Sunday, June 26, 2011

Back and then Gone

Well, it's been a crazy summer so far. The literal MINUTE school was out, I was on the road to Disney and Universal down in Orlando. And if you haven't been to the Harry Potter Theme Park yet, GO. RIGHT NOW. Seriously, BEST FEW DAYS EVER. Butterbeer, giant platters of chicken and ribs at the Three Broomsticks, rocking rollercoasters (not to be confused with the Rock-N-Rollercoaster, which is completely different). But the best part BY FAR was going inside Ollivander's Wand Shop. OH MY GOD. YES. SO MANY WANDS. They had a section with a bunch of wands made to look like the wands of people from the books (or, in this case, movies), but that wasn't even the best part. They had a section where you told them an important date in your life. They then found out which month of the Celtic calendar your date was in. And based on that, they assigned you a wand. My date was my birthday (March 19), which put me in the month of Fearn the Alder. For those of you who don't know Celtic mythology, this is the third month of the lunar year. It is a fire moon, seeing as Fearn is (and I quote) "the very battle witch of the woods". All this leads my up to my point. If you thought what it represents was awesome, you'll love this.

My wand is a SNAKE. I DO NOT KID. THE LITERAL BODY OF MY WAND IS A SNAKE.

WRAPPED AROUND A SKELETON.

HOLY GOD YES.

So yeah, awesome.

Then I got back and had to take summer health and gym. At least now I never have to take gym class again. EPIC WIN.

And now, after just having gotten back, I have to go again. Where? CAMPPPP. It's called VAMPY. NO it doesn't have anything to do with vampires. ಠ_ಠ

Basically I stay on WKU's campus (they're the ones with the giant red thing as their mascot, colloquially known as the Schmoe) for three weeks, while taking a course their. The one I'm in this year is some materials science thing. I don't know what it means, but I GET TO USE AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE! WOOOOOO.

And there's other fun stuff like a 4th of July cookout, a big convention dubbed VCon, where much fun is had. But my favorite part is the talent show. Why? Because I get to do my STAND UP COMEDY ROUTINE.

But wait, you may be saying. Will, you're not even that funny!

SHUT UP.

I'll have you know, you little PRICK that I had the entire audience in STITCHES by the time it was over. People who had been mocking me like you are right now were saying afterwards (and I quote) "Will! You really can do stand up!" I had the ADMINISTRATORS coming up to me and saying how well timed my jokes were. SO JUST BE QUIET.

That outburst aside, it's always pretty fun. I've been working on some jokes for it for a while, and I think I have some good ones. Last year, topics included a partionally fabricated account of getting broken up with, (She said I ate like a pig, smelled horrible, and she couldn't stand to be around me. I know, right? I don't eat that much.) a rant about stairs, and a story about a friend who couldn't work a washing machine.

So, yeah. That's about all I have to say right now. I don't know if I'll be able to post anything on here at VAMPY, but I sure will try.

Slán go fóill!

-Will

Summer Tunes

So, yay! Summer. Although I don't think Angela's song was the most appropriate. I prefer this one:




Fun. And everyone loves the Beach Boys.

In the spirit of awesome summer music, here's another selection from one of my favorite bands EVA - Styx. (Don't worry, it's not Mr. Roboto.)



Saturday, June 25, 2011

It's summer.

So you know what that means.

It really is nice to not have to do anything, for now. I just got back from visiting Boston, AKA one of the awesome-est cities in the world. Soon, I'll go visit Colorado, Arizona, and NM.