Destin Forida Pt. 3

We woke up early that morning and went out to search for seashells! We didn't find much because the beach opens late and people walk over from other beaches and take them all before it opens. Well, we got a couple, but nothing exciting, anyway.
The next part's exciting. We booked a dolphin cruise!!! It was this beautiful yellow boat in the harbor, which was disgusting, and it was called the Florida Lady. It boarded after about twenty minutes and by that time I was already starting to get heat-sick. I hate it when that happens- then drinking something less than freezing makes you feel that much worse. So we loaded onto the boat and I got into the air conditioning real fast. It was nice, the seats were cushioned, and I went outside to watch the boat take off on the deck. Well, it wasn't like I was going to be on my first boat, however small and however short a time, without seeing the water below us!
I was fine for about one hour. The whole trip's two hours long. I went back into the air conditioning then came back out when the announcement came on that dolphins were spotted off the starboard deck, whatever that means.I went out and saw and it was amazing! I know people actually get to swim with them, but other than seaworld when I was so little I can't even remember, I have never seen a dolphin in person, so this was cool enough for me. It was so cool!!
Afterwards, I got a little worse. I hung out in the inside room, lay back on the padded seat, and talked with this really nice woman and her adorable toddler. I know, I'm pathetic! We go canoeing with thwe whole family on the Clarion Rive the Pennsylvania., and I can't handle a boat that's only about twice the size of your average canoe. The waves were really big, but that's hardly an excuse. Anyway, was glad when it ended. We drove out to a Chick-Fil-A, which I've never had before, and I slowly ate a little and drank a little and felt waaaayyy better!
Afterward we stopped off at the hotel pool. Leah was in love with it and she's a whiner- what are you supposed to do? How could we enjoy th beach with her crying she wants to go to the pool? S she got her fix and we went out to the beautiful ocean, had some fun in the sand, had some fun in the water, relaxed with chips and nice, cool drinks, and before we knew it we were headed home. We had the last of our frozen dinners and watched a movie and went to bed. I couldn't WAIT to get to sleep!
So, life lessons learned?:
A- don't like boats
B- like Chick-Fil-A

Elric vs. Cullen

Edward Elric VS. Edward Cullen
-cute/hot -hot
-sweet -protective
-kind -passionate
-compassionate -superstrong
-strong in mind -superfast
-strong in body -determined
-has automail -Will do anything for Bella
-brotherly love
-loveable
-will do anything for his friends and family
-Can do alchemy
-super smart
-dedicated
-determined
-AWESOME

A- sparkling is not really a tribute
B- Vampire's don't really sparkle
C- usually men who sparkle and/or shimmer are gay
D- EDWARD ELRIC SPARKLES TOO. JUST WATCH HIM DO ALCHEMY.

I don't have anything against Cullen. I LOVE Cullen (From the book). He just isn't up to The Full Metal Alchemists' standards. Sorry, Cullen.

