Old friends and new songs.

Gunnar, one of my child hood friends, is 17 now, like myself. I saw him last night, he sells cutco knives. I realized, we're old, we have jobs, and we'll never be as young as we were. The world is transitioning now, in a few years it'll belong to me, and I'll join the average life of the American worker.

YEAH RIGHT! Screw that crap.

If you know anything about me, you'll know that I don't follow the paved path, I create my own and see what happens. That'll be my mark on history, history isn't made by doing the same thing as the last guy, history is made through change. I plan on being that change. I plan on taking your average plans, and tearing them to shreds, because I can.
I'm not going to sell cutco knives, I'm not going to be another average teen with an average job and an average paycheck. I'm going to take over the whole friggin world, watch me.

"You know, if you believe in yourself, you can do whatever you want and no one can stop you." - Mema.

Mema is right, nothing in this world wasn't achieved by hard work and self belief. Do you think if George Washington didn't believe he could win the war, he would have? no.
Some people fail to realize how easy it is to do something, if you want to do something, do it. That's how simple it is. That's how simple I'll make it.

-Because I can.
- Ernie.

P.S. WATCH ME.

Camp.

I was going to leave for summer camp tomorrow morning, today i found out it was cancelled. I was bummed to say the least. Winter camp got cancelled, now summer camp, and Kidder Creek looks hopeless because of our family road trip.
Uncle Calvin is in the hospital with Kidney failure and an enlarged heart. I know what Kidney failure is, but WTF is an enlarged heart? I honestly have no idea. This entire week has been non-stop something, I have something to do every single day, it's a hindrance.
My art show was alright. I guess.
I spent the rest of yesterday hanging out with Ian and Jess. We watched the fireworks at Lakewood mall, spectacular. One of the best finale's I've ever seen.

It was cold.
I'm now 'that guy' simply because i wear two sweaters. and also.. a few other reasons. But who cares? Testosterone does funny things. I'll leave it at that.

I spent the night at Ian's house the other day (no, i cannot recall what day it was). We strapped an LED to a battery, made an on/off button, and stuck the whole device to my sunglasses. It's a bright LED that makes for blinding people well. I seem to have bitten off more than I can chew this summer, If I'm not working, I'm at a friends house. If I'm not at a friends house, I'm doing chores at home. Awesome. I know.

My overall consensus is that I'm bummed, Winter camp got cancelled, summer camp is cancelled, and I won't be able to make Kidder Creek.

Did i mention Sajasabie failed to move onto phase 2 of moonbots?

- Sometimes, stuff doesn't work out, so you grab your cup of tea and carry on.
- Ernie

The peak.

I love that feeling of reaching the highest peak of something. Myself and Fusion scaled a mountain today, it was more of a hike, but it felt like we scaled it. The whole way up was steep, hot, and dusty. Half my 3/4 of my water went to someone other than myself.
I found myself thinking "why is it so hard for everyone except me?", the world may never know. Jessica came along, she's a trooper, never complained. Kayla, Cici, Ana, and Beth were our whiner babies, Evi just kept trotting. Our fearless leaders were great as usual. Tj and Lindsey.
We all signed a book that was left at the top, with out name and a quote. Mine went something like this...

"Well, I'm all out of water, sounds like a fun day. - Ernie. p.s. It's so hot."

The other's... I don't know what they wrote.

That being said, after we finished writing our quotes, I achieved Tock.

"what the... is "tock"?"

Well my friends, Tock is completion, at the beginning of the day, we have tick, once our day is complete, or we are satisfied, we achieve Tock (and hence, tick tock).
Upon reaching the peak, tock was achieved for myself. Upon eating lunch, I achieved over-tock. and now, as I get ready to spend the night at Ian's house, I will achieve re-tock.

- Well, I'm all out of water, sounds like a fun day.
- Ernie