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Moving

2010-08-16T13:14:00.005-04:00

Wow it has really been forever since I have blogged... I just haven't been feeling the passion for it, therefore, I think I'm gonna stop for now. But I'm not gonna stop blogging completely. I do have a Tumblr, which I love, so I'm just gonna move there. Its easier and quicker to update. So Tumblr and Twitter shall be where I post everything, at least for a while. Maybe one day I will be back. But, for now come follow me on Tumblr and Twitter!

Look What I Found

2010-05-10T17:37:00.008-04:00

Note: Post from Saturday. But I didn't get to publish it until today! And it isn't very good because blogger is spazzing out on me

Omg it has seriously been forever I may kinda be back now. I've been busy, stressed, and so much more... Ugh, some stupid stuff has seriously been going on, and I kinda just haven't felt like blogging at all! But, whatever I think I'm feeling better and ready to blog again. Haha. But geez, I haven't blogged since before my prom? Where to start? I think I'm just gonna skip over all that. Prom was really fun and so was Grad Bash. But, yeah I don't wanna get into that. So moving on!

So what did I find? A dog in my garden! Yep. I have named him Louis, like from the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. I'm pretty sure he is a puppy and a mutt. I'm hoping a vet can tell us somewhat when we get him to one. We found him last Sunday and had no intention of keeping him until that night. So, if the owners don't come forward by tomorrow, he is legally ours. Kira and Jen aren't exactly happy, but once he is fixed and we make sure Kira and Jen don't get any less attention, I think they will all be fine. Here are some pictures of him:

He is pretty darn cute and fluffy. We are starting to wonder if someone abandoned him because he had an old collar with no tags, he has no idea where he is going in the neighbourhood, and the leash he had on him would be impossible for him to escape with. But whatever, he is safe now so it is okay.

So last weekend, I went with my mom to the Florida Mall. Sadly, I couldn't find anything I was willing to pay the price for, except a headband. I freaking love this headband though. I think I have worn it almost every day this week! It's a thin gold braided one. Very nice and goes with a lot of different things. My mom was able to find like four differenshirts which was cool. Maybe I'll have better luck next time. But then we went over to Victoria's Secret and the PINK store because we still had one of those gift cards. My mom was gonna use it on a new bra but she ended up not liking any of them and gave it to me. I bought two of those eye shadow crayons from the PINK line. I love eye shadow crayons and I have three from nyx, but I wanted to try the VS ones. I got a white and copper colour. The white is a lot less harsh than the nyx one, so it is more wearable. They also both have a pretty shimmer.

So I guess that is about it for now. I still have one more AP test and I'm putting off studying. I really need to though because I haven't yet. Ugh, Physics C why must you haunt me? Omg, I can't wait for the stupid thing to be over… It's also been ridiculously hot and humid the past week, hopefully we can get our pool cleaned within the next week! Anyways, hopefully I can get back into the groove of blogging soon. I know I probably will over the summer since I actually get to do some exciting stuff. Haha. Bye bye for now!

Spring Break 2010

2010-03-31T22:17:00.020-04:00

So far my spring break has been pretty good. I've gone shopping and just chilled out over the past few days. It has been nice. The only thing is, I have some homework I haven't done yet... Oh, well. I can do some of that tomorrow I guess.

Anyways, my vacation started Thursday afternoon when me and my friends went to Lip Sync. It is a show my school does every year. People pick songs and pretty much just act goofy to music. It was hilarious. It was hosted by a group of kids from our school's morning news type thing. They did it a lot like award shows with videos and everything. It was quite entertaining.

On Friday and Saturday, me and my parents went out and shopped for groceries, and we went to Sally's and a local thrift store. I found a cute chain purse for $2.99 I was really excited cause it is pretty much in perfect condition. Just missing one stud at the top, but it isn't very noticeable. I also bought a new hair straightener, because mine broke... And I found some 12" human hair extensions for only $20. They match my hair like exactly. Here are pics of the extensions and bag:

On Sunday me and Jennifer went out to the outlets. Ashley was supposed to go too, but she wasn't able too. She ended up going with her mom though. Somehow I knew we were gonna run into her while we were there. I don't know how, but I knew we would... But I found some cute things. I got a pair of jeans from Forever 21 and a few things from Victoria's Secret. The VS outlet is amasing I got a necklace worth $28.50 for $1.99, a like $15 (I think) collegiate bag for $3.99, and some iron-on patches for $00.49. The collegiate bag I had originally thought was a UConn one. But I had forgotten that Washington was also the Huskies. Washington is dark purple and gold, and UConn is navy and silver. After further inspection of the bag, I noticed the heart was gold and the navy colour is actually purple, FAIL. But the purple is close
enough to navy that no one would even notice, and I painted the gold heart with silver paint. So now it is a UConn bag!

Here is the stuff I got at VS. The is also before I painted the bag. The patches are at the bottom and the details of the necklace are at the top. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out the necklace was really long!

Monday I just bummed around and turned a pair of jeans into shorts. I also used my Pedegg and an exacto-knife and distressed them. They came out cute, but I took no pics. Yesterday and today were awesome though. I went to the mall with some friends from school. They were going to look at prom dresses. I was originally not going to go to prom because I don't overly care, but I was pressured into it and I found this dress:

It's soo pretty. And the pleating type detail creates vertical lines that are slimming. love the rhinestone details and the purple colour. When I spin, the skirt looks like a flower.

