Sunday, May 25, 2008

MA & SF

Well I never really talked much about my trip to Massachusetts, and I don't think I will now, except to say that I am back. I went to Burlington (like 30 minutes away from Boston) for three days of introductory project meetings. There were lots of talks about Fortress, the language, and I even reported my first bug. Awesome.

Also fun was today's trip to Six Flags. It's down in San Antonio, so I drove with two other interns for like an hour and a half to get there. It was absolutely ridiculously hot, but I've passed that stage in my life where I am too cool for sunscreen, so I think I basically made it out okay.

I'm still pretty funny at theme parks, even at 25. I am constantly walking excitedly in front of the rest of the group, leading us to the next ride. I feel the need to "get my money's worth," by riding as many rides as possible without much down time, but I am starting to realize how unnecessary that attitude is. Today without trying too hard, we rode 10 rides, and we were there from 11 to 7. That sounds okay right? I think I was basically just happy to be outside...

2 comments:

  1. My experiences with Six Flags Magic Mountains leads me to suspect they love to put theme parks in ridiculously hot places to maximize their beverage profits.

    How were the roller coasters?

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  2. Roller coasters were generally good. The only lowlight was a trip on the Rattler, an all-wooden roller coaster that just about pulled a neck muscle from all the ridiculous lateral movement.

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