Everything and Anything

"Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring

Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun

Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time

Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square

In the frosty air.

What a bright time, it's the right time

To rock the night away

Jingle bell time is a swell time

To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet

Jingle around the clock

Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet

That's the jingle bell rock."

Haha.. Sorry but it was so addictive to sing to and its at the start of Lethal Weapon - which is what i am watching right now.

Anywho

Time to get into writing this blogpost. I feel guilty with myself for constantly putting it off.

I did write ideas down on paper during math class this week as what i wanted to write.

Speaking of my math class... The people i sit with are very, very lameee! I mean one is this chick Sarah who i don't even know if i can explain. She has this pregnant chick who takes notes for her in class while she does other homework. I hope she fails. And this is her 2nd time taking this level of math! Its not that hard. I mean i admit to having trouble working out fractions. Then theres this guy Eric. I don't know who old he is but he is super annoying. What frustrated me even more in the last 2 weeks was that they were being absolute hippo-critical (?) of this group of girls! I admit they were being slightly catty to this chick at another table but she did bring it upon herself when she pulled out her laptop and went onto facebook. Eric and Sarah decided to be like them and gossip:

" I hope they just shut up today"

"I wonder if i would get away with bringing in waterballons" -Eric

On Monday 8th i presented my speech to my Public Speaking class. I thought it went well enough. I was right, haha, i got 61/62 :) My 'official' time was 5:59 BUT the guy who was timing me took off about 30-40seconds!! I love him haha.

Heres the link to my speech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6q6Z3_YDVM

Lemme know what you think of it. I would love to show you the powerpoint i used cos it was pretty awesome!

So far i am still enjoying my classes! I don't mind having classes all week, its enjoyable to be out of the house every morning. Geology, for the most part, is a lot of fun. Also Psychology and public speaking are fun!! Although being awake enough at 7:30 for Psych is hard but walking over wakes me up enough.

Speaking of my Public Speaking class, hehe see my play on words, there is this super cute guy in my class. I mean i find him really cute and i have a crush on him but if i dont get to talk to him soon then i may just admire from afar. I added him on facebook and got a few replies back, he took awhile to reply so i messaged him my cell BUT haven't had a text or call from him. Kind of disappointed. I was hoping for a text. I sent the message last Friday, to be honest im not sure he has even checked facebook this week. I wrote on his wall that i thought he did pretty good on his speech Wednesday.

I didn't have any luck with those 3 job interviews i had 2 weeks ago?

I have applied at plenty more place i just still haven't caught a break yet. I wish places would call back! Get dad off my back, and i will get to buy the car. Employers want to hire people with experience but the only way for me to get experience is to be hired. Bad cycle.

Did anyone do anything special for Valentines Day? Get chocolate? or roses?

I got neither but i did get to spend the day/night with Kelsey which i consider to be even better!! We rented Penelope and Definitely, Maybe. Both were SUPER adorable! I loved Penelope more. We also watched the Olympics, did facials and Monday morning Kelsey cut my hair! Yes you read right. I finally got a haircut. Shorter than it normally would be but so nice. I wonder if my crush noticed? Hopefully.

Saturday im going hiking with Katy and i am super excited. I get to drive down to her place, i squared it with dad.

Two Sundays ago i went for a hike with Phyllis and my brothers, actually near Katy's, while dad went and looked at cars. By the time we got back from the hike, dad had bought a NEW car!!! Yes i am that much closer to getting his old car. Just need to find a job.

Here are the pics from the hike with Phyllis:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3286738&id=639217209

Lately i have been feeling the urge to write a story.

I need to come up with an outline and good summary.

I have an idea but im not sure which genre i want to use.

Im thinking either strictly romance, mystery, or murder.

OR combing all three genres into a romance murder mystery.

Actually, that is a great idea :-)

Yup, i think thats about all thats new with me.

Western Themed Bar's and DUI's

Happy Thursday (or if your in NZ then happy Friday) =) When i normally write my blog on Thursdays its always 1am! But not tonight, tonight its not even 8pm =)

Well last Thursday was the night that i went out with dad, Phyllis, and Mike (dad and phyl's best friend) for dinner and drinks. Grandma babysat the boys which was YAY haha.

