Monday, July 27, 2009

The Hobbit, 2009

There's been alot of talk and a whole load of rumors over who should play Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's glorious new version of the Hobbit, coming out hopefully sometime soonish. Most people are casting the dice between three champions....Daniel Radcliffe (the dude from Harry Potter, by the way he's all of twenty and around 5'5 or 5'6....yes, short man),David Tennant (He's the oldest one, at about 38 and counting up to 6 ft 2, also if you didn't know he stars in Dr.Who, the best TV series of all time...and apparently he's also the best Doctor), or the eternally hot James McAvoy (he's all of 30, 5'7 [same as me :D whoo] plays everything from the faun in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe to the sensitive hero in Atonement). Heights not considering, who fits the Hobbit the best? Mr.Geeky from Harry Potter, who's both short and...well, I always pictured Bilbo as baby-faced. Lets just say he fits. The Doctor, who's a bit intense and intelligent for the plump little hobbit, or even the most dashing and flute-playing faun-man. In my opinion---neither.

I'm voting for the brilliant Jim Sturgess, who you might have seen starring in Across the Universe, 21, or playing a small part as the beheaded brother in The Other Boleyn Girl. Ok, he's not well-known, but playing as Bilbo could surely give him a kick-off as a household name. He has the right face; little grin on the side there, and I think gaining a coupla pounds could do wonders for this little man. What do you think?




Yes, I know, I'm always right. Feel free to post complaints. :D

Did I mention I love vodka?


Especially that sort :D.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

One more thing

Nope, not by The Bizzle, but it is by Mr. Meaulnes. Deal with it! I seriously couldn't have said it better myself. And you know, if you keep checking up here, I might actually post pics of my art. I feel the need to [unsuccesfully] boast.

Usually, when people go looking for religion, it's out of a desire for spirituality. And believe it or not, it's perfectly possible to be very spiritually aware, without necessarily believing in any religion or conventional God, and without sacrificing logic. In fact, some aspects of religious belief are perfectly logical.

I, for example, consider myself a very strong proponent of the spiritual and even supernatural, and yet I'm also an Agnostic with - as any religious person I've ever gotten into an argument with can tell you - strong Atheist leanings.

I have no problems reconciling spirituality, and even certain aspects of religion, with a logical view of the world.
For instance, once one discards the attachment to that silly little thing we call the Ego, and takes into account the Law of Conservation of Energy, the idea that our "Spirit" our energy, somehow lives on after our bodies break down makes a fair deal of sense.

By a similar token, if one takes into account the basically holistic nature of... Well, everything, it's perfectly logical that the universe would often function as a sort of "Artificial Intelligence" simply because the very nature of intelligence as we humans know it is to seek balance, order, etc. and the universe ultimately tends to lean to the same things.
Also, under that same logical concept of balance, the concept of Karma makes a great deal of sense - for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

My whole basic view of existence flows by that same principle: There may be things we can't see or prove with the perceptions we have (now), but every motion of the universe points to them.
Does that mean there's any good reason to believe that a big person in the sky is governing the world and passing judgment on our mortal souls? Hell no. But it does mean that open-minded science and logic aren't at all incompatible with the natural spiritual ideas that humans tend to gravitate towards and simplify into religions.

Just because we can't see on a large enough scope to see how everything in existence works together and forms an order - a "God" if you will - doesn't mean that order does not exist.
It doesn't mean there's a conscious, all-powerful Ego lording over us, but it doesn't mean the universe is only what we can see, either.

Ta-da!! Don't you love it? Ok, you're probably offended, but read a little Freud and I'm sure you can see what he's getting at. And you hardcore religious people out there.......if you don't like it, skip it. :D best rule of thumb.

Ok, ta, I'm going to glorious sleeeeeeeep.

To believe is.......

