Something original... like Neep's blog.

2006-11-06T15:54:00.000+13:00

Random, lacking any predictability or systematic pattern. So this isn't really randomness, too human for that. Really, it's a bunch of stories I have posted on message boards over the last few days. See, when I go to blog I usually can't think of anything to type. I realised that's because my news gets spread over various forums. So... here is a week in the life of me, in forum post form:

I saw a film on thursday that the school film club made. It was awesome. At one stage a body is being stuffed into the freezer in the bio lab's resource room... the biology teacher was sitting behind me saying, "what are they doing to the rat freezer?".

The "mentor" film teachers admitted after that they were filming in the middle of the night and decided to let the kids take the rats out and use the freezer, instead of the cupboard they had planned. English teachers.

The golden oldies rugby is on at the moment. This means that teams of middle aged drunk men from all over the country are roaming the streets in matching rugby jerseys.

A team from Christchurch got on the train today [thursday] ... they were wearing matching orange tui sombreros and they took up half the carriage. Hmmm. Some leering, some offering to help me with my homework, because "we have a couple of scientists on the team, you know..." ("no thanks...").
Then one of them (with a definate leer) leaned foward and asked how old I am (read: are you legal?). Ew. Just ew. I replied, "well, my mother is around your age". Awesome, worked perfectly. All his mates were laughing at him and taking the piss and I was left alone.

Look at the shirt my friend gave me! :D She got the wrong size and was gutted that it didn't fit her. I luff it and I luff her!

So happy that summer seems to finally be on the way! Yesterday I had my cap and sunglasses on. I even went and studied on the grass under the cherry blossoms at school, but not before texting my friend with, "I'm sprawled out in our spot..." I miss her. I miss all of them. But we have summer now, and next year I will be at Uni with them!

It was perfect. There was a slight breeze, so every now and then a flutter of blossom petals would flutter down on me. Then as I was walking to class (for a calculus test) I carefully plucked off the petals that had stuck to my can of diet coke (what? I like the taste better!), but I wished I hadn't. They were a reminder of the perfect hour I had just spent in the sun.

In other news, the other day I was talking to someone about all the health crap in my family history (cancer, thyroid problems, diabetes, heart diesease...) and he said, "it's not like you're fat, so that will help". I could have hugged him. He said I'm not fat!

You know what I didn't figure out until I was 18? If you put something like chocolate or donuts in the shopping trolley, both parents will assume you asked the other one.

18 years to work this out? To be fair, it isn't often that I go grocery shopping with both of them... but still!

So many missed opportunities.

Ok, I will stop this drabble now!

2006-11-05T12:59:00.000+13:00

I went into town for the fireworks last night... they were awesome.

Afterwards we picked up some coke and icecream and went to Pinie's hostel (dorms) to make spiders. We were kicked out after an hour because they aren't allowed visitors during exams or something... anyway, we didn't all have ids with us (don't look at me like that! We are all 18) so we found a quiet spot to have a few drinks. Then the camera came out.

Before the fireworks:

First, what's a trip into town without Marian (twin sister) sulking on the train?

We arrived to find the boys playing Warcraft.

From Pinie's window. Liz Hurley watches him sleep.

Then the fun:

Pinie, Lilabet, meee and Steve.

Aaand... Marian on the right there.

Steve thinks he looks foreign in this one. He's right... New Zealand boys don't wear scarves. I lent him mine because he was cold.

'twas fun!

2006-10-29T00:00:00.000+13:00

So. The other day I was killing some time at school and found myself in the library chatting to some (fellow) geeks. Some lovely geeks.

We weren't on the computers, but we were in the computer corner, perched on the backs of some computer chairs. We decided that it's comforting, being enclosed by a ring of computers. Like we live of the aura of the humble computer... crappy school computers, even.

Conversation went geek way too... Appearantly I'm the only girl they know who knows what bit torrent is and actually uses it. Legally, of course. Ahem.

I then admitted my secret shame... about a week ago I finally signed up for My Space. Dear God, say it isn't so! What can I say? I wanted to see the videos on someones profile. Funny how even though I only signed up to view someones profile, I still feel sad that I only have 2 friends. Sure, no one really knows about it. My profile has only had about 10 hits. But does nobody luff me!?!

So. At the moment my life is going a bit like this:

19 days until the end of school.

2 more weeks after that and exams will be over.

Not making it to school everyday, but what can ya do?

Eating way too much jelly.

Reading Terry Pratchett, Bill Bryson, Galileo and Newton. Isaac Newton. And it isn't for school.

Watching a tad too much Stargate.

I finally watched Star Wars! Well, A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. I have Return of the Jedi right here. I get what all the fuss is about, and why people are always saying, "help me [insert name here], you're my only hope!"

Sick of bullet pointing, so I guess there is nothing else going on. Just Geek'n.

2006-10-28T18:38:00.000+13:00

*edit* Before you read this, I just realise that it doesn't make much sense if you don't know that Amanda Tapping plays a character called Sam Carter on Stargate: SG-1. Hell, it probably still doesn't make much sense. Please continue.

I got injured. It was all Amanda Tapping's fault.

See, I work at a bookstore on saturdays. This morning, as I was heading back out into the shop (but still out of view of customers, thank God...) I spotted a large pile of books that had been left for someone to process and put onto the computer system on monday.

Specifically, I noticed this book halfway down the pile. If I'm getting specific I should mention that I only caught a glimpse of Samantha Carter, with "ate" over her head, out of the corner of my eye from about 8 feet away.

I went to have a closer look, only, I was walking in the other direction. I ended up tripping over my own foot as I tried to twist and sprawling spreadeagled across the carpet toward the pile.

The conversation when I went back out the the shop:

Supervisor: What was that noise?
Me: Nothing...
S: Did something get knocked over?
Me: ... not exactly... (Sam fans know what expression was on my face when I quote that, right?)
S: ok...

Workmate: OMG, what happened to your arm?
Me: uh, nothing.
S: It wasn't like that this morning...
Me: Carpet burn. It's carpet burn.
S&W: ...
Me: ...

S: You fell over, didn't you?
Me (defeated): yes. *And you will never find out why*

See, I avoid talking about anything with "star" in the title when I'm at work.

Anyway, sorry for rambling. I spent my lunch break kneeling next to the pile (because I only planned to look at it for a second) and I will buy the book on Monday, when it's on the computer.

So that is why it's Amanda's fault that my knees hurt.

