...Some of the longest miles of my life.

We went on an eight hour hike today. It's not necessarily SUPPOSED to take eight hours, but Lanipo can be pretty difficult. Slipped and skidded a lot because of mud.

Coming back was worse than going forward, I think. Getting to the top of the mountain wasn't easy or anything, but I didn't fall or get hurt. On the way back I fell on my knees into the mud and scratched my hands on some thorns. Nothing serious, but I could've done without all that.

The beginning of the trail is very rocky, so you have to climb boulders and such. It was HORRIBLE going back over that. The day had gotten hotter (we started at 7:40 AM, so it was cool at first) and the wind wasn't blowing. Alice had started back a bit recklessly from what I hear; she went fast but suffered for it by falling and getting some nasty scratches. She was quite far ahead of the rest of us (my mom, her friend, and her friend's brother-in-law), so I called her and asked her to wait at a bench that's near the beginning (before all the rocks).

I was so tired by the time I reached her.... man... I had to rest every few minutes and I felt like I was about to pass out. She seemed to have enough energy to trek onward, but I was panting and stopping constantly. X|

Anyway, we made it back to the car first, and rested for a bit. I'm definitely not hiking that again for at LEAST five years. (The last time I did it was when I was twelve or so... and I didn't finish because I twisted my ankle near the end)

My feet hurt so much right now... I have some pictures of our shoes before and after the hike. I'm going back home tomorrow so I can upload them then.

Fun stuff...

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We got some shoes from Payless today that we're going to use to hike on Lanipo. Alice and I got the same kind. :P

I'd show you pictures but... yeah... can't upload anything here. I'll be home in a couple days though, so I'll try to then.

My mom was out earlier today, and Alice and I were waiting around the house. We ended up watching some tecktonik videos. Remember that? My thing with tecktonik? Yeah well I never learned, but occasionally I'll watch a few videos. This one was new to me though...


EAT IT BACK!

Friday we're driving down to LA to pick up my grandma. I bought a shot glass for a friend (you'll get to see that too once I'm home) that I'm going to give to him while we're there. And... we're planning on hanging out some. Guess we'll see how that goes.

Oh also you know what WE FOUND NEURO LAST NIGHT YESSSS. It was pretty exciting for me. I got Bliss and Sleep. Alice got uh... the appetite-curbing one and a Bliss as well. Yum yum. Too bad I can't find them at home. I love interesting beverages. X|

I guess I'll go take pictures of random stuff now before I forget.

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There's a gecko scampering around in here and it keeps clucking.

The clucking is kind of like really fast kiss noises.

Though not unpleasant, gecko clucks are not the most melodic of animal calls.
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He keeps telling me he wants to drive his car off the road and crash into something. It worries me.

Then he says that if he lives I can come and visit him in the hospital. He says that since I want to help someone, I can help him. I tell him that's not what I mean when I say I want to help.

I'm not convinced he's going to do anything but I'm still concerned.

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So

I think I might be a terrible person for saying I wouldn't ride the train for ten hours by myself to go see him in the hospital if he got into a tragic accident.

My friends were right when they said I don't have a filter...

I should have kept quiet.
I said the wrong thing.
I think he's upset now.

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In Music Genesis junior year we were asked whether we were more into the music or the lyrics of a song. They have somewhat equal importance to me, but I think I might lean towards music.

Evidence of this: some of the songs I listen to. :P



The more popular branches of electronic music are (in my mind at least) somewhat notorious for having terrible, cheesy lyrics a great deal of the time. (It's more obvious in the mainstream stuff)

Sadly, these are fairly decent when compared to the others I've ever heard -cough cough Around the World cough cough- but even so, they're sure not that inspiring.

"Move over, four leaf clover
Lady Luck, gimme a buck
Success is around the corner
Don't let it go to your head"

Of course, lyrics aren't the primary focus of the music, and I know that. A lot of listeners just want something with a beat that they can flail their arms wildly to as they jump around the room.



DAMN STRAIGHT.

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Half or most of the time, American Apparel's model shots look like pictures from somebody's illegal porn collection, but I do like some of their clothes.

It's just the, y'know, "I kidnapped this person and forced them to pose for me" look of the photos that's a little off-putting.

Also a lot of the models look seriously unhappy.

