so what happens when there are six teenagers, lots of time, and about $8 each?  well a bunch of nerf wars, duh. 
so yesterday, chris, tim, and eric came over.  to start the afternoon, we decided to battle with a game of taboo- girls vs boys.  rachel began the game and we got a whopping 7 points.  there were some pretty amazing turns in this game.  whats the first word that comes to your mind when you hear the word face?  well apparently its "lift"... or at least thats what rachel and i said at the same time.  go us.  (by the way, lift was the word we were sposed to say).
so anyways, after eric left we decided it would be a great idea to buy nerf guns and have a war.  so off we went to target. we came back with six guns and sixty extra darts.  we set up the field with all the junk that came back from school with me, plus a few more things, split up into teams, and shot each other to pieces.

yay for sisters...



teammates at one point


emo team


intense action shot


wipe out!!!


whats a war without casualties?


shoot at the camera man... er rachel...



well it was a glorious way to spend the evening.   who wouldnt want to spend two hours shooting nerf darts at other people right?

well this last week has been a long long week.  on monday i went to the doctor for my foot and had it fixed. now that i have a hole in it yet again life has been slower.  i got to take tuesday and wednesday off and it was glorious.  on tuesday people came over and we watched juno, played settlers, and slacklined.  it wasnt a bad way to spend a day off, tho im pretty sure that going to the beach would have been fun too.  on wednesday i just chilled on the couch and got mad at iphoto... pretty not exciting.  and i got my hair cut, but its not really any different.  it was on this day that i also came to a surprising realization.  no matter how much i hate work, it gives me something to do.   work is getting a lot better.  its more interesting and ive figured out that if i go the speed limit it takes longer to get back which means i will have less time to file and do other tedious tasks.  so maybe im glad im working, especially cuz i get paid a lot, or decently.  i will probably always feel like i sold my soul.
on thursday i got to watch the brother graduate.  that was pretty exciting.  i've decided that people are crazy cuz we got there an hour before it started and the good side of the stadium was already filled.  then the blow horn didnt work and it spewed stuff on me.... thanks for that brett.  so basically josh didnt get all the noise that he could have and the next few people got some extra stuff.  then there was a huge party with lots of food.
and then there are the fires in santa cruz which means that the sky was this lovely poo brown color.  and there were ashes everywhere, which makes it nasty to live outside in the backyard.   but the sun was pretty.  it was bright pink and orange.  and as i was falling asleep, i saw a star!! and i know it wasnt an airplane cuz i watched it for ten minutes.  i dont even know how it was shining through all that nastiness.





MOCHI!!!  it was delicious.

well, i have returned from the colorado road trip and let me just say, it was amazing.  except for utah.  that was the worst state ever. 

ok, so day one: ashley and i went to bg's house.  we slept for 5 hours?  something like that and left at 5am.

day 2:  we spent the whole day driving.  it was quite the eventful day.  i drove from the end of ca to the beginning of utah, nevada and arizona being in between those.  there was rain in utah and construction.  and about a gazillion miles of nothing where there were no services at all the stops.  however, after a few life threatening situations, we made it to co alive.  when we reached vail we decided to tell katie that we had a flat tire so we could surprise her when we got to her house.  it was hilarious but so fun to see her reaction.

day 3: we woke up and after much thought we ended up at the mall.  we walked around, ate lunch, and went into borders.  there, ashley and i read all the post-secret books and, well i dont know what katie and bethany did.  after this we went to rei and bought a slackline!! yaya! it was awesome.  we set it up and had some good times on it.

day 4: we went to the denver zoo.  it was super fun.  however, there was a little problem.  when we reached the bongo enclosure, bg's sunglasses fell in.  this was tragic.  those sunglasses were as important as apple juice is to a toddler or as video games are to a boy's birthday party or as wool socks are to trek.  these sunglasses needed to be rescued.  rather than despair, we came up with a solution.  since the bongos didnt look like a ferocious animal, and since they were al sleeping in the other end of the enclosure, ashley, being the brave soul she is, decided that she would risk her life and jump into the enclosure for the sake of the glasses.  so in she jumped.  the glasses were tossed up to us, where there was a joyful reunion between them and bg.  but, in the midst of this joy, rose a problem.  even though she was able to perform many great feats, like climbing the tower of power and jumping into the lake in february, she was not able to scale the great wall between her and freedom.  to put it simply, she was stuck.  noticing the perilous situation, she proceeded to the corner of the enclosure in an attempt to use both walls to escape.  by this time, a crowd was drawing and it became imperative that ashley escape.  too late tho, an employee of the zoo had seen us.  there were some angry words and ashley was led out the back way and we were met by a lovely chap in a beige uniform.  we were given a stern lecture by the man and then we were escorted out of the zoo with a warning that should we return, there would be complications.  yes, we were banned from the zoo forever.  for three of us it was not a terrible thing, being that we were from california, but for katie it was a sad sad realization.  after this incident we went to get food and boba.

day 5: we went to boulder.  i got to see my relatives, which was fun for me at least, then we went to pearl street mall and ate and walked about.  it was crowded, but fun.  at 11pm we departed the house of the scroggs for the coast.

day 6: we traveled through 5 states and arrived at bg's once again.  ashley and i then moved in the onward direction to the 210.  we visited bobby in crestview and after getting lost a few times, arrived in simi valley to visit none other than katie burns.  with much joy we met at a jamba juice.  we then went to a park to slackline and then to her house, where, after an unfortunate and slightly embarrassing event, we played the wii and chatted.  at 9:30ish we departed yet again for the northern part of the state.  after taking some wrong and/or pointless roads, we made it to the 101.  4 or 5 hours later we arrived in hollister. 

day 7: ashley and i woke up at 11:30 ish and ate some delicious pancakes.  we cleaned out the car and i left for san jo.  well it was just me by this point and after an uneventful and rather short drive of about less than an hour, i arrived at the home fort.  the family was gone however and after saying hello to the pooches, left for a birthday bash.  it was great fun and involved slacklining and guitar hero. 

and that is the end of the great road trip to colorado to return katie's stuff.  there was a plethora of slacklining, laughter, movies, scheming, driving, and well, cool stuff.
here are some pictures...


slacklining:











the zoo:


















the biggest rodent


the infamous bongo


the okapi... my favorite.  





this guy had really long shorts and we couldnt understand the purpose of them because they werent doing anything except make him waddle.


the car:







and just rocking:
 

 

and chess.



well thats the end. sorry for the sideways pictures, but i couldnt change them.  well i could but its getting late and im too lazy to fix them.

well, it's happened.  i am locked out of my house.  i probably knew that this would eventually happen, but what can i say?  i guess this is the bad part of living in your backyard. 
so here is a picture of my bed, and basically my room. 

i actually slept pretty well last night but i think im going to add some more pillows to make it comfy... er?  yes however you spell that made up word. 

well, summer is finally here and its really quiet.  i feel like im the only person alive right now.  its super.  not really.  anyways, the end of school was fun but saying bye was not. 
so here are some of the more recent things i've done.

wakeboarding



sleeping on the double-wide in a star shape



waking up and standing in the sun



and sleeping in the tunnel