My White-Water Rafting Trip

I've actually been home for a couple days now but anyways...IM HOME!!!

This is probably going to be an insanely long post so if you dont want to read it, stop now. but id like it if you would read at least part of it bc the past 3 days were the best days of my life! :)
So, this is a really funny story: there are these things called IKs (inflatable kayaks) or Duckies. one of the guides Kayla had a water gun and she gave it to this 14 year old guy named Sonny and she told him "if you see any jet boats, SPRAY THEM! and they're spray you with a gigantic wall of water and it might blow you back a few feet. you think you're up for that?" and now, Sonny is a complete daredevil and completely loves taking risks so he says "of course!!! this is gonna be fun!" soooo...when the jet boat comes up he sprays all the passengers and of course they get all pissed off. then the driver, turns around and shoots a 10 ft. high wall of water straight at Sonny. I'm serious!!! Crazy aim! he was blasted back, like, 5 FEET into the air and one lens of his sunglasses popped out of the frame! it was soooo hilarious!!! :D haha
So this is another story about Sonny (he was definitely the most entertaining in our whole group), like i said before he's a REALLY big risk taker, dare devil etc. so he created something called "Sonny Side Up" which is pretty much flipping an IK over and standing up on the back of it and paddling like that. he could seriously take rapids like that. he's insane! thennnn...for some stupid reason i got onto the IK with him on the last day bc i was feeling....risky or stupid, cant figure out which one, and HE WENT SONNY SIDE UP WITH ME ON THE IK! i was literally freaking out bc he was sooo unstable, standing on an IK! we took a few rapids like that with me screaming bc i sooo didnt trust this 14 year old daredevil! seriouslyyyy!!! but it was sooo much damn fun going Sonny Side Up with him! since he was the creator of the Sonny Side Up way of paddling, i felt much safer than how i felt IKing with anyone else...know what i mean? :) but trust me, HE'S CRAZY! :P all of the little kids absolutely loved him, tho...cant see it personally :) haha jk, he was pretty cool
I adopted 3 or 4 little shadows on this trip, Maile (Mai-ley) [7], Kai (5), Sage (8), and Jamie (8). they literally attached to me and followed me around everywhere! it was cute for a while and then it was like "OHMYGOD, GET AWAY FROM ME YOU LITTLE PEOPLE! GO BUG SONNY, HE HAS SOOO MUCH MORE PATIENTS WITH LITTLE KIDS THAN I DO!" (which is totally not true)
We had such a great guide named Mikey, he was the "king ninja" for all the little people and it was so funny! he was soooo goofy and hilarious! he bonded with everyone and everyone loved him! even the parents!! he taught all the little people how to be ninjas and then they followed him around like little ducklings after their mothers. :D
One of the best rapids was called Devil's Staircase. it was sooo scaryyyy but it was so insanely great! it was like a water staircase with a bunch of rocks in it but add the "Devil's" part of it and it was CRAZY! butttttt, super fun!!!
every day we stopped at a swimming hole and 2/3 of them had GREAT jumping rocks! it was superrrr fun and freezing! it was the best, tho and almost everyone jumped! EVEN MAILE who's 7 or whatever! IT WAS INSANE! i got some really good pics from that swimming hole!
i got some really good pics and i'll send them once i get home to upload them onto my computer!!!
hope you enjoy life! ;)
I miss you all!!! A LOT!!

Leaving...

Leavin Today.
Cya when i get back :)

Yogaaa...

Yoga Camp is fun....kinda boring but fun :/ :) haha

CTE

JUST LOVED CTE!!! IT WAS SOOO GREAT!!! There were the sweetest moments and it was ACTED PERFECTLY! I LOVED all of the songs and dances! Everyone was SOOOO DANG TALENTED! I loved "The Human Heart" and "Some Girls" ;) Sorrayyyy, im sucha a sucker for sweet romance and besides, JACKSON AND ELSA HAD CHEMISTRY! I mean, come on!!! ;) It was amazing and everyone should be sooo proud of what they have done! It was wonderful and i want to see it OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!!! AMAZIN' HONEYS! Y'ALL SHOULD BE SOOO PROUD! <3

Seattle

Gonna go to Seattle to see my FRIIEEENNNDDDD!!! YAY!

Screwed Up Computer Monitor :/

Greeaaatttt... my father f**ked up my computer moniter and now it wont turn on! This is just fantastic :/ This is my mom's computer, btw if you were wondering how i was online. I still have the laptop in my room but it's a mini and its so f**king slow that it hardly counts!!!! Well...FANTASTIC! this just...rocks! :/

Talker vs. Listener (Formspring)

TALKER

Ask me anything!!! seriously, anything!!!

People I've Seen:

8th Grade:
Arianna
Andy
Jackson
Jordan
Tara
Skye
Casey
Maddie
(CHLOEE, I NEED TO SEE YOUUUU)

7th Grade
Linnea
Anna
Shreya
Olivia
Natalie
(JV, pleeeaaasseeee can i see youuu?!?!?)