ANYWAY, Alice will be here on Wednesday! And then I have to go outside... fun fun.

I should start telling my mom I just don't want to get skin cancer. I wonder if she'd fall for it?

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My uncle and I watched part of Speedy earlier. It's a silent film from 1928 and it was pretty entertaining. :P I think it would be nice to have a small collection of silent movies to watch with my future family... assuming I have kids...

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Stars

by Sara Teasdale

Alone in the night
On a dark hill
With pines around me
Spicy and still,

And a heaven full of stars
Over my head,
White and topaz
And misty red;

Myriads with beating
Hearts of fire
That aeons
Cannot vex or tire;

Up the dome of heaven
Like a great hill,
I watch them marching
Stately and still,
And I know that I
Am honored to be
Witness
Of so much majesty.

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She's wondering why I care more about her than she does.

Well...

Why wouldn't I?

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I was looking through a forum for INFPs yesterday night. Apparently all the girls pretty much idealize the type as like... woodland elves/fairies.

Oh man, reading that was just... weird. I mean, I completely understand (being an INFP and all that...), but it was just embarrassing to see it laid out like that.

Well um, moving on...

My mom got me a new journal! It's black and white on the outside and green on the inside cover... I'd take a picture to show you but I can't transfer files to this computer.

It would be really nice if I had my current journal with me though, since I haven't filled it up yet. I hate having forgotten it at home. :/

Too tired to think about much except for events and such and whatever automatically goes through my head. (Death and all that) Bleh. Well, boring entry, sorry.

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Sometimes I get woken up by something, or just wake up on my own, and don't want to be up yet, so I go back to sleep. Often during that shorter sleep period I have fairly vivid dreams.

I dreamt I was in New York, except it really wasn't New York at all but for the name. I was with a friend, and we went to Spencer's to look for something, and I realized that I was eighteen and was excitedly telling her that even though I didn't want to, I could totally go into the adult section now. The store itself kinda looked like they replaced most of it with a Victoria's Secret. The walls were pink and somewhat bare, with a few mannequins sporting lingerie lined up against them.

We left Spencer's and walked to some building, where a man gave me a bunch of envelopes to hold. Just then my ex texted me and sent me a weird video about some asian guy who couldn't get laid because he forgot to touch this girl's boobs. X| Apparently the video went viral... offline? I sort of heard what I was supposed to do with the envelopes but after I started walking I completely forgot.

People kept running up to me asking if I had straw wrappers, since that was how you could get the video... They tried to take my envelopes because they thought I had them. I don't actually know what was in the envelopes, but I don't think that's what it was.

I walked several blocks and realized I was supposed to be looking for the Government Mortgage Bureau (which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist in real life). I kept walking and couldn't find it, although I did find the government's Alternative Spending Habits Bureau and another one that had signs stuck into the lawn that said "DETEST NOT". People were protesting outside, but I got the impression that the employees from the bureau had put that one up.

There was a giant slingshot set up that was supposed to be set on fire a little ways down on the grass. I walked past, glanced at it, then kept going. There was a bunch of girls in bikinis a bit of a ways down who could have been strippers, because they were just finishing putting their bikinis on when I passed them.

I had to find the Mortgage Bureau, so I couldn't really stop to look at anything I passed. My brother caught up with me though when I was going by some shops, so I thought I would ask him if he knew where it was. He was wearing a bright red shirt and told me there were mortgage places all over, and that he'd gladly pay for me. I got the impression that he desperately wanted me to go away.

Just then, I heard a guy say "who cares if a pelican burns? I'm just gonna miss the naked girls!" I figured he was talking about what I'd walked past not long ago. His comment really upset me though, so I went over to him, said "excuse me?" and then grabbed the front of his shirt collar and started lecturing him. I told him I couldn't believe he would not mind an animal DYING because of NAKED girls. Jabbed my finger into his neck and pushed so the nail would leave an indent, and then called him an asshole.

I went back to my brother, who was crouched down with his hands over his head. I guess he thought the guy would get his friends and come after us to hurt us or something. I told him to stop being stupid though and pulled him onward. We passed part of my elementary school, which was empty, and I kept thinking about the Mortgage Bureau, but then I woke up.

...That turned out to be longer than I thought...

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