rancid - ruby soho

hey there! i'm home!
i've said it before a thousand times. i'll keep saying it every chance i get. long beach is the most wonderful place on earth.
right after school on friday i took off in the pouring rain. the second i walked in the door, everything was beautiful. elaina and i watched the lizzie macguire movie, second-guessing what would happen against her mom, who'd already seen it. yelling at the tv when she didn't kiss gordo, because it made the whole movie worthless. i watched the junior miss loyalty thing, and we laughed hysterically when the little boy/girl on the end of the jellybean chior went into epyleptic shock. we randomly showed up at a highschool dance, which was the best thing to happen because david just happened to be there! it's got to be some conspiracy, every time i show up in long beach, david's there too. i love it! so after that we went into the backwoods to micheal's house, where it smells constantly like cedar smoke. we went a little back into the woods, where michael's dad makes trails when he gets bored.
driving home, elaina had a moment with another truck on the road by her house. "that truck and i both know we're not supposed to be back here."
saturday officially started in the evening, when we got william's camera and went to her own pageant. david and i got to be her parents (i still have ELAINA MAMA written on my arm) and we got all of her terrible, terrible dancing skills on tape. i can't wait until i get a copy of it! elaina won miss friendship though, which is good for her! she is definitely the friendliest girl i know. so to celebrate, we went to the only 24-hour minimart in astoria and ate tacos. we watched snl at some girl's house, then drove out to the warf and watched the lighthouse across the water. we came home at 1:30 am and fell asleep talking.
this morning we went to seaside and met up with louis the mexican! he is so very cool, he sounds just like someone i know but i couldn't figure it out. it's going to drive me insane.. anyhow. it was beautiful weather. the sun was shining, a light breeze was blowing, and the beach was absolutely beautiful, of course.
i was officially on the road home at 5, stopped at the gas station in montesano and drank a monster energy drink on the trunk of the buick. i can't really explain this feeling in me right now, only that i'm bursting to full with happiness. people are wonderful. my life is in long beach. it's a revival for me every time to be down there, to be around my cousin and to be a part of that community. and do you know what the best part is?
elaina's coming up here in two weeks!!
"milo, stop stepping on the chickens!"