2006-10-27T22:36:00.000+13:00

Who is your Stargate fantasy man? (Ver. 2.0)

Jack is your fantasy. You're into the all-American man.
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Yes! I got Jack! I wasn't sure, because each question reminded me of a different one.

Stargate SG-1: How Obsessed Are You?

You are totally obsessed. You may want to ease back a bit for the sake of your friends, but what would be the fun in that. Keep quoting and have fun. Being so obsessed with and good at all things Stargate I bet you know who the picture is of and what episode it's from.
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Well, that's a suprise...

Which Stargate character are you most like?

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Yay! I'm getting all my favourites!

Which Stargate: Atlantis Character Are You?

You are DR. ELIZABETH WEIR. Attractive, brilliant, but not one to seek the spotlight, Dr. Weir has worked behind the scenes in the U.S. government for several years. Though she's not the one who signs treaties, she has brokered a dozen of the most sensitive international accords in modern history. She has two Ph.D.s, teaches political science at Georgetown University, has served in embassies all over the world and speaks five languages. Though she began her career as a political activist lobbying against government spending on the military, she later decided the best way to stop weapons proliferation was to end the need for them. Placed in charge of Stargate Command by President Henry Hayes, she has now been asked to command the Stargate Atlantis team.
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Oh wow, I even avoided some of the Weir ones, because I knew I would get her. I was thinking I would get Rodney. These made me happy!

2006-10-05T21:39:00.000+13:00

Marian just asked mum to plait her hair. Mum carefully gathered up two chunks of her hair and the cat's tail.

Would have been cool if it had worked.

2006-10-05T16:19:00.000+13:00

I have spent the last 2 days sulking at home with a hoodie on and the hood up.

I want my hair back.

*cries*

2006-09-19T22:01:00.000+12:00

Height: 175cm.
Eye colour: blue
Career goals: Low paid research assistant in a lab somewhere. Heh, I'm going to be the person who checks other people's papers for factual errors or omissions before they are submitted. Sounds interesting, but it really isn't.
Colour socks I am wearing: Blue, with lighter blue flowers.
Odd fetish: People who fight aliens.
Dream car: Dark green convertable.
Time I wake up in the morning: 7am. Then hit snooze as many times as possible, even though I have to walk across the room to hit snooze.
Instrument I can't stop playing: Haven't played any in a while.
Can't live without: Computer. Sad.
Line I can remember from a good book: "Real children don't go hoppity-skip unless they are on drugs."- Susan in the Hogfather, Pterry
Random inspiring lyric: "If you wait for time to change your ways, don't wait too long" - Madeliene Peyroux

Favourite
Person in the world: Can't choose. Sorry.
Place to be: On a patch of grass in the sun, under some cherry blossoms.
Book: I have to choose? Umm... Hogfather. I guess.
Color: Green
Physical feature of the opposite sex: hair.
Thing to do: laugh
Television show: At the moment, Stargate. But I have loved Star Trek, Blue Heelers, Bad Girls... um, lots.
Actress: This is hard! I'm not going to go with my predictable ones (Lisa Mccune, Kate Mulgrew, Sandra Bullock) so at the moment... Ellie Harvie
Actor: David Hewlett. Heh.

Current
Desktop picture: A picture of some little bears, either patting each other on the nose or fighting.
Annoyance: My sister. Grrr. And this isn't normal sibling annoyance. *is totally convincing*
Taste: Noodles, with cheese, salt and pepper instead of the flavour sachet.
Favourite article of clothing: My new green skirt that I haven't even worn yet, but will wear all summer. You will see.
Hair: In a ponytail. Haven't straightened it in months.
Clothes: School leavers hoodie and those brown trousers everyone hates.
Drink: At the moment, diet coke.
Longing: To finish school, study, travel world.
Song: Don't Wait Too Long - Madeleine Peyroux
Book I'm reading: Going Postal, Terry Pratchett (Pterry)
Worry: Exams. And they are all the wa off in November.
Love: Stargate. Yeah, I know. Shhhh.
Hate: People being selfish and not seeing how their actions will affect others. Suicide.
Current favourite word/saying: Lame. Yeah it is.
Thought: Not much, actually.
Stress: School. Grrr.
Consideration: Hmm. Dunno.
CD in my player: Madeleine Payroux
Stuff under my bed: Old socks collecting dust.

The Last
Word I said: Woot. I got a bit excited.
Song I sang: The song that some of the producers of SG-1 came up with to go with the theme music. So cute. "You can get quite far, you don't need a car... or even a ship".
Person I hugged: My mum was the last person to hug me but it wasn't returned. I have a sneeky suspicion it may have been a sad teacher last week.
Thing I laughed at: My friend (well, internet friend). I'm listening to a live stream of his new show, he is morning DJ in America. Heh. In amongst all the "modern rock" he slipped in a Family Guy song.
Time I said Um: Probably some time today.
Time I cried: Last monday. Funerals suck. I may have cried a bit since then.
CD that I bought: Madeline Peyroux, Half the Perfect World. I'm in love.
Person I spoke to: My brother, but only to pass to pass his phone call to mum. Actually, I may have said "it's Tim" to my mum.
Person I yelled at: Sister.

2006-09-14T18:20:00.000+12:00

Arghgh, I think I'm gonna hurl.

Mum took Marian and me to muffin break when I got out of school. The girl behind the counter saw me smile when she added a chocolate swirl to my mocha (I haven't had one in years), so to make me smile again she added 4 marshmellows. Then the other girl grabbed the chocolate syrup and smothered my muffin (that doesn't sound quite right, does it? ). So after eating more chocolate than I have in months I started to feel sick in the 15 minute car ride home.

I thought I might feel better after a run, but it just made me feel worse. I got back to the house feeling like crap, I just wanted to go to my room, do some stretches and blob on my bed with some homework (heh, what a good girl I am). My mum and sister had other ideas though. They were on the stairs stopping me go down to my room. Physically stopping me. I could have taken them. They had their conspiring faces on.

I got pissed off. Mum kept saying, "go to the computer. You know you want to, you haven't been on it all day". So I got angry. Turns out they had left a present (fingerless gloves) on the keyboard and were suprised that I wasn't going near the computer and finding them.

And that is why I feel sick.

In other news, I finally got my copy of Going Postal back (it has been sitting in Anja and Andrew's flat for about 3 weeks) so I have lots of Pratchetty goodness.

2006-09-13T21:40:00.000+12:00

Marian was in my old room ~~looking through all my stuff~~ drying her hair, because that's where mum's hairdryer is, and she found my 3rd form school diary. Interesting.