OMG I freaking fell in love when I put this on. We were in Dillard's and my friend picked up a dress that was on sale. I just happened to see her look at it and walk over. It was the last one and it just happened to be my size! It was $108, on sale from $180. So it was a really good deal too. I freaking love it. It's long which is prom appropriate and it sort of fits our ocean theme, right? It looks like a maxi dress you could wear to the beach, but much more formal. I'm soo in love. But now I have to go to prom... Since my parents actually bought me the dress, I said I would buy the prom ticket. I'm hoping West Virginia wins on Saturday so I can win my $95 from the pool at my dad's work bwahahaha!!!

Just to be random and show off how cute this is, I want to share a pic of the FRENCH fry I made in ceramics while just playing around. It's too bad I had to squish him... Lol, soo cute though. Her says Bonjour.

Anyways, that's about it for now. I'm starting to get sleepy, good night!

Apopka Fair 2010

2010-03-20T13:16:00.009-04:00

I really thought last weekend was going to suck. I was feeling kinda depressed for some reason. But I ended up going to the fair with some friends for a school club. I ended up having a lot of fun, and they got my mind of things for a while. I felt really relieved afterward. But the fair was pretty fun. We all went on some rides and ate a lot of food. We even were in an ice cream eating contest, which my friend won and got a free meal at one of the food stands. Here are some pics from the day.

Here is a view of the carnival part of the fair from the top of the Ferris Wheel.

Nom nom nom, here is us eating ice cream in the contest. Haha.

Here is the funnel cake I bought with strawberries on top. OMG this was heaven *o*

This is part of the meal my friend won, fried catfish and hush puppies, yum.

That was my Saturday, then on Sunday, me and my mom went out to go shopping and stop by Victoria's Secret because we had a bunch of freebies saved We had 3 free underwear cards and a $10 t-shirt dress. We also ended up getting a pair of flip flops because they were only $5 with a purchase. I opted for the black t-shirt dress and some black flip-flops. Here is a pic.

I love how the underwear have a tag on them now that says "MY CHEEKS" lol how cute!

So it turned out to be a good weekend after all. But only one more week until Spring Break, I'm super excited because I need a break! I hope it is warm and sunny. I have no idea what I'm doing yet though. Hopefully it will be a good time! I keep losing my train of thought now, so I'm gonna stop now. Bye!

New Layout

2010-03-08T20:48:00.014-05:00

So I finally decided to make a new layout since it isn't Valentine's Day anymore. It's fun and spring coloured, but I mostly made it in tribute to all my friends, since all the pics are of two or more people having fun

Okay so I also finished my elephant teapot and here is how it came out:

So what do you think? I'm very proud of him. I still haven't come up with a name yet though. What to name him? I'm sure I can come up with one by the time he is fired and done. Anyone have a suggestion?

I've been going to the movies a lot lately. I've seen 4 movies in the past two weeks. 2 weekends ago I went to go see Shutter Island and The Crazies, but I also saw part of The Wolfman in between the two. And then last weekend I went to go see Alice in Wonderland in iMax 3d. So I'm going to do a mini review thing!

Okay, Shutter Island first, I give it 9/10 stars. I really liked it, probably because it is totally my style of movie. I'm a complete horror and suspense movie lover, but I also love movies set in the 20s-50s and mysteries, then throw in an insane asylum with psychological scare-factor. Wow, this sounds like a match made in heaven, and it so was. I loved it a lot and I think I will actually buy this one! My only complaint was the ending. While I do like it and don't think it was too disappointing, I still feel like I wish it were different. I don't want to give the ending away so I'll leave it up to you.

I won't go too much into The Wolfman because I didn't see it all, but what I did see was just okay. I think it was like the last 45 minutes or so. I thought the transformation effects were amazing but the make-up was a bit lacking. I thought the ending was pretty good too. I didn't love what I saw though.

Aw, The Crazies... I give this one 7/10. It was pretty good and very psychological along with psychological and boo fear-factor. It's soo scary because you bring yourself to wonder whether or not it can be true. It poses a believable story for another government conspiracy. I call it a mix of Quarantine, Dawn of the Dead, and Cabin Fever all smashed into one movie. It was decent, creepy, and gory. It isn't my favourite, mostly because I'm not a huge zombie movie fan, but I enjoyed it.

Finally, Alice in Wonderland! Omg 9/10! This movie was soo amazing. The effects were beautiful and the world was enchanting. I've always loved Alice in Wonderland and Johnny Depp and Tim Burton it did not disappoint. My only thing is that, for Tim Burton and Alice in Wonderland, it probably wasn't as twisted as it could have been. But just the same it was great and I definitely recommend it. I will say though, the 3d gave me the worst headache... I want to go see this one again and totally buy it when it comes out.

So yeah, overall I was very happy with all the movies. But that is all for now. I did get a few things at H&M after going to Alice in Wonderland, but I don't have pics yet, so I will share some other time. On a totally random note though, it is gonna warm up this week! I'm soo excited for some sun. I'm soo sick of the cold mornings. I don't want to have to wear a jacket everyday. I love that it is cold, but not for this long... Well that's it, this was such a long post!

