Da NA. Da NA. DANADANADANADA

In case you were wondering, the song on the title is the famous JAW theme. Go ahead, put the tune in your head and read it again. I'll wait.....The reason for that is it's SHARK WEEK! OMG! It's my 3rd week and I'm ready to be blown away by the shark-i-ness. So that's why.


Ready? Okay, here's the delio. I know I haven't been on here much lately, but I believe the last time I left off I was getting ready to go to the beach with my dad? Let me check.....Yes. Okay, so here goes: On the days we went to the beach in Ocean City, my dad and I had a lot of fun. The first day, I drove down in my car with him, and then we went straight to the beach. My dad got sunburned cause he was stupid and didn't listen when I told him to put sunscreen on....should've listened. Tsk Tsk. Anyways, so we spent some time on the boardwalk, got dinner, much ice cream, played some mini golf, and then went back to the hotel to relax and watch some TV. The next day, we decided to not go to the beach and we got these all day passes so we could play ALL the mini golf courses in the area, so that was really fun. I won 4 games out of 6, including the game we played the day before. Also, I won 2 of the free game things (You know, when there's a 19th hole and you have to like shoot your ball in the tigers mouth, or inside a clam, etc. Anyways I won 2 free games that day).

After the beach, I didn't do much that I can think of off the top of my head. Although I had the best birthday present the other day. My mother bought tickets for her, Glenn, my Aunt, and me to go into New York City by train for the day, AND see the Addams Family on Broadway! The show was AWESOME! The soundtrack is amazing, AND the leads were.....NATHAN LANE AND BEBE NUERWERTH(Sorry Bebe, I don't know how to spell your name). The show itself was just amazing in all aspects, AND we were FRONT row. Like literally FIRST row. It was the best. We also explored around NY and looked in Times Square and F.A.O. Shwartz (this HUGE toy store) and the Apple store. It was a pretty awesome day! The cool thing was, I didn't know what we were doing 'til we got on the train that morning! My mom had managed to keep it a surprise since like June! OMG right?! I knoww.

Sooo after that, I spent the day yesterday watching Shark Week shows and learning about cool things on the Discovery channel. It was pretty amazing. Yesterday night, I went to Red Lobster with my dad, and I had the best fish I ever had in my entire life probably. It was a tilapia with a spicy soy broth. It was amazing! I had an awesome salad before, some really good rolls, and some cheesecake afterwards. It was just a good dinner all around. OH! I bought some jackets at the GAP in NY and I'm super excited to wear them to school. I've been wearing one all day today mostly.

So today, I went to work, which was pretty fun cause it was a laid back day. Then when Glenn picked me up, we went to Giant for some stuff for dinner, and then KFC for lunch. I had a double down, and MAN! those things are huge! Two peices of chicken, two peices of cheese, and bacon. Amazing sandwich, but HUGE to eat. I'm not sure I'll be empty enough for dinner! So THEN, after Glenn and I got home we decided to blow up the gingerbread house we made last December that's just been sitting in our living room waiting to be blown to bits. We had an ordeal trying to inflict damage with small firecrackers and bottle rockets, so finally, we just decided to drop a cement block on it, and that was that. Then I came inside, put some anti-itch stuff on my legs cause I was eaten alive outside, and sat down to write a blog, which I am doing now. So basically, I'm caught up. I had two major things to tell you guys about though.

1: I'm planning a surprise party for my puppy! Greta is like my sister, and she's turning 12 on the 7th of August! My friend and I are going to buy balloons and an ice cream cake for the people, and some stuff for our two dogs. It's gonna be a blast, but don't tell Greta! SHHH! It's a surprise!

2: PLOT. For those of you tuning in now, no. This is not about story events in which one leads into the other untimately getting to a resolution. PLOT stands for Project Lose an Olsen Twin, in which I am attempting to become more fit, along with Philip DeFranco and the DeFranco nation! I haven't been able to do much with it, because honestly, I'm just too lazy. So...I'll try harder. I promise.

Okay 3 major events. I lied. Get over it! Haha SO I got contacts! It's super exciting because it's so much easier to drive and watch t.v. and generally see things across the room without glasses.

Welll.....that's it for now I think.

Hugs and Cake,
Emily

There she goes, there she goes again!

