Taking a small bite out of the apple

First day, a LOT to absorb, but getting up at 3 AM in the morning is paying off. There is SO much to aborb. Tall buildings pop up left and right. My co-worker, Tamon, and I went off to Time Square once we got to the hotel. I can’t believe how many bright lights and tall buildings there are around here. It’s just so many lights that I wonder how much electricity goes into them. I am in awe with all the twinkling lights yet sad how wasteful we are for them. I can’t imagine how much electricity yet alone all the waste created flying on planes. What I thought was really really really crazy was the automatic toilet seat covers at the O’Hare airport. I wasn’t expecting that.

After taking in the overpowering, overlording buildings, T and I go to the Hard Rock Cafe. I swear we waited a long, long, long, long, long time before getting our food. When it came, I chowed down on the grub. I haven’t eaten until the Chicago stop of the flight and that was some cheap Mickey-D’s fries and coke. The salmon pasta and guiness tasted so good. I was in heaven; I was that hungry.
Afterwards, we head out to the middle of Times Square and check out the lights. Snap a few photos. I with my point-n-shoot, and T with his professional camera. Pretty slick things you can do with a fantasy camera… or at least know what to do with a camera.

Taking a long flight and then overwhelming sights, it was time for the first of the last five episodes of Heroes… three hours earlier. Most excellent. Now it’s time for some relaxin.

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