I'm back!!! After several weeks of kinda...being grounded...because I spent too much time on the computer instead of doing school......I have returned >:) And I think I'm back for good this time! High school ends FOREVER. On FRIDAY. 3 more days and I'm DONE. I don't actually graduate until the 11th, but I'm still saying I'm done u_u
Anyway...since I vanished, I've had many amazing adventures. I've finished my physics class. I helped clean out a 120 year old house that had a lot of collectible items in it. I stayed in a hotel by myself for two nights.
Anyway, let me regale you with this wonderful tale.
So I went to...an undisclosed location...in order to help clean out this old house. My grandparents were collectors of many, many things. (VCRs and electric plugs seemed to be two of the things they collected. Well, my grandpa collected movie posters and had the largest collection of recorded movies on VCR and beta tapes in history, probably, so I suppose the 17 or so VCRs made sense...) Anyway, originally it was me, my mom, and my sister, both my mom's sisters, a couple of my cousins, my grandma's nephew and his wife, and the husband of my grandma's caretaker, all working tirelessly to ensure that everything was clean and organized, that the stuff with no value was separated from the stuff that had value, et cetera. We cleaned the closets, the cabinets, the drawers...EVERYTHING.
And then, a few days in, we get a call that says my sister has to go and test for a role. (I.E. she has to leave for a while.) So she and my mom left. As all the bedrooms at the old house were full, and we'd already paid for the hotel room, I got to stay there alone for two nights. (I did wind up bringing a BB gun that looks remarkably like a real gun with me, and carrying it around with me (I couldn't leave the room alone, so just inside the room) to help me not be as paranoid...It worked...kinda...)
Anyway, after 2 days, a trip to Home Depot, cleaning out the attic of the house, et cetera, my mom and sister returned, along with my dad! We got to go around choosing the stuff we wanted to take home with us. I wound up with an antique camera, a Polaroid camera, a typewriter, a ton of art supplies (oil paints, acrylic paints, oil pastels, soft pastels, colored pencils, and lots of paintbrushes), an Indiana Jones whip, an awesome clock, an old radio, a bunch of British, French, and Irish money, some coins from Israel, a Beta player and ORIGINAL copy of the first Star Wars movie (HAN SHOT FIRST!), a Stetson (like the Doctor!)...uh...what else?...oh yeah, a big trunk that's green and gold, the BB gun, a pair of driving gloves, an awesome movie about golf, two Alaskan license plates, an old world map that has the Soviet Union on it, a coin purse from West Germany, a carving set, three knives, a keychain, a bunch of compasses (the drawing kind), a magnifying glass, and a framed, embroidered picture of an owl that my grandma made. :)
*cough* Now that I've thoroughly bored you...
HOW HAVE YOU ALL BEEN????? I'm currently making sure everything is in order to turn in to my Physics teacher tomorrow, drinking a glass of water, and looking forward to the freewriting party that's starting in ten minutes. I'm Skyping a friend, emailing another friend, listening to the ticking of the clock and the arrival of emails in the Student Cafe on FirstClass. I'm reflecting on how this has been my longest blog post ever, I think. (I think.)
I think I'm getting the hang of this!!!
That is all u_u
:O Epic!
ReplyDelete*shall comment in more detail later* v_v
Woohoo!!! =DD I'm so glad you're back!!
ReplyDeleteWow!! That sounds AWESOME!!! It must be a lot of fun going through a bunch of old stuff and heirlooms with a lot of family. =D
What was the role? Any chance of her getting it?
Ooo!! *can't say I've ever stayed in a hotel room alone before* U_U At least, not overnight. xD What were you paranoid about? =P Lock on the door broken or something? Or were you playing? Or were you just truly being paranoid in case dragon-slayer like folk came? Oh, in the Zion Covenant, there's this one scene where this secret agent of Hitler picks the lock of a hotel room where the main character is theoretically staying... The room was empty, and he hid in the closet. When the girl came (turns out it wasn't the main character... it was someone pretending to be her while she went on a secret mission to meet a contact who was spying in the Reich...) she told her bodyguard that she would be fine, so he went off to get a sandwich... and so then the Gestapo agent came out of hiding and escorted her away at gunpoint for an...interview... and then her body was found downstream the next day. And the whole time it's like... "O_O This is unnerving! The poor girl! At least it wasn't the main character..."
So, yeah. u_u It would have been good if she'd had a BB gun.
But, then again, you aren't exactly pretending to be a target of the Nazis. V_v
xD If I ever stay in a hotel room by myself... I'm going to be thinking about this lovely little story. <.< And then laughing because I'm so glad I'm not in that much danger. And plotting what I would do if I was. Like just taking the bullet, if he was daring enough to actually shoot it in the hotel room, rather than being escorted off into the shadows for a worse end.
But of course you could always use your closet skills and make anyone sorry to have messed with you. xD
I want to learn closet skills too. U_U
Anyway! xD
Oooo!! Sounds like a lot of fun stuff! =D ... V_v You didn't put any of it in your CLOSET, did you?
Ooo ooo ooo! =D *raises hand and waives wildly like a little schoolgirl* I'm the friend she was emailing!!! =DD And 'twas a great freewrite party. x) Even though I had to go to bed after only one session. >=( Had to get up early the next morning to make sure everything was in order at work for my sister to take over while I was in Montana. xD
Yes, yes, it is indeed a wonderful and long post!! =""D You ARE getting the hang of it!!! Write more, please, please! =D
...And don't be afraid of short posts, if you don't have a lot to say. U_U I check every day... multiple times a day... it's so wonderful to hear from you, even if it is a short post. x) ^_^
See ya!
It WAS a lot of fun! I'm glad to be home, though!
ReplyDeleteShe actually did get the role! I'll email you a link to a description ;)
O_O OH DEAR. Yeah, I was being truly paranoid in case the dragon-slayer type folk came. >_> I'm REALLY glad I don't have to worry about Nazis hiding in the closet.
I should teach you some closet skills next time I see you!
I actually put the three boxes in my closet for now >_> xD My closet is currently more organized than it's been since...since I moved here, I think!
So THAT'S why you had to go; why you had an early morning. I SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT!!!
Will do! =D
^_^
See ya!
;D
ReplyDeleteCool! ^_^
I'd say so! xD
You should! ^_^
Hah! Well... that is amazing. U_U ^_^
Oh yes. U_U Because I NEVER have early mornings except when I'm being sneak- *COUGH* diplomatic and doing things without your knowledge. u_u Uh-huh. NEVER.
^_^