Tra La La

I'm leaving for Atlanta today! I get to see the remaining cousins from my mom's side of the family! Hooray fun! Oh and we're going for my grandparents' 50th anniversary! WOWZAH!

So yeah, we're driving 12 hours to get there. We're splitting it up over 2 days, but we're *hopefully* driving 8 hours today, 4 tomorrow. BLEH. Not fun.

Fortunately, I am fully prepared to entertain myself for at least 2 hours or so...I bought some TV episodes from Itunes that I plan to cram onto my Ipod and watch. And I always have music. And I have to write something for my grandparents, too. So I should have plenty to do. :) Ooh! And we're staying in this cool cabin when we get there! Should be pretty awesome! And my cousin is bringing his Wii with GH3 which is even more AWESOME!! W00T!!!

So yeah this summer has been a very cousin-packed summer! Considering I don't really have friends I can hang out with, that's good. Thank goodness for 9 younger cousins! Well actually, 3 are close to my age (13,14,15), 2 are 11-yr-old twins, and then ages 4,6,6, and 8. Not bad. At least I don't have little baby cousins anymore. Or creeper 30-yr-old MARRIED cousins! O_O


So yeah, I'll be back in a few days maybe? We'll see how long it takes us.

---- The Pain Away

Hehehe filler post of evil.

Disappointing.../Avatard/Art

...but whatever. About the music, I mean.

I watched the finale to Avatar: The Last Airbender last night. I think I can be considered an Avatard now. I really liked it. If you're into that type of show, go watch it! THEN WATCH THE FINALE. AMAZING. But that's all I'm going to say from sounding like a babbling nerd who has no friends and no life. Maybe I already am one?

So yeah, while I'm on the topic, I hope to give you people something to look at over at dA. I'm planning on doing some form of Avatar art (I said I was an Avatard!) and maybe something *gasp* original! Oh, and I think that Tentacle Beast project kinda died...

Again, slightly disappointed about the lack of answers for my music problem, but whatever. Maybe they'll make an Avatar soundtrack I can buy...Ta ta!

MUSIC

Hey! Listen! (I'm such a nerd...and none of you know why I'm saying that now heh heh heh!)

So yeah. I WANT NEW MUSIC. But I don't know what to get. I've got 24 on Itunes from my bday, but what do I get?!


TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD BUY FROM ITUNES. Come on Aurley, your whole blog is about music! You too Alex - you've got good taste! Oh and Tom, too, although we notoriously don't like the same music...

Note: This is probably all I'll blog about until some of you people help me out. So if you want an interesting blog from me, I need an interesting life-IMEAN you need to tell me what I should get from Itunes.

Suggestions?/HISTORY

I have $24 from an Itunes gift card and I don't know what to get. Any suggestions? (Comment PLEASE I really don't know what to buy!)

Anyway...Today I was out for 6 hours helping my mom. Major got a shot, we inspected the place where we're boarding him next week, lots of errands for the smelly ol' dog.

Then we checked out our house from our 2nd time living here. I didn't think I would remember anything from it because, even though I was probably old enough to, I didn't find the place important at the time...That was great. I really do remember things about that house!

And then we talked about visiting my old school some time and BAM there were like 50 memories that came back at the same time! AWESOME. Then we ate at my favorite place to eat, The Silver Diner. Guess what - I have memories from there too! WHOO talk about a trip down memory lane (bleh I hate that expression...Oh well)!

So after that I got a haircut at a place my mom went to 9 years ago...so much history here! Now I'm home and I would really like to buy some more music for my Ipod so help me out yall!

Blog Lesson: Commenting 1

For those of you (coughKristacough) who couldn't figure out how to comment, here's a little lesson. It's really very easy.

Step 1: Click the number of comments at the end of the blog post you wish to comment on.

Step 2: Write your comment in the box provided.

Step 3: Select "Name/URL", then type in a name.

Step 4: Click "Publish Your Comment" - that's it!

Biking Pics Plus+

Straight from my phone, taken in the middle of the ride:










So. That ride is #3 from my Top 3 Most Memorable Bike Rides, which is as follows.

#1) Mackinaw Island, MI ride. Mackinaw Island = no cars, only man-powered vehicles + absolute natural beauty (the kind of place you dream about!)
#2) Some ride when I was younger. I got so far ahead that my parents sent Vaughn to order me to stop. Apparently they were pretty freaked out.
#3) Yesterday, Washington D.C. I got to ride in traffic and on this awesome trail!

All Gone!/Busy Day!

Well, everyone's gone! All the cousins are finally gone! I'm both happy and sad; sad that they're gone, happy to be FREE!

