New York City

Alright, so I'm home from New York now and I must say what a trip. I spent entirely too much money but I can safely say it was well worth it. Lexy and I left my house at 4 in the morning figuring that's plenty of time to get to West Palm Beach and get on our plane. So we get there at 5:15 and wait ten minutes for a shuttle ride and by 5:35 we are there and there is about 300 people standing there waiting for all of two people to check boarding passes and ID's. Our plane is boarding at 5:45 and leaving at 6:15 and we get to the terminal by 6:05. There is no seat number on our tickets though so I'm worried as hell. We get there and they've oversold the flight and it's already full. We are there with about six other people without a flight. So I'm freaking out of course thinking what a horrible start to a trip this is going to be. After about twenty minutes of hearing my options the employee for US Airways tells us we can fly into Charlotte and leave at 6:40 and then go to Philadelphia and be there by 11 instead of our original target of 9. They also sweetened the pot by giving us each $275 travel vouchers for our inconvenience which will buy her birthday trip to either New Orleans or Vegas this summer so it worked out well. We get to Thrifty and our Fusion is gone but we get a newer Dodge Caravan which didn't bother me since I've driven a million of those anyhow. We have an uneventful drive to New York City aside from me accidentally getting sidetracked and taking an exit in Philadelphia while babbling about Kevin Spacey. Oh wait, I also couldn't find a road in New Jersey on my way to the Lincoln Tunnel because apparently a road was missing a pretty important street sign. We got there at about 3 in the afternoon and hunted down a Wachovia over on Broadway and then parked and walked to the Hudson Bay Eatery which was a delicious place and fairly priced I might add. We stood in line for about three hours and it was actually really nice not running into people that I knew at a show for once. We got on the rail on the far right side and of course I realized that I forgot my camera. I got a few pictures with Lexy's camera but it was better than nothing at least. The show itself was absolutely amazing getting three hours of my favorite metal band with no filler or bullshit. The crowd was even tame aside from a random crowd surfer or a small pit because it takes a real poser to mosh to progressive metal. We got right out of New York City without hitting any traffic which was pretty awesome and went to my mom's and saw her for a bit today before flying back rather uneventfully. People definitely bitch about driving in New York City too much as if it's some huge event and I definitely have to disagree unless you're afraid of changing lanes. I had no problems in the city and thought at times it was even better organized than Orlando. I just think that the pedestrians have this sense of entitlement that needs to be wiped off of their face by running them over with a soccer mom van. At almost every light somebody walked out in front of me thinking that they hold priority over a car even if they don't have the signal. I have no regrets about my short vacation with an amazing girl and an amazing band. It was nice being with somebody who was grateful and won't tell me later that they only went to make me happy. So that's all. Time for bed.