Camping

On the solstice(June21st) my family went up to Silver Lake in the RV and camped. My sister brought her friend Hope, so they were annoying and hyper the whole trip. I took a bunch of pictures, since I was so bored, here they are:

Ella and Hope keeping themselves entertained on the drive, we sat in traffic for a half hour

Our campsite

My dad starting up the gas stove, snazzy sunglasses, eh?

Ella and her friend gettin' their groove on

The bridge at the lake

My dog, she usually looks crazier than this when she's in the water.
She usually digs for rocks by the shore. Not kidding.

Mmmm, some bread off the side of the bridge

Mmmm, marshmallows. I didn't have any, I had lemon pie instead.

No marshmallows for Riley!

I got really bored so I started to discover all the weird things my camera can do. . .

Having fun with shutter speed settings

This one is really dark but it's supposed to be the stars.

Tadpoles in the lake.

This is a picture of the bruise on my knee, I got it before camping.
. . .Climing up the ladder to my loft bed.

This sign I found online but it will forever bother me.

Summer is here!!

School is out! I know summer isn't officially here yet, but it's sunny and warm and there's no more school and that's good enough for me. I've been so excited for summer for so long, and now that it's here I didn't know what to do. So, I grabbed my camera and went outside for a few minutes. Here's the results of my boredom:

These ones (above and below) have nice focus. I'm happy I know how

to control a camera now, even if I did hate that class. . .

Looking at the gray Bellingham sky ruins the illusion of summer, doesn't it?

And this next one is just a drawing I made when I was bored a week ago:

Annie is over. . .



Chillin' in the wings

 After many long months of rehearsals, Annie is over *sniff*. We had a lot of fun, but to be completely honest, I was soooo sick of all the songs stuck in my head, I'm kind of glad I don't have to sing them anymore. Anniepalooza was on Saturday, where all of the casts(from the 4 year olds up to 16 year olds) perform the musical numbers at Mt. Baker Theater. It was Natalie's birthday and she had to be there, but REALLY didn't want to. . .

And Emily went to The Great Wolf Lodge instead of coming. The rehearsal was crazy, no one really had any idea what to do, and for dinner there were so many people we sat in the hallway backstage, it was so cramped no one could walk through it. Afterwards was the cast party with yummy food, I'm hungry right now so I'm thinking about food, and cast parties are always fun. Here's pics from Anniepalooza and the ones Emily took after the last performance at BAAY when we were cleaning. The ones I took at Mt. Baker Theater are really bad, sorry, I couldn't use the flash cuz rehearsal was going on and I didn't want to 'disrupt the actor's concentration'

Wow this one is really blurry, whoops. . .

Um, yeah, this is the ceiling of the stage, idk why I took a picture of it. . .

Me, Natalie, Aeyre and Kenzi

Gotta clean before the cast party!

Natalie!!

Kenzi and Emily :)

Natalie being Natalie. . .

Just chillin' (instead of cleaning, shhhh!)

Dorky me and Emily

Oh Kenzi. . .                                                        Ari /\

Awesome Fish Tanks

I am working on my LTP and I found a whole bunch of cool fish tanks, here's some of them:

Ice Cream, BAAY, and the end of the world

After the show last night we all went to Mallard's and got ice cream, Nick and Kaleb got 'the bomb'(4 scoops!) and had a race to finish it first, here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovEY5dknYgU&feature=player_embedded David, the director, is the one holding the camera and cheering them on. You gotta love BAAY!


So you guys know how the world was supposed to end yesterday at 6? Well, I was sitting on the goat down by the farmer's market at six, laughing at Kenzi yelling to complete strangers "the world is going to end in __ minutes!". At a minute to six Lisa(dance coach) drove by and we shouted "the world's gunna end in one minute!" and she replied, "Oh, okay. Well, if it does end, it was nice working with you guys." and drove off. Thanks Lisa, thanks.

 Apparently, at BAAY while the world ended, everyone did a countdown and shouted FOR NARNIA!(The dinner break ended at 6:00 so everyone was coming back at that time). I would've been okay with the world ending though, because my last meal would've been pizza at Rudy's with a bunch of cast members. And we also went to the pet stores, and there was this clown fish that I swear was Nemo. One of it's fins was smaller than the other! It was awesome.

Tired. . .

I am soooo tired it's only 10:30 but I just had a performance, the third this week. Three down, three to go! It was a pretty rough show, but like Tim Gunn says, we 'made it work'(I loveee that show). Grrr, I have to put my hair in curlers to save time for tomorrow. It's the big day tomorrow, two shows in 12 hours! We get a two-ish hour break in between, but still. Last time, apparently Parker called McDonald's and asked 'Can I get the 10 piece nubs?' They asked him to say it clearer like five times and just hung up. And he got Emily, Kenzi, Nick, Christian, and himself kicked out of Starbucks. Only Parker could achieve that so fast. You gotta love BAAY. Well, anyway, I better go put my curlers in :( Bye

Gah!

Wow, it's been a while since I posted anything on here, been busy with Annie rehearsals. Crash week starts tomorrow, and I literally won't get a break for two weeks! But enough about that, here are some of my favorite quotes from Pushing Daisies:

Emerson: What got thee to a nunnery?
Olive: Oh, Emerson. You really want to know?
Emerson: Not especially. That was just my attempt at polite wee talk. Moment's passed, so let's talk compensation

Olive: There's no alarm system. Got a credit card?
Chuck: Why? You know how to pick locks?
Olive: No. You're gonna need to pay for the damages.

Olive: Look carefully, ladies; this is your future.
Lily: Is it vodka?
Olive: Water.
Lily: As in Russian for vodka?


Emerson: Oh no, see, this is how it all ends. Some weird guy comes in saying stuff that don't make no sense. And by the time your head realizes 'Hey, this weird guy makes no sense,' your guts are all over the window


Emerson: The truth ain't like puppies, a bunch of them running around, you pick your favorite. One truth and it has come a knockin'.


Emerson: Death by scratch-'n'-sniff. What the hell happened to people shooting each other with guns?


Emerson: Just because there's vodka in my freezer doesn't mean I need to drink it. Wait... yes it does


Emerson: I suppose I could pay my bills with blind kids' smiles. But their money is a lot easier


Olive: Musing on the idea of setting someone on fire doesn't mean you really want to set them on fire. It's just the thought of it that makes you happy, but only for a second, then you feel bad. But that second can be a lot of fun.


Ned: Everything we do is a choice. Oatmeal or cereal. Highway or side streets. Kiss her or keep her. We make choices and we live with the consequences. If someone gets hurt along the way we ask for forgiveness. It’s the best anyone can do


Emerson: Oh look, a dumb idea just found a friend!

Emerson: Well, that idea might make a stupid idea feel better about itself.

And here's some great Emerson clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9CmfuLWDks