dude, internet really does SUCK around here. it's not working again this weekend. well, i mean, it is cuz i can get on aim and go to some pages, but i can't get into blogger again. i can get on the main page, but i can't actually get in and blog. wasn't working last night either so i wrote up my little experience at the trail of terror on word and saved it. i can't blog on aim either cuz some stupid retards keep warning bloggerbot (that's the sn) so it keeps getting kicked off. so right now i'm gonna use neha's computer to blog.

went to the "trail of terror" at balboa park last night. oh. my. GOD. calling it a haunted house would be an understatement. actually, it's not even really a haunted house because it's outdoors...IN THE FREAKING WOODS. this was pretty scary, man. i screamed my lungs out. so did neha and her friend.

so me, neha, her friend (bahar), sandeep, and matt got to balboa park around 9 or something. waited in a long line to get a ticket and then waited in an even longer line to get onto the trail. but it was so totally worth it. while we were waiting in line, some of the scary characters would come RIGHT up to us and yell in our ear. one was dressed in a worn red flannel shirt and worn out jeans so he blended in pretty well. when we finally reached the front of the line, this guy comes right up next to me and just stands there, breathing into my ear. i was like, hunched over and whimpering like a baby. then he snorted. and then i screamed. :) certainly not the only time that happened...

so we finally get onto the trail. the scariest thing about this is that throughout the entire trail, you couldn't tell if that thing on the side was a person or a dummy because they looked EXACTLY alike. you could only tell when the real person actually jumped out and screamed at you. and these characters come RIGHT up into your face. they're not allowed to touch you, but they are allowed to chase you. and they certainly did. SEVERAL TIMES. good god...it was pretty funny, because most of the time, me, neha, and bahar hung onto each other but when we were being chased, i just yanked my hand away from them and ran off while they just stood there and screamed. this happened like several times, especially when the characters would like block our way and would purposely not let us walk by. at one point, there was this guy in a pig mask that did that. we would move left. he would move left. we would move right. he would move right. this happened for like a minute until i finally whimpered feebly, "excuse me..." yeah, that didn't work. while this was going on, another character actually ran up to us (and all these characters would run up to us at like, full speed) and yelled, "YOU AREN'T AFRAID OF A GUY IN A PIG MASK, ARE YOU?!?!" at which point, we ran off. when a couple other characters blocked our way, we just like could not stop screaming and one of them started yelling at the top of his lungs, "STOP SCREAMING!!!!" and i stopped and feebly replied, "o..o-okay.." and then ran off again.

there were some really freaky parts on the trail. the first was linda blair's room from the exorcist. linda blair is that little girl who turns all freaky and spins her head 360 degrees and like vomits at the same time. helen knows who i'm talking about. ;) the second was this school bus FILLED with freddy kruegers; of course, the real ones were indistuingishable from the fake ones. we actually boarded the school bus and walked down the aisle to the very end. i think like, three freddies jumped up and waved their clawed hands in front of our faces. more screaming from the girls of course. ;D there were a couple rooms that we walked through where it was just completely filled with dry ice. you couldn't even see the person in front of you. luckily, there was no one in there. but it was just creepy cuz you couldn't see a thing, you know? of course, if you think about it, they wouldn't put anyone in there just cuz that's too much dry ice for someone to breathe. there were like two other rooms that had like narrow passageways where you couldn't see around the corner which made it VERY easy for a lot of the characters to scare the bejeesus out of you. i was in the front in one of them and holding neha's hand behind me. at the end, this guy jumps out from *above* us and waves this aluminum foil knife at us. i did my usual thing of yanking my hand away and running off. but when i turned around, neha was like, crouched down staring up at the guy and screaming at him. since it was so narrow, no one else could get by her. it was pretty funny. i just stood there watching them, like, "uuuhhh...let's go let's go let's goooo!!"

towards the end, we had to like hunch down and kinda crawl through this small tunnel thing. that was kinda freaky. especially with these characters like yelling and snorting at us and like whispering in our ear. these characters were like EVERYWHERE. i remember this one part on the trail, it was pretty funny. me, neha, and bahar were pretty jumpy from all these characters jumping out at us and chasing us. on this one kinda deserted stretch of the trail, there was this big tree on the right side and we just like, instinctively jumped away from it and leaned into each other. i started yelling, "IT'S JUST A FUCKING TREE!!!!!" and ran ahead. the end was so scary. aiiiiii-yaaaa... we walked into this recreation of a log cabin with this severed leg outside of it. we could hear CHAIN-SAWS on the other side. yeah, there were several guys wielding these huge chain-saws, flipping them on and off, and, of course, screaming at us. i was in the front again (although we had caught up with the rest of the group and they were there too, so i guess i mean, i was in the front of my group) and these guys came like, right up to my face (as usual) and did that thing you do with chain-saws...you know, like gunning the engine sort of...i don't know what the expression is, but they were basically turning it on and off - right in front of my face. i could like, feel the warm wind from the chain-saws blow into my face. oh yeah, and the end was not actually the end because these guys would like chase you down the road waving their chain-saws. of course, they didn't have the chains. at least, i don't think they did. someone told me they didn't. but to be honest, i wasn't really looking. that happened a lot too. when there was something scary, i would throw my arms in front of my face, scream, and run away. yeah i know, sort of defeats the purpose, but honestly, i had so much fun. it was so great. i wanna go again. ;)

