Boys are metals, girls are non-metals. Don't make Ionic bonds!"~Alan

Heehee. Alan is so right. We are so nerdy in my science class.

Yeah. We had a half day today, because of grade ten literacy testing. Again tomorrow.

Today we had period one and two, tomorrow 3 and 4. Science is period one. I had too many people's heads in my way for writing notes, so I moved and sat on the floor at the front.

I was bent over my notes, writing, when I heard someone say, "Evie! look out!". So I scooted back really fast. Good thing. The science teacher dropped a paper plate with nitrogen tri-iodide on it on me (notrogen tri-iodide is HIGHLY explosive.) It exploded right in front of me. I thought I was safe, but no. I had to scoot again because he dropped more. And again. Scary. Everyone laughed. It released a pink gas, which was yes, toxic. He found this hilarious.

Then we set fire to a string attached to a ballon filled with hydrogen. OMG. It dented the ceiling. It was very intense. WHen it exploded, it hit us with a wave of sound, or air, or I dont know. Something. Crainess.

Avery is the only one who cares, but I rode King today! Finally! I love him! So much! And I'm going to go to the huntleigh party dressed up... AS TOMMY! It was Nada's idea, which I perfect. I have to wear a sign that says I love Nada to repay her... ;)

"Cindy quick! Grab his electron!"

A long and winding road

"By reading this, I am temporarily taking control of your mind."

On day three, everyone was sad.

Last day of camp, and no one wanted it to end. I woke up before wake-up call again and went to the bathrooms to beat the rush. Kate, Ashlyn and Enoch were there already, washing their faces etc at the trough (like a giant, long sink with multiple faucets and mirrors in the middle). Ashlyn said, "I changed my underwaer and pants today!" Kate replied with a "Yay! Special day! Ashlyn changed her underwear!" I love Kate.

Breakfast was leftovers, and then we had free time. Then we cleaned the ENTIRE CAMP. Yeah. Fun. Only not. I was in the group that went around with a garbage bag and cleaned stuff up. There was some pretty wierd trash on the ground. Very gross.

Then more free time, as the builders had some sort of meeting. I have no clue what. The rest of us organised a huge game of Prom Date. The builders came backa nd were so happy they almost cried :P.

We would have kept playing, but we did warm and fuzzys then. Everyone gets a bag on a wall of the dining hall, and everyone writes nice things about you. You dont have to write to everyone in the camp, but you write to as many people as you can. I got some really nice ones. The one that made me the happiest, was one that was unsigned. I wish I knew who wrote it, but maybe its better to not know.

On teh way home, our bus followed the wrong bus and we got slightly lost, so we got back a little late. When I stepped off the bus, I felt so wierd. Everyone from leadership camp was milling around in their camp shirts, waving and saying hi. I saw all the people I hadn't seen for a couple days, and it was like, wow, it's really over. That was sad. It was such a special atmosphere. Everyone was accepting of everyone else (for the most part) and you always had your group. I have barely said hi to the people who were in my group, unless i did before. That's kind of sad. I miss it. Oh well. There's always next year.

Okay! onto current events.

My article is going to be on the cover of the Lisgarwrite! (Comstocks, you'll be getting a copy, courtesy of my mom :P). Mine and this story about these pro-life protesters at our school, and since they dont want to have pictures for that story, they might stage a 'lock-picking' and take pics for my story. I'm very happy.

"A murder is just an extroverted suicide."

"What do you say when you do something bad?" "Uh, My bad?" "Oh right, my bad." (Mr. Hum trying to be cool)

I was woken up on Day 2 Katie (the camper from before) nearly stepping on face. She was on her way to the "bathrooms". It was only 5 minutes before we were supposed to wake up, so I decided to go with her.

After I went to breakfast and my table was dead last to go get our food, and Enoch (who was right in front of me) took the last of the Honey Nut Cheerios. and all thatw as left were sesame seed bagels (I'm not so big on the sesame seeds) and orange slices.

Once breakfast was over, the girls had to go pack up ALL our stuff and lug it back across the field, becasue they were going to need the rec hall.

Then we had session #2. That was fun. For part of it, we had to be blindfolded and tied togeerre in a line, except for Josh, who guided us around the field. It was fun. He walked Arka into the bell. Confused the heck out of the other groups.

That session was about communication. The next one was about leadership (wow surprise, since we were at a leadership camp. We played 'the incredibly shrinking island' and 'light as a feather stiff as a board' (they did not succeed in lifting me, but they gave it a darn good try :P)

Then we had a giggle chain with the whole camp(which was highly pointless and uncomfortable as Enoch kept telling em to move my head over, so I ended up just holding it up mostly) and conveyer belt. Conveyer belt is where everyone lies on the group head to head, one person one wya another the toher way and they pass people along on their hands. In the history of the camp thye had never dropped anyone. Of course they dropped people. Including me. I got one foot and then they dropped me. w00t.

