Sunday, October 31, 2010

Stan DA Man

So, I'm going to refrain from using too many CAPS in this entry, but OMFG THIS WEEKEND WAS THE BEST WEEKEND EVAHHHHH!!!!!!

But first, I want to update you quickly on Tuesday's Drill Lab I was freaking out over. So, well I survived! yesss.... :P It was as difficult as I expected to be, but I was able to call all 10 commands in the given time so, thank god!!! :DDD Yes, I messed up, I marched outside the the boundaries, made a few wrong calls, but ya know what??? it was my first drill lab, so I think I did perdy well considering it was my first time calling. so yep! an overall success :))))

Alrighty, so on to this weekend... The Detroit Fanfare was AWESOME!!!! So again, I dressed up as Ms Marvel and here's a picture of me with the man of the hour: STAN LEE!!!

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It was 70 bucks to just get a picture with the man, but my cousin and I split the cost, so really it was only 35 bucks, and come on, the guy isn't gonna live for much longer (he's 88!!!) and it's just really awesome to get a picture with the guy!!! :DDDD totally worth it, I dont regret it for one second. So yep as you can tell I dressed up and boy oh boy were the cameras going off!!! People left and right asked if they could take a picture of me, it was weird at first and I was like, "Ummm, sure!" and I'd like strike a pose and hope to god I don't look like a retard, but as the day went on, I just got used to it and it was fun posing to the cameras, being macho haha.
So after the picture and being chased by paparazzi fans, I headed off to the autograph line to get my comic book signed by him (cost 40 bucks for this, but again, totally worth it!!!).... my book of choice??? Captain America Vol 5 Issue #600. Yeah, I know that's nothing special, he didn't create Captain America though he did help write issues back in the day, but it's not an oldie comic of his that's already worth a pretty penny and with having a signature on it would spark the value greatly, nope it's not a comic like that, but it's special to me. Captain America is my absolute favorite hero of all time and to have Stan the Man sign a comic book of a hero that's a symbol of this country, then, that's totally worth it to me. It's not about the value of the comic or how much more valuable it will be, naw, not to me at least. As a matter of fact, I already have a comic signed by him. But this comic, issue #600, symbolizes the strength and evolution of the comic world, and Captain America. Gosh, there's just sooo much meaning to him signing that issue, I can't even get it all down, gosh!!! it was just incredible!! I couldn't even say anything to him when I got up there!!! haha I always read that in stories how people just freeze up and can't say anything and now I'm like, "Yep, totally know how that feels like." haha But luckily my mother was there (she dressed up as Wonder Woman, totally pulled it off too!! haha) to say my words for me, "Stan, thank you for giving my daughter a dream to live for." Stan Lee looks up from writing his signature and blows us a kiss and waves us goodbye, and he called me "Dear" ahhhhH!!!!! *nearly faints* I can hardly believe it right now that that totally happened!!!! OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG!!!!! :OOOOOOO And I'm not even done!!! Here's a picture of it:

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So, after clutching on to my signature autographed comic book, and almost fainting several times, my mother and I head up to the second floor to meet up with my twin, Rebecca - dressed up as BatGirl, and my roommate, Elle - she went as Poison Ivy, to.... give blood!! come on, we're heroes here, gotta save lives!! so yep, we all gave blood and by doing so we were allowed to pick 50 comic books from the 30,000 comics donated there!! oh my goodness I could've been there all week and still wouldn't have been fully satisfied with my selection, but I only had an hour or so to work with so I had to act quick. :P Well, at least half were all Captain America, then I nabbed as many Ms Marvel comics I could  find and a few others. I was happy with them all! and, as I was doing allllll of that, people were taking pictures of me looking at the comics!!! ca-razyness!!! haha.
Ahhhhhh.... that was a guuuuur-RATE day :) My roommate, twin, and mother all had a fabulous time too, even though they are not huge comic fans like me, it was great to see that they were enjoying it all just as much as me, so that really made the day all the better seeing them laugh and have a fun time :) We all got tons of pictures with people too. Iron Man, War Machine, Spiderman, Nick Fury, and soooo many more people were there that we got to take awesome pictures with.

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It's something I totally will do again in a heartbeat!! :D I just remember, when we first pulled up to the place, we couldn't see anyone in costume and my twin was just freaking out, thinking we'd be the only ones dressed up. pffff.... come on, it's a comic convention!!! there were so many people dressed up as heroes, villains, zombies, anything! it was great.

