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I think it's safe to say never say never. Ever. The second you say it the exact thing you say hasn't happened does happen, and it's all very weird. And I'm most certainly not a fan of this. No no no.

Never again.

Forgot it was April Fools yesterday. Only remembered after a guy dumped a Slurpee on my head as a 'prank'. I didn't think it was very funny, but I don't think he found my prank of kicking him in the nuts to be very funny either. On the plus side, the professor who saw the whole thing felt my reaction was completely valid and talked the guy out of calling the campus police on me, and it was after my last class of the day so I didn't have to worry about skipping classes.

Three showers later and I'm still sticky. Anyone have guesses as to how to get red out of a white shirt?

I have a very real question that I need a need a very real answer to.

Why do Greek house systems constantly wear togas?

It's still kind of awesome to be on summer break. I haven't hit that boredom wall just yet. I've been keeping busy with work and hanging out with Percy. There's just so many things to do around this area that I can't foresee myself getting completely bored out of my mind.

I'm getting excited to go to Scotland, but does anyone have any tips on things to see? I have no idea if we'll be able to have free time and go see anything, but I want to be prepared just in case.

I am so glad my work doesn't have us using boxcutters near the food. I just read an article about a woman who found a razor blade in her salad at Burger King. Apparently an employee left the box cutter sitting out and it fell into the lettuce. Why wouldn't you go looking in the lettuce in the first place if you notice your blade is missing? That is so dangerous!

Anyone else have weird/gross food stories? I'm lucky, I guess, because I've never had anything like that happen to me, but fast food definitely has bad luck with these sorts of things.

Thank god school was out during this. Would have made taking finals slightly difficult. I am getting used to being a boy, but I would love for this to go away anytime now.

So finals are over, I've got summer housing and I passed my lifeguarding class. I've got an interview at a public pool on Tuesday, which is exciting, considering up until recently I'd had a fear of water, but since I can breath under water now, there's no real reason to be afraid of the water anymore. I won't drown and being the son of Poseidon, it only makes sense for me to be a lifeguard.

At some point this summer I wanna go white water rafting since that was how my fear came about anyway.

Has anyone heard from Thalia Grace in a while? She hasn't been returning my calls.

It's things like, this, that infuriate me.

People are allowed to do whatever they want to their houses. I think it is adorable and I give them props for wanting to be different. I understand wanting to keep the place looking historical, but it's just whimsy. The curmudgeon-y old man in the video just need to go away and suck it up. Stop sticking your nose into other people's business.

Wow. I can't believe on Friday our classes end, then we have study days, and then our Finals start on Wednesday. This is seriously moving so quickly, but I'm so excited to have a summer vacation. It's just weird to think next year I'll be a sophomore.

I'm still debating if I want to sign up for some summer classes because registation for that is not too long after finals. It could be a good way to keep up on my schooling and keep me busy. Otherwise, I'll just do a lot more work hours and try to figure out how to keep busy.

I can't believe that my first year of college is almost over. That means, not only are finals right around the corner, but I've gotta figure out what I'm doing when the semester ends. I miss my mom, but I don't really want to go back to New York for the summer. Not only do I like it here, but I don't want to leave Annabeth for the summer. Plus, I'm almost done with my lifeguard course. Only problem is, I don't really have the money to get an apartment.

I also had another dream. Annabeth, Grover and I made it to Las Vegas and we ended up at this casino called the Lotus Hotel and Casino and what felt like being there for only a couple hours was actually a couple of days. So now we're behind on our deadline to find Hades and The Underworld.

So apparently starting in April there are Gray Whales moms and calves return on migration around the Newport Beach area and you can pay $20 to go on a whale watching adventure. I've never done something like that before, but it could be a lot of fun if it's a nice day out and you actually get to see something. This could be a good excuse for me to get a new camera in the near future as well.

That awkward moment when your roommate tries to wake you up for class and you punch her in the face.

And then you're late for class anyway.

And fall asleep in the front row.

Whyyyyyy did I stay up binge watching Doctor Who?

Spring break has been nice. My roomie went away for the week, so I've had a weed free room the last few days. Ya know, if I didn't know any better, I'd think all my dreams were a result if a contact high. But then I don't know how Annabeth would explain hers.

Speaking of Annabeth, we still have a few days left of spring break and are trying to figure out what we should do. Anyone have any suggestions?

Can't the dreams just take a hiatus while I'm trying to study for midterms and stuff? No? Yeah, thought so.

