Bleh

I'll be sure to mention the lack of communication this evening. Hmm, what to do? I could go into the hyperactive phase or the "If you don't care, why should I?" phase... I like the sound of the second one. It'd be reasonable. I'm not a one man army, nor the information hub of the world, so what am I supposed to do about it? Nobody else seems to care about the situation.

And once again, this topic has dwarfed my longing to type. Surprising? Hmph.

I should anyway, though. Maybe a short story with a good amount of death in it. It'd probably cheer me up. Maybe.

A wisp of smoke rose from the wreckage, fire resistance vehicles still out on the scene. None knew what had caused the sudden fire, but there was little remaining of the once cheery school. Thankfully, none were killed in the blaze, but there were some injuries...
A young paper reporter paused at the scene, his gaze locked on the gray remains of the school he himself had once attended. It didn't seem natural for him. What could have done this? The fire had only been active for a few moments before the whole building was in flames. And, unfortunately the response men were too late to save anything from the middle school. They still searched, however, half dreading what they might find.
A slight movement caught the eye of the reporter and he turned to see a boy staring at the ashes that seemed to dominate the scene. "What's going to happen now?" He asked in a quiet voice, looking slowly at the reporter.
"I don't know." He replied, knowing that it wasn't enough. "With luck, rebuild. But there will be meetings on that decision later, now you should go back to your family and try not to think about what happened here."
The boy was old enough to understand most of this and nodded slowly, taking a last look at the ghostlike building that seemed to hang over them. Slowly, he pulled himself away from the sight, turning toward home and leaving the reporter, once again, alone, save only for the groups of men and women attempting to discover the mysteries the school now held...

Hmm... Maybe not a short story, I have to go. I'll see about finishing this later.

SPL does not stand for Simple Planning Leasure

Or anything by those lines. Yeah, okay, before I get into that, let's take a look at the comments.

Relax, mom, the ToT is great! Way better than the other drop ride. That's the only ride there with puke guards. The Sun Wheel only had bags.

Yep, it's a mouse head. You can hardly tell when your on it, though. Everything is going by too fast.

Yeah, Turtle Talk was fun. Especially when there's a little kid that can speak dolphin. Crush seemed impressed. ^^

Okay, did I miss anything? Correction. How much did I miss? Good.

So yeah, I don't think I like the leadership responsibility. Although it would help if people picked up their darn phones! I called Bro. Pena ten times over a twenty-four hour time frame and he STILL didn't answer. Wasn't at church, didn't reply to my voice mail. "You can always contact me if you have any questions." You wanna say that again? Oi! And I'm supposed to have something planned tomorrow? Permission slips? It'd help if I knew what the heck we were doing in the first place! I don't even know the name of the sticking campsite. I have gotten a hold of Riley and he said he'd be okay with going over some packing info. Still, What's the swimming set up? What's the camping background? Should the SPL know? Of course not! He should just conjure up some answer that will solve everything with no idea what's happening at all. I dislike my job.

And now I don't even feel like writing. At least, nothing anyone should ever want to hear.

I'm going now. *stomps off*

Rating and comments...

Okay, here are the results...

