A Blog so long, it took two days.

Greetings, all. I am broadcasting to you all live from the library! Oh, the excitement! Well, there is a TON I need to say, and my dad's warning of don't take to long is preventing me of telling you what you NEED to know. So, I will either fix this up quick, or take my time and put it up tomorrow, Wednesday. When you have read this far, you'll know which one I chose.

I am not going to say everything in the order they happened, because I clearly don't feel like it and I feel there are some things more exciting then the other. Firstly, I got a new phone! Squeal! It's the ENV TOUCH! And, yes! It is beautiful! It's got a touch screen, (obviously), and when your scrolling through the comments, it makes a kind of "spin the wheel" type of noise, which, to me, is the best thing you could think of when making a phone. I already got some pictures on it, the quality is great, and I sent some pictures from a website to my phone featuring Doctor Who and Turk and JD. Now, here's the exciting story. My mom and I went to the Verizon store, I had 153 dollars and a broad grin on my face. Turns out, the phone, even with the plan we already acquire, was around $400, despite my research. With a sad face, I turn to leave, wondering what I'll tell my friends. Then, out of no where, my cousin, who is the freakin' manager of the place, comes out and gives us the phone for half off. My mom, oh bless her, offers to pay the 50 dollars I did not acquire. This all happened Friday, right after school.

The following happened about 2 and a half hours ago. I got home from school, cracked open a can of coke, chugged a bit, petted my dog, and realized something. There might be something in the mailbox. I rush outside, crossing the dangerously fast road, rip open the door to the spider infested mailbox and gaze at a beautiful, extravagant white wrapping paper around a biggish box. I take it all off, and rest my eyes on my very own... John Green Bobble Head. Yes, I was one of the lucky hundred or maybe more on the Secret Project mailing list and we got first dibs. It depicts John holding a large black book, standing on a black podium so to speak, with "DFTBA" written on it in large, white lettering. The puff-levels are clearly not very high, although I love it anyways. I am now, in very much need of a Hank Green Bobble Head. Someone! Make it happen!

The following happened Saturday night. I had done basically nothing all day besides mow my mom's boyfriend's lawn and watch a movie or whatever I did. So, I suggested we all go mini-golfing. Sure! I invited my buddy, Wynne, (You'll probably hear my about him some time later,) but, he did not pick up. I learned that he was home at the time, didn't hear me call, and didn't know my number, so he couldn't call back. Excuse me for a second. -.- Okay, back. I then called my trusty friend, Austen, not to be confused with Austin. He did not pick up either. We speed down the street, and we see him sitting on his doorstep. Turns out, he needed some air, and didn't get the call, but ended up joining us. I love how funny life can turn out to be. I, don't really know how this happened, beat everyone, even beating my mom's boyfriend who is really good at regular golf. Out of all that happened, what I told you is all I can bother to remember. But, trust me, a lot of fun and memorable things happened that night. (Not in that way, you perv.)

The following happened Sunday night, (I need to blog more...) Austen and I went over to our friend, Madi's house. She goes to a different school then us now, so we miss her and don't see her much anymore. We hung out, talked, danced to "She Wolf", threw a huge bouncy ball, read some of her super secret diary, watching most of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, ate ribs and corn cake, and a lot more things. Austen, it seems, as always sort of liked Madi, sometimes obviously. She has a boyfriend now, apparently, so he was kind of moody at times. Or maybe, I don't really know. I was only an observer. Austen left early, around 10:15, missing the bonfire. I stayed until 11:00, so I got some bonfire time! Oh, yeah! Madi and I tried to finish Roger Rabbit unsuccessfully. I had the biggest smore I never wanted to have. (The marshmallows appeared to be on steroids.) When I was going to leave, we sat on her doorsteps and talked about how we met, and how we're still friends now. "Well, it's been really nice hanging out and seeing you again. It seems like we missed out on this sort of thing." I said. She sadly nodded, it appeared. We had one goodbye hug, said we'll see each other sometime soon, neither of us sure, and I left. I am going to call this event the Great Bus Buddie Reunion '09.

9/9/09 What you have just read was written yesterday. My dad made me leave the library. If you wondering why I didn't write at home, well, that was because my laptop battery cord stopped working and a new one should come in the mail. So, I decided to finish this post on my mother's computer. Not much left! Hooray!

