so every saturday, i go out to breakfast at a diner with my dad (unless of course, he is fishing). sometimes, when we are done and walking to the car, i ask him to take me on a ride. usually we go to crossgates, or a walking trail. 

it has always been a little hope of mine that one day after breakfast, when i say “take me on a ride,” he will take me to the city or something. he never does. yesterday i was almost CERTAIN he was going to. so we start driving on i-87. we start passing all the signs that say “new york – 190 miles’ etc, etc. we are driving for over an HOUR and we passed woodstock, which is pretty much the only desirable thing on i-87 besides the city. he keeps teasing me about it as we get closer and closer (since at breakfast i practically cried because the 1 year anniversary of columbia is coming up and i was being nostalgic — will write about this in a separate entry). 

finally, he pulls into an exit for newburgh. newburgh is like a smaller version of colonie. i was like….what could POSSIBLY be here? oh, yeah, ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS. my dad took me to the orange county choppers hq (yes, THIS occ, aka the “other” show on tlc besides jon and kate plus 8).

so, if you’ve taken the time to watch all :55 seconds of that link, you’ll know that, duh, this place is filled with hardcore people/bikers. so i mean, one might deduce that there would be equally “hardcore” music playing at the store, right? WRONG. i was there about half an hour, and omg, lol it was a good 5 avril lavigne songs before we even reached “my life would suck without you” by kelly clarkson. 

just thought i’d share!