YOU'RE MOM GOES TO CALIFORNIA

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I'm back from California. I'm also broke (sort of). Since only four people can truly understand what an amazing four days this has been I have simply made a list of the cool things that happened for the dweebs that read this journal. To Sarah... I want my friggin books lol AND I love Turkey Burgers (for future reference)

Okay so here we go.

Memories from Cali '05

Day # 1

Everything

• Watching Hitch on the way to California (woot)
• Going to eat 3 meals in one at the small Argentinean Diner
• Asking if Blanca liked her Sony Erickson (ggrrrrr to Liza here)
• Waiting for a side of.... something that never came
• Eating chips, dip and diet Pepsi for supper
• Going to the video store. With more
• Scary porn titles like Invisible Man in between Finding Nemo and Finding Neverland
• Watching Napoleon Dynamite with Fortina and Pasqual
• Playing with Fortina and Casual’s little grandsons
• Playing in their (F&P)'s huge garden outside

Day # 2

The House

• Waking up at 6:05
• Whacking my arm on the wall.... (That friggin hurt)
• Listening to Kellie and Caleb Romp on the Bed
• Waiting for Liza to get up
• Getting to talk to Caleb in the Garden
• Feasting on one Bag of Rice Cakes and Soy Chips in-between 5 people
• Lounging around in the Room with Everyone laughing at Ourselves and.others

Santa Monica

• Eating at Yankee Doodles
• Making Kellie do the Robot in the Middle of the Restaurant
• Bucking Fush Stickers
• Receiving Nicorette Samples
• Watching Kellie try to be a Salesperson
• Meeting the New York People

LMULA

• Going to the Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles OMFG it was beautiful
• Watching Cardell and Caleb block their doors (in case they had weird room mates) (they didn't)
• Thinking I had no Roommate

Mar Vista Family Center

• Finding out that Jasmine didn't disappear off the face of the earth
• "Falling" into the sewer to further relieve ourselves from her
• Being touched by random Latino's Mexicans and Hispanics (did I mind.... no)
• Watching as poor Mr. Caleb was stalked by several unknowing females
• Laughing at random tour items with Cardell and Caleb and Liza

Back at LMULA

• Meeting my gorgeous roommate
• Trying to be totally serious while Cardell stroked my face
• Trying to be totally serious while I pretended to suck Cardell's goodies
• Trying to be totally serious while Cardell stoked Liza and Caleb
• Watching Kellie go to sleep in the middle of all of this
• Talking to my roommate with Liza until 1
• Talking to my roommate without Liza until... whenever

Day # 3

Morning, Breakfast and Workshops

• Waking up at 6:05 am
• Looking at the setup for the Alumni Reunion that included... foam beds and beer tasting
• Finding a random 40 Dollars on the Campus
• Waiting for Liza (again) to wake-up
• Watching my Roommate almost pee when Liza was standing behind the Bathroom Door at 7 am
• Letting people poop and shower in our private Bathroom
• Performing one of the best Shows ever
• Being asked to perform again for the whole Conference in the BEST Show I have ever been in
• Seeing Pictures of Me pretending to suck Cardell's Goodies from over 4 different Camera's
• Consequently being talked to by 3/4ths of the Guys in the Conference
• Going to the second Workshop to see the Kids from DC and their videos (awesome)
• Watching the LA and NY People rant and rave at the poor Cop in the panel

The Beach

• Throwing Wet Wipes on the 1950s Bus
• Watching Jasmine rub on Caleb (your eyes are gorgeous. you should show them more often...)
• Watching Liza slobber all over Kelly (the other Group's Director)
• Freezing at the Beach
• Sorting Man Problems out (not mine)
• Watching the other Kelly wipe out trying to surf
• Telling Liza she missed him taking his Wet Suit off
• Walking around in my Sperry's (I LOVE THESE SHOES) on the Beach
• Giving out Marshmallows to everyone
• Writing by the Ocean and later by this huge pit of fire
• Taking Big Bootie National
• Getting a total of like 5 Big Booties out
• Getting hugged by Kelly when I got him out (not cause I liked Him but because Liza liked Him and it made Her pout and She is mega funny when She pouts)
• Getting random hugs from the middle school kid
• Watching Jasmine try to seduce the middle school kid
• Dancing to Latino and Mexicano music on the beach
• Talking to Juan and Raul and their Director from NY about the differences in NY and SC
• Dodging authority
• Setting up My Senior Trip to NY and LA
• Pretending to have a Southern Accent for Juan
• Running around the Campus of LMULA at 2 in the Morning
• Watching Juan go to sleep in the middle of the Conversation
• Talking to Nick and Caleb while scrunched together on one Bed
• Listening to Cardell for a total of one minute about being. Separated
• Waiting up for Caleb like an over-protective Parent
• Feeling.... somewhat happy :)

Day 4

Dorms

• Waking up at 6:05 on the dot
• Listening to Music while Caleb banging on the Door
• Watching random people with Caleb until everyone finally got up
• Finding out we had no food left on our food cards
• Finding out we had 30 minutes to leave campus
• Watching Cardell get up like a 4 year old
• Saying Goodbye to my Roommate
• Chilling on the Bottom Floor of the Dorms with NY people listening to Cardell sing
• Laughing with the NY people about the LA people

Hollywood

• Riding to McDonalds with Caleb moaning about the Granola Bars
• Eating 8 grapes and drinking 6 sips of Orange Juice for Breakfast at McDonalds
• Going to the Kodak Theatre
• Looking at the Enormous Pillows
• Buying awesome sunglasses
• Buying overpriced key chains
• Seeing Juan buy a hot pink wife beater that looked awesome on him
• Seeing Liza buy a plaque with Beyonce's face and stats on it and finding errors on it
• Going to Neighborhoodies and buying a hot brown Jacket
• Saying goodbye to NY
• Realizing that They (New Yorker people) like to kiss you goodbye ('twas sweet tho {kind of})

City Walk

• Finding out that I lost 40 dollars
• Arriving at City Walk (part of Universal Studios)
• Eating at Hard Rock Cafe
• Finding the almost-perfect sunglasses for Caleb only to find that they don't block the sun
• Shopping in the most-awesome hot topic ever
• Helping Liza find the perfect Napoleon material
• Smelling Aphrodisiac
• Drinking horrible tea and coffee at the bookstore
• Seeing 10,000 Lauren's and one of each cast member

Airport

• Regaining my hearing
• Realizing that the control center of LAX doesn’t glow purple like Britt's car but the restaurant does
• Waiting in line with weirdo's while playing made-up games in the airport
• Going through security of LAX while getting the go-to-hell Looks and Comments
• Hearing that Caleb got shutdown in the I love LA Store
• Getting free ice at McDonalds
• Getting Sprayed by Caleb in my already red eye
• Pissing the Lady in the Duty-Free store off
• Getting free ice again at McDonalds
• Watching the Wedding Date (woot)

Day

• Smelling Kellie (or in My and Caleb's case attempting to smell Kellie)
• Eating random pastries in Atlanta
• Looking at random painted objects
• Feeling Juked by Cardell
• Feeling unwanted by the co-pilot who didn't show up until he had to
• Laying across 3 seats from ATL to SPT
• Seeing Micah fly into her mom's arms
• Coming home and sleeping for 6 hours
• Writing this (uh Hun.........oh yeh)

Sorry it's so long but ya know... it’s my journal. Get your own, I haven’t flippin had any entries this week!

~Leah