I am planning to do Lauren Fairweather's YouTube Background Challenge when I come up with an idea and get around to doing it. Another thing on my mind that I'm doing is the Big Secret Surprise Letters Event. I'm going to be sending Harry Potter-themed letters to my friend Wynne, just for funsies. One is going to be from Ron, one from Hermione, and one from Hogwarts. They're all going to be made so they are like directed towards Harry. I'm going to start doing that soon. (I hope Wynne doesn't read this.) Well, that's about it! Goodbye!

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A week in paradise, going Across The Universe with Austen Powers!

"Dear Prudence, open up your eyes." and Tom Cruise saying "Yeah, baby" hilariously from the beginning of Austin Powers in Goldmember can be heard over the tapping of keys while this blog is being typed. Yes, I know, listening to music, watching Austen Powers, AND writing up a blog that was bound to be one of the longest and most extravagant blogs in the history of the universe, is not a very good idea. Oh my god. "It's Britney Spears!", yells Austen. And thus, a dance off is vital to the opening's success. In one word; Genius. Well, I'm getting carried away.

Emerald Isle, North Carolina was the most fun week I've had all summer, possibly all year. So much happened that is completely impossible to recount EVERYTHING that happened. So, I will recount my favorite, most interesting, and other parts that must be told. To avoid making this really long, we shall journey forth in... NOW!

-I went to Cam's house at around eight 0'clock at night, to be leaving at ten. We had to clean out the fridge, so Cam and I were assigned to drink half a gallon of milk. That was hard, but after I felt very accomplished and somewhat bloated. The car ride was fourteen hours long. No need to say much about that. It was long, and tiring, and I slept about half of it. We drove through a very scary lightening storm and stopped at about three McDonald's along the way. At about ten in the morning, we were two hours away. We stopped at a Waffle House. It was really good, I had two chocolate-chip pancakes and a glass of, *gulp*, milk. Cam's dad said he'd give me 5 dollars if I danced to the jukebox, but I was to tired and not in the mood to oblige.

-Upon getting there, we rush to the beach across the street, because we didn't have the key to the house yet. We flip off our shoes and flip-flops and put our toes in the water. It was the warmest ocean water I have EVER felt. That would be a contributing factor to why I loved the trip so much. Later, Paige, Adam, and their parents and Ryanne show up and then Emily, Greg, Molly, and their parents come with the key. Cam and I get our own room and our own beds and a closet and dresser, while Cam's brother, Nolan, and Greg and Adam took mattresses into the Game Room. With everyone situated and tired, we all went to bed early that night.

-Though out the week I was either in the ocean or in the pool or on the beach or watching Mtv with my peeps or having a meal. You can tell how much freakin' fun I had. My new favorite "make fun of me because I'm so stupid I'm funny" show is Next on Mtv. It's where these 5 people get on a bus, and if the chooser likes them he or she offers them to go on a second date or take the money. Or he can say "Next" if the girl's ugly or something. It's pretty hilarious. We always had really good meals while there, also. Like pancakes, eggs, and cold-cuts and meatball grinders and seafood and steak and cheeseburgers. One night, it was Cam's dads' birthday so we had the most delicious hand-made cake I have ever tasted. I had two pieces on his birthday and two the next day. It was so, so, so, so and so good!!!

-We went mini-golfing twice. I got a hole in one on the second time we went on the first hole while everyone was watching, so my self-confidence sky-rocketed right then. "Who's the man?", I exclaimed, no one answering, most likely out of jealously. I got a 43 the second time, which is really good for me. One night, we went go-karting. There was a bridge that went over part of the track, which was pretty freaky-deaky. I didn't pass anyone, but no one passed me, so I felt pretty darn good! We went out to ice cream about three times, Dairy Queen twice and Ben and Jerry's once. I got the Chocolate Xtreme Blizzard at Dairy Queen, (Oh my god, so tasty!). and a chocolate brownie something shake at Ben and Jerry's. Darn it, now I'm hungry.