Shows:
-Fantasmic****
It was good, the only thing is that we were in the wrong spot. There was a tree blocking part of it, you see. Anyway, I liked it though. Especially the fire. They burned the lake. ^^
-Electric parade (held after dark, lights on floats) ***
Decent. I was half asleep when we saw it though...
-Aladin*****
Quite excellent. Indoors air conditioning and a good performance. They made genie into a kind of... modern person. I don't know how to explain it.
-It's tough to be a bug****
Very good, not the show for people who need personal space. Or that don't like smelly gases coming towards you. You get stabbed in the back, have things crawl under your seat, while your in it, get sprayed with acid, and get hit by a stink bug. All in all, AWESOME.
-Muppets 3D****
Very good, 3D with chair affects. (no smell clouds though) Yeah, it was good.
-Honey I shrunk the audience***
It was okay, we almost got eaten by a snake.
-Disneyland: First 50 magical years****
Donald Duck and... What's his name... He was the guy from Cheaper by the Dozen." Anyway, they were battling over who was hosting the movie. Yeah, it was good. A little background of how it all got started, what changed and what not. It was good.
-Micky mouse cartoons***
Nice walk in room with a bunch of screens with cartoons on them. Also the last thing we saw before leaving.
-Parades (there was a good number of them)***
Nice, numerous, we never stayed around much while they were going by, but they were nice to look at. (shorter lines for rides *grin*)
-Innoventions**
I guess it was okay, I didn't like Tom Morrow that much. He's a robot, mayor of Tomorrowland I think. He calls it, "Meland." Yeah, not my favorite. The inside was nice. Lots of stuff to do.
-Disney Animation
-Turtle talk with Crush (I guess it was a show)*****
Off the chart AWESOME! It was definitely one of my favorite attractions there. Crush looked REAL. Complete with complete view and hearing of the room we were in. He knew what we said, he had expressions. It. Was. AMAZING
-Character close-up***
Good, a walk in room with original and modern sketches of characters.
-Sorcerer's workshop****
Very nice, Create animations, do voice-over for Disney scenes. lots of fun stuff.
-Disneyland Railroad (was it a ride? I'll put it under both...)***?
We were tired. I fell asleep once when it was going, so I'm not sure what all happened. Nice peaceful ride around the park close to midnight? I was just asking for it.
-Golden Dreams****
Nice show, great for watching during the day. (more air conditioning)
-Thunder Ranch**
In short, a petting zoo. The donkey seemed a little upset. I think that may have affected my view towards it. The cow was interesting. It moved it's ear on cue. *nods* I'm not sure how they found that out, though...
-Enchanted tiki room (not the enchanted trash can, lol)****
He he, very nice little singing room with birds. (Genie called Iago a Tikibird reject ^^) The extension above was from a staff member.

Rides:
-Splash Mountain*****
Excellent way to cool off!
-Thunder Mountain*****
Fun, fast. Perfect warm up for the bigger rides. And there's a little water so you can get wet! (you have to want to though, lean to the side)
-Space Mountain*****
Crazy awesomeness. *nods* Roller coaster in the dark!
-Buzz Lightyear*****
Arcade/ride Perfecto! My score went down every time I went on it... =( I'll have to show you pictures. ^^^ (LGM. lol)
-Pinocchio*
Um... Yeah
-California Screaming*****
UPSIDE DOWN! Much better without those motion sickness pills. And don't you close those eyes! Except to blink every now and then. It dries out your eyes and mouth. Fast, fun, great.
-Soaring*****
Nice views of California. plus, cool glider motions. We're flying.
-Tower of Terror*****
The. Coolest. Ride. EVER. Maybe... A few come close. You leave your seat on the freefalls! Thank you seat belts! I LOVED IT. We went on it alot while we were there.
-Car Trip Thing**
Okay, but it's a little jolty. Unlike other rides. It's not as fun, and it hurts. Especially for people with long legs...
-Orange Stinger**
I almost got sick. I kept looking at spinning objects...
-Sun wheel**
Again. Almost got sick. And it was a very long "15 minutes" in the sun.
-Matterhorn*****
Fun! Better when your seat belt works!
-Grizzly River Run*****
Water! Wonderful cooling water!
-Jungle Cruise****
Ah, such a relaxing boat ride
-Indiana Jones****
Bumpy, but not painful. *nods* I liked it.
-Pirates of the Caribbean****
A little water. Fun ride, lots of pirates.
-Haunted Mansion***
One of those scene kind of rides. I have a ghost or two that are supposed to be haunting me now. *shrugs* I've had worse.
-Disneyland Railroad***
My opinion hasn't changed, I can't remember much about it.
-It's a Small World*****
Bigger than I thought. The icon of Disneyland. We HAD to go in it. It was nice. We kept splashing each other. I'm not sure we were supposed to...
-Monsters Inc.***
Decent, another story ride.
-Canoes****
We actually got to paddle. I got wet though. I guess it was a good thing. The water was green though...
-Star Tours****
Very fun, do not take a tour of Endor with a newly programmed droid. you may end up trying not to die while rebels attack the Death Star...

