Friday 12-12-03 I was online when Tiff asked if I could come to card club but I had to go to a meeting for the Japan trip in the summer. After I called Tiff and people were still there so I went over. It was her and Joanie and Pat and Selma. We played cards for about an hour and a half and then I was getting really hungry so I talked the others into going out for ice cream. Selma drove but she wasn't any better than Tiffany! The DQ had jsut closed so we had to go through the drive through. Then we went to the EP mall and sat in Barnes and Noble! It was so random, we looked at manga and magazines and talked about random stuff. When the book store closed we headed back over to Tiffs house to watch a movie. But first we had to stop and get some pop. 24 cans of Dr. Pepper at 12 at night! Woooo! We were high at that point. We decided to watch Chip and Dale but when we put the tape in, it had been taped over! So we found out the tape had this black and white version and Dr. Jekle and Mr. Hide and a Simpsons halloween special and other random stuff. We finally went back to the tv and watched Jaguar Spots and then Y R U UP. That was the first time I had seen the show but it was so funny! It was just two guys from school that takled to people and did skits, so we called in and talked about how not to tape over Chip and Dale tapes. Except before we got to talk to them Tuffany accidentally hung up the phone twice! So then they told us to make up a skit, so we spent the next hour trying to figure out a skit. We finally came up with the Pants song from Five Iron Frenzy. So Tiff called again and they had never heard of the song but they loved the idea! So now we have to watch it again Friday to see if they do it!! Then my mom picked me up cause it was like 2 in the morning but it was so fun!

Monday 12-15-03 A little after 6 everyone came over here for card club because mom was gone. Tiffany, Joanie, Selma and her little brother Hans showed up first. We started with the cards and the pop and eating and Pat and Ben were supposed to be right behind them but they didn't show up for like a half an hour so the rest of the night was just joking about them and what they were doing for that half hour XD It was sad but so funny. Then Jon showed up later too so there were eight of us. So we played more and talked more and ate more and laughed non stop. Then they all slowly started to go home. At about five to 9 I had to kick Tiff and Selma and Hans out I was like you guys need to go. But then I made them pick up trash before they left XD

Friday 12-20-03 Mom let me take the car to Tiffanys that night. I got there and we sat around and Selma was putting names of Harry Potter characters in a hat then drawing them out and making random couples. So we decided to do that with card club people. It was really fun, we had pizza and did the match making thing for like two hours. After a while they put in more band people and I didn't know half of them so I stopped caring and played with the cards Joanie gave me for christams. Even the others got bored of that after a while so we decided to add in a twist. We made verbs and body parts then drew a name then a verb then another name and body part and that kept us entertained the entire night!! It was a very perverted night. Pretty much every conversaton had to do with something bad in some way XD Especially with the game it would be like Joe kisses Kristi gonads and thats one of the tame examples! Then at 12:30 we all piled down to watch YRU Up, but they had different hosts on this time! They were horrible too, they kept hanging up on people and were just not fun to listen too. We wanted the other two back. So we kinda lost interest in that after a while. I got home about 2 am.

Monday 1-?-04 Monday it snowed all day long so that night at Tiffs we all went sledding!!! It was so fun I was like on this huge high! My butt hurts like heck today but thats okay! And we tried to make a jump and kinda made it and it was just so much fun.

Friday 1-?-04 Card Club came over to my house two fridays in a row. The first time we played with candles and did twister and it was the funnest thing ever but then I got in trouble for getting wax all over the floor and couch. The second time tiffany rolled down the stairs and made a bunch of noise that upset the neighboors so then mom was like yeah, we're not having them over here again. But it was nice because the last time Selma and Pat stayed later than everyone else and we had like a deep conversation. One of the few times I've heard Selma speak seriously for an extended time ^^''

Friday 2-6-04 I stayed after school because we were gonna dub some anime XD. First the band people had a meeting so I went to the media center and was going to do my US history work but Elizabeth showed up and we started talking and the only thing I got down was the words Chapter 4. It was nice to talk to her again though. So people showed up and we went to the tv lab place and Mr. Seiling was like I can't help you with that cause of copyright issues. So we went over to Selma's place instead. She's got a cute little townhouse place ^^ Turns out the dubbing stuff wasn't set up so we watched an ep of Cowboy Bebop then played some cards and ordered pizza. (When we went to get it Selma almost ran over a guy!!) It was good, then we had to go home because everyone had tog et ready for the concert. Band was having their Pops concert that night so obviously I had to go. Pops It was a little aquward when I first walked in. I didn't know where to go so I kind of wandered around like, I feel alone.... Then I saw Joanie and Sarah so I followed them up and sat down. After the first song it was like, This is gonna be a loooong night. The first few were kinda blah but it slowly got better. Soon all the varsity band people left and the flags came on a did a routine. It was interesting but the actual flags seemed to drag it down. When it was done I told Selma, 'that would have been so much better if they had had swords instead of flags', she was like yyeeesss!! Then the varsity band came on with Tiffy and Pat and Joanie and Sarah and Kara. It took me a while to find Joanie because someone's head was in the way. It was a little embarassing though, the first song when they were doing the scales for tuning, I thought it was an actual song!!! I was like, oh this is boring then I realized woops that was only the warmup! The best part though was when they got up and started dancing XD So funny I'm not kidding. During the half time I got some pop and mnms and met up with everyone. the second half kicked first half's butt. Everything was better, the music, the routines, Concert band did this awesome song with low lights and a glowing drum and glasses and the whole thing was aawessomee. After the show we all went over to Pat's house to hang out. His house is so nice, its like wow. I got kinda bored when they all started complaining about the show. It was like thanks for ruining my good image of it! But I lived through it. We had pop and chips and salsa and played cards and I got home before one.

Monday 2-9-04 Monday was card club as usual. I brought one of the games I had picked up at the mall XD It was a bar game and really something you should do in public but it was funny funny times. And Jonathan brought glow sticks so the whole time it was like wooooo glow sticks!

