Blue Lollipop Road

team jacob

If you had asked me what this meant before Thursday this week, I would’ve thought you were talking about a company softball game fundraiser or something. I try to do my best to live everywhere BUT under a rock, but this one got me.

When my 14 year old cousin squealed and asked if I wanted a ticket to go see The Twilight Saga: Eclipse movie I said sure. I had no idea what I was getting in to. She excitedly gave me the 4-11 Twilight story not leaving out a detail so I could “understand” what was going on when we watched the movie. As she ended her lesson with me I sort of laughed and shook my head thinking about the boys I was in love with when I was her age. My walls were plastered with pix of Corey Haim and Balthazar Getty straight out of my Teen Beat Magazine. I knew the drill.

Then we got to the theatre.

As we were munching our gargantuan souvenir Twilight bucket o’ buttery popcorn, I thought it was a bit odd that 90% of the women rolling in were my age. As the movie started and I was trying to follow all the drama, twists and turns, people started talking to the movie screen. I sat there thinking- shhhhh!!! I am trying to watch! Oh but then it was officially ON. In the scene that Jacob comes in (that’s the shirtless, ripped dude in case you’ve been living under a rock in Tweenville with me) the place erupts with screeches, squeals, “Oh my god he is SOOO hot!, I love you Jacob!” and even a “Will you marry me?!”

I laughed so hard. I just couldn’t keep it in. It was the funniest thing I have ever experienced during a movie. Grown woman yelling at the screen as if Jacob would be able to hear them if they yelled loud enough. Every single time he appeared on screen there was more squealing and I love you’s. It was absolutely hilarious.

As we left and my cousin said; “UGH- Di! Isn’t Jacob SOOOOOO hot?! I mean, you have GOT to be on Team Jacob- right?” I told her sure, I’d join her team of course. After all he is a buff little cutie. I also told her I felt like a creepy old lady for even saying that. I Then proceeded to tell her that the guy I was crushing on myself the whole movie was the geeky dad. Her response of “EW! Gross.” sealed the deal that I am officially old and probably not nearly as cool as she used to think I was.

I highly recommend an afternoon at the theatre for this one if you haven’t been already. It’s entertainment all around and you’ll leave scratching your head like me wondering how you missed the boat on making billions by telling the dramatic stories of teen love and angst, mixed with vampires and werewolves.

snail mail shakedown

Want me to send you a postcard from someplace cool? Want to send me a postcard from where you live or a place you think I should check out? Lets do it!

If you’d like a postcard from me:
Email diane (@) bluelollipoproad.com, post a comment here, or send me a note in the “comments” box on my About page above.

If you’d like to send me a postcard, the Blue Lollipop Road Headquarters mail drop during my travels is:
Blue Lollipop Road
7173 Brooking Way
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
(Headquarters sounded fun and big time- had to write that. I have someone managing my mail while I am gone so I won’t miss a thing.)

Here’s to a snail mail revolution!

round and round and round she goes

For those of you who have asked, curious about my travel itinerary/plans (of course subject to change at any given second if I catch wind of some must explore place or thing that’s not on my list already.) Here is the loose version as I sit today at the beach on day 2 of my adventure.

Richmond, VA to:

*Outer Banks, NC
*Wilmington, NC (I know- this isn’t exactly the most direct route to Alaska from Virginia ,but I’ve never been the most direct route kind of girl. I’m working in Wilmington for a week and getting my car all tuned/prepped for the long haul as well as seeing some friends. Of course I also thought It’d be fun to say I drove my car to put my toes in both U.S. coats and jumped in this summer.)
*Back through Richmond, VA for a night
* NYC (I’ll be seeing someone very special to me and beyond significant to this trip and BLR. It’s been 16 years since we last saw each other. This reunion is something so important to me I can’t describe it, but am looking forward to doing my best to share stories after our meeting.)
*Upstate NY/Finger Lakes
*Toronto?
*Chicago and ‘burbs of Chicago
*Madison, WI
*???
*???
*???
*Seattle?
*Alaska
*???

The great thing about having an open schedule and living in a free country is that I can change my mind, take advantage of any opportunity that comes my way and make plans as I go. My goal to get to Alaska for the anniversary on 8/18 might not happen as it’s already 7/2 and I have a lot of places to stop, people to see and living on the road to do that is vital to this trip. I have accepted that and it’s OK with me. Safety and keeping in mind the point of all this is most important to me anyway. At “worst” I will have my time in Alaska and be ready to gift the 10% pay it forward from all donations and sponsorships by 9/30/10 if not before. I already have some dough in the account and waiting on stories from you all to roll in!

I am excited that I will be meeting one of my readers who I have become email pals with for about a year and a half after she stumbled upon BLR. She and her husband offered to host me immediately upon announcement of my trip. I’ll see them on my way to NYC soon. How cool is that? It will be like meeting a long lost friend again. The connections we can make with each other through technology amaze me. Looking forward to meeting you in person G and seeing the rest of you along the way!

P.S~ You can track my route (red line) on the map above n the Alaska page!

is it really possible to jump out of your pants?

After one last day of madness in the prep for the kick off to the trip, here we are!