we should've gotten credit for P.E.

I know what you're thinking: why did she put a picture of a pie here? Well, it was supposed to be all animated and stuff- like it was being eaten, but it didn't work. Well, if you click on it, it'll probably show up. CLICK ON IT.

Today, our teachers-well, our science teachers- OK, our SCIENCE teachers made us go on a field trip to the Griffith Observatory. You know, the one in Los Angeles, California, in the U.S. of A.? yeah, so, We had to HIKE for TWO hours. In a circle. Uphill. Curse the Griffith Observatory for being on a mountain. With trails.

We started at the bottom, in a park. Well, first the buses drove us there from school and deposited us there. Then, we hiked, in a group, up a steep trail. Just when I thought I would collapse (you were right, A! I should've worn shorts.) we arrived at the Observatory. I thought that was it, but then I found out we had to go up from there on another trail. We trudged a very long way to a peak where we rested for 5 whole seconds! Then, we walked up some more to another cliff where there were benches. We rested for 10 minutes and wallowed in our sweat until they told us to go back down. We paused at the previous cliff and went, in separate groups, down a very narrow path. A very narrow, steep path. Single file, we "hiked", mostly slid, down to where we started. The people behind me and I were "in tune"; they stumbled when I stumbled and said "oh my god" when they looked down and saw how far down it was when I did.

We FINALLY made it to the buses.

Then, we got to sit down and blow on our foreheads while they drove us up to the Observatory. When we got out, we sat on the grass and ate lunch. I was so tired I didn't really care about my food anymore. I was too embarrassed about how gross I felt and probably looked. I munched on my cucumber sandwich. Thankfully, I put a lot of cream cheese in it.

Next, we were escorted to the second lower level where we were handed a packet. The packet had questions. Questions... of SCIENCE. We were supposed to answer them according to what information was contained in the section of the Observatory we were in. The first section we happened to be in was The Gunther Depths of Space Exhibits (dun, dun, dun, dunnnn). I finished the last question before anyone else, but missed all the others. After I finished copying, we all crammed into a particularly big elevator and went back to the ground floor. There, outside, we answered more questions in another section of our packet. This time, I did get the last question before anyone else, and did manage to answer all the other questions, too. Then, we got back into the elevator of SCIENCE and went back to the lower levels to answer more questions. After this, we pretty much went through the same routine for all the other areas. In the Wilder Hall of the Eye Exhibits, I wanted to see the Tesla Coil in action, but didn't get to. Ever since I saw The Prestige, I have noticed whenever there is some mention of Nikola Tesla.

So, anyways, after our 25 minutes at each station, we chilled at the "Cafe at the End of the Universe" presented by Wolfgang Puck. I stopped in the gift shop for a second, but was bored, so I went inside the Cafe. I wasn't sure what to buy, so I bought a brownie that cost $2.47. It was real expensive, but really good. It was actually the best brownie I ever had. That Wolfgang Puck is a genius.

The brownie made me really thirsty, so I ended up buying a bottle of SmartWater for $3.02. I noticed for the first time that there was a fish on the inside of the wrapping.

Afterwards, we just went back to the school. And then I went home. And went on the computer and started typing this post.

That was a terrible field trip. Since they forced us to work on questions, we didn't have time to enjoy the exhibits. And the hiking was just cruel. I don't even know why they made us hike anyway. Probably so we would be too tired to answer their stupid questions.