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My Summer Vacation by Furrygami
14 years ago
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Journal... In a Nutshell...
This is my report about what I did during my summer break. I'd type this out as if I were a little kid with all the grammar and spelling errors, but I don't think I could do that.
To all those who don't want to read and want a short version...
tl;dr
I had a great summer, but school is tomorrow. :c
And here's the full version~
Okay, so...
I know a number of you guys are and probably have been in school for a while now. Well, Fall quarter is just about to start for me, so I figured, why not remember a few things that happened over my summer.
Let me start off by saying that I've never had a long summer break in college because I was taking summer classes. I've had 11 straight quarters of school and that takes a huge toll on you. And as you can imagine, I've taken a bunch of classes, but I still need one more full year of college before I can get my B.S. degree in Bio Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics. This quarter, I'm starting off with two upper division chemistry classes, two upper division math classes, and an upper division philosophy class and all I can say is bring it on.
Anyways, back to summer!
Right after the spring quarter ended, my family took a trip to Universal Studios in California. It would have been nice to take a plane to Florida and see all the new things, like Harry Potter, but a car ride over to our Universal Studios wasn't that bad. Two days over there and we pretty much went to every attraction at the park! My favorite one would have to be... The Studio tour, where you get driven around to a bunch of different sets and such~ It was awesome, but the line for it was horrible because these people kept singing horribly loud and horrible songs while waiting in line. Also, some guy passed out on our cart, so that sort of was interesting.
Here's a few funny things that happened over there. I was forced to go into the Haunted House of Horrors, a walk through haunted house thing, by my family. Not only that, but I was forced to go in front. I am horrible with scary things, but none the less, I was still in the front. My mom was pretty much holding on to my bag the whole time. The best part was that the spooks hardly ever went after me. We were walking behind another group, so they went after my family who was trailing a little behind~ Joke is on them~
There was also the Jurassic Park ride! You know, the one you get wet on. Well, guess what? My parents brought along water proof ponchos! What's the point of going on a water ride if you don't want to get wet? Anyways, my mom, dad, brother, and sister (I think my sister wore one?) all wore ponchos on the ride and we got looks, I'll tell you that. We went on the ride and surprise, surprise, I hardly got wet~ Amazing wasn't it?
But there were also some times I wanted to rage at my family for their decisions. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love my family, but they can just get on my nerves with what they choose to do. I usually just bear with it.
After coming back home, guess what? It was back to school for me! Yeah, I know. That would make it 12 straight quarters of college, but actually... I was at school because I had to drop my sister off for her summer classes and I was off to help my professor with his summer research lab projects! It's not a class. It's more like a volunteer sort of thing. Anyways, I had this professor for plant biology and he did these research projects, which vary so I won't bore you with all of them. What I did in the lab, along with, maybe, six other people (two of them were going to be seniors in high school, two were going to be juniors in college) was work on, first, sequencing our own genomic DNA, second, sequencing different plant sample's DNA, and third, using a next generation sequencer for sequencing bacterial DNA. It was great! I could go whenever I wanted (although I went everyday at 10 am because my sister had class at that time), I could leave anytime I wanted (although I usually left at the same time my sister got out of class), and I could pretty much do anything I wanted while I was waiting for things to get done (like play my DS and watch game shows)!
I got a lot of laboratory experience during my time working there. Being able to put that I successfully used a Next Gen Sequencer on my resume is great, according to my professor. I also made some new friends during my time there. We had some great times and I miss doing that. In the end, we finished about the second week of August, which gave me time to spend the rest of my summer a different way. But before I get into that...
