invasion and barbecues

i think i'm overdo on a post.

invasion group

the invasion.

that was fun. i didn't go for all seven days, but i went the first 4. i wrote about it in my journal already and i don't really wanna write it here again. we basically rode all the rides and saw all the shows and got a picture and autograph of every character we saw. it was also really hot. the weather is definitely in summer time mode now. it's nice because you don't have to worry about a random cold day like in early june. you can plan most anything outside and it'll work. it's not so nice because, well, it's hot. and hot can get annoying.

anyway, yeah. the invasion was a success and we've already got future invasions lined up.

next thing, the barbecue party.
that was pretty cool. close to 30 people came! i think that's the most we've had at kelly's house so far xD. people brought a lot of food. there was a lot of hamburger meat left over and tweek left his chicken there. people were chilling outside, playing taboo, apples to apples, brawl, clue, poker. so many things were going on at once, it was great. the only thing that wasn't so great was towards the end. there's this card game called '13' because it's played with four people and each gets thirteen cards. it's not easy to explain and apparently you need to figure out a strategy, guess the other players moves, and remember what's been played already. it might sound complicated, and i'm making it sound that way. i barely learned to play that night and i still don't have it down completely. i can probably play, just not very well. anyway, people kept rotating in and out of the games and whenever i played, someone would help me. either cathy, benji, or rob. then i decided to play and game by myself with no help. peter was in this game. well, i put down 3 cards that no one could beat and that meant i could play whatever i wanted. all i had in my head was that i could put whatever i wanted. so i put 2 cards down. i didn't know that a straight needed to consist of 3 cards [i put a 9 and 10]. so when peter said i couldn't do that, i was confused. i was just thinking i could put whatever since it was my turn. then cathy was trying to explain that a 9, 10 didn't work. i still wasn't processing what they were saying and didn't understand why i couldn't put down my two cards. i thought they were saying i needed three cards since i previously put down three cards, so i told them that i could put whatever i wanted. but because i didn't understand the 'straight' rule, i didn't get it. finally i think i understood what they were saying and why i couldn't do that and played something else.
by that time i was frustrated and being bombarded with people yelling at me and each other. peter was yelling at me about what cards i was using and cathy and rob were yelling at peter that this was the first time i played the game. then he understood why i didn't know what i was doing. but then i heard him say to brian, ''i didn't know/think she was that dumb.'' [something really close to that] i pretended to listening to cathy and hatien and not hear what he said. then he said to brian, ''ok, i don't think she heard me." and i said, "i'm not dumb!" and brian said to him, "uh yeah, she did hear you."
i don't remember if peter said anything after that because i tuned him out and was focusing on not crying. when people yell at me like that when i don't know what i'm doing, my reaction is to cry. so i was fighting not to cry and keeping my lip from quivering so i just put down the rest of my cards and said i didn't want to play with peter anymore. he tried to get me to stay and play again and so did other people i think, but i kept saying i didn't want to play with peter anymore and just left to the other room. when the bathroom was open i went in there and cried a little. i don't understand why he'd say that. maybe he would say he before he knew it was my first time playing, and maybe to my face as a joke. but he said it after the fact cathy pointed out i had never played before and tried to keep me from hearing it. that's what throws me off. sigh.
it still makes me kind of sad when i think about it.

moving on.

i want to go to santa monica beach and pier. apparently i've been to both and but don't remember. i'm seeing if people would be interested in going, if not, i'd still go with george anyway. but it'd be cool if more people go.