Escape 2011: An Awesome Weekend in 140 Characters or Less

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to once again join my friends at the BSU on their fall retreat Escape. I had been looking forward to this weekend for weeks, so I was so stoked that the day had finally come to hop on that bus & head out into God's great creation that is the middle of nowhere. I was so excited that I forgot to bring a very good friend of mine: my phone, Rafael. This realization began the roller coaster that is my range of emotion. At first I had a little panic attack (what if a disaster happened & no one could reach me??), which was followed by a little bit of relief (I could now enjoy the weekend without the distraction of my life back home), which was then followed by a sea of sadness, & then finally the acceptance that there was nothing I could do to change the fact that Rafael could have been left anywhere, from the front seat of Lindsay's car to her fridge. I didn't realize, though, how hard it was going to be for me to not tweet everytime something funny or life changing happened throughout the weekend. So, in an attempt to preserve what sanity I had left, I began to write down what I WOULD HAVE tweeted in my notetaking journal & I am now going to share said "tweets" with all of you.

*AHEM*

#1. I just want to put a Ronald Reagan mask on & hit him in the balls with a baseball bat. **(this one had nothing to do with Escape, it was just something I had said before we left.)

#2. I used to have an iron bladder, but now I can't drink anything without having to pee 5 minutes later.

#3. If you're going to request to have the lights turned off then don't talk once they are.

#4. Filled my water bottle with V8 Splash & now everything is yellow. I'm going to write a very angry letter to Mr. V8 about this.

#5. Left my phone at Lindsay's house, yet I still managed to pack my phone charger.

#6. I hate it when Lindsay tells embarrassing stories about me. It makes me want to punch a baby in the throat.

#7. Been getting a lot of compliments on my Toms. Those 2 hours it took to sew the fabric on were totes worth it.

#8. Just fell in a bush without realizing I was falling. I should really lay off the s'mores.

#9. WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE A POPSICLE EATING CONTEST??? THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO AWESOME!!!

#10. It's so hard to believe that just a year ago I was a vegetarian. How did I survive without my daily serving of bacon??

Fin

So I'm watching Underworld:Evolution on the SyFy channel. I usually don't watch SyFy, mainly because I don't like the crap they show on there. But I decided to make a small exception since I like the Underworld series & I haven't seen Rise of the Lycans (which is on next). This decision has reminded me of why I HATE watching movies on television, especially movies that are rated R. It's hard for me to enjoy a cinematic adventure when it gets interrupted by commercial breaks every 5 minutes. I can't get into the story. Plus they edit it for television which makes the movie totally different than what it is if you were to watch it in the theaters. This whole experience is just highly upsetting. But I'm going to get back to it because it's almost over & I don't want to be lost when I start to watch Rise of the Lycans. Then all of this would be for naught.

Didn't get the job.

Still living on a prayer.

Been on a big The King's Singers kick lately.

 

This has been a favorite of mine for a really long time.

I always listen to it when I go to sleep.

Goodnight.