-One night, we were going to make fried potatoes, but they got fried too much. They were rock hard and someone decided to throw one. After ten minutes of chucking potatoes at each other, I didn't even get hit. We played hide-and-seek in the huge house we rented and some hid on the roof while other's in closets, under beds, in cabinets, and underwater, (Haha, that was tricky!). One night, after having cake and finding the green pool light, I convinced Nolan to go swimming with me. I jumped in with wild abandon. Just two minutes later, I felt something in my pocket. My cell phone. I flew out of the pool, turned it off to a vibrating blank screen and took out the battery. My dad brought it to his work today and he might be able to fix it. I was going to get a new one soon anyway. So, meh.There was this one time where all the kids were in the Game Room and Paige saw this bug in the bathroom and she thought it was a cockroach. And sure enough, a bug much smaller then expected came scurrying out of the bathroom. Everyone started screaming and getting up on the pool table and chairs and tables. I didn't actually see it at first, so I freaked out also. Looking back, it was pretty hilarious. And, on Friday night, it was thundering and lightening. We were watching that reality TV show called "A Haunting". Someone, I think it was Paige, said, "If I was a ghost, I'd scare the crap out of people." Right then, something scary popped on the screen and the power went out. Everyone one screamed for a second and when the lights came back on I was on the floor having tripped over the table, Adam and Emily and Paige were in the hallway rushing upstairs and Cam, Ryanne, Nolan, and Greg appeared not to know what happened.

-The night before we left, Cam's family and I went to a fast-food place called "Bojangles" for dinner. It's funny because that's what my Grandpa named his dog, (They call him "Bo"). It was really good. I had curly fries and buffalo chicken bites. We then went to a souvenir store where I almost broke something, bought a small, dead shark in a blue glass beaker and a obnoxiously big magnet for my mom.

-The way back was long and long and long and we talked and we slept and we stopped at the Waffle House again for breakfast and-- Wait! I remembered something funny! I had the same thing I did before, (Yum.), and I asked the waitress with a southern accent for a high-five. And she obliged! It was so awesome! When we passed Washington, D.C, I saw the Washington Monument and the Capitol building, which was pretty cool. I got home around midnight, took a shower, and then slept, slept, slept. I feel like my friendships with everyone improved over the week and that I'm really grateful Cam invited me. It was really, really fun. There's not much more to say. OH! Thursday morning, I woke up and watched "Across the Universe" with everyone. It's the one littered with Beatles songs. I loved it, but I didn't like the ending. It just seemed to be missing something. Eh, I don't know.

NOW, YOU MAY LEAVE!!! I bet you've been dieing to hear that since you started. I hoped you enjoyed reading this more than I did writing it. Hands... tired...

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Goodbye, Tubing, and things. I Gotta Go!!!

This will be much shorter than yesterday, trust me.

Today, I woke up in a trance at 9:30 AM, got dressed in a swim suit and T-shirt, ate breakfast and went to this river with my mom's friend and her two daughters. The area where we were stopping was, by sign, called "Satan's Kingdom". Well, then. We pull up to the tube place and each of us grab a tube to ride on down the river. That's right, river rafting. We all try, horribly, to get onto the tube and get into the water. The water freezes my butt to the core, and I speed down the river ahead of everyone else. I come to this huge rapid under a highway bridge and am so excited and terribly nervous, all at the same time. No one flipped the entire way, sadly. I jumped in at one point, stupidly, getting frozen in the meantime. We come to the get-off point, pile into a blue, (yes, blue), bus and go back to our cars and change and all that.

Next, we got to Subway across the street. I get a 6 inch, Italian herbs and cheese bread, ham and American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo. Yum! While eating, we discuss how horrible of an actress Kristen Stewart is, the new Harry Potter movie, hilarious twilight parodies, no one being able to come up with a favorite band, and tons of more interesting, talk-able stuff. After, I get my mom into stopping at Borders. Ohhhhh boy! After about 30 minutes of not finding anything remotely interesting, I come upon Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances. Okay, not a summer book. But, it has John Green and Maureen Johnson and someone else I don't know about co-writing it, so I bought it. John Green is one of my favorite authors and I've heard many good things about Maureen Johnson. I then go to my dad's house to pick up clothes for my week-long trip, wash them all, go and get the Internet things taken care of, pack everything up, and it took me around four hours to do all of that. Sad, really. Now, this is where I am. Keeping all 5 of you, (I KNOW! FIVE!! AHHHH!!!), updated on my, "Hmm. Wait, what??" life. It feels good to tap these keys knowing that at least some people actually read this.

