As tired as I was from the long flights, words cannot describe how anxious I was to go out for my first day in Okinawa. We lucked out with absolutly beautiful weather. Our first stop was a traditional Okinawan house.

Not only was the architecture stunning, but the landscape scenes were to die for. Needless to say, I took an epic amount of photos.

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The best part was the lake full of koi fish. I spent about 500 yen on fish food. The minute the fish saw someone walk close to the lake, they all swarmed to one spot, opening their mouths and flapping about. My little cousin, Jayden, thought it was an absolute riot.

*Just as a little side note for those who don't know: I'm not staying in Japan alone. I traveled with my father and we stayed with my uncle, aunt, and little cousin, Jayden. Uncle Ed was stationed in Okinawa for the military.

Before we left, we had tea and sugar cane with the owners of the house; and strange but very addicting treat.

Next stop was the Traditional Okinawan Shrine and Underground Cave.The first thing I noticed about the shrine was all the Shi-Shi placed around the building, frightening-looking ones at that.

 It seemed to be more of a tourist attraction, if anything. All the relics were shiny and we were not allowed to touch anything.

Once we entered the underground shrine, it was a bit different. Everything was very natural but a bit eerie.

The guide left us alone and we were allowed to explore the cave. I never knew such beautiful things could be found underground.

All the rock formations made it a bit confusing to navigate, but we eventually found our way out.

Once we emerged from the cave, we were in a beautiful zen-like area.

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After a long day of exploring, we decided to settle down for some dinner. My aunt suggested a steakhouse in town where the chefs cooked in front of you and put on a show. Definitly entertaining

The rest of the night was pretty chill. My aunt and I walked down to an outdoor shopping plaze called the American Village where we went shopping and attempted the figure out how to use those adorable photo booths. Those evil machines taught me how frustrating the language barriar can be.

As many of you already know, I spent a week in Japan over April vacation this year. Everything that I saw and did was beyond incredible so I have to share my stories. I'll be posting a series of blogs and photos with accounts of each beautiful day.

As far as the flights are concerned, not much has to be said. They were long, they were boring, and the food was disgusting. The only good thing that came out of those flights were some beautiful airview pictures.

We didn't even really watch the fireworks....instead we passed the time by being tard-faces

Rachel is gay

I ruin cute pictures :(

xo sexual tension

It's hard to believe that we're actually sober here

This picture goes down in history

More sexual tension

Ugly face contests

Nasty is the new sexy

Rachel and I have very intense sexual tension

wtf, emily

wtf, chloe

wtf, Britta

wtf, eww

we suck

Honestly....This summer has kicked off with a fuckin electric shot to the balls and it's awesome.  Here are the reasons why this week has fuckin rocked, sorted by my status at the time.

Sober:

-spending 10 hours at the beach and not caring about getting the most painful sunburn of my life

-shopping my brains out

-finding humor in lame movies

-getting caught skinny dipping with boys

Stoned/Drunk:

-finding the coolest looking sofa chair on the street and spending an hour lugging it up a hill to Evie's house. (it's in the living room now :D)

-staying in the basement of my work until 1 a.m. with all my co-workers telling the most disturbing stories we can think of

-going for a burn ride and driving around trying to figure out where the lighting is coming from

-being a pain in the ass at McDonalds and ordering the most obnoxious cheeseburgers

-trying to function as a human being at Fiesta

-driving to Salem at 1 a.m. to get chicken fingers at Bill and Bob's

and it's only gonna get better =D

To those who were there, probably the funniest thing that can happen when you're sober.

I'm in the process of looking for Nathan's myspace.....because that would be the SHIT

Overall, not bad for a dance. I'm not really one for huge school social events but this was a pretty fun time. I do admit, the food sucked. I ended up using my food to make a chicken/noddle/canoli man that i named Cornelius.......

Then Alyssa totally devoured him....I was pretty upset :(

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Lets start from the beginning: First two hours were HELL! Why? Because I was in the school atrium for the first two hours. There was some mess up with the bus and it kinda never showed up. Once 7 o'clock hit, they called parents to pick us up and take us. Needless to say, Flippa and Perot had quite a fun time dodging angry seniors.

Once we got there, as i said: the food sucked. So then the dancing begun. It was like a fucking INFERNO on that dance floor. Everyone was sweating bullets and we were so close together that you had like 4 bodies rubbing against you at once. It was like one big smelly people orgy. Plus, it started out with rap music which isnt' my cup of tea. I wont let bad music ruin a fun time, i'll dance to it anyway. But after a while it gets on my nerves and gives me a headache.