Short Ceramics Update

2010-03-04T17:48:00.009-05:00

I uploaded a few pics of my current project in ceramics. I'm working on a really cute teapot shaped like an elephant. Since I took these pics he is a bit farther along, I will try to take more tomorrow, because he is almost completely done now.

He is a cutie isn't he? I'm really proud of him because he is probably one of the hardest things I've done I have some other projects to share but I'm going to wait till they are completely done being painted. Well I'm gonna cut this short for now, I'm gonna go catch up on Project Runway, like weeks behind right now...

Something to Talk About

2010-02-26T18:41:00.008-05:00

OMG yeah, I actually have something to blog about this week. Nothing much has really been going on with me recently. Nothing but boring stuff at least... But at least this week I got to go to our Senior Bonfire. That was fun, it was a huge fire by the football field. People kept running up to it and hiding like they thought it was gonna eat them It was nice and warm though on the chilly night. We had a time capsule thing for the 10 year reunion too. It was all nice, I totally had some s'mores. Here is a pic of it, courtesy of my blackberry.

It doesn't seem that big in the pic but it was, and they kept throwing old Christmas tress and stuff on it, so there was a lot of little ashes flying everywhere. It was quite pretty. A bit later when me and a few of my friends were by the time capsule we realised it was closed. The capsule was a huge box painted blue with seniors on the lid and 2010 on the front. But my friend noticed a big problem...

Can you spot the fail in this picture? YEP, our Senior class president left out the i in Seniors! Omg we all were cracking up and taking pics. The sponsor for the class is an English teacher too, she was so proud. We were all like, wow and we are the future! But anyways I will leave you with some of my friends singing a song at the bonfire. I love my friends soo much hehehe. I can't wait to go see Shutter Island and the Crazies tomorrow, should be fun!

You've totally been Rick Rolled :)

Soo Unmotivated...

2010-01-30T12:42:00.005-05:00

EDIT: Oh no the links for the pics broke. I guess I'll have to add the regular links.

I haven't been motivated to blog at all recently ... A lot has been going on with finals and schedule changes and other random life stuff ... But in all that there is nothing to really talk about with it. No one wants to hear me talk about my irrational problems . so instead I'm gonna find something else to talk about so I can have a nice blog post!

So I guess I can talk about YESSTYLE. I really like their clothing and their prices aren't that bad. I've been wanting to order from them for a while now but have not gotten around to it. So hopefully I can soon. Here are a few of my favourite things that I found that could actually fit me.

http://www.yesstyle.com/en/59-seconds-knit-top-black-one-size/info.html/pid.1021785949
This long sleeved shirt is really sweet with it's message. It great too because I really don't have any long sleeved t-shirts.

http://www.yesstyle.com/en/pinkdiamond-dolman-sleeve-turtleneck-knit-top/info.html/pid.1021614885
I really love doleman sleeves! But I'm not sure if this will look good on me...

http://www.yesstyle.com/en/59-seconds-tiger-printed-top-red-one-size/info.html/pid.1021785947
For some weird reason I really like this t-shirt, it's pretty cute, but it is out of stock right now.

http://www.yesstyle.com/en/imiusa-leopard-print-top-army-green-one-size/info.html/pid.1021784950
Cute and loose top with a leopard on the front.

These were a few of my favourite tops that I found, but I think my fave thing was the boots from Lane172.

http://www.yesstyle.com/en/lane172-buckled-suede-long-boots-brown-europe-40/info.html/pid.1021385022
They are stretchy OTK boots. But they can conform to any trend by just scrunching them or folding them to the desired length. The stretchiness is really nice too because I they will actually fit over my legs and not fall.

Some Christmas Stuff

2010-01-09T22:16:00.008-05:00

Hello everyone! I am finally posting something that is longer than a greeting card. I figured I'd post some of the clothes I got for Christmas. I got quite a few really cute things from my Grandma. She sends like $100 for me to go shopping with . So she knows I like what I get. We usually go together, but the past two years she couldn't come up for Thanksgiving (we go out on Black Friday). I got quite a few good deals this year and it seemed like the money was never going to all get spent . But I'm not complaining! So here are some of my faves.

These are a pair of shorts from Torrid. They fit really nice and are very cute!

This top is cream with gold flecks in it. It is from H&M, and super comfy and flowy. I almost didn't get this one, but I am glad I did.

This shirt is from Target. It is a bit baggy and long. I love how it fits. It is a basic that I didn't have!

This is a cardigan from Forever 21. I love these styles, it looks very nice on and super versatile.

My fave thing from my parents was Batman: Arkham Asylum . I am like so addicted. >w< Freaking love it ! Hahaha, and I'm like not even close to finishing everything with it. I finished the story on easy, but I have a bunch of hidden things to still go and find, then I can go and do it on a harder level. It has so much depth and detail to it. Gorgeous! Ashley got me a Hello Kitty pyjama set that is too small. I can wear the top and squeeze into te pants, but it isn't normal lounging fit. Idc! One day I will fit, maybe. It is so cute. But the big surprise gift was from Jennifer! She got me the Cher ecobags with their mook Omfg I was surprised. I use it for like everything now.

