Adventure Is Out There!!

So this whole "I'll keep a blog so everyone will know all the crazy awesome adventures I go on in Disneyworld!!" idea, epic fail. I can't even attempt to update this, because covering 5 months in writing is more of a comatose incentive than an interesting read. So instead, I'll just pretend like I've been doing really good and this is just another update. Anndddd action!

Just another week in Florida! You obviously know all about everything that is going on, what with my super updated and accurate blog here! The last couple weeks, there were some super epic advendures going on, which should most definately be shared!

 

It's amazing the insanity and exhaustion of family in town. Between my sister and brother-in-law, mom and Unni, and Ginny's family, I was in serious need of a vacation from vacation! Even though I was really not working and mostly playing, getting up to meet my psycho family 45 minutes before the park opens in really quite tiring, especially when you factor in that the parks open generally at 8, and I have to leave my apartment around an hour before I need to actually be somewhere. Add that to a cold, and some oversensitive work feelings, and that right there is a crazy vacation! However, once all was settled in, there was some hardcore and worthwhile family bonding, most definately worth the stress!

The same day that my mom and Unni flew out, Ginny's family came in! Talk about nonstop fun! I got to cross off a "Florida Must" with them by going to SeaWorld! Lots of shows, a possum, crazy roller-coasters and a flock of penguins later, I now know a couple things about SeaWorld: 1) they sell Dippin' Dots and other fantastic treats unpurchasable at Disney parks. 2) they stop selling said treats like at least an hour before said park closes. Next time I want Dippin' Dots, I'll just go to Lagoon instead. Take that, Shamu!!

After many epic attempts (and fails) at celebrating Ginny's birthday with surprise oreo cheesecake cupcakes, I finally succeeded (unless someone got food poisoning... then sorry!) in some truly homemade looking presents- lacking tape and wrapping paper really presents a challenge in birthday events! But hopefully the point got across that I'm not really the jerkface roommate that forgot her birthday!

Once the birthday celebrations were done with, it was truly time to get down to business. About a week earlier, I was perusing the internet and came upon the startling fact that the D23 Scavenger Hunt in Disney World had added more tickets recently, though they had long sold out. It took about .2 seconds to make up my mind. We'd done the one in Disneyland, why not take a stab at the one in Orlando? With the expertise help of my new "Soul Sister from the South", our team was established: The Wilderness Explorers!  Jennifer, Ginny and I set out to make fabulous costumes and take home the gold! After taking a trip to the men's section at the local wal-mart, we had our outfits. The next two days, our exhaustion and dehydration whilst running through the 4 parks was compinsated with compliments, photo ops and even a couple cast member stalkers seeking us out in our fabulous gettups! We even gained a reputation as "Those 'Up' girls"! Even though we kept getting

"Big Russell"
A.K.
Wilderness Explorer Stalker Extraordinaire

 mistaken for girl scouts, and got more than a few crazy looks, it was definately a great couple of days! In the end, we realized that we knew a lot more about these parks than we realized, and even though we didn't win, bragging rights and pictures are well worth the loss!

Three hours after finishing the scavenger hunt in Animal Kingdom, I found myself in a cab, on my way to the airport. I had barely enough time beforehand to buy more last minute souvaneers for my mother and pack before jumping into a waiting cab and rushing to airport. Unbeknownst to my family, I bought tickets earlier in the week to make it home for my closest cousin's farewell. Like I could let Logan move to Africa for 2 years without saying goodbye!

There was lots of special bonding and much needed catching up, a Justin Beiber conversion story (I have no comments on that...) and too many priceless surprised faces that are never going to be lived down. It's great fun to make fun of those stupid Master Card commercials that talk about prices and special moments and such, but really, it was the most worthwhile trip home I could have possibly taken.

While working and playing here is so much fun, nothing beats a good game of pounce, slurpies, and making mummy costumes with all my favorite people in the world!

Where Is That? Oh Yeah... We Need One.

Living on your own is kind of hard. I don't think I ever realized all the random and yet needed things that are laying around my house. I was trying to make cupcakes the other night, and I started realizing how essential that weird stuff is. So, next time you move out, make sure you have the following things that I don't have:

• Hot Pads- you would think, working in a hot kitchen all day, I would be a little safer about this. Yet, I've gotten some pretty nice burns at home attempting to take chicken out of the oven.

