Kevin Henri

April

April 29, 2008 // 0 Comments // Add yours »

First off, it's been a good month for taking pictures.

Okay, I know I haven't posted in a while, so let's see if I can remember everything that I have done over the past month. My birthday was on the 17th, so my mom drove all the way up to UConn to visit me. We got lunch at this restaurant which was a lot better than I thought it would be. It was also nice to eat somewhere new. Afterwards, we got some ice cream at the dairy bar, which I think has some great ice cream and I believe my mom agreed. When we were done eating, we drove all over looking for a volleyball but of course no one has a volleyball, not even a sports store. Go figure. Anyway, it was really fun and I filled my mom in on how everything has been going and it was really nice that she came up and I appreciate it a lot. Umm after that, I went out and took some pictures with Katie. Only the last one is a result from that day.

The weekend before that, I went home because my dad bought us tickets to go see Young Frankenstein on broadway. So we went to NYC and walked over to the show. It was my first Broadway show so I was very excited. The show was hilarious! I loved the Producers when it came out and I think that Mel Brooks did an even better job turning this movie into a musical. I was laughing nonstop the entire show. Sure, there were plenty of dirty jokes which isn't the most comfortable thing to sit through with a parent, but what else can you expect from Mel Brooks? Anyway, everyone else in the theater loved it too. I thought it was great. After that, we walked around the city and got lunch at Pax on the corner of Bryant Park. I think Bryant Park might be one of my favorite places to go in the city. Once we finished eating lunch, we took a subway over to ground zero because my dad had not been there since 9/11. This was my third time visiting and I noticed that they have definitely made progress but it seems like they just divided the whole in the ground in half and have just neglected one half of it while building on the other side. Anyway, from there, we walked down the street where we saw St. Paul's chapel which is the oldest church in Manhattan. The cemetary of the church (which is directly across the street from ground zero) was not the slightest bit harmed from the wreckage and rubbel from 9/11. I thought that was very amazing. We proceeded to walk across the street to the park outside City Hall, which I had never been to before. It was a really nice park and the architecture of all the buildings around that area are really nice. The park had gas lit lamps which both my dad and I thought were pretty cool. After sitting there for a little while, we rushed back on the subway to Grand Central and went home.

Besides that, I can't really think of any eventful parts of the month that are worth mentioning. School is over in two weeks and then I'm coming home for the summer and probably working at Mattei's.

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The President can travel through time!

April 09, 2008 // 0 Comments // Add yours »

Not really, but I find these pictures really funny.

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Today

April 05, 2008 // 2 Comments // Add yours »

The weather today was amazing. I can only hope that it will stay that way and get warmer.

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Trip

April 02, 2008 // 0 Comments // Add yours »

The Coast of Ireland

I plan on going back to Ireland sometime in the near future. I figure, if I am able to save up enough money, two summers from now would be a good time to go.

Irish Coast

Cliffs of Moher

Ring of Kerry

Ireland is a very beautiful country and it is definitely very different from the United States. I reccommend that EVERYONE try and go to Ireland at least once. One of my favorite things about when I went there was hearing their accents. Sometimes it is pretty hard to understand them, whereas English accents are relatively easy.

There are so many places, people and other things to see in Ireland that it would take hundreds of trips to see everything worth seeing.

Cave underneath Blarney Castle

Blarney Castle. Home of the Blarney Stone

If you ever have the chance, take it and go to Ireland!

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Monday, 24 March 2008

March 24, 2008 // 1 Comments // Add yours »

at So, I've decided to type up some of my plans for the future so I get them done. After the more immediate plans, I included a sort of a check list of stuff I want to do before I die, which I got the idea from Sean a couple years back and have decided to post it here. Not all of the things on the checklist I expect to do. Most of them I probably won't. But if I have it written down, there is more chance that I will get them done.

I want to save up money for a few things: an external camera flash, Xbox 360, tripod, a 3 or 4 day trip to Peru (more specifically Machu Pichu and the city of Cusco) that I want to visit within the next two or three years, at least a weeklong trip back to Ireland and possibly also Liverpool in England two summers from now, and I want to save up enough money to buy another car in case mine ever randomly stops working and I'm left without a car. Here's the other checklist that I made two years ago and I have things checked off if I've done them. I've basically taken Sean's list and modified it a little.