So yeah, yesterday was rockin' awesome! I started off the day slow, but it soon picked up. From 1:30 to 3:30, I biked NINE miles with Vaughn to my grandparents' house where I met my Spanish cousins for the last time until Christmas or later next year. Then we got a ride home at 5:00 or 5:30 and got some food when it started to POUR. It was raining so much that water was flowing down the streets at a steady pace. Very cool. When we got home, Vaughn and I decided we weren't in such a hurry to get inside. So we (Vaughn) built a dam and we made a *two-inch* deep pool of water under our deck. Playing in the rain isn't just for small children. Mwahahahahaha...

So yeah, I'll add some pictures from the bike ride straight from my phone in a little bit.

BLEH

So yeah. Yesterday was a bad day. Today has been a bad day. Third time's the charm? I hope so.

I hope to be on Youtube soon - I have a video ready and I'm prepared to make more. But first I need to find the cable that connects the camera to the computer. That may take a few years.

Yeah so all my cousins leave pretty soon. Megan, Ryan, and Aunt Lisa (Florida) left today, or maybe they're leaving tomorrow, I don't know? Chloe and Nicole (Spain) leave on Thursday. I probably won't see them for a year or more, so that will be sad. Yeeeeeeeaaaaah...

So yeah, 'm supposed to be eating dinner right now, but no, I decided to get up in the middle and write this. I have no idea why. I think I'm crazy. And no, "'m" is not a typo, just so you know.

NOTICE: I think I've decided to post every other day. But we'll see. Yeah, whatever...

I MISSED ONE

OH WOW. I MISSED YESTERDAY. COMPLETELY.
..Oh well. Who cares?

So yeah, today I made this funny video with my cousins! But I can't find the stupid camera cable so I can't upload it to Youtube or anything! GAH! I MUST FIND IT GRAAAAR!

...yeah. Anyways. UGH! My cousin is ADDICTED to the computer! Seriously, if you let her on (NEVER DO THAT), you'll never get your computer back. Once she's on, it's like she's in a coma, too. SHE'S UNRESPONSIVE. You can say things, and she doesn't even hear them! GAH SO ANNOYING! Ok. Deep breaths. DEEP breaths.

Ok. So. I'm seeing The Dark Knight VERY SOON! Like 10 minutes! WAHOO! And I get to be up to 1:00 for it! YYYYEEEESSSS! So yeah. I'll write about it when I get on tomorrow (after sleeping!). Hope I find that cable...

Er...Yeah

Forget the poll. Really. Nobody even checks this blog, or if they do, they don't care enough to comment. Too bad, really.

Should I just kill this? Cuz I honestly don't think anyone cares to check this about besides Monsieur Pianoman. Bleh.

OMG

KENNY DOESNT LIKE PHONES DONT DENY IT SUPPLY IT YOU KNOW ITS TRUE

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Boooooooring/What Will I Learn Next?

Today was really dull. I was bored.

So last night I was up for at least and hour and a half. I have no idea why but it was terrible. I did finally get some sleep, but today was odd. I wasn't tired, but my brain was weird. I didn't know what I wanted to do, eat, say, or anything. I would lay in bed, then get up and think I'd want to get out of bed, then end up going back. BLEH.

So yeah, I bought this game/tool called Jam Sessions for the DS. I read reviews about it and they were generally good, so I thought "Hey, maybe I can learn how to play the guitar or something from this. Seriously, it's only like 15 bucks, why not?" I'll tell you why not: It's good if you already know how to play the guitar. Otherwise, it's pretty useless. Granted it doesn't require any guitar skill to play, but to really get anything out of it, yeah...so I'm disappointed.

So anyway, I'm going to do a bit of a poll:
WHAT WILL I LEARN NEXT?
A) Guitar
B) Japanese
C) Something else--tell me what!

COMMENT TO VOTE!

Me want watch / Family 'nat

So yeah, today I watched one of the newer episodes of Avatar and I REALLY LIKED IT. So I went online and I was like
"Ok, so let's see what I've missed...Wikipedia > Avatar > Episode Guide! There we go!"

Well, I'm finally caught on the first 2 "books". Whoo. Whatever. I really want to watch the new ones that are coming on today and tomorrow and then *GASP* there's a TV MOVIE. But I can't watch that because, well, it's nothing much just, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON. Too bad.

So yeah, enough sounding like a nerd and moving on...

So my cousin Megan has decided to be baptized into our church on Sunday! YES! HOORAY! This is awesome news. I'm happy. She's taking baptism "classes" with my parents and she seems to actually have a desire to join the church! YEAH!

