Epic blog entry of epicness

Here begineth the epic blog entry of last weekend. I'm hoping to get it all into one post without my fingers or language skills giving out- I'll see how that works out.

So, the plan was for Angelica to come out and spend the weekend with us. She was going to drive out from Sin Jawns on Thursday, and return on Sunday. Unfortunately, Thursday rolled in, and so did car troubles. Cue change of plans! (But what is a road trip without transportation issues? Seriously?) Instead, she was going to come in on the bus, on Friday. So Friday rolled in, and so did a blizzard. To make things even better, this was the last day before reading week for MUN students, so the bus stop was full of students anxious to make it home. Angelica didn't make it on the first bus.

In the charming way which DRL has of dealing with overflow passengers, they said they'd wake up the other driver and acquire another bus, come back in an hour. (Btw, the bus was supposed to leave at seven in the morning in the first place. Don't you getting out of bed in time to make it the bus stop at seven am on a saturday, in a snow storm, and being told to come back later? LOVE.) But an hour later, the next bus arrived, and Angelica embarked for the wilds of central newfoundland. It's supposed to be a six hour drive, including an hour meal break for lunch in Gander airport. (An airport so busy that it has two gates. One for departing, one for arrivals. AWESOME, no?) However, due to the snow on the roads, her bus arrived EIGHT HOURS after it left St. John's. Which is nine hours after she was supposed to leave, remember. Which was ten hours after she got up that morning. Given that this was her first bus ride, all I can say is that it gets better! Honestly! :P

But then my lovely family had cupcakes and party games as any excuse for a party to welcome her, and I got home from work in time for rock band tutorials (I really should never play again,) and to watch Up. (I heart that movie.)

Saturday I slept in.. *cough* Not for the whole morning, however! Because we went sledding. It was EPIC.

The picture of grace and dignity, that's me. And Angelica seems to be being attacked by my hair... Poor girl.

There's my mom, isn't she pretty?

After sledding we hung around for a while more, and I read, and then we went bowling! I bowled at 113, I think. Anyways, I broke one hundred, which made me happy. Even if I was the inspiration for the phrase "throwing really enthusiastic gutter balls." Sigh. Oh, and then we went to K and C's house for cake, hot dogs and Charlotte's Web! I queried people about art school and the rise of the civil rights movement. Strangely, people didn't see the connection between those two things when I started asking questions. Their minds must be so boring.. Or organized. That too.

Actually, however, my plot for Karma Police had fallen apart in my hands on Thursday, and I was trying frantically to shoe-horn it back together. Which was the basis for most of my questions, but some people didn't see that immediately. ANYWAYS.

On Sunday we went on an Explorer Girls adventure! Only this time, because we had a destination, and also there were four persons of the male persuasion in attendance, it was more of a, Expedition Persons adventure. We went out to K and C's cabin. The cabin was nice and warm, and contained hot chocolate and cookies. The trek out TO the cabin contained a great deal of slush and ice crystals, and wind off the ocean. I poked some ice pans with my toe, saw them fall gently apart and decided not to try jumping on them while they were in the water, and stomped several loose boards on the wharf back into place with my steel toed boots. Frauline was enraptured with some seaweed frozen into a block of ice that looked like swiss cheese, and the small ones climbed small cliffs. And those formalities over with, then we went inside and had lovely hot chocolate. :D

Oh, and Angelica had brought her camera, and K had brought her alter-ego Iris's wig, so we had a minor photo shoot which was lots of fun. There was only one wig, so the four of us that jumped at the chance to be in the picture had to take turns wearing it, and then Angelica had to stich it together using her arcane photo arts. See the result?

Aren't we fetching?

And then it was sunday afternoon, so Daddy and Angelica and I were going back to Town. Oh, didn't I mention that I was going too? Silly me. Yes, I had my passport, some spare rope and my credit card. So why WOULDN"T I be going? #rhetoricalquestionsftw

We drove in, which was a five hour drive ornamented with many much snow and awesome music, and then we dropped Angelica off at her house, and met up with my brother PT, (You remember PT, don't you? He fixes pianos and has a leopard gecko) at a suitably high-class establishment. So once I'd ordered my bacon cheeseburger and PT had his fries and drink, we sat down to chat. I know, you're amazed at the depth of our pocketbooks and my wild social life.

*cough* At any rate, we got a lovely phone call from our cousin announcing that she was engaged, which surprised no one but pleased us all, and then Daddy had to go calling, and PT and I decided to check out the theatre. Once we got there, there was a slight disagreement between myself and my brother as to which movie we wanted to see. He was strongly on the side of Shutter Island, and myself and my hyper imagination was just as firmly on the side of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. We decided the only way to choose fairly between them was Rock, Paper, Scissors. Yes, in the theatre lobby, in front of all the cool city teenagers who looked aslant at the baymen. Part of the joy of being as weird as I am is having minimal shame. :D

So, we watched Percy Jackson. *Celebratory Rock Paper Scissors dance* And the movie. Hmmm...

