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"You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but they will watch you play ball with yourself for hours while you are trying" ~Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup
I guess it's kind of sad when you think about it...this thursday, we've been out of school for 2 weeks. Most of me misses it. I loved Northwood, it was totally awesome! Well, there were somethings...but that's not important. I just miss it. That school holds so many memories for me, it's almost scary all that happened there. But hey, things happen. Things change. I found this list of quotes, it's totally awesome. There's, like, a hundred or so, and I'll post [my favorites] later. But here's the link. Anyways, on to business...
Youth Conference:
I had to get up kind of early on thursday, but it was my birthday, so it wasn't that bad. On the way to Camp Cispus (out by Mt. St. Helens or something...), Sasha gave me my birthday present, DUCT TAPE!!!! Well, more like covered me in it. They kept tearing off strips and writing stuff on them and sticking them on me. Samples: 'I love Trees' 'Hug me, it's my BIRTHDAY,' stuff like that. When I stepped out of the car, I was pretty much covered in duct tape. It was funny! well, we got our schedules and maps and nametags and cabin assignments. I was in Ruth with Sasha. We had classes, I had dance instruction, and I got to dance with Bishop Bigelow!!! YAY BISHOP BIGELOW!!!!!! He's funny, and Megan's on my soccer team! Well, at lunch, (before classes), I sat with Sasha and Mady, and they sang to me in this huge group that was there, too. At dinner, I got sung to, again...3 times. It was my table (plus the whole room), then the whole room for other people with birthdays, too, and then it was Steven and (I think it was Chevian, it might have been Preston, sorry guys, my memory sucks!) sang me the Birthday song..."This is the Birthday song, It isn't very long"...that's it...lol. That was a really good day. We had this escort thing going there, the guys would escort the girls EVERYWHERE...so Chevian escorted Sasha and I a couple times, he is THE COOLEST dude EVER!!! He's so funny!!! Then, we went down to the fireside by President Halverson and I sat next to Steven. That was funny. He talked for just a bit too long, (I had a blitz attention span that day, if I wasn't doing something, I went insane, and listening does NOT qualify as 'something'), so I folded my music into a frog. I know, not appropriate, but what do you expect...I'm ONLY 14!!! Well, then we had a dance...that was funny. We did this Disco line dance! Then, We sang and danced, I actually slow danced!!! That was sooooooo cool! I never ever got asked to dance at a school dance, but here, it was nice, 'cause I really felt more safe there. There was just this overwhelming spiritual feeling there, it felt good for once. I felt like I belonged. Well, I danced with this dude whose name I can't remember (if you ever find this, dude whose name I can't remember for the life of me, I'M SO SORRY!!!!), and then I danced with Jeren, and then...ummm, who was it...then I danced with Brandon!!! Brandon is so nice!! He's a bit of a dork sometimes (sorry Brandon), but he's really nice! I was wearing this shirt that said "I Do All My Own Stunts" and he said 'I want to see that' and I told him to just wait for me to do something stupid like I usually do and then I'll be doing my own stunts and he said 'But I don't want you to get hurt' and it was just really nice. I just had to hug him...I'm sure everyone who knows me or brandon or both with just have this look of disgust going, but hey, IT WAS MY FREAKING BIRTHDAY AND I COULD DO WHAT I WANTED!!! And then I danced with Lizzy's friend Max from school (he's not a mormon). Lizzy was making fun of my for a while, so after the dance, I kicked her in the shin. I felt better. I went up to Corbin and asked if he'd give me a hug 'cause it was my birthday, and he did. Big. Deal. It's not like we're secret lovers or anything, it was jsut a birthday hug, a hug between friends. Brandon escorted me back to my cabin and I went to sleep. The next day, I was with Chevian and Steven and Preston at breakfast, and then we did challenge games, very eventful. We started a cheerio war. Then, at lunch, I sat with Chevian...he's so cool, but I also sat with his little groupies...he's becoming their lap dog. It was kind of sad. Sometime that morning, Lizzy and Ashley and their guy friend whose name I don't know were walking around on the main road thingy, so Sasha and I were jogging to catch them and Chevian ran up to us to escort us, and then we caught up with Lizzy, Chevian left, I kicked Liz's backpack, and Sasha and I went back through the center of the Camp. Chevian went the other way and we actually beat him to where he was going, so we booked it back the other way, waited for him to get to where he was going and then passed him. I kinda feel bad for doing that to him, but it was hecka funny. Oh, and after breakfast, I gave Corbin a hug, I don't know why. He was kinda stunned, and I told him I was leaving early. we talked for a little while. Ok, back to whatever. We went on a hike, it was long and boring. Who cares. We went behind a waterfall. Wo0o0o. We went back to camp, ate (again, I sat with Steven and Preston), had a bit of free time, went down to the fireside (another one). This time it was the Taggerts. Again, it was long, but I did kind of pay attention, I payed attention as much as my short attention span would allow. It really wasn't much, but I sat by Sasha. Then, we went up to the field to take pictures as a group and then I had to go. Before I went to get my stuff from my cabin, I hugged Corbin again (a goodbye hug this time) and he said 'I hope you have fun on your cruise' and I told him to keep in touch, so I hope he does. That was my youth conference. It was so much fun, but I missed the concert by the Paget Brothers (Chevian, Sage, and the other ones whose names I can't remember.) For those of you who ask why I do this, even though some of you don't really care, it's because I want to remember this. As it is, my memories of names and events is already fading so I would prefer to get it written down to relive the memories and have a record of them somewhere.
I'm feeling a bit melancholy today, for no reason really. I'll write about my cruise in the next one. This is long enough already!
Lots of love!
~Jess
sweeeeet...sounds fun!!!!! lol did u get a tan?? LOL j/k!! 
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