So, Annabeth, Grover and I started on our quest to Los Angeles and were driven into town by the camp's sentry who was this big guy with tons of eyes covering his body. Then we got on a bus and were attacked by the furies again, one of them being Mrs. Dodds that I killed earlier. Apparently monsters reform after a while. So we escape and wind up at this place called, Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium where we get some food, which was good, but then the not good part happened. Aunty Em was really Medusa and tried to turn us into stone. I ended up cutting off her head; yeah, tell me that wouldn't be traumatic for a twelve year old. We found a lost dog after that and returned it, getting enough money to buy train tickets. We got off in St. Louis at the Arch and I rode to the top where this middle ages woman turns into an Echidna and her yappy dog turns into a Chimera. In order to escape, I jump out of the arch through a hole that blown into it and landed in the Mississippi river, finding out in the dreams that I can breath underwater.

I already found out here that I can breath underwater and it's kind of interesting that I found out here before finding out in the dreams. Isn't it usually the other way around?

So, my dreams ended there and when I woke up, there were a pair of high top chucks at the end of my bed. Now these aren't just ordinary sneakers. Luke gave them to me before we left on the quest and they're flying sneakers. How cool is that? I haven't tried them yet cause I haven't had time, I'm actually gonna be late for class if I don't end this now, but how cool is that?

It's not often that I wish for classes to be cancelled, but I'm wondering what my university will do in regards to the air quality for tomorrow. I can't imagine they would want people going out in that with the risk of being sued if something terrible were to happen as a result.

I think a lot of students (at least in my building) are going to just hunker down in the dorm and not leave. Why would we need to when we have internet/cable/cafeteria at our disposal? I hope this doesn't last much longer though. I've heard through the grapevine of people seeing some really creepy things outside now at night. One of them said troll, but I don't know if I believe them.

I need a library. Or a librarian. Might keep my mind off the fucking brainwashing, oh God.

Alright, so we have a location set for Capture the Flag. Thank you to Arya Stark for allowing us to use her giant backyard. It's a really nice location and far enough away from everyone else that we shouldn't disturb too many people while we play.

Next order of business: Anyone have a large supply of paintball guns/accessories or know someone who could hook us up?

If not, anything else we would want to use for Capture the Flag? Laser tag would be cool, but we also run into the same issue of trying to get equipment. I'm thinking a no on the swords because I don't want to have anyone get hurt.

Also, what date would work best? If we want to set it for further in the future we can always do around spring break time, but I'm itching for some fun.

So my dreams have inspired me. I didn't have many, but I did dream about Percy coming to camp and taking care of him. But the most important part of the dream:

CAPTURE THE FLAG - it was the most epic thing I have ever witnessed. Everyone in this camp has a God/Goddess for a parent and we're all trained for combat, so just imagine how great this capture the flag battle is.

I really want to do this here. Would anyone be up for some epic capture the flag? We don't need to have swords or anything. We could do a paintball or laser tag aspect to it.

And I also received a couple presents when I woke up. I also have an orange Camp Half Blood shirt and I got a Yankees cap. The cap doesn't seem that great, but in my dreams it turns me invisible. I put it on after I woke up and it WORKS here too! I am going to rock capture the flag.

So my mom's surprise is that I'm flying back on Sunday and she's coming with me. But that's not all. Because of the wedding and everything, she never got a chance to come out to see the campus, so she wants to see it plus she's gonna buy me a used car. Her and Paul. So that I can get around easier. She also wants to meet Annabeth after all these years of just saying hi on Skype.

Now some people would think that getting a car would be the best present, but one of my presents from Annabeth was arm floaties, which is probably weird to most people, but I've got a fear of water and seeing as how my godly parent in the dreams in Poseidon, I figured it was time to try and get over my fear; hence the arm floaties.

So, I made it to New York even with the snow in Orange County. Had a good weekend with my mom and Paul. Mom did some decorating, but left a lot of the apartment undecorated so I could help. That was really nice. Everything was nice and normal until this morning. When I woke up, not only was there an Orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirt at the end of my bed, but on my desk there was a picture of me, Annabeth and a bunch of other kids, who I assume are also demi-gods, on some ship. Not only do I not recognize any of the names on the back of the picture, but I'm a lot older in the picture then in my recent dreams. I'm twelve in my dreams and I must be at least seventeen in the picture. It's kind of cool, but now I really wanna know who they are other then just names.

So, I'll be spending tomorrow helping my mom cook and hopefully Skyping with Annabeth later tomorrow night so we can open our presents to each other. Then later this week I'm gonna ask her about my dad.

My last final is on Wednesday and I fly home on Thursday night. I'm looking forward to seeing my mom and Paul, but I will miss Annabeth. I don't know exactly when I'm coming back, because my mom bought my ticket home and told me she has a surprise for me when I get there and then she'll tell me when my return flight is. She's so weird sometimes.