My other cousin, Chloe (the Spanish one who IM'ed a bunch of you a few years ago...X_X), is taking a bunch of classes and stuff. Last week, while I was at Sr. High camp, she was away at Jazz Camp. Apparently she had a recital that I totally missed. :/ Well now this week she's taking guitar classes. I was offered to go and STUPIDLY DUMBLY IDIOTICALLY refused. GAH! I mean, seriously, she gets to borrow an electric guitar and TAKE IT HOME. GAAAAH I WANT TO LEARN TOO!

...Yeah, I really want to learn how to play the guitar. REALLY DO. I'd also like to learn Japanese, but I'll stick with guitar for now...

So yeah, back to nerdiness: it turns out cousin Megan was in a talent show and as far as I know SHE SANG A STAR WARS SONG. OMG. NO WAAAY. So yeah while I'm thinking about it, brb. I need to email my grandpa...

..k back. So anyway I really need to see the videos from Chloe's jazz recital and Megan's talent show. But I gotta go to bed now @_@ goodnight!

--Awesome!

High Roooooooopeeeesss!!!

Yo, as I said before, it's all about the evolu-....I did a high ropes course. Three parts, here's a pic from each.

Ladder:

High Wire:

ZIP LINE!:


Oh yeah so awesome man!!

M-O-N D-A-Y S-U-C-K-SSSS!!!

Except not really...=)

TODAY WAS ACTUALLY AMAZINGLY FUN!

So yeah it started out pretty boring but THEN! (bum bum bum...)
I went shopping with my mom.

We went to Best Buy first, pretty awesome. Looked at games an whatnot.
Then Bed, Bath, and Beyond. SOO much stuff for gullible idiots who get paranoid about their lives...lol.
Oh and then actual Target. Yeah. I like Target.

BUT THEN IT GOT BETTER! (Doo doo doo DOOOOOOOOO! lol LoZ)

I went into Georgetown with Vaughn.

I got dropped off at his new work, The Bike Rack.
Then we went to a bus stop after going to the bathroom in the BIGGEST Whole Foods I've ever seen. I got stared at by some lady. She frowned and when she saw my shirt. As in FROWNED. I don't know why, its just an electronic speech bubble thing with robots inside...

Then we took the bus into Georgetown.
We walked to an underground Chinese restaurant with only one waitress. There's some pretty authentic Chinese decor and junk in there...
We ate, talked about safety in DC lol, and then we left.
We took the bus to the nearest stop and walked home.
Now I'm on the computer!

So yeah today was pretty awesome. Check Facebook for some pics of me on the high ropes from camp! (I'll put one from each of 3 parts tomorrow...)

Oh and please, someone else comment besides El Pianoman!

The Campfire Song Song

So anyway more about camp:
A bunch of people call me Fogell or McLovin
I ACTUALLY DID A HIGH ROPES COURSE (and I got the Faith Award for it!)
I went canoeing and got BUUUURNNNNNTTT LEGS! And my nose is DISGUSTING...
I rode on a tube in the water at 25MPH (cant wait to jet ski someday!!)
And I did the unthinkable >_<...I MADE FRIENDS!

I love camp and I'll be back. But enough about camp. If you have more questions, comment, email, IM, ANYTHING and I'll answer :D.




Anyways. About my Monday! :) [See next post...]

I Am a God

...well not really. But if you'd been at Sr. High camp with me you would have thought I was by the way everyone was acting. Seriously. The whole camp thought I was THE funniest person on the planet. That's just awesome.

Deer Park is the best place on the planet. Sr High Camp was the best experience of my life. The people at Deer Park are so cool. Man I love Deer Park. I'll probably be going there til I die now...Whoo alright fun!

We did ultimate frisbee, board games, rock climbing, pool stuff, canoeing, low ropes, high ropes, and SUPER COOL LIKE SUPER COOL MILK campfires! And...Pranking(Dun dun dun)!

On the subject of pranking, our cabin was the best:
We spent 2 hours trying to catch a bat.
We bought 3 rats and put them under a box in one of the girl's cabins. OH YEAH. THREE RATS BAYBAY!

Oh and we woke up this morning to find a toilet in our cabin...pretty creepy.


So yeah Deer Park is the most awesome amazing super cool good great fun exciting powerful friend-filled etcetcetc...camp EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AS STAFF AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN FOOOOOREEEEEEEVEEEEEEEER!


YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm back and...

...I'm headed to Senior High Camp tomorrow! AWESOME. I've never wanted to go to camp before, not once in my life that I can recall. So this is just great! Thanks to Deer Park reunion I'm all fired up about going, huzzah!

So reunion was AMAZING...I met a bunch of my parents' old friends and definitely met some new ones in Sr. High. All the cousins from my dad's side of the family were there, which was cool. And Sr. High class was great! And I got a CD...

Well, I'll post again when I get back from camp! See ya!

NOTE: Camp's a week long. Ends Saturday or something...