Saturday 2-14-04 Saturday was the really fun day though. It was Valentines day so the card club people got together and we went ice skating!!! We all met at Selma's house then went over to Centenial Lakes. (and I didn't know we had to have an ID to rent skates so I had to borrow Selma's keys ^^''''' ) But it was so fun, we goofed around and played crack the whip and I raced Tiffany and I threw snowballs at people XD But then Ben fell down and his lip started bleeding so it was like, okay we're done. But then we went back to Selma's place and had spicy Thai food and pie! Tiffany slept most of the time and we played jenga! We all went home early (if you call 12 early) but it was fun ^^

Monday 2-16-04 Monday was President's day so we got the day off school! woo! We went to an early Card Club at 2. I had to get a ride from Selma cause mom had to work. We played old card games like go fish and old maid! And Pit! I liked Pit, Joanie brought it over and its loud and fast and its like aaahh XD And we got good food for dinner cause its Tiffs birthday soon so we got a real dinner and cake! It was good!

Friday 2-20-04 Friday was....annoying. Card club was going bowling for Tiffs birthday but I had my first Japan meeting so I wouldn't get there until late. I don't feel like going through the whole story of trying to find directions and fighting mom over it because it was just stressful. In a nut shell I was on and off the phone ten times (three not related to the crisis) And ended up being 45 mins late instead of just 20 or whatever it would have taken without the detour of going home after the meeting and making mom drive and blah blah. After I got to the bowling ally, I gave Tiff her present and we went to Lian chin and I got fried rice cause I wasn't that hungry. We went back to Tiffs and watched Animal House. Actually only Joanie, me and the guys watched it, I don't know why Tiff and Selma stayed up but they did. It was a funny movie! Now I know where people get the Toga thing from! We hung out the rest of the night and went home when Tiffs mom came down ^^''

Saturday 2-21-04 I talked to Tiff and we deicded to have card club again, so I called everyone and told them to meet at Tiffs at 5 and everyone showed up at exactly 5 XD We went outside and played in the woods. My shoes and socks got soaked but it was cool. I got to throw snowballs at everyone XD Selma and I played chess, it was a draw the first time and I lost the second time. Then Tiff and Selma were doing some computer thing so Joanie, me and the guys talked in the kitchen and played with pop tags XD It was so nice, I love just talking and having fun like that. Later we watched Whinne the Poo and dubbed over it ourselves, then we did the same thing for Fushigi Yuugi. Tiff kicked us out at 12, I think she got yelled at on Friday for having us over past curfew, but it was still fun.

Monday 2-23-04 On monday mom went to visit Auntie Joe and that choas house, so I had to get a ride to card club from Selma. (but when I woke up in the morning there was a note from mom saying Ashley you are the most wonderful responsible daughter in the world! I was like yes! XD ) Anyway Selma showed up at like 5:20 because she had to pick up Ben too and drop off one of Han's friends. But the bell rang it was like, no way she's here this early. But she was and we only got to Tiffs about 10 mins early. When we got there we went down the basement and Tiff was sleeping on her beanbag XD We just stood there and laughed until she woke up and she was out of it for a while until everyone else got there and had fun. Then when it was time to go home she insisted that Selma take Ben while she drive me home. Even though Ben lives closer to her and I live closer to Selma, but hey no one's gonna argue with Tiffany!

Friday 2-27-04 Card club was fun. We went over to Selma's house and played with legos! I brought my camera and took pictures ^^ At one point we went outside and played Red Light Green light, but after that got old we started playing freeze tag, and Ben fell down and cut his hand! It was so sad, we were like Ben stop hurting yourself! And I beat him at chess!!!!!! I actually won! I couldn't believe it! And I almost beat Pat too! We stopped too early so we didn't get a clear winner, but I was close XD Then Tiff brought some home videos so we watched some of those, I played with the koosh ball most of the time. We got home about 1:30.

Monday 3-1-04 Monday card club was awesome! (once I got there. Long story short, I had to pick up Ben, took the wrong road, got lost, paniced and finally found the house when I had given up trying!) Adam was there (band person, Pat's buddy) but I brought balloons and we somehow managed to pop all of them within an hour! Then we went outside and played kick the can! It was so fun. The guys outnumbered the girls for the first time cause Selma was gone for some reason. Then we played that owl game in the woods. First time I was the first one caught and Tiff was like, Ashley you're bad at this. But the second time I hid two feet away from the counter behind this big tree and no one found me XD I was like HA! Then I was bombarded with snowballs because before I threw them at everyone when they were found XD

Friday 3-5-04 Friday night card club was at Pat's house! Selma picked me up and we went over there. We played the Return of the King video game a lot, but that got kinda boring for the people not playing so we learned a new version of Gulf. Adam was there again. He did this weird card trick where he knew exactly what the card was and he wouldn't look at it! So when he stopped I flipped through the cards and threw them at him which started a card war XD Felt kinda bad at the end though cause we ended up loosing one of Pat's cards ^^'' Then after pizza we all went outside! We had a silly string fight with the silly string I brought (it lasted like 5 minutes, so not worth the 20 bucks) but it was fun anyway. Then after that was all used up we started a snowball fight. Some girls from next door were outside too and we switched the game over to attacking them which led to an hour and a half war! It was so fun! We'd try to come up with these plans that would never work, except the one where Pat and Adam ran down for a diversion then Selma and I took huge chunks of snow, charged and dumped them right on top of the annoying girl in pink! There were four of them, 14 and 15, two of them hung in the back most the time while the other two took most the hits until the war shifted over into their yard then we killed them all XD When we finally went back inside we got cookies and just laid around. Ben and Adam went home about midnight then the rest of us sat and talked and looked at this really cool video game. It was fun times.