( ) travel to Greece

( ) travel to italy

(x) travel to ireland

(x) travel to england

( ) visit all 48 continental states (i think 17 so far)

( ) own my own house

( ) go hiking in Europe

( ) own a '73 Dodge Charger and fix it up to be nice

( ) travel to chicago

(x) travel to niagara falls

(x) see the rocky mountains

(x) visit yellowstone

( ) visit all the famous national parks in our country

( ) travel to niagara falls again, but with friends

( ) Visit jim morrison's grave

(x) visit strawberry fields in central park

( ) Go to Abbey Rd Studios

(x) Visit Liverpool, England

(x) Spend a day with a complete stranger and become good friends

( ) travel to the Carribean (I've been to Puerto Rico, but I don't know if I consider that the Carribean)

( ) go scuba diving

(x) go snorkelling among a coral reef

(X)visit the Florida keys

( ) swim in the Mediterranean Sea

( ) learn to sail

( ) see the egyptian pyramids

( ) see the pyramids in Guatemala and mexico

( ) visit the ruins in peru

( ) travel to pompeii

( ) meet paul mccartney

( ) meet anthony keidis from Red Hot Chili Peppers

( ) meet Brian May, the guitarist from Queen

( ) meet any comedians i like

( ) graduate college

(x teach history) decide what i wanna do in college

( ) own something autographed by all four of the Beatles

( ) party on the rooftop of a skyscraper

(x) see a Broadway show

( ) go to the top of the Sears Tower

(x) go hiking out west

(x) understand how to get around nyc

(x) buy a professional digital camera

( ) go snowboarding at least once

(x) visit a castle

( ) visit a shipwreck

(x) see a shooting star

( ) see the Northern Lights

(x) learn guitar

( ) own a rickenbacker 325 (john lennon's guitar during the early years and also john fogerty)

( ) own an epiphone casino (the guitar john lennon used a lot during the white album/abbey road/let it be time period)

(x) own a gibson les paul guitar

(x) own a violin bass (paul mccartney)

( ) be on MTV

( ) spend NYE in Times Square

( ) attend the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade

(x) travel to Canada

( ) travel to Mexico

(x) visit ground zero

(x) ice skate in new york city

( ) stay at a hilton hotel

( ) live on a farm for a week

( ) live in a big city for a week

( ) camp in the south american rainforest

(x) camp in the rocky mountains

( ) sneak backstage at a concert

( ) see paul mccartney in concert

( ) see RHCP in concert

( ) learn how to burp on call

(x) learn how to snap my fingers

( ) learn how to whistle

( ) visit the small italian towns that tourists usually skip

( ) visit a desert

( ) road trip cross-country

( ) road trip with friends

( ) sell (at least) one of my photographs

( ) be an extra in a movie

( ) watch a movie be filmed

( ) watch a tv show be filmed

( ) go somewhere cool for spring break

(x emeril and lloyd banks) randomly run into a celebrity

( ) walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

( ) go to all 5 boroughs of new york city

(x) go on the statue of liberty

(x) go on the empire state building

(x) see a double rainbow

( ) see a wild bear

(x) see a wild moose

(x) wake up to hear the sound of wolves howling (amazing)

(x) visit the Dakota, where John Lennon got shot

( ) see Ringo Starr live

( ) ride a 2 seater bicycle

( ) visit an exotic deserted island

(x) live on a boat for a week

(x) drink out of a fresh coconut

(x) see a Yankees game at yankees stadium

(x) see a yankees/red sox game at Yankee stadium

( ) see a yankees/red sox game at Fenway Park

( ) see a yankees/orioles game in baltimore

(x) visit the Baseball Hall of Fame

( ) go back to baltimore for a weekend

( ) be in the audience of SNL

(x) graduate derby high school

( ) save someone's life

( ) start a band for fun

( ) play at least three songs live with previously mentioned band

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Easter Weekend

March 24, 2008 // 0 Comments // Add yours »

Easter weekend was alright. I came home on Saturday and didn't do much. I drove around a little and took some pictures but that's about it.

Gotta love Main Street in Derby.

Sunday morning I went to Easter mass and then went over my grandparents' house for a little while. Afterwards I went to take pictures with Sean and then I headed back for UConn.