Wow. First of all, yesterday was an absolutely chaotic day filled with many interesting things that I could blog about. But if I were to do that, I’d have to sit here for hours on end recalling all the funny details. For the sake of you readers out there, I will keep it brief and write only some of the main events that were especially mind boggling.

The day started off with a marathon around the house while I tried to get ready in time for dear, sweet, punctual Ishita to arrive. I think I’ve been spoiled way too often by friends who know what it is to be fashionably late. This is why I was horrified when I saw my buddy walking up the sidewalk whilst I was still in my bunny pajamas. But thankfully, if there is something Ishita doesn’t lack, it is patience. Together, after I brushed and ripped out a chunk of my hair in my haste, we got in the car and drove to the Dart station. If anyone remembers my past blog about my horrible, scarring experience on the Dart before, you will understand my unease as we got closer and closer to the station. The plan was to meet the rest of my school at 8:30am so that we could all be in time for the train to carry us off to downtown Dallas where we would join the rest of the marchers. In case anyone was wondering, March for respect is dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of citizens living with developmental disabilities.

I have to count my blessings that I managed to get in a cart with Ham, who always backs me up on some of my crazy theories. I say this because a sudden burst of ingeniousness hit me right after the train started. To avoid falling over due to the unevenness of the ride, doesn’t one just have to jump at the right time and miss the swerve? With my limited knowledge of physics, I was confident that my theory would save me from falling on my hindquarters, an experience I didn’t want to relive anytime soon. Although the only drawback was that the only way to test this theory was to jump continuously until the train swerved. So I did have a very good excuse for my behavior as I started jumping like a jackrabbit on a greased up frying pan in the middle of July. Sadly, my attempts were futile and in the end Ham made me come to my senses. Because of my time limit and pressure to finish some troublesome homework, I will have to skip the ridiculously embarrassing account of my attempts to imitate various bird calls. Lets just say that in the end, we all decided that I was a failure at this skill.

Next up, after traveling to the parking lot filled with balloons and booths of all sorts, we lined up to sign in for the March. I was already filled with energy from the pound of sugar I had in the morning and was pumped to start exploring. Here is when I saw the giant inflated Dr. Pepper can and the line of tall, athletic looking guys trying their hand at throwing a football into the opening of the can. Being overconfident, as one is when filled to the brim with energy, I dashed to the booth with Ishita and Carson in tow. Disappointingly, my two friends were very unenthusiastic about my chances of winning, which made me want to throw that football into the can even more- to rub it in their faces of course. Needless to say that the ball flew in with my first toss, and I was able to brag about my victory all day long. :P

After an hour or so of walking around and chatting with my buddies, the March for respect finally began. Together with a huge throng of people, we walked about 8 blocks while cheering and waving around balloons, banners, and flashy things of that sort showing our support. It was a very nice experience, walking the streets of downtown, where we saw many ads for shiny cars and one particularity shady looking donut shop that had bars on the windows.

Overall yesterday was one incredibly fun filled day. I just hope that we didn’t all forget the deep meaning of what we participated in.

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I’m sorry to say that I don’t have any major updates this week except that I finally upgraded the site to WP 2.5. I must say that I am impressed with the improvements the WP developers have made to this already excellent blogging script. :mrgreen: