To those in the Bay Area of California

This has gotten national media attention so I thought I'd share to those who don't know...

Ten days ago, 15-year-old Sierra LaMar never caught her bus to school on Friday, March 16th. The following weekend, her phone and her purse with a neatly folded pair of pants and T-shirt was found. Just today, there was a report of someone who looks like Sierra hitchhiking into a black truck near an intersection on East Lake Avenue. So far, no one knows for sure if she was kidnapped or was planning to run away. Her texts and Twitter posts reveal no signs of distress or plans of running away and she would never idly leave her phone behind. Her father's a registered sex offender, but is not a person of interest in this case and would never do harm to his own daughter. Now FBI agents are here in search of this Morgan Hill girl.

I am so frightened because anything could have happened to this pretty young girl. We've already lost beautiful 14-year-old Tara Romero four months ago in a drive-by shooting. Sierra could be anywhere with anyone; maybe even outside the state of California. We don't know anything. Below is a flyer from the Facebook page to find her. I pray she's found soon and is returned home safe and sound.

My feet are cold..

It honestly sucks to live in the valley now. And why? Rain. Rain. Rain. And more rain.

It's been raining all week. It was a little on and off at first. That is until today. It just kept coming nonstop and after school while me and my sister waited for our mom to pick us up huddled under an umbrella, here comes the huge downpour. And when I say downpour, I mean downpour. The umbrella did little help. So my jeans and Purdue sweater got soaked. I got water in my Converse. And thank God my mother came just in time to get us out of there.

Here's a crazy part. There were like two kids who were still walking home even though the sidewalks were flooding. Oh, and the city put up signs that said that the streets were flooded. Never would've recognized a flooding street without that sign now would we?

So as we were a couple streets away from home, we make a turn and here's Coriander Street that has now become Coriander River. As my mom took a picture to send to my step dad, I made a comment that we should borrow our neighbor's boat. And then we came home.

So now my clothes are getting washed and I'm in clean comfy pajamas blogging away. I really think it should be Friday. Feels like one. Maybe cause the rain makes it feel like you wanna stay home for the next couple days. Hahaha.

XOXO,
Liz

Late Start

Another Wednesday come and gone..

Nothing too special today. There were speeches today for people running for freshman president, vice president, etc. To be honest I wasn't really that interested. I think cause school back in Indiana doesn't do stuff like this I wasn't at all interested. And let's see..other than my second nosebleed this week nothing too great. And don't worry..I only got one cause it doesn't rain in California during the summer. Watched the Dark Knight today..I miss Heath Ledger...

XOXO,
Liz

Back to the Books

I hate the first day of school cause it's really awkward and silent. And the teachers have to go through all the rules and regulations and all that stuff that makes you fall asleep and drool on your desk. Well..at least that was my day.

All my teachers are nice and not insane which is a good thing. I'm really happy that my English teacher has only lived here for a few weeks and he moved in from Chicago. I'm gonna love my English class I know it. I'm really happy that there's fifteen minutes of the day devoted to brunch. What I really love is that on Wednesdays they start school at 9 a.m and we have a whole 30 minutes with a teacher talking about college. So that's gonna be fun as well.

And..yeah that's pretty much my first day as a high school freshman. Yeah, not the most interesting first day of school ever but it's enough for me to type this up. G'night!

XOXO,
Liz

The Closing of Summer Vacation

So it's been a month since me and my sister moved to California. So far our days have been just sitting at home watching Deadly Women and RuPaul's Drag Race on T.V., reading, eating, and stalking people on Facebook. And we'd always do something with our parents on the weekends. Sadly, those days are coming to an end and tomorrow me and my sister start the new school year at our new high school. Marina will be starting her junior year and I'm starting my freshman year. We have new clothes and supplies for the year ready. Now all the madness will begin tomorrow morning. At least here in Cali I won't have to worry about snow days messing up the date for the end of the year. Yeah, I'm gonna miss the snow.

So that's it for this post, so I'm gonna do some Youtube roaming for the rest of the night and go to bed.

Night!

XOXO,
Liz

Softball and Salsa Dancing

Okay I gotta remember that my blog is ridiculously bright, colorful, and orange. Anywho...

Yesterday, I went out with Marina and my mom to a softball tournament for charity with a couple friends. I've never been to one and I've seen how intense this game can be (crap, I've lost the game). The last game was a bit sad though cause the winning team won seventeen to I think four. Yeah...That was a fun day though.

