**～クールービンズ～**

Got mah Visa taday. Just FYI. It's so shiny! And tiny.

In other news, my brother killed a huge-ass spider in my room today. I am thankful for man-beings because I was NOT getting near that thing. Here is my artist's rendition of the spider:

Soooo, since most of my friends from high school have moved away, and my college friends are all over the place, I was feeling a little lonely this Summer. Therefore, once the 4th rolled around, I was determined to have fun with some friends. So, the highest concentration of my college friends were a state away--about a 5-6 hour drive. At my part-time job I was scheduled to work 5-9pm on the 3rd and then the same on the 5th.

Not wanting to hit traffic on the Freeway, I decided it would be brilliant if I started driving after work. Yeah! Best plan ever, guys!

Well, I ended up driving at 11pm, because work ran later than expected. Dad gave me a Rockstar, and ordered me to drink it. A lot. Then about 10 minutes in, I stopped at a gas station for gas and a 5-hour energy. Driving the first hour was a piece of cake, considering I had done it several times. THEN. That's when it alllll fell apart. I accidentally took a route that, although it would eventually get me there, was the "scenic" route--which was kind of a waste, considering it was pitch black. So, yeah, I eventually got on the freeway, and after a couple more hours I accidentally took ANOTHER route which took longer...yeah. Then I got lost for 30 minutes in the town where I go to college. HA. HA. HA. At least that Rockstar and 5-hour energy kept me going. I swear it was like 3am, pitch black and I was bobbing my head to that my radio. I AM IN MI-SER-Y. THERE-AIN'T NO-BODY WHOCANCOMFORTME.

Anyway, my friend, Yoshio was still awake...at 4am. So we sat up and talked for a bit, and then he let me use our friend, Koki's room. Sorry Koki. Woke up later, and Yoshio, Brent (who was staying there), Mami, and I made some BBQ. Me and Mami ran to Safeway for Potato salad and stuff, and when we got back, Emily came over and ate with us. Jackie came over and Brent made us watch "Lovely Com". Tee-hee. I had been watching Beyblade earlier...because I'm totally twenty, guys.

We ate more food, and Brent and Mami left, leaving the four of us to hang. So they made a meal and I took a nap because I'm a helpful person. Yoshio really wanted to go to Portland to celebrate with Koki, but I didn't want to since I would have been driving and the traffic would have been hellish. Instead, we went and watched fireworks at the local fairgrounds.

Emily and Jackie are wusses, so only me and Yoshio rode the "Kamikaze". He kept trying to scare me. I bet he was totally freaking out.




Then later we went and bought really expensive fair food. YAAAAY.


Poor girls working at the booth looked WIPED, but were as nice as ever.

Jackie left to go home later that night, and Emily and I slept over. In the morning we said goodbyes and I started back home.

AAAAAND then I had a back tire blow up. Les Schwab came, picked me up, gave me four new tires, and I was late to work. DOUBLE YAY.

But all in all, it was a pretty kickass July 4th. And now I'm terrified of I-5 South.