city.

im in new york. it feels like a different world. its beautiful; a huge, noisy, bustling city surronded by woods. seriously the trees here are incredible. i went to a little park yesterday and was completely surronded and engulfed by these massive, delicious trees. and its humid. and i love it. today i drove in manhattan. one word... chaos. in cache valley people hardly honk. if someone does something stupid other drivers mostly ignore it unless their life or car is in immediate danger. here not so much. today i got honked at. for a long time. i had to remember that it wasn't a personal attack, only an attack on my failure to yeild to the pretty beemer speeding up behind me. anyways, it was crazy and slightly intimidating but i did it. oh, and apparently the taxi cabs aren't required to follow any of the rules and regulations everyone else does. they just kind of go where they want, when they want. the yellow and white lines mean nothing. parking was astronomically expensive. $15.00/hour. but i am home safe! one last observation, people here aren't friendly to strangers. i was at CVS picking up a few things and when i walked up to the counter i smiled at the clerk and he said, "thats the first smile of the day!" really?!! at 4pm? yup. happy to oblige sir. i like it here. already on the verdge of loving it here. especially the city.