Happy New Year 2010!

2010-01-02T00:44:00.003-05:00

Happy New Year everyone! Hopefully I will get back to some real blogging soon

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T23:33:00.001-05:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! I hope it was everything you wanted it to be. I know mine was! :) I'll be back to tell more about it at some other time :P

Finally Christmas Break

2009-12-18T20:28:00.006-05:00

Finally it is time for break . I need this soo bad. I've been stressed out lately with so much work...

Well I don't have that much to blog about today. I just want to maybe try and get back in the habit of blogging once a week. Idk how long it will last though . But anyways, I started and pretty much finished my final ceramics project for ceramics I. I made a penguin, of course . Here's a pic.

Front and back. Isn't his little tail just soo cute xD ?

Okay so I'm almost done shopping. I think I have to finish my Grandma and my parents. I finished Ashley today and Jen has been done. I can't wait for Christmas, it is finally exactly one week away . We aren't doing much this year. Having Jen and Ashley over on Christmas Eve and then its Christmas. At some point the next week my two cousins and my aunt are coming to do our other little Christmas together. I think this will be the first time my Grandma won't be there though. That kinda bums me out... Oh well, I'll see her at some point soon I hope. Well that is about it for now I guess. Merry Christmas everyone!

Been Busy

2009-12-12T14:42:00.008-05:00

Why do teachers feel the need to give you lots of homework right before a long break or the end of the marking period? It is ridiculous how much I have had... Ugh, at least it is slowing down right now. I can't wait for Christmas break, its so close now. I'm starting my Christmas shopping finally today. It should be fun. But anyway more on that when it is over.

I decided that I'm gonna have more of a mobile blog from now on. It feels easier for me to take pics from my phone than from my camera and then upload and such. I can just e-mail myself all the pics from the phone , plus my phone has a pretty good camera... So here we go.

First we got our tree up and decorated over the past two weeks and my dad is doing the exteriour illumination today. We will finally be completely done decorating. Here is my tree.

Here is my full tree, it is about 6 or 7 feet tall.

A close up of part of it.

In the spirit of Christmas I finally did my toenails again. They are pretty and bright red with a green topcoat and gold X's. But the colour is cool its iridescent it goes from green to red depending on the angle. Here is a pretty bad pic of it sorry.

Its cute in person at least.

I also finished my birdcage. I have like soo much jewelry. But it came out soo cute, I love it! Its convenient and easy to see everything.

Now I just need a place to hang it.

As for Christmas shopping I got some of it done today. I finished Jennifer and some for my Grandma. I think Jennifer will love it. I got her two things she has been wanting. I just hope the thing I ordered online will get here in time. I have to get Ashley's stuff next weekend I think she will really like her present too. But as for tomorrow I need to go out to finish shopping for myself for my gift from my Grandma and I wanna do some shopping for two of my cousins. I'm excited but it doesn't really feel like Christmas, I don't know why...

Shopping Weekend

2009-11-24T12:33:00.008-05:00

To kick off the Thanksgiving Break me, Jennifer, and Ashley went to the Florida Mall. We woke up at like 5:30am to go and wait at H&M because they were doing a giveaway for gift cards. We all got a $25.00 one . So that was really cool. But I do wonder why H&M does so many weird events. Like Why last weekend? Black Friday is this week. And they also opened on a Thursday, usually places open on a Saturday... But whatever it was fun. And it just so happened that another F21 was opening that same day basically next door. It is a huge 2 story one. Very exciting . So, here is what I bought at the mall.

These are the two sweaters I bought. The pick one is so soft and the grey one has rhinestones on it. I love both.

Then I found this at F21. I was looking through the jewelry and didn't expect to actually buy anything. I saw this ring and tried it on. I totally fell in love with it.

Later that day my mom took us to the thrift store. She wanted to get more work clothes (she paints). I ended up finding a dress, a bird cage, and a cigar box. The bird cage is soo pretty, I decided to turn it into a jewelry box type thing. It will work perfectly. The perch pops of to hold bracelets and I can hang hooks for earrings and necklaces on the sides. The cigar box I'm not so sure what I will do with but it was cute with Romeo and Juliet on it.

Cigar box, it is soo cute right?

The bird cage with bracelets already in it.

Woo I'm blogging!

2009-11-13T21:13:00.005-05:00

Finally. I've been so not motivated to blog. But nothing really has been happening recently. But I do have a few things to say this time.

First off, I painted my toe nails! Haha I've had the same paint for a few weeks and felt like changing it finally. It came out soo cute! I love it! The pinky/purple colour with gold. It is soo sparkly . I think I'm gonna keep this look for a while.

Another thing was Halloween. Mine was good I watched movies and stuff. But after I managed to find a couple eyelashes for $0.56 each . I was like holy cow! They are pretty cute too. One pair is soo natural looking I could wear it any time. The other pair is more dramatic but still cute.

Finally, I got a new phone. I got a Blackberry Curve 8330 so far I love it. I also got my plan upgraded to unlimited like everything and it only costs $10 more a month than it did before. Plus my phone was free so I was like O.o such a great deal.

One final thing it is finally getting cold so I'm excited. The air finally feels soo nice.