Notes from students such as:

"Do you still like Sam yes or no if no tell me who you like"

I don't even recognise the handwriting. As for liking Sam... eeew, cooties!

Most of my diary that is filled in correctly is in Anja's handwriting. Thanks Anja!

Hmm... there are several teacher comments that are blatantly just cut out. I have no idea what was on them, because the ones I thought were good enough to keep are bad enough.

There is a comment from a legendary social science teacher about *that thing* I carved in my desk. Which, I would like to point out, was never proven or admitted to even after 2 weeks of rubbish duty.

Ooohhh... one from ET: "Eileen was sent out for persistant tapping. Argued for 10 minutes before leaving room." It's all coming back to me. Here's another one... "Maths: eating in class. Tapping again. Annoying others." Nice.

See, I am a completely different person. Apart from the fact that I still eat, tap and annoy.

2006-09-13T21:04:00.000+12:00

Just in case my blog wasn't lame enough, here is one of those lame question things!

Whats your name spelt backwards?: .neeliE
What did you do last night?: Watched Stargate.
The last thing you downloaded onto your computer?: Something completely legal and not at all Stargate related.
Have you ever licked a 9 volt battery?: Not that I can remember.
Last time you swam in a pool?: Hmmm... last year some time. I bought a 10 admission pass and only went twice. It's still in my wallet.
What are you wearing?: Navy blue chucks, light blue lee jeans, black belt, dark blue blouse thingy (with a black top under because the top few buttons have a nasty habit of popping open) and some blacks beads. And a black cardy. Yes, a cardy. It's comfy.
How many cars have you owned?: none.
Type of music you dislike most?: rap.
Are you registered to vote?: Yep. I belonged to a political party for 3 years before I was old enough to vote.
Do you have cable?: Yes, live with parents.
What kind of computer do you use?: Acer Aspire 3000 series laptop. It's shiny.
Ever made a prank phone call?: Only friends.
You like anyone right now?: Nope. I am asexual.
Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?: Yes. I want to do both.
Furthest place you ever traveled?: Australia.
What's your favorite comic strip?: I don't have a favourite.
Do u know all the words to the national anthem?: Yes, but I never sing. Not even hymns at funerals.
Shower, morning or night?: Morning. I can dry my hair in 5 minutes now that I'm not scared of the hair dryer. Long story.
Best movie you've seen in the past month?: Same answer as Emma. Intent. It's a short film. Torri Higginson... If you know who she is, I don't need to explain. If you don't, nothing I could say could do her justice.
Favorite pizza toppings?: BBQ Meatlovers, like Emma. If you are eating at Hell's pizza, avoid the spinich one. This can be hard because they are all named things like lust or envy or whatever.
Chips or popcorn?: Popcorn. For throwing.
What cell phone provider do you have?: Telecom. $10 texting, need I say more?
Have you ever smoked peanut shells?: Sure, all the time. That is some good shit. wtf?
Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?: The goggles! They do nothing! No.
Orange Juice or apple?: Orange juice. I like to drink orange juice when I'm eating chocolate.
Who were the last people you sat at lunch with?: Anja. We pretended to be french and ate crepes. Most days, I eat lunch in Emma's kitchen or at one of her computers.
Favorite chocolate bar?: Cadbury. Black forest.
Who is your longest friend and how long?: That I still see? Probably Anja, since I met her 3 days before school started. So 5 years.
Last time you ate a homegrown tomato?: Can't remember. I used to chomp into them like apples.
Have you ever won a trophy?: No. Not special enough.
Favorite arcade game?: Hmm. I have probably only ever played pinball.
Ever ordered from an infomercial?: No.
Sprite or 7-UP?: Sprite. I think they gave me flat 7-UP after one of my operations. Now it reminds me of hospital smell, vomit and dry cheese sandwiches.
Have you ever had to wear a uniform to school/work?: Yes. The green St. Pat's one and the Kapiti one. Also a KFC uniform and a Paperplus books one.

Last thing you bought at Walgreens?: I wish I could think of a witty way to answer some of these questions.
Ever thrown up in public?: Oh, God. Just shut up.
Would you prefer being a millionaire or finding true love?: Definately the money. I would rather they weren't mutually exclusive.
Do you believe in love at first sight?: Hmm... Maybe, "I'd tap that" at first site.
SPONGEBOB OR JIMMY NEUTRON?: Sponge Bob. What a stupid question.
Did you have long hair as a young kid?: Very, very long. I could sit on it until I was 12.
What message is on your voicemail machine?: Hmmm. We don't have one at home. My mobile one is probably, "you have reached voicemail box number..."
Where would you like to go right now?: Random tropical island somewhere. I am ready for this winter to be over. It's spring. It should act like it.
Whats the name of your pet?: Tigger. Because of his Tiger-like black and grey. Hmm...
What kind of back pack do you have, and what's in it?: One that fits my laptop in. But I usually carry a bright red shoulder bag that fits all my crap in it.
What do you think about most: At the moment? About how teenagers react when faced with their own mortality. And how much I love cuddles.

2006-09-07T14:21:00.000+12:00

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Very High
Level 2 (Lustful)	Low
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	Low
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	Low
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	Moderate
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Low

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2006-08-12T15:36:00.000+12:00

I just got back from shopping. Everything I got was for tonight (the ball). I got: shoes, hair product, after-ball ticket and some Guinness (in cans because we aren't allowed glass at the after-ball).

I am now scrubbed, shaved, plucked and moisturised to within an inch of my life. Back in the black trackpants and hoodie, with my hair clipped up and an aliceband holding it out of the way for makeup.

Want to hear my plan of attack? Here it is anyway, since I'm still working it out myself.

My sister-in-law is arriving soon to do my make-up (smokey eyes with lots of black, me thinks). Then I will attack my hair with smoothing stuff, volume booster, curling tongs and hair spray. (Woooo...) Then I will attack my legs, shoulders and back with "body gloss" (it smells like chocolate!) and change into my dress, shoes, jewellery.

Then I will talk someone into giving my a lift to my friend's house where the Mr Whippy truck will pick us up to take us to the ball. It's kind of like a challange to have the coolest/most unusual transport to the ball. I hope we get icecream! I am the only girl in a truck of 7 or 8 people. (My close friends aren't going because they are all at uni, of course.)

At the ball we will be breath tested on arrival (and make the national news...). After the ball my brother is taking me to his house to get changed for the after-ball. I'm thinking oull my curls up into a ponytail with one curl wrapped around it, black halter-neck, jeans and heels (how Jeri Ryan is that?) and change my hard out lipgloss for some lighter, more translucent stuff. Grab bag with Guinness in it.