I honestly don't know. Trust me, if I could have anything right now, it would be the gift to believe in a conscious higher being, a deity, aka God. Most of my life I've been a Christian. I mean, obviously I'm not very old, but for my young childhood of course I was. When I was about 12, I started to think......."Well, what if God didn't really exist? What if he's all made up, like Santa Claus or something?" At first that scared me. Then I became more and more used to the thought. A few months ago I started to research and learn more about theology. I had a similar interest when I was younger, but still seeing myself as a committed Christian, I had a hard time opening my mind to other 'weirder' religions or non-faiths. So, a couple of months ago I did some soul-searching (for lack of a better word) and really thought about it.........you know, I haven't believed, not really, not ever listened during wordtime, thought prayer was pointless, etc etc, doubted everything I heard, for about two years.

So as soon as I finish school I'm going to leave the religious/christian group I'm in, try and go to a Art school, and generally fend for myself. That kills, it really does.
I had the chance to stay in a fully functional, hardcore family home in Ireland, and talk to some of the coolest people I've met in a long time, including Kaths, (yes, you, kath :P) (A side note---I love Ireland. If you ever have the chance, GO!)and I realized something somewhat disturbing:

Some of the most awesome people I've met are hardcore dedicated to something.

I'm serious. The people that live and breathe work and religion are some of the deepest, funniest, awesomest people! Living examples;

Angel, Kaths, Joe, [other] Jo jo (before he was retarded :P), Squirrel, me Fath, Thea (ok I don't really know her, but she's awesome anyway), and as a tribute; George Harrison. Oh yeah, and Matty, before he left, he was seriously the coolest guy.

I've never seen the "christian light" or "that special glow" so many people talk about, but I swear, some of those people are the coolest I know/have met, and I'm heckishly glad I met them in the first place.

So it struck me today; I'm going to leave the best life I would probably ever have, never talk to the coolest people, give up comfort and everything else because I can't bring myself to believe in a God.

Now I know I can't keep living a lie I can't believe in. But today, I wish I could. I wish I could trade in my cynical, skeptical, doubtful head for a believing one, full of faith and trust and rainbows. It would be so much easier, everything more smooth, the meaning of life (yes, cliche) so much more clear, death easier to comprehend.

Because, you see, the truth is I'm just not sure. I don't know. I don't know if I will ever know. I'll have to be content living my life out in an Agnostic darkness. Because I can't trust religion to hand me a bible and a notebook and say "This is it. This is the truth. This is all you need". I don't trust anyone that much, to run my life. I won't just go about recklessly, no, I'll live my life well, I'll stay optimistic, I'll be cheerful, and I'll enjoy it, too. I just don't trust anything enough to give my whole existence to, because what if it's all I've got?

True, it would be much, much easier to live my life for something I knew for sure was real. Something I could trust in. I could be a awesomely dedicated person. I'd be happy, I'd have 'faith' I'd trust and believe. But if you believe in something hard enough, you can find examples, miracles, you can find evidence for practically anything, especially something that has a "Not seeing is believing" clause built in.

Seriously, show me honest-to-god faults in my logic and I'll consider them. I'd love to find something wrong with this. I'd love to stay. But I can't, which is why I'm sitting here in the rain saying

What if.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Scotland and Love

Scotland; aka I'm leaving again. With Kathy dearie. To scotty. To do absolutely glorious nothing for another week :D.

Love; I've run across a very funny post---the symptoms of love. Share in my joy.

The Signs of Being In Love
Pimples
Very hygienic (To be neat and clean)
Introverted (usually)
Happy (Pretending)
OA (Over Acting if the someone is coming over)
Planner (How to seize the attention of someone)

Ok, the signs too. I would've sworn they were the same thing, but, heck, what does pimples have to do with it? God, that's kevin's problem.......he's really in love with Jimmy Sols!!!

The Symptoms of Being In Love
Anxiety (For what they have felt)
Loss of appetite (Occupied mind with someone)
Day Dreaming (Always thinking about the future, in short ambitious always associated with loss of hearing)
Inspired (to impress the someone)
Happy go lucky

So being inspired is really love? At last, enlightenment!!!