oh yeah, i forgot to mention, there was also this room that was like a hospital/psychiatric ward type thing and there were three beds on each side and each bed had mosquito netting which was obviously meant to block your view of the bed. i think there were people lying on the bed, but i don't really know, because i was in the front again. i did hear screaming behind me so i assumed there was but there was no way i was turning my head to look. a guy in a reaper outfit did jump out and scare me at the exit of the hospital/psychiatric ward thing.

in total, the trail of terror lasted for a good fifteen minutes, i'd say. the BEST "haunted house." of course, i haven't really been to many so i don't have much to compare it too, but they had some SCARY shit going on there. the best part, of course, is that the whole thing is outside in the woods at night. now THAT'S a creepy atmosphere. i must say, though...it would be the perfect place to take a date to. for me, anyway. i mean, i don't think i could've made it through had i not been holding onto someone. if i had gone with a date, i would've totally clung to him like saran wrap. and it wouldn't even necessarily be because i want him - just because i'm scared out of my mind. so, any guys reading this - take a girl out to a haunted house and you'll have a very high chance of *at least* holding hands, if not more. in my opinion, anyway. but, seriously, what do i know? coming to me for dating advice is like coming to me for driving advice.

anyway, time to do some homework now. got a physics midterm this friday and a bunch of vietnamese and italian homework. although i like doing language homework. reading italian is really tough though. i'm like, reaching for the italian-english dictionary after every other word. well, off i go. toodle-oo.

oh wait, on one last note..."YOU STUPID FREAKING INTERNET!!! WHY WON'T YOU WORK, DAAAAAAAAMN YOOOOOOUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

okay, here's proof of my state of mind at the moment: i got up to find my calculator for physics and, without thinking, i headed to my dresser, opened the bottom drawer, and looked inside. =/ true story. but i am glad to say that it has a happy ending because i found my calculator in the bottom drawer of my DESK where it's supposed to be and now i am heading back to do more physics. hoo-rah. but since my computer is in on my way back to my bed where i'm doing my homework (yeah, not exactly the best place for homework, i know), i decided to stop and blog about this very exciting event first. :D

i hate physics. i know i already told deb this, but i wish people like galileo and newton were never born. why couldn't we just live in peaceful ignorance? what's wrong with that? i see nothing wrong with that. DAAAAAAMN IIIIIIIIIIIIT. *bashes head into wall*

today, i nicked myself FIVE times while shaving my legs. three times on my left leg and twice on my right. all the nicks were on my lower legs. so currently, there are four bandaids on my legs; two on my left and two on my right. two of the cuts on my left leg were right next to each other so i was able to use just one bandaid for both. kinda defeated the purpose of shaving my legs though. instead of having hair-covered legs, i now have bandaid-covered legs. =/

okay, finally got a stupid airplane ticket. dammit. gonna have to skip all my classes the wednesday before thanksgiving. but i did want to get home early, so... :-/ flight leaves at 11 am that day and i make a connection at LAX both ways. please keep your fingers and toes crossed that i don't get lost that day or board the wrong plane.

just scanned in aborn's letter and pictures. don't know if i should link it up here cuz it has his address and who knows who's reading this. so, i just imed them to some people. let me know if you want to see it.

blah, done with homework. real easy stuff tonight. should i get a head start on physics and italian? hahaha. right. good one, cherry. i think i'll just sit here and pick my butt.

hey, thanks to dylan, jacq, and the person who refuses to sign their name for the suggestions. i tried orbitz. it's a bit better than expedia. i think i'm gonna have to skip all my classes that day though. :-/ the cheapest flight departs at 1230 and i'd have to get to the airport like, at least 2 hours early. so i'd have to leave at like 10. hmm...i could still go to vietnamese. but...whatever, i'll think about it later.

my physics professor is so cute. not like, cute good looking, but like cute cute, you know? at the beginning of lecture, he started talking about our midterm next friday. he was like, "i might not be here next friday because my child is going to be born," and the entire lecture hall went, "awwwww!!!" but then he said, "but that doesn't mean you won't have the midterm" to which the entire lecture hall went, "aww...." and then he said, "so yeah, if you see me on monday all smiley, you'll know why." i think that's so cute. he looks kinda young too, so this is probably his first child. he looks like he'd make a great daddy. maybe a bit boring though...

