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| Sunday, July 27th, 2003 | | 9:00 am |
YAY!
And it's finished! Thanks to anyone who sponsored me, commented, or just read through my Blogathon rambling. And well done to any other bloggers reading, who finished the Blogathon. It's been good fun, I hope it's being held next year, also... as least now I'll know about it well in advance, so I'll be a bit more prepared. Anyway... time for me to post this, and go get some sleep! Thanks again, everyone! Current Mood: accomplished | | 8:30 am |
So close!
The finish line is now clearly in sight. I may end up crawling over it half-unconscious, but I'm going to make it, and that's what matters. Half an hour to go, and then my final post! I wish I was able to make decent entries at this point, but honestly, I'm having trouble with sentences, nevermind large paragraphs, at this point. Current Mood:  exhausted | | 8:00 am |
Getting there...
Just a little longer... so close to being done! I'm ridiculously tired... more tired than I usually am if I stay up this late, but as I mentioned before, I've been sleeping at such weird times lately, I've probably confused my poor body. I've honestly just been sitting and watching the minutes go by, for a while now, which of course, is making it seem like longer than it really is. However, I'm too tired to do much of anything else. Current Mood: exhausted | | 7:30 am |
Ugh...
I'm far too tired. I'll honestly be glad when this is over, because trying to keep myself awake is almost impossible! And... awake and making sense? Not too much of a chance of that happening. After this, though, I'm down to three posts left... I hope all the other bloggers are handled their exhaustion well. Current Mood:  tired | | 7:00 am |
Getting close...
After this, four more posts! One of my friends was talking to me about sleep, and how they just got 9 hours of it. Ugh. I WANT SLEEP! Not fair. :-P Ah well... not too far off, now... Current Mood: tired | | 6:30 am |
Tiredness setting in...
Well, I'm surprised I made it this far without feeling utterly exhausted. My typing is getting hornendous though. It's only any good at all because I'm re-writing most things several times, due to typos. I'm getting to a point where typing is actually somewhat of a struggle. From here on out, do not expect long entries. I simply don't have the mental capacity for them, or for typing them. :-P After this, only 5 more entries to go! I need sleep. Current Mood: tired | | 6:00 am |
Still here, still awake...
Getting closer and closer to the end! Honestly, while I feel pretty lively still, I know I'm getting tired. I do feel a little like I'm thinking through a fog, here. Ah well, I'll pull through this last little bit! Just wanted to say thanks to Trent... he's commented in here a few times... he's the one who found somewhere to host those random photos for me, plus he was up when just about no one else was, talking to me, which possibly is what kept me awake when I was starting to feel a bit tired before. So... yeah... thanks! :) After this entry, six more to go... and then SLEEP! :-D Current Mood:  cheerful | | 5:30 am |
Last photo for now...
 That's a pink Gund Snuffles bear, balanced on the side of my head. I have several bears like this, in different sizes and colors. They've become almost a family tradition, in a way. It started when Alison's ex-boyfriend had one... they hunted down another one like it, and somehow, it just grew from there. They got more, I started getting them, Rachel has at least one, we've bought them for other people... we're not generally people who have lots of stuffed animals and the like, but they're really adorable. And, as an added bonus, they do make great pillows. Current Mood: awake | | 5:00 am |
Duct tape wallet.
 This is my duct tape wallet. Aside from the sticker, it is entirely duct tape, nothing else. I made this when I was 14. For probably two years, I used it near-constantly. Other than that, it's been used sporadically, the whole time. It's still in great shape, I've never really needed to repair it, though I made some additions to it over time. It has coin pouches and such, with flaps to close them. The sticker reads "I wouldn't be broke if the voices in my head paid rent." That's been there since not long after I made the wallet itself. Honestly, I'm pretty impressed with how well it's stood up to all the use, myself. I love duct tape. And just so you know... I feel VERY awake right now. Not sure why... I guess I just made it past that point of feeling at all sleepy, and now I'm fine. After I post this, there will be four hours to go! Current Mood: awake | | 4:30 am |
Lobster lollipop.