I am a hearty fan of the books. I had just read Last Olympian, which is the last volume in a five-book set, and I loved it. I loved all the details and the use of Greek Mythology, and the excellent way it's all crafted. Oh, and the great characters help too! The movie, well. In the words of my friend Rose after seeing it. "It's an amusing fanfic."Unfortunately, I'd spent much of the day working out and fixing plot issues with my story. So when I was trying to fall asleep (and falling off of) a couch later, I ended up spending much of the night working out and fixing plot issues with the movie. I'm pretty sure I fixed it all and it was marvellous! Too bad I can't remember anything now...

Then in the morning, blessed morning, Daddy and I went to Cora's for breakfast. I am still baffled by the purpose of ground cherries. But they put on a good show, and sometimes that's all you need from your food. After food, we went to the Janeway, which was brutal and heartbreaking as always. I want to write a book there, but I'm afraid of getting it wrong, and crying too much. I have nothing more to say on that subject right now.

At this point it was lunch time, or close enough for Government work. I was dropped off at the mall while Daddy went to make Important Business Connections. I was a good girl and bought work shoes first. And then I was magnetically drawn towards the bookstores.

Last time I was in reach of a bookstore I bought fifteen books. This time I bought twenty. However, because this time I was savvy enough to browse the paperback section instead of the hardbacks, it cost me 30% less. See my spoils? *presents them proudly*

I know it doesn't look like it, but this is honestly broadening my reading horizons, and with books that I think I'll actually READ. Unlike when I pick up Brothers K and say "Oh, I'm gonna read this next." Lies, I read the cheesy things I get from the library before I ready heavy russian things. Ahem.

Also I may or may not have climbed over a fence to get to Chapters. Silly unexpected rivers. Silly barbed wire. Sillest of all mud.

And then we drove home, with a brief stop for dance class. Here endeth the epic weekend.

Trip To Town, pt. 2!

Whew, I just realized I didn't finish part 2 of my blog post about Sin Jawns from December. Oops.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT I went to see the Messiah, and it was very very lovely. To be honest, the solos weren't exactly my thing? But the choral pieces delighted me excessively. Also, it was held in a huge old church, which is always delightful. And then I went back to Ms. B's house, and we watched Taken.

That is a very stressful movie. I'm not gonna lie. Something about storming houses in Paris and kidnappings in various parts of Paris- as well as little jaunts into people being hit by semi trucks- worked very well to keep me awake. Also the torture-to-death-scene.

Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Main Character. I will repay.

*I scuttle away*

Leaving the subject of my dreams because I truly cannot remember them any more, beyond the fact that there were important lightbulbs and teeth, let us move on to breakfast!

I had pumpkin cheesecake.

Have I mentioned my nostalgic yearning to be a student again lately? You get up at ten, you eat some cheesecake, you drink some tea.. *sigh* And right now my former self is laughing hysterically at me and pointing out that a student sleeps till ten because she was up until five the night before, and also cheesecake is either used to motivate bribe one's self to finish exams, or a myth. But I ignore my former self. Loftily.

And then there was the Candlelighters christmas party! Wherein I knew almost no one, and all these people I did not know were friendly to me none the less. There was a bouncy castle and McDonalds, and presents! I was too old for those, so I ate many much chocolates instead. I figure it's a fair trade. :P When we got out it was dark, and everyone was already overtired. So we drove home. Which sounds perfectly sensible and reasonable, right up to the point where you realize it's five hours away, in a mini-van full of over-tired, highly-sugared children. And Me. I can shout louder, sulk more obnoxiously, laugh more menacingly, and flail more unpredictably than anyone over the age of two years has any right to aspire too. And no one should sing unless I want them too! *angry glaring from the front seat* Thankfully, after a particular outburst where I was heard to say that I hated the whole world and particularly anyone within a time zone, Frauline tamed me with coffee, chocolate and the loan of her earbuds. The problem child thus taken care of, we got home and burned newspapers to warm the house.

Thus endeth the Christmas Trip into St. Johns.

^_^

*insert guitar solo here*

So, there's a meme going round the internet, where one finds the number one song from the day one was born, and the posts a video of it. And since I am totally not a fan of bandwagons in ANY form*, here's the appropriate song. :D

(Wait, what? You say. I say, have some guns and roses.)



If you want to check out your song, this site is useful.

*Unless I want to be, in which case I am ALL OVER bandwagons which direct me to post videos of rock songs.