This is our Journey--Prologue

Yeah, yeah, all you faithful readers I know what youre thinking. You read the title and you're thinkin' "Hey! Alex wrote another chapter in the past day! Yay!".

No. I am NOT Wonder Woman, because 1, I can't write that fast, 2, I really have no idea what to write next and C, I don't parade around it a spandex bikini. Sorry guys.

I know this is sort of weird...that I wrote Chaps 1 and 2 before doing the Prologue...but this just hit me like last night so I typed it up real quick, edited it a lil and, well, here it is, I guess.

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Prologue

If you’re reading this right now, I probably have to clarify something for you: You don’t know us. You don’t know who the hell we are, and, as far as you know, we don’t exist. We’re figments of someone’s imagination, we’re holograms for all you care. We aren’t any of those, though. We are real people, just in a different reality.

Time is like one of those jewelry boxes with lots of compartments. Each of those boxes is a different reality, each reality is separate. They don’t mix, just like the jewelry in different compartments don’t mix. What is happening in my reality right now is not your concern, because it doesn’t affect you the slightest. What has happened in my reality has not changed yours. We’re separate people, to you.

It's different for me.

You got it easy compared to us, I mean.

You’ll get what I mean once you keep reading.

The point of this, this message, is like a heads up for you. Just so you know we exist. And that our world, our decisions, are not in our control. They’re in yours.

I want you to know this so you don’t do anything stupid and bloody like the Iraq War again, because it'll end up a hundred times worse in our world.

WE are just kids. Charlie’s the oldest, the leader. He’s seventeen. Next is Mark, who’s fourteen and doesn’t talk much. His martial arts make up for it though. Trust me, you do NOT want to get in that kids way. I’ve seen him beat people up. Pretty freaky. Skylar’s fifteen and an amazing singer. I swear one day that kid is going to get a lead in a Broadway production. He’s the Settler of All Arguments. Mindy’s the youngest, she’s only eleven. She can’t talk, not since after the bombings. She’s a sweet kid though, really helpful when you need her. And me? I’m Maggie and I’m sixteen. I get to be the one who writes this instead of Charlie because I’m the one who cares the most.

We come from all different places in the U.S., all severely attacked, and many places still in ruins now. By some strange twist of fate, we all bumped into eachother in LA. I think it was fortunate that we all ended up together. Now, I don’t know how I would’ve survived without Charlie, Mark, Skylar and Mindy. I wouldn’t say they’re my kids, or Charlie and Mark are my siblings. We all grieve our biological families too much to feel that way, I guess. And Charlie’s turning eighteen real soon, so he’ll be a legal adult. We all take care of each other though. We look out for each other. A group I guess, of really close friends.

So, that’s us.

And, as a conclusion, I’ll say what all politicians say to teachers.

Our future is in your hands.

But this time, it actually is.

Signed,
Maggie
Charlie
Mark
Skylar
Mindy

This is our Journey--Chapter 2

[ IN THE PROCESS OF EDITING...or it will be once I finish Chap 1 ]

What the h?

Does anyone know what the h is up with the weird font color ness? I didnt change it, but after I posted Katie and Me's dictionary, it went all like wack.

Going to try and change it, promise.

All of you should join Abby and Gavin's Harry Potter RPG, With Tired Eyes We Wept. It's set in Harry's 4th year, during the Triwizard Tournament, when Cedric dies and such.

Or, should I say, Deadric.

It's not completley done yet. Well, the site is, but I think the application is still undergoing changes. Right now they're only accepting canon characters [characters from the book], but after a while you can make up your own person. The characters that are taken already are Hermoine Granger, Fleur Delacour, Michael Corner, Cedric Diggory and Neville Longbottom. I'm Neville.

Over and out,
Alex [[ate wayy too many Skittles today]]

Alex and Katie's dictionary

Changed the title as per Katie's request...this time 'round, it's all Katie words. Theyre going to be in blue.

ZOMG: OMG only better and less preppier

RAWR: Really Awesome Wicked Rad

Prepular: Prep/Popular people. Sometimes I just call them preps or populars. Prepular is wayy better tho.

Fug: F*** except appropriate. Sort of. (Kudos to Abby she made this up. I dont use it a lot, cos I dont like it that much...)

Heya: Hey but better, Hiya but more mature. A blend of Hey and Hiya I guess.