As for the week I spent in Ireland---Well I think I can sum it up in a nice, quiet sentence.

It was good.

Ok, more than good. Super good. Loads of people to talk to, people witnessing to me (yes, wtf?) people trying to feed me, rabbit food, junk food, a severe absence of liquor (:O) gardening, children, cooking awesome pizza with Nina (who is awesome too), going to art museums, lectures, tours, guides, seeing places, people again, pubs, playing pranks (not so many of these), movies, sites, chatting to all you lot, and saying fun things like "glorious" and "brilliant" and "splendid" all the time. Oh yeah, and I got some really cool indian earrings, bangles, pants, and a skirt. Points for me!!!

So now back to tea-time and telly in scotland, except with K, which should make my life a whole lot better. To mer and lisa----yes, you guys rock, but you're broke. Point proven :P. And to sister---I Lurf you!

My genius parting words; Chow down!

Om nom nom nom.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

I love life!!

I do I do! I said something a bit cruel, realized my head was a mess, and meditated for like 35 minutes to sort it out. It worked, yeay.

Now I'm so happy. I love you, I love me, I love everybody.
I love life! To quote Helpme1 (don't ask):
You should respect all people, especially those you have not met, because as living beings they deserve the simple liberty of respect, to be left as is, not to be fucked with. Why? b/c we are all in this together.

on the other hand don't blindly hand out your utmost respect to people who otherwise may not deserve it.

I totally agree with him. Thus, I shall try and emulate the Bizzle and 'peace-think' everyone I come across. Also, meditate a bunch more.

Yeay! Oh yeah, my new favorite quote (by me :P);

"Don't be sad, be happy like me :D!"

Monday, July 13, 2009

So, again, I'm leaving tomorrow


To Ireland this time, to stay with Kathy dear. It's raining hectically right now, my Mom basically decided she'd let me have dreads :O (yeay!!!!!!) and dye my hair before I go home (Yeayyyyy) and I haven't eaten anything severely unhealthy in like four days. My pants feel all nice and roomy already :D. Of course I can see that changing when I get to Ireland.
I'm landing in Dublin, and driving to the home there. It should be fun, if even just to get away from the monotony of rain, random relatives, and telly. Comfy pants and large sweaters are still in order, though, and a very eccentric pair of socks.

I'm packing loads of almonds to make up for the foreseeable lack of soy and cheese there. I guess I'll just have to prevail upon Kathy to eat the random bits of meat I'm sure to be served.
Now I sound like such a whiner!! Wtf, no one even reads this blog? How am I to care?

Alright, keep safe and don't worry about very long 'thoughtful posts' or 'deep posts' I won't be posting for at least a week. I'll leave you with that.

PS: Do you like my kilted men? I know, I know, scots have great rears.

Friday, July 10, 2009

The most beautiful thing I've read in ages

And the truth. Sorry, no pictures here today folks, but this is an absolutely beautiful reflection courtesy of ayahuasca musings by the Bizzle. I insist that you read ALL OF IT. Yes, I know it's long, but if you read, realize, and remember you can say that you understand, and that's a heck of a worthy object. Here goes:

The Field of Intent

If all of you masters who are reading this now,

simply recognized, and realized, and remembered,

how powerful you are as individuals, and what a mighty collective you are,

as co-creators of reality,

in that,

you would consistently consider that every moment that you live and breathe,

is in fact, and in deed,

"A Moment of Co-Operation"

and utilize those moments to literally establish Peace on Earth,

without the necessity of establishing an enemy, and therefore, anarchy, but to come together as individuals, to therefore, constitute a collective of great masters whose soul focus

is upon peace.

Perhaps you would consider that you do not have that kind of power,

individually, however, we assure you,

that you most certainly do.

Now here is how it works.

First of all,

Consider that each of you is not an isolated unit,

that is liken unto a desert island,

but that rather,

within the context of the unified field,

each of your fields,

individually,

interacts with each of your fields collectively.

