Travel Top Ten Pt. 2

   Last time I had brought up this subject I told you guys all about 5 of the places that I hope to travel to one day.  Well the title does say top ten and not top five so here are the another 5 places that I hope to be able to travel to one day.

     6) Germany:  As one of the places that I get my fabulous good looks (hahahahaha) from, I've always had a curiosity about Germany.  One of my best friends is from Germany and she makes it sound like such a beautiful place and I want to see it for myself.  Ya know, to compare the notes and see what it's really like.

   7)Cuba: Call me crazy, but I'm not backing down on this one.  I know it may seem very weird, but stay with me.  I know that the countries haven't had the best relationship but I don't think that it should be the reason that keeps people from going there and exploring.  I also think it would be a great opportunity to do service.  What could be better than going somewhere that we weren't even allowed in for many years?  They also still drive old cars which I think is pretty cool.

   8) South Africa: A place full of very intense history and natural beauty.  I sound like a travel brochure but I don't see those as bad reasons for wanting to go somewhere.  What's stopping besides money.  I also may have the opportunity to go there next year with my school, which would be incredible.  I just think it would be so cool.  Besides they have cool accents.

Now these last two are my top two and while some people might group them together I wanted to have them as two separate entities.

    9) Ireland: Yes, that's right, you've caught me.  I have this thing, where I would love to go there.  I think that the country is so beautiful and while I would definitely visit the cities I think I would prefer to stay in the countryside.  Somewhere that I could just take pictures to my hearts content and see everything I've always wanted to.  Also, since when I would go I would be of legal age there I wouldn't mind a good pint or two, just to add to the experience.  I just think it's a fascinating place.

10) England: Now do you see why the made the last two different?  I know some might just call it the UK and end it there, but in my mind they aren't.  Now very much unlike with Ireland I would probably spend most of my time in the city and then spend shorter periods out in the countryside.  No doubt both are amazing in their own way.  However, if I were to go I just think that's how my time there would pan out.  This is one of the more plausible trips for me.  My Mom has basically agreed that if I can make enough money this summer and throughout the next school year then I can go after I graduate for the summer.  This would be an amazing opportunity for me and if it were to happen I might just cry. Hope that wasn't too much.

      Well now that you know where I would like to go, what are some places that you would like to go to?

All Grown Up

     Not me.  Goodness no, I'm nowhere close to being grown-up and frankly it scares me too.  My second oldest brother however, is getting close to it.  he recently graduated from college.  So the family packed up and drove for 7 hours to sit in the sun for 3 hours.  This makes it seem horrific, but really it wasn't.  I loved it.  I went early with my oldest brother to save good seats, which yes was slight borey because we had to sit on opposite ends of the row texting each other because we couldn't actually speak to each-other, however, it was well worth it because we did get good seats.  I know I put up a post not too long ago about my high school's graduation so bear with me as a basically repeat everything I said then.  I'm so extremely proud of him.  He's worked so hard and has accomplished so much, and seeing him graduation (again) was amazing.  I can't really say how much it made me happy to be there with the rest of my family seeing this amazing moment in his life.  I told you this was going to be bad.  But without anymore blaber from me, because yes that does happen a lot, here are some pictures.

People say we look similar but we don't get it.

The most priceless face I've ever seen.

My brother's girlfriend.

Traveling pt. 1

     There's some things I've always wanted to do.  Traveling more being one of them.  It's one of my dreams to travel to the UK.  I feel like I would fit in there.  I know this may sound weird but frankly I think that it would be a great experience.  I went to Canada for a couple days about 4 years ago.  It was a lot of fun but I think being in a completely different place and environment would be amazing.  However, since I started this ramble I might as well get on it with my Top Ten: Places to Go edition.  These are places both in and out of the United States that I hope to travel to.  Again in no particular order because frankly that's too much pressure for me to handle.

1) Italy: Yes quite different from the others you are going to see but somewhere that I definitely want to go to.  For those of you that have been following my blog this may come as no surprise, but I'm certainly a bit of a nerd.  One reason that I really want to go to Italy is to see the ruins and all the museums.  Being a Latin student, no there is no nerdier language to learn than Latin, I find all that stuff insanely interesting.  I would love to see all those things and understand what is written on them in Latin.  However, I don't only want to go for my nerdy side, my stomach would love it there as well.  I'm all about food and anywhere that has good food is somewhere I want to be.

2)Canada: I know I talked of already being there, but I would love to be able to go back to Canada.  Mostly for Toronto, I loved it there.  The good news is that I have some friends that are going to college up in Canada so I may be able to slip up there for a visit or two is I have time next year.  Two birds with one stone, going back somewhere I enjoy and seeing my friends, I love when things work out like that.