Friday 3-12-04 Friday was the Sister City fundraiser dinner. I had volunteered to help serve dinner. When it was all over Mom dropped me off at Ben's house. So his mom answers the door and they're like, yeah they went to Southdale but they should be back soon and I was like, you have got to be kidding me. So I sat there for like 15 mins with his family. I met the hampster (it has one red and one black eye I was like, thats awesome!) and we watched part of Men in Black. I liked his little sister. She was like, I think we should invent a teleport to take us to Ben and I was like yes!! They finally got back and I just went off on them all, I was so mad. I was like I hate you I hate you I hate you all! And I hit them all with pingpong balls and pillows. And I told Ben, I am never having anything to do with you or your house again!! Then Tiffany gave me sour worms and I calmed down some. We watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. That was fun, just listening to all the comments everyone came up with. Then we played with the pingpong balls some more and just joked around. We all went home about 12 cause people had curfew and Selma was tired so she went home and she was my ride so I had to go along even though I still had energy to spare.

Saturday 3-13-04 I got home and called people to come over at 7, so I had to shove down some dinner and clean up. Selma showed up first and I had her make a sign to tell people to just come in. It was great! Except then Ben showed up and he was like, you spelled elite wrong and Selma was like whoops, but it was still cool. Everyone was slow to getting there. Tiff and Pat both came up yelling and trying to be all scary and we were all like, yeah nice try =P It was very low key night for card club. We just talked and ate and watched TV. The food fight was the best! We launched cookies and crackers from styraphome bowls XD It was fun times. Then we watched Ocean's 11! Beesstt moovviiee. It didn't get over until after 2 and then I was like, okay you people need to go home. But it was fun.

Monday 3-15-04 Moonnddaaayy card club funness. I walked up to Tiffs house and I could hear her playing her saxaphone. It sounded nice and I didn't want to intruppt so I sat outside and just listened until her dad walked by the window and saw me so he let me in ^^'' I got to fight with the wooden swords finally!! We went out to the street first and watched Selma and Tiffany then I got the sword and they were like who do you wanna fight? I just said someone weak cause this is my first time! So I fought against Ben and neither of us really knew what we were doing so it was all weak swings and hits. Then we decided we needed to go somewhere else so Tiff drove to this feild on Bush Lake. We had fun there. Those of us who didn't have the swords found sticks. I fought Selma for a while and started getting into it more, but when I went against Tiffany I died! Later when Tiff and Jonathan were fighting we heard Tiff swear really loudly then looked over to see the half top part of her sword gone!! They had broken it off! And that was the end of that! We got some pop from Ben's place then went back to Tiffs for pizza. We played Hearts and tried to make up a game, but it didn't work too well =P Then we went down to the basement and they showed the video they had made the week before. I got kinda bored, but sat through it until it was time to go.

Friday 3-19-04 I got to take the car to Selma's house. Everyone was there! I was informed that if card club was forced to resort to cannibalism I would be the first to go and it was like, oh okay, good to know....We went outside and sword fought with sticks! We broke into teams and switched every battle, it was fun and I don't suck horribly at it! Except I kept getting hit in the fingers so the yesturday everytime I touched my thumb or index finger it was like oowww. We went on a "quest" around the pond. Pat killed trees while Tiff poked people in the butt and it was like the hell Tiffany!! When we went back inside she fell asleep!! We were all really lazy after that. Talked and did our own things here and there, it was still fun. Then later they decided that Kristi would be killed before me and I was like HA! Even the slow nights are fun though. It's nice to just sit around with friends and zone out, talk, and not have to think about anything.

Monday 3-22-04 Monday we still had card club even though finals were the next day. I brought brownies and we played cards. Then went outside and ran around, played a game where people hide and try to get to base before getting caught by the person it. It was fun, until I fell down and got mud all over my pants and sleave. At least I hope it was mud. When we went back inside we had pizza and sat around.

Wednesday 3-24-04 I found out Tiff had called asked for a ride to Pat's house, so I called Pat and Tiff was already there so I didn't have to pick her up. So I headed over there and it was them and Joanie. First we just tossed a ball around then Joanie, Pat and I went outside while Tiffy read things for school. Ben showed up and the four of us went to the playground at Ridgeview! It was fun, we played around and when Joanie and I tried tetherball I accidentally hit her in the head ^^'' So we went back and got Tiffy to stop working. Then we all went over to her house to film the first part of the Benshin story! I decided I'm never driving with any of those people again =P But anyway, we got scripts and Joanie made signs with all the words spelled wrong, Sammer-eye and Bandit wun and tooo and Bandit Leedur XD I was bandit wun. It was cold out cause it was like midnight, but we were out there for an hour and a half and got about five minutes taped! Woo! It was awesome though, Tiffany made an arm out of a stick and socks and I sucked at acting but thats okay XD We then had to watch it all (the whole five minutes) and got home about 1.

Friday 3-26-04 Around 3 I called Tiff to see if there was card club. She said Selma was calling people to figure out a plan so I called Selma and she hadn't figured anything out yet so we made a plan for everyone to come to my place at 4:30. Well Ben was gone, Joanie had a thing and I couldn't get a hold of Pat and Tiff said she was gonna be a little late. So a little before 4:30 Selma shows up and we clean and play fooseball and sit and talk and eat pizza and play the wall game and listen to Harry Potter theories for about three hours. The Harry Potter stuff was actually quite interesting, the next time a book comes out I'll be like reading it and being all like hey I know all this in depth stuff about the characters! Tiffany finally showed about 7:45 (when she said a little late I was thinking maybe an hour) I showed them my site then we decided to do something spontainious so we went to the park right down the road. We played around there, sat on the monkey bars and looked at stars. We had to go find costumes for the Benshin story so we went over to Tiffs house and found a perfect monk robe! Then we had to go pick up her brother from South Dale but that didn't take long. I told them about how the Christian Chuch is evil! So we dropped her brother off then went to Selma's place to see what she had. She had an awesome wizard cape and ninja outfit and some sticks for a staff! Then we swung back over here where Tiffany spent hours on end trying to find out how to fold a monk rode and Selma drew all the people in costume! We never found the monk thing, but she found how to fold a kilt so then we all got sheets and made kilts! XD It was great!