In the middle of July, guess where I went? I went to Arizona~ To see my girl friend, Brittney~ You would not believe what I had to go through to convince my parents to let me fly out there all alone. This was my first time doing something like this. I don't believe I've ever had a sleep over at someone else house without my parents (staying over at relatives with parents is pretty much the only sleep over thing I ever got to do). But my parents can be really protective and paranoid. So it's a miracle that I got to do that. Anyways, I stayed at Brittney's place for a week. It was great. I got to see the Grand Canyon! It was scary! I kept thinking that someone, or me, was going to fall over the edge to their death. Yeah, I'm paranoid too. Brittney also brought me to one of the highest (if not the highest one) peak in Arizona on a ski lift! I never went on a ski lift before, so I was scared too. And, my gosh, going down the ski lift was even scarier than going up. Oh yeah, I got high in Arizona, that's for sure. I got to try things like a Navajo Taco... I got a huge fright when we went driving along a mountain side cause I kept thinking that the car was going to go over the edge and fall (I bet you can tell that I have this thing about falling over really high places)... We also went to a ghost town over there... Creepy ghost cat... The only regret was that I didn't get to stay longer. Ahhhh, a week is just not enough.
Well, after all that's said and done, it was back to the lab and then the lab ended and then it was finally summer break~ I... Didn't really get to do everything I wanted over my summer break. I wanted to go paint balling, go to the beach, go to the junk yard, go gamble, make some nice artsy things... Just so much stuff I didn't get to do! I did get a game that I've been wanting to play for a while though~ Persona 4. I still haven't beaten it, which is a shame since summer is done, but I'm not giving up on it just yet! I spent some nice time playing games on my computer and chatting with friends~ Made some awesome, new friends a little late into the summer, but still, they're pretty cool~ I didn't get to hang out with my friends as much as I wanted to. I did go visit my best friend in Berkeley and we had a blast trying to get free stuff. I hardly got to spend time with a few of my other friends, but I guess that's how it goes. Oh yeah, I also got to stream a few times! That's great~
Well, school starts tomorrow and as you saw, I have a full plate this quarter. Hopefully, I can still make some time to art, but if I don't, I hope you guys will understand. And to all those who actually powered through all that, thanks~ Gosh, I spent almost an hour typing all of this out.
And I just want to end by saying, this may have been one of my best summer vacations yet.
Until next time!
This is my report about what I did during my summer break. I'd type this out as if I were a little kid with all the grammar and spelling errors, but I don't think I could do that.
To all those who don't want to read and want a short version...
tl;dr
I had a great summer, but school is tomorrow. :c
And here's the full version~
Okay, so...
I know a number of you guys are and probably have been in school for a while now. Well, Fall quarter is just about to start for me, so I figured, why not remember a few things that happened over my summer.
Let me start off by saying that I've never had a long summer break in college because I was taking summer classes. I've had 11 straight quarters of school and that takes a huge toll on you. And as you can imagine, I've taken a bunch of classes, but I still need one more full year of college before I can get my B.S. degree in Bio Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics. This quarter, I'm starting off with two upper division chemistry classes, two upper division math classes, and an upper division philosophy class and all I can say is bring it on.
Anyways, back to summer!
Right after the spring quarter ended, my family took a trip to Universal Studios in California. It would have been nice to take a plane to Florida and see all the new things, like Harry Potter, but a car ride over to our Universal Studios wasn't that bad. Two days over there and we pretty much went to every attraction at the park! My favorite one would have to be... The Studio tour, where you get driven around to a bunch of different sets and such~ It was awesome, but the line for it was horrible because these people kept singing horribly loud and horrible songs while waiting in line. Also, some guy passed out on our cart, so that sort of was interesting.
Here's a few funny things that happened over there. I was forced to go into the Haunted House of Horrors, a walk through haunted house thing, by my family. Not only that, but I was forced to go in front. I am horrible with scary things, but none the less, I was still in the front. My mom was pretty much holding on to my bag the whole time. The best part was that the spooks hardly ever went after me. We were walking behind another group, so they went after my family who was trailing a little behind~ Joke is on them~
There was also the Jurassic Park ride! You know, the one you get wet on. Well, guess what? My parents brought along water proof ponchos! What's the point of going on a water ride if you don't want to get wet? Anyways, my mom, dad, brother, and sister (I think my sister wore one?) all wore ponchos on the ride and we got looks, I'll tell you that. We went on the ride and surprise, surprise, I hardly got wet~ Amazing wasn't it?
