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Temperature outside right now in Manhattan: 71.

SEVENTY ONE!

In fact, the weather over the past like week or so has just been awesome. High’s in the 60’s and 70’s every day with nooooo rain.

The best part is that it’s supposed to stay like this. Winter is officially ouuutt of here.

Speaking of “out of here,” the Yankees first game of the season against the Red Sox is going down tonight. So… check that out on ESPN2 at 8. But that’s another story.

The picture above is from Central Park the other day when the fam was here. Here are a couple more pics from when they were in NYC. (Click for full size)

Happy Easter!

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Spring Break was good.

I didn’t do anything amazing.

I didn’t break out the beer bong at the beach like the Miami Herald thinks I should have.

I hung around Florida with friends, slept, and got to wear t-shirts for the first time in months.

Spring Break was good.

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Whenever I check out my friends’ blogs, all I see are these amazing galleries of professional photos that make me want to sell my car to buy a DSLR, change my major and dedicate my life to photography (1, 2, 3).

While no major life chances like that will be happening to me anytime soon, I was able to go on a photo shoot over the weekend with deandagati.com “awesome people” Taylor & Maxie and see the pros at work. They also introduced me to Elia who is yet another amazing Cooper photographer who has her own blog here, and I’m happy to finally have met her (Taylor talks about you a lot, Elia).

The pictures included in this post are all from my iPhone (since I don’t own a still camera of any kind), but hopefully the legit pictures from their cameras will make their way to Facebook soon. Click the thumbnails below for full size…

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This is video I took in Washington Square Park today, and if it’s warm enough to roll your PIANO into the park, then Spring must be right around the corner, and seriously, it can’t come soon enough.

Today was in the upper 40’s and sunny, nicest weather we’ve had in a while. The snow from last week is finally almost all melted away, and the forecast for this weekend looks amazing. 50 & sunny both days! We haven’t seen 50 degrees since when? October?

Speaking of warmth, I can’t wait to go home to Florida on the 11th and get some serious heat. High of 81 my first day back. Love it ;)

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So I’m walking down the street last night, heading to class, when parked in front of Bobst Library I see what appears to be a brightly lit beach scene inside of a truck. As I approach this large, strange, see-thru vehicle that is equipped with sand, a palm tree, and mannequins dressed in bathing suites I realize that this isn’t just your everyday beach truck, this is an ad for Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

It’s following me.

Click “read more” for a pic from the side.

Read more…

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After two days in Orlando, and lots of packing to do back home, I decided that I’d better take a two-hour detour in the wrong direction to Gainesville & the University of Florida.

As I’ve mentioned on this blog before, I’m not much of a UF fan (want to see my rejection letter?) despite the fact that both my parents went there and live for everything Gator. In fact, the first time I went there, I didn’t even like the campus all that much. But this time was different. The only other time I’d ever been there was on the weekend during the summer… so I didn’t get a real feel for the school. This time, however, I was there on a Wednesday in the Spring, so it was an entirely different experience… and I hate to say that I liked it.

There are so many kids from Cooper City at UF right now (and they all live in Broward Hall, hahah) so it was a lot of fun to see them all (plus Kelly!). I was only there for a few hours but I managed to meet up with a ton of people and eat at my favorite Gainesville restaurant PITA PIT! (Which is apparently a chain?)

Now I’m back in the Coop but I uploaded all of my pictures to Facebook so you can check them out here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2037826

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Well, my Winter Break doesn’t officially end until January 19th, but yesterday I decided that since I miss school so much (no.), I’d see what a class at UCF is really like. Granted, it was the first day, so this class of 500 kids pretty much consisted of the professor (who was somewhat of a dick) going over the syllabus. But I never have classes that big, nor have I ever been to a class at a Florida college, so it was a crazy experience. (Actually, my phone wasn’t working so it was terrible.)

I also spent a good portion of the day roaming around UCF with Jenny. She showed me some of the secret awesome places around here that nobody seems to know about for some reason. (I literally drained my iPhone battery taking pictures so they’ll all be up on Facebook when I get home.)

Then we went to David’s soccer game. That was…. cold. But good! Because it was all Cooper kids playing, hah. A little hypothermia is good for you anyway.

After the soccer game on the frozen tundra turf fields of UCF, we all headed to what is apparently the place to go for pizza in Orlando: Lazy Moon. They have the biggest pizza slices you’ve ever seen in your life. Exhibit A:

And finally, I ended the day by chilling at Emily & Amanda’s apartment, which I think is incredibly nice. They have almost as much space as David’s house, and four bathrooms?! Come on! Then of course Mandy put me to work grating cheese or whatever, and then a lot of people showed up, and then the fire alarm went off. But it all added to the excitement of the party.

Also, there are insane amounts of hot people at UCF. Did I mention that?

Now I’m packing up to head out of here… but I’m not going South back to tha Coop though, nor am I going North back up to New York. See you in a few hours, Gainesville ;)

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Wasssssuppp Orlando!?

I’m hanging out here at UCF for a few days staying at David, Lee, Jack & Kim’s house (yes, HOUSE — freakin awesome) aka the Scottafouchenathanberg household. (More on that in an upcoming post.)

We went to go see Youth In Revolt tonight in downtown Orlando, and while I’ve been to UCF plenty of times, tonight was my first time ever going downtown. It has a very New York kind of feel to it just on a much smaller scale, with much less people. Still, it was really nice and this was seriously the sickest movie theater I’ve ever been in. It has, as David likes to describe, “first-class airplane seats” and a full bar… not to mention tickets are only FIVE DOLLARS. A movie costs $12.50 in NYC.

As for the movie, it was good. Not amazing or anything, but good. I’d recommend it.

Finally, I just want to say thanks to everyone who has joined the deandagati.com Facebook fan page! It’s only two days old and already has over 250 members! If this is your first time here, check the post below this one for a little more on what this site is about.

PS. David has a new blog that you should check out: http://davidn31.blogspot.com/

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Okay, I’ve been really slacking with these blog posts. That may not matter to any of you people out there, but I think a blog is a good thing to have… right? Whatever. Anyway, the reason I say I’m slacking is because my road trip didn’t just happen. It wasn’t last weekend. It wasn’t the weekend before. It was the weekend before that! July 24thhh.

Anyways, I packed up the Mazda and made the five hour trek to THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA! (In one tank of gas, mind you ;) ) Even though I did apply there (was rejected) and both my parents went to UF (still rejected), I had never actually been to Gainesville in my life. My first impressions were… eh. Idk, people think I’m crazy for saying this, but I liked UCF’s campus better. UF is nice and all, but when I walked around UCF I was just like “I want to live here.” In terms of education though…… lol

Overall, it was a good trip. I stayed with Chelsea in Hume, which was a nice dorm because they recently built it or whatever, but I loved Lakeside. Private rooms!? So nice!

Now I just need to go to FSU… but that 7 hour drive is not too enticing.

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Remember going to Marlins games? In like… 3rd grade? Back when people actually went to Marlins games? It’s really sad that nobody cares about the Marlins anymore — me included. I mean, I follow them a little bit, but now I’m a total Yankee fan. HOWEVER, my dad got tickets from his office to sit 8 rows behind the plate, and we actually went to the game last night. Did anybody see it? It was a great game. The pitcher hit a 3-run homer, the Atlanta coach got thrown out of the game, and we won! 6-3! Look at the stadium though. Hardly anybody there. Hopefully more people will go when the new stadium is built. Check out video from my iPhone of the coach getting thrown out ;)

GO MARLINS (and Yankees)!

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