In about an hour I'm going to be at one of my best friends, Cam,'s house to get ready for an 10 to maybe 14 hour car ride to a place I've never been to, North Carolina. We're going to be staying at a beach house called the "Arcadia Panda House", because of it's panda statue and it's game room, most likely. It has a heated pool, heated hot tub, pool table, Foosball table, HD TV, and much other awesome opossum things. Well, there's not much more for me to say besides I'll be gone for a whole week. And school is like three days after I get home. I know, I'm scared too.

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Blogging in the Moonlight (Too effing Long!)

Okay, okay, okay, and okay. I have so much I could write about. But, I don't want to write about everything. If I did, It would take a very, very long time to read it and I don't want to burden you in that way. It's a Thursday night, having just finished watching Chamber of Secrets to make it really feel like I was finally home and accessible to DVDs. It's been almost a week since you last heard from me. So, having finished my movie, exited out of The Leaky Cauldron, turned down the volume on my TV, gritted my teeth, I began to type what was probably going to be my longest blog post you will ever read. So, grab a drink and let's get started.

Friday to Sunday:
Friday night, I went to this town fair like an hour away from my dad's house. I entered a free bike raffle, lost, ate a dinner of greasy, but traditional to fairs, chicken nuggets with fries and not enough ketchup. We then went to go watch tractors pull thousand-pound blocks of cement. After two of these attempts, it became boring. We left about two hours after. Moving on to Saturday, I went to my dad's girlfriend's house for a Family Reunion with their family, not mine. Knowing no one, it resulted in me eating to much food then should have been eaten and shooting arrows at empty Tide bottles with Sharpie-drawn faces of people such as Hitler and Mini-Me being the evil terrorists and Harry Potter and Miley Cyrus as the hostages. Miley was shootable. After, we went to another party with more people I don't know. That was no problem for me apparently. I was making friends with the younger and maybe older kids in the pool. Being silly and claiming, "I will bite your ankles!", before lunging underwater in the direction of some kids made me a need-to-meet type of person. I felt accepted. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! I went to that Hunter's Education class, that was from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM. It was boring and full of information I already knew. I passed the test with a 98, getting one question wrong. Of course. We then race home, throw all the camping things in the trunk, and drive the two hour drive to the camp.
We begin setup, swatting mosquitoes every second. 10 minutes and 30 mosquito bites later, we're finished. We go to the 24-hour Walmart at like 11:30 at night to get things we needed, such as bug spray. After, we go to the beach. At night. I run on the sand, flip-flops thrown to the side, shunned away. This is what summer is supposed to feel like. It felt like I was doing something right. We then go back to Walmart again, to get a air-mattress pump. Tired and worn, we retire to our tents, defeated.

Monday:
We have a breakfast of calorie-packed muffins. Dad and Zach ride down to the lake beach on unicycles, (yes, we are a weird family), while I walk, having not become that good at unicycling yet. The water is always yellow from underwater. My dad used to say that a giant peed in one of it's footsteps. That would always make me laugh. After, we shower in the public showers. Mine has brown smudges on the floor that I hope isn't what I think it is. Then, my grandma's sister calls us. "Want to come to the pool?" We go to the almost-deserted pool at my aunt's mobile-home-campground-place. We then go have Dinner at her daughter's trailer. We call her Punk, but, to my embarrassment, I don't know what her real name is. We have steak with potato salad and regular salad and bread and it was DELICIOUS. We go home, and go to bed.

Tuesday: We get up at 8:30, having set the alarm on my phone. We have breakfast and things and go to the state beach. It felt good to splash into the cold, cold water under the sun and it's 90 degree weather and such. I attempted at a sand castle and failed. My dad's girlfriend and two of her four kids, Nick and Jake, come about an hour later than when they said they'd come. We do the usual things you do at the beach; hang out in the water, play in the sand, get crushed by waves, tan, sleep, and drink water. And, as a teenage boy, although being geeky and such, couldn't help but look at some of the girls that walked past. Wow. Maybe that's why so many people go to the beach. After, we go to 99 to have dinner which was good. After, after we go to this movie at a wildlife visitor center that is nearby. The video was supposed to be Shark Tale but then turned into a wildlife educational video. It was so stupid and bad, it was hilarious. My dad and I laughed so much we had to leave the room. We left before it was over.

