Disneyland: The Happiest Place on Earth

I absolutely love Disneyland!  A little less than a month ago I went on Tour with my orchestra to California for Spring Break.  Being the lazy bum I am, I haven't put up the pictures yet, but now they are here!  Anyways, here's a rundown of what we did.

We left the school in the morning and drove pretty much straight to St. George, where we switched bus drivers.  I love riding in coaches - they're so much fun.  I like the seats, and the big windows, and the fact that you're so high up you don't have other cars in your way when you just want to look out at the scenery.  I also love long road trips.  They give me monstrous amounts of time to do cool things that I've been wanting to do for a long time.  I listened to A Little Princess and White Fang.  I started listening to the Call of the Wild, but I never finished it.  I drew pictures in my sketchbook, and, heaven forbid, did my homework.  We got to our hotel - Radisson Suites - at about 8:30 and had a pizza party.  There were five people in our room, so I had to sleep on the pullout couch.

It was a bit uncomfortable and really squeaky, but I slept just fine.

 I made a friend in the looby.  I named him Carl.

 I forgot to bring a hat to California so my mom bought me this Fisherman's Cap and now I'm slightly obsessed with it.

 Pretty Flowers!

The next day we went whale-watching.  We didn't see any whales but we did see a lot of sea lions (or possibly just seals), dolphins, and three jellyfish.  The dolphins were really cool because they would swim with the boat, even when we were going really fast and they would jump out of the water next to us, just like in the movies.  Afterwards we hung out on the beach and played in the waves.  Leslie buried me in sand and I was still washing it out of my hair two weeks later.  That night we went to Medieval Times which was literally right next to our hotel.  That was a ton of fun!  We got to cheer for an evil knight and eat food with our fingers.

 I love boats!

 We saw this burning boat on our way out of the harbor.  It was kind of cool to watch.

 Eeeee!  So cute!

 I like the ocean.

 There's a dolphin down there, really, there is.

I got sunburnt.

The next two days were spent at my favorite, I mean, second favorite place in the world - Disneyland!  My all-time favorite ride ever is Space Mountain.  I can't get over how wonderful those five minutes full of screaming and laughing are.

 Mickey and Minnie came to our awards ceremony.  It was pretty cool, we won first place in both our divisions but did not get the best overall.  But that's okay.  We had fun.

 . . . . Space Mountain, the love of my life . . .

Third of May

The Third of May by Francisco Goya, a painting depicting the massacre of innocent people in a Spanish town. 
Today, the Third of May, just so happened to be the day of my AP Art History test.  No, it did not kill me, but I thought it might.  It was the first AP Test I have ever taken and it was definitely the hardest test I have ever taken.  I just thought I'd take the time to blog about the fun serendipity in life when I should be doing my Latin.

In other news, I wrote a modern poem (for English)

water on the grass

                in                    tween                     toes

                           be                            my

                                            g      up

                                         n

                                     i

                                 t

                          l

                i

head t

glowing in the dark

the stars above

i shrink                           the universe

            (joyfully) beneath

beam me up

Asimov, Roddenberry

                in T minus Space

                                                                Mountain

I call it The Weight of Space by lee greene amanda.  Sorry about the size but I had to keep the form together, it's one of the most important parts.