ooh, hey, i got a letter from aborn yesterday!! it was funny cuz i was going to mail out a postcard to him yesterday too. but i forgot (good thing i did too, cuz i didn't put enough postage on it). i'll scan in his letter and the pictures he sent and upload them later. but deb, he wants me to tell you that they have ddr 5th mix there. and he also wanted me to tell all the guys that they have really cool cars there. ;) and at the end of the letter, he wrote, "p.s. i still squeeze the koala." i was like, "awww!!!" =D

anyway, not done with classes today. kickboxing from 3 to 4 then a linguistics tutorial from 545 to 635. i went to my physics discussion for the first time yesterday. it certainly helps quite a bit. the ta basically does all our homework for us. i think i'll be attending discussions every week from now on. ;) it certainly helps that he's pretty cute too. ;) blue eyes, sandy blond hair, nice muscle-y (but not too muscle-y) arms, average height. and, obviously, he's smart. at physics, anyway. mmm....

okay, enough daydreaming. time to do some work before kickboxing. ciao!

AAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!! does ANYONE know where i can buy cheap airline tickets online?? already tried hotwire, priceline, yahoo, and expedia. expedia's my best shot, but still not good enough. heeeeeeellllppp... =/

okay, back from kickboxing. :) so, funny thing happened in kickboxing today. we were doing this ab exercise in partners where we worked with this 2 kg ball. it was pretty heavy especially when we were doing obliques with it. what we were supposed to do is this: one person is on the mat, one person is standing above their hips (kinda straddling them). the standing person holds the 2 kg ball and lightly tosses it to the person on the mat who holds it above their head and goes down with it. then the person on the mat comes back up and tosses the standing person the ball and so on. so i went first and it was me on the mat and melissa standing. at one point, both of us weren't paying attention and melissa dropped the 2 kg ball (the HEAVY 2 kg ball) smack dab on my face. it was kinda painful, but it was mostly just funny. AND THEN the standing girl next to us, who also wasn't paying attention (who was actually watching us when melissa dropped the ball on my face) dropped the ball onto HER partner. it was like a weird chain reaction. it was pretty funny though. =D

okay, so last night, while i was tooooottally procrastinating on my italian paper, i started playing with this magic 8 ball that melissa and grace had linked up in their infos. it was pretty depressing actually. my first question was, "am i going to fall in love this year?" yes. so next question is, "is someone else going to fall in love with ME this year?" no. so i start getting a little desperate and crazed and ask this online magic 8 ball if i'll EVER get a boyfriend in my life. like, EVER?! very doubtful. so the next (logical) thought is, "perhaps i'm going to die young. magic 8 ball, will i die young?" without a doubt. good news is that i won't die from a disease. bad news is that i will be murdered and it will be a painful death. i won't even die a hero!! so then i asked if i was going to commit suicide. mmm...yes. this year? no. i don't think this online magic 8 ball liked me very much. :( as jo would say, "WAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!"

well, anyway. you know, i was just thinking. thanksgiving is going to be the first time i fly home all by myself. and with airline tickets, the cheapest way to go is to have at least one stopover. but if you know me, you know i have absolutely NOOO sense of direction. i get lost very easily. i once got lost in newpark mall. the sad thing about that is that newpark mall is basically just a large two-story oval. knowing me, i'll probably end up in san jose, costa rica instead of san jose, ca. i know, i know, it's kinda hard to get on the wrong plane, but hello...i once got on the wrong shuttle on campus. instead of taking the campus loop shuttle, i took the parking shuttle. and yes, the two shuttles look completely different, and yes, the parking shuttle was labeled. see? see that?! see how far my stupidity reaches? didn't think it was possible, didja? didjadidjaDIDJA?!?! well, it is. anything is possible with me. i once fell off a chair all by myself. without being pushed. i kinda just...tipped over. and fell. ask grace, she was there. one minute, i was in my chair, the next minute, she turns around and i'm on the floor in a heap.

anyway, back to the whole first-time-on-a-flight-by-myself thing. i remember a while ago, deb suggested that i should like pretend i'm twelve years old and get one of the flight attendants to assist me. ha. ha. AAAHHH!! oh well. if i end up in costa rica...we'll know why.

okay, well, time to stop blabbing. must study for vietnamese and italian quizzes tomorrow. and enjoy my caribbean passion jamba. =D

yay!! my internet is finally back to normal!! couldn't reach the page to blog on blogger.com for like the entire weekend for some weird reason. but now i can! yayayayayayyy!!! but i've gotta leave for kickboxing in like five minutes, so can't blog too much right now. will definitely blog when i get back. :)