We left home around 6ish for dinner at a Mexican restaurant - which i cannot remember the name for! - i got this grilled BBQ chicken pasta dish with a whole sh*t load of spices in it! Phyllis and i got the same dish so i knew it wasn't just me! But other than that the food was alright. But before we ordered the food we had to order drinks (of course) i asked for a frozen strawberry margarita which is what Phyllis got as well, well anyway he asked to see my ID! I mean we all know im not 21 but as i was with my dad and 2 other adults and it was for dinner, he still wouldn't serve it to me!! I had to order a virgin frozen strawberry margarita *pfft* but Phyl and I switched! I ended up drinking 2 of those during dinner and boy they were strong!

We finished dinner around 7:30 so it was still too early to go home so we headed off to a bar called "the Whiskey River" and when we walked in (no one was at the door to card me) everyone was on the dance floor learning how to dance country! So cool. Had 3-4 beers while there and got dragged out onto the dance floor by Phyllis before heading home around 11ish. After we got back home we all headed outside put on some music and continued drinking.

All in all it was a really fun night!

Pics from the Whickey River

AND i wasn't hungover on Friday but just very tired!
I had been up at 6am preparing for my Philosophy final.

Which im proud to say i got a B as my overall final grade!

Like Friday i had a lazy weekend. Phyllis rented New In Town with Renee Zellweger friday night. Saturday she went out with some girlfriends so she rented a movie for Nick to watch, Race to Witch Mountain, i enjoyed it too. After the boys went to bed i watched the movie she rented for me which was Last Chance Harvey with Dustin Hoffman - i have to say i really enjoyed that.

Now Monday, jury duty day =/ haha... Nahh it was actually kinda interesting!

Phyllis dropped me off at the courthouse at 8am, on the way we saw a car accident - turned out to have been fatal for the driver - i had to go through metal detectors then i headed to the Jury assembly room where we had orientation at 8:30.

It was a pretty nice room too. They played 4 movies throughout the day and i caught only 1 whole movie! They started off with Knowing with Nick Cage, about 40 minutes to the end i was called along with 23 other people for Panel #3 to go through the process of jury selection.

**Just to state the obvious 2 other Panels had already been called for court cases.**

This was around 10:30 i guess, so we headed up to courtroom 605 on the 6th floor and meet the Judge, defendant, his attorney and the state attorney. Now the defendant was pleading not guilty to 2 DUI's. And OMG he was colourful in his wardrobe choice!! Black suit which was fine but he had paired it with a green shirt and satin lime green tie with hot pink socks!! He soo must have been gay - he was gorgeous too.

Nice view right?

Anyway back to the case, we were asked group questions by the judge -which i can't remember- then after 45min we were asked to leave and wait outside were they asked for certain individuals to come back in. I wasn't one of them. We got to leave at 12 for lunch which was hour and a half long. I tagged along with John and Julie, who were also part of panel #3, to the Thai Elephant. So yummy =) We got back early and went back to the assembly room and i found out that they were playing Indy Jones 4!! Which i have'nt seen!! I was really annoyed by that!

Got back to the courtroom at 1:30 and we were all called back in because they had made there selection. I wasn't one of the 7 picked - neither was John and Julie, we were sent back downstairs to the assembly room and i caught the final 10min of Indy 4 before Iron Man started (that's the movie i watched all the way through). I wasn't called again when they picked Panel #4 which was lucky for me but Julie was called again. I played Sudoku for awhile before i went into the lounge to eat some of the doughnuts they had on offer and to get a coffee from the free machine, i first had a French Caramel cappuccino then i tried the English Toffee coffee, both were yummy.

Were we let out about 10min into National Treasure 2 which sucked but we were let out 45min before 5!

Out of the 10 scheduled court cases only 4 called for Jury's so the other 6 would have either been postponed, settled, or maybe even thrown out of court.

