*Day One*

On Tuesday April 2... we had to get to school at 4:00 A.M. so we did. The airport and the plane ride was pretty uneventful.  We got kicks when people beeped through the security things... Me and Eric Forry laughed at our sisters!!! On the plane... I sat next to John Atchison and Brian Voss which was pretty entertaining.  We kept ourselves busy by singing along to plane music, making fun of people, and taking pictures of the guys' crotches in the plane catalogue. It was a jolly non gay good time. We got to the beach around 11:00 A.M. I waited with Beth until her aunt came to get her because Beth was sick.  She wasted an hour of my beach time!!! But it's okay... When she left... I went to where the action was!!!! Me, Kevin Osuchowski, Quinn, Kevin Brady, Tim Bosslet, R.J. Puoci, Forry... and a bunch of other people played football... the shells in the sand hurt us... and it's really hard to run in sand!  We all got tired and decided to go in the water, it was cold, worst decision ever!!! But it was fun.  Then me and Kevin got bored and went to eat at Ruby's on the Pier. I went without shoes... it too was a terrible decision. The we walked... and walked some more until we got tired, then we played more football, and more water!!! (We clearly didn't learn from the first time.) After that... we laid on the beach until the other flights came in. When they did... MORE FOOTBALL... but no water.  I got tired and sat, then Megan Johnson and I went on a walk. On the walk we found poo, Indians dancing to Ojos asi by Shakira, and a dead guy.... we touched the water.  When we returned we saw Nate in the water. He was there for a long time... and we watched him for pretty much the whole time except for when he came out, the part we were waiting to see. I wanted to tell him to go back and then come out so we could see him, but I didn't.  While watching Nate, we made fun of people, like models... especially the 7-up models... we found one.  Then we loaded up the busses and headed for the hotel. WE then went to Hard Rock Cafe. I had a Pig sandwich... it was fun.  Beth was there... sicker than ever.  When we finished eating, Megan went to the Mall, and Amy Wagner and I escorted Beth home (By home I mean the hotel... and from now on I refer to the hotel as home cuz I liked it better there.)  The walk to the hotel made Beth feel better so she wanted to sit outside the hotel by the pool... so we did.  We found Megan and we went on an adventure to the Sushi Bar at the top floor... the view was Beautiful.  The rest of the night is a blur... then the next morning...

*Day Two*

Mike Martin tells us we have to wear our black shoes and black socks to breakfast... so we did.  Me and Matt wore really long black socks and our black shoes with board shorts and shirts. People... random people kept telling us that we looked like old men... we got weird looks from EVERYONE... Mike was wrong... but we didn't care, it was fun. After breakfast, we went to Disney California Adventure. I chilled with Beth Tau, Megan Johnson, Amy Wagner, and Kevin Osuchowski .  The first thing we did was get fast passes to the big roller coaster, Screaming California cuz the line appeared to be long... so our first actual ride was the Ferris wheel... by far the scariest Ferris wheel ever! I chose not to relive it. Then we went on the MailBoomer... blatant rip-off of the Giant Drop... except more... elasticcy? After that... we saw the black acrobats flipping and stuff... Blackrobats!!!  Me, Beth, Kevin and Megan decided to eat before the show... so we did. We got corndogs... then we went to catch the rest of the Blackrobat show. Then we went to meet the rest of the band in Hollywood Disney. We waited in line for a long time to watch Blast... best show ever!!! It was a bunch of brass instruments playing and marching and dancers and drums and it was really fun... better than I expected. Then we proceeded to Disneyland to get ready to march down main street. so we marched... and came back... I saw backstage Disneyland... it's magical... it's like NOTHING I've ever seen before... we got shirts for doing good. Then we left backstage. The rest of our time was to play, so our little group went back to California Adventure... we wanted to go on soaring over California... but the line was too long... so we ate and we found our favorite restaurant... The taste pilot's grill. We ended up ordering an obscenely large amount and everyone put the excess food on my plate... I cried. Then we went on the Madster... this scary little orange roller coaster with crazy style turns. Then we set on an adventure on ropes... this kiddy place with ropes and bridges and bridges made of ropes, it was really high and scary. We may have done something after that but I don't remember. Then we got separated from Kevin and Amy, so Beth, Megan and I went to Backstage Hollywood lots and found a telephone booth... we went in the booth and took pics. Then we went to look at a gorilla in a car surrounded by hordes and hordes of Coca-Cola.  Then we danced to the music coming from the car. We looked stupid but we didn't care cuz we didn't think we'd ever see the people again... then Jenny Velasco, Kara Amy, and Liza Mante saw us... it was funny. We stopped and started  heading off to where ever. We realized the Electric Parade was about to start... so we sought a place to sit and watched it... It too was fun, There were bright lights and a bright bug attacked us... then it sang to us... then the rats danced for us. it was entertaining. Then we went back to ride one so we could get back to the bus and me and Beth tried to sleep but Darryl the crazy bus guy played oldies the whole way through... it was fun... the last fun thing of the night cuz after this excellent day... we went back to the hotel and fell asleep.