Saturday 3-27-04 At 3 mom dropped me off at Selma's house. Tiff and I showed up at the same time, it was like an old anime club flashback! We tried on our outfits then went shopping!! First stop was Party City. Tiff got some monk beads and Selma found some gold coins. Then we walked over to TJ Macs but there wasn't much there. Then we crossed over to the fabric store where we found some red and green plaid fabric for Pat's kilt! After we drove to Savers and Tiff got something there, I forget what. We tried to go to the Library to look up the monk thing again, but it was closed. Selma was getting hungry so we went to Brugers and got some dinner. It had been raining constantly all day. Our last stop was Ragstock at the Mall of America. But the store had been changed so we walked away without going more than five feet into the store. We walked down to Borders and looked around there and in Suncoast. Tiff got a an anime dvd, Selma got some manga and a cd and I got a puzzle! When our adventure was over we went back to my place again and sat around. Tried calling Joanie and Pat but they were both gone. Watched part of a movie, then I was getting really tired so Tiff and Selma went home at like 9, but it was a fun day.

Tuesday 3-30-04 Card club got together every single day except thursday so most of it all messhes together but I'll try to remember what I can. I called everyone and surprisingly they were all free! They came over at 7:30 and we walked to the park and hung around. After we went to Tiffs and stayed out until all hours of the night. One of the days we put together the puzzle I had gotten at Borders, it glows in the dark XD We filmed most of Benshin. When we tried to do the part where Selma comes in, these little kids started watching us. They stayed back at first then they slowly got closer and louder until finally we just left. It was really cold and windy anyway.

Friday 4-2-04 We drove home and got back about 4. Ten minutes after we walk in the door the phone rings and it's Selma telling me to come over to Tiffs and I'm like I just got hoooommmeee. So I quick took a shower and had some snacks and went over. We taped my scene except it got dark half way through so I randomly had to order the sky to turn dark in the movie ^^''

Saturday 4-3-04 Dad dropped me off at Tiffs house and we went to chutes and Ladders!! They totally changed it I was like noooooooo, but it's still fun and they kept the big slide at least!! Joanie had to leave early and the rest of us walked around and climbed trees. The one next to me had thorns in it and it kept poking me so when I got down my hand was all scratched up and it was like aaahhh. Then Pat quickly drove me home to get the pop and while I was there I threw on a sweatshirt. Later we all went to Selma's and did editing stuff. I was getting really really tired and if I had had my own car I prolly would have left at like 12, but I was at the mercy of my ride. Selma and Tiff did most of the editing. We looked at weapons online and played games and took Harry Potter house tests. I was put in Gryffendor every time! XD Then I was getting ready to fall asleep so I laid down on the couch and played with Misa and string.

Sunday 4-4-04 Sunday Tiffany wanted everyone at her house at 11. So I showed up at 11 and Pat came up and he was like, Tiffany's still asleep. Wonderful. Everyone slowly showed up and we didn't get started filming until 2. We went to the park by Bush Lake. I had to leave at 3 so I was there long enough to do Pat's scene then they just filmed my lines for Joanie's part.

Monday 4-5-04 I was one of the last to get to card club. We sat around then went to Selma's and we got to see the final version of the first episode of Benshin!!! It turned out really well! The out takes are the best though! After we went back to Tiff's and watched part of Cats! I've listened to the CD so much I practically have the entire thing memorize, but it's been years since I've actually seen it so I think I enjoyed that a little more than a few of the others ^^'' We had pizza and sat around some more and got home about 9.

Friday 4-9-04 Card Club got together in the afternoon. We looked at funny videos on the computer for a long time then watched Alice in Wonderland! Then Jonathan showed up with all these air bag things and we started putting them in our shirts to make huge muscles! It was crazy. Then we went back up and watched more videos but I was getting really really bored so Selma and I went back down and watched part of Fantasia. Everyone else slowly joined us. We went home a little after midnight but as Selma and I were walking down Tiffs drive way we saw Pat and his new car. It started and jerked forward, died, started up again and jerked and died and he finally got going, but it was like, mental note never drive with Pat in a stick shift! Stupid band cult

Saturday 4-10-04 I called Tiff and we agreed to meet at her house at 3:30. I called everyone and they were all free except Joanie (got the answering machine) Went over there and Tiff had a whole bunch of pipe cleaners and random stuff out so we played with those. Made little people and put them in...interesing positions. Then we went to chutes and ladders and climbed all over! It was so fun! There's this one thing off to the side and all closed up but we jumped off the edge of the wall and got up on top!! The only thing was Tiff was the first one to be like, lets go up there! Come on guys!! and she was the only one that wouldn't jump up on it!! She tried once and fell but she refused to try again. She eventually opened up some holes and climbed up from the bottom. When the sun started going down it got cold really fast so we didn't stay long once it disappeared behind the trees. Went back to Tiffs house and helped Selma make a question thing like which card club member are you? XD That was awesome. We ate pizza then decided to go see a movie!! By that time it was just me, Tiff, Selma and Pat. We went to Eden Prarie and spent about 15 minutes standing in front just deciding what movie to see. We finally agreed on The LadyKillers. It was okay, kinda weird. Got over after 12 and we headed home.

