I've yet to eat breakfast today. I need to rectify that. *eats Cocoa Puffs* Mmm....
Well, today is "Update Day," where I'm going out searching on the Net and updating all my programs to their latest versions (except WinAmp, which will stay at 2.95).
OK, while my computer is downloading, I might as well type out some stuff to update you guys on my life.
A week ago Friday,

Saturday, we went down there. She had bought e-tickets for us, so we wouldn't have to wait a long time at the front gate. We rode down there, setting out at about 7:30 AM, and I ended up sleeping about half of the time. We stopped at McDonald's and I got 2 Sausage McGriddles and a medium orange juice, my normal McDonald's breakfast. After that, I was much more awake.
We got down there, and there weren't that many people, so we parked somewhat close to the front. It turns out the e-tickets weren't very necessary, since the lines weren't very long anyway. So, we go through the gate, and I get that wand waved over me due to me setting off the metal detector. That was inevitable, I guess, since I wear steel-toed tennis shoes. Well, we're going through the main street trying to figure out where to go when we realize that we don't have a map, so we go back and get one. According to the map, we were in the north, and most of the rides we wanted to go on were in "The Grove" which was in the southwest, so we decided to make a roughly counter-clockwise circuit around the park.
Most of the rides in the "Old Virginia" section weren't interesting or were closed, so we just ended up going on The Grizzly, the only roller coaster in that section. It was a great old wooden roller coaster, even though

After that, we walked around the park for a bit, trying to figure out what to do. We decided to go on the Shockwave, a standing-up coaster. It was pretty cool, even though the line was long. I brought my book, Children of the Mind and got a dozen pages read before we got on. After that,


After that, we walked around some more, looking for something to do.






After that, we were hungry, so we went to get something to eat, since it was just after noon. We each got two slices of pepperoni pizza and a soda. I ended up eating both my slices and one of hers, since she always leaves about half her food to be thrown away. I'm just the kind of guy who doesn't like food to go to waste.
Well, we decided on no more jaw-dropping rides for an hour after we ate. I decided that I wanted to go to the Lazer Tag thing and I tried to convince

We then decided to go on the Anaconda, and tried to get to it my simply going straight towards the ride. However, amusement parks aren't designed that way. We ended up getting lost for about 40 minutes in the "WaterWorks" section before we figured out where to get out and go on the map. The map is a bit weird. Anyway, we finally figured out how to get there, and I began realizing how hot I was. It wasn't a bright idea to wear black jeans and a black Star Trek T-shirt on a hot day. (I was all blacked-out that day, with black underwear, black socks, and black shoes. WHAT was I thinking?) After getting to the "Congo" section,

After that, we were so hot, we decided to go in the "WaterWorks" section. We went to get a locker to put our stuff in, but the lady said that they were out of keys. She said that that was the first time she'd ever seen that happen. I told





We finally went to the Hypersonic, since the line had gone down. However, we spent two hours in the line. The ride broke down twice and they tried to "upgrade" it once.

After that, we got some drinks at a Chinese food place and realized that most of the food places were shutting down. We went on the Hurler after that, and it was a fun coaster. While in line for that, the guys behind us were putting up different gang hand signs, so I put up the "Live Long and Prosper" sign. One of the guys said, "What gang is that?" His girlfriend punched him in the arm, pointed at my shirt, and said, "Dummy! That's the Star Trek thing!" I was like, "Yeah. It's the "Live Long and Prosper" gang. It's the Vulcan gang." They all laughed at that.







We split up several times to cover more ground, always calling each other after about five minutes to regroup. One of the times, though,




We got in the car, and left, stopping at McDonald's afterwards. I was so tired of walking, I just got a soda, and was half-asleep in the line and in the car.

(Here's a link to the story from her point of view.)
Sunday,

Well, my mom and her friend Mary went to California two days ago to meet another friend of hers, Lois. I think they're staying there a week. I'm alone with my dad until she gets back. It is pretty cool with my dad, though. For dinners, we had KFC two nights ago and pizza last night.
Yesterday, my dad and his friend David were working on the roof and they are doing so again today. Yesterday, after David went home, he gave my dad a kitten to bring back to our house. The mother had a litter and he said we'd be a better home for it, since his fat neighbor accidentally killed two of its siblings by not watching where he was walking and stepping on them. *severely beats the neighbor* *mutters* Inconsiderate, stupid
Anyway, my dad took him home and named him Stripes. He's a cute thing, but he wouldn't eat. I wanted to get a picture of him, but none of them turned out since he was too dark for my camera. Stamps ran away from him, Mittens hissed at him, Frankie just walked away, and Squiggy wasn't bothered at all. The dogs were fascinated by him, and he had a good time playing with Galaxy, our ferret, since she's the same size he is. However, my dad had to take him back since we determined he hadn't been weaned yet. My dad told David to not let that neighbor in anymore. Now David isn't the brightest grape in the bunch, since he got kicked in the head by a horse when he was five, but he does follow directions, so we should get the kitten back in a week or so.
My dad and David are out on the porch, building chairs and I just ate some lunch of pizza and orange juice. Now, to get back on track with all the posts I've missed while typing all of this.