Destin Florida Pt 2

Tuesday I woke up early AGAIN. By accident, really. Which is what killed me. I tried to fall back asleep, but that's a rare treat for me. Falling asleep after waking up once, I mean.
We went out to the pool immediately, slathering ourselves in sunscreen. We met this hilarious crazy girl named Carson (Yes, I know it's mostly a guy name. But it's really just like Leslie- it could go ether way, but it's mostly girls). She jumped on us, dove underwater, splashed around and screamed. She talked to Leah and my mom a lot especially. I liked her, she was funny! We went into the really deep water once and she kind of slipped a bit and got a mouthful of chlorine water. She was gagging, but then I realized she was laughing! "It's like struggling for survival!" That cracked everybody up- you had to hear her say it the way she did.
We pried Leah off my mom for a while and she went underwater, demonstrating her ability to open her eyes under there with chemicals and everything. She says it doesn't hurt, so I went under. It didn't, but I couldn't see a thing. Any shapes or colors were all blurred together, and anything else was just unclear. I came back up and told Jacqueline it didn't hurt, and she came up and told me she could see clearly. It was weird..... I also can't float. Mom tried to teach me every time we get in a big pool like that, but I just can't do it. I sink like a rock, maybe worse!!! I don't care all that much, though. My favorite part of water is under it. Fresh water, that is.
So then we went out to the ocean. We got sand toys at Wal-Mart yesterday and it was fun to watch Leah play for a while. we waded out and body-surfed waves and then just laid on the blanket, watched the ocean, and read our books. The worst part was always packing up- the wind there was wild, and sand in your hair or eyes was guaranteed no matter where you stood to keep away from flapping towels and blankets.
For lunch we went to this interesting place call Fudpuckers. I know what you're thinking, you're laughing. Think about the name: Fudpuckers. Fudpuckers.
Yeah, I know.
Anyway, it was an interesting place. There was writing all over every single available surface- the walls, the beams, the tables, even the lamps that were seven feet above you standing on a chair. It was pretty sweet! The food was good, but it was sort of a ripoff because there wasn't much and it was really, really expensive. Still, I liked it a lot. I mean, there was a DISCO BALL!!!! who can tel me a restaurant with a disco ball isn't a tiny bit cool? Huh?
One of the employees gave us a permanent marker to sign one of the railings, which we all did, then he tried to con us into a cheap cruise. We said sure and ran away as fast as possible!!!
We went to the pool AGAIN, then went back to the Palms for some froooozen pizza. Don't ask me why I said it like that I don't know I just did.
Afterward, mom and dad decided to get some extra snacks and us three kids watched Spongebob (Leah's choice, obviously) until they came back. They had chips and movies and I was SO HAPPY. I ate junk food and watched the Family Stone. My review is at the very bottom of the post.
Me and Leah had a little fight over the sleeping arrangements, but it was fixed in a minute. Leah was supposed to sleep on the trundle that pulled out from my bed while Jacqueline got the pullout couch to herself. Leah had some thing about sleeping in a drawer. I adopted it for my own and, ta-dah, got my bed back!!! It's just that I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep without a real bed. I have enough trouble when I'm away from home as it is, while Leah always falls asleep within ten minutes whether she wants to or not!
We had to wake up early in the morning for multiple reasons which I will reveal in the next post. Yaaay.


The Family Stone
The characters are flighty and fun and interesting (Except for Meredith, which is what makes it so much fun!), and my favorite was immediately Amy. I liked it at first, it looked like it would be a lot of fun. But as the movie went on I got more and more
A-Bored
B-Depressed
C-all of the above even though there's only two.
It wasn't bad, really, but I was expectnig more humor and less crying. It was sad, yes, and it was a really, really good movie. I just wish there had been more comedy. They took a very funny situation and turned it into a soap opera! Some parts made me laugh out loud, yes. But there were only two or three of those. The rest weren't that good, if even meant to be there at all. And I wasn't feeling the emotion with the Christmas present Meredith gives everybody. I know the SPOILER ALERT!!!!!! mom's sick and everything, but it's just a picture of her pregnant with the daughter. Why is it such a big deal that it's Amy and not one of the other kids? Why is it a big deal at all? It just confused me, is all.
Overall, I'd give it an A-. Really a good movie.

Destin Florida Pt. 1

I'm going to take this one day by post at a time. otherwise it would probably end up miiiiles long!!!

Monday morning we woke up at four fifteen in the morning packed and ready to go. We'd prepared everything the night before except for morning toiletries and all that. We drove out to the airport, falling asleep as we went. Anyone who knows me knows I am not a morning person. NOT a MORNING person. So I was pretty much half dead for a while. But after I wake up a little bit in the early morning, I wake up a lot. It was like pouring a pound of sugar into eight different caffeinated and sugared sodas and energy drinks. In other words, I annoyed the crap out of my family.
The first plane was BIG and the ride was about two and a half hours down to Houston, Texas. I sat between two men and neither said a word the entire ride except for the one on the left- he said 'sorry' when he stepped on my foot. What an imagination. Not that I minded- I find it awkward when you exchange two sentences, then sit in silence for the rest of the ride wondering if you should say something else.
Anyway, we made our way down through the airport (We always fly Continental Airlines) and waited for two hours in the terminal to take a smaller, yet more comfortable (And extra LOUD) plane for ninety minutes down to Destin, Florida. There we got an immediate car and hotel room, which was refreshing compared to our usual mad rush and long waits. We immediately settled in and, one hour later, we were at the ocean.
Destin's park was labeled America's best for a reason. It was beautiful!!! Mom sure knows how to pick a spot (Though her timing is never good- last time we went on vacation Jacqueline almost missed her Aptitude Tests and I almost missed my POP competition. This time I was invited to a friends' cabin and to see the Harry Potter 6 the first day it opened. Oh, well.) The water was perfectly blue from a few yards away, and the sand was WHITE. Not khaki white, WHITE white. Once you got up right in the water, dipping your feet in, it was clear as glass. You could see down for at least four feet!!! The only thing was the seaweed. It was ALL OVER. I rinsed off in the shower at the room afterwards and found pieces of the nasty stuff in my top. And everywhere else, really. Then we went down to the Palms Of Destin (our hotel) swimming pool, which was beautiful. They had turned it into the tropics we couldn't have on the beach. There were palms and beautiful plants everywhere, wooden bridges stretching across the water and rock walls with pretty flowers filling in the cracks. It looked like some sort of exotic oasis. Actually, it pretty much was.
Fridays was for lunch- I got the AAAAAMAAAZING endless lunch, soup&salad with yummy breadsticks. There was a Wal-Mart just across and down the street, so we went and bought all kinds of frozen dinners and junk foods for snacks. We ate some of our frozen meals for dinner that night and went to bed waaay early. Some of us might be better than others (Everyone vs. me) but we were all pretty exhausted.