Wednesday: (Trying to finish a little faster.) We go to the laundry mat with all our dirty clothes. While waiting, my brother and I go bowling at this very Friday-night-flair type of place with big couches and a big screen playing tween music videos. I bowled a 320 out of three games, kind of impressing myself. My brother having done really bad, my confidence boosted that day. Later, we went to this diner called Nonnie's for dinner. It had a 50's vibe, playing an old TV show called "Taxi" with Danny DeVito in it. I had *Brinner, a stack of three chocolate-chip pancakes with a side of toast. I LOVE Brinner. At our last night, we had a fire, my phone died, and we went to bed for the last time in tents.

Today: (Finally) We packed up, left the campsite which could be the last time ever, and I tried to read Frankenstein, reading Harry, A History, much more. I throw all my clothes in the washer upon returning home, open my laptop and read all the blog posts I missed. I did other things today, but I am to tired and you are to bored for me to write anymore. I'll probably update on what I'm doing next tomorrow, so stay tuned! Ben, finally, out!

Money: 250 (A hundred and 30 dollars were given to me from my parents for NC.)
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GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK.

Packing, Camping, and More Packing.

Sorry, for not hearing from me for a whole three days. I again, have no excuse. If you don't hear from me for two or three days, don't freak out. I'm probably doing nothing worth blogging about or I'm way to busy and don't even have the time to think about updating. Which one do you think happened in the past 3 days. I'll leave that up to you to decide. xD

Yesterday night, my brother went golfing with my grandpa from Florida. I get to see him about three or four times a year, so I was kind of sad that he came and left. I showed him my room with two bookcases that me and my mom's boyfriend, Fred, made together. I also showed him the Tales of Beedle the Bard Collector's Edition. But, then, just after that, he left. And, I probably won't see him until Christmas. Sorry, if I'm bringing you down. Oh, yeah! He also handed me a twenty dollar bill, to a look of utter confusion on my face. "Papa, what is this for!?" and he said "Go to a movie or something." He didn't say it in a way like I never get out, which I do sometimes, I swear. He then went on to explain how him and his newly-wed wife, Madi or Maddie, (Yup. My Grandpa's still got it!), went to go see the new G.I Joe movie and how it cost a fortune. Ah, I love my Grandpa. And, old people in general. They tell it how it is!

While they went golfing, my mom and I went mini-golfing, cause we're cool like that. I got a hole in one, in my opinion, on the hardest hole there. I got a 57 and she got a 54. That was probably the best game of mini-golf I've ever played. Without my brother there to make the usual fierce competition of death, it was a lot more easier to play when I knew it would not matter at all if I lost. I usually got a 70-something. We then got not-hot-enough, but not-super-cold pretzels at the stand. Too much salt takes away from the pretzel. Believe me on this one. After, we went to the grocery store and I saw a old lady that looked exactly like an Elder on Sims 2. It was ridiculous how alike they looked. I couldn't hold back my laughter. Sorry, Elder Sim look-alike.
Yesterday, I also watched every single video of Neil Cicierega. He is a genius. If you haven't heard of him, CLICK THE LINK.

Now, on to today. This morning, I had breakfast, took a shower, and packed a bunch of clothes for going camping with my dad on Sunday night. For the weekend, I'm going to my dad's house, where we'll go to some small-ish fair tonight and then I have to take a Hunter Education course on Sunday that my Dad is teaching. Let me go complain to someone for a second. Okay, I'm back. Hunting, to me, is stupid and a waste of time. There are other things to eat, you don't need to eat Deer. They don't even taste good. All right, all right, enough about this "oh, my life is horrible, I never get what I want", crap. Life is good. Remember that.

