Tom Hanks Day #happiestplaceonearth #lol

So I don't know if you guys were aware, but Christmas was like... four days ago? Well guess what I got for Christmas? Kind of the best thing ever: a trip to Disney Land. Can I tell you how happy I was? When I found out it was basically all I could do to act like a normal human. I must say, after years and years and years of practice of containing my excitement about things, I'm getting pretty good at it. So yes, I contained myself, and we went to Disney Land.
As a result of going to Disney Land two days after Christmas, half of the population of this wonderful planet decided to show up in Anaheim California. I'm serious though. The mass of humanity was like nothing I've ever seen before. The gates closed around noon because Disney Land was declared full. FULL. The first ride I went on had a 2 hour wait. There is something to be said for the geniuses that decide where those lines go. I applaud you, whoever you are. you can never see all of the line and you never stay in one spot for too long. You are constantly moving, but the line never actually runs out of room to weave in and out. It amazed me. We could have watched a whole movie in the time we were in line, but since we were constantly moving, and there were new things to look at at every turn, we were fine and hand philosophical conversations about authors who write inspirational biographies.
 Now, for those of you who don't know, there is a very large courtyard between security and the gates of Walt himself. That courtyard is made of hexagonal bricks with the names of the thousands and thousands of people who made the happiest place on earth possible. Here's the thing though. As we were standing in line to cross those magical gates, I just happened to look down to read the name of (drum roll) the wonderful Mr. Tom Hanks (and family). It could be just a coincidence and someone else in the world is named Tom Hanks and wife Rita donated enough for a brick in the Disney gate courtyard, but some how I don't think so. I mean, how lucky is that?! Out of the thousands of bricks, I just happened to look down and see Woody. Then it started to get a bit creepy. We saw Saving Mr. Banks two days previously (phenomenal movie, by the way). We had a conversation about him in the car on the way to Disney Land. We parked in the Woody Parking lot.  I looked down and saw his brick. We get in there and this amazingly talented man paints my name and forms Woody into the first letter of my name. My favorite Disney character for the longest time has been Woody. Woody was everywhere. I feel like all of this has been building up for a long time now. Maybe Woody is a sign that my life is going in the right direction or something. I was half convinced by the end of the day that Tom Hank's birthday was on December 27th. Unfortunately it isn't, but it could be.
So you know how when you go to Disney Land as a kid and everything is just so magical and wonderful? I expected that to fade over time and was hugely disappointed. I don't know, maybe I just love it all too much and I refuse to let it go, but I love Disney Land just as much as I used to, and a little bit more. So basically, Disney Land is the best, so go visit. :)

And now, I need to join the table of people making farm animal noises and play tenzi.

I need some chocolate.

Hey there! I haven't posted in a long time. I don't have any time anymore. But I shall share a quote that inspired me.

"Always waste time when you don't have any; time is not the boss of you." - The Doctor.

Yes I just quoted Doctor Who. It's a wonderful television show. It also is a wonderful television show that I have now converted roughly seven people to, and I feel pretty good about that. I also feel pretty good about the dinosaurs on top of our television screen and the beach balls that are used as decor for our living room, not to mention the 'Have you hugged your minion today?' poster in the corner. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I am officially in college, and I am loving it.

College is this magical place where people go to get more knowledge. Let me review with you some things that I have learned:

1. Flowers look better when stuck in the center of the paper towel roll.
2. It is best to plant flowers in pots labeled : POPCORN.
3. There is no such thing as too many spatulas, especially guitar shaped ones.
4. It is best to do your drafting homework while watching Harry Potter, Disney, or Doctor Who.
5. Fish funerals are very respectable.
6. There is no I in dishes. Oh wait.
7. They invented bubbles/bubble wands specifically for blowing them off balconies.
8. Sofa's are basically Myth Busters approved black holes. 
9. The garbage chute room leads directly to Diagon Alley. 
10. last but not least, Ariel doesn't have any toenails. 

I am also slowly but surely learning how to cook. I mean yes, I can follow directions on a box or recipe, but I am learning how to cook without those... mastering the art of making things look and taste good without using a recipe, and without giving anyone deathly illnesses... and just you wait. 

Well, I am now looking up at what I titled this post, and I am now realizing that I haven't addressed chocolate, so here we go.

