An Update on My Vacation

Ok, so here is what's going on. In my last post, I told y'all that I am in Tennesee on vacation with my family. So, here is an update.

Today, I went out to eat with my cousins. We had a great time. We did that yesterday for lunch and dinner too. I am getting sick of eating out.

My cousins have left. I am pretty bummed about that. Right before they left, the boys were playing some army game on an Xbox 360. I hate it when I am trying to be peaceful, and I hear continuous shooting. Very annoying, very annoying.

I really slept in today. I woke up at around 9:00 am, which would be about 10:00 at home. Some people might think, "Oh, that isn't 'sleeping in', that's nothin'." For me though, that is a huge amount of sleep. I even missed the hotel breakfast, too! I usually wake up at six.

I woke up with a headache this morning. I hope I'm not coming down with something. It is really dry in Tennesee, so my nose is really stuffy and my lips are chapped. Not complaining, or anything. :)

Our flight is leaving tommorow morning (Wednesday). I never like airplane security. Of course I don't want to be blown up by some random bomb, but I still don't have to like it!

My IMAX Experience

Today, I went to an IMAX show called U2 3D, and it was pretty cool. Actually, what I mean by that is it was AWESOME!!!!

U2 3D is an IMAX, as I have already said, and it is in 3D, as you might have guessed. The film is of a couple performances by U2, with them all edited together. So one song you might be watching them in Argentina, the other in Peru.

I think it was really cool because my dad said afterwards that most of the people at the concerts in South America didn't even speak English, but they knew the lyrics by heart! That really impresses me.

The movie is something definentely worth checking out, if you haven't seen it yet. If you aren't a big U2 fan yet, you will be, at least, in love with their music after you watch it.

My brother said that Adam Clayton, (with the 3D affects) the bassist hit him with his guitar several times!!!

Dance Dance Revolution

Have you ever heard of Dance Dance Revolution?

It is a video game that you use a mat instead of a controller with. To play, one must watch the tv screen which would have arrows showing you what arrows on the mat to step on. All the while music is playing and the steps are to the beat. It takes practice to get the moves right, but it is really fun once you get groovin'!

I love watching people who don't have much practice trying to do it. It is so funny to watch!!!!!

My brother was kind enough to get me the game and the mat for Christmas. I have had it for a little more than a year, now. I love it, and since I have aced almost all the songs on the disk, I think I might get a different disk with different songs that I can master on it. Wahoo!!!!!!!

Just wondering, are good "Revolutioners" really as rare as I think? Please comment and tell me if you are very good at DDR and if you know anybody who is.

Wheeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! (I just had to be random for once! )

:)

I Know It's Super Late, But I Am Still Celebrating In My Mind About This!

So I watched the Super Bowl this year (early this year, I know, I know) and I was just randomly rooting for the colts because I like the name and uniforms better than the Bears' uniforms.

I was at a Super Bowl party with some friends and we were bored so we decided to make cheers for the teams that we were rooting for. Luckily, we were split up evenly. It was really fun to practice and show each other what we came up with.

Whenever the Colts scored a touchdown, me and my friend neighed like horses as loud as we could! The girls rooting for the Bears roared when their team scored.

I had a blast. I am so glad that the Colts won! It is the first time that I have ever rooted for a team in a major competition that won.

The preceding year, I had been rooting for the Seahawks over the Steelers and they didn't win. I had some neighbors that put up a big banner on their balcony that said, "STEELERS!!!" That made me feel good. :) Tryin' to rub it in. Well, at least this year the Colts won!!!

Space Shuttle Atlantis

I went to see the space shuttle Atlantis lift off on Friday, June 8th. Man, was it amazing. It was an evening lift-off at 7:38 pm, so it was kind of dusky.

In the picture, we didn't get this close but it IS a picture of Atlantis.

The awesome place that we went to see the shuttle was in Titusville. We were just across the about-two-miles-wide-intracostal from the N.A.S.A. thingymajigy. There were designated parking lots on grass that cost twenty dollars to park there! We parked in one of those. :)

Once we got to a parking place in Titusville, we waited about two or three hours. But boy, was it worth the wait! At about two minutes from liftoff time, everyone was sitting on the tops of their cars.

You could hear multiple radios on about the shuttle and counting down, "10.....9....8....7....6....5....4....3....2....1.... LIFTOFF!!!!!!!!!"

At first, I couldn't see the shuttle. Then, I noticed a glowing thing with smoke all around it rising into the sky. It was like a little arrow of light. Smoke came out from all sides!

Soon in just seconds, it was high in the sky. Then about half a minute later, I was staring, openmouthed at the shuttle that was starting to look like a star in the sky. Then it disapeared, leaving a trail of smoke behind that kind of looked like a tornado. It had all kinds of different colors in it.

After that, I got in a friend's car and tried to get to a Sonny's grill. But the traffic was so heavy it took just about an hour to get there! Finally, I got my meal of Chicken Tenders!!!!! :) I will never, ever forget the launch of the space shuttle, Atlantis.

The Bad Baby Bird

Here...is my bird. He screams all day (sort of). It hurts. Bad. But he is being good right now.

His name is Meeko. Meeks for short. I named him. Unfortunentely, we are thinking about giving him away to someone because he is so loud. I don't want that to happen.