Whoa, I better call this post good, even though it only scrapes the top layer of the entire day, so much happened, gah!!! if I try to type everything out, it'd be a novel so I'll save your eyes the exercise and say Detroit Fanfare = BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME :D

So Yep, my Halloween weekend was a HUGE success and I can only hope yours is too!!! :)))
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

AfterShock! :O

Oh my goodness, this weekend has been exciting!! Just one amazing thing after another!! :DDD
Well, first things first, Cedar Point was AWESOME!!! It was halloweekend so it was super busy, the average time to wait in line for one ride was 2 hours!! Crazy right? But it's like once you get on the ride that maybe will last 15 seconds, it's totally worth it!! Maverick was defiantly my favorite! Myself and my friends rode that one first. I've been to Cedar Point twice before, but my friend, Damon, never has so that was an experience within itself to see his life flash before his eyes countless times throughout the night, haha. We also went on Top Thrilled Dragster!!! YAAAA!!!! 120mph in 3 seconds shot up 420ft in the air, in total darkness since by then it was already 9pm by the time we made it to the actual seat of the ride. Oh my goodness that was awesome! haha I think my gut is still somewhere back there. :P it was a bit over a 2 hour wait for a 17second ride, and I may sound crazy for saying this, but it was worth every minute of it. :) We wanted to hit up Millennium Force, but that line was INSANE, like insane enough that for me that was too long of a wait. So instead, since it was halloweekend, there were scare walks all around the park so we headed off to those and oh my goodness those were so much fun!! They had hundreds of fogs machines going, leaving you totally disoriented and confused on where you were and then lasers or random spotlights would be a ways away to draw you to it, and then BAM a freaky looking face would pop up in front of you and scare the ba-jeebens outta you! haha it was soo much fun. I chewed out Damon for letting me go astray and not fighting off all the ghouls for me, but he was so funny with the freaky people because he'd just walk up to them and try to strike up a conversation, smooth Damon, very smooth haha.
So yep, Cedar Point was the Shiz!!! We arrived there at around 2:30pm, rode a total of 3 coasters (Maverick, Magnum, and Top Thrill Dragster), ate din-din at the diner by 9:30pm, swung on Max Air, and walked 3 scare walks, and after getting back together with the rest of the Trine folk by midnight to head back to the bus, then fall sound asleep, we got back to campus at about 3:00am. I wish we had more time to kill there but ah well, next year I hope to go back with just friends with our own car and have the whole day to waste without a time crunch, but for 20 bucks, totally the best deal i've ever paid for ;)

On top of allllllllll that, my bestest friend from Canada got proposed to (and she said yes!!!!), I finally received my Halloween costume from China (heck yes, Ms Marvel!), and I got news that all ROTC cadets are eligible for a scholarship to study abroad this summer to receive 8 or more credits worth of a language with all expenses covered! So....... Jordan/ Tunisia/ Morocco/ or where ever!! I hope to gain a few credits this summer learning Arabic so keep your fingers crossed :D

Ahhhhh such a grand weekend, only to get me pumped and ready for the upcoming week, so.... BRING IT ON!!! Tuesday I have Drill Lab for AFROTC, and.... I'm fa-REAKING OUT! :OOOOO It's where, I'll be given a card with several commands on it that I will have to call in the correct order for the flight to execute WITH several extra commands that are NOT on the card but are needed before I can even call some of the commands on the card AND all under a timelimit and the watchful eyes of my inspector. AHHHHHHHH!!!! sounds confusing right??? :P but since I had such an AH-mazing weekend, I feel like I'm ready for anything.
Thank you Trine University for igniting the fabuluos weekend with Cedar Point ;) I couldn't have asked for anything better!!! :)))

Alrighty dudes, I'm outta here, gotta study for Chinese, god I love that class!
Peace Out!

~Annie

Saturday, October 23, 2010

In T-4 hours....

I'll be chill'n with some of my Trine peeps at CEDAR POINT!! Woot Woot!! :D It only cost 20 bucks for the ticket and the bus trip there!!! But Trine Unv. could only offer so many tickets to students so it was first come first serve for whom ever had their money right then and there (Thank you Damon for spotting me 20 bucks! i paid ya back ;] ) so yep it's gonna be an exciting weekend of screams, laughter, and excitement!! I am gonna race to the Maverick, that roller coaster is the SHIZ!! So I'll update you once I get back and settled, we'll be back on campus around 2:30 in the morning on Sunday, can't wait!!! :DDDDD

This week has been a goooooood week :) CCH (Christian Campus House) had a pumpkin carving party and I totally took part in that! Here's the picture of Charles Tim Davis:
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There was bobbing for apples, card games, DELICIOUS Halloween cookies and just overal fun with everyone! The game spoons was going on, and i'm serious dudes, spoons were-a-flying!! haha it was a lot of fun and Charles Tim is happy to be here :P haha
There was a hypnotist on campus at the same time, but I decided to stay within my own state of mind and crave a pumpkin ;P but I heard he was really good so a well, there's always stuff going around Trine so I'm sure something else exciting will be back before you know it!
So, OH! Before I head out to get some food in my gut before we depart for.... CEDAR POINT, i just wanna say, Case 39 the movie I saw on Monday was actually good! It was creepy but not toooo creepy, so it was bearable but really messed with your head! I'd recommend it to anyone who likes creepy movies ;) 4 out of 5 stars!
Alrighty folks, I'll be a heading out now. Wish me luck that I survive these wicked coasters and I'll be sure to tell you of my adventure asap. Stay awesome everyone and I'll chat soon.
Peace Out

~Annie

Monday, October 18, 2010

MONdays....