I am going to be so tired by 5.30am when I get home.

2006-06-23T17:36:00.000+12:00

Don't you guys miss getting school reports? I guess I'm egocentric enough to look foward to the bit of paper all about me, me, meee! Even if I'm dreading what it will actually say and I know my parents will never see it anyway. This year though... there was not one comment with words to the effect of "able but lazy". This means that the one thing that my reports always had in common with my brothers' and sister's reports no longer applies. As usual, there was a comment about my oraganisation and time management, but this time it was positive! Some of the highlights, in terms of omg they must be thinking of the wrong person:

Eileen has a mature and determined approach to her work.

Eileen has worked very hard this year. She has taken to do this subject with some ease and practicality.

Eileen is a conscientious student who always tried hard.

Eleen has had a good half year. A commited and focussed student who has made good progress.

She can do this.

Eileen is a very positive member of this class. She takes a keen interest in the wider school activities.

I used to only get comments like that when they had confused me with Marian (before she got stupid).

My mum actually got to see this one. She gave me $1.30 to buy a donut.

2006-06-09T22:07:00.000+12:00

A conversation as the family were serving up dinner tonight...

*Eileen in trying to tip tomato sauce out of the tomato sauce tin*

Marian: you should put a hole in the bottom.
Mum and Eileen: *blank stares*
Marian: or not.
Eileen: *makes another hole, on the other side of the top* Gooosh. She's an idiot. She was adopted.
Mum: Yeah... I try to find an identical twin to adopt for all my children.

Everyone: *silence*

o_O

Next week there is a mufti day. The theme for 7th formers is drag. Someone in my form class asked if I was going to dress as a guy... I replied with a noncommittal mumble. Someone else pointed out that I already dress like a boy. wtf? Maybe last year with my jeans and Star Trek tshirts...

Some random things that have happened over the last few days, out of context:

~My mother implied that I should be on heroin
~I made some yucky wholemeal scones that tasted like strawberries
~I spent 24 hours wearing nothing but polyprops and a blanket
~I watched the first season of Gormsby
~I missed Atlantis again and had to download

Mmmm... yummy warm truantry-goodness.

2006-06-01T21:24:00.000+12:00

Heh, look what I found. My sister posing with the cat from the internet... Sorry. I'm so, so sorry.

2006-04-07T17:59:00.000+12:00

Two truths and a lie, guess the lie...

1. I once saw Helen Clark sneaking chocolate from her desk during question time.
2. I have eaten tripe.
3. I have seen someone snort a line of salt and cry from the pain.

2006-04-06T21:02:00.000+12:00

Happy Birthday Anja! For a week ago...

My cats (that's right, plural... Marian has abandoned Griifins) are very clingy at the moment and I don't know why. As soon as my alarm goes off in the morning, Tigger is at my bedroom door crying to be let inside. It isn't even cold at the moment, he just wants to sit on my computer or something.

I got my first Chemistry set from the corresondence school today... I don't have a study period anymore, I have 6 subjects. I will be a busy girl.

Rilly.

And what's the deal with teachers swearing? Don't they realise that it isn't big or clever? Didn't their mothers ever tell them that people would assume they had a very limited vocabulary? Not to mention that I already know that those students are little shits, without being told. Seriously though, it's nice to know that teachers are flawed human-types too.

"I didn't crawl through the slime of a rat infested Bombay brothel so that some namby pamby poodle owner like you could teach old Gormsby how to speak the Queen's English!"

... I stand corrected.

2006-02-26T15:49:00.000+13:00

As most people reading this will know, I'm back at school for a year. It's not because I failed, I passed level 3 ncea and got university entrance, it's because I want my calc marks so I can do physics at uni.

Now is when most people say "you're nuts! You can do catch up courses at Uni!" But I don't want to spend my first year at Uni paying to catch up. I'm also using this year to work for better marks in all my subjects so I don't bounce into Uni straight from the laziest year of my life, with the bare minumum of passing marks and absolutely no study habits.

So if you have an opinion about what I should do with my year, I would appreciate it if you keep it to yourself.

/pissed off

2006-02-26T15:29:00.000+13:00

This is me. In front of a big... thing... with gas... and bubbling mud pools in the bottom. (*added* I remembered the word for thing! Crater. It's a crater. Damn, I'm tired.)

The emerald lakes. These are the crater lakes we ate lunch next to during the 10 hour tramp. We were sitting in a volcano.

My boots, at lunch time. They don't look so shiny and new now.

This was taken from the window of a moving bus at 6am, on the way to the start of the tramp. Wooooh... Lord of the Rings. I have a lot that look LotR-like because they filmed some of it there. I didn't get to climb Mt Doom because of the weather. Grrrrr.

Pretty. Wooooh.

Very tired on the bus. *yawn*

And... an after photo. My friend (I didn't know her before sunday) took this thursday morning when we were waiting for the bus. It shows off the sunburn, puffiness, pimples and exhaustion. (*added* and bad hair from a week of forgotten conditioner)

A rainbow at Huka falls...

A crater that... looks like a crater.

Oooh, look at the track from top right to bottom left. I screed down it (it's skiing on scree!... Yeah, my friends thought that was lame too). It's huge and I just charged down it! I will post another one later where you can see just how huge it is. The rest of the group were carefully picking their way down, so I waited at the top until the coast was clear. It was seriously like extreme sports or something off jackass or something! (*added* for some indication of scale... look at the very top, you can just make out some people standing there...)

Another mist one, but all the crap on the window of the bus was picked up, dammit. Janet.

More water... woooooh

And some more...

Anyway, we came home on thursday and Mr Russell made us go to school on friday.

2006-01-07T23:03:00.000+13:00

I assualted a customer at work today. I was stamping his greeting card loyalty card and instead of sliding the card back across the counter to him, I threw the stamp at him. By accident.

I was so embarrassed.

2006-01-03T21:03:00.000+13:00

Well, busy Christmas. Busy New Years. Work, work, work. And Peter Jackson movies and hill climbing.

I just got back from King Kong... Wow. Just wow. Did you see the giant giant wetas? Now seems as good a time as any to post this:

See, I'm not scared of them. As long as they are only 7cm long and dead.

The other day I went climbing up Paekakariki hill and took some photos. The next day I saw Perer Jackson's Bad Taste, his first feature length film. I loved seeing the hill and beach and Kapiti Island in the movie. I also enjoyed the local lambs brains. *splat*

The red writing seems to be too small to read now... it says "Where Bad Taste was filmed".