wow

Yeah, sorry about that font yesterday. I kept changing it smaller, trying to edit it out, but it wouldn't go when I went back out to view the post gain. But I didn't spend too much time on those reviews. i would have deleted them, but I just had to see baby Caiden!!! He was adorable, and finally weighed normal. He's undersized for his age, but not dangerously so like he was when he was born.

I finished reading Marley & Me for the second time today, fully realizing all over again how much I really miss my old German Shepherd, Shana. I love Sadie, she's the perfect cuddle puppy. But she doesn't play, doesn't like to run hard, and it's nearly impossible to grasp the concept of bring-ball-back-after-fetch. Shana would play ball with my Dad for hours, her teeth used to bleed for chewing on that rock-hard thing for so long!!! It was the only toy that ever lasted. Shana's teeth would rip anything else apart- but that ball lasted all fourteen years. Yeah, Shana was really old when she died. She lived a long, pretty-awesome life!

I think it's pretty easy for humans to forget what dogs teach us. Their lives are so short they have no choice but to enjoy every day. Somehow they can see the truth of it, people, relationships, life, everything. They know somehow what's right and what's good in life. Like how fetching a stick and getting a pat on the head is better than working your butt off, leaving your family time behind so you can get some new wheels or whatever. I know all too well this kind of stuff. It makes me feel sort of guilty, having all of this and still claiming that it's not good enough, while my dog lies content, every single day, buy the window, waiting for the whole family to get home. I remember how much the silence in the house used to kill me, every day when i got home, when Shana died and I could no longer hear her nails clicking on the linoleum when I was down in the basement. I missed her greeting me by the door, and knowing that she was waiting for me when I got home. It was what pushed me to beg Dad for another dog. Now I have that again, and I've been taking it for granted. How stupid humans are. Maybe dogs have it right- maybe all you need to love is someone to wait for you at the door, someone who has faith that you will come home every day. It's what got me through the tough days.

Drive-In Movie Reviews

Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaurs
This movie is packed in with laughs from beginning to end! Sid is an excellent mother, Manny is an obsessive father, Elly is the patient motherly figure, Crash and Eddie are the hilarious rodents (Literally),and Diego is the funny cynic, which means all is normal. and the whole thing, though a tiny bit predictable, was a lot of fun to watch overall. My absolute favorite part of the entire thing, and it HAD to be for many people, was definitely Buck. He's funny, he's cool, and he's insane. Really, number one and three are the only things I need to like a character. Coolness is just a bonus factor.

Night at the Museum 2
Oh, WOW!!!! There is so much you could say about this movie! It's funny, it's fast, it's got a good though chaotic plot line. There's a lot happening, and they managed to keep the animation in great shape! You can hardly tell that half of the people are being filmed afterward on a green screen. There's not a lot to say, except i liked it a lot. I thought the characters were bright and funny, especially the bad guys and Amelia Earheart.

I gotta go, my mom's friend Lauren is here with her new baby!!! Caiden Hunter Kennedy, he's adorable!!

OMG!!!!!!

I've titled this post for aboslutely no reason "OMG". Let's see what has happened......

I got some followers! Thanks, guys! this is pretty cool, since I was never, ever, EVER expecting anyone to read, much less sign on to follow!! LOL!! So thanks!! I would follow you guys, too, but I have no idea how : p. Sorry!!!