*yawn* ah, still haven't woken up on this chilly Monday, and i mean chilly! Yet there are still people who wear shorts and flip flops as if it's 80 degrees out! It's in the 50s dudes, bundle up ;) haha

Well, this weekend was fairly productive, two great games to see. We of course kicked butt in football, Trine 38 Alma 0! Woot woot! Lot's of close calls and sa-weet interceptions! At the girls soccer game we came up short, Trine 0 Alma 2, but they put up an awesome fight and the team overall has improved greatly this year!! Cross-country has improved this year too! They ran at Manchester on Saturday, sorry I couldn't be there, but great job you guys!

Let's see what else did I do..... OH! Trine Air Force ROTC went well on Sunday flight practice (marching training). We haven't been able to march color guard during the football games this year because we don't actually own the color guard gear so we have to rent them and we just can't get our hands on any!! But flight practice was fine, just calling out the commands and the freshmen are really holding up well. I'm still the only girl, but none of the cadets treat me any differently and I appreciate that GREATLY! but i've been working on a few girls this year so, I'm crossing my fingers!!!

My roommate and I watched Killers this weekend and sorry but I have to give it a 2 out of 5 stars. Ashton Kutcher just is not the "James Bond" type and come on, no woman finds their man that quick!!! :P and the storyline was really easy to foresee, but Katherine Heigl was hilarious! It's good maybe for a one-time only rental just to fill up your weekend, but not a buy.

Well peeps, I better call this one good. The weekend was very chill, just a nice breather from the hectic mid-terms week before so sleeping was a HUGE part of the weekend. haha And oh how I'd love to grab a few more hours of sleep but I better get ready for practice ;) yay running! I'm so sore from lifting yesterday, ugh... probably shouldn't have done that ;P but hey I gotta get ready for my Halloween costume (I'm gonna be Ms Marvel, look her up if you don't know her, which is probably everyone haha but she's awesome and my costume was shipped last week from China, so I hope to God it gets here in time, *bites nails*) so i'm buffing myself up :P
OH! and don't forget! It's Free Movie Monday!!! Either Case 39 or Let Me In, both scary movies. Case 39 is about this social worker that adopts a beaten girl after the parents are sent to prison for abuse charges but some evil entity seems to be trying to get to the girl or something. And Let Me In I've seen from previews is about this little vampire/evil girl (i guess she was in the movie Kick ummm.... Gluts!) that like eats people or something haha
I plan on seeing Case 39 so yep, hope it's good!
Alrighty, Peace Out!

~Annie

Friday, October 15, 2010

I SURVIVED MIDTERMS WEEK!

I'mmmmmm aaaaaaaaLIVE!!!!! :D yes everyone, I'm doing fine and dandy. It was quite a battle, writing essays, making study guides, studying for midterms, and going to track conditioning and pt (physical training) but somehow I pulled through! Winner! And no I did not pull any all nighters, the latest I stayed up surprisingly was 12:30am, haha. I did miss mandatory pt for Air Force ROTC on Wednesday morning however, thanks to my alarm clock that refused to do its duty!! grrrr... But hey, I'm breathing and I have a chill weekend of barely any homework and two awesome Trine Thunder games to go to and watch on Saturday: Football & Soccer! or... is it Football and Futbol?? :P anywho, in football we play at home against Alma, I hope for some more competition because last week's game at homecoming we won... 51-7, but, sorry, it was a little boring to watch. It's more suspenseful watching a game tied up in the last quarter. So Alma, put up a good fight please, even though Trine will and always DOMINATE! woot woot! In futbol the lady thunder team is gonna battle it out with Alma too. So I guess Alma is the team to play tomorrow. I wish both GOOD LUCK! And finally, before I run off to track condition, ummm.... wow I lost my thought, maybe my brain did explode from all the studying this week.... OH! now I remember, I want to thank anyone who's eyes, even for a split second, wonder across my blog. I'm a rambler and hopefully I won't bore you to death in my writings, but just know that this is only the beginning of something great. ;) I sure like to think of it that way, so be prepared for some really awesome blogs, okay maybe not that awesome, but ya know, awesome enough to please the eye and well, I don't know, maybe a laugh here and there. I guess we'll see!
So have a great day and please go outside (it is a bit chilly so I would highly recommend a sweater), stop reading this blog for just a moment and breath in some fresh October air! Wow, I'm like so in the mood for some hot apple cider, so Peace Out everyone and I'll check back in soon as I brew up a batch before my run. ;)

~Annie