Aubrey VS The Month of June

Episode 7

We last left our hero after she had lost her Magical Card of UVU Plus-ness. After making contact with the temple of riches she has reported the loss of said magic card... WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT???

With the swiftness of a burning wick of a firework, Little Ichigo prepared for the day ahead. She did not look forward to the unpleasant duties that undoubtedly laid in the near future. Perhaps, for this reason, Little Ichigo had forgotten (again) where she had ceremoniously placed her gifted Flip-Flops of Sesquipedaliah (Google it) and the Abiquitous Baume Pour Les Lèvres. Frantically, with heart beating and shallow, quiet breathing, she diligently shuffled through all her possessions, looking for the unique Abiquitous Baume Pour Les Lèvres, for, she knew, with this also lay the Flip-Flops of Sesquipedaliah. In a last, almost but not quite, desperate attempt our hero looked beyond her usual level of sight on perspective and found the once Magical Card of UVU Plus-ness. At once, Little Ichigo sought out communication with Big Mamma Guru.

"hmmm... found magical card, I see. But still magical it not is." advised Big Mamma Guru. "Must hasten... Hasten indeed. For Shrine of UVU Mula holds power to bring back. Bring back from ordinariness it does. Go my little hero. Go forth and make tribute."

It is here we see our hero back-flip into the distance, fighting her way through a sea of freshmen to the Shrine:

Pretty cool, desu ne?

Ichigo stumbled up to the shrine doors. With her last ounce of energy, she fell through the doors. A shuffling of a nondescript shrine caretaker brought Ichigo back to her senses. What is she came to do? "We do not accept human tributes." hazard the priest. The card! Ichigo round house kicked her way back up onto her feet. Sophisticatedly, she told of her recent troubles and desire to restore honor to her magic-less card. The priest squinted happily as he lead her down a incense filled corridor. Their soft, muffled steps sounded like grenades in a church within the silence. Finally, the priest lead into a room concealing an idol of accounting. Ichigo stepped forward to offer up the card, but the priest stopped her. He politely took the hand and placed it before the idol. After a few moments of peaceful humming,, the priest returned the newly re-magicaled card to the rightful hands of our hero.

"I must pay tribute to my karma." whispered Ichigo. A gentle melodious sound filled the room. "I can help you." kindly offered a priestess. This, however, was no ordinary priestess. Once a good friend of Big Mamma Guru and a past source of dire help for Little Ichigo, this priestess is the bomb.com. Ichigo followed the priestess to the next room in which they beheld yet another idol of accounting. "We shall send this tribute to your karma account. May I see you're one and only true Magical Card?" Ichigo placed her hands into her pocket... nothing. It was completely empty. Her eyes widened. How could this have happened? She checked her pockets and her satchel over and over again, more and more frantically and with extreme thoroughness. Soon the priest joined in the search for the again missing card. Somehow, from point A to point B, the card had gone missing. How could I be so reckless? Such carelessness and right after loosing it the first time too. Another priest happened to pass by. "What are you all looking for?" "We lost a magical card from point A to point B." He gave the obvious response. "Have you checked your pockets?" he suggested. Ichigo, to prove her point, reached into her pockets as she said, "Yes, I..." her voice trailed off. As she brought out her hand, she revealed shiny Magical Card of UVU Plus-ness.

Episode 9

Once again, our hero entered into the field of freshmen. A daunting task... but not for Little Ichigo! However, suspicions are arising as strange and unusual things occur. Things run smoothly... too smoothly. People are being nice... too nice. What is going on? Is our hero finally loosing it? Can she trust her fellow partners in crime? Or is there a secret that everyone knows that Ichigo is unaware of? TO BE CONTINUED...

I may not have the writing talent of my dear friend, the author, or the creativity of my friend, the writer, but I had fun with this. (P.S. It's based on a true story) I think I did a good job considering I had German running through my mind. (Ich bein lecker)

I'm pretty much awesome. In case you didn't know already.

BREAKING NEWS: Bear Attack

My father emailed this to me. I think it's important we keep things like this in mind as we venture into our summer adventures:

Bear Attack in Churchill , Manitoba , Canada

These are pictures of an actual polar bear attacking a man.

The pictures were taken while people watched and
could do nothing to stop the attack!

Reports from the local newspaper say that
the victim will make a full recovery.

The photos are below.

May your troubles always be smaller

than your imagination!

The Legend vs The Legend

The Legend vs The Legend:

Hugh O'Brian vs HOBY

I totally met a famous person. If you don't know who Hugh O'Brian is, the educate yourself. He's a big deal.

"The most important thing... is to teach young people to think for themselves."

Dr Albert Schweitzer

For those of you who don't know what the HOBY story is (which is probably just about everyone who will be reading this) I'll summarize for you.

Once upon a time in 1958, Hugh was famous for playing Wyatt Earp (TV cowboy) and he was invited to go to Africa with Dr Albert Schweitzer. As the name implies, he's German (yay!). He's also a famous missionary/theologian/musician/philosopher. Of course, the handsome Mr O'Brian accepted! He was out there in two weeks, volunteering at a hospital by day and having deep discussions with Dr Albert by night. (From those conversations came the above quote.) When it was time for Hugh to go back to America, Dr. Albert asked, "Hugh, what are you going to do with this?" Two weeks later, Hugh O'Brain started on what would become Hugh O'Brain's Youth Leadership (aka HOBY).

So what was it like to meet the legend that started the legend?

Nobody knew he was coming. I mean NOBODY. Not even the program directors. It was the last day and emotions were running rather high already. Hugh wasn't suppose call this weekend but during the closing ceremony, he did!

I couldn't quite hear what was going on, but it sounded like he was talking about paint balling. Then after a while I heard an echo of the voice on the phone. I turned around to see THE HUGH O'BRAIN walk in! The room erupted! Some people were in tears and others shook with excitement.

Oh. Did I mention I also ate lunch with him? Ya. We're like besties now. He's like 80 now and I think the age is getting to him. I was a little worried to see him drive off. I guess if he got lost, he could always just call up his buddy Robert Redford. Hugh is a charming, insightful, interesting (in every sense), and what you would expect your average 80-year old man to be.

This man has changed thousands of lives. He has changed mine. And there he was; Looking for his keys. His legend lives through thousands of HOBY alumni across the world. He spoke of what has happened to many HOBY alumni (many of which are now running our country). My story is just starting as are many others. I am so excited for all of this years ambassadors and I can't wait to see what they do and become. One man, just one, gave birth to this:

Yes... That is me laying front and almost center. Totally against character, right?

And that isn't even the most of it.