*Day Three*

We woke up around 5am cuz we had to eat breakfast at 6am. Today we headed for Disneyland... quite possibly the happiest place on Earth. I miss it dearly. The park opened around 8pm. We had to participate in workshops all day... so the girls went first. So me and Kevin wandered for awhile then we went on Autopia and fond guys there... Pat and Tim. But we drove... it was fun. They told me not to hit others... but I did. Then we went to tomorrow land and played... we wanted to go on the Buzz Lightyear ride but it was gone. Then we went to Adventure land and looked... we saw Rafiki and took pics with him. Then we went to Adventure Land to go to Tom Sawyer's Island. Then we went to meet with the girls after an hour and a half. We had a little over 2 hours to play together. We went back to California Adventure to go on Soaring over California. The line was once again too long... so we got fast passes!!!! Ahhh... they were a wonderful thing. We then proceeded back to Disneyland and went on the Haunted mansion.... least scary haunted house ever... but fun. Then we went to eat. We got pizza. Me and Kevin had to go to our workshop at 1:30pm. We played It's a Small world... and two versions of the Mickey Mouse March. it was fun. We left and went back to meet the Girls. Then we went on California Adventure to Soar over California FINALLY!!! It was soooo cool... there was wind and water and pine tree smell... Awesome. Then we split up... ME and Beth stayed in Kali adventure to go on the water ride we've been wanting to go on... the Grizzley River Run... we got wet and rally cold... but it was excellent! We made friends with the people in our raft.... we figured we had time cuz we said we'd meet with the rest at 6:30pm... so we went to Back Lot Hollywood to see Jim Henson's Muppet Vision 3D. So we did... Bean Bunny was there!!! I made friends with him... we made Baby Bean Bunnies.  A whole litter. But anyways... the show was funny! There was even an explosion... I got excited.  Then we went back to Disneyland to meet with the rest of the group. We met them fashionably late and Jason Svehla joined us. We went on It's a small world... longest ride ever... but for Beth's sake... the Best.. Then I think we went to Eat... we got spaghetti... once again we had too much... all the excess went to my plate... and once again, I cried. Then I was like Space Mountain!!! But the girls are like ... we went without you, I cried... I'll never forget that!!! So we went on the Matterhorn instead... Longest wait ever... but we kept ourselves entertained... and it was well worth the wait... cuz it was byfar the best ride ever. After that we went on Snow White's Scary Adventure and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.... then we saw the fireworks.... The orders probably not right, and I'm probably missing things... so if I am just tell me. But anyways... we all sat by the restrooms... then some of us fell asleep... and me and Megan talked about bums... that was random but, eh... Then Megan wanted to shop so we decided to take the monorail to Downtown Disney. Then we shopped then we went back to ride one to get back to the bus. We went back to the bus around 11:30 and left Disneyland... the saddest moment of my life. We were all really tired so most of the bus was asleep. We got back to the hotel... I showered... then slept.