3) Washington/Oregon :  I know that they're in the same country that I live in, but they're all the way across it.  A sometimes unfortunate thing about the US is the fact that it's so large.  I know other countries are larger but there's so much going on in such a large space that there isn't enough time to go to it all.  Anywho enough of my rambling.  I really want to go to the Pacific Northwest, it sounds so lovely.  I'm all for forests and trees and coffee.  I also would love to even be able to step foot in  Powells Books.  I don't think any of you understand how much I want to go there.  We are talking about possibly the best bookstore in the world.  So yeah I want to go there.

4)Russia:  Don't know why but I've kinda always wanted to go there.  Maybe it's something about hot people talk of the country when it's snowed.  It could be something else, but either way I hear it's beautiful.. There's also so much history in that country it's unbelievable.  I wouldn't be able to understand anything anyone says but I don't really care about that.  I just want the chance to see what it's really like.

5)Greece:  Another one of my non-cold places, and like Italy my nerd side has a strong desire to go there.  I want to see the ruins and eat the food.  See the architecture and see what the sea looks like.  I want to take so many pictures that my head explodes.  That is all.

    I didn't expect this to take up so much space so I'm going to split it up into two parts so you all don't get bored.  What places do you guys want to visit and why do you want to go there?
 

Summertime Sadness

     Well, it's not exactly summertime for me yet.  I still have a week of classes and exams, but senior prom and graduation were this weekend.  This is means that my prefects and all my friends that were seniors are now gone and I'm almost a senior myself.  The people that left are the ones who have been here all three years I have and now they aren't here.  People graduate every year but these people were the ones that guided us the most.  I cried so much over the past weekend, and while it's sad to see them go, it's also something incredible.  I've worked so hard and now it's my turn to be on top so to speak.  But more importantly my prefect that I got closest with is gone, but she was fantastic and if she read this I know she would cry,  and even though she probably won't see this I want to thank her for everything she did for me.  She helped me embrace my weirdness and always had me laughing.  I wish all the graduates the best luck in everything that they do from here.

The first picture are of me and my prefect, the last two are of me and one of my friends.  We lived in the same dorm and had Bio together.  She's hilarious and I'll miss her, I'll miss them both, but I know that I'll see them relatively soon.  They've made it so far and will continue to be great people.

PROM!!

  Now that the school year is winding down and I have slightly more time it's easier for me to blog.  Many schools are having their proms now but my school's junior prom was in early April.  Yeah, that's pretty early but it was still really fun.  I didn't go with a date but I had so much fun with all of my friends so it doesn't really matter.  A kid in my grade was the DJ which was cool but he didn't play whole songs which was kinda weird.  Overall though IT WAS AWESOME!!!  So here are some pictures from before prom on the square of my school.

There are more on facebook but I'm slightly to lazy to put them up, I might later though.  If any of you are having you prom soon I hope it's fun!

     Well hello again.  I could make up some excuse about why I haven't posted in awhile, and let me tell you there are plenty.  I haven't had my good camera, too much school work, practice, rehearsal, crappy weather   And yes, those are all true but in reality I've just kinda hit a bit of a rough patch.  I honestly have kinda forgotten a bunch of things, and generally haven't been myself.  More importantly I wasn't sure what to put on here.  Not many people see this so it shouldn't really matter but I never know.  More personal, less personal, more clothes, more sports, more just talking.  I don't know, I wish I did, it's hard to try and keep up with this while doing 14 different things, but I really liked it.  Even when no one saw it (which is still now).  Sometimes I wish that I could do a bunch of different things.  I wish I could post make-up tutorials  and how I do my nails.  I wish I could just carry anyone who wanted to know in my pocket.  With all of that though I have been back to myself a bit more lately, so if you were worrying (which I'm sure you weren't).  No longer because I promise to update much more regularly.  As often as I can, after this next week I should I a bit more time.  I've been up to a lot of there will be a lot of information thrown at you all.  I'm really excited for this new chapter, I may not have been completely up for everything but I've definitely grown and changed but I'm okay with that.  Talk to you lovely people soon.
         Quinns xx.    
(P.S. I don't know when but the layout is getting changed soon.)

Poe

Look at that handsome face

          It’s that time again, another book! YAY!  I got to read some of Poe’s short stories for English.  Boy, that guy was morbid, and the theme of putting people that aren’t dead into very small spaces.  As it turns out he had a fear of being buried alive, something that actually happened during that time period.  A very troubled soul, he wrote some very beautiful stories albeit they too were troubled.  They make you think, it’s what the narrator saying the truth, or is something else completely actually happening?  There are so many twists that you’re never completely sure what’s happening or if the narrator’s simply crazy.  While the sorties aren't for the feint of hear they are good and I defiantly recommend them to someone looking for something different.  I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy them but I was pleasantly surprised.