And, that in fact, and indeed,

each of your bodies, is literally ensconced within what is liken unto a cocoon,

of frequency.

And,

it is like a bubble around you.

And,

you carry that bubble with you everywhere you go.

And, your bubble interacts with everyone else's bubble,

and that it is through this interaction,

that you have profound effect upon your environment, and upon each other.

And, that contained within that bubble,

that we will now call,

"Your field of Intent"

contained within that field,

is quite simply, what it is that you intend.

Or,

what it is that you are focused upon currently.

You must understand,

that your intent is creative, and it is magnetic.

And,

it is, in fact, and indeed,

quite powerful in that regard.

And,

that in fact, what is occupying your field of intent,

is what is drawn to you, and what is created by you through that very intent.

And, we must strongly assert to you here,

that really, for the most part, you are unconscious as to what is contained within your field of intent.

And, therefore, what you create, and what you magnetize, and what you manifest,

through that field of intent is manifested by you unconsciously, and then you find yourselves

subject to your manifestation.

And, it is generally, that you don't like it.

Because,

you are focused upon what you do not like, or what you do not want,

or how it is that you are, "put upon" in some fashion or another.

And, as well,

when your intent is unconscious and willy nilly,

then it is so much easier for the unconscious intent of your neighbor to impact your own field of intent and influence it.

And, then,

you begin to manifest, quite unconsciously, the unconscious field of intent

of your neighbor that has imposed upon yours.

And, that is not a very pretty picture.

ENERGY

is constantly in motion.

And, when your intent, and your field of intent, is unconsciously managed by you,

then your energy is literally weak.

And, therefore,

you are subject to and available to any little burst of energy,

that comes along.

However,

when your intent is conscious and focused,

then you cannot be subject to the unconscious unfocused intent of your neighbor,

because your field, in that it is consciously managed by you,

is a stronger energy field than if it were an unconscious one.

To clear the field of your intent -

What you require,

is simply awareness.

And, awareness is not difficult.

After all,

you don't have to go looking for your thoughts,

for wherever you go,

there they are.

The question for you to answer,

for yourselves here,

is,

"Am I thinking consciously?" or "Am I thinking unconsciously?"

Do I "Think" my thoughts, or are my thoughts "Thinking" me?

The brilliant Buddhist masters,

have developed a profound practice, that Mr. Gere is an elegant and eloquent example of,

and that practice is this,

When ever they come upon anyone, in any context and anytime, so it is that they hold

consciously, in the forefront of their awareness,

the following intent:

"I wish you Peace."

And, they hold everyone that they come in contact with,

within the context of Peace itself.

And, thereby,

so do they,

"Teach Peace To Learn It."

Quite

"A Course In Miracles"

indeed.

So, we want you to consider here,

and we want you to consider it soberly, and carefully, and continually,

what it is that you are holding in your thoughts and in your minds.

For,

what it is that you are holding there,

EITHER CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY

is how it is,

THAT YOU CREATE YOUR OWN REALITY.

A very few masters,

that would hold a consistent and conscious intent to peace,

have a profound effect, not only upon the world as a whole,

but in fact, upon everything.

For,

in fact and indeed,

those whose field of intent is consciously managed,

individually,

wield great power in their CLARITY.

For, in fact,

It takes great numbers of persons so manifesting a weak field of unconscious intent

to so manifest static and distortion.

And, you can imagine,

how many persons upon the planet who are not aware of this,

and we will call it,

"personal technology"

or perhaps even

"personal energetic hygiene",

and how it is that the unconsciousness of all of those energy fields contained within a unified field so merge together to continually manifest static.

And, consider, if you will,

the profound effect of even one master,

that so

comes forth in Clarity though the context of a consciously managed field of intent,

and, you will understand a bit more clearly what it means to be

"a light unto the world."

And, in that,

we are granting you this information,

How could it be that you would hesitate a moment longer to literally be that "light unto the world" as an immaculate individual.

You, see,

it is nothing fancy.

And hygiene is hygiene.