In the afternoon, we had another session that was the best! TRISK! (trust + risk) All sorts of fun games like trust falls but we weren't "allowed" to do that one ( what Mr Hum doesnt know wont hurt him...) but we didnt do that one anyway. We also did a stress thing, which was Ashlyn and Enoch being mean and trying to make us stressed. It worked. I got made fun of a lot because it worked so well on me :P. But it was ok, because they gave us foam swords! Our group was suddenly very popular...

The best part of the camp happenned after dinner. Enoch sngged the little room at one end of the rec hall for our group for us to do "polyadics". No clue what the word means, but it was everyone in the group just tlaked. We had questions, but we always went away from them on our own conversations. I really respect the people in my group much more, now that I know more about them. We made a pact that everything said in the room, stayed in the room. So we talked about what we really thought. It was great. We didnt have to pretend to be anyone. I t was so cool.

Then campfire. That was fun. The co-preses showed up and every group had a skit (ours sucked) and we had a blast. And then some.


"A murder is just an extroverted suicide."

"Rule #4: Boys are blue, Girls are red... Don't make purple!"

Leadership camp rocked my world.

It is beyond the most fun I've ever had. I've had many really sucky camp experiences. And this more than makes up for ALL of them

On Wednesday, I have NO clue how I survived the afternoon. None. When the bell rang, I ran for my locker to drop off my bag. This where I met my first leadership camp friend, Katherine. She is in my my homeroom, but I never talked to her, so it was really good.

She and I went to get our bags with Katherine's friend Rosie (who is a really good writer) from the equipmetn room and bring them over to where the buses would pick us up.

Just our luck there was a track meet the same day, so we had to wait an hour for the buses. WE took advantage of this time to get into our groups. Just my luck, I was in a group with Arka (EW! guy who sits behind me in strings class) and Sarah (highly annoying WAAY to upbeat person, but she means well). But I had AMAZING Skill builders (group leaders, we call them builders). One was Ashlyn, whom I had never met, so I didn't know what it would be like in her group, but my other builer was Enoch. Enoch is like, the coolest builder EVER. I'm serious. He is on the Improv team, so he's really funny, and really nice as well. He was my group leader at grade nine spirit day, and we had a blast, even though the rest of the group hated that day. Ok, back to Leadership camp.

When the buses arrived we loaded them up and got on. I sat down and no one wanted to sit beside me. So I was all alone, in front of Sarah and Phil her "best friend" who doesn't really wan tot be her best friend. Josh, a kid from Hopewell (elementary school) who is in my math class, was across the row from me. Once we started, Josh and I were noticing that I had half a foot more leg room than him, so he moved over and sat next to me.

Then we got to camp. It was standard, outhouses, dining hall, large semi-circle of cabins, rec hall, campfire pit, gross river, etc. We unloaded the buses and the girls put their stuff on the porch of one cabin, while the guys put their stuff on another porch. Okay, each cabin fits o more than a dozen people, and there were six groups of 8 delegates, plus builders, kitchen workers, organisers and teachers (but they slept in a nice house-cabin and ate in the kitchen). So we were wondering what was going to happen.

Christina, one of the three organisers (students) who was kinda the 'in charge' person who gave us updates etc, told the girls to move our stuff one cabin over as the guys were taking two cabins closest to the dining hall (there were way less guys than girls). Then we played Prom Date. BEST GAME EVER. I'm totally serious. For all you people who have never played DO IT. Its funny. Enoch was showing us his drama Prom date scars. He was like, "Chicks dig the drama scars" Heehee.

Then dinner! Keltie and Allie are AMAZING cooks. They rock. Their food too.

Then we had our first session. Sessions are when you learn about something, kinda. Hard to explain, but eventually you'll get the gist. At the first one, we did ice breakers, stuff about us, etc. Didn't really get into it, as we didnt know each other yet. We did more the next day (more on day 2 later). Oh, we also got these books that had cool stuff in them about the different sessions, and quizes, etc.

After Session, we went to the dining hall, and started thsi game where 2 builders were hiding in the camp, and we had to find them. By now, it was cold and dark. The builder were hiding in shadows with flashlights, and if they shone them on us, we had to go back to the dining hall and start over. It was fun, I went around with Katie and Josh, clinging to both ( I have darkness issues).

After the game, the boys went to their cabins and got into bed. The girls went and got all their stuff, lugged it across the field (not actually that far) and to the rec hall, where Christine and Kat (a builder) had put out these hilarious "matresses" that were foam covered in heavy-duty garbage bag stuff, and held together with duct tape. I snagged on enear a girl who was in my group, named Davis. She and her friends were so cool. I got out my gummy bears and we ate them. And talked ;)... until like 12:30. Then the builders who slept in our rec hall came to bed, so we did too.

That's all for tonight, more tomorrow.

"A murder is just an extroverted suicide."

I'm away for 3 days at leadership camp. Full report when I return. That is all.

PS: I posted on the pants.

"A murder is just an extroverted suicide."