Chocolate

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I promise I have a life.

Light sabers and Forts

So here's the deal, my life isn't incredibly busy, and I haven't gone off to any far away land, and nothing traumatic has happened, I just plain old have had nothing to tell everyone... until I realized that I did... today. So here I go.
I have a couple of friends who are conveniently as nerdy as I am, and are willing to put my nerdiest plans into action, and then make them better. A few weeks ago, I had the idea of making a fort. Like a real fort. Like  twenty blankets stretched from couches to tables and chairs and shelves and harnessed all together with clamps and rope and heavy objects kinda fort, and then we would watch Harry Potter until we couldn't take it any more. And that was exactly what we did.
It took a good two hours, but by the time we were done, it wasn't a fort. It was a legitimate palace. Holy cow. I could have lived in that thing. The floor of the fort was covered with every pillow we could find, and the blankets we didn't need for the free standing 150 square foot fort. It was majestic. And then the idea hit us... since we are so good at this... why don't we make a business of it??
And the thought exploded. We would build forts for birthday parties and holidays... why not wedding receptions... Since I'm the one going into interior design, I would choose the blankets and pillows and what not, my engineer friend would plan out the structure, and my business friend would go into all of the advertising and business related things, and we would go around and build forts.... I mean honestly? Million dollar idea there. Patent in pending.
Now after that first fort, we have built other forts. The second one was a smaller fort and Disney movies.  The most recent fort was the tallest fort we've ever made, and Star Wars. And that brings me to the light saber portion of this post.
Since my friend broke my light saber in battle (literally), he decided to be a good person and buy me a new one. So at the scene of the Star Wars fort, he gave me my new light saber, and this was followed by the three of us having a three way light saber battle, which is no simple matter in a household that contains six light sabers already. We each had two of them, and it really became apparent which light sabers were better for combat. The older models are much more sturdy than the newer, but the newer are more streamlined, and balanced, and go in and out easier. Someone using a newer model would never be able to beat an opponent with an older model by using just strength; but could easily beat them by quick jabs and swipes.
Either way though, I still came out of it with seven bruises on my stomach alone. I had lost my arms and legs about five times each, and died about ten times... but you know. They both died like twenty times so technically I won.
 Anyway. So there you have it. Me and my friends are going to be millionaires in a few years... and what do we spend our free time doing? killing each other with light sabers. The world is a very odd place. :)

Jeans and Carnegie hall

So it's been a while! haha I've been busy. But I have a serious topic to discuss today. The subject is Jeans.
Recently, my mother looked at my jeans and told me that she wished she could give me a reason not to wear them. Though this comment may sound insulting, I completely, 100% agreed with her. I hated those jeans. So we went into the house and ordered two new pairs of jeans for me right then.

.... we ran into a problem. The only jeans that fit me right are these brand of jeans that tend to have extreme bling on the butt pockets. Like... we're talking bling like Shane Co. sneezed on the back of every pair continuously from week days till 8, Saturday's till 5, and took a break on Sunday for about a year.
I have a problem with this. One thing that bugs me is when you go to sit on a chair, and the button or diamonds or who knows what on your butt pockets scrapes against the chair, sometimes leaving battle scars on the chair. One of the chairs in my house is so scratched up from these jeans, that it looks as if the chair has been through battle.

So our challenge? finding jeans that wouldn't tear apart seats.:) success? Kinda... for one of the pairs. No bling except for the diamond on the button. But then the others were just so cute I couldn't stand it so we got them. haha.

I'm hoping this isn't just my problem... but it probably is.

Anyway, so some of you may or may not know, that the choir I'm apart of  went to New York last week for  our tour. It was amazing all together. We went on a red eye flight from 11:30 PM to 5:45 AM and then went to breakfast at Hard Rock Cafe. We stayed at a hotel in Times Square. We saw The Statue of Liberty, saw Wicked, found Balto in Central Park, went to the zoo, and did incredible amounts of shopping. But the thing that made the whole thing amazing was this moment.

We sang Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing at Carnegie Hall. We were the last choir to sing out of about 16 ish(can't remember) choirs from around the country. And... I think we kinda rocked it. We got a standing ovation, and it was kind of a life changing moment.

Anyway, that's an update! Ta Ta!!!