. Yes, I will cheat by using a projector, but that’s because I might have a silhouette of a musician. I wish I would be allowed to do The Rev, but my parents would flip if they knew I liked him/A7X.

Day 7: Write about the first moment that comes to your head when you read the words “childhood memory”.
Well, I think of a time when I was running in my friend’s backyard with her. We were about 3 years old, before she moved. I remember us running around in our little dresses. ^.^

Day 6: Think of the last person you hugged. What would you do if they vanished completely?
Well, the last person I hugged was my boyfriend…If he vanished completely? Well I would be an emotional wreck thats for sure. I honestly can’t say what else I would do, but it would tear me apart…I really wish this wasn’t today’s challenge. The last thing I need right now is to think about something depressing such as this…

Well, I went bowling today with my boyfriend. It was nice, we had fun. However about halfway through our time together he was texting someone and started to zone out and became really quiet, but then he switched back to normal. I was happy to see him, and I probably won’t again for a few weeks because I’m going on a long boat trip. It will be fun though, a good chance to get away from life. However I will have my laptop with me because of an online class I’m taking over the summer, so I will be able to blog and update Toxic Flame.

There isn’t much to blog about, so here’s the blog challenge for today.

Day 5: Talk about a recent experience that has affected you greatly and how.
Well, there is an experience, but I am NOT comfortable talking about it on here. However it taught me a lot, but I wish I could completely erase that night. It is really fucking with my brain…it’s pushing me to my limits, and I’m not sure how much more of this I can take…

I’m very happy, my mouse came in today! I’m in love with it. I literally just opened the package. I then synced it with my laptop, and now I’m here, blogging to you about it! I know, I’m such a dork. I love this mouse though!!! It makes me happy. XP I’m glad I was able to save about $30 buying it on ebay. It normally costs $69.

Well, there isn’t much going on, I’m going bowling with my boyfriend tomorrow. That will be fun, I miss him, so it will be nice to see him. I haven’t seen him for almost a week now…ok so that isn’t THAT long, but still.

Also, as you have figured out by now, the site has been moved to another free host (zymic.com), where I can have FanUpdate! So blogging is such a brezze now! Plus it just merely looks a lot better and more like a professional blog (except for the layout :P). I don’t really know what made me decide to create this layout, it’s not me at all. It will probably be switched soon because of it just not being something that fits me. I’ve left a fair amount of my past blogs on the site though, however not all.

Day 4: Pick a song that projects the same mood as your day or week and explain.
I have no idea what that would be, so I will just tell you a song I can’t stop listening to this week: Hearts Burst Into Fire by Bullet For My Valentine

Wow am I bored…and kind of depressed…but shhh about that. I’m not in the mood to blog (plus I don’t even have anything to blog about), so here’s the challenge for today.

Day 3: Where have you been spending your time lately? Three/Five/Ten years ago would you have expected to be there.
Well, I’ve been mainly home and at school. I’ve always expected to be here, lolz.

I need to blog again. I just need to vent. I want to do another blog challenge, but it’s supposed to take 30 days…*sigh*

Well things are rough. A lot of family stuff is going on, and it’s freaking me out. Plus I’m worried about my boyfriend. He was weird for a few days during the last week of school, and he said it was just some family stuff. He wouldn’t tell me what though (which is ok, I don’t need to know everything.) because he said that he didn’t want to scare me about something. Well that scared me. So I’m a little worried about him, but I know he’ll be ok. He’d tell me if he felt like he should and/or just wanted to.

I feel so bored and lonely. I’m just in my house on my computer. I want to be doing something with people. Yet I’m not. This is why I hate summer vacation. I mean school is boring and I hate it, but at least I’m around people…except I’ve been around a lot of people I don’t even like so it’s not much better…

*DISCLAIMER: I apologize for some of the cursing in this one blog. I usually don’t curse, but I just had to vent. You do not have to read if you don’t want to read the curse words!*

Well, I think I’m finally gonna win my mouse from ebay. I hope so, I really want to have my own mouse so my mom stops freaking out about me using hers.

Summer is here, I finished school two days ago. Thankfully I got an A on my Algebra final, so I passed the class. I got A’s & B’s on all my others too, but Algebra was my big scare. Well, French 1 is too, but I don’t know about that one yet because the teacher is VERY slow at updating grades on edline.

I could have been at the mall with a couple friends today (originally my boyfriend would have gone too, but he couldn’t make it :[ ), but some shit with family came up with, and I couldn’t make it. The highlight of my day was eating at five guys. :[

Day 2: Who are you? In comparison to who you used to be. What made you change?
I don’t know who I am. I know that is sad, but It’s true. I mean if I’m asked a question I can answer, but I don’t know how to describe myself. Comparing myself with who I used to be though, well first I’m more fun! Actually, that isn’t always true. I’m sort of depressed…well I’m not depressed, but you get what I’m saying, right? I hope so. Plus I’ve become angrier. I’m also into much more different music now, I like metal, although I have always loved good old classic rock, even when I was little. I’m not girly at ALL. Personality wise, well I’m still shy, but if you piss me off enough then it goes away, or if you’re nice and we become friends, haha. What else…I’m even more willing to stand up for friends than I used to be. I always would, but now, if some asshole bothers a good friend of mine, then he better RUN! XP It’s true though, I’ll stand up for what I believe in. Other than that, I can be very go with the flow…or I’m not ok with it but I just shut myself off/up and don’t say anything.
As for why I changed…well that would be because of life. Shit happened, and always will happen.

