Meet Emmie

Standing at 5'9'' coming in at a weight undisclosed….Emmie "Brick House" Calland

Nicknames: Emmit, E-Cal, Legs Eleven (google this one for more information), Milk Bandit, E-Cizzle

Best Known Quotes:  "Can we HONS?"(Hang Out Non Stop) "He's tall…" "BAM!"  and various quotes stolen from 30 Rock, including but not limited to "What the WHAT?!" "I want to go to there" and "I heard you singing night cheese"

Porn Star Name (Name of your first pet, name of the street you grew up on): 

Ninja Rocklynn (worst porn star name ever, Katie's is HILARIOUS)

Things you will most miss about Madison: Running the bike trails, driving up John Nolen at night, winter activities (ice skating, broomball), long islands at the Red Shed/dancing my face off, the food in Madison (so many good restaurants!), Noodles and Company, my amazing friends

Places you are most excited to visit on the trip: I haven't been to any of the national parks out west, so I'm particularly pumped for those, specifically Glacier and Yellowstone. I've been talking about going to the San Diego zoo ever since I saw it on a VHS tape at age 6, so needless to say excited for that, and the BEACH in San Diego.  

Emmie's Predicted Superlatives: 

• First person to successfully change a bike/car tire (or first girl to flag down a man to help her with this task by showing skin or batting her eyes): Well, seeing as how I don't know how to do either, and Parm and Katie recently went to a class about how to change tires, either one of them would probably be first. Don't worry, I would "supervise" by sitting in the car and eating our snacks out of the cooler. But if their efforts were not successful, I could help with the flagging down a man part. 
• First person to burst into tears: Memorial day weekend + patriotic music + Mt. Rushmore a la the movie National Treasure II= Parm crying tears of sentimentiality and joy.
• Person who wins the award for campfire chef du jour: Parm prides herself on her culinary creations when she doesn't have much to work with and they are pretttty tasty, so I'd say Parm. Although she has also been pushing those instant meals  I think are disgusting, so subtract points for that.
• First person to ask for directions when we get lost: Me. Parm would likely be trying to reference a map of some kind, Katie would be project managing, and I would probably get frustrated and just ask someone. 
• First person to find a "lovely gentleman suitor" (that's for you Mom and Dad): McGuckin, with her bubbly personality and looks, picks up men in very unlikely places. I have several examples, but I won't list them here to protect the innocent. 
• First place where we consider turning around and going home: It took me and Parm about two hours to figure out the bike rack situation the night before we left, and it was wobbling all over the place during the test drive. As we pull onto John Nolen, the subaru weighed down with 5X more stuff than we need, and the bike rack listing into the outside lane, Parm looks at me and says, "What the hell are we thinking?" So, we hadn't left Madison before we considered turning back. But if we are only counting AFTER we left, then probably Yellowstone when it is FREEZING at night.
• Person most likely to suction herself like a barnacle to other campers when it gets cold at night: Me. I am typically not a cuddler. I cherish personal space while sleeping. But if I get cold, you better believe I will be all up in your grill. Katie experienced this first hand when the heat went out over New Years. 
• Person most likely to get seriously Injured: Katie McGuckin. Hands down. She gets injured walking to or from the capitol square on a monthly basis, so when you throw in hiking, biking, and other semi-dangerous activities, injuries are unavoidable. 
• Person most likely to request a "gold star" anytime she wins a competition that she made up and neither Katie nor Emmie agreed to participate in in the first place: For those of you reading this who don't know me very well, this is clearly a superlative I wrote to make fun of Parm and her competitive spirit. So…Parm. 
• First person to totally freak out: This is a toss up between me and Parm. If I don't get food in a timely manner, I completely freak out. If Parm doesn't get alone time, she completely freaks out.
• First person to touch the Pacific Ocean: Probably me, I usually just plunge in. 
• First person to inappropriately use their can of mace (thanks Mr. McGuckin!):  Katie loves to "practice" spraying the fake mace by having Parm attack her, and I'm pretty convinced that at some point Katie is going to accidentally use the real mace for this exercise and I'm going to have to take Parm to the hospital and bail Katie out of jail. 
• First person to get pirate coded: The logical answer is Katie, but I'm going to say Parm when we can't drag her away from Mt. Rushmore. 
• Person most likely to meet a celebrity in L.A.: Parm won't be there, and I have been known to meet some B-D list celebrities in my day (Jamie Foxx, Rob Lowe) so I'm going to say me. Hopefully it will be Tina Fey. 
• Best blogger- YOU BE THE JUDGE