That photo was taken on Leon's camera, Leon is my cousin's boyfriend. They are over from Australia for Christmas and he seems to have stayed almost sane, despite the influences of our family. I am waiting for the photos taken of him all made up (in my makeup) after I went to bed on New Years eve. Well, the morning of New Years day.

I'm off to watch some more Voyager, since Marian got All. Seven. Seasons. For. Christmas.

2005-12-18T21:56:00.000+13:00

Hmmm... I wonder if this will work.

2005-12-12T20:52:00.000+13:00

I'm a big girl now. I wear pull ups. And I'm now 18.

I wish I was still little and cute.

2005-12-08T22:02:00.000+13:00

Wow. My testimonial from school... it makes me sound like an actual human who does stuff, not a zombie who wanders around half asleep.

I'm glad I sent the sheet off to Miss Thomas, I can see some of her opinions in there. :D

My favourite line is: 'Highly talented in physics, Eileen gives answers of "breathtaking" complexity and elegance.' I mean, I love it! How can anyone but BB see a physics answer as breathtakingly complex and elegant?

2005-12-02T18:56:00.000+13:00

The Tyranny is finally completely over!

Last night was the leaver's dinner and this morning we signed out of school. Forever. Never to go back. Apart from monday because they didn't get the yearbooks printed in time and they didn't print out my testimonial. But I'm working so someone else will have to pick thos up for me.

Anyway, I have a few photos of last night.

Anja and me, before we left.

Marian and Anja in the van.
The 10 of us...
Liz and Emma
Stephen, Pinie, Mole
Me posing with a psycho killer Emz. Look at the eye!
Emma and Anja. Another fork... they didn't have any sporks, lacking in the cutlery department.
Chris and me with more forks and me with a shiny soothing sunburn lotioned face.

It's over. Summer. Work. Uni. Ack.

2005-11-27T12:22:00.000+13:00

I added this because Emma likes it. Well, she would... she actually looks good in that photo.

See that huff? I'm leaving in it.

Well, I will... soon.

Well, I have one exam to go. Then I have glorious freedom! Well, when I'm not working. Thursday is my first late night in the run-up to Christmas... I wonder when the Coastlands giftwrapping service will start so we won't have to do it anymore?

In other news... in 12 days I will be able to:

Vote, buy fags, porn, sex toys, alcohol, legally be a prostitute, work in a bar, join the armed forces, enter into a legal contract, get a credit card, do jury duty, make a will and buy an Instant Kiwi! Whoo-hoo!

I can also apply for a licence to drive a heavy trade vehicle! This is too cool! I can also make a will. Hmmm... who wants my teddy bear slippers? Or my broken cd player?

Did you know that I have been eligable to be tried in an adult court for nearly a year, but haven't gotten around to it yet? I'm so slack.

Anja works at Paper Plus now! We try to be good, so that the boss will let us work together. *pokes Anja*

Continuing the theme of randomly changing topics, yesterday I had haggis! Dad brought it into the bookshop and I rushed it into the staff room and sealed it in a plastic container so it wouldn't stink the place out. Anja refused to try it, even though she was the one who got me eating raw fish, whole chilis and pickled limes. Anja, you're a wimp.

The Balmer series is visable light.

2005-11-21T15:42:00.000+13:00

A phone call I just had with my mother:

Mum: "Just ringing to make sure that you are both home and don't need a lift from anywhere."
Me, with tears in my voice: "Mum! We both had exams this morning! Why didn't you wake us up?"
Mum: "What!?!"
Me: uncontrollable laughter
Mum (who never swears): "You little shit!"

2005-11-16T23:02:00.000+13:00

Ok, I have finally had time to scan some photos from my last day!

First, I will explain a few things. The photos aren't that great, I forgot the digital camera so I picked up a cheap disposable one on the way to school and then scanned them on a very old scanner.

The other thing that probably needs explaining is our choice of clothing. We are wearing tshirts that my brother printed for us. They have this: (Teen Girl Squad, google and watch... now!) on the front and a buffy quote (We do we go from here?) on the back. My sister is wearing her school skirt from last year (as 7th formers we haven't had to wear uniform for a year) and my friend and I are wearing our short grey skirts from 3rd form. We have our ties around our waists.

Anyway, on to the photos!
My friend and I (I'm on the left) about to start a sack race, handcuffed together. Another friend tackled me during the race and I landed on my face, and Emma kept hopping! Very painful.

The 6 of us.

My friend being a seed.

My friend after having a bucket of water tipped over her. The photo is blurry because I am running away from her... I may have helped with the watering. I still have the scratches on my wrist from when she got me for it.

And here we are, covered in water, detergent, flour and cream. Most of the cream and flour has been washed off by this stage. I had (while I was handcuffed) a mesh sack thrown over me head, then I was thrown across a wet detergenty tarpoline head first.

Revenge on the main culprit of the bucket thing. Also because he was the one who tackled me in the sack race.

13 days and my exams are over! I'm ready for them to be done now, I have even dug out my santa hat. (Starts rocking slighly).

2005-11-09T21:11:00.000+13:00

Time for some unflattering photos! Yay!

And... a not quite sober one.

2005-11-06T21:53:00.000+13:00

Rod Donald was fit and healthy.

Some of us aren't.

If he can be taken out by a heart attack, anyone can.

2005-11-04T19:22:00.000+13:00

Captain, I'm sensing some hostility!

2005-11-04T16:23:00.000+13:00

All I ate yesterday was a few gherkins and m&ms. Not nice coming back up, but they were the only things that didn't make me sick just thinking about.

So, really... I have nothing interesting to say. Except that Blue Heelers was really sad today. Hayley, Tessa's foster kid, went back to her drunk mother with the abusive boyfriend. You might know the actress who plays Hayley... she is the girl in A Series of Unfortunate events. Her part on Blue Heelers is what got her that job.

I don't feel like writing anymore, so I won't.

Bleeargh.

2005-10-28T19:57:00.000+13:00

I'm loving this music video.

Janeway gets it on with everyone, even a plant. Kinky.

I can't sit still. I should do something productive. But if I study more my head will explode. But not my teeth. Went to the dentist this afternoon and he said they were "pretty perfect". *puffs up chest in pride*

*puffs down chest when she notices Emma staring at it*

*prepares to get slapped on the back of the head next time she sees Emma*

2005-10-28T19:51:00.000+13:00

*types in time to music*

My fingers are dancing!