Monday 4-12-04 Last monday everyone came over to my place for an early card club. Soon after everyone got here we went to chutes and ladders and played around there for most of the afternoon. Tiffany finally jumped and got up on the box!! Then we went to Selma's house and ate ham. Got home about eight and mom was bugging me because I forgot to leave her a note ^^''

Wednesday 4-14-04 Wednesday Tiffany wanted to go to Chutes and Ladders again after school. Pat agreed to pick me and Tiff up so I went home and got ready and called mom (honestly I'm surprised at how okay she was with everything) Then I tried to call Dad but he wasn't home. Pat showed up a little after three and we went to Tiffany's house and she wasn't there! So we went to Hyland and she was sitting on the grass with Selma and Jonathan we were like what's wrong with you?! But whatever, we climbed up on the box (and my shoe almost fell off) but then we got yelled at by a parent so we went by the lake and climbed trees instead and threw rocks at bobbers hanging in the branches. We decided to have dinner then come back later at 6:45 and 39 seconds. So Pat brought me home then at 6:40 I took the car and I thought I was gonna get yelled at because I didn't pull in until like 6:50. But I got there, didn't see anyone's car, went up to the playground, no one was there, it was like, did they decide not to come and didn't call me?? So I went down to the lake and looked around, no one was there, finally when I was coming back up I saw Tiff and Selma and Pat in the parking lot so I yelled at them for being late. There were lots of kids and parents at the park so we couldn't do much but we climbed around anyway. It was just us, Joanie had homework and Ben was sleeping in Pat's pants. (that last part was requested to be put in by Tiff) Played follow the leader and tag. Once when I was going to count I passed this little girl and she looked up at me and went, "you're pretty!" I was like yaaay, you're my new best friend! Then once when we were following Pat through one of the plastic dome things on top Tiffany couldn't get through because her boobs were too big!! Selma and I managed to sqeeze though and Tiff got her top half in but then her butt wouldn't fit! It was like wow, never thought I'd find an advantage to having small boobs. At about 8 all the parents and kids cleared away so it was just us and this other guy and girl having fun with a video camera there. It was nice not having to dodge all the kiddies.

Friday 4-16-04 I went over to Selma's house and about 9 Tiffany decideds she wants to go to chutes and ladders. So we go over and park across the street at the funeral home and walk over. My arms were still bruised up from Wednesday so I didn't want to attempt jumping, but they had put string across the hole going up. Not much so I thought I could squeeze though, but when I tried I got about half way and I don't know what happened, my foot slipped or somthing, but I fell back down and it was painfull. Later that night I discovered this friggin huge burise on my side that was about ten different colors, I couldn't sleep on my side for days! But yeah we had only been there about 5 mins when Selma yelled out, CAR! So we climbed out and hid in the play ground. I didn't know what the big deal was when we were told to come out and a cop was standing near the stairs. Then I had that momentary panic like oh crap he's gonna call our homes and mom's gonna freak. But he didn't he just warned us to leave and not to come back. But while he was standing there I kept smiling, I was like no! Stop smiling! This is the worst time ever to smile!! The whole thing was just like aaahhhhh. So we got out of there and went to the gas station where I bought some pop and candy. I was kinda snappy the rest of the night. We went back to Selma's and hung out, played cards. We went outside for a while and I went home soon after midnight.

Saturday 4-17-04 That night we all went over to Pat's house. Mom dropped me off and for the first part we just watched TV. Random shows and a little MXC. Then that was getting boring so we went outside and went to the hobo park, but as we were crossing the neighboors lawn these girls came out of the house and were like yelling at us and we were just like WTF mate? Played at the park for a while then went back and started to play LIFE on the deck when the girls started yelling at us again and throwing things, we were just like what is your problem?!! Then Tiffany came and took the squirt gun and just started going back at them XD We put pop in it and poor Tiff and Ben got soaked in it! The girls finally gave up and we went back in and went home.

Friday 4-23-04 Friday was fitness day! Tiffany's house we played nintendo and duck hunt and this track game where you actually ran on this mat and it showed up on the screen! It was so fun! Then we went outside and did handstands and built pyramids! After dinner we went up to Jerrys and got marshamallows. Later when Jonathan showed up we went to the woods and built a fire!! It was awesome! We roasted marshmallows and just sat around the fire, it was fun times.

Saturday 4-24-04 That afternoon we all went over to Selma's house. We played some nintendo then we went out and played tennis! It was fun, kinda windy out but lots of fun. We got real food for dinner than we sat and talked all night ^^ It was great, we decided we're all going to Prom and we found out a way to deal with the dateing question! Now whenever people ask if we're all dateing eachother we just say the girls are all married to Pat XD Ben is the servant boy and Adam is the neighboor! It was crazy.

Sunday 4-25-04 went over to Selma's house in the afternoon and it was just us girls there that night, Selma, Tiff, Joanie and me. We played with hemp then Tiff Joanie and I went out in search of more string but most of the stores were closed. We ended up at Target and found a shirt that you can color! So we got it and we were like, we have to make Pat wear this to Prom! XD We brought it back to Selma's and spent the rest of the night coloring it. It turned out really good, it was actually kind of a cute shirt. =P

Monday 4-26-04 At card club that night we played volley ball. It was me, Tiff and Pat verses Joanie, Ben and Jonathan, It went back and forth for a while but I think we eventually won. Selma took pictures so that was a nice break for me ^^ Then we went back and ate some food then I went home a little early.

Friday 4-30-04 Friday was awesome. It was just a normal day at school then at lunch it was like, what about card club tonight? Tiff asked if we could come to my house and I was like yeah sure. Then she said they had to stay after and help with a Band thing and she was like stay after and help us!!! So I was like okaaaaaaay. We had US History in the computer lab to work on our projects then after I just followed Joanie to the Lunch room and met up with Tiff and Selma. I signed my name at the bottom of the list and we waited around for it to start. The way I figured it the younger people would assume I was in one of the older bands and the older people would assume I was in one of the younger bands, and the people I knew would just be like WTF? It was so much fun though! We carried boxes back and forth from these two huge trucks to the lunch room and some of them were pretty heavy but it was all good. I managed to stay in line with Selma the first few rounds then I lost her and was on my own, but that was okay. The whole thing was just so awesome, its true Band people are the coolest people! Every single person there was happy and having fun and laughing and it just made the whole thing one big party! I was tired by the end but I was sad it was over. Tiff brought me home and I quick cleaned up and made that pudding I had gotten at United Noodle. Pat showed up first around 6. We played foosball and I was beating him pretty bad until Adam showed up, then the two of them against me was a pretty good match XD When Tiff and Selma got there we started a tournament. I won =P Joanie was a little late. We had pizza and just sat around for the rest of the night. It was kinda boring at times but still nice.

