Relay. Narnia. the Real World.
I haven't updated in awhile so I thought I'd take advantage of my procrastination. I had Relay for Life this weekend to raise money for the American Cancer Society. I raised $470 and combined between the 2,300 students who attended a total of $280,000 was raised. Shit. I just realised how much money that really is. We didn't just raise money though. It's a two day lock-in type of thing. The three high schools in my district take over one of the football fields and each team puts up a tent around the field. The actual field is used for about twenty different sports games at once. Walking though it is a bit like walking through ten different war zones at once. Anyways, everyone is there by 6 PM on Friday and we're not allowed to leave the field until 6 AM on Saturday. We play football and soccer and frisbee and keep away and tap for hours at a time. I talked to Matt for a little bit so that made me smile. And I ran into Pat at the beginning and he gave me a hug, which kinda sorta made my day. The opening ceremony made me bawl. One girl told a story about her mom dieing of cancer and I lost it.
Then the vigil began. The idea is that "cancer never sleeps" so everyone is supposed to stay up all night. I did last year but this year it was freezing! It was pretty nice out until about 1 AM and then it got really cold. I was hanging out with my friends Sarah and Adam (who were actually on a different team) at about 2 AM-ish when it got really bad. We were all getting tired so I grabbed a sleeping bag out of my overcrowded tent and we laid on this giant mat in the endzone. I think it's normally used for a track event but I have no idea what it was actually supposed to be. We used it as a giant mattress. We had been hanging out in Adam and Sarah's tent before and I had basically claimed him as my pillow. That trend continued throughout the night. Eventually, we ended up back in Sarah and Adam's tent (which was controlled by a very fickle ten god) and got some sleep. I cuddled into Adam, which I have to admitt was nice. I;m going to use bullshit excuses such as the cold and so called instinct but the truth is that Adam's kind of cute and I love cuddling whith guys (or anyone really). I hostly enjoy someone part their arm around me while I sleep. It's not a crime. My firend Ashley is apperently kind of pissed though. She stuck her head in the tent at one point and saw me and Adam all cuddled up together and got a bit angry. She like him, he doesn't like her, I really don't care either way. Now, of coruse, she won't get over the idea of us dating. Eh. Oh well.
I got home the next day at 7 and slept until 3 PM. I was so exhausted. I got up and got ready and then missed my 4:24 train by thrity seconds. I was not happy. I made the 6:24 train and was on it for an hour on my way to hang out with my friends Dan and Hannah. We went and saw Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. It was so good! I was mainly excited because of how hot the guys had got. I love when movies cast cute kids because the grow up to be really hot teenagers. The guy who plays Edmund is growing up very nicely! And Peter just increased in hotness. And then, of course, there's Caspian. Gorgeous! He was very Inigo Montoya though. This movie was darker than the first one in terms of plot and the battle scenes but it was also a lot funnier. Edmund got some really fun lines. This is actually my favorite Narnia book so I was really happy that it was so good. It did, however, remind me hugely of LotR. The battle scenes were so good! There was alot more character development, as well. You could really see how both the actors and the characters had really grown. Peter and Edmund, I think, showed this more than the girls. Peter, actually, is a part of my only complaint about the movie. It seemed like there was no closure with his character and his part of the story. I felt like ti was acut alittle short. It was horrible but I felt like there should have been more.
I spent the night at my grandparent's and then took the train back to my dad's house in the morning. I'm not gonna lie, taking the train by my self so much made me feel very independent. I know it's not really a big deal but it's kind of a big deal for me. I've done it before (one eventful time at 11 PM) but this made me feel very grown up. I felt like this was what a normal life was like. I watched videos on my ipod and listened to music and people watched. It felt very real, which sounds weird but it's true. Sometimes, life doesn't feel quite real to me. I feel like I'm a bit out of it, like I'm not experiancing it for myself. This was a time when I was living in the moment (a bit like during Relay when I cuddled up with Adam), when I felt like this is actually life.
Well, I'm off to work on start my various projects.
Then the vigil began. The idea is that "cancer never sleeps" so everyone is supposed to stay up all night. I did last year but this year it was freezing! It was pretty nice out until about 1 AM and then it got really cold. I was hanging out with my friends Sarah and Adam (who were actually on a different team) at about 2 AM-ish when it got really bad. We were all getting tired so I grabbed a sleeping bag out of my overcrowded tent and we laid on this giant mat in the endzone. I think it's normally used for a track event but I have no idea what it was actually supposed to be. We used it as a giant mattress. We had been hanging out in Adam and Sarah's tent before and I had basically claimed him as my pillow. That trend continued throughout the night. Eventually, we ended up back in Sarah and Adam's tent (which was controlled by a very fickle ten god) and got some sleep. I cuddled into Adam, which I have to admitt was nice. I;m going to use bullshit excuses such as the cold and so called instinct but the truth is that Adam's kind of cute and I love cuddling whith guys (or anyone really). I hostly enjoy someone part their arm around me while I sleep. It's not a crime. My firend Ashley is apperently kind of pissed though. She stuck her head in the tent at one point and saw me and Adam all cuddled up together and got a bit angry. She like him, he doesn't like her, I really don't care either way. Now, of coruse, she won't get over the idea of us dating. Eh. Oh well.
I got home the next day at 7 and slept until 3 PM. I was so exhausted. I got up and got ready and then missed my 4:24 train by thrity seconds. I was not happy. I made the 6:24 train and was on it for an hour on my way to hang out with my friends Dan and Hannah. We went and saw Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. It was so good! I was mainly excited because of how hot the guys had got. I love when movies cast cute kids because the grow up to be really hot teenagers. The guy who plays Edmund is growing up very nicely! And Peter just increased in hotness. And then, of course, there's Caspian. Gorgeous! He was very Inigo Montoya though. This movie was darker than the first one in terms of plot and the battle scenes but it was also a lot funnier. Edmund got some really fun lines. This is actually my favorite Narnia book so I was really happy that it was so good. It did, however, remind me hugely of LotR. The battle scenes were so good! There was alot more character development, as well. You could really see how both the actors and the characters had really grown. Peter and Edmund, I think, showed this more than the girls. Peter, actually, is a part of my only complaint about the movie. It seemed like there was no closure with his character and his part of the story. I felt like ti was acut alittle short. It was horrible but I felt like there should have been more.
I spent the night at my grandparent's and then took the train back to my dad's house in the morning. I'm not gonna lie, taking the train by my self so much made me feel very independent. I know it's not really a big deal but it's kind of a big deal for me. I've done it before (one eventful time at 11 PM) but this made me feel very grown up. I felt like this was what a normal life was like. I watched videos on my ipod and listened to music and people watched. It felt very real, which sounds weird but it's true. Sometimes, life doesn't feel quite real to me. I feel like I'm a bit out of it, like I'm not experiancing it for myself. This was a time when I was living in the moment (a bit like during Relay when I cuddled up with Adam), when I felt like this is actually life.
Well, I'm off to work on start my various projects.