6th Grade:
Kai
Ian
Hope
Grant
Rachel
Spencer J.
Angela
Abby
Henry
Jake
Emily
Surabhi
Sami
Spencer S.
Anjali
Story
Ben Wh.
(Juyoun & Shelvey, PLEASE SEE MEEEE!! I MISS YOU GUYS! :D)

Sorry...i just felt like making this list... :)

Pottermore

Ok....i think Pottermore is cool but I'm NOT willing to set my alarm for 1:30 AM to get into the website!!! A LOT of my friends are doing that... I THINK THEY'RE INSANE! ;) well....if you get into Pottermore, tell me about it bc it sounds cool! :D

August

Happy August, everyone!!! :)
For all the Novites out there, in 9 days, we will have had 2 months of summer. Can you believe how quickly it has gone?!?!? I think it's CUH-RAZY!
Lately, things have started to pile up and i am getting super busy!! I havent been for the entire summer and suddenly things are starting to happen!!!
I'm going on a family road trip starting on the 13th and ending on the 23rd to Ashland, Oregon and Northern Cali. :) I guess im sorta excited :/
I CANNOT wait for the CTE performance of "Once On This Island" and i think that that will be sooo fun to see!
I started reading A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer the other day and so far i really like it besides the tiny text and the impossibly long pages :/ haha :) i now have to just finish that book and then im done! ik, i ssssllllooooowwww!!! :D
My guinea pigs Santana and Brittany are super good!! i love them sooo much and they're both just the sweetest and cutest things ever!! Santana crapped on me a while ago, tho :/ WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF GUINEA PIGS!
I went shopping yesterday with Ella and we both got some pretty cooool clothes :D We'll be lookin' hot once we get back to school ;) haha, jk

My family and i are planning to do a Back To School Potluck for the 7th Grade NOVA familes either the day before or the day after the Parent Orientation on 8/31. My mom will email all the 7th Grade parents sooo...you dont have to worry about knowing when and where and such. I really hope it works bc i NEED to see people!  <3

Anyways, I'm doin' great right now!!! i feel happy and productive (sorta) but I MISS YOU LIKE HECK! Sooo... email me! <3 I. LOVE. YOU!

formspring.me

Ask me anything http://formspring.me/hopedorris

Do you collect anything? If so, what is it?

empty gum packets...so far, i have 85 DIFFERENT PACKETS OF GUM hanging on my wall ;)

Ask me anything

Swim :(

Swim lessons suck.
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6 Whole Months

Half a whole freaking year!!! I miss you so much <3 <3 <3
Cannot believe it's been this long... well i can but it feels way to good to be true. but then again, is anything to be true when it comes to love?

(yes, Glee does count) What is your favorite episode?

I LOVE ALL THE EPISODES!!! I love Prom Queen and Born This Way but i also love New York and i like Home from the first season... i love Preggers with all the football guys dancing around and i also love Hell-O when Finn tries to go out with Santana and Brittany... but i also love Silly Love Songs bc its sooo sweet and Sexy is just plain HILARIOUS!!! Blame it on the Alcohol is pretty good too... and Dream On had some good music... IDKKKK, WAY TO HARD FOR ME TO CHOOOOOOSEEEE!!!!

Ask me anything

ILY :)

TOMORROW <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

YARD WORK

Soooo TIRED!!! I had to do yard work in the burning hot sun today :-/

Who do you love the most?

i love all my friends more than anything else in the whole world... if i had to choose out of them, that would kill mw <3

Ask me anything

Megan and Liz

Ok, you have to check out these singers!! They're names ar Megan and Liz and they're twins and both 19 years old (they're both gorgeous too).  Here's their website... www.meganandliz.com
I discovered them about a year ago bc they cover a bunch of the songs that i like but now i just got obsessed with them bc they're amazing and really inspirational :D
They sing, dance and they write their own songs. They're on iTunes and I LOVE THEIR ORIGINAL SONGS!!! They even create their own music vids! :)
They started out on Youtube and then they started recording their music in studios and then they were put on iTunes!!!
They cover a BUNCH of Taylor Swift and Katy Perry. Here's their Youtube channel... http://www.youtube.com/user/MeganandLiz
Here are 3 of my favorite original songs!!! I think that you'll like them :D

Maybe, Possibly- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiiOv41fesw
Happy Never After- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCACy8zjKHs
Rest of You- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSqeiT4f3c

They've also covered songs like, Skyscaper by Demi Lovato, How to Love by Lil Wayne, Enchanted by Taylor Swift, Who Says by Selena Gomez, Mine by Taylor Swift, The Story of Us by Taylor Swift, ET by Katy Perry, Bad Romance by Lady Gaga, Teenage Dream by Katy Perry, Rolling in the Deep by ADELE, Eenie Meenie by Justin Bieber, Just a Kiss by Lady Antebellum, F**kin Perfect by P!nk, Halo by Beyonce, 7 Things by Miley Cyrus, Hummingbird Heartbeat by Katy Perry, We R Who We R by Ke$ha, Born This Way by Lady Gaga, White Horse by Taylor Swift, California King Bed by Rihanna, Enchanted by Taylor Swift, Grenade by Bruno Mars, Landslide by Glee...?, More by Usher, ETC!!!!

Long Story Short... THEY'RE AMAZING!!!