i don't wanna go home

and i don't wanna go back to school. I want to go back to last night and dance forever!!!!!
Ok. So the big grad party that i have so been waiting for all summer has come(last night) and gone.(boo hoo)
I saw Darcy(he is so awesome and cool and if he reads this, you're the best!) and andre(he's really cool too.) and met some new ppls: Scott(he was the one graduating. He asked me to dance on the first slow song!)) who has a brother, Ryan(so nice! he asked me to dance twice!) and Keith(also v nice- i ditched my sister to ask him to dance. sorry ashie!- and then we stood and talked though the next fast song) and oliver(ash talked to him more than me) and Lars(can't believe he's only 15!! he looks like 18 or 19.) and mackenzie(looked a little shy, but cute for 14).
So yeah. I had the most awesome time at that party. My calves still hurt from jumping so much to the songs. And they played the numa numa song 2 or 3 times. I love it! They had this black light on for most of it, and when they turned it off, they had a strobe(is that how its spelled?) light. that was trippy, man. They had one at that house party i went to once. Very trippy. They were throwing popcorn on the ground and it looked like it was in freeze frame. Very cool.
The music was really good. Big props to the ppls behind that. I mean, really.
So today is sunday, and we are going to the beach with the guys and a few of the gals. I SO DO NOT WANT TO GO HOME. I have not gotten around to missing my fam back in ns yet. 2 weeks, and i don't miss them at all. Ash has missed them some. Not since the party, and when we started talking about coming here permanently, but before, she was missing mom.
I think the only thing ive been really missing is Lydia. She's been great though, sending me these off the wall emails almost every day. Though I have not heard fr her in a coupla days.
While we were in bathurst, I bought: the new Kelly Clarkson cd, the old U2 cd titled War, 2 posters(one of the BAT Symbol, one of the penguins fr Madagasgar, and a 3 dollar top from Jeans Experts. I'll wear it to school one day.
Alrighty. We are planning to go to the beach this afternoon. So i'll ttyl.
~Mandi

Bathurst

hey ppls.
I have arrived in Bathurst! Ashley and I got here two days ago. Our train ride lasted 8 hours instead of 7, but we are so glad to be here with my aunt and uncle. On Saturday we will be changing places and staying with my other aunt and uncle.
I was talking to my friend amanda earlier, and apparently, i had forgotten to tell her we were coming. So I sent her an email, and then she came online, and was like, how come you didn`t tell me? Ash and I had both told Zabrina, her sister. I guess we assumed she knew. Anyways, it`ll be nice to get together with her and zabby later on while we`re here.
so other than that, i`ll ttyl.
- Mandi

more heat

hey ppls. Today was no disappointment in terms of more heat. Ugh. We all went shopping today, and mom and I butt heads enough already, just add in over heatedness and exhustion, and not enough water, we all were short on patience today.
Like I said, we went shopping. Back to school shopping, and clothes shopping. Mom went grocery shopping. We dropped off Young Sun and Grandma at the Big Stop, and waited for Irene to pick them up. Then we continued shopping. Mom bought tofu for me, which I used part of as soon as we got home. Other than that, I got a binder for my career portfolio, and looseleaf. Oh! I lie! I also got pens. Ashley got new jeans.
Lalala. Hmm. What else happened today? I cleaned two very dirty ceiling fans, for $2. Which I haven't recieved yet. I started my lists for packing next week. We haven't gotten the tickets yet....mom said she was told tuesday at the latest. So we wait....
I need to get a good start on my zine for Sept, and I also need to sell and get paid for some more zines so that I can print the next one. And I also need to finish those web pages. One has the wrong issue on it, and a few are missing all info. oops. So I have a lot of work before I can say it's a "fully functioning" web site. And I also am waiting to see if I can download pics for it...that may not work out though.
Ok, so I will say bye bye for now.
~Mandi

