Anyhoo, I was out and about plenty this month, as I hope I will be in August as well as summer wraps up before I head to school in September. I want to get my fill of summertime fun so I can go to school fully focused (or, as focused as I can be, because admittedly, I am terrible at staying focused in school!).
Movies
If you know me, you'd know I hate movies. I don't know; the idea of sitting in the same spot for more than an hour is not appealing to me (this is also the reason why I have been procrastinating catching up on Game of Thrones and all other TV shows I've ditched). But here's the thing: I don't mind sitting around to watch hockey for three hours... I think it's the commercial breaks that help.
So my family dragged me out to watch Jurassic World, and Inside Out. I haven't watched Jurassic Park (shock!) so I wasn't too sure if I would be able to understand Jurassic World, but I didn't feel like I had a hard time understanding what was going on. I mean, maybe I missed a few references to the old movie, but for the most part, I think anyone would understand the premise of the movie.
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Inside Out was cute. That is all. I might have almost cried near the end. Also, I wish my parents watched the movie. I didn't feel like the movie entirely addressed emotions, but I liked that it exemplified how a parent should react to their child's emotional outbursts - sternly, with patience, and some smattering of understanding. My parents just yelled at me for everything.
Festivals
Night It Up is not quite my cup of tea, only because it requires shelling out lots of cash if you want to fully experience all that it has to offer (So. Many. Food options!). But I always enjoy the liveliness and the freebies that I get. The ladies at the Aveeno/Neutrogena tent really spoiled us - they literally dumped handfuls of samples into our bags! I'm currently sampling Neutrogena's new hydro boost gel cream. Maybe I'll review it later (after I go through the fifteen tubes I have).
I also went to Richmond Hill's Ribfest... which, like Night It Up, requires spending money, but, like the homeboy says, YOLO. We tried some ribs, got some cotton candy, and played some games. I mean, the guy at the beer-bottle-breaking game gave me a deal (four attempts for $5), so I couldn't give it up. Each of my siblings and I got one ball. Only my brother smashed a bottle, but I was next closest!
Pan Am Games!
Easily the most exciting thing I've done this summer - or this year even! - was attend a couple of Pan Am games. As previously blogged, I watched the morning session of the semifinal badminton games, but we also watched some beach volleyball, and - my favourite sporting event that I've attended so far - a preliminary indoor volleyball game featuring team Canada vs. USA!
We got to the venue late (as is tradition) and our section was completely filled - the only space available on the bleachers were right behind a post! Luckily, the volunteers were nice and we got to move to an emptier section, which happened to be where all the VIPs were sitting (athletes and their family members, among other important people!).
I am not an avid a follower of the volleyball world, but some time at the end of last summer, I did stream a couple of games and learned a few names, so it was pretty surreal to watch these guys in action, live!
It wasn't just the fact that it was Canada vs. USA that made the game exciting, but also because Canada successfully completed the comeback, coming from two sets to none early on in the game!
Cuba and Colombia played after, but because the Canada/USA game went to a full five sets, it was pretty late by the time it ended so we didn't stay to watch the rest of the game.
And finally, on the last day of the games, I visited the cauldron and the famous Toronto sign! I think both of these structures will stay up for the Para Pan Am games but I wanted to see them in person in case they wouldn't.
We went to an escape room tonight! It was my first time, but my sister and her boyfriend had been to one before, so we had some experience on our team. We were able to escape the room, however we weren't able to solve the murder mystery... Well, we did. I did. But we didn't give the correct answer. And so we ended up on the fail wall.
But it was still fun. I felt a little useless for the most part because my sister, her boyfriend and my brother had their hands on everything. However, I did clue in on several things that they didn't!
Now with August here, I hope I'll do half or as much as I did in July. I do have One Thing already on the calendar...
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