• A Kitchen Aid- life sucks without one of these. the end.

Things like cookies and other delicious treats
that should be fun and easy to make, are
suddenly very complicated when missing the
right tools!

• Dishwasher Soap- what is the point of having a dishwasher if you have no soap for it? There is none. Thus, it becomes another cupboard to keep dishes in.

• Baking Powder- though I finally did acquire some, this (and other odd cooking goods) are far more difficult to come by than I imagined in a small community of lazy college students.

• Milk- okay, this may be a little off subject, but seriously. I like feel like we should invest in a cow or something for how fast we go through it!

• A Frying Pan- moral of the story: anything that you should cook in a frying pan that you don't, will probably burn and ruin your pan.

• Normal Sized Bowls- this applies to pretty much everything: cups, bowls, plates; is there anything more annoying than cooking a small dinner and only being able to fit half of it on your plate, I highly doubt it.

• Dish Towels- paper towels have become my best friend. And they really really really suck. 

• A Mop- also included: broom and dustpan and a vacuum. Running down the street to borrow one from the clubhouse is pretty much terrible. So a sticky floor with icky hair is the repercussion.

I'm quite sure that if I actually went and looked through my kitchen for 5 seconds, I could quadruple this list. Don't get me wrong, I love my baby kitchen and the adventures that go in it. But moral of the story? When you live on your own and need something, suck it up and just go buy it. It will make life sooo much easier. Or, just don't move out. Problems are all solved then. :)

Oh the Woes of Florida

Florida. The Sunshine State. Home of the Magic Kingdom and all that that implies. So it's this great state with everything right? Wrong. I've been here for 33 days now and I'm utterly upset and downright pissed. Sure it's sunny, I go to a Disney Park pretty well everyday and I can wear shorts any time that I want, but that is not the point! Everyday, I look for one thing and have I seen it? No. You ask what has devastated this supposedly best move and experience of my life? Freaking alligators. I thought that they were everywhere here! I hear these stories of them being on the freeway, in backyards and living in every body of water, and that is all so false! I know that all of this talk of gators in Florida is really just a conspiracy theory covering... something up. I guess maybe with NASA? Who knows. But everyday I wake up with the same dream. It's not a complicated dream, nor is it even expensive or crazy. I just want to see an alligator chillin' in Florida, is that too much to ask??

A State of Mind

John Lefler, looking pretty
sober!

Bands and musicians are kind of a big deal. They pretty much just rule the world with their talent. And really, I mean, holy talent! I went to a Dashboard Confessional concert this week and had a very sad epiphany of my lacking musical talent! The first opening band was this one man band whose name was John Lefler (he is fabulous, go look him up right now!), he got on stage with his cup of... ahem, "water" and drunkenly ran around stage making hilarious comments before picking up his guitar and later going to the keyboard. I expected sheer chaos when he started playing, and though he forgot his words more than twice, he was amazing! This makes me ask myself, if a completely trashed man can get on stage and play beautiful music, why can't I while I'm completely sober? Maybe I should just get drunk and then try taking up a few instruments!

P.O.Glitt
Copyright Candace 

Now speaking of fabulous bands, Puddle of Glitter? Totally legit. It's this all girl boy band that I'm a member of, and we are totally awesome! Then again, when we all get together and start playing and singing, people probably think we are drunk, so could that maybe produce the same reaction as a glass of vodka? Who even knows. I think I'll stick to just being sober, but to all those bands who can just be crazy drunk and play so great, I've discovered your secret. It's all in the state of mind. I just don't need to be intoxicated to be as awesome as all of those famous people! Booze, smooze, I'll be famous AND sober!

Curse That Band Wagon...

Peer pressure really is terrible. Or maybe I just give in far too easily. Facebook, skipping school, The Jersey Shore, and now blogging. All these lame trends that I just can't not follow along with! So here I go, who knows how long this will actually last, but hey, who knows right? I'm pretty sure I have enough one-sided conversations with myself that a blog is just a slight extension. And if I can entertain someone while they should be studying or listening to a lecture, then hey, you're welcome!