Away from the Sun again...

I just got back from one of the greatest things ever! A 3 Doors Down concert! Followed by the greatest fireworks show I have ever seen in person! Bayfest 2008!

So really, it was a really big and expensive fair, with rides and funnel cake and music. 

Events:

I got a Geico cup and Seth got a Geico necklace

We stood in line for a little bit for some extra yummy funnel cake...mmm

Stood in line for some bbq chicken... really good, but the funnel cake was better...

Stood in line for the bathroom. Honestly, the girls line had upwards of 35 people in it, (one of the many bathroom lines) and the guy's had not one person in line. Just a few guys entering and leaving now and again.

Went and got some Dippin Dots for the first time. That was awesomeness...

I got a "21 and over" wristband so if I wanted to drink alcohol... or even get one of the kewl blinking cups, I could. Some stranger gave me a larger water bottle which was good enough.

The concert! I stood on a chair and sang so loud! It was like, he was right there, the lead singer was just talking in that sweet accent... Seth was singing with me and we were singing to eachother... it was so amazing. 

After the concert, we literally turned around and the fireworks began. They were great. Just picture it, people everywhere, the fair lights of the ferris wheel and cotton candy booths in the background alone with the squeals from people on the rides. And just the most amazing, patriotic, unrelenting fireworks show ever. Think of Daughtry, Coldplay, and Foo Fighters just blasting. I literally looked behind me at the stage and saw the band just standing there watching with us. It was just so surreal. All this was out on a marine base island with planes surrounding us. 

You had to be there. 

Movie review:

Hancock

I saw this movie on Thursday and it was quite nice. I mean, it was surprising and exciting, and funny. But the whole "If you call me an (x) one more time..." thing got annoying. It's like, there are worst things you could be called! But it was awesome, it made sense, and I felt so many emotions. I also had blisters on my feet though... which hurt. But I will definitely be purchasing that movie when it comes out!

The "rules" of the game:

Each player answers the questions about themselves.

At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answer.

Ten years ago: I was ten... 5th grade? I was in Detroit, and was going through the first slew of poverty and depression... I had a lot of nightmares.

Five things in today's "to do list":

Feel better

Finish a story (reading)

Help Seth feel better

It's 9.30pm so I don't know how much I can do yet...

Snacks I enjoy:

Plain Lays chips with hot sauce

hot chocolate

Oatmeal

Things I would do if I was a millionaire:

Put half my worth in savings, real estate, high interest accounts

Give tithes to the Master's Mission

THEN! Keep some for us, for working with, hopefully 1.5mil. We would move back home, buy a house or build one, or even get a really nice apartment/rental. Keep going to school.

Help out the family, pay off their debts, set up college funds

Help out other family... somehow (they're kinda rich)

Start a business

Help friends... 

AIDS research!

I know it doesn't leave much but with the money in savings, it really wouldn't matter how much I spent, it would refurbish itself!

Places I have lived:

1. Kapolei, HI

2. Houghton, Lake Linden, MI

3. Grovetown, GA

4. Gricignano, Italy

5. Detroit, Southfield, Highland Park, MI

The second tag is 7 weird or random things about myself. 

1. I read HP Fanfiction. ALL THE TIME, if not on my computer, then on my phone in the car.

2. I love Hot Chocolate and Swedish Fish... together

3. Obvious but true, I HATE MY HAIR

4. I am still suffering from post-nuptial depression. 

5. Somehow I have become terribly insecure

6. Like Kirsten, I don't know when I am going to graduate... 

7. For some reason, lately, I THINK in a scottish accent. Ever since I watched this really kewl Youtube video...

It's been a long time comin'...

Wow, this is the first time I have written in this thing since after the wedding! Oh goodness! Well I guess I can start up again. I have been posting in my Hawaii blog most recently...

Since I moved to Hawaii a lot has changed... But I will leave the Hawaii stuff to it's own blog. 

My interests have changed a bit, music, movies, how I pass my time. I like watching videos on Youtube a lot, but really I spend most of my time reading fanfiction. Harry Potter fanfiction. Anything with a mix of Draco, Hermione, and Blaise. Usually romance ones, but ever since I finished Book 7 I have tried to keep it alive through reading. Also, reading gives me a good escape from the sadness of missing home so much... 

There is just so much I miss, and that I am missing. Living here, I am with a part of my family, my real family. Being home I am with my whole family, the "real enough" family. Having the support of that family got Seth and I through countless struggles, and now that we don't have any of it (family, friends, support... our apartment) we realize how much it was worth. We came here thinking that once we got here, we wouldn't want to leave. We wouldn't need to leave, and that we could just go home whenever we wanted after a while. I don' t know... but we just know that if we want to go home, even just for a visit (especially Christmas) we will NEVER want to come back. Except perhaps to get our stuff. I am just upset in a lot of ways, for a lot of reasons, and Seth isn't helping. He complains and is sad all the time, and he's quick to make me feel like it's my fault. Not purposely, but it's just a habit of his. 

Off topic, though, I will give the best review I can of recent movies I've seen:

Wanted

Alright so I guess this was better than I thought. Much better than I imagined, as I just rathered watch the Love Guru....

The characters were believable, the story was fantasmic, and I guess I can't really give much away. The only thing that bothered me is the bullets hitting one another... it gets over done a bit. Jolie wasn't seriously anorexic looking, a worry of mine at first. And I really liked that the main guy really was just a plain dood in a sucky job that has his life changed drastically... and becomes ridiculously awesome. !!!

Incredible Hulk

Another movie I really didn't want to see. And I don't think I will want to see it again. Like ever. But I know Seth will make me. It was way better than the first... but then again, the first one was crap. The effects were nice, I really think Liv Tyler is the sweetest person ever, and the little man who turns into Hulk is really nice. But when Hulkman turns to Hulkmonster, I am just at a loss for words. This isn't something that is to be believable, but the whole "I'm going to roar at the top of my lungs, with my big grey plastic teeth, and my dirty green skin and little hole-y trousers" thing gets tired after the 4th time. Actually the first time, but I reckon he sort of  must do it once... Just to show how incompetent he is and insanely angry that someone would want to capture a giant green lab project gone wrong! 

I really did like the geography lesson though. Through Venezuela and Brazil and stuff, the buildings were packed so closely together... 

 Kung Fu Panda

Wonderful. WONDERFUL!!! I laughed so much, and I can't wait to buy as I will watch it and watch it again. It wasn't tacky, it was fun for the whole family, and Jack Black was great. I can't write more without giving specifics away!

I am:

Watching 10000 BC... Rather, just reading and typing while everyone else is watching

Not wanting to do the dishes, and since I made dinner someone else should have to

Needing to get back to one of my stories

Actually wishing I could go back to NMU. Not Tech, not finlandia, not UH, but NMU

Hoping the sadness goes away.