Emi's Journal

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Ugh… Past a week again… Oh well. Better late then never, right? Well, Tween Camp certainly kept me busy! However I still have SF to talk about. Both SF… Summer Fury AND San Fransisco, but I was talking about San Fransisco.
Where did I leave off? *looks back* Ah yes. The Ink House. It was a yellow house (just for the record). So we go in and everyone is introduceing themselves and stuff. A lot of people were noteing how big I am, since those who have met me, haven't seen me since I was a baby. It was strange to me, because I didn't really know anyone… Kind of akward…
So finally, much to my happyness or something, we went to dinner. It was exellent! Artichokes and these oyster things covered in cheese for the appetizer. Papaya and avacado stuff for the "salad" (Snorkel ate that for me). Ribs (atleast they said it was. It wasn't the same kind I had before, but it was good) for the main. Last but best, some sort of chocolate torte thing for dessert. There was also the option of pineapple upsidedown cake, and I tried a bite of that too. I was the garbage disposal, so I'm not sure how much cake I ate though.
I'm gonna read a bit before (if) I sleep. 'Night.

-Emi aka Pikados-
 

(Pulled from Emi's Summer 2003 Journal
Posted to LJ 02/03/2007
Imported to WP 07/09/2009)

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I'm on my way to camp. It's so loud. It's windy, so I have a pathetic attempt of pulling my hair back. The bus is so crowded!
Sorry I didn't write yesterday. Nothing much happened anyway. I was busy packing. The flight home was nice. That's about it. Fireworks now.
First, Snorkel went to get a coat for himself. While he was gone, a few firecrackers went off behind us. After my Snorkel got back, the fireworks started. They were incredible! There were trees in the way of most of them, but you could kind of see them. Gave it a good effect. Now I'm gonna go.

-Emi aka Pikados-
 

(Pulled from Emi's Summer 2003 Journal
Posted to LJ 02/03/2007
Imported to WP 07/09/2009)
*Note: Exact time unknown*

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It's Independence Day!!! I know I should be talking about the 28th still, but I have to talk about the fireworks!!! I'll talk about the other stuff later, but fireworks now.
First, we had to decide where to go!!! After talking to the people at the front desk of our hotel, TownePlace Suites (which for some reason, Snorkel pated me $1 to do), we decided to park near "Great America" (an amusement park) and watch fireworks from across the street. It was WAY to expensive to go into the park, so across the street was the most affordable way. The show started 8:45 ish, and ended 9:30. We went really early to make sure we got a parking spot. We payed $5 to park. Half the price to park at Great America. After we parked, we walked to "Togo's sandwhichs" for dinner. Just as a note to self, NEVER have Fruit Works again. I'm not sure about the other juices, but the fruit punch is just colored water with the smallest amount of flavor possible. You couldn't tell it's there if you weren't looking for it!!!
After that, time to get our spots! It was probably 7:45ish. when we left Togo. We quickly found a good place. It had a street light with a tall cement thing you could half-way sit on for Snorkel, Kento, and Grandma *name omitted in LJ*, and a clear path of grass for me! After a few minutes, a person loaned us a couple chairs, saying they weren't using them. This of course was appreciated. Then Kento and Grandma could sit down. Time to settle down for the fireworks. That'll have to wait 'til tommorow though! I'm tired! 'Night!

-Emi aka Pikados-
 

(Pulled from Emi's Summer 2003 Journal
Posted to LJ 01/23/2007
Imported to WP 07/09/2009)

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I'm not really alone right now. I'm just the only one awake. Besides, I have Steven Curtis Chapman to keep my company. I'm gonna miss him next week at Tween Camp.
By the way, about the water yoyo, I have a plan! I have an old ball at home. I'll put it in the yoyo, and duct tape it shut! I's my master plan! ^_^
I need to be a little less detailed! I'm still talking about the 28th! I'll try to summarize.
So I left off when we got to the town The Ink House (the bed and breakfast they were at) is. We turned onto Main Street, but we were going the wrong direction.
Finally, Snorkel asked for directions at a gas station. Shortly after that, we arrived.
I was really hopeing to write more… Darn. Oh well. Bed time! Night!

-Emi aka Pikados-
 

(Pulled from Emi's Summer 2003 Journal
Posted to LJ 01/18/2007
Imported to WP 07/09/2009)

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I'm writeing a poem. Here it is.

