we love Journey + we live in Atlantis = Journey to Atlantis!
I promised to update when my brain was fully functional again. I can proudly say that it is. or at least as much as it ever was.
and that is because after what might have been one of the worst weeks of my life (I failed a math midterm, got no sleep, and spent roughly 10/15 hours of my night/early morning working on busy work worth 30% of my grade) I had one of the best weekends ever.
it's weird how I have a life here and a life at home and how the longer I stay here...I feel like "home me" is dying away. I didn't want to be that person but it's just so hard to stay attached when I'm so busy...
but that is why my lj is so wonderful! because even though you guys are not here doing these things with me...I can try to involve you by telling you about them. so in a way...you'll feel like you could have been here.
now that is something you never thought you would hear me say...hahaha.
anyway...I went to Seaworld yesterday. and it was a good time...as Seaworld always is.
the day started out nice enough. Fannie and I posed with the ultra-violet colored seagulls. Fannie busied herself pondering whether or not the camera can capture the ultra-violet colorings of the bird but I kindly reminded her that it didn't matter since we still can't perceive colors at those frequencies...but it's still nice to picture bright flashing seagulls flying through the air...like hopes and dreams of little children that can never be tainted. *sigh* Seaworld is so full of magic.
but so much magic can be tiresome so after touching all the bat rays splashing us and sucking up fish with their funny faces (which is what was in that pool we're standing in front of in that picture) we decided to move onto something a little less overwhelming but just as fun to touch.
the tidepool! I touched everything in that pool man! the "star(of david)fish", a sea urchin, a sea cucumber (those things are gross...it's like touching squishy nothingness), more sea "insert noun"s...all good stuff. and Fannie and Jaclyn took a picture. well...I guess I TOOK the picture. they were in the picture. Jaclyn wanted to take the seastar out of the water but I told her that a good picture is not worth the murder of an innocent critter.
so since the starfish didn't turn out too well in the other picture, Jaclyn had Fannie and me pose with a giant one. we tried to make it look like it was attacking us but I ended up looking like I was passionately singing (and gesturing) the song "Stop in the Name of Love" while Fannie suffers my tonedeafness.
to make up for it we dragged Jaclyn into the picture and all tried to pose like the starfish behind us by crossing our legs and holding our arms funny. the result was a picture of three people who look like they need to pee, and are hailing yummy cabs. (in front of a starfish?)
after failing to take a good picture we moved on to touch more things. and this time it was...
DOLPHINS! you can see me trying to touch the dolphin...but it was just out of reach...
and a little slutty if you consider this picture. at the very least it was an attention whore. but who could blame it? so cute!
the three of us put our heads together to come up with a plan so that we could actually touch the dolphins...and it came to us all of a sudden. WE COULD FEED THEM! then they would have to let us touch them!
this was taken while we waited in line. I don't know if I can explain this one properly because it's kind of an inside joke thing but I'll try. while watching the Lion King, Fannie and I noticed that when lions pout they just extend their front paws and look angrily to the side. so...whenever Fannie and I want to pout or be angry...we do the lion thing...and this is us doing it. Jaclyn was too lazy to stand up to take it so it's kinda at an odd angle but you can totally see the anger in our faces (I'm even flaring my nostrils which is funny cause I didn't even mean to...I'm just that intense).
finally we got to feed (and touch) the dolphins and they were just as giddy as me. (that is my giddy face?)
but they thought Jaclyn was lame so they laughed at her.
after that someone stupid (me) thought it would be a good idea to go on the rapids ride (bad idea) and so we prepared ourselves.
I took off my jacket and extra shirt and put them in my purse which I then put in my shirt. so no...I did not just gain like 50 pounds randomly for this picture...
admire how dry Fannie is
and how dry Jaclyn is
because after that we were soaked...but no one more than me. the ride was going well and Jaclyn and Fannie were wet and I was laughing at them because I was still dry but then God decided I was being mean so he smote me. he smote me in the form of a waterfall that was only really heavy in one place but that one place was where my poor body was headed. I tried to curl into the fetal position to keep at least a little dry but in one giant WOOSH! the water crashed down on top of me and then bounced back up from the floor and every single inch of my body was completely drenched. this explains my drowned rat appearance in all following photos.
that did not stop the fun train though!
we went to the dolphin show after that. this is Fannie being excited by the amazing music.
these are my jazz hands being brought out to accompany the amazing music.