We went to our favorite drive-in last night with one of Jacqueline's friends. We saw the third Ice Age and the second Night At the Museum. I've already seen NATM2, but I figured it was cooler the second time anyway. It's surprising how much adult content they're putting into kids' movies now. Like, in Madagascar 2, when the monkeys are pushing for maternity leave the penguin looks under the table and comes back up slowly, saying all suspiciously, "But you're all males..." and then in Ice Age Sid flys in and lands in front of Elly's (Is that how you spell it?) new baby and yells, "It's a boy!" Diego says, "That's it's tail," and Sid changes to "It's a girl!" Funny, but a bit inappropriate. There were a lot of small kids there that night. I mean, I know they wouldn't understand it, but they're gonna ask their parents, you can count on it.

I updated my profile if anyone wants to take a look. It's a bit more interesting, though I can't lie to say that I've mastered the concept of 'comma = end of sentence.' LOL!!!

A strange dog wandered into our garage about a half hour ago. I was surprised, and my little sister was, too, so I called up for my mom. "MOM! There's a dog at the door!"
"I know! I saw him through the window!" she yells. I wait a minute. Wow, mom. Thanks for the fantastic help. I go outside and Leah already got my dad out there to check the dog out. I asked him if he thought it was Coach, the Lab that lived just across the street with our newly parented neighbor, Jennifer. "Maybe," he said, and told me to grab a drink of water for the poor thing. He was panting so hard he sounded half dead, but what he really wanted was food, as I discovered when I brought out two dog treats, one for our newcomer and one for the curious Sadie, who would have gotten jealous as she does. It was hard to tell if this dog was Coach or not, as he was so much skinnier than last time I had seen him, which was a long time ago. We weren't even sure if Jenn still had Coach, as we hadn't seen him around for a long time. Then Jenn came out of her house and solved the mystery, calling out for her dog on her front lawn.
"This yours? He's having a ball!" Dad laughed and handed him over to her. Jennifer explained that Coach had been at her dad's house for the past six months, because her father was lonely without his own dog, who had recently passed away. Now Coach couldn't recognize this as his home and Jennifer as his mistress. I guess Coach was just attracted to my dad for being.... male. That was pretty much the fun even of the day.

Now I have a dilemma. As much fun as I have with both of my friends, together and apart, only one will be welcome on the annual canoe trip in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which will be coming up soon. Unless I decide to not bring one at all, in which case Jacqueline willl probably steal the slot for one of her own buddies. Unless, God forbid, Leah brings one of her supremely annoying girlfriends along. I will most likely have to shoot myself if that happens. You have no idea. But how am I supposed to choose? Pence is not exactly what you could call an outdoorsy person, though she hasn't met anyone in my family yet. My extended family, at least. Of course they've both met my immediate family. They know the dangerous waters of LeahLand. the problem is, I owe Pence for inviting me up to their cabin in Michigan, even though I'm not going to be able to go, because in the very same week (the same week the Harry Potter 6 comes out, by the way, which sucks) we're heading off the Florida, the surf, the sand, and the sunburn!! It's gonna be a blast. But then again, though Demyx has met my extended family, she would drive my sisters insane, and Jacqueline would be alone. Like she could hang out with my parents or LEAH. So I would feel guilty. The simplest option seems to be to not take anybody, but then Jacqueline brings a friend and, though I get along pretty well with all of Jacqueline's friends, I'd be left alone a lot. I can't hang with Leah, either, and though I'd be better off with my parents than Jacqueline would, it would still ultimately suck. Sigh. What to do what to do? I'm so lucky my friends don't read my blog! Ha! Aaaanyway, I'm sure you don't want to be reading this crap. I bet half people who would actually read this have sign off my now. Which would make a total of people reading this sentence here..... ONE! wheeee.

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut the beach trip is gonna be awesome! That's all I have for now. TTYL!!!

