Day 6 & 7, Thursday (5.21) & Friday (5.22)
So... Day 6 wasn’t very eventful, so I decided to wait and just write about the last 2 days (thurs, day 6 & yesterday, day 7).
Day 6 I just pretty much hung out here (at the house) and read the whole day, finishing the day with watching the Lakers, which was a good game, but they lost :/
Yesterday was a good day. I woke up and started with writing some and just relaxing. At around 10:30am I left with my aunt Natalie & got a tour of the area around their house. We drove all the way around the lake pretty much, it was a really pretty drive (the weather was absolutely perfect too). We then headed to Microsoft where my uncle Nobuya works (shoot, I forgot his title... I just know he’s in development... as in he’s worked on the last bunch of editions of Microsoft Word & Office that have come out, he’s a pretty brilliant guy. He showed us around the whole area, it was pretty mind-blowing - it felt like a colony! So many huge office buildings, soccer fields, little mini nature centers, a huge mall-like complex with a massive food court, cell phone stores, bike shops, etc etc... this was all part of Microsoft! Everywhere you went in the buildings there were vending machines full of FREE drinks... now that was something that stuck with me! We went into the Microsoft museum at the end and that was pretty amazing too - took you through the history of inventions Microsoft has been responsible for, and demoed some new products (search “Microsoft Surface” online... it was pretty insane). At the very end, there was something that would take your picture and allow you to rearrange floating words into a sentence, then your picture and sentence were sent into the screen on another wall to connect with other people who’ve done the same thing there... I didn’t take it seriously of course (was surprised a lot of people seemed to though!), and my sentence was just close enough to standard English to make someone look again, and my face just normal enough to make you wonder if I was pulling it or just in fact grotesquely ugly... anyway, here it is
Oh, and I was so pumped about this... look who it is in the bottom left... the man behind the magic himself (and a stud to boot!).
After that, we left Microsoft, I got to tour some more of Redmond and the area surrounding. We got coffee at a little hippie shop called Victor’s, it was really good. We picked up George & Miya (cousins), and went to a place so magnificent it needs proper documentation... XXX Rootbeer! It was apparently a landmark in the area, and I couldn’t imagine why (there was a 50 ft barrel atop the shop with “XXX” inscribed on it in raised letters). I ordered a big rootbeer float (there was “big” and “bigger”, and seeing as how the big size was already a pint & a half, I thought I’d be more than fine). Anyway, here’s before and after, just to prove I actually did it:
After destroying my insides with that monstrosity, I went inside to take some pictures. It was so oddly (yet cooly) decorated, I had to get some of it down.
We got home, I rested for a little, then headed back by myself to a location we had just stopped by earlier in the day, one that I didn’t mention yet: the VELODROME. It’s an angled track for professionally racing bikes, specifically track bikes (a.k.a. fixed gears, a.k.a. what I ride!). I had gone back this time since earlier I hadn’t brought my bike, but when I got to the track I saw to my dismay that there were races going on. I took a few pictures just to show what it was like.
I rode around the trail in the park for a little, then went back home again (I think I’m gonna go back today to try and ride it, there aren’t any races scheduled). I caught the end of the Cavs/Magic game, which ended up being the 2nd best finish to a basketball game I’ve ever seen... Cavs had blown a 20 point lead, Magic got ahead by 2 with 1 second left in the game, so Cavs were set to throw it in downcourt... Mo Williams finally finds LeBron, who turns and jumps as soon as he grabs the ball, throws up a half/blind prayer of a 3, and sinks the game winning buzzer beater... it was beautiful, I got some serious chills watching it! Anyway, just relaxed a bit that night, and here I am, about to venture into Seattle with the family for a while. I hope all is well back home, I miss you all!
Day 6 I just pretty much hung out here (at the house) and read the whole day, finishing the day with watching the Lakers, which was a good game, but they lost :/
Yesterday was a good day. I woke up and started with writing some and just relaxing. At around 10:30am I left with my aunt Natalie & got a tour of the area around their house. We drove all the way around the lake pretty much, it was a really pretty drive (the weather was absolutely perfect too). We then headed to Microsoft where my uncle Nobuya works (shoot, I forgot his title... I just know he’s in development... as in he’s worked on the last bunch of editions of Microsoft Word & Office that have come out, he’s a pretty brilliant guy. He showed us around the whole area, it was pretty mind-blowing - it felt like a colony! So many huge office buildings, soccer fields, little mini nature centers, a huge mall-like complex with a massive food court, cell phone stores, bike shops, etc etc... this was all part of Microsoft! Everywhere you went in the buildings there were vending machines full of FREE drinks... now that was something that stuck with me! We went into the Microsoft museum at the end and that was pretty amazing too - took you through the history of inventions Microsoft has been responsible for, and demoed some new products (search “Microsoft Surface” online... it was pretty insane). At the very end, there was something that would take your picture and allow you to rearrange floating words into a sentence, then your picture and sentence were sent into the screen on another wall to connect with other people who’ve done the same thing there... I didn’t take it seriously of course (was surprised a lot of people seemed to though!), and my sentence was just close enough to standard English to make someone look again, and my face just normal enough to make you wonder if I was pulling it or just in fact grotesquely ugly... anyway, here it is
Oh, and I was so pumped about this... look who it is in the bottom left... the man behind the magic himself (and a stud to boot!).
After that, we left Microsoft, I got to tour some more of Redmond and the area surrounding. We got coffee at a little hippie shop called Victor’s, it was really good. We picked up George & Miya (cousins), and went to a place so magnificent it needs proper documentation... XXX Rootbeer! It was apparently a landmark in the area, and I couldn’t imagine why (there was a 50 ft barrel atop the shop with “XXX” inscribed on it in raised letters). I ordered a big rootbeer float (there was “big” and “bigger”, and seeing as how the big size was already a pint & a half, I thought I’d be more than fine). Anyway, here’s before and after, just to prove I actually did it:
After destroying my insides with that monstrosity, I went inside to take some pictures. It was so oddly (yet cooly) decorated, I had to get some of it down.
We got home, I rested for a little, then headed back by myself to a location we had just stopped by earlier in the day, one that I didn’t mention yet: the VELODROME. It’s an angled track for professionally racing bikes, specifically track bikes (a.k.a. fixed gears, a.k.a. what I ride!). I had gone back this time since earlier I hadn’t brought my bike, but when I got to the track I saw to my dismay that there were races going on. I took a few pictures just to show what it was like.
I rode around the trail in the park for a little, then went back home again (I think I’m gonna go back today to try and ride it, there aren’t any races scheduled). I caught the end of the Cavs/Magic game, which ended up being the 2nd best finish to a basketball game I’ve ever seen... Cavs had blown a 20 point lead, Magic got ahead by 2 with 1 second left in the game, so Cavs were set to throw it in downcourt... Mo Williams finally finds LeBron, who turns and jumps as soon as he grabs the ball, throws up a half/blind prayer of a 3, and sinks the game winning buzzer beater... it was beautiful, I got some serious chills watching it! Anyway, just relaxed a bit that night, and here I am, about to venture into Seattle with the family for a while. I hope all is well back home, I miss you all!
posted by nhuesmann at
11:58 AM
1 Comments:
Where is day 8... Keep up the good work... (That velodrome picture is awesome!)
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