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Follow Friday MASTER LIST (w/ categories and alphabetized :D)

Decided to do a Follow Friday post where I list all of the quality people I follow~

Here is a list with added categories for ease of access :D

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Eds Stories #18: My “Fracture”

When this took place: July 2009 (Summer)

For the past couple on days, this…tiny bone thing on the right side of my lower back (above my butt and a little bit away from my tail bone) has been hurting. I noticed it the Sunday before when I went to the movies but I thought it would go away after a little while; I thought it just hurt cause I hit it or something. So I felt it and I could feel the tiny hard bump; feels like a joint or something. I felt on the left side of my body and I couldn’t find anything like it on the left side. And you can’t even see the bump from the outside of my body o__o I thought “what if it’s a frickin tumor or something?” (Don’t ask XD I’ve been on this “what if I have cancer?” theory for the past week or so. Getting sunburnt and then watching “My Sister’s Keeper” is NOT a good combination -___-) So I showed my mom who said it felt like a bone, that it’s probably cause of the way I sleep and that I had to go see the orthopedics doctor again XP (If you’ve watched me for a while now, you’ll knwow that my mom sent me to an orthopedics doctor because she thought I had “Scoliosis” cause I hunch over a little bit when I walk >.> She blames the way I sleep for that too.)

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I went to the doctor a week later and he told me to go get an X-Ray.I finally got the results back and they found out that I had…

*drum rolls*

I had a hairline fracture. They said they saw a thin line on the X-Ray and that we should make an appointment to see an Orthopedics specialist and see what they say. How do I feel about this? Well, it sucks that I got a fracture (especially since I didn’t really do anything to cause a fracture; they said I could have been born with it) but it could have been something way worse. The only thing i’m worried about is the possibility of surgery or something @___@ I just hoped they tie a splint around it, give me crutches or just tell me not to do anything that will make it worse.

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I went to an orthopedics specialist soon after to check the X-rays and what not. Turns out, that I didn’t have a fracture. The radiologists found a small cack in the FRONT of my hip but it was so small that it must have happened when I was younger. So I basically went through all this trouble for no reason :’D

Eds Stories #17: The Creepy Man in the Van that Asked Me if I Wanted Candy

When this took place: August 4th, 2009

My friends, Sarah, Amy, Harm and my cousin Kahiau all walked out of the school gates like we’ve always done for the past year. We were planning on going to the bus stop, like always, but Sarah asked if we wanted to go to Jamba Juice cause she just got paid from her two jobs. I had $8 on me so I decided that I would go and so did everyone else. So we were going to take the bus there but the bus stop was REALLY crowded so we set off on foot. We talked about random and VERY inappropriate things you don’t even wanna hear about and Sarah kept saying it was depressing that she was a senior and we were all younger than her XD So 20 minutes later, after passing my sister and Kahiau’s sister at the bus stop, we were approaching Jamba Juice. And Kahiau was playing this weird game where he would read off the store names and use them in sexual sentences. I have no idea.

So Amy and I snuck away to get ice cream with Harm and then we got yelled at by Kahiau and Sarah for ditching XD After that we got drinks from Jamba Juice (Chocolate Moo’d FTW~)and we sat and chatted nonsense like usual. Then Amy turned and shouted…..

“HOLY CRAP THAT GUY IS RIPPED!” So I looked across the street and we saw 4 guys. I stared at the one she pointed at. His abs were KILLER. *melts* So we watched them walk around shirtless (guess they went to the beach) and then they went into Jamba juice to get something to drink. Afterwards they went across the street to eat. There was a van in my way so I stood up and walked over so I could get a better look. Then I hear this voice.

“Would you like some candy young lady?” a middle aged man asked me. He was sitting on the ground several feet away and he looked like a construction worker or a painter because his clothes was stained with white and his skin was kinda dirty. So I just shook my head and walked back to where I was sitting. Just when I walked away my cousin asked what I was looking at and HE went to go look. So the guy asked if he wanted some candy and he told him no and walked away. Then he started getting paranoid and told me to sit near him because the guy could probably just grab me from the back and drag me off somewhere but I didn’t move XD

Eds Stories #16: Duct Taped to a Pole

When this took place: October 15th, 2009 

After school I was waiting at the band room like always. We get out of school about 30 minutes early and our bus wasn’t coming for an hour and a half. I was standing in front of a pole with my hands behind my back, idly staring at the ceiling while Amy played her DS and Kahiau was doing…idk XD So i’m standing there and all of a sudden Ian is walking around me with duck tape in his hand. He walks around twice. So I look down and i’m obviously stuck to this pole so I laugh and we joke. I tried my hardest to bust out of it but i’m too weak to accomplish anything like that so Amy and Kahiau tried to help me even though Ian said not to but they couldn’t get it out. So, Ian grabbed out something he shouldn’t have and cut me out of there orz. So now I have tiny little…abrasions? I guess on my arms. They looked kinda cool.

