WOW! Nearly two years...

I can't believe it's been nearly two years since I've used this blog...Kind of crazy, huh? I really didn't have much to blog about two years ago, but the things that have happened since then.
I've become very involved in theatre since October 2008, and I'm only getting more so involved. Due to my lack of talent, I'm mostly backstage, being a techie, but hey, shows need techies!
My love of theatre as only grown as well. As of my last post, I think I had seen maybe four plays/musicals. That number has now grown to over thirty, and I'm seeing Spring Awakening in two days! I'm so crazy excited!
Spring Awakening is actually the reason I logged on. I felt the need to post a comment on "Totally Trucked" 's latest blog, and felt as though I should sign in to do so. Since I was on, I decided to post this little update even though I know absolutely nobody reads this. Oh well, for posterity!
I suppose that's all for now. Maybe I"ll blog more, within two years. =]

~Samantha~

Cedar Point.

It takes a few months for something interesting for me to blog about to happen. ahahah. But hopefully this is a good one. ahah. =]


Thursday, July 17th, I left and went to my friend, Ashleigh Doxtator's house. Her family had invited me to go to Cedar Point, an amusement park, with them. I accepted, even though I'm absolutely terrified of rollar coasters. After a sleepless night, on Friday, the 18th, around 5:00 a.m. we left for Ohio! The three and a half hour trip was kind of boring, but we survived. I won't give you the boring details of getting our tickets and everything.


Walking into the park, this lovely old man ripped my ticket. I was wearing my Les Miserables t-shirt. The old man goes, "That is the best show running on stage." I look down at my shirt.

"I agree!"

"You've seen it!?"

"Yes!"

"I've seen it four times."

I smiled and walked into the park. It was nice to converse with this old man. Ahaha. We had been let into the park an hour before it actually opened and some rides were open for us. We went to the nearest coaster, The Raptor, and debated getting on. Jessica, who is 8, unfortunately wasn't tall enough to get on the ride. Mr. Doxtator went with her to another coaster and told us to go on. I was practically shaking. I hadn't been to an amusement park in 6 years, and hadn't been on a coaster in about 12. And this looked terrifying to me. For visuals, here is a picture I found on photobucket of the Raptor. If you want to see a bigger picture, go look for one yourself.






Cedar Point's website describes the Raptor as this...

An inverted roller coaster, Raptor has seats similar to ski lift chairs, suspended below its inverted track. Riders see nothing but the sky and track above them, and nothing but their dangling feet below - just a few feet above the ground! Raptor passengers also tumble head over heels six times!

I honestly can't tell you much about the ride. Why you ask? Because my eyes were squeezed shut and I was gripping the seat with all my strength. As I said, not a fan of roller coasters.

After that, Mrs. Doxtator, Hunter, Ashleigh and I headed for the Millenium Force.

The line was huge. I got all the way through it and then chickened out. That hill looked huge and I just couldn't do it. This lady was trying to reassure me I'd have fun, but I was panicking. There was just no way I could get on. Ashleigh said the guy that sat next to her said this...

"She couldn't do it? Too scared? Aww, that's sad." And he didn't say it mockingly, he said it regretfully. It was sad though. Jessica is 8 and she got on it. But it was reassuring that she didn't like it. ahaha.

By this time, our whole group is together again and we head for the Mantis. The only roller coaster in Ohio where you are standing on your own two feet for the whole ride.

The track was huge, and it twisted a lot, and went upside down! I didn't want to go on...But I did. Like with the Raptor, my eyes stayed shut. I didn't like this one much at all. You had to stand a certain way, and my head was banged around a lot. It was annoying. I was glad to hear that no one else except Hunter liked it either.

Right next to The Mantis, was the Iron Dragon. This one didn't look so bad to me. You can't see the whole coaster in this one, but....

I, surprisingly, loved this one. I kept my eyes open, and I enjoyed it. At times it looked like you were gonna hit some trees, or fly in the water, but it was awesome. I loved it.

