So tonight we had a bbq with the neighbors, who are pretty cool (at least they seemed so from however much I can understand of their conversations).  The bbq was concluded with a variety of digestifs, such as whiskey, chocolate liqueur, Bailey's chocolate mint and a tiny sip  of cognac.  My personal favorite was Bailey's mint chocolate, though the ( Read more... )

Paris was quite amazing, though four days was not nearly enough to see everything.  A few choice memories ( Read more... )

Um, yea, Italy was basically the most amazing place I've been to.  Thousand year old sculptures and ruins; beautiful pieces of art (especially in Florence) and most of all....THE BOYS. *cough cough*.  But no worries, I'm not that scandalous.  Though there are much more liberal drinking laws.  And what to do when the whole family is drinking hard ( Read more... )

Because OZ totally means Europe.  Anyway, thanks to all y'all who came last night, as lame as Ring 2 was...yea...  Oh, and I'm bringing the directory with me to mail postcards, but just in case, if you want a postcard comment on here (with address and which city you want) and I'll check the computer sometime while I'm over there.  See you in a

A Party at my house
Tomorrow, June 29, 7-midnightish
Please come,  I want to see you all!

L.A. was interesting.  My grandma is much better, but still in the ICU.  I'm actually really glad to be back in Oregon where there are trees and it's green.  *sigh*  Now only if my throat would feel better, I could actually go out and do stuff. 

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So it's all over.  Probably won't hit me for a while.  Weird.  Must say I did have a great time throughout it all.  Sometimes maybe stressed, but it was a good time.  Anyone else feel a little lost?  I'm scared but excited to go to college.  Then again, we have a whole summer ahead of us, and I intend to spend time with every last one of you!  ( ( Read more... )

So basically for the past two days my joints have become ridiculousl swollen, as have my ears.  Since my doctor couldn't see me yesterday I went to the emergency room, where they proceeded to take blood, insert an IV (with "fluids") and take an x-ray.  After all that jazz, they decided it was an "acute viral infection" aka they have no clue what's ( Read more... )

So this is the story of the ORCHESTRA/BAND trip to Disneyland. It starts in a land far, far, away...the happiest place on earth. Actually it started here in Portland....but let's skip to L.A. Our first stop was Universal Studios (after a clinic for the orchestra, but who went down there to play music?)

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