Saturady 5-1-04 got home about 5 then and two minutes after I walk in the door Tiffany calls and tells me to come over, so I go over and they're all playing nintendo again and it was like am I the only one sick of this yet? But I sat there and played occasionally. Then Tiff went to go make pasta so I went and helped her. We grated cheese and I got to stir the noodles, therapy stirring woo! So we had dinner then they were all gonna go play again and this time I wasn't alone, Selma and Ben were bored with it too! We decided to go to Selma's house so we could convert documents to HTML and got everyone to abandon their game! But then we all got to Selma's house and suddenly we realized we left Ben at Tiffany's house!!!!!!! It was so bad, we felt so guilty cause we all thought someone else was taking him! And he got to Selma's house and he was like I hate you all, and it was like we're soorrryyy! But a tiny part of me was like, ha now you know how I felt when I was all alone at your house! We got Selma's story into the website but when we tried to do Ben's it wouldn't work then we just hung around for the rest of the time until we went home.

Monday 5-3-04 I was the first one to card club (by about thirty seconds) Tiffany had written all over the windows and glass random notes like Card Club Central and Welcome Card club, it was cool. A lot of sitting around again as Tiff played nintendo but that's old stuff. We got pizza for dinner but I only had once piece since I had eaten a waffle before I left. Oh yeah Kristi called for a few minutes but she mainly just talked to Jonathan. Then we watched Love Actually! That's such a cute movie!! Except it didn't get over until after 9:30 and when I got home mom was not happy ^^''

Friday 5-7-04 So anyway Friday I went over to Selma's house right after school. Actually first I went home, changed into most of my uniform then went over there. It was her, Tiff and Pat and we played nintendo most of the time. Pat left around five then I stayed another half hour. Work finally let us go and we headed back to Selma's. People played nintendo while I read the last part of the Benshin story then we went to the living room and just talked. I started falling asleep around one so I headed home.

Saturday 5-8-04 Saturday we went Prom dress shopping!! The girls then my mom and Selma's mom all went to the MOA to Macy's where we got our dresses for prom! ^^ Then after we all met back to Tiffs house and put them on to take pictures! The whole time it was like yaaay I feel pretty! ^^ So then we just hung out at Tiffs the rest of the night, played her new game cube and I tried to work on my site, didn't get very far. But it was fun.

Monday 5-10-04 Monday we did an early card club. Went over about four, played more game cube then watched Under the Tuscan Sun! Its a chick flick feel good movie. ^^ And Pat and Joanie finally announced they were going to Prom together! Tiffany started clapping and it was like yaaay!

Saturday/Monday 5-17-04 Card club we've just been haning out and coloring. I watched three random episodes of Raxephon with no sound. Played Badmitten last Monday and saw the cars we're going to ride to prom in! Thanks to this guy from Kristi's chruch.

Friday 5-21-04 PROM At five we headed over to Tiffany's house. Everyone looked so nice!!! There were ten of us in the whole group. Card club plus Jon, Kristi, Another Ben and his date Jenny. It was the frist time I had met her, she's really nice! We let the parents take a truck load of pictures, but after a while it started getting really cold out so it was like, can we go back in now? Plleeaassee? They finally did let us go and we got into the old cars and went over to Joanie's Grandma's house! She had the ham pickle things!!! I ate like ten of them ^^'' We had chicken for dinner and rice for dinner and this stuff, I don't really wanna call it jello but it was like it with raspberries and cream and it was the most wonderful thing it world! For dessert we had chocolate cheese cake!! It was delicious! When they first said we were going to be eating dinner at someone's house I thought it was kinda odd, but now I'm really glad that's what we did. Unlike a restaurant might have been, it was nice and relaxed. Everyone was having fun and joking around and I think it was more fun there than at the actual dance! Speaking of which, at 8 we headed out again in the cars. We went the long way around the lakes and by the really nice fancy houses. Selma, Pat, Joanie and I played hangman on the way! It was at the Marriot downtown Minneapolis and the place was a complete nut house! We got in and took an elevator up to the fourth floor, gave the people our tickets and checked our purses and stuff. Then we walked down the white carpet into the ballroom! It was a dimly lit room with tables all around and small stage and dance floor near the back. Our group spent most of the night in the corner having our own fun. Dancing, playing cards, being total dorks, but it was really fun! It was great seeing all the people there too. Some of the dresses were amazing! I spotted Briana near the beginning and both of us were just OMG you're beautiful!!! So about half way through the night Tiffany put her head down and went to sleep! That was probably the one act that killed the mood. It made everyone else tired and after a while it got to the point where it was just like, can we go now? We finally got her to wake up for one last quick photo shoot. About 11:30 we got up, got our stuff and headed out. We all went over to Selma's house and Jon changed into his duck tape suit!! We got some group pictures of that then we got to change into nice comfy, warm clothes!!! We ate food and Selma's Dad made a fire. Tiffany and Selma took at the bobbypins out of their hair. Semla had about 22 and Tiff had about 26, then I took all mine out and beat them both with a total of 49!!! I took out 47 first then later Selma pulled out another and I found the last this morning. Everyone was falling asleep after about an hour and Jon gave me a ride home about 2:30. It was a fun day though. I wouldn't do it again any time soon, but it was an experience. And honestly I wouldn't have rather gone with anyone else than the group I was in. You guys are the greatest friends in the world and I have more fun when I'm with you people than I've ever had. This has probably been the best year of my life and I want it to stay just like this forever. You stupid band culties =P Sorry, I'm tired and when I'm tired I get really emotional, but its true.