Okies: Okay except cooler.

Kooky: Weird, as you may have guessed from how the word looks.

Oh noes!: Oh no. Except more dramatic. :D [Creds to Katie for this word]

Airgo: Hence

Creds: Credit

Backk: Back. Jeffrey says I use this a lot in IM...funny, I didnt know that.

As per: Like, on. (Eg. As per Katie's request.)

Luff- aka love. <3>

huggles- hug! :o]

shabam!- I don't know.. it's random? :]]

Rubik's cube

Michael started this. It's all his fault. But I didnt get the idea from him, I got it from this kid from tennis camp, who could solve a cube in 30 seconds. So I begged my mom to get me a cube, and when she did, I looked for ages on Google for solutions. I finally found one here, and I actually ended up solving my cube, and pretty fast too. Like, under 2 minutes once, but 2 minutes on average.

That guide is a beginner's guide. That wasnt good enough for me, though, I wanted to speed solve it. I read into a bunch of stuff [yes, this is how I spend my free time, instead of doing my summer reading, I read Rubik's cube stuff] and I figured that solving with a cross is faster for the first 2 layers. Nothing was said about the last layer, though, and thats where I think I'm losing the most time. Like, for the last 3 steps, most of the time you have to repeat the same thing over and over at least 5 times.

Also, for the cross, the best place to put it is on the bottom of the cube, so the first face you solve is the D face [bottom face], and you should never ever put the cross on the top. Like, avoid that at all costs. It really messed me up to have the cross on the bottom, because all the algorithms I learned was for the cross on the top. So its like reversed.

To speedsolve a Rubik's cube, you need finger tricks. ANd for finger tricks, you need dexterity. I have no dexterity, at all.

I think I'm going to go watch the finger tricks video on this website I found...I have to find it again though, I lost the URL.

Over and out,
Alex [[wants to speed solve her cube]]

The Navbar

Sorry guys, I'm having a little troubling deciding what color the navbar should be. [The navbar is the bar at the very top that says "Search blog" and "Flag blog"] I decided on blue though.

Swim tryouts in a couple of weeks guys! BE THERE!!!!!! The first practice 9/11 [yeah yeah, I know, its an awkward date, but anyho...] BE THERE!!! I'll be there too...I'll give you a cookie if you show up...just kidding, no bribing allowed here, eh? Don't ask me for cookies, guys, cos that there was a joke.

I love Zorro. Thats like my new fave movie. Well, 2nd favorite movie, after the Transformers.

Oh I almost forgot! TRANSFORMERS IS COMING TO IMAX!!!! On September 21st!!!! Yayayaya!!!

Gotta go...my sis wants me to watch Zorro with her...lol this is what, my 4th time? xD

Over and out,
--Alex [[wants to be Zorro when she grows up :D]]

This Is Our Journey--Chap 1

[ IN THE PROCESS OF EDITING ]

That there pic is of all us kids in the car in Yellowstone. It's after we stopped at Lava Hot Springs in Idaho, which explains why Tiffany is wearing her bathing suit. Everyone is smiling except me. I look word. See? I have the word sign and everything. I'm also listening to my iPod which makes me look more emo. xD

Holla back at ya guys later.

Got another contributor

Yaiyaiyaiyaiyai!!! Erin is now a contributor! I invited her today, after I read her post on the forum.

Erin, you better post...*cracks knuckles threateningly* lol just kidding.

I was going to see No Reservations today, but the only showing's at 9:25 p.m. and my mom says thats too late. Hmph. No fair. Can't wait til I'm 18, then I can see all the late movies I want. She's seeing if theres an earlier one at some other movie theater, so I can see it, otherwise I can see it tomorrow.

Another sucky thing: they arent showing The Transformers at AMC Framingham 16 anymore. So I cant see that either.

Aw. No fair.

--Alex [[wants to see a movie today]]

FAKE CHAIN MAIL

Ok, theres a chain email going around about the "closest encounter with Mars in recorded history" on August 27th. That is fake guys, all fake. Because the last closest encounter was a REAL closest encounter, and it was in 2003. Apparently, some retard person who was living in a hole in August 2003 sends this email out every year.

Every fake year.

Just givin' you guys a heads up, so you wont, you know, stay up til 2 in the morning to look at a Mars thats not even there.

