Sunday, June 4, 2006

Howdy y’all!
Hey guys. Been a while ne? Well, that’s cuz I’ve been livin it up in Tennessee this past coupla weeks. I had the most awesome time there seeing Amber, Chrissy and Mindy (a.k.a Flueky, Cee-Kari and Mitzy here on MyO) and going to their graduation, amongst other things. Course, now I’ve come back home and discovered I'm out of a job, but as Kyrie (a.k.a Shadowtiger69) would say: You know what?

If that’s the price I had to pay in order to experience all that I experienced in the past two weeks, then it was a worth every penny. Heck, it was a bargain. My job for a holiday with some of bestest best friends in the world? No contest.

But I digress. Lemme recount my adventures. as a special treat for you guys I have altered the ALT text for each picture. hover the cursor over em to read what i say!

(btw, I am aware I still have to post the final part of my Malaysia blog, but that can wait.)

After a long, boring and kinda annoying flight, I found myself at Knoxville’s lil airport. And waiting for me was Amber and Chrissy. We went and had dinner and Amber hit me with a straw. This was promising to be a fun coupla weeks. ^^

For most of the fortnight I was staying with Chrissy’s family. They were totally awesome, and Chrissy, I really appreciate everything you guys did for me. ^^

The first few days were kinda uneventful, as the girls were finishing up at school in preparation for the big day. I met up with Kyrie and Mindy, and together with Chrissy and we went for pizza hut. ^^

However, the week really kicked off (ironically) on Friday with the graduation.



Congrats to anyone who graduated this year BTW.

After the ceremony we went to O’Charlies and had a celebratory dinner. (oh, btw, some of these piccies were taken with Amber’s camera, used with her permission)



This is Chrissy, Kyrie and Chrissy’s lil sister Rissa at the restaurant. Rissa is mean. The lil American sister I never had. ^^ she also has a huge crush on Axel from KH2.



Amber and Chrissy, looking sexeh. ^^



Myself (in a tie!!!) Karen (chrissy’s mum) and Ambers cousin (I forgot her name!!! Sorry!!!)



A close up of Chrissy with some weird guy in the background. LOL

And here are some funny piccies from the restaurant.



Karen Craft, caught off guard. She is quite probably the coolest mum I have ever met anywhere ever. ^^



Dunno whats up with this pic. Mebbe there was a draft in the restaurant or something. LOL

Later that night we went to Project Graduation, which is a scheme where all the seniors from East and West Morristown High (and their guests) are locked in the Mall for a night and are entertained with movies and food and giant inflatable thingies. It was fantastic. We partied all night and crashed like hell the next day. ^^;; Amber and Mindy even both won DVD players in the sweepstakes, but as far as I'm aware, neither have even bothered opening the box yet. ^^; unfortunately I have no pics of Project Graduation cuz we weren’t allowed to take anything in with us. Gomen.

After that I was kindly invited to go with Chrissy and Mindy on a vacation Mindy’s family were taking to nearby Gatlingburg. The cabin we were staying in was HUUUGGGEE!!! With a hot tub and games room and everything! Fantastic! I ended up sleeping on the couch, but that was ok. ^^





Chrissy and Mindy. Did I mention that I have awesome friends?

We did tonnes of cool stuff in Gatlingburg, including going to the aquarium, going to Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum, A 4d cinema (which was kinda crappy actually) and Mindy and Chrissy both bought Samurai swords. Go figure. ^^;
The next day we went into Sevierville and spent a good hour or so in Books-A-Million reading their manga ^^;;;;

Then…Forbidden Caverns. *sigh* it took us FOREVER to find the damn place. Stupid route 339 and its non-existance/going round in circle-ness. *shakes fist*

But we found it eventually. And it was really cool. Then it took us forever to get back to the cabin. >.<#

Mindy: you ARE an excellent driver!!! You just need more confidence in your abilities!! ^^ *hugs*

After we got back, Amber took me to Knoxville zoo, as well as an extensive shopping trip. ^^;;



Amber wanted to see the nekkie mole rats. ^^



QUEEN AMBER COMMANDS YOU TO GO SEE THE NEKKIE MOLE RATS!!




Us taking an ice cream break. It was REALLY hot!! (the weather, not the ice cream)

There were some really scary animals at the zoo too. Here are a couple.




Don’t feed the animals.

We also did extensive shopping (Amber, remind me never to let you go into Victoria Secrets when I'm around, kk?) ^^

And Amber purchased a DDR set. w00t!



We played many sessions of this at Chrissy’s house. It really gets your heart going!

On the last Sunday we spent the day at one of my fav places: the lake!



As you can see, it was a beautiful day. perfect, in fact.



BUT DAMN ME if that lake wasn’t cold!!!!



We had a lot of fun swimming.






And chillin



(they are friends really!!)





Kyrie in her “You know what?!” pose (I luv ya really Kyrie! ^^ )



Me trying to grasp the subtleties of a sandwich bag.

And I have to post this, cuz if I don’t, someone else probably will.



Me with a bright green noodle. Yes, it looks like a thingy. Curse your timing with the camera amber. ^^

And that’s basically it for the holiday.

“No no no…that’s not quite how it went…”

LOL, how true. There are hundreds of little things we did, but to try and even recount them all would take me all night. Lotsa DDR, lots of ninja seducing, lots of alchemy and keyblade mastery, lots of Soul Caliber ass-whooping,
lots of Time reversing with funny accents, lots of monster slaying with Dragonball rejects and enemies called “One Knight Stand”, lots of poking and groping, lots of pillow fights, lots of sneaking up on people, cooking british meals, eating british chocolate (I cannae understand what it is about the jaffa cakes!), lots of anime music and rock music, lots of sleeping in late (well, for some of us anyway) and in general: a hell of a lot of fun.

We also celebrated Rissa’s twelfth birthday and had two “last” days. ^^; it took me a bit longer to get home then originally planned, but I wasn’t too bothered. I didn’t particularly want to go home anyway. ^^;

To finish, here are some random piccies.



Rissa, Kyrie and myself being daft.



Me and Amber. This piccy looks better than the other one where I look stoned… ^^;;



My totally awesome friend Chrissy. And Rissa’s foot. LOL



Rissa didn’t want her picture taken. So we forced her down. ^^



The big softy that is P.C who has three legs, a foot fetish and the ability to jump up on you when you’re off guard and scare the bejeesus out of you.


Thanks guys. Thank you so much. You made me feel right at home and I had the time of my life. It has been said that Time Spent with Friends is time Well Spent. I whole-heartedly believe that. You guys are my bestest friends in the world. Thank you. I know we will meet again someday.



Amber, Kyrie, Mindy and Chrissy. The greatest friends a strange random british guy could ask for. I love you guys!! ^^


“Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red?
And what the hell is on Joey’s head?

And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneakin’ out

And this is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must’ve done it half a dozen times

I wonder if it’s too late
Should I go back and try to graduate?
Life’s better now than it was back then
If I was them, I wouldn’t let me in
Oh oh oh
Oh god I, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It’s hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye

Remember the old arcade
blew every dollar we ever made
the cops hated us for hanging out
they say someone went burnt it down

We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we’d know
We said someday we’d find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel

Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She’s had a couple of kids since then
I haven’t seen her since God knows when
Oh oh oh
Oh god I, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on the bedroom floor
It’s hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

I miss that town
I miss their faces
You cant erase
You can't replace it

I miss that town
I can't believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it

If I could relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It’s hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
Every time I do it makes me...”

Nickleback: “Photograph”



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