The NBA draft was this past week and Scott, Courtney, and I decided it would be worth checking out. It just happened the Jazz had a draft pick in the top 10 so it was a very rare opportunity for us to see, and it just so happened that we were in New York for it! We scoured the internet trying to find tickets for the event, however, only hitting dead ends.

Nowhere was selling tickets.

After calling the Madison Square Garden ticket office, we learned tickets were only to be sold the morning of the draft, and would go on sale at 11:00 a.m. None of us were really sure what to expect... And all of us were very wrong to say the least.

Getting off the subway we were greeted with a line that was about a block and a half long. Didn't seem too bad. However... after an hour of waiting in the line and moving no more than twenty feet, we became a little weary.

As more and more people approached us, selling their tickets to neighbors in line for $30 +($15 at the door) and being told there were only 300 more tickets and none of us were going to get in, our hopes evaporated. sweat, on the other hand, came nowhere close to evaporation and instead was pouring down our faces in the 90 degree heat.

After three hours, an end was in sight. Only 100 people or so were in front of us, however, you could tell a shortage in tickets was near. We were herded into the box office like cattle, being cutin line by the annoying four kids behind us and the potentially mute man behind them - who was very sneaky.

We finally got our tickets and were back at 7:00 that night for the big event. In the end, the memories of the day were probably more fun than the draft itself... but now we have the memories to relive and the ability to say we have attended an NBA draft.

Carnivorous at the strike of midnight?

As the vegan month is coming to a close (6/21),

I am definitely glad that I will be able to eat real food again

but I have mixed feelings about it.

What do I do now?

Courtney and I decided that we will have at least a week, to binge and eat whatever we want

Cravings have included: Pizza, fried chicken, Snickers, ice cream, sushi, chicken sandwich, and mashed potatoes

just to name a few.

But the real dilemma is what to do after that...

Our vegan diet was noticeably healthier, fun(in some ways... not including getting made fun of at famous pizzeria, Grimaldi's, when I had the chef make me a vegan pizza - by customers and waiter), and changed the way I want to eat in the future.

I definitely don't want to stay vegan though. But maybe, I could handle being a vegetarian.

On another note... The end of this 30 day challenge means another thing... Courtney and I have been in New York for a month already! It has gone by insanely fast. There is so much more we need to do...

I have yet to...

• See the Statue of Liberty(not from the Staten Island Ferry)
• Visit the Empire State Building
• Go up to the top of the Observation Deck at 30 Rock
• Get a job(but that is getting less likely with each passing day!)
• See Ground Zero
• Ride in a cab - cash cab maybe?
• See the city from the High Line
• Visit all 5 boroughs

And I am sure I am forgetting some.

Unexpected Excitement

It is amazing how much other people being excited about something can change your view about it so much.

A year ago, I had absolutely no interest in soccer. I had no idea any of the rules of soccer. I had no idea who any soccer players were. Between Real Salt Lake winning the MLS Cup finals and living with a soccer fanatic, I started to learn a little about the game.

Being in New York, the hype for the World Cup was much more that it would have been in Utah. Puma City, a two block area designed for soccer fans to enjoy "Football by day. Parties by night." It even included a miniature field for fans to play on.

Even with all the excitement around me, I did not predict my emotions when the England vs. Unites States match started this afternoon. I was standing up. cheering. yelling. clapping. along with all the other soccer fans at the restaurant. They probably had no idea this was the first full soccer game I had ever watched.

Now, I cannot wait for the next games. I have been researching the best teams/players so hopefully at the next game I will even sound like I know what I'm talking about. At this rate, this will be me on July 11 (World Cup finals)...

hopefully not though...

... and found!

I was exploring Courtney's blog to look at her layout to see if I could do anything similar with mine. I looked at multiple blogs of her followers to see if there was one that caught my eye.

As I was blog-creeping I began reading a music review of Miike Snow someone had written and became curious. I clicked on the video included in the blog and it was the song I could not figure out!!!

Miike Snow - Animal

This happened about 5 minutes after posting about not being able to figure out what the song was. I have been listening to the song on repeat since. Thank you, universe/Spencer Flanagan.

Here is the video.

Lost...

You would think with the technology we

have at our fingertips, there would be something that could read my mind and tell me what song I am thinking of.

I have been craving a song for about 4 days now...

Unfortunately I don't know it well enough to attempt to sing it to someone to see if they know it (even though that would be a failed attempt, regardless) or figure out what movie I originally heard it in.

I thought my Pandora was somehow connecting with my brain for about seven seconds until the intro of the song ended. I quickly realized my computer was not telepathic.

I also thought I had intuitively remembered the movie I heard the song in, but after scouring the soundtracks of both Wicker Park and Garden state, I was once again left in sadness.

I am so curious what this song could be or where I heard it.

One plus side of this curiosity, however, was that I was reminded how amazing all of the songs in both of those soundtracks are. So, even though I don't have the song I was originally looking for... I have rediscovered some equally good music to tide me over until I can find it.