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OK all you crazy hazy CMU-ers. today i thought, "hey, school's only alittle more than a month away. it's time to start thinking about stuff to do during then." besides researching volunteer opportunities, i've been looking into different FUN FUN FUN (at least i HOPE they are) wholesome activities for us to do during the following semester. some of the following probably wont happen, but it'd be nice. check out the following, and if yall are interested, i shall look into it.

in no specific order:

cedar point/six flags: this trip is bound to be a lot of fun, and if we go we'd be going over midsemester break. a down side would be the amount of money we'd be spending on it. six flags is a bit cheaper, but cedar point boasts some of the best (supposedly) roller coasters in the world. i dont know if this trip is feasible or not.

the chinatown inn/yum chinese food/dim sum: haha this is random, but in my search of famous aaw for next semester's newsletters, i knew that ming-na wen attended cmu. what i also learned was that she moved to pittsburgh when she was 9, and her parents opened that restaurant. i'd be interested in checking it out. hahah i know i'm a dork. that plus other asian restaurants. we have yet to find ourselves a decent chinese restaurant. or wake up to get dim sum. obviously we cant compare pittsburgh dim sum to the stuff we get in REAL cities, but we should try it out anyways. if we can wake up in time.

the barber of seville: oct 11, 14, 17, 19. opera playing in pittsburgh. i actually wanna see carmen more (it's playing during my birthday!) but i wont be here second semester. boo. anyways, i havent seen an opera in a really long time. in fact, i've only seen 1. i saw aida. plus there's english subs, so we'll understand what's going on.

swan lake: oct 23-26. ballet. HEY at least i'm not asking for you to go w/ me to the symphony. i checked it out, there doesnt seem to be much. except for christmas pops. but i rather watch ballet.

the mikado: sept 25 - oct 26. it's a theatrical showing, by gilbert and sullivan. supposedly their "most comedic operetta". click here in case you were interested. not a very good description, but ok.

a musical: the season isnt up yet, but i like musicals! i watched thoroughly modern millie in nyc over uh...spring break was it? it was AWESOME. we had such pimpass seats. right in the front middle. well, obviously cant compare that to pittsburgh, but still. millie is showing this summer in pittsburgh, if anyone is interested.

science museum/art museum/history museum: i know we've hit up the history museum before, but we went through it so quickly. plus, we havent even been in the other 2 yet. the art one is so close. (!free!)

Frick Art and Historical Center: this kinda reminds me of the outing to falling waters. but this is a lot closer. plus, it looks nice! and free, unless we want to take a tour of the house. (personally, i dont care that much. the car garage is free, so i'm happy).

phipps conservatory: and if we still have some time, i'd like to go to the conservatory again. this time when more plants might be in bloom. it's so close to the school, i could probably go on a weekday by myself in between classes or something. or we. w/e works.

penguin hockey game: i've never been to a hockey game. they seem like such fun. :)

shooting range: this is a bit expensive too, but it'll be wayyyy fun! just think about it. i've wanted to get trained in shooting for a while. obviously i wont get trained, but shooting a gun would be kool. it's something good to know. no, i'm not some weirdo secret murderer.

as i review this list, i realize that a lot of these are cultural types of things. make us more worldy, and educated. plus, it's fun stuff!

whew! that's a long list. are there even enough weekends? well, if i can check off 50% of those, i'll be satisfied. and if yall have any other ideas on stuff to do, tell me!!!

and look at this:




he so cute!
btw, just in case you dont know, this is TONY!!!