Mm, sunburn

Aug. 4th, 2007 02:00 am
devilgrrl: (Purple Haired DevilGrrl)
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Yay, it's been two weeks since I updated because a) I'm antisocial and b) it's Shark Week. I watch telly all day during shark week.

We've been busy this week. Wednesday, Steven and I went into the city to take photos and get a good, long walk in. I got a couple great photos of King's Chapel and downtown. We also ended up grabbing a pint at the Green Dragon Tavern and doing a little shopping at H&M.

Today, we decided to go with Jenna to Newport for the day. I slept rotten last night and woke up cranky, so it was damn good I packed pretty much everything last night. I got up around 8 and we were on the road by 8:45. Snagged Jenna, grabbed CrackDonald's for breakfast, and made it to the beach around 11:30. It worked out because the tide was just going out when we got there, so we got a good patch of sand, grabbed our boards, and headed right in.

The water was so warm! Wow. I'm used to 62-67 degree water around here, so I expected to be kind of cold while I was acclimating. The water had to be 75-78*, though. I was able to dive right in, no hives, nothing. It was a little murky because the waves were 4-6' and there was a pretty intense wind, but it made for awesome boogie boarding. We spent a good hour in, splashing around. After that, we spent about an hour warming up and lounging, then had lunch.

Highlight of the day? This poor girl got up to throw something out and left her hot dog alone on the picnic table. It took all of about 3 seconds for a gull to swoop in and horf it down, dog, bun, and all. They're all frakking stomach, those things are. I'm a jerk since I couldn't help laughing while she just stared at the bird, dumbfounded. Luckily, she eventually started laughing too. Birds were a bit pushy today. While we were sunning, one snatched a granola bar out of a woman's hand because she was chatting and kind of waving it around. I fed them most of my fries and clam cakes since Lord knows I love the little bastards.

Steven lost his ring to the Atlantic just before we left. Sucks, but what can you do? We picked up an inexpensive one for him till he can pick out a new one and we can pay for it. I also bought a beautiful silver and Tahitian pearl necklace and earrings for $15 at the same place we found his spare ring. I splurged and bought myself a Partagas Rosada, too.

We stopped by my grandparents on the way back so Steven and my grandfather could wage war again the bees in his burn barrel. They lost.

We had dinner at Ruby Tuesday's with Jenna before we head back here. Steven is burnt to a crisp and I'm a little pink, even though we wore and reapplied sunscreen. I have a burn on one though, my back, the back of my hands, and my nose. My chest is pretty red too, from the glare of the ocean. I also got a good puncture wound on my foot and Steven slice his toe. At least it was in the ocean; salt water is a great cure all.

It was a pretty great day, ring loss aside.

Oh, and I finally got my sister's birthday card. It was worth the wait, since she sent me a picture of my new nephew, Logan! He's such a cutie and he looks a lot like Brendan did, except he's blond. I can't wait to get up to see him

Which Pagan Goddess Are You? by kira_may
Name?
Age?
You are:
You favourite trick:Appearing in a cloud
Your feeling towards mortals:They make good slaves
When you sleep with mortals, your lover is:
Mortal you'd most like to smite:The enitre cast of Friends


Is that David Duchovny in the chair?

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Date: 2007-08-04 07:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wickedshadow.livejournal.com
OMG, I forgot about Shark Week. I used watch that all the time.

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Date: 2007-08-04 04:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] devilgrrl.livejournal.com
It's been so great this year: sharks from 9am to 3am and the premiered shows have actually been quite good too.

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Date: 2007-08-04 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Sounds like a pretty awesome day. I HATE gulls, I wouldn't give them shit, at least not on purpose.

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Date: 2007-08-04 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] devilgrrl.livejournal.com
My mum and I always fed them when I was a kid. We actually used to watch them instead of bring a radio or anything to the beach.

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Date: 2007-08-04 02:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wishuponakate.livejournal.com
The note about hating gulls was from me. I somehow got logged out without realizing it.

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Date: 2007-08-04 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] devilgrrl.livejournal.com
Heh, I do that all the time. LJ and its expiration times.

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Date: 2007-08-04 03:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nowitsdark0.livejournal.com
Man, that sounds fun. I haven't been boogie boarding in twelve years. For that matter, I haven't been near an ocean in twelve years.

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Date: 2007-08-04 04:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] devilgrrl.livejournal.com
It was great. I usually just body surf when we're in Newport, but moving meant I found our body boards. Teaching Steven how to do it was quite an experience, though. His parents didn't do the beach thing at all.

I can't imagine being that far from the ocean.

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Date: 2007-08-04 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dolphinluv2783.livejournal.com
I have a picture from my trip to Florida that looks like a close up of a couple seagulls on the beach. Actually, it's a couple seagulls that are only a couple feet away from me as I'm eating my chips. I didn't have to use any zoom to take the picture. Greedy little jerks. :)

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Date: 2007-08-04 04:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] devilgrrl.livejournal.com
Oh, they're ballsy, aren't they? We had one a couple years ago that I was actually getting a little nervous about it snatching food from my mouth. It was that close. He was drooling all over me while I was feeding him. We nicknamed him Howard.

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Date: 2007-08-06 05:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] littlestarletta.livejournal.com
where is there a ruby tuesdays? hehe

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Date: 2007-08-06 11:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] devilgrrl.livejournal.com
We actually usually go to the one in North Attleboro. I'm not sure if there's a closer one.

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