Kentucky Diaries (sounds like a book title)
You'll see me grow. You'll hear me bitch, moan, and whinge about things that look really stupid now, but it WAS what I was feeling. So enjoy. To hear something potentially nice about you, go to Sunday, June 2. :)
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
This trip is fairly uneventful. We left at 7 AM, stopped for breakfast at 9, and lunch at 11:30 (I'm still not sure what that lady was trying to sell with her sign on the highway). We stopped again in Indiana about about 2:45 at an outlet mall. I found a glass in a dishes factory store with instructions on how to mix a Mai Tai. Would have soooo bought it and a green paper umbrella if I had my money with me. The outlet was in Edinburgh, Indiana. I had half a mind to tell my dad I was pretty sure we weren't in Kansas anymore.
5:30 PM EST - We get to our hotel in Louisville (that's LOO-uh-ville) and my dad and brother go back to the car to get the rest of the luggage. The room is really warm, I figured I'd turn the air conditioner on. I plugged it in, fiddled with somemore knobs, and nothing happens. Fiddle some more, still nothing. My dad comes back up a few minutes later, and I tell him I think the A/C's broke. He just LOOKS at it ONCE and the BLOODY THING STARTS WORKING. I really don't like being made a fool of, but by a machine...
Note to self: check symptoms for Bi-polar disorder when I get home.
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
8:30 AM EST - Got an early start. Wake up call at 7 and leave at 8, which of course to my poor, insomniated body feels like 6 and 7. Tried to read "Cyanide", but I couldn't get past the second chapter as I was riddled with guilt over "Forgiven". I just can't get past that one scene. I feel like I'm running into a brick wall everytime I try to write it.
Speaking of brick walls "Maybe You'd Understand" is a great read, Lyn! Tristan is so...yummy to think about. And Rylee's my hero. So much self-control.
*sighs* Parents have it all wrong. Its not the internet that I miss, its my friends. You, who can always make me grin.
You, who always has a smile for me in chat no matter what your day's been like.
You who will patiently listen to me whinge.
You who is always working so hard but always has time for at least a short chat.
You, who is such an understanding and sweet person.
You who can manage to make me luahg on the worst of days.
You who always makes me smile and blush and giggle like a Kindergartener.
You who is so like-minded with me, its creepy.
You who is really a beautiful person inside and out.
You, the ultimate Slytherin and a GOOD AUTHOR!
You, who is a great friend to have.
You who I am SO proud of for being true to yourself first and foremost.
You, who is like an older sister and so forgiving.
You who I think I could really be good friends with.
You, because you are such a free spirit.
You, because you are a LOT of fun, and you for much the same reasons.
You, who I look up to as a fellow author and would like to know better.
You who I think is really cool and would like to know better.
You because you're such a good sport.
You because you don't take any crap from anybody but you're still really sweet.
I MISS YOU ALL!
11:30 AM EST - Stopped at a horse farm. Actually, THE horse farm, in Paris, Kentucky. It has probably produced more Kentucky Derby/Triple Crown/Belmont winners than any place else. It was really interesting. I mean, I like horses, I think they're magnificent animals. But I'm not near the horse person that my cousin, Whitney, is. I think she enjoyed it more than anyone else.
The horse cemetary was a bit depressing, though, and the tour was a bit more than I ever wanted or needed to know about horse breeding.
11:57 AM EST - Feel so odd. I was in Edinburgh yesterday, in Paris today, and have seen signs for Versailles, Athens, Loch Ness, and Transylvania. Dada says we'll pass through London and Manchester and by Somerset. Am so confused.
1:56 PM EST - Appalacian Mountains VERY BEAUTIFUL!
3:03 PM EST - Stop in London. Haha, am so amused.
Apx 4:30 EST - We are at Redbird Mission. Its a beautiful camp-style place in the mountains. The lodges DeWittians are staying in are nice; boys are in Martin and girls are in Whippoorwill. They're long rooms with 6 sets of bunk beds.
Hearing thunder - !!!
It really is a nice place. I'm glad I came even if I wasn't asked, and was told, and will end up being ninth wheel most likely. I'll probably write again after dinner.