the heat, the heat

ugh. i hate the weather being this hot. I suppose it could be worse, but I'm gonna complain anyway. I spent 45 mins outside in almost completely direct sunlight. Not cool, man.
So we're expecting our train tickets to come either tomorrow or the next day.(i know, i have nothing better to do than talk about this trip. What i don't understand is why ppl actually read about it) And ashley IS coming with me. So i need something to DO on the train for the 7 hours I'll be on there. I am here thinking of the Second Summer of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, ahem. Lydia, please let me know when your sister is finished with it. Or let me know when I could maybe pick it up, or whatever. Thanks.
Well, today has been very long and hot. Tomorrow, or at some point this coming week, we have to do b2s shopping. Yes, that dreaded Back to school. I hate it, but fortunately, I can get away with reusing most of my stuff fr gr 11, bc I am only in gr 12 for one sem. Then im out. yay!
Well, i g2g. ttyl. and oh yeah. If you have stuff for my zine, I'd really like to get submissions sent to my email! mjguurl@yahoo.ca.
k. c ya!
~Mandi

im back

hey ppls. i was camping as you already know. The first week was uh, not quite so bad. I slept in a tent on the ground- that sucked. But there are great trails and i got so much exercise. i think that added to my overall mood improvement. But the second week. It started out great. We drove all the way to summerside, pei. We stayed overnight at my uncle's house, and he has 2 sons- one my age, one older and moved away fr home. I haven't seen Ben(the one my age) since June, and b4 that, about 5 yrs. So I was super excited. He just gopt a job at Tim Hortons, so I didn't see him until after 10, when his mom brought him home. Guess what? We hit it off great!!! I mean, we like the same music, we have a similar sense of humour enough to get along great. It was awesome. We stayed up til 1:30 just talking and joking around. By then, I closed my eyes and was out like a light. lol. We slept in the next am, then we dropped him off at his work(a lot early, but hey, he didn't have to bike.) And then we took off for Cavendish. The first few days weren't so bad, considering my professed hatred for camping. But, then it downpoured. Good thing ash and I were on the highest part of our campsite. Oh, did I mention that Asdh and I had our own campsite away fr the rest of the fam? Mom and dad and rock and abbie shared a campsite w electricity(which they didn't use) with my aunt and uncle, and my other aunt and uncle were in the site beside ash and I. A lil confusing, but it gave ash and I a lil more space. So. It downpoured, and my part of the air mattress got wet, bc the tent and the tent fly leaked. Ugh. So, it was about 11:45 pm when we discovered this. And our air mattress had been leaking every night. Litterally on the ground when we woke up each morning. So, we put the air mattress in the van to blow it up. It was after 11, see, and it was "quiet time". We drove a fair distance away and blew up the mattress with our v noisy contraption. We also rigged a tarp over top of our tent fly, so that worked out ok. But I was so mad. I HATE- no, I ABHOR CAMPING AND SLEEPING IN THE RAIN. I HATE BEING WET AND CAMPING.
Anyways. I woke up after an actual restful sleep, and the ground was dry. it was really windy, and our air mattress actually stayed firm. I was like, wow. So the rest wasn't so bad, I guess. Oh no, wait. I lie. We went to Charlottetown for shopping on Saturday, the day b4 we left. I had been saving up, and I finally had enough to get the new Lifehouse cd. Which, ya know, I've only been DYING FOR since it came out. We went to Zellers, and Futre shop and Walmart. NONE OF THEM HAD IT. I was about ready to kill someone. I mean, pure unadulturated rage. I acted pretty much like a child having a temper tantrum. I had waited until then and I didn't get it. What i did get: a yellow belt fr Garage Clothing, and blue butterfly slippers fr Miss Teen(they were on sale). So, I got v tired of walking the mall v quickly, and I got v cranky. I'm not that pretty when I am cranky. I prob didn't get enough sleep, cuz i was awakened around 8 so we could leave b4 12 to go shopping. ugh. Anyways. I got over it, and I realized how horrible I was. Lala. Then, on Saturday night, we went to the drive in. They played the Fantastic Four movie, and Mr and Mrs Smith. I loved it. Mr and Mrs Smith was awesome, and incredibly funny wo being all graphic. there's a lot of action, but no blood and guts. If you know anything about the plot, they're both assassins. So a lot of action, but also no swearing and no sex or nudity. The worst words in there were when he called her chichen shit and she called him a pussy. Then he went, what? It was v funny. So if it's still playing, check it out. or rent it when it comes out. It is worth seeing.
Ok. So where was I? We came home on Sun eve. We got our doggie back, and he was so excited to have us back, he didn't even eat his bone. That's some excited. Things have finally calmed down now, and we have most of our laundry donw too.
Ok, so I g2g now, and I'll ttyl.
~Mandi