Jaclyn and me...at dolphin show...
Fannie pretending to shoot herself because of Jaclyn's company.
the show was good. that is because it is the dolphin show and everyone knows that's the best show at Seaworld. we even managed to get the mc to do a "YES!" fist by being so good at the "OH MY HAIR!" screams.
after the show we decided to go see the manatees and since you cannot touch a real manatee we decided to touch a fake one.
or in this case sit and pose on it. we're doing the Scrubs lonely face on it...and it was apparently so amusing that as a couple oldah ladies walked by they burst out laughing.
here is a real manatee. they are really fat even though they only eat lettuce. it is just one of the great mysteries of life.
after that was the Shamu show which was really really really lame. really. after that whole "trainer attack" thing the stupid trainers aren't even allowed in the water with him anymore. so...instead they just play annoying inspirational music and show pictures of a little boy whittling while Fabio birds steal all the attention.
Fannie and I compensated by taking ugly pictures,
rocking out to the inspirational music,
and making gangstah faces while we flash the Shamu Splash Signal. it's a bit of a chant. very whale worship like...not so sure I approve. as for my gangstah face...I know how intimidating I can be what with my white, upper middle class suburbia upbringing and all...
after the Shamu show we were finally getting dry so some idiot (me) decided it would be the perfect time to go on the Journey to Atlantis ride (bad idea). we got soaked again. and were forced to listen to really bad monologues and watch badly pixelated dolphins swim around us.
so after that we decided to leave. not until we visited the gift shops though...and what should I find but...
THE COOLEST FANNYPACK EVER!!!
not that all fanny packs aren't cool...but this one was especially bangin'.
admit it...you wish you had one.
and as Jaclyn would say...in this picture we're bringing the fanny pack back. (oh but Jaclyn was too cool to try one on)
after that we came back here to take really hot showers so we could stop being numb. it was quite the race. Fannie almost got me on a technicality since I went into the shower with my purse and my shoes still on...but I just tossed them outside and forced her to go. BOOYAH!
later in the night Jaclyn, Fannie, Kari and I went laser tagging with some other Revellians. the only problem was...the first available time slot was for 10:45 and it was only like 9:30. which is why we went to the conveniently located Chuck E. Cheese's next door! good times were had. I got to go on tv as a cowboy with Fannie...and after playing with $3 worth of coins we had earned enough tickets for a bubble wand, a top, and two pinky friendship rings worth a grand total of $.45! so worth it.
once our time at Ratsworth's Den of Dirt was over we went back to the laser tag place to play our game.
I thought I was so horrible...but it turned out that I wasn't all too bad! I ranked 23/38 which may sound bad but for my second time playing ever that's not too shabby. I did better than 15 other people (including Fannie, Kari and Jaclyn who all ranked in the bottom 5) and even managed to get 34 hits! I am a cold-blooded killer man! of course I ended up getting hit 43 times...so I guess in real life I would have been dead long before I could have hit those other guys...but still. TRINITY SCORES 3,800 POINTS!
I hit Fannie 4 times. serves her right for breaking the alliance.
anyway...that was the end of the night. and today has been a lazy day. I love those. they are the best ever. I plan on having many this weekend.
btw. I'm coming home thursday night and will be here all weekend. so if'n you want to see me...call me beep me if you want to reach me.
p.s. I'm sorry that this entry has been practically impossible to understand. I am only human after all.
p.p.s. we decided to turn Rarity's empty fishtank on top of the tv into a sort of memorial fishtank on top of the tv. so far we've written: Rarity Rainbow (2007-2007) "you may have only been a little fish...but you made a BIG splash in my heart" - Emily
and "OMG~ the fish is dead. I guess we all loved it to death? p.s. at least it didn't die when I babysat it" -Nathalie
such tender memories.
