the vacation.

I just got back from a five hour overnight flight.
And I'm so tired.
But being the hardcore blogger I am, I'm going to make a post about my vacation before I go get some Advil.
Just kidding. I'm not that weird.
I already had Tylenol, and I'm not going to overdose because that would mess up my kidneys and I want to have two of them when I die.

Our plane landed in Las Vegas on Friday. At three in the morning.
And the term "Vegas never sleeps" is so true.
It's ridiculous how much energy people have.
There were hundreds of people on the streets, and the music was SO LOUD.
But the buildings were really amazing.
The hotel we stayed in was shaped like a giant pyramid.

The sides of all the hotel rooms were at a slant with a big wall-to-wall window.
If you look closely at the picture, you can see the all the individual ones.
Together, it makes the big pyramid shape.
And in the center, there's a big casino.
Typical Las Vegas.

On Friday afternoon, we went to see the Hoover Dam. Which was essentially a huge wall of cement.

We also took a look at all the generators below. 

Which pretty much provides all the energy Vegas needs to function. 

Finally, we went to Grand Canyon.
Which was a five hour drive through the desert.
How fun.

But it was breathtaking.
It was like I was living in a postcard. It was just miles and miles of these amazing structures of rock.

** Click on the picture to enlarge.

After a few hours, we packed up and went home.
And here I am.

Have a great Easter! 
Eat lots of junk food.

a post about hoarding, flashlights and yogurt.

Here's an update on my life.
Because I feel like I don't talk about it enough.
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I've started to worry that I'm going to get lost in the wilderness. Because I feel like it's really likely that I'm going to go into one of the few forests left in America and die there.
With this belief in mind, I've started to hoard non-perishable items and bring my crank-powered flashlight everywhere.
Here's a picture!

Oh look, there's a handy crank in the back! How convenient!

I know it's stupid, but I do it anyway.
I've obviously read too many wilderness-survival novels.
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Yesterday, I wrote a phenomenal poem about bagels.

A warm aroma

Of freshly baked dough

Topped with cream cheese

A circle of happiness.

I would have made it a haiku, but I didn't know how many syllables each line was supposed to have and I was in history class at the time. Because that's what I do when I'm bored. I write poetry.

Since I'm super hardcore.

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You know what else I do when I'm bored?
Draw pictures.

I named it Fiona's Fantastical Ferocious Fish.

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 My math teacher played Justin Bieber music all this week.
Since he has that movie coming out.
And plus all the girls in our class begged him to.
My teachers are pretty hardcore too. =]
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We've had a ridiculous amount of snow this winter.

I know I've already complained about this, but it's serious.

I haven't had a full week of school since the beginning of December because of snow days.

The snowbank at our house. The bike's there for comparison.

The snow's deeper than I am. So my dad thought it would be funny to completely bury me in snow.

I almost got hypothermia and died.

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 I've been eating ridiculous amounts of yogurt lately.
I really like Chobani. That greek yogurt stuff.
It has a really subtle sour taste to it, which makes it really good.
I'm eating one right now. It's peach flavored.

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Here's a picture of my desk.
Because I felt like taking one.

You can see the Chobani in the corner.