If anyone was hoping for a day filled with new adventures, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. I woke up this morning with the flu and so I haven’t actually left the apartment today, but I did chain-watch CSI and then SVU – American cable television is really something else. I’m also able to watch “19 Kids and Counting” which, yes, I am addicted to on YouTube at home. But just because I’ve been housebound, doesn’t mean I don’t have anything to say.
Something I hate at home, is when you’re in the city and you see all the tacky souvenirs and you see them and just think “ergh… this is so tacky… how could anyone possibly like this junk?” and yet when I’m overseas, the one thing I think is “Oooh a cheap-looking fridge magnet. How cool!”
But New York City doesn’t only do tacky souvenirs – they seem to think of absolutely everything. For example:
And yes – that’s a Statue of Liberty Barbie Doll. I can’t say I’ve ever seen a Barbie Doll in a souvenir shop until now. But, that’s not for me. I’m still looking for the cheapest, tackiest I <3 NY t-shirts.
Something else I loved at Greenwich Village was that some people (probably bloody teenagers =P ) had put smiley faces on the pedestrian crossing signals. Yeah, yeah I know that’s graffiti and it’s illegal and all that – but I thought it was cute.
New York City seems to have secrets, and one of the many are these little cellars:
I always wonder what’s going on in there – I think in real life, they’re cellars to restaurants. But it’s much more fun to imagine it’s something illegal.
This morning Auntie Mandy left but our friends who live in Australia but have been in Vermont are now visiting us.
For now, my opinion on New York City is pretty much that I could never live here. It is fun to visit, and it’s sort of something you need to do before you die – but I much prefer places in rural areas, or with natural beauty. Places like Whistler, or places like New Zealand. Or places like Pullenvale.
Got it? Good.
Okay, I know I’m about to break one of the first bloggy rules of not doing any major edits after publicly posting, but I felt I didn’t do this post justice. Because something else massive happened today. I battled for my life.
Yes. You read that right. There is something about NYC – but I keep getting zapped. I suppose to scientific reason is something to do with the fact that the air is so dry and certain materials cause static shocks blah blah blah. But I’m not kidding. Whenever I type with my computer plugged in, I get mini shocks. One of them today was so bad that my whole finger went numb.
But it’s not just static shocks. They are a nuisance – twice today there were major zaps at the power points. I sort of blame American/Canadian power points:
The observant have probably noticed that:
A) They are are different shape hence the adaptor
B) There is no safety switch.
In Australia, we have a safety switch for everyone’s safety – as Google Images will show you:
When the switch is like that, it means an electrical current is flowing. You always switch it off before you un-plug things. Here, there is no such luxury.
Anyway the Wi-Fi kept stuffing up so I had to un-plug and plug it in again and when I un-plugged it, there was a white flash. It gave me the biggest fright in the world. And you think that’s scary? You haven’t seen nothing yet.
I was making toast today, and when I pressed the cancel button there was magnificent blue zap and it travelled. It was blinding, and that was scary. As soon as I thought it safe, I tore the plug out of the socket. And I ate my toast. It didn’t taste electric to me. Tasted pretty good.
See, even a day when you’re apartment-bound you can still face scary stuff and engage in Earthly battles for your life.
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