and that is because after what might have been one of the worst weeks of my life (I failed a math midterm, got no sleep, and spent roughly 10/15 hours of my night/early morning working on busy work worth 30% of my grade) I had one of the best weekends ever.
it's weird how I have a life here and a life at home and how the longer I stay here...I feel like "home me" is dying away. I didn't want to be that person but it's just so hard to stay attached when I'm so busy...
but that is why my lj is so wonderful! because even though you guys are not here doing these things with me...I can try to involve you by telling you about them. so in a way...you'll feel like you could have been here.
now that is something you never thought you would hear me say...hahaha.
anyway...I went to Seaworld yesterday. and it was a good time...as Seaworld always is.
the day started out nice enough. Fannie and I posed with the ultra-violet colored seagulls. Fannie busied herself pondering whether or not the camera can capture the ultra-violet colorings of the bird but I kindly reminded her that it didn't matter since we still can't perceive colors at those frequencies...but it's still nice to picture bright flashing seagulls flying through the air...like hopes and dreams of little children that can never be tainted. *sigh* Seaworld is so full of magic.
but so much magic can be tiresome so after touching all the bat rays splashing us and sucking up fish with their funny faces (which is what was in that pool we're standing in front of in that picture) we decided to move onto something a little less overwhelming but just as fun to touch.
the tidepool! I touched everything in that pool man! the "star(of david)fish", a sea urchin, a sea cucumber (those things are gross...it's like touching squishy nothingness), more sea "insert noun"s...all good stuff. and Fannie and Jaclyn took a picture. well...I guess I TOOK the picture. they were in the picture. Jaclyn wanted to take the seastar out of the water but I told her that a good picture is not worth the murder of an innocent critter.
so since the starfish didn't turn out too well in the other picture, Jaclyn had Fannie and me pose with a giant one. we tried to make it look like it was attacking us but I ended up looking like I was passionately singing (and gesturing) the song "Stop in the Name of Love" while Fannie suffers my tonedeafness.
to make up for it we dragged Jaclyn into the picture and all tried to pose like the starfish behind us by crossing our legs and holding our arms funny. the result was a picture of three people who look like they need to pee, and are hailing yummy cabs. (in front of a starfish?)
after failing to take a good picture we moved on to touch more things. and this time it was...
DOLPHINS! you can see me trying to touch the dolphin...but it was just out of reach...
and a little slutty if you consider this picture. at the very least it was an attention whore. but who could blame it? so cute!
the three of us put our heads together to come up with a plan so that we could actually touch the dolphins...and it came to us all of a sudden. WE COULD FEED THEM! then they would have to let us touch them!
this was taken while we waited in line. I don't know if I can explain this one properly because it's kind of an inside joke thing but I'll try. while watching the Lion King, Fannie and I noticed that when lions pout they just extend their front paws and look angrily to the side. so...whenever Fannie and I want to pout or be angry...we do the lion thing...and this is us doing it. Jaclyn was too lazy to stand up to take it so it's kinda at an odd angle but you can totally see the anger in our faces (I'm even flaring my nostrils which is funny cause I didn't even mean to...I'm just that intense).
finally we got to feed (and touch) the dolphins and they were just as giddy as me. (that is my giddy face?)
but they thought Jaclyn was lame so they laughed at her.
after that someone stupid (me) thought it would be a good idea to go on the rapids ride (bad idea) and so we prepared ourselves.
I took off my jacket and extra shirt and put them in my purse which I then put in my shirt. so no...I did not just gain like 50 pounds randomly for this picture...
admire how dry Fannie is
and how dry Jaclyn is
because after that we were soaked...but no one more than me. the ride was going well and Jaclyn and Fannie were wet and I was laughing at them because I was still dry but then God decided I was being mean so he smote me. he smote me in the form of a waterfall that was only really heavy in one place but that one place was where my poor body was headed. I tried to curl into the fetal position to keep at least a little dry but in one giant WOOSH! the water crashed down on top of me and then bounced back up from the floor and every single inch of my body was completely drenched. this explains my drowned rat appearance in all following photos.
that did not stop the fun train though!
we went to the dolphin show after that. this is Fannie being excited by the amazing music.
these are my jazz hands being brought out to accompany the amazing music.