But there were also some times I wanted to rage at my family for their decisions. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love my family, but they can just get on my nerves with what they choose to do. I usually just bear with it.
After coming back home, guess what? It was back to school for me! Yeah, I know. That would make it 12 straight quarters of college, but actually... I was at school because I had to drop my sister off for her summer classes and I was off to help my professor with his summer research lab projects! It's not a class. It's more like a volunteer sort of thing. Anyways, I had this professor for plant biology and he did these research projects, which vary so I won't bore you with all of them. What I did in the lab, along with, maybe, six other people (two of them were going to be seniors in high school, two were going to be juniors in college) was work on, first, sequencing our own genomic DNA, second, sequencing different plant sample's DNA, and third, using a next generation sequencer for sequencing bacterial DNA. It was great! I could go whenever I wanted (although I went everyday at 10 am because my sister had class at that time), I could leave anytime I wanted (although I usually left at the same time my sister got out of class), and I could pretty much do anything I wanted while I was waiting for things to get done (like play my DS and watch game shows)!
I got a lot of laboratory experience during my time working there. Being able to put that I successfully used a Next Gen Sequencer on my resume is great, according to my professor. I also made some new friends during my time there. We had some great times and I miss doing that. In the end, we finished about the second week of August, which gave me time to spend the rest of my summer a different way. But before I get into that...
In the middle of July, guess where I went? I went to Arizona~ To see my girl friend, Brittney~ You would not believe what I had to go through to convince my parents to let me fly out there all alone. This was my first time doing something like this. I don't believe I've ever had a sleep over at someone else house without my parents (staying over at relatives with parents is pretty much the only sleep over thing I ever got to do). But my parents can be really protective and paranoid. So it's a miracle that I got to do that. Anyways, I stayed at Brittney's place for a week. It was great. I got to see the Grand Canyon! It was scary! I kept thinking that someone, or me, was going to fall over the edge to their death. Yeah, I'm paranoid too. Brittney also brought me to one of the highest (if not the highest one) peak in Arizona on a ski lift! I never went on a ski lift before, so I was scared too. And, my gosh, going down the ski lift was even scarier than going up. Oh yeah, I got high in Arizona, that's for sure. I got to try things like a Navajo Taco... I got a huge fright when we went driving along a mountain side cause I kept thinking that the car was going to go over the edge and fall (I bet you can tell that I have this thing about falling over really high places)... We also went to a ghost town over there... Creepy ghost cat... The only regret was that I didn't get to stay longer. Ahhhh, a week is just not enough.
Well, after all that's said and done, it was back to the lab and then the lab ended and then it was finally summer break~ I... Didn't really get to do everything I wanted over my summer break. I wanted to go paint balling, go to the beach, go to the junk yard, go gamble, make some nice artsy things... Just so much stuff I didn't get to do! I did get a game that I've been wanting to play for a while though~ Persona 4. I still haven't beaten it, which is a shame since summer is done, but I'm not giving up on it just yet! I spent some nice time playing games on my computer and chatting with friends~ Made some awesome, new friends a little late into the summer, but still, they're pretty cool~ I didn't get to hang out with my friends as much as I wanted to. I did go visit my best friend in Berkeley and we had a blast trying to get free stuff. I hardly got to spend time with a few of my other friends, but I guess that's how it goes. Oh yeah, I also got to stream a few times! That's great~
Well, school starts tomorrow and as you saw, I have a full plate this quarter. Hopefully, I can still make some time to art, but if I don't, I hope you guys will understand. And to all those who actually powered through all that, thanks~ Gosh, I spent almost an hour typing all of this out.
And I just want to end by saying, this may have been one of my best summer vacations yet.
Until next time!
Phantom-
~phantom-
It still wasnt a ghost cat. >:V
