*Ack.*

Hello :)
Ugh, I was on the computer a few seconds ago, trying to upload the pics from my photography camp when it suddenly froze. And I kept trying to exit and control, alt, delete but it wouldn't work, and the computer is MESSED. :(
And the pictures aren't on this computer (my laptop that I'm on) so I can't upload them now.
Maybe tomorrow?
Is that ok?? :(
Sorry. I keep delaying, but it wasn't my fault this time! D:
Anyway, I'll tell you about my Hawaii trip instead.
I was at The Big Island, staying at the Mauna Lani (spelling??) resort.

So, exciting things that I did:
-I attempted to surf.
-I saw these adorable wild cats.
-That's about it xD

There isn't much exciting that happened, really--I mostly spent the time sitting by the pool or beach on those chair-things and reading :) I finished reading these books as I was on vacation (in this order):
-Fake Boyfriend by Kate Brian (on the plane ride there).
-Airhead by Meg Cabot.
-My Little Phony by Lisi Harrison.
-Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella (BEST BOOK, LIKE, EVER!!!!!!! Sophie Kinsella is an amazing author.)
-Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot (on the plane ride back--I really liked this book & couldn't put it down!)

I'm also about half way through I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter, and Pretty Little Liars #2 -Flawless-, by (OH CRAP I'M SPACING ON THE AUTHOR'S NAME RIGHT NOW. *Smacks head*)

Haha, but anyway, it was really fun :D
I tanned a bit.
And other things I did besides read were,
-Drink coffee in the morning with my mom :) (with four or five packs of sugar added :P)
-Eat breakfast: we brought a toaster (we are so high-maintenance xD) and ate bagels for breakfast. (We also brought peanut butter & jam.)
-Go to dinner in the evening with my mom (we went to a different place each day)
-For desert, go to the Marble Slab (AWESOME icecream shop!!)
-Have always the same lunch (quesadillas, fruit medley smoothie, and fries w/ ketchup.)

And I swam in the pool a lot too :D

So there ya go, my vacation.

SHOUT OUT to Abby--HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! <:)
My friend Alexis's birthday is also on the 22nd of August :) I just came back from her birthday actually, haha so if there are a bunch of typos in this blog post it's cause I'm dead tired....
Anyway, party hat & noisemaker
<:)~
<3

Xoxo
-K

Hawaii B)

Hey!
I'm currently sitting by the pool on a beach chair with my little blue laptop...
IN HAWAII!! :)
I'm in The Big Island, in Hawaii, with my mom, and it's awesome! :)
I'm having so much fun.
There isn't much time to go on the computer, so I won't be posting until I get back, which is on Sunday August 22.
On the 23rd I'll probably have time to post, and I'll tell u about my vacation and post pictures from that photography camp I told you about.
Luv you all,
-Kayla

What Booster Juices, Crazy Friends, and a Whole Lotta Dancing Can Cause.

We only went out for a booster juice.
Alexis (the crazy one), Kieran (the crazier one), and me.
We got there, and we:
-took pictures with the life-sized booster juice thing-y
-ordered pina coladas, strawberry sunshines, and some random pomegranite thing :)
-found out that there was a concert going on, right outside.

So we went, obviously :)
And... well, I mentioned my friends were crazy, right?
But we'll get to that later.
First, we went into this shop with a whole bunch of gadgets including:
-Bra Carriers.
-This disgusting perfume that I screamed "EW!" when I smelled but then tried to lamely cover up by saying "I mean, mmmm."
-Beach balls
-Those little magnets with hilarious messages on them like, "Hangovers are the wrath of grapes."
-Twenty dollar (EACH!) little tacky glass beads. I know.

We as well discovered those little "Say and Play" thing-y-ma-jigz. xD
You know? You record a message and you play it back?
You could record things, to test the greatness of the toy.
As per my idea, we programmed them all to say "JUST BUY THE TOY." In an angry voice >:)
Hee hee. I thought that was quite hilarious at the time.

We chatted w/ the store owner, and tried to sell the overpriced beads. To these other girls in the shop I said, "I reccomend the twenty dollar beads."
They didn't respond.
"They'll really IMPRESS THE BOYS!!!!" my friend Alexis screamed.
We fell to the floor laughing, and those poor girls didn't say anything back. Because what do you say to that?


