August 15, 2006

• Cornell University

  My family and I went up to Ithaca for the day.

  
  

  We, of course, got lost. We were on the right route -- and only one exit away from our destination -- but my mom thought we had gone the wrong way. We went backwards and east. Luckily a nice, mountain-looking man helped us get back on track.

  
  

  I went to go visit Cornell. I just made it to the 11 AM tour. My parents and brother were temporarily "missing" since they decided to park while I caught the tour.

  
  

  It's a nice campus but I enjoyed Binghamton's tour better. Our tour guide did more storytelling than showing us our potential campus. She told us the story of how the founders are buried near the university chapel and help guide brides with cold feet down the aisle. She also went into how Willard Straight Hall is dedicated to a guy who had two goals in life: marry a beautiful woman and get rich. He did both at the same time by marrying the heiress to an oil company. When he died, his wife gave money to the university to build something "non-academic," so it's a recreation center. Oh, and about how a fifty pound pumpkin was found at the top of a one-hundred sixty-something foot clocktower.

  
  

  She told us stuff like that and we didn't even visit the dormitories or the dining halls that she kept telling us were "the best." I think the only thing that got me really interested was her description of its Food Science class. For your final, you get to create your own ice-cream flavor. How sweet is that?!

  
  

  On our way back, we stopped by Woodbury Commons. It was the second time I'd ever been -- sad, I know.  Anyway, I've found the store of my [[feet's]] dreams. They have a Saucony store there!! They have the coolest shoes.. Me wanty. I have the grey/light blue originals. I love them because no one really wears them around here. While they're wearing their Pumas, Converses, and Vans.. I have my Saucony. I can't find some of the ones I was looking at but here are a few I plan on getting soon:

  
  

  
  Brown and pink is always a sexy combination.

  
  

  
  Or just simple black and silver.
  
  

  
  

  
  Orange plaid is so in.
  
  This would be a great shoe to have.. if I was Irish, haha. I'd get the plain green one, though. There was a red one I saw at the store. It had a heart where the clover is, but I can't seem to find an online picture.

  
  

  Anyone want to go shopping?!

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