Monday 5-24-04 Um, Last monday we ate some food and looked at more videos on Ebamns. I read a book, but then we decided to go out in the back and immitate the Star Wars kid! We video taped it and it was the funniest thing ever!

Friday 5-28-04 Last friday Card club I got there after work and we talked and ate cake, then we decided to go TP Adam, but when we went outside it was raining! That was sad, so then we went back in and talked some more.

Monday 6-1-04 Last monday card club, I don't even remember what we did, feels like a year ago, that's how hectic my life is right now.

Wednesday 6-3-04 Wednesday I got together with Tiffany and stayed after school. We tried to work on the card club slide show at school but the comptuer was freakin slow so we broke down and called Selma. I'm glad we're all doing it now because its gonna be a million times better, but we don't have a lot of time to work on it.

Friday 6-4-04 Went back to Selma's after and we did archery then played a little basketball until it got too buggy. Then we sat around, looked at stuff on the comp until I got a craving for ice cream and convinced everyone to come with me to dairy queen. Well, dairy queen was closed so we went and inspected the archery range down on france then went to Cub where I finally got my ice cream. ^^ Picked up a magazine too so we went back to Selma's and ate and talked and had fun.

Tuesday 6-28-04 Tuesday I messed with pictures and at 3 card club came over to my place ^^ It was happy times. Ben and Selma showed up first followed by Pat and Joanie and Tiffany soon after. I gave them all their presents and we looked at manga and pictures and ebaum stuff. Except that Pat couldn't keep his hands off Joanie and it was really quite uncomfortable for the rest of us. So we TPed them! They were like okay you guys are freaks but we were just like Take that!! About 5 we all went to Hyland and went kyaking (how the heck do you spell that???) we went to the island then Selma and I tied ours together to become the shming force! Then Tiffany tried to tip me over and I was like What the hell!!! Thankfully I kept it upright. So we just walked around and looked for places to film. Around 8 we went back to my place and had pizza but then I started getting really tired and mom kicked them all out a little before 10. Adam and Jonathan showed up at the last second so they got their gifts and left.

Thursday 7-1-04 I went over to Tiffany's house around 2 and watched the final product of the Card Club video. It was awesome! You can actually understand whats going on! Then I went to Selma's house while Tiffany delivered papers. At Selma's I made a character for Dungens and Dragons. I'm a cleric elf named Raia ^^ When Tiff showed up we watched what they had done to the slide show. They had added in all the video stuff to Mortal Combat music and started on the Ben and Pat Tainted love stuff! We did a little more, then ran around in the rain, then went up stairs and talked. We bought a house for Card Club to live in. Jon and Adam get the basement. Ben and Pat get a room then us girls all get our own rooms! We decided that we needed to take a road trip up to Selma's sail boat for a few days in July. Then we made up a card club high school! It was the funniest thing ever!!!!

Saturday 7-3-04 So about a half hour after I get off I got a call from Pat so I went over to his house and it was him, Joanie and Jon and the four of us hung out and went and saw the end of the fireworks at Normandale. The bugs were really bad, but the fireworks are always so beautiful! Then we shot off a few bottle rockets and watched MXC.

Monday 7-5-04 Later everyone excluding Tiffany came over to my house a little after 2. We ate cookies and went mini golfing!! It was crowded there but it was fun! Then we came back to my place and sat around. Recorded a fight scene and a slap fight between Ben and Pat XD It will be so perfect, Tiffany is going to be so mad she missed that one! And everyone read the teacher story! We had pizza then went to the park to shoot off fireworks! We got a few sparklers in then ran out of matches. We went back and got Pat's lighter and used up the rest of the sparklers. Mom kicked everyone out at 10 but then we just relocated to Pat's house. We watched TV and sat and talked. Talked for a long time until about 2 when Selma and I finally went home.

Sometime during the week I went over to Selma's house and hung out. Card Club's been getting together a lot lately. Which is not a bad thing. Not a bad thing at all.

Wednesday 7-14-04 Then it was such a nice day out that I decided to go to Jamba Juice but I didn't want to go alone so I tried calling card club. Selma was the only one home and she was painting so we thought it would be better to just go after dinner. When I got to Selma's house later Pat and Ben were there and we had to go pick up Tiffany but Joanie was baby sitting which was really sad cause it was like, can't go to Jamba Juice without Joanie!! But it was still good. We walked around the lake for a while then jsut sat around back at Selma's.

Thursday 7-15-04 Thursday Selma and I finished the thing!!!! Extreme happiness with the finishing of the Card Club slide show. We took a break in the middle to walk to the gas station for pop and pies. Then we had to drive to my house so we could download the Hampster dance song! But we finished it!!

Monday 7-19-04 Last monday I called everyone arguably early. We met at Ben's house at 12 then we went and saw Anchorman!! It was a lot funnier than I thought it would be! After we went back to Ben's house and hung out for a while. Then we went to Ichibans for dinner for Ben's birthday! (I do believe I was the only one who brought him a present too. I was like wow...there's something seriously wrong with this picture...) It was a crazy expensive dinner too. But it was cool! We sat at one of the tables where they cook right in front of you and the guy was making everything flip and twirl and fly around, it was awesome!! They gave you tons to eat and it was all delicious. Back to Ben's house we watched the end of the Princess Bride movie then played with his Hamster. We decided to make a maze for it so Jonathan, Tiffany and I went up to Jerry's to get some old boxes. We saw Tiff's brother and the vanimal and we got dounuts and when we got back the boxes worked perfectly to make a huge maze thing for the hamster!! That little creature entertained us for hours on end. And the boxes. After we got the idea to use them as armor and weapons. Tiffany and Jonathan dueled and it was the funniest thing ever. Until Selma was feeling sick and I was tired so I brought her and Tiffany home. But it was still a really fun day.

