In our quest to enjoy our time in New York as much as possible, Jasmine and I decided to join Jamie on a visit to the nearest Six Flags on Saturday. Friday night we decided to purchase our tickets and find out how to get there. Online tickets were only $39.99 compared to the $49.99 at the gate (normally $59.99 - $10 for a coke can).

After purchasing and printing our tickets we decided to look up how to get to Jackson, NJ for our trip. To no surprise, the most efficient way to get there is from the Port Authority for $25 round trip ticket. The only drawback with taking a bus was the fact that it did not leave until 9:30 meaning we would arrive 1 hour after open, due to the 1 1/2 hour bus ride, and the last bus left at 8:30 - a full hour and a half before the park closed. This is a great disappointment to someone like myself that likes to ride as many roller coasters as possible during my trip to amusement parks. (more…)

I have always jumped at the chance to experience new things, especially if I could wipe my mind clear of all the old things that I wanted to change. Moving to New York was one of those things. Changing this website was another.

While having wildleaf as a writing community, I had mainly hoped to receive feedback on my stories so that I could turn in more complete assignments with less need for revision. As an attempt to gain higher participation in my self-fulfilling goal, I also thought it would be a good idea to encourage other people to write as well. There was only one problem: most people don’t like to write or put their stories online for review and possible ridicule (something I had set up the community to specifically object to). Then I stopped writing. I discovered that posting my first drafts on a website was counter productive. I would have a dozen people read my story at once, give me possible revisions, and then pay less and less attention to it in future revisions. I was depending on a diminishing resource.