Our Ithaca Trip

This morning, as everyone was getting ready for the day, I found myself with Dad, Benjamin, and Russell sitting around the computer listening to music. The kids were trying to show our old man music that he'd might like. It was really fun and we ended up dancing and laughing together. It was a great moment.

Dad had to go to Ithaca because his work's security system wasn't working. Mom wanted to go the the mall and promised us lunch; immediately, Russell, Ben and I agreed to go. Food always works with boys!

On the way there, we played a game where a work is picked and everyone has to come up with a song with that word in it. It was pretty fun but our family is no good at it.


Russell, Benjamin, and Me in the back of the car.
There was nothing at the mall, but there was a funny moment in American Eagle. Russell was looking at a shirt that Mom liked but he didn't. When he told her, "Mom, that shirt makes me look gay (not stupid, but truly gay)," I laughed. I didn't want anyone to think that he meant it in a mean way, so I turned toward other people in the store and said, "Folks, it's okay. I'm gay so he can say that." Russell and I were amused, my mother not so much. One of the girl employees laughed along with us.

We ate real BBQ food at a restaurant for lunch. It was okay--I really want to go to a truly great BBQ place.


Dad and Mom on the streets of Ithaca.

Tonight, a celebration honoring the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith aired on KBYU. My parents wanted the whole family to watch it, so I obliged them for about 2 minutes. Then I told them I had to go to the bathroom and came back right as the show was ending. I really didn't want to watch an hour and a half celebration about someone I don't want to celebrate.

After the special, we watched "Sahara" and "Must Love Dogs." During the first movie, Mom kept saying how fake everything was--people can't dodge bullets like that, how can they travel that far in so little time, etc. It annoys me when people say that because all action films are unrealistic. Only some drama's and comedy's can be seen as realistic; during "Must Love Dogs", I kept saying "Yeah, like that's realistic." People like movies to be entertaining, not reality TV.