waxing blogosophical
This guy films a motivational video on following through and believing in yourself. About a minute or two into the video you’ll giggle. And, you start to wonder if this guy should just give up and spare his poor noggin.
Yesterday I had brunch with an old roommate and her parents in midtown Manhattan. After we parted ways, I spotted a Baskin Robbins. I haven’t been to a BR in years, so I popped in. I got a single scoop of my childhood favorite flavor, World Class Chocolate. I sat outside next to an office park water fountain and ate my scoop. The weather was perfect and a cool breeze was blowing. Life was perfect, and was about to get even more beautiful.
I finished my scoop and figured I would just head back to my hotel and figure out what to do from there. As I walked toward the subway, I noticed I was only about four blocks away from the South end of Central Park. Change of plans!
I entered the park and grabbed a quick look at a map of the park on my iPhone. With my bearings in tact, I headed North, wandering along trails and enjoying the natural beauty and the sights of happy people all around. Eventually I came upon the Bethesda Fountain and rowboat pond. A crowd had gathered to watch an acrobatic comedy troupe perform. I decided to stay and watch too. These three guys were hilarious. They really had the crowd engaged, and people just kept flooding in to watch. The whole performance lasted about a half hour and was riotously funny. I was so engrossed and laughing so hard, I lost track of time. When the show was over, my cheeks hurt from laughing and I had a little tear of happiness in the corner of my left eye.
I crossed over the rowboat pond bridge and entered “The Ramble.” What a perfect name for this area. Trails lead you this way and that, always yielding some beautiful view of a small meadow, a hidden nook of the pond, or just a quiet tree covered hideaway. And I did in fact ramble about, forgetting my Northbound goal. I’m sure I didn’t see even half of this section of the park, but the parts I did see were such a peaceful experience.
When I exited The Ramble I headed North again. I decided I wanted to make my way to the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Resevoir (or “The Big Lake”). I stopped for a pretzel and a soda along the way. When I finally got to my destination, I was impressed with the size of the Big Lake. I decided to circumambulate the reservoir with all the other joggers and walkers. About half way around I realized that the lake is much larger than it looks. Despite my feet feeling a bit tired after two hours of walking through the park, I kept on going.
Once I reached the North end of the lake, I decided not to go any further North into the park. Instead, I continued around the lake, took some pictures, and found my way back through the park toward my hotel. Essentially I started at 55th Street, meandered through the park up to 97th Street, then Walked back South to 77th Street where my hotel was.
Three hours of walking in the park left my heart swollen with peace and happiness. The laughing of children in playgrounds, the cheerful barking of happy dogs running about, the canoodling of lovers on blankets, the laughs of the crowd at the acrobatic performance, the shouts of excitement at the baseball and volleyball parks, the groovy beats and moves at the disco roller-skate park. All of these wonderful sights and sounds filled me up with joy and made me feel connected to nature and my fellow man. There’s no question that yesterday I fell in love with Central Park
And, though I am returning home to San Francisco later this evening, I’m quite certain that I’ve left my heart in Central Park.
My buddy Ben Acker sent me a link to Christopher Uminga’s art today. Love it! Check out more of Christopher Uminga’s art here.
Bill, one of my regular readers and commenters, left a comment today wondering what happened to me. I guess I have been missing in action the last week or so. The last half of my Puerto Vallarta trip was so insanely fun that I just didn’t have time to blog. (Well, add to that the fact that the internet at my hotel went out every night just about the time I was returning from the beach!)
Since Sunday I’ve been in NYC for work meetings. It’s been go-go-go, and I’ve been too tired at the end of the night to read the internets. My Google Reader is so back logged I’m not sure how I’ll ever catch up.
That being said, you should follow me on Twitter (@loganotron). Despite my lack of blogging, I have managed to tweet during both trips. And, as soon as I publish this post, I’m going to start my vacation post and relay some of the fun stories for y’all.
I’ve been meaning to feature Daniel as a Humpday Hotness model for some time now. I’m glad I waited, though, because he did a few more photo shoots in the time that passed since I first spotted his pretty green eyes. All I can find out about him is that he’s 24 years old, 5’9″ (I love short guys!), and originally from Louisiana.
Don’t miss a whole gallery of Daniel’s dazzling green eyes after the jump
I was too lazy to write my own text about Anthony this week. What can I say? Too many margaritas by the beach makes Logan a lazy bottom, er, I mean blogger. LOL. Anyway, I lifted the following bio from some other site. Also, just listen to Anthony’s deep baritone voice in the two YouTube clips below (one before the jump, and one after).
Anthony Gallo, born May 3, 1981, in New York City, New York, is an American model of Italian and African descent.
Standing 5-foot-11, Gallo began his modeling career in 2007 by signing on with “Ford Models” and “Next” in Miami. His first modeling jobs were ad campaigns for big companies such as “Phat Farm” and “Sean John.”
Soon after, Gallo became one of the first African-American faces of “Abercrombie & Fitch,” which gave him the mass exposure that secured him another big campaign for “Pepe Jeans.”
Gallo also appeared in Rihanna’s 2008 pop and R&B video, “Take A Bow.”
Check out the sizzling photo gallery and interview video after the jump
Justin Bieber couldn’t sing his way out of a wet paper bag. I mean, have you seen his botched performances on SNL? One word: FAIL.
This kid, on the other hand. Whoa. Amazing voice, and he can sing while playing the piano too. Impressive.
Shared with the amazing artist who can also sing real pretty, Marc Scheff.
You may have noticed that blogging is going slow this week. That’s because I’m in sunny, hot Puerto Vallarta for a week-long vacation. I’ve made some new friends, and my two buddies from SF (Matty and Migs) are joining me here tomorrow. Fun times, and I have only a slightly reddish hue from my first day at the beach today.
I hope to have a Humpday Hotness post up per regular tomorrow.
Mucho amor,
Logan
Best LOL website of the day: Fake Science. Love their tagline too: For when the facts are too confusing. Here are a few of my faves:
You may hate Ke$ha and/or her song Tik Tok. But either way, you have to admit this is pretty fun:
via MHD