Dont believe me? Check it out: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_mars_encounter.htm

Over and out
--Alex

Back from Yellowstone

I'm baaacck!!! And no one has posted since I've gone! I think I've gotten at least 40 views, but theres nothin' to look at cos NO ONE'S POSTED. Katie Katie Katie. I know tennis camp is killing you, but is it that hard to turn on the computer, go to the blog and post something? It doesnt have to be realz long like my posts, but just something so I know you're alive! Like, Title: I am dead. Post body: I am dead. Tennis camp is killing me. Alex is in Yellowstone. tear. Publish post. NOT THAT HARD.

Okay, I'll stop yelling at you. Its partly my fault, since I didnt tell you to post anything, but still...

I woke up 2 hours ago...got back from Grand Teton at 1 am today....v. tiring. Woke up 4 am Teton time [which would be 6 in the morning here], drove 5 hours to Salt Lake City, took an hour an a half plane to Phoenix, waited an hour, flew 5 or 6 hours to Providence, drove an hour home. Very tiring day, eh?

Will post my trip journal sometime...I wrote a lot about it, might separate it into different posts.

I started writing a story...Jeffrey dont laugh...this one I have actually written 7 pages in 10 point Verdana font and it has 2 chapters. No, its not the mutant powers one. Its one based on the RPG The Lost Children, which is dead so Nohea and Beccie probably wont mind me stealing their plot...but whatever. I'll post chapters of that story too, when I finish them. I already have three faithful readers: Tiffany, Patricia and Julia. Hehe thats cos they were the only people round when I wrote it. I started it in Yellowstone on the plane, I think. Yeah, on the plane.

Guess what? I found a camera that I really want! It's a Canon Powershot S3. Just need to save 45 more dollars, then my mom's going to buy the camera for me. Its 309 dollars...if I got it I would sit outside for the whole day just taking pictures ad fooling around with it.

Gotta go eat lunch....

--Alex [[is back!!!]]

Jellostone

ZOMG I AM TEH AWESOMEST [almost] HACKA IN DA WORLDE!!!

Ok so my email account got hacked, and I tried to change the password but, for some stupid reason, they ask you for your birthday. And, of course, I made a fake one when I made that email account, so I couldnt remember it. But today, I decided to give it another shot, and I got the birthday right!!! Yai!!!!!

I changed the password to....I will not tell you the password, because you'll hack my email....again....stupid hacker person.

Oh but yesterday, I couldnt figure it out, so I sent an email to myself, or well, the hacker using my account, and I'm like "Hi hacker person, could you please give me my account back? Thanks. Something like that. But, he/she/it didnt reply so I hacked it back today.

Oh my god the key board just broke. The c key fell off. Oh my god.

Ok going to try typing without the c key.....

Going to Yellowstone today...or as Abby kalls it....Jellostone...will be bak on the 15th...wow words look weird with k instead of c.....

Gotta run....

--Alex [[is typing with a broken keyboard]]

Alex and Katie's dictionary

Changed the title as per Katie's request...have added more words in green.

ZOMG: OMG only better and less preppier

RAWR: Really Awesome Wicked Rad

Prepular: Prep/Popular people. Sometimes I just call them preps or populars. Prepular is wayy better tho.

Fug: F*** except appropriate. Sort of. (Kudos to Abby she made this up. I dont use it a lot, cos I dont like it that much...)

Heya: Hey but better, Hiya but more mature. A blend of Hey and Hiya I guess.

Okies: Okay except cooler.

Kooky: Weird, as you may have guessed from how the word looks.

Oh noes!: Oh no. Except more dramatic. :D [Creds to Katie for this word]

Airgo: Hence

Creds: Credit

Backk: Back. Jeffrey says I use this a lot in IM...funny, I didnt know that.

As per: Like, on. Eg. As per Katie's request.

Championships

WE WON!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!! *spazzes* YES YES YES YES YES!!!

^ignore the above, I'm still spazzing from our win yesterday....^ But anyho....we beat them! We beat Westboro! Finally!!!! Yes!

And its good that we came in 1st today, cos its our last year swimming in this league. Next year, its ALL U.S.

It was SO hot yesterday. I finished swimming after the 100 IM, and was sitting in the shade doing gimp cos it was too hot to do anything else. But I went to watch the relays cos everyone watches the relays. And it was so dang hot.