Eds Stories #15: Carnival!

When this took place: October 18th, 2009

I went annual Carnival and it was freakin fun like it always is. We started off with our tradition; Ferris Wheel first. Now, and I have no idea why but, I think the Ferris Wheel is the scariest thing ever but i’m totally fine on roller coasters and things that go upside down. Guess i’m weird like that XD so we went on the Ferris Wheel which wasn’t as scary as it used to be I would have to say. Afterwards I thought i’d test my driving skills with the Bumper Cars since, legally I suppose, i’m allowed to get my drivers permit. So I drove around but of course some people decided “oh, she’s the perfect target” and whacked me so hard my stomach hit the bar. Afterwards I had a stomach ache XP but, nonetheless I wanted to ride the Fireball (It goes upside down, pauses and switches directions. SO awesome) .

The Fireball is the scariest ride at the carnival and has been for two years. I rode it a year before with my cousin cause my sis and other cousin were too chicken -__-  Soooooo, I wanted to go on this ride and my cousin was like “ok sure” like last year but my sis was like “uh no thx” BUT, through the art of persuasion I got her to say yes >3 then my cousin said no aand I couldn’t get her to go on but I got her the second time I wanted to go on cause “she felt bad for me” and I told her I wouldn’t go on anything else unless she went with me first. I’m such a brat~ I even got my uncle to go on with my and my sister and it was really fun hanging upside down with only the bar holding you up for a five second pause XD Afterwards I went back on the bumper cars, we played games but I failed at them this year and I got a milkshake that made my stomach hurt but it was so gooood~ <3

Eds Stories #14: Eating Alligator

When this took place: October 26th, 2010 

My grandparents just came back from their trip to Georgia and they brought back a whole bunch of stuff like my new Alice in Wonderland costume and another KH shirt. ALONG with these awesome little gifts they asked me if I wanted to try “popcorn chicken from Georgia because it tastes WAAAY better up there.” So, not thinkin anything, of course, I eat a piece and it actually does taste good. Then they all started snickering and what have you and they told me it was alligator. It tastes exactly like chicken but, HELL NO I’M NOT EATING THAT EVER AGAIN XD

Eds Stories #13: Working in the Haunted House (Year 1)

When this took place: Around Halloween 2009

 Our school had it’s annual haunted house on Thursday since furlough days made us not have school on Friday. Our club volunteered to work in the haunted house like last year so for the past couple weeks we were planning on what everyone was gonna be, where everyone was gonna stand and what needed to be bought and made. So we made a huge Domo and had people take ten minute shifts being in it :thumbs up: I’ll show you a pic if Amber sends it to us lol so anyway, I wore my new Alice in Wonderland costume yesterday to school and some weird old men kept staring at me at the bus stop. I decided to go home, take it off and then go back to help set up for the haunted house. So we set up really quickly and we had to wait about an hour more till we had the meeting to explain the rules and stuff. Soooooo, we had Keyblade/Kendo battles XD Alex brought his keyblade and everyone was stealing it. After that we had the meeting and everyone moaned that “we couldn’t scare little kids because they ran out crying last year.” Then we took our stations~

I had to stand behind a sheet, scream and shake it when people walked by along with Amy and Jesse but Amy ended up running the music so Kahiau jumped in instead. At first we were just shaking it and I was all “ughh, this isn’t scary. We gotta scream you guys! Yell or something so they get freaked out!” So everyone was pumped to do it but everytime we would try to start a little girl would come walking in so we had to just stand there and shake the sheet. We finally ended up scaring some girls though and it was super fun XD It was totally hot though; no wind, no air, no fans and I had to dress all in black so they wouldn’t see me sitting on the cabinet behind the sheet when they walked in. And I got silly string sprayed right in my face cause Jesse couldn’t see which way the nozzle was pointing lol. Our Domo was destroyed! ;O; We were going to use him for Kawaii-Kon next year but his arms got ripped off and someone pushed him down at the end, along with Mitchell, so it kinda broke some more DX

After that we went to the dance they were holding at the school but we got in for free and i’m glad we did cause almost no one was in there and I don’t dance…especially to that genre of music -__-

Eds Stories #12: Drunk Man Gets on the Bus and Admits to Us that He Kills Cops

When this took place: February 12th 2010

On this day we didn’t  have school so we decided to make it a “club outing” day where a bunch of our club members take the bus together to go ice skating. There was 11 of us and that was all fine and dandy; we had a lot of fun. We left the ice rink at 3, due to closing and we went to the bus stop. We got on a bus and then got off at Ala Moana to catch another bus back home. So Sarah, our club president decides “oh hey theres another bus that will take us into the town we met up in and it’s faster to go on this bus then the one that takes us straight home.” So i’m like “ok, whatever, as long as I get home before it’s dark. So we all get on the bus which is pretty empty and we all take up the seats in the back just in case the bus gets really crowded. A few stops after we get on a weird man staggered over to where we were sitting and, since there was an odd number of us, he sat in the seat next to one of my friends who was next me. So i’m like “ok fine whatever just a typical bus ride.” HELL NO.

