Hi, i'm Claudine! Freshman at Whitney High School, reppin' the class of 2012. God, family, and friends mean the world to me. I love reading books, especially if they're interesting. I couldn't imagine life without music, it really is my therapy. Bonding makes my day & i appreciate people who go out of their comfort zone to act like their selves with no restraint.

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I just got back from vacation 2 days ago, and i have to say that it was way better than i expected. I love road trips, and we had alot of fun during the drives. We took pictures, pigged out, messed around, sang, and slept. ahah. So on Saturday, we drove to grand canyon. We left at like 8 am i think? i forget. but anyways, i think that was the worst day in our vacation. not that it was bad, but like the weather there wasn't that great. On the way, there was a hailstorm and it was the first one we ever experienced except my brother so it was pretty scary. It seemed like the windows of the car would break if we kept going on so we had to hide out under a gas station for awhile. and then we took forever looking for a church to hear mass in since tomorrow was sunday and we thought it would be better to just go so we wouldn't have to the next day. Then we were looking for a place to sleep but every single one was already booked cause it was really late and there were alot of tourists. We went to like, more than 10 places, and had to go back and forth for like 2 hours or something. My sister finally got a room at holiday inn after calling. Sunday, we went to grand canyon, and it was amazing beyond belief. I couldn't believe how beautiful the whole place was. We took a bunch of pictures but it was kinda scary cause there was a sign and it said alot of people died falling off the rocks. =l Then we drove to laughlin and slept there for the night, we stayed at harrahs. It was way hotter there than in grand canyon! The temperature was ranging around 108. Monday was our water day, well first we checked out the places nearby and then we went jet skiing! It was my first time, and i loved it. Well the first time, it was my brother driving and me and liz were riding on, and then my brother was like, you guys drive and i was kinda deciding whether not to cause you were supposed to be 18 or older, and if something went wrong you had to pay $400, but i wanted to try it, so he taught us. & it was freaaking craazy! it was scary, but super fun in the end, y'kno? I went 45mph! yeeeee' (: & then liz tried it and she was really goood, but she tried to turn around this one time and all of us freaking fell in the water. ahahaha. Later at night, we went swimming at the adult beach, and it was so relaxing, but then we got caught cause this guard came and it's only supposed to be 18 and older cause there was a bar, but it was closed anyways, but he was all like, you guys arent supposed to be here, and he reported on his thing 4 minors. My sister got mad cause she was 20 tho, but you know how we all look the young & the same age cause of our height. ahahha. Tuesday, we drove to vegaaas! We went to this really big buffet at Rio Grande and it was so craazy, they had food from like every country. Well not every country but like, Chinese, Japanese, Italy, US, and a bunch more, it was HUGE, oh and they had this big lane for dessert! just looking at all the food made me full. ahah. but it was $16 each, so we couldn't just eat 1 plate. i ended up eating 3 plaaaates, plus dessert and that's like the most i've ever eaten at a buffet. I could barely walk after, and everyone was so full. ahah. We drove to hoover dam, and my brother told us that's where the last part of transformers was shot. cool, huh? anyways, the view was really pretty there too. We drove back to vegas after but it was still like late afternoon and we all wanted to wait for night time to see all the lights so we went to an outlet first. My dad bought us each stuff from converse, and i got these really cute shoes. lol. & then he bought this expensive bag for my mom that she wanted, it was sweet. By the time we finished, it was already nighttime so we drove around vegas, and it was so pretty with all the lights & everything! I wish we went down, but we were already so tired and we had to get back to the hotel at laughlin's. Wednesday, we went to Lake Havasu, and i thought it would be bigger and better, but it was pretty still. We didn't stay there long. We went to another buffet cause my dad loves chinese food and it was a chinese buffet, so we ate there and dang, i got crazy full tooo, then we went back to laughlin. It really is pretty at laughlin during nighttime. It's like a mini vegas. Anyways, by the time we got back it was like 3 in the afternoon, and so me and laney went to the beach behind harrahs, it was really part of colorado river but they added sand and stuff to make it seem like a beach. ahah. the water was freezing! the coldest i've ever swam in, but i got used to it. Then we had to go back in at like 6 to get ready for this show we were gonna watch. i took a bubble bath, and it felt soooo good. hehe. i haven't had one in years. Then we watched earl turner, and i didn't expect to like it at first cause we were like the only young ones in the audience. He sang all these old songs, and i kinda knew them cause my dad loves old songs and he always plays them at home so i wasn't completely clueless. But he sure knew how to entertain, and later on my family was telling me they heard my laugh throughout the old show cause i was so loud. ahah, but he really was funny! they were laughing too. (: Thursday was our last day at laughlin, we went to this outlet store in the city and every store was like on sale. We stayed for like 2 hours and then drove back home. & here we are. Oh, we watched the olympics like every night during our stay, and i got so hoooked cause everyone's so crazy. especially in volleyball and gymnastics! haha. I think during that vacation, we ate the most we ever had in 2 vacations. Cause we ate in fast food places at least 2 times a day, everyday, and we ate in 2 buffets. I could've sworn i gained like 10 pounds. ahha. I loved every single minute of it though. Because it was kinda awkward with my brother and us sisters cause some of my sisters had a confrontation with him on letter, and idk, that was the first time we would be together after the whole thing. I kinda held grudges against him and i had no idea how it would turn out to be, but he was great. It's like nothing ever happened and we were all messing around like before. I realized how much my family meant to me. Well i already knew before, but it hit me even harder, you know? We all got so much closer, and we bonded alot. When i got back home, i was feeling so happy. I went to volleyball the next day and i sucked even more than usual, if that's even possible. haha. whatever tho, i just do it for fun & cause i love it. I dont know though, everytime i'm around them, my self confidence sorta gets down, and i barely talk at all. I'm not sure why. It's not them though, they're really cool people. Maybe i just have to get used to it. Anyways, during practice, i tried to talk to my friend i was talking about in the previous post, but i couldn't. I think we made like eye contact twice, but she looked away. or it's just me. I'm so confused. i really don't want our friendship to end, but i dont even know if it's even still there. aaah, i'm not gonna end this on an emo note. ahah. My sisters and i are watching a new taiwanese drama. It's called Brown Sugar Macchiato. It's really over dramatic how they do things sometimes, but it can be funny and it's still pretty good. I like it. (: OH, and i finally finished new moon during vacation and now im on eclipse! I read like half the day yesterday non stop and i'm in the middle right now. Dang, this post is so lonnnng! I think i'm more comfortable writing about stuff and how i feel here now. Well if you read this whole thing.. you're pretty crazy. :D

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