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T14:57:00.005-04:00

Happy Halloween everyone! I'm soo excited, I love Halloween. I'm having a horror movie marathon and stuff with my friends today so it should be really fun. Candy FTW! I know I have been slacking in blogging too. I'm soo lazy! Lol, I'm gonna try to blog more, but idk. >.<;;

Home Coming

2009-10-13T21:58:00.009-04:00

Woo! Last week was very busy. It was my school's Home Coming week. I had a lot of fun. My class totally won spirit week again! This is our fourth year in a row and we won every award for the week. We are the only class to win overall every year we were there. I was soo excited. At our pep rally on Friday it was soo hot... Oh lord record high for October. It was 94 degrees here in Orlando... And I have no idea what the heat index actually was. So I was soo exhausted on top of having the sorest throat ever on Saturday. Anyways here are pics of my outfits. The only one missing is the Thursday on a boat theme thing. But that was my most boring outfit. Just a sailor-esque shirt and a nautical bracelet and I carried a turtle stuffed animal.

On Princess day I wore my hair in one of those hair bows. It looked better in the morning but still didn't look as amazing as I have done before. But I like to wear my hair like that. It is soo cute. Then on Crazy Blue and White day I cut up a t-shirt and wore boas in my hair. I was very sparkly too. I used this tutorial for my shirt though, and then I cute the top to make it an off the shoulder shirt. I think it came out really cute. I'll have pics of the back eventually.

Home Coming was fun too. I went with the black and cream dress from the last post. I looked cute. I had fun at the dance too. I was just disgusted by a lot of the dancing. It was ridiculous how slutty all the people were. I was like wtf... But I don't even wanna get into it... :/

Anyways, my Aunt came to visit from Connecticut too. She was coming to visit her fiancée and stayed with us. We had a lot of fun and it was the first time we had used the pool in October like ever. Haha... We swam went shopping and mostly just chilled. Here are some pool pics.

My dad in a back flip, a splash, and me in a back dive.

My aunt, her fiancée, and the sky.

Dresses

2009-10-03T20:11:00.008-04:00

Wow it has been a while. I'm soo lazy! I need to blog more. I have more to blog about. I have been crafting and made the cutest bears ever. But I'm too lazy to take pics of them, so later... Maybe!

But I'm excited for Home Coming and Spirit Week this week at school. I'm actually going this year since like everyone I know is... I went dress shopping today. I bought two dresses for pretty cheap. I'm just not quite sure which to wear.

This first one is black with a cream coloured sash on it. It has a sheer fabric over the skirt too.

This one is purple with like a twisted top.

I just can't decide on which one I want to wear to Home Coming though. I'm leaning to the black one I think though because it is a bit more party looking. Anyways, here are the days of our Spirit Week:

Monday: Cowboys and Indians Day
Tuesday: Sports Day
Wednesday: Pirates and Princesses Day
Thursday: Doctors, Firemen, Policemen (Seniors Shippin' Off)
Friday: Crazy Blue and White Day
Saturday: Home Coming(Rockin' Roller Coaster)

Our days are just okay, except I kinda like the dance theme and wednesday. It is interesting how we did kind of a Disney motif.

Anyways I also participated in the Greater Orlando Heart Walk by the American Heart Association. It was pretty cool. We walked 3 miles around the area, which is really nice. There are some very rich people around there, and a private school with a tuition more expensive than a university... But the school was soo amazing looking. But w/e... The Heart Walk was fun but my legs are killing me right now.

School Already Giving Me Problems...

2009-09-01T19:35:00.004-04:00

So I signed up for Honours English for this school year. But, over the summer I got a letter that based on my PSAT scores(wth!? does this prove anyway? I haven't take the PSAT in 2 years) I would be good in AP Literature. I was like w/e I'll just change my schedule when the year starts... Nope! I was forced to take it for 2 weeks before making my decision. Now I've talked to the teacher and I'm worried about the workload. But, the teacher thinks I will be perfectly fine. It's my senior year and I want to enjoy it and I'm already taking AP Calculus BC and AP Physics C which are very advanced... I just don't know if I can handle this class. But the teacher seems very convinced I can do it... I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!

Sigh, but other than that I like my schedule. I have economics everyday but it is only an hour and the teacher is nice, I have ceramics and graphics too so that should be fun. Physics and Calc shouldn't be too bad cause calculus comes fairly easy to me and there is only 9 kids in both classes. Then I have a UCF engineering class which has been fun. It's kinda like a craft class !

So yeah I've been too lazy to blog recently I'm going to try and post more often...

I'm soo Lazy

2009-08-13T14:53:00.028-04:00

I haven't blogged in weeks. I've been doing stuff but been too lazy to blog about anything. But I finally decided to. I have nothing better to do right now. :P

So first off, I went to Tampa a few weeks ago to see some of my family. It was really fun. We went to Adventure Island twice cause they are doing a buy one day and come back the rest of the open year for free thing. It was cool and I got my money's worth. My only complaint about the place is that it is pretty dangerous. If you aren't very careful you could slip on the ground just walking... And some of their slides aren't connected right and scratch up your back. The worst was one of the slower rides. I've seen multiple people tip on it. I went on it once and almost tipped. Then the next time I flipped over and slammed my head on the floor. It hurt soo bad.