So there you go! The 2 big days i had have now been immortalized on my blog =)

In other news i have made my appointment for my first driving lesson! It'll be next Wednesday at 1:30. Dad says he'll take me out this weekend which will be good.

Also its your last chance to comment my Guess the Stupid Law blogpost because the answers will be posted tomorrow! Then i will post the next 5 up.

Please please please go and comment your answers and check back tomorrow to see if you got them right.

That's all from me for now.

xXx

B.E.I.N.G K.I.W.I

So i stole this off a blog on bebo 'cos i found it amusing

Being a Kiwi is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then
travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.

Oh and... Only in N.Z...can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

Only in N.Z...do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in N.Z...do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.

Only in N.Z...do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.

Only in N.Z...do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars on the drive and & lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.

Only in N.Z...do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.

Only in N.Z...are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink.

NOT TO MENTION...3 Kiwis die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.

58 Kiwis are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.

31 Kiwis have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.

8 Kiwis had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.

A massive 543 Kiwis were admitted to emergency in the last two Years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.

and finally..... In 2000 eight Kiwis cracked their skull whilst throwing up in the toilet

IF YOU'RE PROUD TO BE KIWI POST THIS ON YOUR BLOG

School's Out

Well well well! Here we are and it's Friday! Been awhile since i have posted anything here and i actually have some very happy and exciting news to share with you all!

First off, school is out! For me at least! I get 2 glorious weeks off to relax. I had my CPD final on Wednesday and my English final last Thursday. For both of them i had to talk in front of the class!!! I was so freakin nervous but i got through it! Anyway still on the subject of school... I went onto Blackboard and i know what my overall grades were for my classes!!....

...... I got all A'S!!!!!!......

OhMyGod i was sooo overjoyed when i saw that!!!

So, what am i planning on doing for my 2 week break i hear you ask? Well let me tell you!!!

Now cast your mind back to my Spring break postings and i told you i was going to go to the Grand Canyon with my grandparents? Remember? Good, well you know that didn't happen. But... Next week i am going!

But wait there's more...

My grandparents have decided that going up on the train is going to be quite boring as they have already done that before so they have decided to take me first to.... LAS VEGAS!!!! Yep Viva Las Vegas baby! I'll be there till Wendesday when we make our way to the Grand Canyon which i'll see Thrusday!

I am sooo excited!! I'm leaving on Monday!!!

Now regarding my blog posts, i will not be posting or tweeting -I shudder to think the withdrawl i will go through without tweeting!- but i have decided that the week after i get back (starting on the 25th) i will post daily entries corrosponding to that day last week. Hope i havent confused you yet! What i mean is that when im away i'll try to write down everything i do so that i can share my adventures with you when i get back! I would love to do it when im away but im not taking the laptop.

Now the only major drama is.. what the heck am i going to take?!?!

May Be Boring - Ye Be Warned

Sometimes i get a blog block - by that i mean i come to a standstill on what to blog about, today is kind've one of those days. Be warned - this may be a boring post :-)

So to tell you about my day. Well i had some great news! I don't have to do my computer final!! How i got to that point you ask? Well i'll show you

Lab 1 - 100
Lab 2 - 100
Lab 3 - 100
Attend - 100
Project -100
Quiz 1 - 96
Quiz 2 - 84
Quiz 3 - 86

So thats 766 right? And i need 900+ for an A grade, well i also have 175 extra credit! Adding that all together i get.... 941!!

Yay me!!
Then unfortunately i had English today. We were given our Cause/Effect essays back - mine was on the HPV vaccine - i ended up getting 75. I did better than i thought! But we also were given our next essay assignment, we have to right about our topics in an Argumentative manor. Ohh joy! And its worth 200 points. And we have to talk about it or whatevs..

Along with having to write that i have to do a career research paper. Of course i have chosen to do it on photography. Due next week and i still have to 'interview' someone - lucky we can email them questions. Also we have to present it to our class. I am *such* a great public speaker.

Okay so in the end i guess i had something to blog about!

Ohh and Lauren thank you for giving me a lift home!

Online Shopping

Before i start to write about what i bought on walmart.com i have to welcome a new follower to my blog :-).. Yummy Mammy!

