I want to be what killed the dinosaurs.
First, I have pirctures from the zoo.
Kind of looks like an owl.
This one wouldn't hold still and I have a billion blurry pictures of it, this is the only clear picture.
The butterfly exhibit was the first one, and I loved it, if you havn't been to one, its in this big room that has a 234038747340 butterflies and plants, they are friendly and stuff, this one landed on my coat, it was wearing some super trendy camo, of course.
I know, I know, who goes to the zoo in December?! Luckily for me, I know the nicest guy in the universe and we went.
Hardly any of the penguin pictures turned out, because they had weird lights on the whole exhibit, but they were so cute.
Otters swim super fast.
Okay, who puts camels outside in the winter?
We got lost all the time.
Arctic dog.
Polar bear, he's holding a big branch.
The coolest exhibit ever, and the reason we went to the Detroit Zoo. Its called the Arctic Ring of Life and its fairly new.. definatly amazing, you are in this tunnel looking up into a huge pool filled with seals or polar bears, depending on what time you go, and it looks awesome.
Next, pictures from Florida.
Me and Kayla, at the beach. It was too cold to swim.
She is always on her phone.
This is where the drunk girls dance dance dance.
I went fishing.
CRABS (we got'em). This is a very successful restaurant by the beach. We didn't eat there.
Daniel and Tricia, eating at Carrabba's.
Kayla and I fly planes everyday.
We went to the Aviation Museum for the millionth time.
Cute couple, eh?
We stopped by the moon, it was alright.
okay wtf is up with this, its from like WWII.
Last, but probably the most important, we went to Mississippi and saw all the towns destroyed from the hurricanes. In all honesty, none of my pictures could ever really show the extent of it. Nevertheless, I resized them and such, so here you go.
The next five pictures are all of this house, its the first one we stopped at and the whole experience was shocking. If you look closely, you can tell that the whole front wall is gone.
It used to be a brick house, and now the bricks were everywhere. I found that blue bathroom tile in pieces about a football field away.
Imagine decorating your lawn for Christmas, and coming home to this.
Such a powerful word, I cannot even picture that happening to my house.
Yes, this is the closest house around. It is amazing how far everything must have been moved.
Keep in mind, these were not poor houses, it was right by the water, and really was huge, but now all of these people are living in these huge parking lots filled with a million white standard trailers, not even exaggerating.
Huge parts of this houseare just gone. And if you notice the roof? In the less hit areas the homes might be standing, but every single house has this obnoxious blue tarp covering the roof because all the shingles got ripped off.
And some houses lost more then their shingles.
Once again, it used to be a beautiful brick house.
One of the most powerful images in my head, the entire house was falling apart and everywhere, except that chandilier.
We were driving deeper towards New Orleans, and going over a viadock like the one in Trenton, maybe taller, and I see a sign that says BRIDGE OUT, so I tell my dad. He keeps driving and suddenly, we see this. Looking down on it was completely insane.
Not only is each section broken and thrown up at weird angles, its not even on the base support.
To give you an idea of how huge each block was, thats Daniel. I've never seen anything like it, even whats on the news.. it doesn't even come close, until you're right there, until everything is staring you right in the face.
Since we couldn't cross the bridge we tried another way, and winded up stopping by this graveyard.
It was so messed up. I feel so bad for their families, not even a place to bury their loved ones, not even a place to mourn.
I guess thats all, it really effected me, and I wish I could explain it better.
I'm back, finally, and school starts in less then a week. Everything has changed so much since last Christmas Break, and once again, I am at a loss for words. I feel as though I've lost some people I can't replace, but not so much that we don't care about each other.. just that its not a priority anymore. It really is a sad situation. I don't know. I thought things would get better as the years past, but now I'm beginning to doubt that.
Another thing thats kind of important, I might spend the summer in Pensacola, saving money for college. Its definatly not a sure thing, yet, and I havn't exactly made up my mind. On one hand, I would love it - I'd work full time as a waitress right by the ocean, I'd live with my amazing Aunt, I would actually get a tan, and it is probably a once in a lifetime experience - but on the other hand, I would miss some people like hell, and would spend my last summer working. I guess that's life though? I can already tell this year will fly by, in 6 months graduation and maybe Pensacola, in 9 months college, maybe Eastern?