8:11 PM EST - Scenery beautiful. People fucked. Can't believe I tought things would change. I am odd man out, per usual.
I honestly wonder what's wrong with me. I don't think this roller coaster up and down stuff is part of a womanly cycle or hormones. Timelines do not add up at all.
I'm back, I was interrupted. So meh. I really wish I could understand why people are so shallow. Maybe I'm more narrow than they are, I really don't know. I wish I did. Would someone (preferably a guy) like to explain to me what's the big deal about guys playing basketball with their shirts off? Okay, I GET what its about, but really?
MONDAY, JUNE 3
12:34 PM EST - Oh break! This morning was fun, because we painted a dorm room. This afternoon I'm going to work cutting soup can labels. Yayee. Go me.
I do think my bad moods are set off by my dad.
4:47 PM EST: Cutting labels not at all its cracked up to be. Oh my aching hand.
Help.
10:12 PM EST - Tony get my "Athletic Person of the Week" award. Why? Horseshoes. :D He was playing horseshoes and threw one horseshoe over the barrier (about 2 feet high) and it clanged across the basketball court; they're really close together. I don't think I've seen anyone laugh that hard in a long time!
Today wasn't so bad. I guess I jut had to loosen up a bit. Still, I think my dad is the root of my bad mood swings, because we're so much alike, we tend to argue a lot. And since he's the adult, he wins. Thus thrusts me into a funk.
We have KD (Kitchen Duty) tomorrow, which means I have to get up early to help in the kitchen! Good night! *mwah*
8:31 AM EST - "Daylight come and me wanna go home." :(
Had inspiration for "Forgiven", however.
??:?? PM EST - Whitney right. You can have 3 people in a group. I would say, "I knew that" but that would make me look exceptionally stupid, neh?
Morning was boring. I cut soup labels from 9 AM to noon. I was bored because I was the only one there. On the plus side, I had the Fritos all to myself and could play my music as loud as I wanted.
Afternoon was bad at first, and then it got okay. Six of us here at camp were going to go out to a house some people from DeWitt were working on. I almost got carsick from the twist-turny roads. :P Then we came back because we couldn't find them and hung out.
Tonight was fun. Went to the swings and had girl talk with Whitney and Beth. Felt good, as its been awhile since I've had girl talk with anyone.
I'm tired, tomorrow's our day off. Night all!
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
8:23 AM EST - Don't feel well. Fuck. Am going to wrong national/state park. Damn. I was all worked up to do horseback riding, too, and I haven't done that in six years, since I was thrown. I always feel bad, because my aunt blames herself fo rnot putting me right back on the horse. I'm kind of glad she didn't at that moment. But I should take a leaf out of Whitney's book: a couple of summers ago, she was thrown by a horse (same horse that threw me) and broke an arm. The next day, she was riding again.
My sister's great. To understand the humor of this, you must understand what Kentucky mountain roads look like. Two lanes separated by double yellow lines, and no shoulder to speak of. On one side you have a solid rock wall of the mountain, and the other is usually a very steep drop off with a rocky creek at tht bottom. And most often, no guardrails. Yesterday, Dad was driving and swerved a bit to avoid hitting a turtle. I guess it made my sister a bit nervous, as he swerved towards the drop off side. She said, "Dad, next time you swerve, No!" she said, pointing at the drop off side, and then, "Yes!" pointing to the non-drop off side.
I've journaled for almost 40 minutes, taking breaks to sing with the Beatles and to be nervous about the raod. But now we're on a 4-lane and I feel much better.
10:20 AM EST - Am most amused. Went to shop at the Gap at Cumberland. Find there is not Gap in Cumberland. Not even a Banana Republic.
And there was a Daniel Boone diorana in the visitor's center. Not an evil diorama, however. I received some pretty strange looks for all the laughing I did. I'm pretty sure the workers thought I was smoking something.
