June

OH MY GOSH! I haven't written a blog for 2 MONTHS. But don't think it was because I'm lazy. It was because my parents cut the cable and Internet. They said it was because we weren't even going to use it during the summer. (I complained, but they didn't listen.) So today, on August 29, we finally got cable and Internet again. The first thing I did was start writing a blog, because I actually missed writing.

Anyway, I'm going to tell you about my summer, starting from the month of June.

As I said in my last blog, I went to Disneyland! This was actually my second time there, but I went when I was 3 years old, so that doesn't really count. It was really fun, but if you want to know more go read "Disneyland". The trip to Disneyland I didn't get to write about was the one to Disney California Adventure. We went on a lot of rides, but my favorite one was the Guardians of the Galaxy Mission:Breakout. So you first go inside this room, an you see a video. Everyone on the team  has been captured, but Rocket escaped, and he is trying to break them out. Rocket tells you his plan to help his friends.  Then you walk out of the room , and go inside this elevator looking thing. You sit down, and put on a seat belt. I sat on the very side, and that it was pretty cool, because instead of all metal, the sides were had little holes in them, and you could see outside. But it was dark, and couldn't see much. So elevator backs up, and through the front, you can see the shadow of Rocket. He says something like "Rocket's going to rock you!" Then he rips a plug, and  red lights turn on, along with a beeping sound. Everything turns dark, and suddenly the elevator goes down. It was so scary because I wasn't expecting it, and also because I could feel the wind in my face. The it stops, and you see a screen that shows broken plugs and sparking hallways. It goes up, then down, then up again. This does not sound exiting, but it really is. Seriously, I was about to CRY! It goes so fast, making you stomach feeling REALLY WEIRD.  Then another screen shows up, and you see the other characters wrapped in a monster's tentacles, and they're mad at Rocket. But it's scarier this time, because the elevator bounces a little bit up and down, and you don't know when it will go back down. The next  screen shows them free of the monster, but then aircrafts start attacking them. This time, when you go up, the lights turn on, and you see the wall. There's this part of the wall that opens up, and you see how high up you really are. You're so high you can see the tops of everything! There's a flash, and you go back down. The last screen shows the Rocket with the rest of the team, and it looks like they defeated everyone. After this, you keep going up and down. Finally, the elevator stops, the door opens and you get out. This was my favorite ride because it was the scariest.

The second fun thing that happened in June was eating Dove chocolate at the Santa Monica Pier. I went to the beach with my cousin, Amy. We picked her up at 9:00 in the morning, then got at the beach at around 10:15. We went to the Santa Monica Pier. Brenda and Amy went by themselves on rides, since we only came because they had planned this trip. While they were gone, my little sister and I went on a ride. We sat down on a dragon, and it went up and down. When it went down, it felt like you were going to fall. After we got off, we waited for Amy and Brenda at some tables. We then went to the stores. I got 3 shirts at a store called Cotton: On. After this, we went to eat at Johnny Rockets, a place that sells hamburgers. As we were heading to the car, we passed a stand by Dove chocolate. You could get a free bouquet of flowers, and if you donated $5, then you got a small bag of chocolate. So that was how we ended up eating Dove chocolate at the Santa Monica Pier.

On June 28, I started taking music classes. Not with Harmony Project, but with a teacher that came here to play at a concert, all the way from Mexico. Classes in the morning were from 10-12. These classes were mostly about music theory and scales. In the classes from 5-8, we played traditional Mexican songs. This was 5 hours everyday, 5 times a week. After about 2 weeks, I joined the band, called raises Oaxaquena. People could hire us to play at parties, or other events. I actually enjoyed playing the clarinet with them, and stayed there for the rest of the summer.

So this is pretty much what happened in June. I definitely had a lot of fun.