And today, me and Marina went out with the same friends that took us to the softball tournament to downtown San Jose for a jazz music festival. It was really fun cause we got to dance until our feet felt like they were gonna fall off. There were two stages: Blues and Salsa. We spent most of our time at the Salsa stage cause our friend, Jenn, had a cousin that was in one of the bands. They were really great and I don't remember a moment that me and my sister weren't dancing. We wandered to the Blues stage but it wasn't really that fun with everyone just sitting in lawn chairs. So we went home after that.

Let's see..I believe other than me reading a lot of James Patterson books recently there really isn't much going on. Think I'll go to bed now before I pass out on the keyboard and type up some random gibberish that doesn't make any sense. G'night!

XOXO,
Liz

Six Days and Counting

In about a week, I'll be starting my freshman year in high school. I just went to my freshman orientation today and got my schedule and school picture too. My picture didn't go as great as I thought it would but whatever. None of my school pictures are really great anyway. There really isn't much for me and my sister to buy at the store for school supplies since my step-dad has a nice load of stuff in his office.

My high school is very nice. The hallways and cafeteria are outside and we have brunch. Plus, on Wednesdays we start school at nine instead of eight. I'm not quite sure why but that's something new they're doing. It's only about a fifteen minute walk from my house so we won't be riding crowded buses anymore. No wonder there aren't any behavioral problems at this place; Everyone's flipping happy.

Well, that's all I have to write for now. Gonna go and watch some D.Gray-man. Good night!

XOXO,
Liz

August (ALREADY?!)

Where the heck did summer go? Did I just finish school one day and am magically in California starting high school the next? Sheesh..

So happy August (kinda..) everyone! Or as some of my Kingdom Hearts crazed fans of friends like to say: Happy Axel Month! Okay that random stuff is over. Just felt like typing up a new post so that I did.

See you guys when something that's actually eventful happens.

Love and Kisses,
Liz

Santa Cruz

Went out to Santa Cruz as the title says. I have no idea how people live there. Almost every other street is filled with parked cars. We had to go in a circle before finding a place to park. Rest of the day was spent walking around the beach boardwalk. Would've gone swimming if the weather channel didn't lie to us saying it would be freezing. Oh well, it's not as if Santa Cruz is on the other end of the state so we can always go back.

Lazy Days

Not much has been going on for the past couple days. Had a dentist's appointment yesterday for a regular checkup and cleaning. I apparently need to wait a few months for my molars to grow in so I can get the stuff you need to prevent any cavities in between the teeth(I have no memory of what it's called). Yes, I'm fourteen and all of my molars aren't fully grown in yet but whatever; as long as I have no need for fillings or braces, I'm good.

Tomorrow, we're going out to invite some neighbors for dinner. Apparently there are people with a son that's gonna be a senior and there are other neighbors with a fifteen year old daughter that's going to be a sophomore and it's her first year here so that's a big plus with the new social life thing. But other than that nothing else too eventful going on. See you next time!

Love and Kisses,
Liz

Errgh

Whoa. Sorry for long time no update. We've been having some Internet difficulties and my computer had some problems that are now fixed...yeah. Everything's fine now though thankfully.

Nothing really has been going on lately. Just been sitting at home and watching T.V and reading Calvin and Hobbes all day. I'd never thought I would be so excited to start high school and meet new people. Now I bet your thinking something like going outside the house and finding if there are people your age nearby but my sister did that a few times and it's not going well. Yeah...

So that's wraps up this post for today since I have nothing else to type about so I will see you guys when something eventful does happen. Bye!

Love and Kisses,
Liz

San Francisco

Today me and my family went up to San Francisco. It's such a great city other than it being really cold. I don't know how anyone in San Francisco parks with all of the hills and such. Who's genius idea was it to build a city on a bunch a hills? Well, whatever, it's here already and even after a massive earthquake it'll still be here. We took a drive through Japan Town and walked around a little bit of Chinatown. We stopped at a sushi place that serves plates of sushi on boats that go around and you're supposed to grab a plate of sushi to eat. They have great spider rolls though the California rolls have tons of roe (fish eggs). After going through Chinatown, we drove all the way out to the Golden Gate Bridge taking a little detour through Lombard Street. Why? Because it was there and resistance was futile.