You would not go about your day to day with an unwashed body,

and unbrushed teeth, and unkempt hair, wearing soiled clothing;

so it is,

that it is inappropriate for you to go about your day to day

with a polluted field of intent.

It is liken unto swimming in unclean water.

And, so does it manifest disease, both in your body, and in your environment.

So many are so sincerely concerned with considerations of

"save the planet"

but so many forget that how it is that you individually, either manage consciously,

or unconsciously neglect to manage your individual energy field,

is in fact, and indeed,

the source of a great deal of pollution in your world,

and that it must be attended first, and foremost.

For,

in fact, and indeed,

so it is,

that the lady planet Earth/Heart is subject to all of you.

And, so therefore,

rather than attempting to "save the planet" it is much more skillful

for you to allow your heart to lead the way.

For, in fact,

your literal biological heart is the seat of your intelligence,

and that fact has been over-ridden by a preference for the quality of intellect

that is inherent in the beautiful machine that is the brain.

Now,

certainly, there is nothing wrong with the brain,

it is absolutely necessary, and if you attempted to do away with it,

you would certainly "lose your head."

And,

that would not be skillful.

However,

It is time now for you to come to understand the Genius that is "the intelligence"

of the heart itself.

Literally,

your heart thinks.

And, quite literally indeed,

"The Heart Knows."

For,

in fact,

located directly next to the heart, is the seat of the soul.

And, in fact and indeed,

your heart derives its intelligence, not only through its physical context,

and capacity, and it is greatly hormonal indeed,

but as well,

your heart derives its intelligence through direct communication and communion

with your soul.

And, that is literal.

And therefore,

all that is so inscribed upon your soul, is communicated directly unto the heart.

The Heart,

then communicates data to the brain, and the brain, doing its job of collecting information

and data from your immediate environment,

then communicates directly with the heart and thereby the soul in a continual feed back loop,

of information and data garnered through experience,

either inscribed upon the soul or collected from the immediate environment.

There are other factors that participate in this equation, as well,

liken unto all of the information and data that is inherent and inherited upon and within

the genetic and as well, all of the information and data that is inherent within the context

of the ambient energy fields of the body, and thereby,

all of the information and data that is correlated collectively, through the unified field,

and other means, by all of the bodies and energy fields in your immediate vicinity,

and that vicinity, is universal in its scope and in its context,

and therefore,

all of the celestial bodies, and the myriad of other things that are "out there" that play their part as well.

For, in fact, and indeed,

"You are Children of The Earth and Stars".

And, so we have gone quite far afield here,

in our description to you, so therefore,

let us bring it back,

to

"the little blue egg",

that you reside within,

that is your field of intent.

Your Energy Field.

Whatever you are holding in your intent, and thereby in your energetic field,

will so manifest for you in one fashion or another,

whether you hold it consciously or unconsciously.

So, hold it consciously.

Beauty, Truth, Harmony, Peace.

Are your thoughts beautiful?

Are your thoughts harmonious?

Are your thoughts truthful?

Are your thoughts peaceful?

You cannot simply think

"beauty, beauty, beauty"

and beauty will manifest for you.

You must come to understand the difference between a beautiful thought and an ugly one.

You cannot simply think,

"truth, truth, truth,"

and thereby become honest.

You must come to understand the difference

between "the truth and the lie",

in yourselves.

You cannot simply think,

"harmony, harmony, harmony"

and be dissonant in your attitudes and in your actions.

You cannot simply think,

"Peace, Peace, Peace,"

and be at war with your neighbor, or yourself, or anything else.

These things are simple.

They are so simple that you would consider that it is appropriate for you to run on

automatic pilot, and not attend to them.

But, that is not the case.

If you are on automatic pilot, then someone else is flying your ship,

and they are most probably even more unconscious than you are.

Does that not stand to reason?

You reside in a very intimate universe.

For, in fact, and indeed,

What could be more intimate to you than your own thoughts.

