Thoughts of a Dumb Blonde

     Growing up a lot of kids at school were big fans of Harry Potter. I was never really drawn to Harry Potter. I didn’t know much about it, but I still wasn’t interested. Then when Universal got the World of Harry Potter, I rode all the rides. They were actually some of my favorite rides, but I still didn’t understand what would pull so many people in and make them so interested that they would walk around in robes carrying wands in the heat. Then a couple of years ago, my cousins found out that I’d never watched any of the movies; for Christmas they bought my mom and I the whole 8 movie set. My mom and I took time and watched one at a time together. When I finished them with her I watched them all again with my boyfriend. Not to mention all of the “Harry Potter Weekends” on Freeform. I got involved in Pottermore. I started reading the books (even though I haven’t had time to get far.) And then the best part, I got to go back to Universal. I was so amazed by how I could...

     Black Friday. If you don’t know what Black Friday is well then consider yourself lucky. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving where tons of people go to stores at the same time to get catch big sales. Black Friday has gotten so overly popular that most of the sales actually start on Thanksgiving Day! Instead of eating dinner with their families people go out and wait an outrageous amount of time in insanely long lines just to get into the stores fast. People speed in often not caring if they have to push people out of the way and there are often fights over this and over the products for sale. Now I will say not all stores are like this but that’s the average experience. Luckily I myself have never been taken out Black Friday shopping unless it’s 1:00 p.m Friday afternoon and the crowds have died down significantly. Even by waiting I still get good deals. I don’t understand why people would miss out on family traditions or wait in crappy conditions just to buy p...

     Thanksgiving break started today and Thanksgiving is tomorrow. What I'm really thankful for right now is a break from school because it seems like it never stops. Not that that's the only thing I'm thankful for. Obviously I'm thankful for my friends and family and the fact that I have the opportunity to even go to school. Well I guess maybe that's not so obvious since so many people these days don't seem to be thankful for anything; but I already covered the whole being thankful all year round and not just this week. I personally have three Thanksgivings. I just happen to have three grandmas who each have to have their own diner with different parts of my family. So I definitely get my fill of food; which if I'm being honest is one of the best parts of Thanksgiving. K hope everyone has great Thanksgivings and remembers to be thankful all, the time not just now.

     Thanksgiving is almost here and everyone is starting to share what they are thankful for. Thanksgiving is the time of year that everyone suddenly realizes that they should be thankful for a lot of things. In reality we should always be thankful. Personally I feel thankful for the opportunities that I have and the privilege of being able to live my life in the United States. I’m blessed with many things that other people could only dream of. Those of us that are lucky enough to live in safe places, have food to eat, clean water to drink should be thankful. Those of us that are lucky enough to live everyday not in fear should be thankful. I’m thankful for everyday that I am given on this beautiful earth. Our world may not be perfect but we are lucky to have it. We sometimes forget the privileges we have and the opportunities we are given. We shouldn’t just be thankful one week of the year. We should always be thankful for what we have been blessed with.

     So I still have absolutely no clue what I’m doing for college. Like I don’t even know what I want. I wanted to be far away, but now not so much. With all these babies on my family, I’ve decided 2.5-3 hours is probably my limit. But now I can’t decide what do do for my major. My future career doesn’t have just one set path so there’s literally a million different paths I can take. I could  try a Pre-Art Therapy program or double major in Art and Psychology. I could major in either Art or Psychology and minor in the opposite. Also if I would choose to go to Penn State I could major in Rehabilitation and Human Services with focuses in Art and Psychology. That would also give me the opportunity to take some Special Education courses. There are so many different paths and options that it’s all just overwhelming and I only have so long to figure it out. I guess my next step is to wait and get my PSAT score to get an idea of where I could go.

     This year I got to go to Volcano Bay, Universal’s new water park in Orlando. The water park is centered around a volcano that is built  around three or four different water slides. It’s really an amazing view. As soon as you enter the park you receive what is called a Tapu Tapu; which is an electronic band you wear on your wrist. These bands are actually one of the coolest features of Volcano Bay. At the beginning of the line for each slide at Volcano Bay, there is a board telling you whether the slide's wait time. If the rides wait is below around 30 minutes then the sign will say "ride now;" if the wait is 30 minutes or more you will have the option of joining the virtual line at the check in station near the ride by placing your Tapu Tapu against the mountain symbol on the machine. after you do this, your Tapu Tapu will display the amount of time you have to wait before returning to the ride. The time is usually around 10 minutes before the wait time of th...

     Right now where I live it is 1:10 a.m.  I know I need to sleep but I just can’t. I tried reading my new book, Turtles All The Way Down , by John Green; which I should’ve know wouldn’t help because I get lost in books way too easily. In this book the main character, Aza, has these things she refers to as “spirals” in her mind. Basically, she has these thoughts that she can’t control and tries to fight, but she can’t so they just spiral out of control continuously tightening and overwhelming her. This made me think of the feeling I’m having right now. I know I need to sleep because I have school tomorrow and I want to sleep, but my brain just won’t shut off. I’ll think of one thing and that’ll lead to another and this continues until I’m either overwhelmed or too exhausted to possibly continue. Why is it that the human brain can be so active when it should be resting? Why can I be in the living room, awake, needing to do homework only to get a headache that i...

     So now that I have written about Disney, it is time to introduce you guys to Universal Orlando. I'm going to include Universal Studios and Universal Islands of Adventure. Universal's Volcano Bay will be the subject of a later post. I'm going to start with Islands of Adventure. Islands of Adventure is probably the more action-packed side of Universal. as you enter you can take either a left or a right. I'm going to take you a left. This takes you to Marvel Superhero Island. The first ride as you enter is the Hulk roller coaster. The Hulk is easily the most intense ride in either of the parks. Its line also goes relatively fast so it's a good first choice. Every time I go I make sure to ride this multiple time. Also in this island is Doctor Doom's Fearfall and The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man. Doctor Doom's Fearfall is a set of drop towers that take you up fast and drop you just as fast. It is a quick thrill that also takes you up high enough to se...