*Day Four*

They gave us time to sleep in since we were out so late.... we woke up around 8:30... then we went to Breakfast immediately. I found Beth and she said she was going to the hot tub... I didn't want to go at first cuz I wanted to sleep... but then Amy called me and made me go... so I did and it felt really really good. I just sat there with Beth, Amy, Megan, Jason, Steve, and Ryan. I went back to the room cuz I wanted to shower... but Matt took it... he takes really long showers... so I went to the patio and started reading. Beth found me and distracted me from my reading, she also convinced me not to shower. We left for Newport Beach at 11am... When we got there we walked around for a little cuz we had to wait for the ferry to get ready for us. So I went and bought gummi bears, jelly bellies, and apple "bacon." I was the most popular kid... and then I ran out, then no one liked me. We boarded the Catalina Flyer and we all went to the top deck... it was really cold up there... But it was the funnest thing ever. Then we unloaded the ferry and went off to play, First we put our stuff in lockers... then we started walking... cuz that was pretty much all we had to do.. walk.... we went up a hill because me and Megan wanted to find the buffalo and ride them ... maybe adopt one as my own. Anyways we got tired and went back down. Then we ate... then we walked back to the lockers cuz it started to get cold. Then we went to the skate park and the midget house area. We met with Pat, Drew, Tim, Andrew and other guys,,, they were roller blading and taping themselves do so. We met this obnoxious little skateboarder... he sucked... he had a faggot name... it was Kiki... I laughed... he's my hero. Then we all left the park and headed back to the boat. We took attendance the worst way possible... we pretended we were on our assigned busses and they took a head count... it took an unnecessarily long time. Then me and Beth cut in line so we could get into the warm (out of the cold). So we found seats on the lower decks and got coffee and hot chocolate. Then we went up to the top deck... then down to the middle deck to ask Mr. Walsh something. Nate was talking to him and Megan interrupted them. So Nate started flirting with Megan. I went to sleep and they took pics of me. I woke up and Nate was still flirting with Megan. Me and Beth went up to the top deck for the rest of the night... it was a beautiful night... except for the whole cold thing. But it was the best night yet. The boat stopped and we had to get off soon... so we went down and Nate stopped flirting with Megan because Atch stepped in and Nate felt intimidated... so Nate started flirting with John instead... Megan got jealous and broke John's foot. Most of what I just said about Megan and Nate are assumptions on my behalf... I do apologize.  Then we unloaded the boat... we got to chill at the docks for a little then. We loaded the bus. It was still early and we weren't too tired. I don't remember about the bus ride. But we got back and we had a meeting in the instrument room. They talked... I didn't pay attention... I was too busy zoning out to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. They forced us to our rooms so we got Theile a wakeup call at 5am. We discovered we had two lines that night...it was sweet. Then we went to bed.

*Day Five*

Megan came to our room around 6:45am and woke us all up... actually the 5:30am wake up call woke us up. But Megan woke us up again because I couldn't tell her that I couldn't go running cuz big P Funk wouldn't let me. So she went running all by herself... I felt bad... :-(. Then I took a shower cuz we had to be down for breakfast by 7:30am. Then me and Ryan Ouyang went to the gift shop for caramel MnMs... the greatest thing since sliced bread. So I bought a bunch. I gave one to Megan because I made her run by herself and I felt bad... and I knew she wanted some cuz she told me so the day before. Then Kevin took one, Beth and Amy took one also... everyone on my bus had some I assume. Then at 8:30am, we loaded the bus to Fullerton College to participate in the World of Music Festival... we took 1st and 3rd place in stuff... that's all I know. Then we loaded up the busses to head back to the hotel cuz we had chill time. So me, Beth, and Megan went out for lunch at Ruby's... they have the best shakes... it tasted like yummy. Then they took us on a scenic tour along the shore. Then we stopped at this gorgeous spot... and we took pictures... and me and Beth could see the houses we picked out. Then we drove some more. Then we got dropped off at the Hard Rock Cafe and we bought stuff... then we went to the mall... they had crazy one person escalators, they were awesome. Then we walked some more then it came time that I had to go back to the hotel cuz I had to watch the Dodgers game. So at 5pm, we loaded the bus. It took a really long time to get to Dodgers Stadium... so I slept. We got there and got these cool beanio batter's gloves cuz we rock. Then we got lost trying to find our seats. not just my group... but all the Conant Bandos... it was embarrassing. Then we found our seats. After a good 20 minutes, we sat, and Bob Saget sang the national Anthem. I got bored so me and Ryan went off to get food. I spent near $10.00 for a hot dog and a drink. Then we went off to buy goods... only because I was cold. Then game ended and we all made our way to the busses. We got to the busses and Eddie asked me to help him with his bags. He had to go home on an earlier plane cuz he was flying seperate from the band. He thanked me for helping him... then he said see you at  school. At that moment... my heart shattered... I responded with yeah... not my usual fun loving yea... I sure will... but a depressed yeah. The realization kicked me in the nuts and pooped in my face while I was down... I had to leave California and go back to my boring, uneventful fucked up life in plain Schaumburg, at my "home." I spent the busride thinking... there were so many thoughts running through my mind. Then we went back to the hotel around midnight and we stayed up packing and talking. We didn't go to sleep that night. I didn't go to sleep because time moves slower when you're awake. In that time I packed and watched Me myself and Irene.