Right after that, Mrs. Doxtator said she was feeling sick. She was in the bathroom forever, and then we went to the first aid station. We sat in there for forever. Jessica was getting antsy, so after riding the tea cups, which were right outside, twice with Hunter, she wanted to go on the Power Tower. Mr. Doxtator asked Ashleigh and I to stay in the first aid station while Hunter, Jessica and Him left, so we did. They said they'd be back soon. They were gone an hour and a half. An hour after they'd left, Mrs. Doxtator came out. We waited a half hour before they finally came back. They had rode the Power Tower twice, and then the Top Thrill Dragster. In case you've never heard of that, I swear, its got to be one of the biggest coasters in the United States, and the lines are huge. They waited fourty minutes for it. Since Mrs. D was still sick, we left. We hadn't been there very long, four hours tops, but two was spent in the first aid... On the way to our hotel, Castaway Bay, all Jessica would talk about was the Top Thrill Dragster and how much she loved it. It was so annoying. Cute, but annoying. We went to our room and after a little while, Everyone but Mrs. D went to lunch. We went to TGI Fridays. Just because I know you're curious, I had a bacon cheeseburger with water. ahahah. So did Ashleigh and Hunter. Ashleigh and I were exhausted, as neither of us had slept the night before. So after lunch, we went and napped.

Around 6 o' clock, Mr. D wakes us up and ask if we want to go back to Cedar Point. Hunter, Jessica and I say yes, but Ashleigh, my ride buddy, said no! She wanted to sleep! I was like, "You're kidding me!" But she was not. So we left without her and Mrs. D.

The first ride Jessica wanted to go on was the Demon Drop. I wasn't going on it. ahaha, So they went on. Jessica then started with..."POWER TOWER! LETS GO ON THE POWER TOWER AGAIN! COME ON COME ON COME ON!!!" I really didn't want to. This is what it looks like if you look up at it.

And here is another view.

It is 240 feet high...and being afraid of heights...I really really really didn't want to go on....But I did.... And I was terrified. As it took off, I thought my stomach was gonna fly out of my mouth. And then it went down...Just as fast. Again, I thought I was gonna throw up... Mr. D kept saying,

"Open your eyes Sam! Open them!" I opened them for about one second, Then shut them again. It was scary.

We went back to the Iron Dragon then, and rode it twice more. Since Ashleigh wasn't there to ride with me, I rode with Hunter instead. He was my new ride buddy. The Corkscrew was right there, so we rode that too. I liked it, but my eyes were closed yet again.

After that, they wanted to go on the Top Thrill Dragster...Again....

The Top Thrill Dragster is 420 feet high I believe, and goes 120 mph. I didn't care that it only lasts about 17 seconds. I wasn't getting on it. There is only one person in this world that I think could even have a shot at convincing me to go on that thing, and that person will never try I'm sure...Hahah. So even though I'd have to wait forever, I waited for them. Jessica, who couldn't stop talking about how much she loved the Top Thrill Dragster earlier, chickened out! She said she loved it, but then cried hysterically when she got on. I was so confused. Ahahaha.

We were making her way to the Gemini, when we saw Monster. A spinning ride. I can't find a picture, but it was ok. A bit nauseating, but ok. ahaha.

Then we were to the Gemini. A classic wooden coaster. Again, you can't see it all, but I loved it. I believe it went 130 feet in the air, dropped you 118 and went 60 mph. Kept my eyes open for this one. ahaha. Rode it twice.

And this morning, Sunday, we saw it on the Travel Channel! Its a classic like I said. ahah.

Then they went on the Magnum. My feet were killing me...My shoes were squeezing my pinky toes. I really didn't want to stand in line. So I waited for them. I should of gone on. It was the one ride they decided to buy a picture of...You know, where the camera snaps a picture of you on the ride? haha. After that we left though. It was about 15 minutes till closing time so we just left. We went to Walmart and bought some food and went back to the hotel. After a shower, I went to sleep.