But THEN.
The concert.
It started, and we were HYPED.
Kieran suggested we dance, wildly, in front of everyone.
So we did.
We got up and danced in the front, in front of EVERYBODY, which normally would be mortifying but with my friends I just felt pumped. We flipped our hair and did all these cheesy moves like the "disco," because we are just that rad. :P
And we danced around and sang along to the songs we knew and made a train on the song Chain. x]
So this woman comes up to us, these wacky, crazy people dancing all around with all eyes watching, and asks for our picture.
So we strike this funky pose and she takes our picture, except it blurs, but she doesn't notice so she says THANKS! and walks away.

Later though, as we were sitting down, chilling after our dancy funky-ness, she asked to take another picture of us.
So we just smiled semi-normally, and Alexis did a peace sign behind my head (gee, THANKS) and she took our picture.
It turned out well, I assume.
Because she said,

"Look for your picture in the news."


EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!
We started screaming, like literally, SCREAMING.
It was AMAZING!
I've only been in the news once before, and to me it's a HUGE deal x)



*Shrugs*



We only really wanted a booster juice.

Photography :)

I'm starting a photography camp today, with my friend.
I'll post pictures soon :) <3
x
o
x
o
-Kayla.



*I'll post pics friday, cuz that's when the camp ends. Or saturday if i don't have time friday*

My New Untitled Book

Hey :)
I posted the first chapter of my new untitled story.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't let me upload a picture (can anyone tell me how to upload pics to those static pages?). So I'll post it here.
This would be the cover of the book, if it were published:





Like it?

As I said in the page, the characters are:

There's Jeanette, the tough, sporty girl who likes sarcasm and making fun of weak people.
Then there's her best friend Casey, who's extremely DESPERATE for a boyfriend and is a total drama queen about it and everything else.
The boys in the story are Sebastian, Xavier, and Alex. Sebastian and Xavier are total nerds, but the difference between them is that Sebastian *likes* being a nerd but Xavier strives to be cool. He's also desperate for a girlfriend.
Alex, on the other hand, is super cool and rules the school. (That rhymes :P)
And he has a dumb but very attractive girlfriend named Annika--who's basically just a bitch.

And it goes from there :)

I have way more chapters to post--tell me if you want me to post more :D
Thnx
-K.

I Like Summer :)

Hey guys :)
I haven't posted in a while, because I've been very busy. I'm in this volleyball day-camp thing, and omg it's *exhausting.* But really fun :)
From 1:30-4:30 it's like nonstop playing volleyball except short water breaks. And for once it's super sunny out = tres hot.
*Dramatically faints.*

But I have been writing a bit!
My friend Kieran and I are working on a new novel, "Independent." That's the title. It's about this teenaged girl and all her loved ones died so she's all alone :( So she runs away, because she really doesn't want to live in an orphanage, and so she manages in the woods on her own.
As well, she saves a little girl from getting run over by a train; fights for food and water; and meets this rich boy who she saves from a pack of wolves.
Impressive, right? :P
We're on page 20 right now, but we're hanging out on Friday so I'm hoping maybe we'll get up to 30? :D *Crosses fingers.*

I'm also editing this book I wrote a while ago. I just kind of abandoned it for a while.
Sometimes I get bored of a certain book and need a break from it. So this book I was working on, I was on page 100 or 130 or something, and I just had to write like *FIVE MORE PAGES* and it would be completely done. And then I could say I finished another novel! :)
But for some reason I just couldn't bring myself to finish it. So for, like, a month I totally abandoned it and suddenly I'm like "KAYLA. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU. GO FINISH IT!"
So I did :D
And now I'm editing it, which is a very long and hard process. D:
I really want to send it in to a publisher soon though!
Maybe in the winter I'll be done. Who knows.

So besides editing THAT book, and working on Independent, I'm also working on three other books.
A Summer to Remember (See at top of blog), Life Flashes Before Your Eyes, and this new kind of untitled one about these different people's instant message conversations.
So there you go--that's what I've been up to :)
But don't worry, I still obsessively check all your blogs to see if you've posted something new! :P
I just hadn't had it in me to do a whole blog post for a while.

Anyway, I better go eat breakfast.
TTYL!!
-Kayla.

My Favorite Quote of All Time:

"Everyone wants happiness...



No one wants pain,



But you can't have a


rainbow...









Without any rain."