[Annabeth]

I need your advice.

Trying not to freak out. Trying not to freak out.

Finals start today. I have my first exam in 2 hours. I barely slept last night because I'm psyching myself out. Thankfully my exams finish up on Wednesday, but these next couple days will be filled with way too much studying. And the library is full of people and almost impossible to find a spot to sit. I've never seen so many people in there at one time.

No one prepared me for this properly. Arrrrgh. I better sign off of here and get back to studying.

In these dreams, have others dreamed about someone they've... met before? Who weren't family members.

True love's kiss is a bitch.

Out of all the Greek gods my father just has to be the sea god. So, yeah, apparently Poseidon is my godly parent in the dreams. We were playing a game of capture the flag in the woods, Clarisse and her buddies attacked me, but I defeated them after I touched the creek and my wounds healed. Then I got attacked by a Hellhound and defeated it by touching the creek then after all that a glowing trident appeared over my head, which meant that my father had claimed me.

Yeah, so wanna know the irony of this whole thing? Poseidon is my father and I have a freakin' fear of water! I should have known it'd be something like this.

Tomorrow is my first college Homecoming game! I'm super pumped because it seems like it should be a lot of fun. It's kind of a big deal apparently. I don't even care about football, but I got some new school spirit stuff to wear and my roomie is hoping that I'll hang out with her group of people, but as long as I have Percy to talk to then I won't mind.

So, my dreams continued and I really didn't enjoy them very much. They were kind of scary and I felt completely helpless as I watched "little dream me" try to save her friends from the Cyclops. Luckily I'll feisty and I managed to help save my friends. But... as we made our way towards the protection camp there were too many monsters and my friend sacrificed herself to save us. She's a daughter of Zeus so he felt sorry that she had to do that and turned her into a pine tree that helped strengthen the barrier to keep monsters out. A pine tree - seriously? What kind of crazy father does that.

But the rest of us were safe and time passed quickly in my dreams and I grew up at the camp. Then my dreams kind of came back into focus when there was commotion at the camp and none other than my crazy friend, Percy Jackson, made his appearance into camp. My dreams ended with me taking care of him the nurse's tent after his battle.

I think I prefer real college over these dreams.

I was talking to my mom earlier and she asked me if I was coming home for Thanksgiving. I hadn't actually thought about it until now. I mean, I miss my mom and everything, but I'd have to go all the way back to New York and Annabeth lives out here and I don't know if she wants me to come to her house for Thanksgiving or what. I don't even know if she's going home for Thanksgiving.

I managed to convince my roomie and the rest of the people I interact with at school that I have laryngitis, which is awesome because the teachers fully understand now and I'm not getting weird looks for carrying around a white board to write on anymore.

It might be a good thing I don't have a voice though because I finally had those dreams everyone is talking about. My mother is apparently a Greek God - seriously? And because I'm a "demi-god" (half human/half god) monsters want to kill me, so I run away from my family to protect them and basically live on my own for quite a while. And I'm only SEVEN! It was really scary to dream about because all I wanted to do was protect that little dream me. Thankfully I met up with two other demi-gods and a satyr named Grover who helped protect me until we could go to this place called Camp Half-Blood and we were almost there when a Cyclops showed up and my dreams ended.

I probably would have woken up screaming, but thankfully my voice is gone so I didn't have to endure questions from my roommate. Okay Percy, you're not as crazy as I thought you were.

The last couple weeks have been exceptionally busy. I've had weddings and parties, not to mention the every day workings of the bakery. New employees coming in, old employees going out... it's been a bit of a mess.

Merlin and I are just returning from a weekend getaway. It was much needed rest. I feel refreshed. Now it's time to plan our wedding!

Oh, and Pumpkin Cookies are on sale! Mention Valarnet and they're buy one get one free!

I fell asleep while doing homework and I'm pretty sure I had some of those dreams everyone keeps talking about. I'm really unlucky in my dreams. I'm twelve and keep getting attached by monsters. First, we were on a field trip and some girl was bullying me and somehow water from a nearby fountain blasted her. Then my teacher turned into some kind of giant bat with fangs and my other teacher gave me a pen that turned into a sword and I destroyed her. Later I heard my teacher and my friend talking about how I was in danger. When I went home at the end of the school year, my mom was married to this real slob. He had to be the biggest asshole I've ever seen. So, then my mom and I went to Montauk for a few days and my friend, Grover showed up, but he was different than I'd remembered. Turns out he was a satyr. We left Montauk and got attacked by a Minotaur. It wound up doing something to my mom and in a burst of anger, I cut off it's horn then killed it then I passed out. Then I woke up in the infirmary or something and there was a girl that looked like Annabeth.