Uh...whats my point here? Oh yeah. Then after the relays [we came in like 3rd for the girls, and 1st for the boys I think], they announced the winners.

So first they do the boys. I was like I dont care about the boys. Just get on to the real thing, eh? The boys came in 3rd, just so you know, with 255 points. Then they announced the girls. We came in 2nd [YAY!] with 330 points. Then the real thing. For some reason, they start with 9th place and work their way up. You should start at 1st place and work your way down. Just my opinions, anyways. So the guy says all of the team names and the points. And then after he announced 3rd place, he goes "One point separates first and second place. In second place...*dramatic pause*..." Ok, I just have to tell you my feelings at this point. I honestly did not think we would win. I thought we would get 2nd again like last year. But then I heard "by one point" and I was like if we dont win this thing, I will murder Tony. But 2nd place wouldnt be that bad, I thought. Winning would be nice, really nice, but I guess it would all be good if we got 2nd....except for Tony dying...

Oh. Ok. You dont want me to ramble on about how Tony is going to die. So he says "In second place...*dramatic pause*......*more pause*.....Westboro". And me, Katie, Tiffany, Lavinia and the parents are screaming. We screamed so high I dont think the bats could hear us. Then was the hugging. Well, not the guys cos theyre...guys. So we highfived and hugged. I dont think the guys screamed either, except Tiffany did say she saw Jeffrey jumping up and down. Well, everyone was.

And we pushed Annette into the pool. Not we, actually, Alex [male Alex] did and we all watched. Lavinia wouldnt jump in though. Aw, no fun.

When we walked back to the waiting place, all the Westboro swimmers were giving us dirty looks. A girl said "But we won every year except this one!!!!" and I was thinking "Well, we lost every year except this one." The coaches were giving everyone sympathy hugs. Sympathy hugs? Really? Yeesh....sore losers....

The party was....interesting....considering everyone stole my stuff! First was my hat. My Rube Goldberg hat. Who wants a Rube Goldberg hat? Its geeky! Then Jeffrey took my Rubik's cube. There was a whole confusion on which cube was mine, because Michael had his too. I finally got it back though, from some kid. I gave it to another little kid, some girl...dont know her name though.

And the shoes. Jeffrey stole my shoes. And tossed them around. And Eamon took it and was running around with it. I was like gawd how much can that kid run?

People if you are reading this, DO NOT STEAL MY STUFF ANYMORE. MY STUFF IS GEEKY. YOU DONT WANT GEEKY STUFF.

After the party was the party at Michael's house. More swimming, more eating. Michael built a fire. It was big. At night we roasted marshmellows over it, and Michael kept burning his. He burnt like 9 of them.

Me and Patricia went swimming at night. Then Julia joined us, then Steven and Abigail. Tiffany was on land trying to solve a Rubik's cube. I gave her my guide, cos I can always just print out another one.

I got home at 10. What a great day. We won the Championships, and I went to 2 parties.

Life rocks.

--Alex [[kicked butt]]

Major changes

I have made major changes. First of all, the URL. Second of all, the new posters: Jeffrey, Katie and Tiff[any]. They are all my swim team homes. They are nice people, a lil weird [Jeffrey], a lil spazzy [Katie], and a lil hyper [Tiff]. But thats okay cos I'm weird, spazzy and sometimes hyper too. :D

Be nice to them cos I know them and theyre my friends. Yay!

Hey, guys, it would be helpful if you signed your name at the bottom of your post like I do. It's my choice to add how I feel in brackets, you dont have to do that. You can if you want, no pressure though.

--Alex [[is stahving]]

Championships!

Oh snap! Championships is in 2 days!! If all the other meets were easy this season, this one should be pretty hard cos the rest of Westboro's swimmers are going to be there. Havent gone against a really good team yet which will make the whole Championships thing more difficult cos we're used to going easy and not 100% all out...like that, you know? I guess we're out of shape competition wise.

Swim practice today...Lavinia promises we'll do relay dives and such. Good, cos my relay dive needs work. Not the actualy dive, but the timing of it...I usually go too early and at the Champs, we cant afford that kinda mistake.

We got to beat Westboro. We got to.

I know we can, I know we can...

Oh crap...just jinxed it.

Over and out,
--Alex [[cant wait til Champs]]