Over all, our top ten are, in order of awesomeness:
-Turtle Talk with Crush
-Tower of Terror
-California Screaming
-Space Mountain
-Splash Mountain
-Grizzly River Run
-Buzz Lightyear
-Soarin'
-Aladin
-Matterhorn (Best at night, and with a seat belt)

And of Course, the fireworks were also good. ^^

I'll get them back for this...

It appears leaving town is dangerous. The moment you're gone, your friends will gang up on you and force hours of work on your back... You are listening to the new SPL of troop 40. Yay. And when do they decide to tell me? The night before scouts which I was supposed to have something planned for. Yeah, fun. Thankfully, Logan was there to save me and we ended up joining the young women at Mercy Mcmann (sp?). Plus, no active phone tree. Wonderful. Contact all troop without a plan and with only a few hours to organize? Piece of cake.

Oi. Not happy. So if any of you have brilliant ideas for what to do with a troop full of rowdy boys, let me know.

Back to the past.

The shows and rides we went on while at Disneyland. (I may have missed a few...)
Shows:
Fantasmic
Electric parade (held after dark, lights on floats)
Aladin
It's tough to be a bug
Muppets 3D
Honey I shrunk the audience
Disneyland: First 50 magical years
Micky mouse cartoons
Parades (there was a good number of them)
Innoventions
Disney Animation
Turtle talk with Crush (I guess it was a show)
Character close-up
Sorcerer's workshop
Disneyland Railroad (was it a ride? I'll put it under both...)
Golden Dreams
Thunder Ranch
Enchanted tiki room (not the enchanted trash can, lol)

Rides:
Splash Mountain
Thunder Mountain
Space Mountain
Buzz Lightyear
Pinocchio
California Screaming
Soaring
Tower of Terror
Car Trip Thing
Orange Stinger
Sun wheel
Matterhorn
Grizzly River Run
Jungle Cruise
Indiana Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean
Haunted Mansion
Disneyland Railroad
It's a Small World
Monsters Inc.
Canoes
Star Tours

Well, there you have it. I'll add some descriptions and summaries to them tomorrow. I'm tired. Bye everybody!

HP7 has nothing to do with this! (although it is pretty good... ^^)

I like reading. xP

And yes, it was quite unexpected. We had both mentioned we would be out of town, but neither o us had any idea we were going through the same airport. Still, a pleasant surprise to start the week.

Day 3 - Tuesday:

Of course, I had the same thing for breakfast hat I did before, french toast. It was good.

First things first! Fast pass for Space Mountain, then it's off to California adventure! Fast pass for Soaring, then we wait in line for he Grizzly River Run (Grr). Refreshing cool water! Very nice. Then let's see... I don't remember this as well... We went on a little car ride trip, I can' remember what it was called. Then there was the orange bee-hive thing. Then California Screaming! Awesome, guys, awesome. *nods* Uh... Then I think we did Soaring, which was AMAZING. Not a fast roller coaster, but equally entertaining. We can fly! The bee hive and the car thing were okay, the car was a sort of mini roller coaster, while the orange was a little spiny thing that makes you go around in circles. I almost got sick. You shouldn't look at the spinning walls... After that... I know there was more. Maybe I'll just do what rides we went on during the week, not just day to day... I'll do that. But maybe tomorrow, I have to remember what all of them were. I'll have a list of rides and shows we saw and do a brief summary. *runs off to start making notes*

*cue theme music*

For starters, the person that I met was an online friend of mine, who was, in fact, a thirteen year old girl who actually had a nine year old brother, instead of a crazy sixty year old bald guy. Yeah, they were heading to a connecting flight on their way to visit their dad. Yeah, I recognized the first names on the boarding passes after overhearing them talking. What can I say? I thought it was a funny coincidence. I speak up. They act surprised. I act surprised. We talk briefly. We have planes to get on. We say bye. End of story. Well, you know, of that encounter. Small world, no?

Day 2 - Monday:
Wake up bright and early! *record stops* Okay, maybe not so early. 7:30-8:00 Get ready. Is Adam still asleep? Well, he didn't get that much sleep before his flight...

