but lssp and icon and chicago was tons of fun. i feel like i met a lot of people, but not really cuz i don't have anyone's contact info.. so maybe it wasn't real? hahah... i'm so stupid. but hmm.. let's see. my indy recap won't live up to nicole's, but i'll try anyways.
like many others I spent all night packing, as well as working on awards. beth came over and we were going through my boxes trying to find stuff to wear. as i packed, beth stole some of my clothes. my daddy took me to the airport and when i though everything was peachy.. the southwest people wanted my free flight coupon. it was my sister's and i've never flown a free flight, so i didn't know i had to bring it. shooooot. so i had to buy a ticket.. and they tried to charge me $490.. but after the sad faces and reasoning i got the $200 flight. whew. showed up in indy and met some lssp people. got to the hotel, checked in.. showered and napped. had steak n shake for dinner... i ordered the mushroom and swiss burger.. which is NASTY. steak n shake is alright.. but never ever order that. just get a regular burger. that night had a little orientation dealio.. and then just hung out that night.
the next couple of days was full on dirtiness and service. the first day we had to clean out this old abandoned house. if my mother ever found out what i was doing, she would shoot me for not doing that kind of work in our "abandoned" garage. it was okay, kind of creepy because i got kind of sad knowing that this house used to be loved and enjoyed by someone and here we were tearing down their wall paper and stealing their $3 that we found. the next day we had to pick up trash and a pretty clean park... which sucked. cleaning up trash isn't the funnest thing.. but especially not for eight hours. and i didn't even get to go into the pool... crappy. the next day we did "njp" and picked up trash on the street with "humboldt" oh joy oh joy. we totally got shafted.. but we got to paint later at state street... so i guess it made up for it. the next day was fellowship day and we chilled in the park all day. i learned how to play skip-bo and played volleyball in the rain. i fortunately wasn't part of the massive water fight and it was pretty cool just to chill. in between all those days we just ate food (walmart chicken, homecooked spaghetti, pizza), played uno "jamaican style", visited doug the psychiatrist, and just hung out.
before icon we met up with nicole (yay!!) and after checking in to the hotel we went to the children's museum.. which was pretty cool. i'm sure it would have be fantastic if i was one of those samll screaming children. everything's always so much more impressive when you're young. but it was cool.
my friend snoopy
before opening session we ate dinner and i got to see the rest of my girls :) yay.. i missed them. steak n shake was better than the last time. don't try to get fancy at steak n shake... big mistake.
my ucsd girls
me and carrie
opening session was pretty cool. nothing too big. we watched carrie and her int'l vp voice emcee. hehehe.... and i overheard girls talking about how carrie's hair is so great. hahahaha. and then that night we had a dance. there was also ice cream, so that made it all that much better. :) we tried to run away from certain folks, and tried to get other people to dance together.. it was just fun to dance again. i'm going to miss dcon's and icon's where it's just some wholesome goodness. sort of.. haha the next day was workshops, caucus and then awards. it was a packed day.. and i did actually go to workshops. caucus was interesting and then sakura and i went to the presidential reception. we ate some good food and tried not to be super nervous. and then during awards session, we got 1st place newsletter and 2nd place scrapbook. hmm... the scrapbook one we're a little disgruntled about, and not just because we lost.. but we have our reasons. if you want to know.. ask i guess.
what a sweetheart -------------------- pat sajak and vanna white
after awards we went to the sunshine service party, the ohio toga/hugs party and then we decided out the view from the window that clubbing looked more enticing instead. so nicole, tanya, pic and i went to tiki bobs which was like tj meets girls gone wild meets whip cream. it was all very interesting and all i wanted to do was danced except i kept getting pushed to the side by a guy with a video camera trying to capture some whip cream sloppyness. the next day was house of delegates (round 1) and then caucus sessions.
what a cute couple
sakura drew some pretty fun pictures and sat through it. it's pretty exciting though.. i like being part of all the parliment junk... although it doesn't turn me on quite like it does to other people.. *ahem* carrie.. then it was the baseball game.. watched rupert throw the first pitch, ate some dinky food, and the watched the storm clouds roll in. i also fell asleep while my friends laughed, took pictures, and then ditched me. punks. the next day we slept in, except for our wake up call from rupert, and stoped by the service fair, and then house of delegates round 2. more pictures, more fun comments, and voting for ip, ivp and trustees. then it was the farewell sessions as we watched carrie bawl her eyes out and the new "good looking duo" get installed.
goodbye rupert
hahahah. after that was the dance... with big caddy daddy.. some awful cover band. i couldn't really dance to it, so we resorted to trying to dance as "white" as possible (where's pete holiday when you need him) and i collapsed a few times after laughing too hard when nicole tried to sell off carrie's half eaten food and armando's "coming out" dances.. hehehe. that night we hung out a little, but i was pretty beat and went to bed. the next day we drove to chicago and that night went to sears tower (after eating some yummy deep dish pizza... mmm....) the view was pretty cool and it was way fun. maritza, norma, sakura and i shared a room and a king size bed and then the next day went to the aquarium. the largest one in the world!!
torrance meets chicago
whoa...
saw nemo, the sea turtles, and the dolphins :) and ate really expensive food and raided the penny machines. then went to navy pier, a giant mall on a pier, all owned by mc donald's.. yay corporate america. but we rode this ginormous ferris wheel and got a great view of the city. aww... that night we went to the cubs game at wrigley field, ate chicago style hot dogs and then afterwards i had to resist the urges to ditch the group to go clubbing/bar hopping because those freak maritza and norma weren't 21. dang it. but it was all good, we went to the hotel and had a few drinks and played asshole and kings. but they're all lightweights.. so it was fun watching ryan become more whiney, beth turn super red, and shoving a drunk maggie into the pit between the bed and the wall. :) the next day i didn't wake up early and missed out on visiting the ginormous 3 story gap and we drove back to indy. but i got to drive through gary because i needed to find a gas station... it was interesting and surreal at the same time.
home sweet home
a shrine to our leaders
we all headed to the mecca of kiwanis international like the gleamy eyed circle k dorks that we are and took a tour and took all sorts of ridiculous pictures. :) then rushed off to the airport so that we didn't miss our flight.
came home, got picked up by my daddy and that was the end of my icon trip. :(
(this used to be a lot more detailed and a lot better... but it got erased, and i didn't have it in me to recreate the glory once again)
but you can see all my icon pix here off my digital camera (half of them are on my regular camera waiting to be developed)
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