What I Hope To Do This Summer

Remember in grade school in the fall when the teacher (who you would grow to hate because if she was making you do work on your first day back to school, the rest of the school year was going to be a bitch) would make you write that "What I Did On My Summer Vacation" essay?

I always labored to get three-paragraphs out of it because except for a couple of occasions, I didn't go on family trips or anything. I spent the entire summer hanging out with my friends, riding my bike and going to the pool. No road trips. No Disneyland/World (I still have never been)

(What was the point of all this again? Oh yeah)

This summer, I want to do some shit aside the usual (although I'll still be doing plenty of that):

Shakespeare in the Park I always want to go but never do because of the ridiculous process of getting tickets. This is the summer I go. I have off one week and I am getting up at 6 AM, grabbing my iPod, PSP, a book and a chair and waiting on line until I get tickets. They are doing Romeo and Juliet with Lauren Ambose (Six Feet Under) playing Juliet.

2007 HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival There really is no excuse that I haven't done this yet. It is a train stop and a couple of blocks away from work. I'm definately going to either Annie Hall on June 18th, Wait Until Dark on July 9th or Casablanca on August 13th

Bike Riding Yes, I did end up getting my bike. To sum up my Fuck UPS (Parts I & II), I ended up having to go to UPS, pick it up myself and carry the 35 pound box back home from the Bronx. Anyway, I put it together and am ready to ride except for the facts that 1) I'm terrified of cars and 2) I'm terrified of riding something I had to put together myself. I'll get over it.

Kickball I'm a part of a ZogSports Kickball team consisting of friends, friends and friends, co-workers and ex-coworkers. I was in a Touch Football league during the spring (we finished 4-3 and lost in the playoffs). Our first game is tonight. I can't wait.