Off to breakfast. Well, we had these breakfast vouchers for the restaurant in the hotel and it. was. awesome. Rather nicely decorated, good food, and lots of food. Kept us fed until dinner.

Okay, so we go to Disneyland. What do we do first? Um... Fast pass for Indiana Jones and took a Jungle Tour/Cruise thing. Fun, excellent way to start the day. You don't get that wet.

Next was Pirates of the Caribbean. Very fun! Lets you know though that rides there will drop. Never being on a roller coaster before, this was a good warm up.

Indiana Jones. Fun, bumpy, very entertaining, but we were glad we did the fast passes.

Another fast pass. Splash mountain! But first haunted Mansion, Canoe Ride, and I believe Thunder Mountain as well.

From the top. Haunted mansion proofed a delightful little ride that goes through several scenes of the movie. Not the scary fast stuff that comes later.

The Canoe ride was nice. This girl behind me kept splashing me with their paddle, though. Not exactly accustomed to rowing. So yeah, I got wet. Big surprise.

Thunder Mountain was great! Got right into the spirit of speed without doing anything questionable. The next step of the ladder.

Finally, Splash Mountain. Pleasant boat ride, screaming drops. What more could you ask for?

After this, my memory gets sketchy.

We did Buzz Lightyear that day, (more explained later) I think. Pinocchio's Daring adventure, (It was one of the younger audience rides) The Matterhorn, (at night maybe? Pretty fun) Honey I shrunk the audience, (movie) Autopia, (interesting random room, lots of activities) Space mountain? (definately at night, very fun) I think that's it. So back to BL. (Buzz Lightyear for people who don't like anagrams) Ride/video game. Interested? It was awesome! It was strange, though. Excellent score first round. Only got lower from there. So here we are. First 160,000-ish. Next 50,000ish. Then 30,ooo. You get it. It was sad.

So that's it for now, I'll do more later. ^^ Look forward to day three! It was great. Bye!

Fame has it's setbacks...

First off, to a very devoted, if not a little guilty feeling, reader, thank you, but you really needn't have gone through the long hassle of going through 51 different rants of insanity. Thoughtful, very much so, but a little unnecessary. I mean, what do I write that would change in 51 blog posts? It's the same old stuff isn't it? But thanks, it really means a lot that a person would go through the strenuous labor of pursuing the vast void that is my literary world. ^^ And to all my other readers, you are not forgotten, believe me it would be hard to forget you. I have a feeling some may be addicted. I vanish for a week and the day of my return brings the pressure to write. My brain needs sleep. We never went to bed earlier than midnight last week. Can you write after going through such conditions? Not immediately.

So, to explore my absence, as I have told you, I spent last week with my cousin and two aunts. Disneyland trip.

Day 1 - Sunday
Drive to the airport proves nerve testing. Would I be lost in an airport for the rest of my life? My first solo flight journey seemed a daunting feat. (In this clever cover life, that is)
I checked in my luggage with my mom, got the gate number and set off...

Security seemed less than scary once I reached the line that meant that the inspection began. Was there a bomb hidden in the carry on of the old lady in front of me? The uniformed specialists settled the case. Safe air travel at last!

I did happen to meet a person there that I did not expect, but I will not go further into that business.

On the airplane: Delightful child in the row in front of me passes the time by playing several games of peek-a-boo with another passenger and myself.

Landing in Orange County is uneventful. It was not difficult to locate my three relatives and together we set off to collect our luggage.

After a short wait, the luggage was found, the rental car was ready, and we were off. First order of business: Where are we? Quickly finding all needed destinations, we set off for church.

But lo and behold! It was young single adult ward! Imagine the shock, the fright, the humiliation. The wordless stares of those that passed us. What were these people doing there? Only they knew...

All and all, it was a good sacrament meeting. Enjoyable, once the others had confirmed that we were indeed just visiting because it was the only ward that could accommodate our flight plans.

Next, food. A random drive takes us to a real Mexican restaurant where the waitresses don't speak english. Were we abashed? No. We stayed, and in the end, it was a rather interesting experience.

Definitely a day to take one out of their comfort zone, I would conclude. For the second day of this tale will have for tomorrow. Until then, my friends, I depart.