2005-10-28T19:11:00.000+13:00

2 weeks and 5 days. Till my 1st exam, innit.

2 weeks and 6 day until my 2nd.

3 weeks until my 3rd.

4 weeks and 1 day until my 4th.

4 weeks and 5 days until my 4th.

5 weeks and 1 day until I go into school, give back all my text books and leave. Forever.

They go, deep breath, Biology-Calculus-English-Chemistry-Physics.

You know what we have to do? Learn to do that Irish pub dancing thing... old fashioned like. Swinging and clumping around and twirling. It looks so fun.

Ohhh... and she never gives out
And she never gives in, she just changes her mind
And she'll promise you more than the garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleeding
But she'll bring out the best and the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself 'cause she's always a woman to me

I actually really like this song. It's sexist and all... but I still like it.

*does a little dance*

I can't concentrate on writing this. I have just been studying. On a friday evening. What more can I say?

I can tell you that orangutans split off from the hominids 15 million years ago. I think. Wait, I'm not sure.

So maybe I can't tell you anything. Except that 'ambugers go well with wootbeer.

2005-10-15T19:57:00.000+13:00

Well, my sister and my friends are off getting drunk and having fun and I'm home sick. I wonder who they gave my ticket to?

*pouts*

In other news... should I be worried that one of my best friends gets a phone call from my boss offering her a job, the day I call in sick? Surely not...

2005-10-11T23:24:00.000+13:00

Emma's Birthday!

This is your Birthday song
It isn't very long
Hey!

I stole that song from Declan. Who stole it from Therlin.

2005-10-09T19:01:00.000+13:00

I don't want to go to school tomorrow. I don't wanna and you can't make me.

I don't wanna!!!

2005-10-07T22:10:00.000+13:00

Marian is a crack-whore.

She also gives booze to minors.

2005-10-07T04:06:00.000+13:00

Did I ever post the cutest photo ever? A baby looking under the camera to see me.

2005-10-06T01:30:00.000+13:00

I just scared the shit out of myself. I could see a vauge shape in the darkness, on top of the computer. I reached towards it, and it fell on me.

It was the chicken. Still watching me. From a different computer.

Dun-dunn-DUNNNN!

2005-10-05T18:36:00.000+13:00

If I write all about last night, it will be just like these:

http://spacegirlnz.blogspot.com/2005/10/time-to-party.html
http://jaggylioness.blogspot.com/2005/10/yay-tonight-me-emma-and-eileen-went-to.html

So just read those and pretend it's me because it's the same, innit.

I will just point out again how I made Madame Speaker laugh like that though, teehee. I held Marian's camera phone up and said "say 'Rodney Hide is a horrible little man!'" Some times I just crack myself up. And Magaret Wilson too.

Anyway, I'm over that now... I have an exciting story.

Today I sold 2 $50 vodaphone phonecards. The guy paid for them with Coastlands vouchers. Stolen Coastlands vouchers. At the time he seemed a bit weird. We *all* just assumed it was the normal "I'm a boy, books frighten me" thing. I rolled my eyes and said "phonecards?"

He said "well what else would I spend it on here?"

I replied by *looking* at him and saying "books?"

Then (and this really pisses me off) he paused to joke. "Oh, I can't read." It wasn't funny, so I didn't laugh.

It all felt a bit odd, so I turned to one of the fulltime ladies to check that we do sell phonecards on Coastlands vouchers. We do, I thought so.

The guy left and I had a discussion with another fulltime chick about what we would spend $100 of Coastlands vouchers on. It must have seemed weird to her aswell. We decided that we would have gone for clothes and makeup, rather than phonecards. We have to buy them anyway. They are boring.

About half an hour later one of the security gaurds ran in to ask if anyone had exchanged any vouchers. I showed them to him, the numbers matched the ones stolen. I described the guy and then the fulltime chick came over and gave him the guys name. Who would use stolen vouchers in front of the mother of one of your old school friends? Then the security guy ran onto the next shop.

Then we saw another security gaurd grab a girl outside our shop. She was carrying heaps of Farmers bags (she had obviously gone for the clothes and makeup, like we would have.) She had foils in her hair, she must have spent some of the vouchers getting her hair done. How stupid is that? Steal hundreds of dollars worth of stuff, then sit around waiting to get caught. The worst part was that she had her small child with her.

What was your first memory? "Mummy getting hauled off my the police for shoplifting."

Great start in life for that kid.

I put some little signs over the keyboards with the serial numbers of the vouchers. They had 50 $5, 50 $10, 50 $20 and 50 $50. $4250.

When I was putting up the signs I asked the others if they would have accepted them and they all said they would have.

2005-10-04T23:28:00.000+13:00

All I'm going to say right now is this:

I'm going to sleep now. I write all about it tomorrow. Hehe, I made Magaret Wilson laugh.

2005-10-03T17:36:00.000+13:00

Just went upstairs. Room looks worse than when I started.

*cries*

2005-10-03T16:10:00.000+13:00

I keep sneezing. My mouth, eyes, nose and ears are full of dust.

I have just spent a few hours sitting on my bedroom floor filling rubbish bags. I will never miss any of the stuff a threw out, why was I keeping it? I made a small dent, tidying one corner of my room. If I do 2 corners tomorrow, then 1 corner on thursday morning (working wednesday) then I can clean and vacuum on thursday. And I will have a room again. Why do I keep shoe boxes? They were just sitting on the floor of my room. Now they are in the bin. I kept 5 lift plus bottles (the ones with candles in them) and put the rest of them in the recycling. All 2 dozen of them.

I put things I want to keep on my bed. Books, exam papers, notes from this year. Book vouchers, money, hairclips. I just hope that I will sort it all out before I go to bed tonight, or it will all end up on the floor again.

*coughs up a dusty lung*

Oh, I found the smell in the living room. My bag was behind the couch and it had a cream cheese sandwhich in it, from election day. Over 2 weeks! Emma, is that what you meant when you said our house has a unique smell?

I think everyone should completely declutter these holidays, then it will be easier to study. I also did some of that today. Complex numbers, genetics and Amarican Beauty. I'm on a roll!

We have 4 new 6 foot book cases. We have a lot of books.

I have curly hair. It won't go away. See?

It is as curly as Emma's!

2005-10-02T16:10:00.000+13:00

I haven't seen Anja in over a week. I must say, now that the withdrawl effects have gone... I can't see why I ever needed her.

I told you I could quit anytime I wanted to.