Hello everyone! The past couple days have been eventful ones, which is good. I think I left off at...Day 2, which was the day we picked up Aunt Diane and went it to Taco Taco. Okay! So we're onto Day 3.

Day 3: This was our first day working in the booth at the convention. Have I mentioned it? This convention was the 75th Anniversary of AA, so we're selling merchandise from mom's store. It was a pretty good day, REALLY tiring though. My feet hurt so bad after every day we worked, along with everyone else's. The neighbor booths around us were very nice and we all had a bunch of fun getting set up. Today was just a "get used to the surroundings and set up your store" day, so that's it.

Day 4: This day...I think I stayed home. I'm forgetting a lot of the dates here, but I believe mom let me stay home this day to relax and regain my foot arches once again. They had a good day at the store, however it rained a LOT while they were there. Actually the first day, we got the merchandise out, then it started to rain! So we had to scramble to grab everything and get it to a dry place, and our station still ended up flooded by the end of Day 4.

Day 5: Day 5 was yesterday, July 2nd, I believe. I went back to work today, and since it was Friday it was reallyy busy. We were constantly taking charges and cash and our money belts were so messed up by the end of the day. It rained some today, but not as much as the day before. A little of the merchandise, including some of our shoes, were ruined by the rain, but we didn't lose too much. OH! At the beginning of the day, I was harshly insulted by a customer! She had bought some merchandise, and gave me a large bill, so I made the change best I could(I've never been very good at it), and it was wrong. She counted it by herself, and replied "You're short changing me, do you know what country you're in?" Now I had no idea how to respond, and so I just gave her the change she was asking for, hoping she would just GO AWAY. Now every time I see a woman that looks like her pass by, I cringe inside, because she was really mean! When I bent down to get her a bag, I was almost teary eyed; I wasn't expecting to be insulted! By the end of this day, I was almost sure I wasn't coming in for Day 6....

Day 6: But I did. Day 6 is today, July 3rd. Today was VERY eventful. This morning we all got up and shuffled into the car, and went to work. Once we got there people flooded in. We had so many customers, it was like all of the previous days combined. Since we were one of the booths with the most diversity, and the only ones with the spinner rings and the sobriety year pins, we stayed pretty busy throughout the day. Once everything started winding down...around 11 PM, we started to get a little punchy... Also, there were crickets EVERYWHERE! They were attacking! It scared me so bad, I couldn't even bear to sit in my chair for fear of crickets jumping on my head again. They were creeepyyyy. Anyways, around 12:15 AM we headed out to the car..which is when things started to get weird. Mom was already overtired, but I don't understand the rest of the night. First, when we were all in the car, Aunt Diane realized that she hadn't taken her money belt off yet, so she was standing outside the car untying it. She had one leg inside the car, and mom started to pull away! It was insane! We all were freaking... Mom stopped, Aunt Diane finished untying her belt, and got into the car. We paid for parking that day, and headed out onto the streets. On the way home we had some laughs talking about the many things that happened that day. Then as we got closer to home, we were on a side street, at a red light. Mom started inching forward (the light STILL red) and she just slowly...creeps through the red light. Her justification: "I got tired of waiting! It seems like we were stuck in a vortex of time, and I HAD to get out!" I told her, when I run a red light, that's going to be my excuse. We all were laughing so hard, and Aunt Diane and Mom were 'squeaking' (a traditional family noise for this side of the family). So we got back to the house, still laughing and we all get out of the car, get our stuff and make our way inside. Well, I'm trying to get out of the door, and mom presses the automatic close door button! I had to narrowly escape being crushed by the door, even though it would've just bounced back. Anyways, we all got inside, and now I'm sitting in our room with Aunt Diane and we both have our laptops, typing away!

That's all I have for you now, stay tuned for further updates!

Hugs and Cake,
Emily

I don't know good song lyrics right now...so I'm making this one up! HEY!

Sorry about the title, I know I know...it's horrible.

Good news! My aunt arrived today from California and we get to share a room! I'm excited! :D
Actually, as I am writing, I find myself in her prescence as she unpacks her clothes. She almost started to be in panic mode and just chuck everything into the closet, but she calmed down....thankfully.

Okayy...well since I wrote a blog yesterday there's not much to tell you. I'll start with last night.