So we are driving along and the guy taps one of my friends on the shoulder and says “eh, can you open da vent up der cuz I hot” in a slurred, pidgin voice that was hard to understand. So my friend is like “uh no it’s for emergencies only” but the guy stands up and we are all “uhhhhh s-sir?” but he opens the thing anyway. So he sits back down and he starts asking my friends about random stuff like “oh you guys when hang glide before?” and he was saying other things that I did not understand at all. I felt a little uncomfortable so I turned away from him and rested my head on my arm to pretend I was asleep so he wouldn’t bug me. Sarah tells Serena that she can move if she wants to so she moves to another chair leaving a space between me and the WEIRD MAN. So i’m still pretending to be asleep and OUT OF FRICKIN NO WHERE he pulls out a BOTTLE OF ALCHOHOL and he keeps pressuring us to drink it e__e When my friends tell him no he starts DRINKING IT ON THE BUS and keeps talking about how he drinks like 7 cases a day or something e__e Some time goes by and eventually my cousin gets up and sits in the space between me and the man and the man starts talking about how he’s a COP KILLER and how he SNAPS THEIR NECKS AFTER HE SHOOTS THEM WITH A GUN AND THEN BURRIES THEM IN LANDFILL. After that he kept saying he pulls out his guns and he started making really loud gunshot imitations So i’m listening to this and i’m like “HOLY FUCKING SHIT GET ME OFF THIS BUS RIGHT NOW” but, of course, we aren’t near our stop yet. Then the guy starts sobbing over some stupid Terminator movie or something and we frickin RUN OFF THE BUS when we get to our stop. When we got off the bus my cousin told me that he sat in between me and the man because the man was going to SLEEP ON ME SOME WEIRDO DRUNK GUY WAS GONNA FRICKIN SLEEP ON ME.

I don’t know but seriously, that’s a pretty fuuuuuuuuuucked up situation if you ask me ._. If I wasn’t really in shock then I think I would actually start crying cause it was just frickin scary knowing that a “cop killer” was laughing and sitting next to you e___e even if he was just saying random stuff cause he was drunk and didn’t really do those things, what he said was still FUCKED UP.

Eds Stories #11: Okinawa Trip Report!

When this took place: March 11th- March 18th 2010

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Eds Stories #10: Hetalia=Hentai?

When this took place: Around Christmas Time 2010

My family agrees that I am the hardest child to shop for because they aren’t really familiar with anime and things like that. My grandma called me a few weeks prior to this event to ask me what kinds of shows I liked so that she could tell my aunty. I named some off the top of my head; “Hetalia, Full Metal Alchemist, D.Gray-Man, etc.” and my grandma told my aunty. Now, fast forward a little bit when my aunty is at the mall getting ready to purchase my present. First, she goes to Hot Topic because she figures there is anime in there because of all the T-shirts and stuff. When she can’t find any of the shows I mentioned she asks one of the workers and he tells her to go check at Suncoast. Naturally, she walks to Suncoast and she asks one of the workers there about anime and where she can find it and stuff. He takes her to the back of the store where all the anime DVDs and merchandise is.

Now, My aunty doesn’t remember the names of the animes I like and she doesn’t call my grandma to ask her again for who knows what reason BUT she remembers that one of the animes’ that I listed started with the letter “H”. So she looks at the top shelf and sees all these DVDs that start with “H” and she exclaims “OMG ITS THIS. MY NIECE LOVES THESE. THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE ONE” Out loud and everyone in the store can hear her. The worker looks at my aunty kind of surprised and says “she likes this? Well if its this you’re looking for then no one tops AlphaVideo. They have the best when it comes to ‘this stuff.’”

My aunty takes a step back and thinks “what does he mean? And why is it all on the top shelf anyway?” and then she realizes… It’s porn. And she just made herself look stupid in front of everyone in the store. She was so embarassed that she ran the hell out of the store, told my uncle that she was done shopping for stuff like that and he’d have to do it from now on, and they gave me a really nice jacket for xmas instead LOL