I'm going camping for four days at this place that my Dad has been going to forever. He said this might be the last year we're going. That's because it almost rains every time we go, and since we're in tents, it's horrible when it rains. Plus, my brother definitely does not want to go anymore. So, this trip feels like the end of an era. After I'm done camping and all, I get home next Thursday morning. On that day, I will catch up on the blogs I'm following, go on facebook, check my email, thoroughly clean my room, wash all my clothes, pack the clothes again, sleep at my mom's for one night, than I have a day to do what I want. On that night, I'll go to my friend, Cam's house to put a suitcase or two into his minivan and we'll be in the car for 9 to 13 hours, (Estimated), driving to North Carolina. There, We'll spend a week in a house right across from the beach. It has a heated pool, hot tub, game room, and tons of bedrooms. It's going to be a great end of the summer. Wait, WHAT!?

School is approaching, like a monster hidden in the shadow, waiting for it's time to strike. It's time is coming. Well, on next Thursday, I promise I'll blog about camping and then tell you guys more about North Carolina. That's enough from me today. Bye, guys see you in almost a week! *cries*

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BYE

The Delivery, A Very Potter Musical, Gumby Scares Dogs

For the last four or so hours, I have been squeeing with no end in sight. I feel it is my right to explain why there is a need to squee so much. I'll start at the beginning, although, it gets good near the middle. Enjoy!

Last night, almost nearing midnight, I see the amazing and very talented in the English arts hayleyghoover has posted a new post on her blog of many posts. After done reading, I scroll down to the comments and see someone say something about a musical about Harry Potter called "A Very Potter Musical". I click the link provided and see that I've come upon this before. I had left before the video was over. I decided to watch the whole video, which became the next one, and the next one, and the next one, until it was two in the morning and I was on Act 2. Let me say, that this was simply BRILLIANT. It's done by college students and they did it for a weekend, never to do it again, sadly. Although they recorded it!, thank GOD. Malfoy, played by a girl, made me have a laughing fit around one in the morning and Voldey and Quirrel going on a night on the town, and Dumbledore with the Zefron poster, and and and. It. Was. Awesome. That's how I spent last night. Click on the link or I no longer love you.

Eight hours later, I wake up. Two more hours after that, my mom, Zach, and I go to Bob's to get new pants for school. UGH. I get some killer pants that fit me really good and look even better. After that we head over to Red Robin, the restaurant that is cooler-than-99, but not-as-good-as-Panera Bread. I order the Five Alarm Burger that is the perfect amount of heat and tastiness.
As we're waiting I draw an empty table across from us and think it'd look better with arms. I leave it near the front of the table when we leave so people can bask in the beauty. Before we leave, I take a piece of napkin and a pen, and write, "To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." quoting our dead, gay headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. I tie this little napquote, (Quotekin?) to one of the many Red Robin balloons, it was green, and watch it fly away into the distance.

After quickly rushing through Barnes and Noble and obtaining a Leather-bound copy of H.G Well's Seven Novels, "The Book Thief", "Harry, A History", and one of those little box things of Gumby and Pokey. They're so cute, haha. Twenty-fiveish minutes later,-- THAT WAS THE BIGGEST DANG MOTH I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Half way through a sentence, I hear what sounds like one of those Clacker things and see this hand-sized moth flying towards. I squeal and run upstairs bringing along my mom, brother, and my two dogs to destroy the beast. After many shoe throws, we finally destroy it, to my utter happiness. Now, back to the story. Twenty-fiveish minutes later, we arrive at our house. My mom says "Oooh, Benjamin! Look what's at the door!" I whip my face away from Gumby and see a brown box with a smile on the side on my doorstep.

After thoroughly washing my hands, I take scissors and carefully pry the tape off of that box. I gasp in amazement. This was really it. A white outer cardboard with "This Side Up" in beautiful Harry Potter lettering looks up at me. I carefully smooth this part of the packaging off of what I really want. There, in front of me, was a pretty large looking book-box that was made to look like a Hogwarts Library book. It looks old and worn, but it was meant to be old and worn. It was beautiful. Inside was a little felt pouch, next to an envelope containing beautiful prints of Jo Rowling's Beedle the Bard drawings. Inside the pouch, was the coolest part. It was the book that I waited less for a week for, which is a long time for me. It has a skull on it with jeweled eyes and metal corners and a metal clasp. Inside contained a hand-written-looking introduction by J.K. Rowling. It was probably definitely worth the money spent on it. Thank goodness.