Last night: Glenn fixed us a wonderful stir fry after spending what seemed like HOURS in the Whole Foods here. Then JUST as we sat down to dinner with a wonderful ambiance of rolling thunder off the prairie and airplanes down the street, the power goes out. It was wonderful. We just all started laughing....well I laughed. Mom and Glenn just sat there in annoyed silence. I'm not even going to TALK about the UPS store earlier that day...it was a mess. Anyways, we sat in the dark for a while (luckily the sun hadn't gone down yet) and we played Uno until we couldn't tell the difference between blue and green. ("We" meaning my mother) Well...after we sat in the dark some more, we decided to make a trip up to the frozen yogurt place, but for some reason we didn't end up there. We ended up in Wal-Mart looking for flashlights and batteries. We figured if we bought some, the power would be back on when we got home. It wasn't. So we watched the last episode of Big Bang Theory and went to sleep. I went back into my room for a night of solitude and reading. Unknowingly, I settled into bed for a heart attack. Just as I was nicely settled, the lights decided to flash, along with the house alarm for a couple seconds. It scared the CRAP outta me. I yelled for my mother to come in and sit with me and we ended up taking my mattress into my mom's room.

Ya know what?! Lemonade from Simply Lemonade...is a PAIN IN MY SOLARPLEXUS. I went to go get a drink of it, after buying a huge bottle, only to discover pulp! I ended up having to strain each and every cup of that lemonade through a hotel cup with toothpick punctures in the bottom. 5 glasses and a bad attitude later, I know have a pulp free bottle of lemonade and it's pleasant again.

Today we went to Taco Taco, which apparently has the BEST TACO IN AMERICA, according to the Food Network. Believe me, it lived up to it's name. We went there for lunch after picking up Aunt Diane from the airport and got lunch. It was SO good.....

Well. My AutoSave is failing right now..so I better do something before I lose this post. It was written June 29th, but won't be posted until June 30th most likely. Just so ya'll know.

OH! I got me a cowboy hat! It's exciting!

That's all I have for ya right now,

Hugs and Cake,
Emily

There Ain't No Rest for the Wicked.

"For example, when I try to decieve, I have more nervous ticks than a Lyme disease research facility!" -Big Bang Theory.

I'm really starting to LOVE that show...oh, who am I kidding?! I loved it the second we started watching it! It's just so dang clever! It gets to the point where I'll start to act like Sheldon. For example, look at this conversation I just had with my friend Jordan.
Me: It's weird. I JUST went to the bathroom and now I have to go again! I'm choosing to ignore it.
Jordan: That's unhealthy.
Me: Not necessarily. If I don't go, holding it in is unhealthy, but on the other hand, if I do go that would be twice in 5 minutes which might lead me to the conclusion that there is something wrong!
Jordan: Oh.
Me: Yes.
*Conversation Terminated*

See?! It's so incredibly weird. Sometimes though I hope that I could be as clever and witty as that show. I can never think of good comebacks, or when I do, the certain person is already gone; in which case I text them and look like an idiot, so it's kind of counterproductive if you know what I mean.

ANYWHO. Today was my first day of freedom, and how did I choose to spend it you ask?? Oh, working at my mother's store. It wasn't necessarily bad if you discount the slaving hours, small amounts of food, horrible temperatures, and horendous company!
Just kidding....well...for the most part. I got to count 2105 rings today, and take stickers off every one of the little package that they were in. What happens if you break the package you ask?? You have to replace it! Again, and again and again. Oh! And then there was SOME excitement, I had to wait all day for my iPod to die! and I got hooked on some new music. But hey, at least it's not crack? I'd rather it'd be music and word searches than say...crack and prostitutes. Hm...is that safe to say?! Eh, what the hell.

I forgot to write about this in my last blog, but we went to the Stoney River Steak House on...hm..Sunday? Yeah I think it was Sunday. Anyways, there's all these tables around and then right in the center of the restaurant there's two couches. I'm not kidding you, 2 large couches with a table in between each. We always tried to sit there but I guess it was like VIP but we GOT TO SIT THERE! It was so exciting! It took a while to get used to because you would sink so that your chin was basically on the table, but we all sat on pillows and it got better. Dinner was delicious.

