Emily, Sarah and I saw a news report (while I was eating strawberry frosted mini wheats in our dorm at Stanford) on starving children in South Africa, and decided to go there and help. I thought it would be a great idea if we walked, because you know, eating all of that cereal, we would get fat! (At the time I didn't realize that you can't walk from California to South Africa….but give me a break! I was only 19!) Emily's idea was so weird! She wanted to water ski there! (Yeah, like that would work!) But if Sarah didn't die from our accident, I would have demanded that she go see a psycaiatrist. (She wanted to steal a steamboat and store food on it….she's crazy.) So, after our 5 hour debate (I made some great points there) we decided to take a hot air balloon. It was MY idea. (Emily tries to take the credit for the things I do all the time!)

We walked to the Melvin's Hot Air Balloon Hut, and asked to rent a hot air balloon. Melvin (I bet that's not even his real name. I mean, who names their kid Melvin?) But anyway, he said that if we use on of his hot air balloons, there's a 65% chance that we'll live. So, being the super smart person that I am, I reminded them that it is only a 25% chance that we'll die! And then Emily has the nerve to tell me I am wrong, and she wasn't even right! She said we had a 45% chance that we'd die, but NO! That was WRONG! Sarah (stupid smarty-pants) goes and says, "It's a 35% percent chance," and of course she just had to be right!

We ended up buying the one with Courage the Cowardly Dog on it (Emily's choice…I know.) When we were outside, getting ready to fly it, or sail it, or whatever, I (Yes, I used my fantastic observing skills) noticed that there was a giant hole in the top. But Sarah (buried under like five million pounds of food) said, "Oh, it's all right. I bet it'll still work" Yeah, like I'm trusting her again! (Just because when ever I've trusted her, everything goes perfectly, doesn't mean that I have to trust her all the time!!) So, Emily fell asleep, so I kicked her, and she woke up. Then she said "Ow."

So, we were up in the beautiful sky. Then we went down, to the boring (very hard) ground. Because, now, I don't want to name names (erm *cough cough* EMILY) forgot to FIX THE HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE HOT AIR BALLOON! 

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