Then, when my parents came so we could all take my Grandma out for her belated b-day, my mom insisted on bringing our dogs. My cousins have a dog that was abused or something, I don't want to get into it cause I don't think they should have been able to adopt it. The people who sold it to them should be ashamed. They hadn't had a dog before and for a dog like that to be their first is terrible. But w/e... She is okay with people, but she went after Kira and made her bleed. It was terrible... We were soo stressed out the first night. I probably only slept a couple hours. Then the next night my parents were able to take them upstairs, avoiding the cats, and locking them in a room with them. So that was better. But Kira is soo timid so she doesn't really ever fight back. She is a good girl. I was soo sad. At least dinner was good and stuff...

I also have been doing some more crafting. I got back into knitting and crocheting recently. I've been finding some cool craft books online. I learned how to read the charts in those Japanese knitting and crocheting books. I did some really cute amigurumi and a knit hat.

A couple of crocheted things. かき氷, a bear, and an unfinished mouse in the very back.

A knit hat based on all the ones I've been seeing in magazines. Just like this.

A couple other random things are I saw the HP6 film a while ago and was like . Especially cause Draco was in this one a lot more! I loved it even though it was sad. So in my obsession I wanted a Death Eater tattoo, so I did a henna one. And I got some cute shoes I've been wanting forever and now they were on sale for $10.

It came out pretty good I think.

I love these. I need to go back to Payless for cause they had a lot of stuff on sale for really cheap!

Okay last thing I promise! Haha, I helped Ashley paint her room and stuff last weekend. It was fun. We painted it a light blue colour that was pretty. We also switched up her furniture and ripped up the carpet. The gray concrete looks pretty with the blue walls.

I'm Back

2009-07-12T15:36:00.008-04:00

I'm got back from the beach on Friday. It was nice and we did get to swim and go to the beach quite a bit. It did rain a lot though... One of my cousins was sick like the whole time... Now a bunch of my family is sick too. Me, my dad, my aunt, my uncle, my cousins, and my grandma are all at least a little sick. It's ridiculous... Oh well, today I'm starting to feel a bit better. The hotel was nice for relaxing. There wasn't much to do there cause they were just a bunch of like little cottages, but there was some stuff to do near it. I liked it. Here are some pics I took from the trip.

The first day there it started raining right at the exact time the Michael Jackson Memorial thing started. I was like woah weird. So I watched a lot of that. It was sweet... Then when I went t 711 I was looking at the magazines and decided to get a couple of the tribute magazines. I got the Rolling Stones one and another one of mostly pics. I was really sad about this cause I've always loved MJ and I think he is the greatest entertainer simply because he made music that people of every generation loved. He will be missed...

And one other random thing, I have three pics from 4th of July to share. They are my three faves I took. They came out very nice.

Some Random Things

2009-07-03T00:36:00.007-04:00

Ohhh it has kinda been awhile haha. But yeah I haven't had much to really talk about. I finally did a couple of the projects I wanted to do based on some tutorials. The first on is a phone charm based on this here. And I did a t-shirt recon based on this tutorial here. So yeah here are the pics.

This is the phone charm. It came out really cute. I'm proud of it.

And this is the tube top. I changed it into sort of a halter and used the ruffles as the tie for the neck since I didn't really like them hanging down. I also added a band on the bottom to make it look a bit more finished and make it longer.

And one other random thing. I had my own Man vs. Food moment this week. Of course it wasn't as big though. I told my dad that I could totally do one of the steak challenges that we saw. He thought I couldn't so when he got a bunch some steaks the other day and gave me one whole one. It was about 24 oz I think. It's really big. I totally ate the whole thing!!! I rock.

Henna Tattoos and Polaroid Pictures

2009-06-22T12:53:00.011-04:00

So yeah, when I was at Epcot last time I really wanted to get a henna tattoo, but my parents said it was a waste cause you can get it anywhere... Yeah right! We looked all over and couldn't find anything. Then we eventually looked up henna places in Orlando and found a shop that sells a lot of different Indian things. It's called Beachcombers Bazaar and it is pretty cool! I went there just to get a Henna kit but ended up leaving with some of their really pretty glass bangles. I got 20 of the for $10, not bad right? They are soo pretty but get glitter everywhere, at least right now cause they are new. They sell some other cool stuff too and they ship pretty much anywhere I think.

These are the glass bangles

This is the henna kit I got. It came with 2 premixed hennas in a cone and tube, a pack of powder henna, a bottle with a few tips, transfer paper, transfer paper activator, a design book, and mehndi oil.

So I bought the henna last Friday but I couldn't do it then cause I had a photo shoot thing for Senior pictures and stuff. It went ugh... But whatever. After that I was able to do a couple tattoos. Here is sort of the process and stuff.

The first pic is of me doing my tattoo and the second is after it was taken off, it has gotten even darker since. The second row is before and after of Jen's hello kitty tattoo on her inner wrist.

The first pic is of me and Jen's wraps, we do that so the henna doesn't all crack off before it stains the skin. The second pic is Ashley's anklet, then the one on my inner wrist, and finally my mom's bracelet.