That's pretty much been our day. We're going to a birthday party tomorrow and that's pretty much gonna be the rest of our weekend so I think I'll stop here.

Love and Kisses,
Liz

Beautiful San Jose

Liz again coming to you live from lovely San Jose, California. God, I know my mom showed me pictures of this place but man, it's so beautiful.

The day started at four in the morning. By that time, everyone was up and out on an almost two hour drive from Palm Bay to the Orlando airport. If you haven't driven in the early mornings I'll tell you right now, it's ridiculously foggy. I didn't know where the rode was it was so foggy. After that, we got to the airport, got our tickets, ate some food, went through security, and all that ridiculous stuff you have to do at airports to get to a plane. After we found some seats and had a ton time before leaving, we started to hear squeaky sounds. We looked around and we found a 2 year old girl running and her shoes were making the squeaking sounds every time she walked. So cute!

After boarding the plane and about five hours of flying later we stopped at Las Vegas. The flight wasn't connecting to San Jose so we had to get off and run all over kingdom come of the Las Vegas airport FILLED with people, restaurants, and gambling machines (or whatever the heck you call them) to find the gate with the plane flying to San Jose. Luckily we did, but they began boarding so we didn't get to take a bathroom break. Once on the plane, we started talking to a girl we were sitting next to. And we continued talking about various subjects for the entire flight from Las Vegas to San Jose. It was only until towards the end of the flight we exchanged names which was pretty funny.

The San Jose airport isn't too far from my new house so we were able to drop off all of our stuff at home and go out for awesome Mexican food for lunch. Best tacos in the world and I wasn't able to finish two they were so big. Good thing I still had room in my stomach to try some Jamba Juice. Their peach smoothie's just awesome. Best smoothie place on the planet.

We invited two neighbors over to have dinner with us tomorrow so that'll be great to get to know some people around here. Oh, and I should say that we already have a babysitting job 'cause these same neighbors just happen to be seven weeks away from having a baby. By the way, if you've never been to northern California, if you plan to invite someone over for dinner, remember to ask if anyone is a vegetarian. It's very helpful to know.

Oh jeez...I seriously wrote that much? Well, I think that's enough for now. Man, my shoulder hurts. Keep you guys updated when something eventful happens.

Love and Kisses,
Liz

Last Day in Florida

Well as the title says today's the last day/night in Florida. Did some more packing. Our flight tomorrow leaves from the Orlando airport at 7:55 in the morning and we are currently about two hours away from the Orlando airport so tomorrow is going to require us waking up at five in the morning so we can get to the airport, get our tickets, go through security, possibly get some airport food for breakfast, and get on the plane. It does sound crazy but we always manage to do it all. Even with it being a weekday in the middle of the summer. And we've been doing this for 3 years too. Depending on what happens after all the flying madness I probably won't type up another post for another day or two. I'm not sure.

Right now we're watching Cheaters on G4 eating cookies. In case you've never heard of it, it's a show about cameras following the boy/girlfriends of people who suspect that they are cheating on them. It's pretty entertaining actually. Check it out sometime if you're interested.

So that's it for this post. See you guys in a day or two and until then, Bye!

Love and Cookies,
Liz

3 Days

No, I don't have three days to collect ninety-nine souls for Davy Jones. It's how many days I have until I start my new life in the wonderful land of, obviously as the title of this blog says, California. I've been spending the first half of my summer in Florida to visit my dad like me and my sister, Marina, usually do.

Here's the basics on what's going on. My step-dad's been in college for a few years in engineering and he needed a job. Since Indiana has no jobs related do what he plans to do we make the BIG decision to move all the way on the other side of the country with my mom getting a better job in home mortgage. Since shipping out the cars would cost nine to ten thousand dollars, my parents decided to go cross-country with all of our stuff including two dogs and a cat that requires drugs to be kept calm the entire drive. And while they did that me and Marina would be sent down to our dad's earlier than usual.

Of course, my parents are in California right now painting the walls of our new house and moving in all of our stuff. And as mentioned before in three days me and Marina will be taking our little adventure to our new home for the first time.

If you wish to see the details of our summer check out Marina's blog (minaxballerina.blogspot.com) since it's been a long six weeks.

As of now, we're all just hanging out at my dad's apartment watching the fifth Harry Potter movie on ABC Family. Well, I think that does it for my first post so I think I'm going to watch some anime online for the rest of the night.

Until next time, this has been Liz with her blog. Good night.