10:51 AM EST - Stood on Pinnacle Point and saw 3 different states at once. We took our pictures where we were standing with one foot in each Kentucky and Virginia. And then I stood on the overlook on the Pinnacle (this I could do because of the nice high guardrails and wall). I took a picture of the views for Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. I was having a grand ol' time until Tony decided he was going to sit on the railing and give me a heart attack. That kid is going to be the death of me yet. >_<
THURSDAY, JUNE 6
5:27 PM EST - Irony is cruel. Yesterday my mom COMPLETELY ruined one of my favorite songs for me ("Don't Stand So Close To Me" by The Polive; it involves an older man in my church on this trip. If you know the song, I think you can put two and two together). And today I had to make a big anniversary card from the group to he and his wife. Can I scream yet?
*screams*
A gnat just flew up my nose. Why me?
7:02 PM EST - Gretchen. "Dancing". Oh my aching sanity.
One more thought: You should go oritenteering in the Kentucky mountains. You would thoroughly enjoy it. :)
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
7:48 AM EST - Well, we're finally on our way home. This week has been amazing, there's no other way to put it. I'm just awed by everything. The mountains, the people, just...everything.
Memories:
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
This trip is fairly uneventful. We left at 7 AM, stopped for breakfast at 9, and lunch at 11:30 (I'm still not sure what that lady was trying to sell with her sign on the highway). We stopped again in Indiana about about 2:45 at an outlet mall. I found a glass in a dishes factory store with instructions on how to mix a Mai Tai. Would have soooo bought it and a green paper umbrella if I had my money with me. The outlet was in Edinburgh, Indiana. I had half a mind to tell my dad I was pretty sure we weren't in Kansas anymore.
5:30 PM EST - We get to our hotel in Louisville (that's LOO-uh-ville) and my dad and brother go back to the car to get the rest of the luggage. The room is really warm, I figured I'd turn the air conditioner on. I plugged it in, fiddled with somemore knobs, and nothing happens. Fiddle some more, still nothing. My dad comes back up a few minutes later, and I tell him I think the A/C's broke. He just LOOKS at it ONCE and the BLOODY THING STARTS WORKING. I really don't like being made a fool of, but by a machine...
Note to self: check symptoms for Bi-polar disorder when I get home.
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
8:30 AM EST - Got an early start. Wake up call at 7 and leave at 8, which of course to my poor, insomniated body feels like 6 and 7. Tried to read "Cyanide", but I couldn't get past the second chapter as I was riddled with guilt over "Forgiven". I just can't get past that one scene. I feel like I'm running into a brick wall everytime I try to write it.
Speaking of brick walls "Maybe You'd Understand" is a great read, Lyn! Tristan is so...yummy to think about. And Rylee's my hero. So much self-control.
*sighs* Parents have it all wrong. Its not the internet that I miss, its my friends. You, who can always make me grin.
You, who always has a smile for me in chat no matter what your day's been like.
You who will patiently listen to me whinge.
You who is always working so hard but always has time for at least a short chat.
You, who is such an understanding and sweet person.
You who can manage to make me luahg on the worst of days.
You who always makes me smile and blush and giggle like a Kindergartener.
You who is so like-minded with me, its creepy.
You who is really a beautiful person inside and out.
You, the ultimate Slytherin and a GOOD AUTHOR!
You, who is a great friend to have.
You who I am SO proud of for being true to yourself first and foremost.
You, who is like an older sister and so forgiving.
You who I think I could really be good friends with.
You, because you are such a free spirit.
You, because you are a LOT of fun, and you for much the same reasons.
You, who I look up to as a fellow author and would like to know better.
You who I think is really cool and would like to know better.
You because you're such a good sport.
You because you don't take any crap from anybody but you're still really sweet.
I MISS YOU ALL!
11:30 AM EST - Stopped at a horse farm. Actually, THE horse farm, in Paris, Kentucky. It has probably produced more Kentucky Derby/Triple Crown/Belmont winners than any place else. It was really interesting. I mean, I like horses, I think they're magnificent animals. But I'm not near the horse person that my cousin, Whitney, is. I think she enjoyed it more than anyone else.
The horse cemetary was a bit depressing, though, and the tour was a bit more than I ever wanted or needed to know about horse breeding.