My dogs are afraid of Gumby. Whenever I show him to either of them they are like "GET THAT MONSTER OUT OF MY FACE!!! AHHHH!!!"

Well, I don't really want to write anymore. I'm going to go watch Ella Enchanted and play Sims 2. My widowing Elder just married a newly Adult. Pip Pip, cheerio!

Money: 100 (I haven't payed my mother back yet.)
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Bye guys, see you soon!

Lake Censored For Safety and "The Bingo King"

I've had the "Create Post" window open all day, planning on filling it with words, but never got around to it and I have absolutely no excuse for that at all. So, I've decided it is time.

Yesterday, I went to a theme park called Lake *CENSORED FOR SAFETY* for my dad's company picnic. It is a theme park surrounding a wide lake. It is apparently the oldest theme park in America, but I don't really know how to be sure of that. It is very famous for it's free soda around the park, to my enjoyment. At the beginning of the day, my dad, his girlfriend, my brother, and I go to the lockers to put our clothes that we'd switch into later into a "Large" size locker, which is obviously not large. We cram it all in there successfully, and see more of my family. My Aunt, Auntie Patty, and my two cousins, Brian and Stephanie. We decide to go over to the end of the park where the Water Rafting ride is at. We were almost the only ones there, because everyone else was waiting for the water park to open. We got on it three times getting soaked in the process which was very fun. After that, we go over to the water park while my dad's girlfriend and Brian go on Boulder Dash, the only roller-coaster built into the side of a mountain.

Later, we go up to this ride called Wipe Out. I tell everyone if they go on with me, I'll go on it. Everyone, and I mean everyone, said no. So, I went on it alone. It was terrifying and amazing and crazy and totally my own. After I got off, I felt a sense of accomplishment because I was the only one who went on. I was all smiley for a while after that.

After, we went to the pavilion to get food and stuff. I got a load of Mac N' Cheese, potato salad, a potato, and a chicken breast. After that my plate was full and there was no room for a burger, taco, clam chowder, and more. I didn't even see that stuff. I think about putting some of it back, but than if I was someone else, I'd think that was nasty. There's a "Today's Fail" for you guys.

We sit down in a row of picnic tables and grab some bingo cards. We played until all the prizes were gone. Around four prizes left, I am terrifyingly close to getting five numbers in a row. I still remember the last one I needed, "N 33". And sure enough, the announcer calls out: "N 33." Astounded, I shout "BINGO!" which caused many bingoers to moan with grief. I race up to the front, the announcer checks if I got them all, and tells everyone the horrible news that I won and they didn't. I take a TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR BLOCKBUSTER CARD. My family should've known I have a knack for winning things. I once won a huge TV when I was like nine-years-old.

After we went on this ride with Zach and Brian. The video does NOT do it justice. Right when we get on the ride, I take my flip-flops off and put them on the seat. One drops off right away. Thank God it did, because if I dropped it five minutes later, no one would be able to get it. When we were going up, the height below us was indescribable and Brian informed me if I looked back, I "would wet my pants and try and jump off when we were near the ground." When we turned at the top of the highest point imaginable, I peed mentally. I could see the mall where I usually go that was over 30 miles away. I could see about as much as you could from an airplane. It was ridiculously horrifying and surprisingly amazing.

Much to much happened after that to record here, including me cutting my foot on the ground of this wave pool, us going on the kids' up-down-fall-at-any-time ride, with me screaming and then laughing at myself, and going on the swings and pretending I was running wicked fast on people's heads and picnic umbrellas. After Lake *CENSORED FOR SAFETY*, we went to my other cousin, Brittany's, graduation party. We greeted my grandma and her boyfriend, my grandpa and his wife, and my uncle. We chatted for a bit, but they soon left since they've been there all day. After that we didn't have much to do because almost everyone there was either eighteen or we did not know them. I played Frisbee with E.J., my dad's girlfriend, and Zach. We had dinner, congratulated my cousin, and decided there was nothing else we could do. We left, I got home to my mom's house, I watched a movie of a good book, Speak, with Kristen Stewart (Ugh), and went to bed at two in the morning because of Facebook. By the way, sorry for the length of this post. =/

I'd have to say, yesterday was very fun, indeed.

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P.S: Beedle the Bard didn't come in yet. I'm hopeful for tomorrow!