I have to say reading her blog is very entertaining! I going to have to catch up and read from the start!


Okay now back to my intended topic :-p
Ahh yes what i bought online at walmart.com. Also will be hyperlinking just to be helpful :-)

1. The HP Deluxe USB Webcam - I have been meaning to buy this for about a month now, it's so i can Skype with my dad and mum. Click here for more info on it.

2. Taylor Swifts cd Fearless - I love Taylor and kept forgetting to buy it every time i was out!

3. Twilight Saga Set - All four books conveniently in a box, :-) there the hardback editions only cos they didn't have the last 2 books in paperback online :-[ But other than that i am very happy that i ordered them and can't wait to start reading them!!Click here for more info

4. The Twilight DVD (2 Disc) (Wide-Screen and Special Features) - Because i figured if i was getting the book i may as well order the movie :-) I have to say i am looking forward to watching the movieClick here for more info.

All together it cost $137.99 - That's including tax of $8.99 and shipping to home which turned out to be $20.56 - Not too bad, i would have liked to ship to the store but the books and dvd didn't have that option.

Still need to go to an actual Walmart store to get some of the cute/cheap dresses i saw there.

My New Header..

If you've noticed something different to my blog.. You'd be right! i have a new header! Overlandsi kindly made it for me!!

I love it! Its cute and funny!!

So thank you!

xx

Flower Mayhem and English

When i should be doing my Reaction Paper essay for english (due tomorrow i might add) i'm here, writing a blog and on Twitter!

I've been going flower mad for the past two days straight! I've been drawing them all over my folder and worksheets plus myself! And i've come to the conclusion that i think i might get a flower tattoo (when im older lol).. i have a had many ideas for tattoos including: stars, horoscope in japenese, fairies, doves..etc..

I've been wanting one since i can remember but i got talked out of getting one last year by my step dad.. Im not sure as to where i want to get a tattoo and i still have to find a design i love.. This is where i drew my flower... ->

the internet is really my downfall.. I cant concentrate.. Doesnt help when i have to write my english paper in word.. *huge sigh*

Blog Meant For Last Night

I was in the mood to blog last night, but my blogger was having issues and wouldnt let me login!

In short, last night i wanted to blog about my brother who's 10 wanted to watch Enchanted and to me that was anb awesome Valentine's Day gift (though he doesn't know it).. That movie really makes me want to believe in the fairy tale of love.. "Someday my prince will come"- yes i know thats not from Enchanted..lol

This is what i got for Valentine's Day from my step-mum.. One of those cute cupcakes! To be honest though, the icing wasn't very nice (at least to me)..

Today is the big family (indoor) picnic.. haha my first one of those! Should be fun though.. Although i won't be able to feed my growing addiction by Twittering.. Ohh well. haha..

I have some Rocket Derby pics that i finally got around to uploading onto the computer and ill post them below... Tomorrow im going to a Renainssance fair which i am sooooo excited about!! They have jousting!!

Indoor Picnic and Babysitting..

So that family picnic that i mentioned previously, well it was meant to be this weekend after it was postponed last weekend cos of the rain.. I have now heard it is being moved to my grandma's house because it is forecaste to rain yet again this weekend! So i have now renamed it the Indoor family Picnic- lol! Surprisingly i haven't yet been out to my grandparents house! But I've only been here 2 and a half months!!

Gosh that has gone so quick! I can't believe i have been living in America for over 2 months! I got here 2 days before Thanksgiving, because i was adamant that i would get to experience a Thanksgiving holiday.. We don't celebrate that in good ol' NZ.

Yes! Hahaha, i'm babysitting! One of the Cub Scouts mum's has asked me to babysit her 2 boys- their around the same age as my half brothers. Though i'm not sure what the going rate is now haha.. My cousin says $8-10.. Thoughts???

I was soo happy! I finished my Reaction Summary Paragraphs paper for English, 10min ago! It's due tomorrow.. Ahh it was soo tedious.. but at least its dunzo!

Gosh my blog posts are getting longer! So that is a sign to stop writing i guess!!