 This is just rather strange. I actually took the picture a few days ago, because I was so amused by this random lobster lollipop I found in a store I was in with my parents. The weirdest bit? It glows a strange reddish-orange-pink under blacklight. My mother seems to think I shouldn't eat things that glow. I wanted to get more but... sadly, they were all sold out when I went back. Current Mood:  silly | | 4:00 am |
Crystal Pepsi
 Remember Crystal Pepsi? In the early 90s, this was around for a short time. Clear Pepsi! Well, I saw the ads for it on TV as a young child, and wanted some. I can remember begging my mother, in the way that children do, to get me some. It never happened, and then they stopped selling it. I mentioned this to that same friend who got me the spatula, Francis, probably not long after we met. I don't know how the topic came up. Well, as Christmas neared, he began getting gifts for all his friends, and telling everyone but that person what he'd bought. Francis is EXCELLENT at buying good gifts. No one would tell anyone else what he'd bought them. So, we were all suffering, wanting to know... especially since we all went home for Christmas, and January, and wouldn't see each other for over a month. Everyon agreed that Francis had bought me the best gift. It got to the beginning a February, and as soon as we were back at university, Francis wanted me to open my gift. Sure enough it was this glass bottle of unopened Crystal Pepsi. He found it on eBay, and decided he simply had to buy it for me. It's one of my prized posessions, I must say. Current Mood:  nostalgic | | 3:30 am |
Spatula!
 That's me, with my spatula. I'm amused by spatulas, I don't know why. The word is funny, that may be part of it. When I was a chat monitor for an online game, I used to threaten to hit people with my spatula sometimes. I didn't have one at the time, though. However, while at a mall recently, with some friends, we walked past this store, Williams-Sonoma. Expensive kitchen stuff, as far as I can tell. In the front were many differently-colored translucent rubber spatulas, with wooden handles. I loved them. Especially the pink ones. Well, we kept walking by, and I just loved them, but couldn't bring myself to spend money on a spatula, just for the sake of having one. Well, right as we were about to leave, my friend Francis ran off, and came back with a bag, with that spatula in it. He handed it to me and said "Happy Valentines Day!" (It was, for the record, actually Valentines day. My friends and I are often random, so this probably needs to be pointed out.) I personally think it was an excellent Valentine's Day gift. I love my pink spatula. It sits next to, or on top of, my computer, at all times. Current Mood: amused | | 3:00 am |
And now for for a series of somewhat random photos, and explanations...
  This is a rather bizarre wooden box I bought on eBay. It's a pretty solid chunk of teak. I saw it on eBay, and felt I simply HAD to own it. Strange, I know, but I love that thing. I had this feeling the whole time, from when I considered buying it, though, that if I did... it would get broken in shipping. And, well... the day it came, it showed up in a rather beaten up box. Sure enough, part of the rim of the lid had been smashed off. Thankfully, and luckily, the small broken pieces were still there, and my father managed to repair it, you can now barely tell. I was quite upset when it arrived broken... I honestly just didn't want to even look at it for a while. I'm still angry at the postal service, I can't say I have much faith in them anymore, after a few such incidents. Regardless, my bizarre teak box is still very cool, and something I don't think I'd want to part with, now. Odd? Yes. But that's exactly why I like it. Current Mood: amused | | 2:30 am |
Can't stop yawning!
I don't really feel tired, but I'm yawning every few seconds! It's more irritating, than anything else, really. I've been taking some photos, so hopefully I'll have some photos of rather random things for you soon, as apparently, I do have some hosting for them. I need to head off, and continue with my photo-taking though, so I can get them ready for future posts. Hopefully, they'll amuse someone, at least. I'm not exactly in top form for thinking of anything hugely interesting, so randomness seems like a good idea. :-P Current Mood: good | | 2:00 am |
Following a suggestion from my mother...