Alas! Saturday is there! And after some poptarts, we went to Castaway Bay's indoor waterpark. First, we went on the Pineapple Pipeline, a yellow waterslide, in honor of the new season of Psych. If you don't know what Psych is, or what pineapples have to do with it, you clearly are not well educated in good entertainment. ahah. Then we went on a green waterslide, and then we went to Rendevous Run. It was like, this waterslide, but you're in a raft, and you go down this hill and it shoots you up and you go through all these tubes...Like a water roller coaster. It was awesome. He went on it 6 or 7 times. We also went in the wave pool, on the tube slides, which were really fast, the hot tub, and stood under the water bucket thing. ahahah. After about an hour and a half, I got bored. Not kidding. We left for a while, then came back...I was still bored. I developed a head ache and Ashleigh and I went back to the room. Shortly after, the rest of the group came back and we went to TGI Friday's for dinner. It was attatched to the hotel. Our waiter was from a city about 30 minutes from where I live! Anyway, because I know you're curious again, I had parmasean crusted chicken which came with a tomato salad and alfredo spinich tortellini. It was delicious. I hate spinich, but it was good. And the portion was just right, like the menu said. I also had a pepsi. Despite the menu saying they had coke, they didn't, because they're owned by Cedar Point.

Not much worth saying happened after that. We went to bed, packed up, checked out, hung out in the arcade....I played Deal or No Deal. Haha, I won ten tickets. Ashleigh and I put what few tickets we had together, and each got some small trinkets. I got a foam dice...or Di..... Finger cuffs, not the chinese ones.... a little plastic dinosaur and vampire fangs, so I can be a fake vampire. We all know real vampires don't have fangs. ahaha. We also went to one of the gift shops... Nick Knacks. The other two weren't open at the time. I had only ten dollars, and everything was expensive. But I found a four dollar Cedar Point snow globe(more like glitter globe) and a six dollar key chain. I bought those. If I tell you what the key chain said, promise not to laugh? It said...Or says..."I Heart Kevin." Ok, go ahead, laugh. Just supporting Kevin Jonas. Not that I don't support his brothers! I support them all! I just didn't have 18 dollars. I'll get you a picture... ahah.

Snow Globe

Kevchain. haha, I mean, Key chain.

When we were finished with our purchases, we stopped at Wendy's, ate lunch and headed home. We stopped at an outfitters place, Cabelas....Newtons Outfitters has nothing on this place. Haha, This place was like an outdoor lover's mall!!!!! They had huge displays, a restaurant...Tons of stuff. Check out their site...

http://www.cabelas.com/

Once we finished looking around there and taking a picture outside where the two bears were fighting(not real of course) we finished the drive home. The Doxtators dropped me off and then I spent an hour or so making this blog. Sorry that I didn't tell it in my best story mode, I was just too bored to do it. Sorry. More pictures to come after the Doxtators send me them.

Over all, I had a lot of fun. I wouldn't say I exactly conquered my fear of roller coasters, but for the most part, i did face them and I would totally go on those rollar coasters again. And I'd go on the ones I didn't get the opportunity to try. So who wants to come with me next time? ahah.

~Samantha~

P.S. All the pictures up there, except for the last two, my souveniers, I didn't take them. I do not own them. I found them online.

Isn't it great?

There is always a song to describe exactly what you're feeling or thinking...I love that. Its the power of music..... Thats all I have to say.

Long time no blog!

So, its been a little over two weeks since I last blogged, so since I'm bored, I figure I'll catch you up. My brother's birthday was on the 11th, how good for him right? ahaha. He turned 12. On the 7th I believe it was, my cousin comments me on myspace asking me to go to some lockin with her at her boyfriend's church. I was unsure about going, but I decided to anyway. It wasn't bad. ahah. Amanda's boyfriend asked me to bear his child. ahaha. I said no. They also tried to get me to touch this one guy's chest, and grab his butt. I did not, needless to say. I'm not that type of girl and it was very awkward. Haha, but other than the few awkward moments, I had a decent time. Plus I managed to stay awake almost the whole time. I got maybe 10 minutes of sleep.
I bought a hat at walmart on sunday...Its green, has snoopy on it and says I love nerds. I love it. ahaha. Yesterday was St. Patricks Day, and my mom decided to embrace the fact that we are part irish and make us eat corned beef and cabbage. I didn't like it.... ahaha. I ended up eating cereal instead. Yum! ahahah. Honey Bunches of Oats! ahaha
Oh yeah! Hahaha, I'm pretty much an idiot...ahaha. My brother got guitar hero 2 and 3 for his birthday. Its fun, I beat both on easy....ahaha, but I can barely play on medium. ahahah. Like, really, barely. Maybe I should stick to Kingdom Hearts 2....Nah, I like Guitar Hero. ahahah.
So yeah, thats about all you've missed. Not much, I know...But haven't we learned by now I'm not very interesting? ahaha. Ooh, I can tell you this though, Yesterday I watched the 2007 movie TMNT! It rocked. I missed those turtles. And I also watched the first, and original 3 Ninjas. ahaha. I was a big fan of the turtles and the 3 ninjas as a kid.... I had all the movies...But my mom took them away when my brother decided he wanted to try those moves on me... She also took away Tekken and Bloody Roar. What was I supposed to do then without my ninja movies and violent video games? ahaha.