Ok, so after my blogging challenge, I failed at the whole blogging thing. So to get back into it, I am going to start a 30 day challenge to get me back into it, and I’m starting tonight.
Not much has been going on lately. I tried purchasing a mouse on ebay…I was shipped a cover for a mouse I don’t even own! Ugh, what else, well I’m now on summer vacation. It’s not that great for me though, because it will be hard to see my boyfriend because I’m not allowed to date. It will work out though, I have to believe it will. It’s one of those last things I need to hold on to. What else…I’m trying to figure out ways to get away from some of the people I’ve been around lately. Over half of them piss me off or just bother me and aren’t who I want to be around, and most of the others just kind of ignore me and don’t act like they want to be friends. I’m feeling lonely right now, and I don’t feel close to anyone except for my boyfriend…and I guess maybe my friend Rexx too. Other than that, I feel like some lonely depressed freak and I’m so fucking tired of it. I wish I could just start over fresh in a new school, city, no…STATE!

Day 1: What happened today? If it was the last day of your life, how satisfied would you be with your final hours?
Today I wento to a local water park with a friend I haven’t hung out with in a while. It was cool because we ran into two friends from my school, but the friend I was with was weirded out. She’s saved, and the people we ran into aren’t so I hope you get what I mean. Although they weren’t very bad and the friend I went with said she didn’t mind them, she liked them, just was a little awkward. It was fun though, I went on a lot of rides I didn’t think I would…especially this giant ride that they have. It has a HUGE drop and is enclosed as you are going around…but I went on it seven times because I ended up liking it so much. I don’t know if I would be satisfied with those being part of my final hours, mainly because after I was a little depressed. Things just started coming back into my head so I was just very ehh. However it was a fun day.

I hate that I haven’t had internet since my last blog. Not only have I been unable to blog, but there have been some things I’ve needed to do for my mother but can’t without internet, so she’s spazzing on me! I’ll have internet tomorrow I think. I fly home tomorrow, and will have an hour and half layover. I’ll try to blog, but I might just want to read or something. There are a couple of books my parents really want me to read, despite me not wanting too. I read a little on this trip, but it was my book, Assassins. It’s actually a good book and probably isn’t what you are thinking. Have you heard of the Left Behind series? Well check it out. The books are really good and well written. I wasn’t able to read much though because I was feeling a little sick when I read.

Monday around 6:00 pm we arrived at Cape Cod, where we have been heading the whole time. Today I’m packing and getting ready for my flight tomorrow while my dad cleans the boat and deals with some people that need to fix a few things on the boat. Last night we were somewhere in Conneticut, and the night before we were in a marina in New Jersey that had a view of New York! I was able to get some awesome pictures, and at night I took some cool shots of the buildings that gave me neat light textures that can be found in a new texture pack on Toxic Flame. We passed by The Statue of Liberty and I was able to get some pictures of it. I’ve been to New York once, but I didn’t see the statue and nothing compares to seeing the city from the water. I never expected to be staying on a boat that is docked at a marina with a view of NYC…oh, and there was a party boat playing heavy metal music…drunks are funny.

Okay, now prepare for a lot of links to images, because I want to show you some pictures, but they will take up too much space if I add them to the bottom of the blog. Tomorrow or something I will show you pics from other places I visited earlier on the trip that I already told you about. So I’ll start with Annapolis. The architecture there is very different from where I live, so I loved it. This, this, and this, are shots of downtown Annapolis. There is a church there with a huge steeple too. There was a lot of property there for the church too. When me and my dad were walking around, we saw this really cool version of a kayak I think. It has a sail too! I also saw some kids learning to sail (they looked about 4 years old)…how cute! Plus I saw a really cute sailboat I liked…I loved what was on the back. That night we ate dinner at Boatyard Bar & Grill. It was good me and my dad split our two meals so we each had a crabcake and soft shell crab. It was really good….AGH now I’m craving it. I tried getting shots of the naval academy, but I couldn’t use my filter because it needed to be cleaned, so the pictures didn’t come out.

We didn’t go anywhere when we where in the marina in New Jersey, but it was okay because I was able to get some night shots of New York. This was our view from the boat! As we were getting to the marina I got some shots of Manhattan and of The Statue of Liberty. We saw this really cool boat too. I liked it and felt the need for a picture. When we left in the late morning we passed by the statue once again, but this time we saw a Staue Cruises boat go by. It was packed full. We made our way down the river and I was able to get some really nice shots. [click] [click]

Well, that’s all for today. It was a long blog. I’ll try to update about other places I saw either tomorrow or the next day.