*breaks down in tears and crawls into a ball on the floor*

She doesn't even love me anymore. I rang her house to find out when she was finishing work, thinking maybe she could come down here or I could go up there. Invite the Emmas and Liz, you know. Her mum told me that they were going to the Wairarapa when she was finished work, maybe I could text her. I didn't text her. Out of spite, like. She obviously doesn't want to spend time with me. She would rather waltz off to random parts of the country to see relatives and have a life.

In other news:

"The special votes did not improve National's chances of forming the next government, indeed they made those prospects slightly worse by having one seat fewer in Parliament than was true on the election night, I therefore formally concede on behalf of the National Party that we do not have enough seats to claim a mandate." Good boy, now sit. Stay.

*dances*

2005-09-27T14:26:00.000+12:00

Well, I just ate pancakes.

They were good.

I have decided that today I won't leave the house. I love holidays. I can't believe it's tuesday already, I can feel this precious 2 weeks slipping away!

On Saturday I worked. When I got home there were 2 cars in the driveway, so I knew that we had visitors. Grandma, Granddad, Kathy, Ian, Nicole, Jack and Amber to be exact. It was fun.

I also worked on Sunday, then went to Emma's house. We (Emma, Emz, Lilabet, Marian and me) watched stupid movies, drank root beer and ate pizza and raw ovenbake chips. They were raw because we were really hungry and Emma couldn't be bothered putting them back in the oven for longer. Yeeeuchhhk.

Then yesterday we went off to Stephen's to watch Lost. Then Emma came to our house and we watched Scream and Scream 2. I had never got around to watching them before. Now I have to watch Scream 3.

Emma went home when Marian went to work this morning.

Maybe that is why my holidays are slipping away, I have been too busy.

Don't think I haven't been studying though, this morning I tipped all my books onto the floor and sorted them into 5 piles... one for each subject. Then I drew up a study timetable. I'm all organised. What... you mean I have to actually open the books? I didn't get that far.

I will though.

2005-09-23T17:23:00.000+12:00

Only one thing to say really, holidays are here.

I'm not even working much, yay!

Today we had a shared lunch in Biology. It was awesome, like Primary school all over again! We played games for the last 15 minutes of Chem aswell. W00t.

Oh, and GH told us why she was wearing the lei of shame. Appearantly Mr Dawson was observing her teaching a yr9 class and instead of writing "the advantage of sexual reproduction is increased variation" on the board, she wrote "the enjoyment of sexual reproduction is increased variation". Teehee. He didn't draw attention to it and the kids didn't notice, they just copied it down.

I just found out today that I was away for group photos. I was also away for the giant 7th form photo earlier in the year so there will be no photographic evidence of me being in the 7th form in the yearbook. I should have dropped out last year and worked at KFC for the rest of my life.

And Stephen thinks I'm a lesbian.

O_o

This entry is very... fragmented. Oh well, it's the holidays! *squee!!!*

2005-09-18T20:09:00.000+12:00

Yesterday was emotionally and physically draining for everyone involved.

I started early, making sandwiches. Then I went to headquarters where I helped put the sandwiches into baskets, fill flasks and put milk, teabags, coffee and sugar into little jars. Then I went with my new friend (a retired lady who was roped in to organise the sandwiches) and fed and watered Labour scrutineers around the area.

This lady was awesome. She is retired and lives across the railway tracks, near St Pats. She is right into Science Fiction and her DVDs and she apologises for her language when she says blast.

Then I was back at headquarters. We were taking calls from people who needed rides to the polling station. We also rang people who were enrolled to vote but didn't vote last time and asked them if they needed rides. Nearly all of them had already voted (record turn out this year, because it was so close) and only one person actually yelled "and I voted National!" Cuddler. He can go and Cuddle himself.

Then I was taken up to another HQ because there was someone there who was going up to Levin for Darren's party that night and I needed a lift. Darren has only got his seat by 226 votes and Nathan Guy has demanded a recount. Grrrr....

So it will be weeks before the special votes are in, recounts are completed, a coalition deal is thrashed out and we know who will be leading the country. Although we only have one seat less than we did last time, National has gained to have almost the same amount at the expense of the smaller parties.

They also have a huge majority of the electorates. Check out the huge swing the the right.

2002: http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,13175,00.html
2005: http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,13174,00.html

Oh, the most embarrasing thing that happened to me: Judy Keall made me shake hands with her 5 or 6 times until I got it right. "Don't you ever present a shy limp hand to me again! We are equals." God she's scary.

2005-09-14T19:05:00.000+12:00

Time for some haiku

Finally over
The things-that-must-not-be-named
Now called school exams

Efforts were varied
From scribbling furiously
To completely sad

Normal school resumes
Braced for disappointed looks
Sure to be received

2005-09-12T19:19:00.000+12:00

It's my Emma!

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7894/emma1bk.jpg

2005-09-12T17:00:00.000+12:00

Well, I totally bummed out in my English mock.

I didn't think I would get good marks, so I just didn't. Hmmm...

On a completely unrelated note, I have decided that having absolutely no artistic ability shouldn't put me off attempting crappy little comics. Check it out:

2005-09-11T19:36:00.000+12:00

They're back!

The 6-year-old just stood next to me for 10 minutes as I read gab. He was holding a toy chicken and describing the sound effects it made, before the battery went flat.

Then he noticed what earrings I'm wearing. "Wait a minute... You're the one with the water pistol!"

"Why, yes I am..." I replied as I retrieved it from my pocket and took aim, only to have him run screaming from the room.

Go me!

I just noticed that the toy chicken is now sitting on top of the computer monitor, watching me. How creepy is that?

2005-09-10T19:02:00.000+12:00

My brother just arrived...

...and one of his kids came running through the door and crashed into my back, practically screaming "can I use that computer after you?!?"

I turned around and looked at him, then pointed at the computer in the foyer that he had rushed past to get to me and said "that one's free." He just stared at me so I said, "why don't you get it before your brother does?"

Why do 6-year-olds need prompting for everything?

I just asked him how old he was and after saying he was 6, he asked "why do you want to know how old I am? You are talking to someone on the comuter about me! What would you do if I typed Marian into this computer?"

I replied that I wouldn't do anything, because that is Marian's name.

2005-09-10T17:30:00.000+12:00

Mmmm...

I just made myself a drink. This is what I did:

I took 1 coffee plunger and made 1 full strength coffee, but with 1/4 of the water.

Took 1 tall glass and added 3 teaspoons of milo and 2 teaspoons of sugar.

Mixed in the strong coffee and filled the glass with cold milk.

