Sunday, May 24, 2009

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Thanks for the comment Kelsey, Bobby, and Talim. I'm sorry to hear about your recent fishy deaths, Kelsey. Parasites are nasty. Forsa either died of old age or some degenrative genetic illness involving her gills. Bettas, and other fish from Petsmart, are all bred in these huge "fish mills" in Arizona so they can have weird problems. She was about a year and a half old so that's not too shabby.
Haha, I know, Talim, I talk about my fish like they're fuzzies. Fish are cheap pets so I can get a lot at a time. I'm not allowed a puppy until I get all my traveling out of the way. Australia/New Zealand in the fall, possibly Japan next summer. I do talk about my two dogs and cat a bit. My cat thinks she's a dog. She's my puppy replacement. I work at a factory that shut down. My job it to clean it up. Lots of mopping grease (which doesn't mop but no one listens to me). I like Komono Dragons. They're my favorite scaly.
I told you I was going to Baltimore, Boby. You need to pay attention. I said I might go for my cousin's graduation. My parents favor my cousin so you should've assumed that might was a positive. Oh, and shut up!
...Can anyone else tell me and Bobby know each other in real life? Nine years now. Man, you we little when we met.

Okay, so I got back from Baltimore last night. I went because my cousin was graduating from Johns Hopkins nursing school. Be impressed, be very impressed. She had one-upped me until I got back into the science stuff. Now I'm going off to Australia to study. Take that my cousin! We're a competitive family.

We got in Wens. and her boyfriend/fiance picked up me and my dad. We stopped at a liquor store to get some stuff. Then it was to their new house. So I was taking sips of beer and white wine. All of it tasted nasty so just the sips. My throat was still sore too. I think that's all we did on Wens. I think it was just everyone sitting around talking about the new house and my cousin graduating. Oh, me and her did go out to get an air bed for my dad. I talked her out of the one with the pump because it was more money. So when we got back to her place there was this whole thing about not being able to blow up the bed. But she already had a pump so it worked out. In all Wens. was kind of blah.

Thurs. was graduation day. Bloody Marys in the morning. Hated that so just had two sips. Spicy tomato juice and vodka, no thanks. Most of the morning was just getting ready for the graduation. I threw up but not because of the Blood Mary. I took a zinc tablet without knowing you were supposed to have a full stomach. So right when i woke up I took it, started drinking some disgusting coffee, and bam. I run upstairs, bathroom is full. Run downstairs and barf. My cousin the nurse heard this and said 'what the *beep* is that!'. It was funny. So, no more zinc.

I don't really have a dress so I wore nice black pants. Then I realised the top I brought along to go with them was also black. So I was dressed in all black but I can do that and not look emo or goth because of my naturally darker skin. I put on some dark gray eyeliner to match the gray in my awesome shoes I'll have to show all of you someday. Very '30s gangter. My aunt was putting on base so I asked what she was doing. In a second she was brushing all this power all over me. Well, I guess no one told her that I have mixed skin tones. So it was two light bases and a bronzer in the end. It was kind of funny. She's just like 'I don't understand. It's not working right'. Um, duh.

The graduation was very long and most of the speakers sucked. They did the "guilt trip" speeches instead of trying to make the new nurses feel good. Awful. My cousin's boyfriend/fiance was playing a game on his phone through some of it because he was just getting fruserated with it. My throat was still sore so I couldn't scream with him or my dad when my cousin got her degree. I did stand though.

After the graduation we when to this restaurant that I declare the best, Fogo de Chao. I'm so excited because driving home from the local airport I saw an add for one. They got one here now. But this restaurant was amazing and if you like meat I suggest you find one in your area. I couldn't eat as much as I normally could because of my stupid throat. But I still enjoyed it. The waiter wouldn't leave me alone until I accepted some white wine my cousin ordered. It actually wasn't bad, but very expensive. My tastes would be costly. He carded my cousin even though she ordered it, didn't card me. Which was good because I was still underage. I think we just went home after that. Traffic was a nightmare.

Fri. was my birthday. Everyone kept hanging off of me shouting '21'. I went to lunch with my cousin, aunt, and dad. Raw oysters, maui maui, raw tuna, and a Long Island Iced Tea. I didn't get carded, my cousin did. I showed my ID anyway because, darn it, I wanted to get carded! The iced tea had too much gin so I only drank a little of it. I just don't like the taste of alchol. We went to the aquarium after. My camera died during the dolphin show but I did get pictures. They had an Australia exhibit so that was neat. We stayed until it got crowded. My family isn't into crowds. Then we when to a bar you could bring dogs to. It was really for my cousin's graduation, but me and my dad went. I hung out with the new nurses and my dad hung out with the boys. My cousin brought her two dogs and her friend brought their dog. I got a bit dizzy after 4oz of beer, a shot of something terrible, and one and a half shots of vodka. So I was done because I'm not one to get wasted. I drank six glasses of water too to prevent an alchol related headache in the morning. And because water tastes better. After this we went back to the house. I was completely fine after about half an hour of just sitting there. My dad and cousin's boyfriend/fiance talked marriage and kids. My cousin added a couple things but mostly rolled her eyes. I basicly just listened because marriage and kids are not my territory.

Yesterday we just laid around the house. My cousin's boyfriend/fiance had to work. The reason for the / is because they say they'll get married next year, and they looked at rings, but my cousin doesn't have a ring yet. So they're sort of engaged. They've been together for a long time. I think they've lived together off and on for four years. And off and on because they went to different schools at times so had different roommates, not because they didn't like each other. So, my cousin drove me, my dad, and my aunt to the airport in her mini since he was working. After I got in I went out to Olive Garden with my mom. I tried ordering a glass of red wine but had no idea what I was doing so had her pick one. It wasn't bad but on the plane I my ears got stuffed because of the pressure and my cold, so I was getting a slight headache. My ears still haven't popped actually. Drinking wine with a headache isn't fun. With red wine I know my limit is two glasses, I had almost a glass and felt dizzy. So no more wine. Then it was home, watched the end of Batman Beyond, and went to bed.

So, what is my conclusion about this whole 21 thing? I don't like the taste of alchol but I like the freedom of being allowed to order a beer if I'm watching football or taking part in a public toast...not that any of that really matters since people have been asking what wine I wanted or recommending martinis since I was 15. I think I finally look my age.
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