11:57 AM EST - Feel so odd. I was in Edinburgh yesterday, in Paris today, and have seen signs for Versailles, Athens, Loch Ness, and Transylvania. Dada says we'll pass through London and Manchester and by Somerset. Am so confused.
1:56 PM EST - Appalacian Mountains VERY BEAUTIFUL!
3:03 PM EST - Stop in London. Haha, am so amused.
Apx 4:30 EST - We are at Redbird Mission. Its a beautiful camp-style place in the mountains. The lodges DeWittians are staying in are nice; boys are in Martin and girls are in Whippoorwill. They're long rooms with 6 sets of bunk beds.
Hearing thunder - !!!
It really is a nice place. I'm glad I came even if I wasn't asked, and was told, and will end up being ninth wheel most likely. I'll probably write again after dinner.
8:11 PM EST - Scenery beautiful. People fucked. Can't believe I tought things would change. I am odd man out, per usual.
I honestly wonder what's wrong with me. I don't think this roller coaster up and down stuff is part of a womanly cycle or hormones. Timelines do not add up at all.
I'm back, I was interrupted. So meh. I really wish I could understand why people are so shallow. Maybe I'm more narrow than they are, I really don't know. I wish I did. Would someone (preferably a guy) like to explain to me what's the big deal about guys playing basketball with their shirts off? Okay, I GET what its about, but really?
MONDAY, JUNE 3
12:34 PM EST - Oh break! This morning was fun, because we painted a dorm room. This afternoon I'm going to work cutting soup can labels. Yayee. Go me.
I do think my bad moods are set off by my dad.
4:47 PM EST: Cutting labels not at all its cracked up to be. Oh my aching hand.
Help.
10:12 PM EST - Tony get my "Athletic Person of the Week" award. Why? Horseshoes. :D He was playing horseshoes and threw one horseshoe over the barrier (about 2 feet high) and it clanged across the basketball court; they're really close together. I don't think I've seen anyone laugh that hard in a long time!
Today wasn't so bad. I guess I jut had to loosen up a bit. Still, I think my dad is the root of my bad mood swings, because we're so much alike, we tend to argue a lot. And since he's the adult, he wins. Thus thrusts me into a funk.
We have KD (Kitchen Duty) tomorrow, which means I have to get up early to help in the kitchen! Good night! *mwah*
8:31 AM EST - "Daylight come and me wanna go home." :(
Had inspiration for "Forgiven", however.
??:?? PM EST - Whitney right. You can have 3 people in a group. I would say, "I knew that" but that would make me look exceptionally stupid, neh?
Morning was boring. I cut soup labels from 9 AM to noon. I was bored because I was the only one there. On the plus side, I had the Fritos all to myself and could play my music as loud as I wanted.
Afternoon was bad at first, and then it got okay. Six of us here at camp were going to go out to a house some people from DeWitt were working on. I almost got carsick from the twist-turny roads. :P Then we came back because we couldn't find them and hung out.
Tonight was fun. Went to the swings and had girl talk with Whitney and Beth. Felt good, as its been awhile since I've had girl talk with anyone.
I'm tired, tomorrow's our day off. Night all!
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
8:23 AM EST - Don't feel well. Fuck. Am going to wrong national/state park. Damn. I was all worked up to do horseback riding, too, and I haven't done that in six years, since I was thrown. I always feel bad, because my aunt blames herself fo rnot putting me right back on the horse. I'm kind of glad she didn't at that moment. But I should take a leaf out of Whitney's book: a couple of summers ago, she was thrown by a horse (same horse that threw me) and broke an arm. The next day, she was riding again.
My sister's great. To understand the humor of this, you must understand what Kentucky mountain roads look like. Two lanes separated by double yellow lines, and no shoulder to speak of. On one side you have a solid rock wall of the mountain, and the other is usually a very steep drop off with a rocky creek at tht bottom. And most often, no guardrails. Yesterday, Dad was driving and swerved a bit to avoid hitting a turtle. I guess it made my sister a bit nervous, as he swerved towards the drop off side. She said, "Dad, next time you swerve, No!" she said, pointing at the drop off side, and then, "Yes!" pointing to the non-drop off side.
