Mood:  caffeinated

Ok, so I am really behind on my blogging!!

Sorry my few and far between readers. 

Anyway, onto posting about Kennywood.  (this may not be very detailed as it was like 2 and a half weeks ago)

 Kennywood!!!!

Ok, so every year our band takes a trip to Kennywood, it is an amusement park in Pittsburgh, PA, for those of you who don't know.  Two years ago, it was canceled due to storms.  Last year, it was on my birthday, they sang while they rode the merry-go-round.  That was sure interesting!!  It was scheduled to be on my birthday this year, but we couldn't go then, so the date was changed to August 13th.  So I got up at like 7:30, we had to be at the school by 8:45.  The ungodly hour was summer suicide!!  That was the earliest I got up the entire summer, excluding the day we went camping and the sun woke me up at 6:30, AM!!!, but that was involuntary therefore it doesn't count.  Anyway, I crawled out of bed, got dressed ate breakfast and jumped in the car.  My dad took me and we had to pick up first, Mel, who manually opened our automatic doors.  Then we picked up Sarah and Caitlin, and no I am not talking about the Kaitlyn I talk about in like every blog, this is a different Kaitlyn who didn't have a ride.   Anyway, on our way to the school, me and Mel, who sat in the back seat of my van, made funny noises right in Sarah's ears the entire way there.  Sarah gets annoyed easily, making it more funny than imagineable.  Then we got to the school and got our uniforms.  Thankfully this time Kaitlyn and I were not exiled to the front of the bus.  Anyway, I sat with Kaitlyn on the bus.  We filmed many videos, just as we did last time we went to Kennywood.  One was a documentary about the rare Kaitlyn in its natural habitat.  Another was a music video, ok it was just Jenn G. singing 7 things, which if you have never heard the song by schizophrenic Miley Cyrus is suckish yet extremely repetitive, so of course it gets stuck in your head for the rest of the day.  Then we took a short break and made fun of the song.  The next video was of me and Kaitlyn pretending to be on a roller coaster, unfortunately the bus driver heard us and started swerving saying "I heard there was a roller coaster!"  It was a very interesting bus ride. 

Then we got to Kennywood.  I left with Sarah, and Jenn R, and Kaitlyn.  Somehow my bad luck didn't set off the metal detectors and I got into the park with no problems.  Then everyone but Kaitlyn had to go to the bathroom.  We did that and Kaitlyn and Jenn wanted to go on this one ride, it is kind of like that swinging Pirate Ride that they have at every park, but it was bigger and it spun.   Me and Sarah went on the bumper cars while we waited.  Then we met back up and went on the Pirate ship ride, I am not fond of that ride because I am afraid of steepness and heights, but I lived through it.  We also went on the Music Express, the ride that they had at every park that spins really super fast and plays music.  We went on it like 10 times last year.  Then we went on the Raging Rapids.  It was my favorite ride.  We went on it twice despite Kaitlyn's wishes.  We all got soaking wet, but I was the only one smart enough to but on sandals and bring other shoes.  Therefore I was the only one who didn't complain the rest of the day that I had soaking wet shoes.  Then we went on the Thunderbolt, the second largest roller coaster in the park, (granted there are only 4 but....).  And me being scared to death of roller coasters, started flipping out when I saw the size of the drops.  Ah well, I lived through it.  Then we ate lunch at the place where we got all of our food last year (we were very repetitive last year).  I got chicken.  Then we went on the Jack Rabbit.  This is a roller coaster just like the thunderbolt but it is a little bit shorter.  I was scared to death but made it through (after all I wouldn't be writing this blog if I died).  Then we went on the Racers, I actually like this kind of ride.  I actually put my hands in the air.  It was truly amazing.  Then Kaitlyn and Jenn went on the Phantom's Revenge, the biggest roller coaster in the park.  This one was like /\/\/\/\/\, that is what it looked like, except it was steeper.  Why would someone build such a demonic structure.  While they were doing that me and Sarah went on the Music Express again.  Then we went on the Kangaroo, its this ride that spins, sends u up a ramp, then u fall like 2 feet and repeat.  It was really boring.  We went on it like 20 times last year though, so we obviously had to go on it for old times' sake.  Then Kaitlyn and Jenn got off of the ride and because she liked it so much, she went on it with Sarah instead of Jenn as planned.  Me and Jenn went on the Kangaroo, then the Wipeout, this ride that spins super fast and tilts,  it is really fun.  Then Sarah and Jenn went on the Pittsburgh Plunge, it is pretty much a log ride.  Me and Kaitlyn didn't want to get all wet though so instead we went on the Wipeout, while we were in line we saw Afton and Mel layin on the sidewalk.  We talked to them while we waited, and no we obviously didn't ask why they were laying there on the ground.  Kaitlyn thought it was boring though.  She has turned into a roller coaster liker.  Shunnnnn!!!!  And she is that bad kind of roller coaster liker that doesn't like boring rides at all.  Kaitlyn, *sigh*.  Anyway, we all met up and rode the 2nd awesomest ride in the park, The Exterminator.  The line was extremely long.  It was worth it though.  I splashed Sarah with the water that I caught that was dripping off of the Pittsburgh Plunge.  Then Sarah went to get a bottle of water out of a vending machine and it ate her money.  Vending machines do not like Sarah at all.  Oh, right the ride.  It was like an indoor Wild Mouse.  It was all dark inside.  That ride was truly awesome, wait it was better that awesome, it was awe-ALL.  Then we got off of that ride, and got food.  I got breadstix and pizza and mountain dew.  Ps, if u know me u know that I should never be allowed to have mountain dew.  Then I ate food, pizza and breadstix, to be exact.  Then I was really super thirsty, so I refilled Kaitlyn's souvenier cup with Mountain Dew.  Then we were walking back to the buses and met up with Miranda, Lindsay, and Mr Schaller, our new band director.  Mr Freeman moved to Kuwait.  I know what you are thinking.  Who moves to Kuwait?!?!?  Apparently, Mr Freeman does.  Anyway, I talked to Lindsay and Kaitlyn.  We discussed how my presense (sp?) makes people hyper.  Lindsay said that when I walked up to her she got really hyper.  I will take that as a compliment.  Then we got changed into our band uniforms.  As fun as Kennywood is, the parade sucks.  It is pretty much a bunch of little kids piercing holes in you with their horrible little eyes.  Anyway, we got all lined up.  And did I mention, trombones are in the front of the parade block now!!!!  Clarinets are finally where they are meant to be behind the drumline in the back of the band.  I mean no offense to my clarinet playing buddies, you all rock, but clarinets are breath-powered torture devices.  Same with Piccolos which were also exiled behind the drumline.  Anyway, we weren't going to start for a while so we all socialized and me and Afton quoted Powerthirst (this awesome video on Youtube) incessantly.  Then we started the parade.  It pretty much sucked.  My section leader Aleah got her wisdom teeth out so she couldn't play very well and the rest of the people pretty much forgot the music.  Then we boarded the bus to go home.  Me and Lindsay and Kaitlyn some how got started writing a song.  I am not really sure how but we did.  It is a spoof on the Fiddler on the Roof song, "If I were a Rich Man" called if I were a milk man.  Then while we were trying to record it on Kaitlyn's phone, her psychotic cousin kept calling.  He called like 40 times.  I made him really mad by calling him Darth Vader, apparently he is really proud of his stalkerishly deep voice, and he hung up.  Then we recorded the song.  Then we got back to the school.  SOB SOB. 

MANDI OUT

IF I WERE A MILKMAN BY LINDSAY, KAITLYN AND MANDI

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