10 Lessons, 5 days

In the past five days, I've learned 10 valuable lessons. Some from my own mistakes, some from others--either way, they've been good to me.

1) When you buy a red article of clothing, NEVER wash it for the first time with clothes that have any white on them. My blue and white shirt is now blue and pink. It's not even a nice pink, it's a nasty brownish-pink... Gross.

2) When in Greektown, just ask where the bathrooms are. Don't wander about the restaurant with your sister, brother, and cousin... And if you're Thena, don't go in the mens' by mistake. =P

3) Don't tell scary stories in your friend's haunted, creepy, eerie basement and then spend the night at Thena's house, watching The King and I to fall asleep. Bad idea. Scary dreams. Strange combination of singing Siamese kings and ghosts. Eek.

4) Never accidentally doze off during a 6-hour mentor training session and then wake up to lots of screaming. Scares the pants off of you.

5) Putting your arm through a door that you and your brother are both trying to close is a very, very, very stupid idea.

6) iPods unfreeze by holding down Menu and Circle, not all five buttons at once. Throwing them doesn't work very well either.

7) Always have a friend help you power-clean your room, especially if it needs to be done in less than 10 minutes and you need a shovel to find your floor.

8) Yield to people turning right. Always, always, always.

9) Don't make jokes about people who are three seats away from you on the monorail. You can't run away.

10) Crayola markers are NOT washable if they're black. They just fade from black to blue to green to orange until you think it's gone. They LIE.

Goodnight, world. I'll be posting pictures tomorrow, probably... Maybe. I don't know.

-Arty is [giddy, and] OUT. :D