Jaclyn and me...at dolphin show...
Fannie pretending to shoot herself because of Jaclyn's company.
the show was good. that is because it is the dolphin show and everyone knows that's the best show at Seaworld. we even managed to get the mc to do a "YES!" fist by being so good at the "OH MY HAIR!" screams.
after the show we decided to go see the manatees and since you cannot touch a real manatee we decided to touch a fake one.
or in this case sit and pose on it. we're doing the Scrubs lonely face on it...and it was apparently so amusing that as a couple oldah ladies walked by they burst out laughing.
here is a real manatee. they are really fat even though they only eat lettuce. it is just one of the great mysteries of life.
after that was the Shamu show which was really really really lame. really. after that whole "trainer attack" thing the stupid trainers aren't even allowed in the water with him anymore. so...instead they just play annoying inspirational music and show pictures of a little boy whittling while Fabio birds steal all the attention.
Fannie and I compensated by taking ugly pictures,
rocking out to the inspirational music,
and making gangstah faces while we flash the Shamu Splash Signal. it's a bit of a chant. very whale worship like...not so sure I approve. as for my gangstah face...I know how intimidating I can be what with my white, upper middle class suburbia upbringing and all...
after the Shamu show we were finally getting dry so some idiot (me) decided it would be the perfect time to go on the Journey to Atlantis ride (bad idea). we got soaked again. and were forced to listen to really bad monologues and watch badly pixelated dolphins swim around us.
so after that we decided to leave. not until we visited the gift shops though...and what should I find but...
THE COOLEST FANNYPACK EVER!!!
not that all fanny packs aren't cool...but this one was especially bangin'.
admit it...you wish you had one.
and as Jaclyn would say...in this picture we're bringing the fanny pack back. (oh but Jaclyn was too cool to try one on)
after that we came back here to take really hot showers so we could stop being numb. it was quite the race. Fannie almost got me on a technicality since I went into the shower with my purse and my shoes still on...but I just tossed them outside and forced her to go. BOOYAH!
later in the night Jaclyn, Fannie, Kari and I went laser tagging with some other Revellians. the only problem was...the first available time slot was for 10:45 and it was only like 9:30. which is why we went to the conveniently located Chuck E. Cheese's next door! good times were had. I got to go on tv as a cowboy with Fannie...and after playing with $3 worth of coins we had earned enough tickets for a bubble wand, a top, and two pinky friendship rings worth a grand total of $.45! so worth it.
once our time at Ratsworth's Den of Dirt was over we went back to the laser tag place to play our game.
I thought I was so horrible...but it turned out that I wasn't all too bad! I ranked 23/38 which may sound bad but for my second time playing ever that's not too shabby. I did better than 15 other people (including Fannie, Kari and Jaclyn who all ranked in the bottom 5) and even managed to get 34 hits! I am a cold-blooded killer man! of course I ended up getting hit 43 times...so I guess in real life I would have been dead long before I could have hit those other guys...but still. TRINITY SCORES 3,800 POINTS!
I hit Fannie 4 times. serves her right for breaking the alliance.
anyway...that was the end of the night. and today has been a lazy day. I love those. they are the best ever. I plan on having many this weekend.
btw. I'm coming home thursday night and will be here all weekend. so if'n you want to see me...call me beep me if you want to reach me.
p.s. I'm sorry that this entry has been practically impossible to understand. I am only human after all.
p.p.s. we decided to turn Rarity's empty fishtank on top of the tv into a sort of memorial fishtank on top of the tv. so far we've written: Rarity Rainbow (2007-2007) "you may have only been a little fish...but you made a BIG splash in my heart" - Emily
and "OMG~ the fish is dead. I guess we all loved it to death? p.s. at least it didn't die when I babysat it" -Nathalie
such tender memories.