I've journaled for almost 40 minutes, taking breaks to sing with the Beatles and to be nervous about the raod. But now we're on a 4-lane and I feel much better.
10:20 AM EST - Am most amused. Went to shop at the Gap at Cumberland. Find there is not Gap in Cumberland. Not even a Banana Republic.
And there was a Daniel Boone diorana in the visitor's center. Not an evil diorama, however. I received some pretty strange looks for all the laughing I did. I'm pretty sure the workers thought I was smoking something.
10:51 AM EST - Stood on Pinnacle Point and saw 3 different states at once. We took our pictures where we were standing with one foot in each Kentucky and Virginia. And then I stood on the overlook on the Pinnacle (this I could do because of the nice high guardrails and wall). I took a picture of the views for Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. I was having a grand ol' time until Tony decided he was going to sit on the railing and give me a heart attack. That kid is going to be the death of me yet. >_<
THURSDAY, JUNE 6
5:27 PM EST - Irony is cruel. Yesterday my mom COMPLETELY ruined one of my favorite songs for me ("Don't Stand So Close To Me" by The Polive; it involves an older man in my church on this trip. If you know the song, I think you can put two and two together). And today I had to make a big anniversary card from the group to he and his wife. Can I scream yet?
*screams*
A gnat just flew up my nose. Why me?
7:02 PM EST - Gretchen. "Dancing". Oh my aching sanity.
One more thought: You should go oritenteering in the Kentucky mountains. You would thoroughly enjoy it. :)
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
7:48 AM EST - Well, we're finally on our way home. This week has been amazing, there's no other way to put it. I'm just awed by everything. The mountains, the people, just...everything.
Memories:
- "Oh, Chuck!" I'm not completely sure that you guys want the entire story to that.
- Laura and Lindsey fighting and wrestling in bed.
- Cutting labels with Shirley, Gayle, and Judy. They really were sweet ladies, even though they lacked political conviction.
- The "I'm Sorry" skit on Thursday. Good song. "I'm Sorry" by David Kauffman.
- "Yes!" and "No!" by my sister and the buzzy part from my mom.
- Ooh, the guy who told jokes on Talent Night. "A large diamond ring was found in the cafeteria and taken to the administration building, and given to Helen Hunt. So if its yours, you can go to Helen Hunt for it. (Hell and hunt for it)"
- Sitting on the swings at night with Whitney and Beth.
- Having a captive audience when I explained how Harry Potter is not Satanic.
- Taking pictures of Beth's cute guy, a guitar player from Florida. And THEN we foudn out his name and did some Sean Biggerstaff and Ewan McGregor squeeing.
- Finding the Happy Chandler Highway and taking Beth's picture with it. (Her last name is Chandler. It was great.)
- Tony's frequent overshares. Athlete's foot, jock itch, and problems handling cheesecake. Need I say more?
- Asking people if they would every wear a thong. Great survey to ask random people.
- Cumberland Gap National Park. I had way too much fun with the VSD and DV experience. And standing on the Pinnacle was very empowering.
- Tony's cross-country runners. It was, erm, different. "Run, Tony, run!" [/Forrest Gump]
- The Irish stepdancer at Talent Night. She was pretty good and really nice.
- Andrew and Tony in the skit. Tony was playing Jesus, and he was supposed to hug Andrew as a forgiveness thing. They never quite got the hug down, so they did a secret handshake-like thing.
- Playing Life with Tony and Andrew. "I had a baby?" Good Lord that was the funnierst thing I had heard all day. Tony had landed on a space that told him he had a baby, but he never put a peg in his car, so Andrew did it for him, and Tony got the most bewildered look on his face and said, "I had a baby?"
- The rubber bands. A rubber band stretches, and can fit around just about anything (disregarding size). But it always returns to a circle, sometimes bigger than before. We gave a rubber band to someone who touched out hearts that week. Belated rubber bands to all of you.
I think perhaps that the best thing of the week was growing spiritually and as a Police fan. :) I did miss you all, but I would do it again in a second.