Then, last night I went to Chili's with my Dad. It was like a strange occurance of many weird events in a row. Well, when we got there, a storm was rolling in, so there was always the impending doom of a giant thunderstorm looming over the restaurant. Anyways, so we walk inside and go up to the person in front( What are they called?!) and I said ya know like "Two please?" She confirmed and reached for menus, but there were none left, so we had to scour the restaurant for another menu. We finally get seated, and our waiter comes up. He's a little too peppy for my taste, and I can tell that it's going to annoy me. He asks for the drinks and first offers me, little ole me, a margarita. Now I won't quarrel that I look older than my age, but I do NOT look 21, let alone like a person who would drink margaritas. I think if I was drinking, it'd be a nice big mug of beer but that's besides the point. So we order and he like grabs my menu out of my hands and is all " I LOVE this appetizer. Wanna try it?!" and my dad and I were like, "No. :/ can we just have a couple minutes?" and he was all "Sure, I'll go get your beverages :D" He was so deliciously awkward the whole dinner. Then, when I asked for a desert menu, he brought one and was like " I LOVE the Paradise Pie! You should get that one" and then mumbled something else but I don't remember. Anyways, I got cheesecake, just despite him (and I love the strawberry sauce, and there was walnuts in the Paradise Pie...and I. Hate. Walnuts. Never buy me walnuts, or I will slap you.) So we left Chili's and my dad and I went around Annapolis (I'm driving of course) BLASTING Tik Tok by ke$ha and dancing in the car. It was great :D

I'm pretty sure that's all I have to talk about....I'm going back to work at Mom's tomorrow, and I'll be sure to write about that interesting little experience tomorrow! I'm going to TRY and make this an every day thing, but I can't gauruntee(sp?!) that for when I'm in Texas or just when I'm REALLY tired. Hehe.

Hugs and Cake,
Emily

P.S.- I just finished all the levels in one of the free games on my iPod. Huzzah for me! :)

Don't You Know You're Beautiful?

So I'm going on a music flashback. For the past couple days I've been listening to Backstreet Boys and N*SYNC. Fun stuff mannn. It's great; I can't believe that I used to know ALL the words to every song.

This blog is basically for a bunch of different random things. First, I'm officially ADDICTED to word searches. I'm beast at them so it's okay, but I will literally do like 50 word searches in a day. I'm supposed to be studying for my precalculus and chemistry exam right now, but I don't think I need to. TOMORROW is the last day of school! I'm so excited?!

Also, the Next Food Network Star is back on with a new season! It's super good this year, but a lot of the people on it are just incompetant. I think that unless a lot of them can super increase their camera personality and learn some cooking skills, I already know who the finalist are going to be. But remember, this is coming from the girl who watched a common housewife win the show last year. The show that was made from last seasons' winner was REALLY bad. It was a good concept, but I definetly think that Jeffery should've won. And then there's the topic of Debbie. Now yes, Debbie was a good contestant and she had a great personality. But it gets to the point where when you have "I'm Korean" for EVERY excuse for your food, that's bad. I've decided that the second I turn 21 I'm auditioning for that show, and I'm determined to win. Food Network is just missing out on what I have to bring, personality wise of course.

I've also decided to reach this incredible goal, I should start early. Starting in July I will be producing my own cooking show on YouTube and Facebook. It's going to be all about different meals from around the world, and basically building upon a certain idea. I'm going to grab a random ingredient from any section in a grocery store, and build an entire course around that certain food. So look for "Why Not? with Emily (insert last name here)" <---sorryy, can't disclose that. I'll write a blog about the show when it's up, and be expecting a lot of special guest stars on it. Wouldn't it be amazing if Food Network watched it?! OMG. Haha, kinda makes you think.

I think that's everythin-OH! 2 more things. First, I started watching America's Got Talent, and I'm loving it. Especially the man that came on and sang opera from the Barber of Seville. I'll keep you updated on those.

Last, my predictions for Next Food Network Star
Winner: Paul-just because of his amazing personality on and off camera, oh and he can cook too.
Finalists: Herb, Dzintra and Aria

That's it for now! I'll be writing a lot more as I continue my treks to Texas and Ocean City this summer! Have fun...but not TOO much.

Hugs and Cake,
Emily