I was at school, and a hurricane hit supposedly and we were all trapped up in the top floor of the library. We went home and calls were being made via the directory. So, my mom got us early. I remember being in bed totally convinced this would be put in an encyclopedia, playing with my female thing.
Also, we walked to church every Monday. It was pretty far, maybe 5-10 blogs.
There was also a plaza at the Cathedral. The festival was at the huge cross, where they had the 1st mass. I remember caroling around the city. It was so cool when I was "2 turtle doves." I was an alto.
The Cathedral was the lasting memory and the formulation of my childhood. There was even an upstairs. We practiced in a room upstairs at the front of the church. It was pretty cozy but not so like pristine. The high school used to have a choir led by a black man. I almost went there. I know the public high school had plays. There were lots of beautiful places. 1 of them was like the top 10 in the world, by the Fountain of Youth, a neighborhood where a good friend lived who liked pigs. I had 2 friends who liked pigs. It seemed so hard to keep track of all our favorite animals. I don't really remember my 1st favorite animal. The city itself was pretty dreamy in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. There was this set up in front of the wax museum of a figure raising a gun under a table. There's also a torture chamber in there. Ripley's was pretty cool. I lived closest to it but for 1 house. It was a ways away, though. They had a torture picture, too. I guess the most interesting part was ... well, I don't want to ruin it. I had posted some of my misadventures. Check out this: link. 1 quote was by Fuzzy, "If the lighthouse is so tall how to people live in it? Really tall, thin people." ;D Tha's a good one! So, the square with the Cathedral is really nice. There is a bridge and a bay and a fort. On July 4th, these, this guy said, "Hey" or something... We saw dolphins there. I used to listen to music then, Classical CDs and Enya. I was learning piano and had a keyboard and was considered really good and good at improvising and memorizing. In 1998, I played Titanic. The real thing. There was this little movie theater in the mall or this movie theater in the little mall, named after a Spanish discoverer. I didn't win the science fair, but I was there. It was very fun. My experiment wasn't so advanced, something I never heard of. I don't remember well, but I know that milk spoils and cut flowers live well on lemon? My mom was a florist at Albertson's, and she was considered really good. She got the job when I was in 6th grade I think and took classes at the community college. I was there for an opening ceremony. Before, I remember her getting her citizenship, wait, after. She was very foreign to me when I was a kid. Before, I just felt like another race. Maybe, I wanted to be like her, but I guess I wasn't. It's interesting when you think about how kids today are, like their fathers, like if they're like had on purpose. I grew up thinking I was a person. I'm not sure what happened. Something to do with "race." I took tennis lessons at Marsh Creek, which was like a vast landscape and had golf carts going about. I thought it had a landfill. I started when I was 11. It was unbearingly hot, but I did it. I guess it was a bit thick. My music teachers played tennis, and the daughter in my class did gymnastics. I was supposed to take it with her. I remember singing carols on the road with the stores. Luckily, I was into old-fashioned things. My mom wanted me to read the Swedish American Girl, but I liked the redhead from 1776. I also read the Little House Books up to The Long Winter. My music teachers were from Wisconsin, too. I liked the 1st book, best. I kept reading the back cover that started, "Depp in the woods of Wisconsin..." I used to get jealous of up north and wanted to relocate. I wanted to see my relatives and live in the environment. They closed Pizza Garden and the chain that sold a pizza I liked at the end of a walkway by the Cathedral. The Wax Museum is there, too. Pizza Garden sold Sicilian pizza. Also, on the street where I lived, was Village In, where I ate with my friend at night several times, until midnight, after her mom's concerts in Jacksonville, which I liked a lot since I was so adamant about singing and being in the chorus. It was my total fixation along with my appreciation lasting from "art" stuff. I even took some courses before piano. I had this one nice one of a wolf where the teacher did the nose. I guess you get better as you get older. They snacked when they got there, too. It was just a nice place. The only other big thing might be in Florida Jacksonville, which was right above it. Well, in kindergarten, it was pretty stimulating. We watched "The Letter People" as well as in 1st grade. In 1st grade, it was quite an experience, 1992-1993. Well, I guess I was hoping for something else. I got cultured. I liked in kindergarten when we tasted the food from all the countries. It wasn't a big deal to me. I was in Gifted, but we didn't do anything like painful. There was this funny part, though, we watched movies in school, and in 1st grade we would want to get to rub the teacher's back. I guess I was also cultured at home. Like, I got in on my dad's world of work in how he sorta showed me about it. I used to draw cartoons from comics or something or be into Dilbert. So, I know they have animal berts. He had this huge office, and I had pizza from home. I wanted so much more. I used to slip drawings under the door to someone. That's when I was maybe 5 but I dunno. We used to drive to get him at work every day when we lived in Boca. The guy at the front in charge said, "Good night." or "Good evening."
Another fun thing was going to Key West and Niagara Falls. Up north we saw Chicken Run and were in the plaza, which was quite complex and large. I went to Key West 3 times. Or 4? I was small the 1st time. I liked the kayaking in the ocean. I also liked the ghost tour, a lot. I thought my life was maybe an experiment. Diamond Dave. He's so funny. Like the father in My Fair Lady. He said the floating bodies wouldn't be
good for tourism. Also, I think the ghosts fell from the building.
There's also a story about like an elevator. There's also a part about
race in the grave kinda area. It's neat in the place like the Hard Rock
Hotel or restaurant. I think I've had other interesting experiences, ah yes, Washington, D.C. That was nice. I went there twice. I had the best time up north my 1st year of high school. We saw How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Emperor's New Groove. I quoted it in the car with my kid family a lot. It was "the" thing but not necessarily the best nor all there is.
I don't know if I can tap into it. I had a good experience by the time I reached up north. I got the feeling of the father of "The Wild Thornberries," which I've seen glimpses of and watched some of. I got a feel for it and liked it. I like the popular episode of Sponge Bob Square Pants where he's at Bikini Bottom and the bus keeps going by. I identify with the snail.
I'm still kinda shocked I was at the mall in Mississippi, and I know kids were being shown a lot of affection. I wasn't. Anyway, so, there was this big lady carrying a slim girl with a huge bow in her hair. I was so surprised when I moved there they all wore ribbons, even in high school, it seemed, like the dancing and stuff. I mean, it's cool, but I would never do it, unless I were really weird. So, she was with a group of kids, too. There were maybe 5 kids. I guess I was kinda upset I never experienced that. Maybe, I wanted to be small, but now I want to be big. I think I wanted to be a really little kid. Then, I decided I wanted to be an average kid. Now, I want to be a teenager. However, I'm like a decade too old. It was a big fascination of mine, babies and such, and I'm still fascinated with young people. I've been warding off affection here in Orlando. ^99^ ^66^ I recently decided to start to feel since I'd been posting about Tim Burton so much. Maybe because I'll grow up. So, now, I don't feel like I'm not smart anymore, at least. I've got something going, and it's kinda 2nd nature but a bit taxing probably. I'm actually quite afraid to feel. I kinda don't feel anything. I already thought I was dead moving. That happened up north, for some reason, from the experimentation! '8D