And,

I want you to consider that you are literally so making manifest your individual

intimate universe as you think your thoughts,

and at the same time,

all of you are co-creating your collective experiential universe,

as it is that the thoughts that you think,

come together, and either enhance each other, to highest benefit,

or are at war with each other, to highest detriment.

Remember, and consider,

how intimate your universe is.

You are not cast adrift alone,

and helpless on a sea of static.

In fact, and indeed,

each of you is a sovereign energetic being that is a precious part of an unto forever

wholeness.

You must begin to asses and participate with your universe in an intimate fashion.

And, when you do,

you will come to understand how much power is in your hands.

Not the power to overcome an enemy, but rather, the power to overcome your own laziness,

and your own ignorance, and your own weakness.

For,

those things are certainly the enemies of your fulfillment and your happiness.

Remember,

how intimate your thoughts are to you.

And, remember,

Your thoughts are not far away from you,

but quite close at hand indeed.

Remember,

to allow your heart to be the captain of your ship,

and to lead the way.

When you do,

your thoughts will become beautiful, and harmonious, and peaceful, and you will understand

for you will know, as a certainty, the difference between the truth and the lie.

For,

you will always be honest.

And, when you are always honest, with yourself, and the world around you,

so it is,

that your fields are clarified and you are at peace.

When you are at peace,

you will teach peace to learn it.

And, therefore,

you will

LET BEING BEGIN.

For,

you will have begun being,

at last, at last.

Read and consider well these things that we have written here,

and read them until a light is kindled in your understanding.

And,

in the kindling of that light,

so it is that you become,

"a light unto many worlds, indeed."

Therefore,

be ye the brightest star in your intimate universe,

and as you do,

so will you shine with the light of truth, and beauty, and harmony, and peace,

that are REAL, and genuine, and honest, and sober, and sincere.

And,

in so doing,

so will you kindle the light of many others as well.

Peace Be With You,

my beautiful masters.

Love I you greatly indeed,

and

In you I am well pleased.

Laughing.

4 days to go :D

I haven't posted in so long, yes I know, a whole six days, I bet the disembodied YOU feels sad now, yes.
Right!! To business! So I've been here for a week, got over jet lag, gone shopping, wasted money ceaselessly, and probably gained like ten pounds. Not that I care that much, but...ok, I do care. So here's my resolutions for end-of-vacation.

*Become a vegetarian---Again.
(So I've already been vegetarian, once. Only for six months. And I basically ate fruit and starch, thus rendering me very bone-y and very unhealthy. This time, I'ma do it right.)

*Sleep 8 or more hours a night.
(I AM going to stop going to bed at 4:00, and get a better alarm clock. I figure sleep is the base of all life, so we need more more more more more more....)

*Exercise every day.
(This year, my workouts have been sketchy, if anything. I expect arms, legs, abs, cardio every day, people! MOVE IT!)

*Drink lots of water.
(Those 8 glasses a day...what losers. I want 9.)

*Grow out hair.
(I have a hair fetish. I cut and dye my hair all the time. My reward for growing it out for more than a year---awesome dreads!! Yes, just three more inches to go, ladies and gents.)

*Learn how to sew.
(If I'ma wear clothes, I'ma learn how to make them. Save save save.)

*Meditate every day for at least ten minutes.
(Only easy one here. If I can only remember..........)

*Clean out my head.
(If you get me, you do........)


Ok, so remind me of that when I fail miserably. :D My reward for all this.....Awesome dreads, bod, etc. Hopefully. Maybe. If.

Ok, no ifs. WHEN.

I might get on later with pix. Stay glued :P.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

I really should stop posting random stuff.....but I can't

I'm a cabbage

* Kazoomy!! *


I am now a Cabbage!

http://www.geocities.com/habbage/you_are_a_cabbage.html

Now you can be one too!!!

Subserviant Chicken

I'm loving the chicken. Try him out :D.
http://subservientchicken.com/

Also, you might as well become part of the highly esteemed internet rainbow?
http://www.the-internet-rainbow.co.nr/ I was light-ish blue, I think.

