The Beach

So it was fathers day yesterday and my father wanted to go to the beach. When we arrived at the beach the air was frigid. My father is also a sailor on top of being the best father ever. So he is very witty about wind. He guided us around a bend at the beach which made it so there was a cliff between us and the wind. I was thoroughly enjoying myself now, looking at rocks and shells, one of my many hobbies. I was determined to find a whole sand dollar. I found my first and was enthralled. I kept walking looking at all the different beautiful rocks and shells, then I found my second whole sand dollar. On the first leg of our walk I had found four. I was very proud of them, so I showed them to my father and mother, then continued to look on the way back. So my mom was on the look out to now. She had spotted one, so I leaned down to pick it up, but instead of picking up a sand dollar, I realized that I had just smeared all over my finger tips some fresh seagull poop. What a lovely thing do have happen to you right? Well after I washed my hands clean of the poop, my luck was returned. I continued to find to more whole sand dollars, but I had to pay for my good luck twice that day. When our walk back was almost over I stepped on something, I still do not know what it was, but it jabbed into my foot and made walking almost unbearable. By some miracle when we got to the car and I was comfortably seated my mother remarked on how she remembered putting tweezers in her purse. I guess it really was my luck day. A total of six whole sand dollars and tweezers to end my pain. It was truly a lovely day at the beach. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

The Not So Harmonious Harmony Festival.

On june 6th 2010 I went online to buy a ticket for the Harmony music festival, that my dad was going to eventually pay me back for. It was his graduation gift to me. I found the site where you had to buy the tickets I was only going sturday and sunday but it turned out that it was cheeper to buy the weekend past rather than individuel tickets for both days, for day evening and after dark. I proceeded to pay. After I had finished paying it gave me the option of print at home or will call. I of course choice print at home what an easy option. The whole time I was thinking god do I love modern technology. So until June 12th all I could think about was how excited I was that Harmony Festival was coming up. Not only did I get to go to Techno Trible, but my favorite band would be performing two sets, one normal and one just acoustic set. When Lance and I arrived the morning of June 12th around 9:30am, we proceeded to park and then try to get me my wrist band. At the exchange place where I was to get my wrist band they sent me to the will call area. Little did I know how rude and untrusting they would be. Well the print at home ticket was the worst idea I had ever had. When I had finished paying online I clicked on the link that said print your tickets well the page wouldn't load I must have tried at least ten times. Well the man that was helping me said i had to actually have a physical to get into the festival. I told him my story and he said to bad go try to print it again. So I went to the local librairy and what do you know it didn't work again. So I thought well I can print out my bank statement that should be proof enough so that is exactly what I did. So I returned to the will call area and told the man the new story, and he said again I'm sorry that still isn't proof. I had paid 156 dollars, hell ya that was enough proof. So I started to cry. I don't think I have ever been that stressed! So a nice middle age woman came over and asked what was wrong. So I told her through my sobs and she felt so bad she gave me a free water bottle and told me she would take care of my problem. Well she told me what to do and if it didn't work to come back. So I went back to the wrist band exchange place told them my story and who had told me what to do, they still wouldn't believe me! So I walked back to will call and she said she would walk me over there and talk to them, as she walked me back she asked what had happened so I told her the story of how they didn't even know who she was or believe me. She decided it was to ridiculous and walk me back to the will call area and gave me my dam wrist band. It only took me two hours to enter the festival. I learned to things. Never buy tickets online if you don't have to, and if you do ALWYAS use the will call option. Oh and I forgot the most important one, to the people who named the festival it is clearly time to change the name since you no longer know its meaning!

drunk drivers!!!!

The world is an opportunity for humans to learn new things, to enjoy the beauty of this world not to make a bad decision and throw it all away. Is it really so difficult to find a ride, to avoid the neccesity to drive. Is it even worth it to drive under the influence. so many people die every day from making the wrong decision. Yesterday I headed out to my voice lesson, as I was driving I completely lost my voice. What good timing right? I was early enough to stop at a local store and make it back in time. The medicine greatly improved my voice. When I got to my singing teachers home, I entered as always. When she heard me come in she came in the room her eyes filled with tears not to mention the tears streaming down her face. She was devestated. I didn't know why, but I knew right away that something terrible had happened. I ran to her and embraced her, and quickly asked what was wrong. She informed me that a former student of hers had been killed in a car accident, she the procceeded to tell me the man that killed Matt was drunk. Not only did this man kill Matt who was only thirty years old who had worked so hard and had started running his on theatre, but he killed himself. Those where the only to killed, but the drunk mans girlfriend was in the car and remains in ICU and is terribly injured. Before you make the decision to drive under the influence of alcohol, think how many lives you would damage if you killed someone or if you yourself were killed. Would the decision to not call a friend or just wait until you were sober to drive worth those lives? All it takes to make the right decision is to think of those you love and those who love you! Make Good Decisions!!!!!!!!!