So that was fun, the tattoos are pretty good for my first time I think! But moving on to something else, Jennifer showed me a really cool program called Poladroid. You download it and then drag a pic from your computer onto the camera and it makes the photo into a Polaroid. I love it cause I miss having Polaroids, they were soo cool. Here are the three I did so far, that I liked enough to keep.

This one was a pic I took in the Grand Floridian hotel at Disney.

Me and two of my cousins' feet when we went parasailing at Daytona.

This was our our parachute. These two Daytona ones weren't much different because the originals already had an aged look but it did enhance it.

Craft and Disney

2009-06-11T21:11:00.008-04:00

First off I got crafty earlier this week. I made a a deer plush based on these. I looked at them for a while and sketched out a pattern. The first one I did I made too small and was lazy with sewing. So it is basically fail... My poor crackhead deer. But then I made the pattern a bit thicker and did it completely on the machine. I think it came out amazing!

This is the crappy one...

This is my amazing one

Then today I went to Animal Kingdom and Epcot with Jen and my Dad. Ashley's mom had given me two tickets that expired today, and since they weren't gonna use it she gave them to me. Pretty awesome! But today it was pretty crowded and soo unbelievably hot! There wasn't even any wind. Just still and hot. Thanks god I didn't get a sunburn though. I wore sun screen! Overall it was fun but we were all exhausted afterward.

Asian Market

2009-06-05T18:29:00.006-04:00

Me and my dad were supposed to go to Disney today cause it was the last day for my parent's seasonal passes. But, the guy was coming to do the air conditioning today, yay I have air again, and there was a lot of rain so we didn't get to go. But, we did go to the Asian market. We got some rice crackers, cabbage, ginger, dumpling wrappers, some mochi ball ice cream, and I got a cute bento box. It's nice cause it is a lot bigger than my other. So I will actually be able to use this one for more than basically just a sandwhich.

It has been very rainy recently though. But, I kinda like it. And another random thing I have to take the SAT tomorrow. Oh joy I should be studying but I probably won't ugh... Oh well. I guess...

Shopping and New Layout

2009-05-30T00:05:00.010-04:00

So yeah, I did a new layout with Utada on it! I think it came out cute, I love the colour combo, and it matches my Tumblr!

Last weekend I went shopping for my birthday with Jen. We went to the outlets. I got some stuff at Forever 21 and ate at this odd little shop called Beard Papa. It has cream puffs and mochi balls, and some other things. The cream puff I had was really good! And so was the mochi ball, I picked the green tea one, cause it was ice cream filled, and I love green tea ice cream. Sigh... I can't find it anywhere here in America... But I got a shirt, necklace, a nail polish in black with a thin brush for detailing, and two sets of these little bobby pins with satin bows on them.

This shirt is something I've been wanting. Like the style is what I wanted for summer. I really like its style and sort of bohemian. I made a really cute outfit with it on Monday.

This necklace I almost didn't get cause I'm cheap... But, I decided to anyway. It's soo cute. the necklace is small but not too small and the little bow has rhinstones on it for sparkle. I love it!

Both of these clips are really cute, and will be good for like holding my bangs back, or for when my hair gets long enough to have in a bun again.

Then when we got back Jen gave me my present. It was a necklace, big bow headband, and a fan pack for the Red Sox! I was like. It was cool, it even had dirt from the stadium.

This bow is cream and is kind of like the giant black one they have. But I prefer this one much more. It is smaller and cuter looking.

This is a pink tunic top she got me, it is kind of like this purple one I love. So it is nice to have it in another colour.

This necklace is adorable with a heart and bow. I love the twisted chain. It is something I don't think I would have ever found and bought on my own. So it is cool to have it!

I also have a pic of the food I got from Japan and China when I went to Epcot at Disney on Sunday. I was excited that they have some of this stuff finally. Japan had strawberry flavoured カルピス instead of just the original, which I think is gross. Strawberry is yummy.

Birthday Girl!!!

2009-05-22T23:19:00.007-04:00

My birthday was yesterday! Woo-hoo! Disney is doing this new promotion where you get in free on your birthday, but I'm an Annual Pass Holder, so, since I get in free all the time anyway, they give me a gift card for the price of a ticket. I totally went on a $75 shopping spree yesterday. It's nice being able to get things you would never normally think to actually buy. I got a charm bracelett (for my Hello Kitty Charms), a cute top, and 2 books. I haven't taken pics yet, but I'm going shopping tomorrow so I'll have lots to photograph all at once.

So today me and my parents went out to eat at this Itallian restaurant and then we went for dessert to a place called Penguin Paradise Dessert Bar. I was like , since I love penguins a lot.

On another note... I ordered the new Utada album online from Borders and got it today! I love it. She is like one of my favourite singers.

Frustration...

2009-05-10T17:21:00.011-04:00

Ugh, so I'm doing a project and I needed to print something in black and white. All of a sudden my printer is like beep beep beep. I'm like what? And it says near empty magenta. I know that means I have to change it. But I don't want to jsut open the new cartridge that I really didn't need to use black ink. So I took out the cartridge and shook it. It's definitley not empty. So I looked it up online and found a solution. I saw pics of how the printing companies want to rip you off by making machines that only function when the ink is full, even if you want to do something that doesn't even require ink.