If it weren't for the fact that I almost cut my face off when the pen I was going to continue my homework with turned into a sword, I would have thought I'd been playing too many video games lately.

Is it strange that I haven't had any of those dreams yet? I've had to weird things happen to me and I do have to say that I'm extremely happy that it's over with. I learned a lot more than I ever wanted to about my fellow classmates and if I'm ever feeling in a vindictive mood I can use it as blackmail, but that's very unlikely and I found out Percy has a crush on me!.

So, I think the girl that I was working with at the gym is gone, which really sucks. But that means I'm looking for a new trainer - anyone around that I can talk to? I really enjoy having a trainer around because then they hold me accountable.

Otherwise I think I'm going to go out tomorrow and getting some sketching done. My art class is already trying to get me to work on a portfolio. College is definitely moving along quickly.

This...may sound weird but...does anyone here have any advice for coping with this telepathy I've had thrust on me please? I've got a killer migraine coming on because of it.

I woke up today with a massive migraine that I just couldn't shake. But I couldn't ditch out on my class, so I went anyway. That wasn't the right thing to do. I was in the middle of a speech lecture when my head exploded in pain. And then suddenly I could hear every single thought of the people around me. I ran out of the room trying not to cry.

How can I turn this off?! I can't handle this. Someone please help me.

WOOHOO!I survived my first week of college (I have just another class today) and I didn't even cry! I'm super excited that Monday is a holiday because I already have some homework for my classes and I want to be able to sleep in. I managed to get a decent schedule for Fridays and I should be wrapped up with classes by early afternoon. Which means I could get all my homework done early if I wanted to and just enjoy the weekend. We'll see how I keep up on that.

I want to celebrate. Not quite sure what to do yet, except for attending my last class. I'm sure that college parties around here are intimidating. And not really my scene, so anyone have any other suggestions?

Anyone have any good tips on soothing sore muscles? Getting back into a work out routine is killing me and I could barely lift my arms over my head today. But hey, that's progress and a good thing right?

I got registration out of the way, bought my new books, moved into my dorm, and I think I am ready for school to start tomorrow. I am totally freaking out a little though. My roomie seems pretty nice so far and I really hope we get along for the rest of the semester.

I can't believe that school is about to start. It's so strange to be going off to college instead of High School. There's orientation to do and classes to make sure I'm registered for. I've got to go make new friends and live in a dorm and try not to get lost. I'm feeling slightly overwhelmed just thinking about it, but at least I've got one friend there already.

Anyone have any tips on surviving college? Oh! And does anyone do any personal training around here? I think I'm going to really start hitting the gym and try to do some sports at school.

I'm trying to find something to do with all my free time. It's been getting a summer job (which may turn into a school-year job) or reading. I'm tending to lean towards reading. UNLESS, someone has a really cool place a teenager can work for the summer.

Otherwise, anyone have any good books to recommend? Is there any kind of book club around here? I'm pretty much open to anything. I am hoping for things I can find at the local library instead of spending all money at the bookstore. I wish Border's was still around with their nice 40% off coupons.

Is there anyone else who doesn't really care about the Royal Baby? Or should I say #RoyalBaby? That's all I'm seeing on Facebook this morning. I think people are abusing the hash tag.

Sooooo...is this a Southern California thing? Because I don't remember these strange events happening up in San Francisco. I'm glad it's over and I'm thankful to everyone who helped in the fight. Especially since I don't know many of you yet.

[Filtered against Percy Jackson]

WARNING: TEENAGE GIRL POST Don't say I didn't warn you. Looking for advice.

So, what do you do when there's a boy, whom you may have a crush on, and he suddenly appears at your school? You haven't seen him in years (you've been in contact though) and he wanted to surprise you with the fact that he's going to the same college as you. This is just too strange for me to try and figure out by myself.

So, my friend Annabeth told me that I should join this forum thing. So, here I am. My name is Percy Jackson and I'm originally from New York City and I moved out here to go to USC in the fall. I'm in summer housing right now cause my mom just got married and I didn't feel like staying home alone while she's on her honeymoon and figured her and my stepdad would like some time alone even when they get back. Not really sure what else to say.

Hi everyone, my name is Annabeth. I'm new to this forum. I'm not really used to doing things like this, but I'm staying with my grandparents until I start USC in the fall. I'm studying architecture and I can't wait to get started there. I know, I'm one of those weirdos that misses school during the summer.

Are there any cool places to go hiking or just be active? I enjoy kickboxing and fencing as well.