And as of July 4th, 2009, did you know we should all be dead in 39 years? Take a look.
http://www.impendingdoom.com/

I was rather good at this...be careful, it's heckishly addicting :D!
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/java/buyit/BuyIt.html

I've also found the best song, possibly ever. I dedicate it to Mer. Don't be jealous all ;). And here's for "I love your Pants"
http://www.rathergood.com/your_pants

Oh yeah, the most timewasting game in the entire world:
http://www.feedthehead.net/
The key is to just keep clicking on random places on the head.

Awesome nerdy compliments:
http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~lynn/jardin/SCG

The creepiest and trippiest cartoon vid I have ever seen...it takes freaking forever to load, but it's so worth it.
http://hanamushi.under.jp/flash/nyoki.htm

So that's a few awesome things I found after a 13 hour sleepathon in boring-as-heck Scotland. :) Enjoy.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

I'm finally HERE!!!

After months and months of packing and repacking, (lots of that) and cleaning (not so much of that), and being excited and hyper, and sitting on my suitcase to get it closed.....

I'm finally here!!!!

I got here at like.......7 in the morning. That's 2 AM for me...yes, I know, five hours isn't supposed to make such a difference, but it so does man! I took a nap at like 11. Told my Granddad to wake me up in three hours.
I woke up at 12:30 at night.
Yawn.
So now there's nothing to do but sit here and blog and wait for 5 at home.(That's when everyone gets on.)
I friggin love Scotland. It's mostly the weather, which is just a little colder than at home at the moment, very sadly, and the country, which is absolutely gorgeous. All green and alive, with sheety bits of white cloudy stuff floating between us and the sun. But then there's the people, which are hilarious. The minute I got there I was ushered into the midst of a group of very tired and cranky workman, which just stared stonily and didn't actually say anything.
But then there was this one chap.....quite good looking, too, with all those blonde curls and blue eyes nonsense. He also was like 6'3, which is pretty much good in my books. Anyhow, because I'm a stupid minor, he had to walk me over to pick up my luggage. Seriously, this dude had the strongest accent I've heard in ages. It took me a minutes to realize what he was saying.
Anyhow, as we finally drove out of the airport, some dude gets stuck at the paying-for-parking booth/terminal/thingy. My Grand goes on a rant about how the signs are way too small, and he hates whoever runs this carpark, and how it's this massive hassle. I'm serious, it's like the smallest hassle ever. We just have to back up like three feet, turn into the other line for the paying thing,(of course the line's like maybe two cars) and drive out. And then he starts complaining about the traffic, which consists of maybe two cars and takes ten seconds to disappear.

I love the Scottish.

And then they always want to feed you. I wake my Mum up by accident, and the first thing she says "Honey, you've been asleep for 12 hours, you need to eat. There's potatoes in the fridge". Not even in New Jersey do they want to feed you this bad.
I stopped over in Newark for about three hours. They took us (the minors, basically me and this other rich girl flying first class to Geneva for summer break, ahemcoughbratcough)to this jail-like room where we couldn't leave without an escort even to go to the bathroom. We sat around, me, two other dudes going to Shannon and Dublin, Ireland, and some girl going to some other place I can't remember. We drank Safeway Ginger Ale and took pictures with all the weird hats we had on us (it's a british thing). They were surprisingly really cool people. After a while, while unsuccessfully trying to feed us, they took me, one dude going to Dublin, some other dude going someplace, two little kids, and a really short kid out to the big wide world. Me they shoved in a seat behind a massive filing cabinet apparently somewhere near my gate. Everyone else they took to their gates.
Finally they put me on the plane, and that happily ends there.

Anyhow, It's quite late here.........about 1 am. So I'm gonna TRY and sleep (My Mum just came in with suggestions on what I should eat) and then *maybe* take some pictures, AND ACTUALLY POST THEM, for tomorrow.
Night everybody.
(Sweet sleep.)