To check the ink, the printer shines a light through a hole about half way down the cartridge, if it bounces back it means the ink is below that line and the printer stops. So, the conclusion, the printer makes you re-fill while you still have at least half the ink left. What a waste right? So I took out the empty cartridge and found the spot the light goes through. I took white out and put it over the openning so the light can't go through. Bam!!! Problem solved. I mean if you wanna print in colour you need to make sure you test the ink again before printing out a lot cause I don't think the cartridge can sense when it is empty anymore. But, maybe it can. Either way, it will definitely save you money to actually use up all the ink before having to buy more...

The pink shows the open window the light shines through, and the green shows the window whited out.

Soo Much Work

2009-05-01T18:12:00.008-04:00

Ugh. It seems like all my teachers are giving me soo much work. I have two research projects for History and English. I'm basically done with the English but come on! Really? And they chose to do this right when AP exams are getting ready to start... I took my calculus exam already, and took part of the physics. I'm not really worried about the calculus one. I think I understand that. It is just the physics where I'm just like..?????But, whatever... It really doesn't matter I guess. My teacher told me that for engineering physics b, without calculus, really isn't gonna do me much good. So having an okay but not amazing grade in there isn't going to make much of a difference.

So yeah. I've been wanting to go shopping like bad. I want some new summery clothes. I think I especially want some dresses this year. I've seen some on Forever 21's site that I like.I want a shirt kind of like this too I think...

Maybe not this exact print. But, I like the style. It seems comfy. And I like how Forever has a new collection for plus sized women called faith 21. Some of the clothes are cute. I just don't like some of the weird prints they use.

Firefox Add-On

2009-04-29T22:34:00.001-04:00

I got this new add-on for my blog on Firefox. It seemed cool. But we'll see. :P

New Hair

2009-04-24T11:38:00.004-04:00

Yep. I finally got my hair cut. It is sort of like what I wanted. But, the hairdresser I had didn't listen to a word I said... It really pissed me off. But luckily I look good in what she did. It is basically what I want though. Its the bob that is short in the back and long in the front. But for me she cut the front way too short. And I asked for blunt bangs and she gave me the sideswept. But, whatever. I like it now anyway. But I'll never go back to that lady again...

I Love Free Stuff

2009-04-18T14:18:00.010-04:00

I had gone to Victoria's Secret a couple weeks ago. When I bought my stuff I got a gift card for spending so much money. It was worth like 10, 50, 100, or 500 dollars. I went back today with two free underwear cards and the gift card. Mine was worth $10 but I was able to get two of their little eyeshadows. They look really nice, and I had been wanting to try them for a while. I also got a pink pair of underwear. Free stuff is soo awsome. Then I went to Bath&Body Works so my Mom could get this candle. I got a little Zebra print mirror there. It is soo cute. I realized when I took pictures that everyhting was coordinating too!

So yeahh, that was today. But last weekend I decided to get all crafty and I made an Onigiri pillow out of felt and some extra fleece I had left over from my Seal Plushie. He came out soo adorable. I wanna sell some like him in the shop me and some friends are in the process of setting up. I think he will sell very well.

So, what do you think? Isn't he cute? Me and Jennifer had made some deco stuff too. But I have no pics yet cause we haven't done anything with them yet. So more on that later!

Baseball and Glasses

2009-04-10T19:23:00.010-04:00

Woo, it's been like forever and ever since I blogged! I was really busy like all Spring Break and all this week. I got pounded with homework right after I came back to school... So yeahh. I have pictures though of the game and of my new glasses.

Pitcher (I forget who...), the dirt smoothers xD, the field, Daisuke Matsuzaka, the scoreboard, and the game!

Pretty cool right? It was cool to see the Red Sox play, even if they just barely lost with a homerun right at the end... They didn't play a lot of their actual team but there were some. Which was worth the terrible burn/farmers tan I got. I need to fix that this weekend hopefully.

These are my new glasses. I really like them. They are thick, so they have that kind of nerdy look. I think it makes them and me look really cute. They are Essence brand and I got them at Sam's. They came in this cool triangular collapseable box. I also prefer the doctor at my Sam's much better than the other doctor I had. He was a freakin jerk gosh. I hated him...

Spring Break

2009-03-26T19:44:00.007-04:00

It's finally SPRING BREAK! Haha, I feel like I really do need a break. Classes are soo like ugh right now. I do have some stuff to do over the break though. But w/e I'll get it done eventually. I'm going to Disney over the break though. I even get to go to the ATL Braves vs. Red Sox game. I can't wait.

On a much more annoying note, it seems like everything is breaking in my house all at once. First, my A/C broke and it is almost summer. Then, one of the cars got messed up. Then, as if that wasn't enough, our dryer stopped working... Why is this all happening at once??? It terrible. We can go bit without the air for a bit, but it is getting mad hot! Luckily, I do have a fan in my room that keeps me pretty cool.

Hello

2009-03-21T23:54:00.001-04:00

Okay, so I'm done with the layout! What do you think? Cute right? I like it. I think it came out very nice... I got a name change too, from Sour Sugar to Cutie Kiwii, I do like the whole food thing though don't I? Haha whatever. So I think I am officially switching over to blogspot, but I may update my LJ from time to time. We'll see. :P I'll have a real post some other time.

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