Yummy chocolate and coffee milk! Yay!

Today at work I told a lady that knows both Emma and Anja about the mean prank they pulled on me yesterday. She thought it was mean. So there.

Darren Hughes (or Ralph Malph as Emma likes to call him) came into the shop today. He was down here because he was speaking at the Diabetes society meeting. (Mum went, she thinks he's awesome. She also thinks it's cool that he would take the time to give a speech that wasn't blatantly plugging Labour one week before the election.) Apearantly he talked about how great the Kapiti Diabetic society is. How they not only look after their members, but do a lot to educate the public to prevent and catch it early and stuff.

Anyway, he came over to chat and I showed him that the other students working all had Labour wrist bands on. Yay for me! Then we talked about all the pamphlet addressing and delivering I have been doing. He reckons that Labour will win, but it will be close. Then he said, "but I definately know it will be us."

I said, "and how are you so sure?"

He replied that "the bean poll never lies."

The bean poll at the Coastlands muffin break has Labour way, way ahead.

Ooh... the results for the whole country are a bit close for my liking.

Anyway, it seems that this entry has been sponsored by coffee.

Hey, why is McDonalds coffee so hot? I like hot coffee, but not blister-my-tongue hot. I got one during my morning break today (and a hash brown!) and I couldn't drink it because I only had 5 minutes left. Maybe if I had milk it would have cooled it down a bit? I ended up microwaving it at lunch, only to chuck out the last 1/4 because I don't like Mcdonalds coffee anyay.

I got a mochachinno from taste bud intead.

I need to stop spending my money on caffeine.

2005-09-09T21:55:00.000+12:00

The blog of a friend...

...a big hairy friend who fancies Jesse James, but doesn't seem to appreciate Sandra Bullock.

I mean sure, they aren't very attractive photos of Sandy... But he has annoyed me muchly.

Grrr...

2005-09-09T17:51:00.000+12:00

My new favourite quote:

Helen Clark, to an annoying American presenter of a NZ touristy-type show: "You sure do say woah a lot."

Very restrained. I would have smashed his head onto the rocks that the jet-boat was whizzing past, just to make him shut up.

But then, I'm just not a Nice Person.

2005-09-09T11:47:00.000+12:00

It's times like these...

... that I wish I had a phaser pistol. And it wouldn't be set on stun.

I am still very sick, but I have my physics mock exam this afternoon. I'm getting ready, with a berroca and a 1/2 coffee 1/2 milo. When I say 1/2 and 1/2 I really mean that each of them is full strength, if not stronger.

Anyway, I'm chatting to Emma on msn ans suddenly she asks how I'm going to get to school in half an hour. My exam is in 2 hours, so you can understand my concern.

"What the ffff.....!" I ~~yell~~ type.

pacegirl s Porthos I want to feed him cheese says:
it's been bought forward to 12

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
how the ffff... was I supposed to know?

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
when was it changed?

Spacegirl s Porthos I want to feed him cheese says:
I don't know

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
when did you hear?

Spacegirl s Porthos I want to feed him cheese says:
when I had my exam this morning

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
so when was I suppoesed to find out?

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
I haven't been at school

Then I start to try and cover my arse...

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
you didn't tell me, ok?

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
ffffing hell

Spacegirl s Porthos I want to feed him cheese says:
hi, it's anja here

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
I hate you

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
I hate you so much

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
I knew Emma wouldn't do that

Spacegirl s Porthos I want to feed him cheese says:
various animated "lol" thingies

Spacegirl s Porthos I want to feed him cheese says:
mmhhmmmm

Agent Red (for Labour...) - Up Yours (in a scottish accent) says:
I HATE YOU

From this conversation, can you see just how tight my chest is? If I have a heart attack from the stress, it is their fault.

If I had been talking to Anja, I would have said "haha, shut up."

I did consider piss taking for a couple of seconds, but I thought "nah, that is something Anja would do."

Of course, everyone is back to being perfectly friendly now. Grrr...

From these, you would think I loved them:

But really...

2005-09-08T22:30:00.000+12:00

Random photo time!

First, this is Simone Lahbib. Isn't she pretty?

Ok, so this will be a quick replay of the last year. I will just post the thumbnails.

School workday:

The day I went to the Labour conference. I took Darren Hughes his 27th birthday cake when he was up on the stage. It was fun. Here I am showing off one of my impulse buy of the day, from that creepy shop in James Smith Corner.

This is me with my niece. Isn't she cute?

Fun at the park with my nephew.

My sister. So. Aroungry.

Happy Birthday to meeee! I'm more interested in the baby, Marian can have the cake.

Christmas. *squee*

The heaters in the chem lab don't work. So I had to wear THE HAT.

The ball. See the top? It is shiny because it is 8% metal. Doesn't say what kind, but that's what it says on the tag.

We love us!

My granddad's birthday cake. I don't know the binary for 82, so it is 8 and then 2.

Helping with the campaign instead of studying for mocks...

So. That pretty much sums up my life.

*cries*

2005-09-08T20:55:00.000+12:00

Hiya

Well, I finally got a blog. I used to have one, but it was severely neglected. It died.

The only real reason I started a blog is the fact that I have no where appropriate to post this engineering and structural feat: superwine and paradiso ice-cream sandwiches.

What else would I be doing to avoid studying before my physics mock? Oh, we aren't allowed to call them mocks anymore. Mock, mop... what ever. The point is that I was procrastinating. It took me all day to come up with something to distract me. It seems that I was putting off my procrastination. Does that surprise anyone?

I got the idea when I couldn't decide whether to sneak some more superwine biscuits or get a bowl out and have some ice-cream. Superwine! When I grow up, I'm going to be a super hero and I shall name myself Superwine! I will spread my biscuity goodness and there will be peace on earth. And harsher penalties for parole violators.

Anyway, onto the sandwiches.

First, I laid out my biscuits and the bread board and got the ice-cream out. As you can see, I have already made a few planning marks with a knife. And some lettuce. And a bench that needs a tidy and wipe down.

Then I cut myself a cube of ice-cream. Full of cubey paradisio-y goodness. And some onions.

As you can see, I tried to put what I didn't need back.

All carefully laid out...

And assembled. Also, some gherkins, margarine and a coffee thingy.

2 minutes later, I can be seen enjoying them on webcam.

Last night dad asked why there was an empty gherkin jar in the computer room. I declined the opportunity to comment.

Anyway, I'm off to do stuff. Like wipe the bench. Anything but open my physics books again.