Wednesday 7-21-04 Around two I called Selma and we went to Brugers and got a bagle. Then we went back to her house and talked, brain stormed on the trip and looked at stuff on the comp. I picked Tiffany up a little before 5 after she was done working and we had a final product of the slideshow!!!!! We got all excited and called everyone to come over later to show them!! And to talk about the boat trip next week, but we had to show them the thing we had been working on forever!! We ate then I bailed out early to head back to Selma's house. When I got there everyone else was eating dinner so I sat and watched them eat, then we finally got to show them the thing!!! Extreme happiness with the unveiling of the thing!! When that was over we went unstairs, talked about the details for the trip then played Dungeons and Dragons! We fought Goblins and Zombies and Tho-chan and Raia went shopping for scarfs XD It was fun times.

BOAT TRIP Monday 7-26-04 Woke up around 8 and finished packing. Called Tiffany and laid on the driveway while I waited for her (some old couple drove by at one point and they were like, are you okay?! And I was like yeah I'm fine.) Tiff finally got there and we went over to Selma's. Joanie and Ben were all ready there and Pat got there a little after us. We took one last bathroom break and headed out! It was Selma, her Dad and Ben in one car and the rest of us in Tiffany's. Selma's Dad drove the speed limit which was too slow for Tiffany so as soon as we got on the highway, we passed them and gave the vanimal its pride back. Listened to lots of different music on the way there, then stopped at the rest stop in Duluth to wait for the others. Had lunch at the McDonalds across the street which was a nice break. Then it was off to Wisconsin! Ride to the harbor was pretty uneventful, except for when Tiffany swore she had seen fat asian kid on a bride. And we saw a part of one of the highways had been adopted by the Monday Evening Club and we were like wooo! Go Monday evening club!! So we got to the harbor and loaded all the stuff onto the sail boat. Sat around while Selma's Dad went and got gas then us kids went to the little grocery store to get meat and stuff. It was a long ride out to the island. Us girls sat up in the front for the first half and chatted. Took close to 2 hours to get to the island, then we docked the boat, found a camp site, unloaded the guys stuff, some had to wade through the superior water to try and find a place close to the island to park the boat on the sandbar. The sandbar was cool, it went out a really long way. When we finally had everything unpacked and settled it was dark out and it was time to make dinner. We had a tiny grill that really didn't do much. We had to use some gas thing that worked pretty well to boil the water then we had spaghetti. The food was good but the bugs were horrible! Us girls had to bail out of there at like 10 because we couldn't stand the bugs! We went back to the boat and got ready for bed but then we stayed up and talked until after midnight, it was so funny! We talked about everything from how to say comb in spanish to the philosophy of human emotion, it was fun. Tuesday 7-27-04 Woke up around 8 and Tiffany, Joanie and I decided to go wading in the water to look at some funky rock. We made our way down the beach and ended up at the guys camp site so we woke them up! Breakfast was cereal and granola bars then we all went swimming! Out into lake superior the water was flippin cold but it was still fun to see how far out we could go. As soon as I finally got used to the water we got out and played in the sand instead. After lunch we went sailing around the island. They had an intertube so Tiffany got on first and she was having fun, then I climbed on and we had it all under control. Then we tried to fit Selma on! I think we lasted about five minutes before we tipped. Back into the icy water!! but it was fun. We spent some more time on the boat and after changing into dry clothes I retreated to the inside of the thing. I realized I had had a little too much sun and was not feeling all that great. When we got back on land I stayed in the shade as much as possible. Hanging around the campsite and gathering sticks for a fire. Han's dad cooked burgers, I ate about half of mine then I finally started to get my energy back and had a smore. Tiffany, Selma and I went back to the boat around 8, the bugs were just as bad as the night before. Joanie stayed on land a little longer. But the boat was parked out in the water on the sandbar. The whole dock had been taken up so we had to walk out into the water again! Once we got on and got settled we went on a fly killing spree. We probably killed about 50 flies in a half an hour. My poor notebook has guts all over it. Joanie showed up a while later and we all went to bed. Wednesday 7-28-04 The alarm went off at 4:30 in the morning. It was dark and cold and windy but somehow we managed to get up, get ready and walk across the water to the island. (Selma pulled me on the tube with the clothes) They all changed and dropped their stuff off at the campsite then we powerwalked across the island to the other side. It was a nice beach with huge rocks!! We took a seat and watched the sunrise! It was beautiful. There was some cloud cover and it was just enough so we could see the sun and look at it without hurting our eyes at all. It was wonderful. We decided to take the long way back around the edge of the island. Climbed over rocks and walked through the woods, it was great. By the time we got back to the campsite it was close to 7. We woke the guys up again and ate chocloate and gram crackers for breakfast, then it was time to pack up. Han's Dad brought the boat into the dock. We organized all our stuff and the guys hauled all their things to the boat. We sailed back to Wisconsin so it took a little longer and there were huge waves so it was a bumpy ride. A few times I got a little light headed, but Ben was sleeping on my bag and I had to wait until he moved before I could get my music. Once I had my headphones on it distracted my mind enough so I felt fine. Everyone was a little out of it. Ben and Tiffany slept a lot of the way there. Pat and Selma tried to sleep but I'm not sure if they got any. Joanie stayed up in front most of the time and I just sat and watched the water. Back on the mainland we unloaded everything back into the vans. Lost the cheezits to the water. The drive back was probably less eventful than the drive there. Had dinner at McDonalds again when it started to rain. Tiffany made it from Duluth back home in about 2 hours. We waited around her house until we got the word Selma and company had made it back to their place, then we went over and got last minute stuff. After gonig home for a while we went back to Pat's house for birthday cake! Pretty much just ate and left. Mom had made me promise to be home early and I was tired. It was good cake though. can't beat chocolate. Overall it was a great vacation. And some people you spend three days with them and then you're like, okay that's enough... but with these guys we were coming home and we were like, we should go see a movie! We have so much fun together and its so casual and comfortable. They're the greatest friends in the world and there's no way I'm ever going to let myself lose them.