After seeing me mention England, she suggested maybe I should talk about some of the stuff I miss from there... she specifically mentioned all the food. It's funny, really, the silly things you do miss, when you move. I suppose that goes for any move, bus especially from one country to another. There are really silly little differences, and in a way, they're the hardest to deal with. Things you've taken for granted as being there, suddenly not being there... that's tough. You might think "Oh, I'll miss going to such-and-such a place..." but it might not be something you do so much anyway, and in a way, you're preparing yourself for it. Some things, you only start to miss after you've already lost them, and suddenly they really matter. One of the things she mentioned to me... Quavers. They're crisps, sort of. (Potato chips, for the Americans.) If you live in England, there's a good chance you know what I'm talking about. They're a bit strange, really... I always liked them though, I remember taking them for lunch at school, when I was really little. And then when we were back for that year and a half, I used to get them quite a lot. The cheese ones are probably my favorite, but the tomato ones were really good, and last time I was over, as far as I could tell, they'd stopped making them. I was a bit upset about that. It's funny... if someone offered me a choice between some really expensive gourmet food of some sort... and Quavers... I'd take the Quavers. Another rather silly thing... when we got back here, when I was 13... I didn't drink milk for months afterwards. And I'd always really liked milk... but it tastes a lot creamier in England, there's something different about it, and I just honestly couldn't stand the way milk here tasted after a year and a half of that. I even miss the sounds... in Cleethorpes, with it being right on the sea, there were some sort of warning siren things for the boats that you could hear at night. I think that's what they were, anyway... they're let out this sort of "booooooop" sound every minute or so, I'm guessing to warn of where obstructions were, or something. I could hear them from my room at night. I was so happy when I got to Southampton (in Long Island, where my university is) and found out that not only can I see the Atlantic Ocean from the campus, but I can hear the same things. It's even nice having so many seagulls around, again. I didn't even like Cleethorpes all that much. I missed America horribly while I was there... being away from my friends and so on was difficult at that point. But, still, I miss it, very much. Current Mood: nostalgic | | 1:30 am |
Still quite awake...
I'm glad I know people who live in other time zones, and work at bizarre times. I need the conversation, I think. :-P I'm doing pretty well, I think, given what time I woke up. The first real feelings of being at all tired are starting to set in, but they're not bad... I'm just a little tired. If I stand up and walk around a bit every-so-often, I feel alright. Hope everyone else who's blogging is doing alright, too. I think I might take some random photos of things after I post this, in the hopes that at some point, later, I can get them posted. No promises, though, after the earlier problems with that getting done. Current Mood: calm | | 1:00 am |
I didn't have time last post...
So here's a little info about the outfit now... It's hard to tell, but the skirt is actually a dark green over an unbleached cotton underdress. The corset top is actually suede, and I bought it at the same faire, two years before. It laces up the sides and front. The pouch is made out of the same cotton as the underdress, I braided the belt myself, and the cap (matches the outfit-- dark green and black) and the staff were bought at the faire this year. My mother made the skirt, underdress, and pouch. The only part that really doesn't go with it are the sandals, but authentic shoes are hard to come across. I guess that's something to think about if I go another year! A lot of people there were just wearing Birkenstocks and the like, with their otherwise authentic-looking outfits, anyway. Current Mood:  okay | | 12:30 am |
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Yay for rice pudding!
I don't think I'll ever grow out of my extreme love of rice pudding. My mother just made some, so I'm happily sitting here eating that, and talking online about my plans to eventually move back to England. I figure I've mentioned it a few times, so I'll clear it up for anyone reading... I was born in England (in Gateshead, to be exact), my parents, too, are English. When I was six, we moved to New York state. While we were working on getting our Greencards (from when I was 11 until when I was 13) we lived in my Grandmother's house, in Cleethorpes, back in England. We then came back over to New York, and I've lived here since. I'm attending university here. Sometime after that, I'd like to move back. I am still a UK citizen, I have Permanent Residency here in the US. Current Mood: happy | | Saturday, July 26th, 2003 | | 11:30 pm |
Pictures will have to wait...
As for the moment, I have nowhere to put them. Hopefully, this will change. If it does, then I'm going to take some rather random and silly pictures of things from in my room, just for some randomness. As I get tired, I get random. This will probably start showing itself soon enough. I've not been doing much other than trying to figure out where I could host the images, so... nothing to say, really. Sorry! Current Mood: okay |
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