Luis totally wore me out. I spent most of the first hour dancing with him and he's like the energizer bunny of dancing fools. I dont know where you get your stamina, man. But it's all good, we totally tore up the floor.

Then they slowly changed into rave techno, and 80's/90's funk which made me VERY happy. If you saw me, you can feel free to have a good laugh. When I want to let myself go crazy, dammit I let myself GO. Who cares if i'm making a fool of myself, I was having a blast.

I was lolling all over the place when they played the numa numa song. But while everyone else did the gay numa numa dance, me and Suzy were doin the REAL dance. See, the numa numa guy is just a copycat. the real ppl who sing that song are three gay romanian men who do the can can on top of a plane. So Suzy and I rawked the can can kick dance.

It was pretty sweet.

The slow songs bummed me out though. I was a "chair flower" I guess. Every boy had their date and they were being all sweet and cuddly. And every chick that didn't have a date had another chick. Which left me sitting on the chair downing cup after cup of spirte to pass the time.

oh well.

Back to the fun times. Amanda dragged me along on her "stalk the guy she likes" trip. Basically, we danced our way through the crowd while we followed this guy she's been chasing for years. Once we found him she'd move towards him and dance behind him. Me, teasing her, would press her against him and she'd get so mad. But, as revenge, she did the same thing to me with random guys. She'd just press me up against them and they'd be like "wtf?"

It was like a dance/fight/power battle. But in the long run, the results were pretty damn funny XD

If you saw me upset on the bus ride home, dont ask. Something happened that really upset me but i'm good now. Dwelling on the past only holds up your future

Anyhoo, I dont have any pictures from the semi ITSELF because i was too afraid to bring my expensive camera on the dance fllor. but here are some pics of us waitingin the atrium!!

Pretty much, we are tard-tastic!

Lesbionic moment

Suzy taking a picture of me taking a picture of her. oh SNAp

Will and his date were too cute for words <3

Joanna's sexy corset O_O

Willie and Molly putting on their serious pose

They're both so adorable!

Becca's my hoe for my life.

Fiiiiii

I'm a walking booger

AmandaXKayla 2 teh xcore

We make the pouty face beyond sexy

Amanda and Joanna

and....

Oh, the sexual tension!!!

say WHAT

 Watching from the sidelines as the world makes its way through pure insanity, self-inflicted drama, pain, and ironic twists.

Why human beings make things so complicated for themselves is beyond me.

-no one is forcing you to get drunk off your ass and then cheat on your significant other (lets not count rape, here)

-no one is making you to cut yourself to relieve the pain

-no one is forcing you to have unprotected sex with a complete stranger and contract AIDS

-nothing is stopping you from running away because your daddy beats you

-no one is forcing you to let your life slowly degrade by skipping school to smoke pot outside an abandoned building

-no one injects that heroine needle into your vein

I love how you people fuck up your lives on purpose and then expect pity when you realize how wrong you were.

If I were God, the Earth would be a constant source of amusement.

Now, i'm not to say that some people's lives are fucked up by things they cannot control (i.e: rape, kidnapping, murder, yadda yadda). For those victims, sucks for you that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

But life is too simple to complicate it like everyone does

It drives me absolutly INSANE.

But at the same time, I can't live without the constant amusement of people fucking themselves up. I seem to know the outcome of every situation before it happens, no matter what the circumstances.

I guess it' a gift.

But it sure makes for a good self-esteem booster.

Here's my favorite: "omg I can't believe I just cheated on my boyfriend! I didn't even realize what I was doing, it just...happened"

Unless you were slipped roofies, you knew perfectly well what was happening, it just felt too good for you to stop.And for that,

you are WEAK

you're all weak, it's pathetic but I love it.

You twist every good thing in your life against you to increase the drama. The pain just builds and builds while that gun rests in your mouth with the same temptation as a stripper who refuses to take off her top

Until finally

you can't stand it anymore

and you pull the trigger

and this horrible, accursed world comes to an end

you poor, unforunate soul

Everyone was against you and nothing was ever your fault, boo hoo hooo

Pathetic bastard

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The more you fuck up, the happier I get

I love the thrill of seeing someone snap; the point where they can't take anymore of life's complication

It's such a rush because at that short moment in time, they have no clue what they are doing, acting purly out of impulse.

It brings a smile to my face

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Watching the rise and fall of every little teen drama star feels like watching the best reality t.v. show in IMAX and surround sound.

Maybe i'm sick?

Or maybe i'm just right.

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You're only as insane as your perceive yourself to be. Everyone else's opinion is pure influence