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Today, I experienced something monumental! My first taste of Ben & Jerry's Ice cream. I had the flavor Chunky Monkey. Now, this is a flavor frowned upon by Erika, Kevin and Corry, the only people I know of that don't like bananas, but I myself enjoyed it immensely. I know you are all extremely curious as to how such a pivotal moment in my life finally occurred and this is why I will share with you how this came about.



At approximately 12:10 p.m. eastern standard time, my mother and I arrived home from church to find my father watching a show on the national geographic channel. This show was all about discovering how some of the worlds most loved sweet treats were made. They included jelly belly beans, licorice, peeps, and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. I merely exclaimed I had never had the pleasure to grace my taste buds with the what appeared to be delicious B&J's ice cream. Being the incredibly amazing man he is, my father drove down to the store and brought me back some Ben and Jerry's. It was delicious.

~Samantha~

March is here children!

What does that mean? Well, it means we won't see February 29th again until I'm 21 years old, and also that I know many with birthdays this month. My brother's is on the 11th, my cousin's is on the 20th, and Beth's is the 21st. Wow. What a shame I'll be broke and will ony be able to get them cards. Which reminds me, I need to mail Merry a birthday card...Her birthday was a couple days ago. Whoops.

So, its a saturday, and I'm bored. I know, shocking isn't it? ahahaha. So I read Garbo's blog today, and he said his sister will be attending college in the fall. This leads me to believe she is close to my age. Which also caused me to start thinking about college again. Ugh....Growing up is hard. But I don't feel like blogging about that, so changing subject right about now...

As always, this blog is pretty much pointless. So, since this was just some sort of, "I'm completely bored out of my mind, oh I know, lets rant in a blog." entry, I'm just going to leave now...ahaha.

Question....

What is the most played song you have on your music player? Or if you don't have one, what song do you think you listen to the most?

~Samantha~

Happy Monday All!

Ok, I know you all probably don't enjoy mondays, in fact, I don't know many who do, but its a gift from God anyway, so enjoy it. Make mondays fun! I attempt to. Haha, I was just dancing like a mad person. It was really fun though. Dancing is fun. I would love to take lessons so it doesn't look like I'm having a seizure or something next time I'm dancing.a hahaha. But I have fun with it, so I guess it really shouldn't matter. ahaha. =D I just said fun alot. ahaha. Don't I have an extensive vocabulary?

So last night was the Academy Awards. Did anyone watch? I did. I can't stand how there are commercials after every two awards, but I do enjoy finding out who won, and seeing George Clooney in a bow tie. Haha, come on, you know for his age he's handsome. ahaha. I would love to attend the Academy Awards one day....I'd love to win one! ahaha. I know what you're thinking, "What would you like to win one for?" Well, Best Actress silly! ahaha. Jk, I really don't think I will be pursuing an acting career. But I am planning on pursuing a writing career, so Original Screenplay. Or, when Erika becomes a famous director, if she lets me help direct something....ahahahaha. Don't laugh people! Dream big! =D

So, question for all of you people who take the time to read my blog(bless you all), care to share one of your big dreams? If you don't have one, you need to get one. Dreaming makes life better. It really does.

~Samantha~