I hear the seatbelt
It speaks to me
Like a walnut with hair
Or a bald bear
Who handles the stairs with care
We'll fly with bats
Then step on mats
That are covered in cats
Who are chaseing rats
On tidal flats
We'll see some brats
That are democrats
They ere eating some pie
But that is a lie
We'll find a pig sty
Or die
Then we'll cry
Then we'll fly Into some trees
Infested with fleas
We will say "ow"
Then moo like a cow
I'll furrow my brow
And meow
Then bow
To a passing king
Who said to bring
A yellow string
With a bee sting
So a servant did
And was ordered to put it up for bid
Who payed the most
Did eat some toast
Then took the string home
To Rome
After that I went away
And went to stay
At a motel six
And eat pretzel sticks I went to sleep
Then heard a beep
So I sat up
And saw a buffalo say yup
I realized the buffalo was a dream
So I called for the Bean team
Buddy did come
And nibble my thumb
Then came Chili, Luna, and Clark
They're chinchillas, they do not bark
They're cute, fuzzy, and nice
And I don't think they have lice
They look like large mice
But that's not the point
The point is, I'm at motel six
Eating pretzel sticks
Which are yummy
Unlike a mummy
Food is good
Food is food
By the way
The guy that bought the string isn't gay
His name is Ray
Spelled R-A-Y, by the way
He payed a lot for that stupid string
Why'd he do such a stupid thing
I still don't know

OK. I'm not done, but I'll probably take a long time to be, so I'll put it in another notebook. Bed time! 'NIGHT!

-Emi aka Pikados-

P.S. "'cause I'm givin' you and her my lifetime, ANYWAY!" ~ SCC
 

(Pulled from Emi's Summer 2003 Journal 
Posted to LJ 01/17/2007
Imported to WP 07/09/2009)

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My new water yoyo just popped. I spent $2.15 on that crumy thing!!! I hope I can get my money back!!! Grrr…
Anyways!!! Now that I'm done with that rant, I'll get on with the trip.
Like I said, we were getting lost on the way to the place where my grandma was staying, If you remember, I said in my first entry, that I would be attending a wedding on the 29th. The people that were getting married were staying (is that proper grammar?) at the same place, so we had directions. Or so we thought. They were actually directions to where the wedding was going to happen. Oops… Atleast we figured out how to get there so we wouldn't get lost before the wedding!
After that, we drove to the town where the Bed & Breakfast was. Gonna go. Bye!

-Emi aka Pikados-
 

(Pulled from Emi's Summer 2003 Journal
Posted to LJ 01/14/2007
Imported to WP 07/09/2009)

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Time to tell about the 28th again.
After finding Snorkel, we got our baggage, which convineantly was in front of us when we get there! We put our stuff in the car, and went to look around San Fransisco. I was amazed. So many hills! They actually have a law that when you're paralel parked, you have to have your front wheels pointed out to the street instead of strait infront of you, so you don't roll backwards!!!
We went up to a place suposedly overlooking the bay. Looked more like fog to me. Probably because it was… World famous San Fransisco fog. We drove along a cable car track, hopeing to see the cable car. We ended up parking at a veiwpoint and waiting for one. By the way, that veiwpoint had a good veiw. No fog there.
Eventually, a cable car came, so we went back to the car. Snorkel told me we would take it later.
After that, we got the excitment of getting lost a lot on the way to where my Grandma *name omitted in LJ* was staying. Well Decleration just ended, so I'm going to call Shanna!

-Emi aka Pikados-

P.S. "How does it look from your side, from your side of the world!?"

~SCC

(Pulled from Emi's Summer 2003 Journal
Posted to LJ 01/14/2007
Imported to WP 07/09/2009)

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Wow. I've been having a great time here in California! Now I'm in San Jose, but more about that after I tell about the past few days.
On the 28th, we left PDX approxamitly 1:30 PM. However, we did have some technical difficulty. One of our engines wasn't starting. They had to start it with a generator, or something. After that, the flight was fine. I listened to country music while either highlighting verses in my bible, or stareing out my window. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, so we had an incredible veiw. Also, while I was looking in the magazine with the playlists for the music, I came across something in the "Japanese favorites" list. A song called "It's All About Love." Of course, you can probably geuss what my first thought was. Steven Curtis Chapman's All About Love. Of course, it couldn't be the same, because SCC wrote AAL! I just thought that was funny. And just for the record, they did a great job with the June country playlist. Songs such as "Concrete Angel," "Love You Out Loud," and "Back Seat Of A Greyhound Bus." I'm hopeing they do a good job on July too. "Love You Out Loud" makes me think of "Live Out Loud." Something tells me this SCC addiction is bigger than my Tim McGraw (sp?) one was.
At about 3:00 we arived at SFO (San Fransisco Airport). We got off the plane, just to find that I left my hat behind. I ran back onto the plane and grabbed it. No harm done. Then we had to find my dad, more commonly known to Kento and me as Snorkel. I called him with the cellphone my mom loaned me. He was right outside of the security gate things, because that's how far they let him go without a ticket. He told us how to get to him, and we found our way.
G2G! Dinner! Food!

-Emi aka Pikados-

P.S. "It's all about love, love, love, love, LOVE!!!"
~SCC
 

(Pulled from Emi's Summer 2003 Journal
Posted to LJ 01/14/2007
Imported to WP 07/09/2009)