I'm writing this post from the local library right now, as I have twenty minutes left, am all checked out and am bored. The fair sucked the first time we went. There were three stupid, impossible games and a couple food stands, and the rest of the space was stuffed full of inflatables for six year olds. There was, of course, also a pony ride, but like I'd go on there just to get hives or whatever I'd come out of that crap with. We realized we were starving so we drove to a Mexican restaurant, arguing all the way. Me and my dad were, anyway. After we ate, though, everything seemed to get a little better. Dad started joking around and I sur fe3lt a lot better. We went back to the fair and I could listen to the cool, LOUD music and laugh at the people signing up for the hot dog eating contest. You know, it's not at all like what you see on TV? The challenge is to see how many hot dogs you can eat in ten minutes, not how FAST you can eat a hundred hot dogs. So it was actually pretty boring, so we went home soon. But it was still way better. (The winner was 6 and a half hot dogs. Dad said it was weak but didn't want to sign up because they were all college kids and he didn't want to embarrass them when he kicked their butts.) So we went home and hung out for a while, popped some poppers and tested out a couple smoke bombs. The dog was spazzing, whch was adorable, and the fireworks, both the third AND fourth, were absolutely amazing.
I went to see the proposal with Demyx and Pence, as you may know, and it was great! Funny from beginning to end, and I thought it would be predicatble but it wasn't at all!!! You'll just LOVE Gammy, she was the best part of the movie, I think. Althought they made a really cute couple. HE is seriously cute. But it was funny, it was sweet, ended as all romantic comedies do, but at least it didn't show her pregnant. That would have been too much. So, basically, it was perfect! Afterward Pence and Demyx and I went home, hung out in my room, swung in my backyard, went walking on the trails, and went FISHING!!!! we caught six altogether, I think. It was an amazing day for it. I haven't been fishing with my dad in, like, FOREVER. I should ask to go sometime soon.
I was thinking last night about how I promised my friend I would try to go to church more often. Whoops.
I think I have insomnia. This always seems to happen around this time in summer, like Annual Insomnia. Maybe it's because I'm weird. I fall alseep BETTER when I have a ton of stuff to think about, not the other way around, so I guess school is stressful enough for me to be able to sleep better. Still, I'm going to be keeping a little sleep journal and looking over it in a week to see what I did on days I slept better. Maybe that'll help me turn it around.
I've gotta check and see if Dad's waiting out in the parking lot. TTYL!!

Infinite dullness

I have titled this post correctly so, for I see no progress with my life whatsoever, I typed up a storm yesterday and came up with crap, it took me a full hour to organize a movie date w/ two girlfriends, and now I'm stuck home alone, pathetically waiting for five o'clock to come. what a long wait it will be. It tells you just how pathetic I am with how little it takes to make me miserable. Sure, I have a wonderful family a great home and good food every day, but what's the use of feeling sorry for yourself when you're thinking of that? I'd like my cynical hour for the day, please. Thank you.
Other than that, everything I infinite dullness. I have nothing to do, it's hot outside, and that's pretty much it. Wheeeee.

Summer

So far summer has been fun, full of reading and writing and swimming and just having a blast with friends.
Pence's birthday party was last Friday, happy birthday!! Luv ya!!! we went to the fair and rode spinning rides and they had the coolest funhouse and the BEST (though most expensive) food. Especially the fried stuff. OH. MY. GOD.
We listened to her dad play in his band, vinyl style (LOL, he plays the trumpet and sings. it's AWESOME....) and sang happy birthday to her. We re-rode a lot o rides and went on the ferris wheel and the merry-go-round twice each just to scream: "WE'RE GONNA DIE!!" at the very end of the merry-go-round and at the very top of the ferris wheel. Now THAT was awesome.
Afterward, we went down to Pence's house and played some PS2 games, which were her presents, Iron Man from Demyx and Crash Bandicoot games from me(It was a triple pack, whoo!!!!). We talked and messed around, staying up until three in the morning. Well, Demyx and I did. Pence conked out at her own sleepover, LOL!!! : P

Lately we've just been hanging, as it's been a little chilly for the pool. we're going to watch fireworks tonight, though I've never wuite understood how that works. Celebrating the fourth on the third, I mean. It's kind of..... yeah.

We're also gion gto the fair that's being held today, adn i expect it'll be the same sort of thing so I might not even write. But I know, as it's tradition, that i'll be going on the ferris wheel with Mom, the Whip with Leah, the Scarmbler with jacquleine, and anything and everything with Dad, my riding buddy. It's gonna be so mch fun!!! We might end up running into some of Jacuqleine's friends there, who said they would be going, so that'll be fun. I love Jacquleine's friends. Pence and Demyx won't be coming, so......

We might be starting a new blog, all three of us, together, to create a show! it could be just us, it could be cosplay, we're not sure yert, but whatever it is it's gonna be awesome!!! So tune in, nonexistent readers, for the ride of a lifetime.


PS, we are NOT copying off the awesomeness of Demyx time on YouTube if we end yp cosplaying, i swear. but chec her out, she's totally awesome and insane, which is what gives her the flair needed to help Demyx spread the squeals

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