Tea and Cereal!!!!

I got a package yesterday and my sister said, "Tea and cereal? What's this??" when she came in the door with it. Hearing 'tea' and 'cereal' I knew right away what it is; proper English tea and Jordan's Original Crunchy cereal (only, like, the best cereal in the world!)!! Nick posted them to me and they're, like, the best package I've received in a long time!! Ohmygosh, I totally had cereal this morning and just savoured every bite. Mmmm mmmmmm :D! Little bits of home...I miss it so, so much and I can't wait until I'm back. Soon, though, very soon!! Ohmygosh, I can't believe I actually have proper tea now...too awesome...

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Day after Black Friday

Now I'm really, really, really knackered. I was at Crabtree at 7am and was there until 4pm; I started Vickie's at 5 and was there until almost 11. Lemme repeat that, in case you think you're reading that wrong: I was at work from 7am till 11pm. The mall is open from 8am to 10pm. Yes, I was there all day. I must be sick in the head or something to subject myself to 14 hours of work... But Vickie's really needed me this weekend. *Sigh* They hired so many new girls and most of them aren't very good associates. *Another sigh* I had to lay the smackdown at closing time cuz my manager was about to lose her cool with some of them. Two of the girls were spending way much time chatting instead of straightening the store; waste of time!! So I had to separate them, kindly but firmly of course, and get them workin'. Clara was soooo happy to see me and hear that I was closing with her; bless her, she's one of the coolest bosses I've ever had. I met a bunch of new girls today (almost 3/4 of them were new). Some of them are pretty cool but most of them leave something to be desired: either they need constant guidance, not pro-active enough or just don't know how to work. For God's sakes, have some freaking common sense!! Drives me nuts. So what do I do? I go around telling them what to do of course, and then it makes me look like I'm on some powertrip or something or manager-wannabe. Whatever. As long as the job gets done, and my manager's not gonna chastise me for me for making things run smoother; hell, they'd thank me. And they did. Tonight! So there.

But now I'm so very, incredibly, unbelievably tired. Mainly my eyes are heavy and my feet ache like there's no tomorrow...or like it's going out of style tomorrow...like fucking hell. I need a serious foot massage and that ain't no joke. My feet have died and I only wore flats today! But maybe they were too flat...

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Black Friday

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving - THE biggest shopping day over here - and it's absolute madness and chaos. It's great. I'm one of those weird people that love jumping headlong into the fray, joining the masses in shopping. I'm the Queen of Shopping after all, haha! Most stores open around 6 or 7am; our mall opened at 7. JCPenny's, a department store here, opened at 5am. What the hell?! Them crazy Americans!! How bad is Black Friday you ask? Well, think Boxing Day shopping craze but multiply that by, like, 10. I think people start lining up as early as 3am. I suppose if you can get an ok desktop pc for only $200 if you're one of the first hundred people, then maybe it's worth it. That's a very big maybe. Anyways, I was at Vickie's at 6am to start work. My sister came with me; she wanted to go shopping! And since I was stuck at work, I sent her out to buy stuff. My mom gave her $100...and she spent it all and then some. Sheesh. However, she did get some good stuff: 2 t-shirts, 2 pairs jeans, a tank top, a jumper, a beaded clutch (read: handbag without handles), a beanie (knit hat) and matching scarf, and food. I got Express jeans for half off and they fit SO well. The other pair of jeans is my sister's and I managed to fit myself into those, too! There was some tugging involved but I could still breathe and it made my ass look fine! Oh well. I got my own jeans that fit perfectly and I'm happy with that.

Anyways, I was at Vickie's from 6 to 10, then I went down to Crabtree and worked till 7. I wandered about the mall a little afterwards but besides those jeans, there was nothing I needed. I was so tired afterwards..

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Happy Belated Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was 2 days ago but I haven't been on so here's my happy turkey day wish to everyone. Belated, yes, but it's the thought that counts right. Thanksgiving was awesome; all I did was sleep (been lacking of late!), play video games (there's nothing on the tele) and eat! We didn't do a turkey this year because it's just too much food for us. We, as a family, don't eat that much anyways and a turkey is just overload. Instead, we did orange ribs, honey spiced ham, mashed and baked potatoes and apple pie, and lemme tell you, it was good! Them orange ribs, I tell ya...so easy to make as well!! My mom made those though; I did the mashed potatoes, but I couldn't find garlic paste - apparently we don't sell it here! - and I didn't have much time or patience to go find wholeseed mustard. The baked potatoes just cooked themselves in the oven and the ham was already cooked and just needed to be warmed up. Such a lazy day. It is so nice to not have to do anything for a change.

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O Chem

Man, oh man. Here I am, sitting in the library killing time until I have to meet with my partner to work on our project and I look over at the guy next to me and I see an IR/NMR printout! Ohmygosh, I remember the days when I had to do that! Basically, it's a printout that shows you the frequencies you get when you shoot infrared light at a substance...for NMR, it's a bit more complicated. I can't even say if I'm recalling this right...but anyways...oh the days when I was in o chem (that's organic chemistry to all you non-science people out there)! How I don't miss those days. :D They're looking for unknowns! That means they're doing the lab where you're given 3 unknown substances and a list of possible substances and you perform a bunch of experiements to determine the identity of your unknowns. That was a fun experiment...

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Pet Peeves

Let's talk about pet peeves. Wikipedia defines them as "a minor annoyance that can instill extreme frustration in an individual" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_peeve ...I couldn't resist the urge to give it a proper citation...). You know what a huge pet peeve of mine is? People getting my name wrong. No, I'm not talking about my last name; I'm used to that already. I'm talking about my first name! For God's sakes, it's JESSIE. How hard is that?! No, I'm not a Jessica and, no, I don't want you to call me Jessica; if I were, I wouldn't go by Jessie! It's even worse when this is all written and not verbal. When you see it written 'Jessie,' why do you write back with 'Jesse'?! What the hell?! It's spelled jay ee es es eye ee! Did you not see the EYEfreakingEE?!

So what brought on this tirade, you ask. Well, here I am sitting at work sending out emails requesting contact details - I'm updating our media list - and I get this email back saying, "Jesse blah blah blah." You're a freaking professional and my name is written twice in the email...how could you have spelled it wrong?! Wait, I know how: you weren't paying attention to what you were reading!! I find it incredibly disrespectful and it pisses me off damnit. Freaking A. Argh!

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5 Years Ago...

Em posted this on MySpace and I took the quiz. Wow, have things changed since then.

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Five years ago, it was Autumn 2000 ...

Take this quiz and see how much things have changed since then.

5 YEARS AGO

How old were you?: 17

What grade were you in?: 12

Where did you go to school?: Newport High School...home of the Knights

Where did you work?: FAO

Where did you live: Bellevue, Washington

Where did you hang out?: Target (less than before though..), Applebee's, the break room at work

How was your hair style?: straight, long and black

Did you wear braces?: no

Did you wear glasses?: contacts

Who was your best friend?: Dem and Em...Em worked with me at FAO

Who was your girlfriend/ boyfriend?: as if I had time for that...FAO was basically my life

Who was your celebrity crush?: JC from Nsync I guess...but not as bad as Em

Who was your regular-person crush?: Joey

How many piercings did you have?: none

How many tattoos did you have?: none

Who was your favorite band?: Nsync!

What was your biggest fear?: I didn't fear anything back then

Had you smoked a cigarette yet?: no

Had you gotten drunk or high yet?: no

Had you driven yet?: yup

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How old are you?: 22

What grade are you in?: graduating senior in college

Where do you go to school?: UW

Where do you work?: Crabtree & Evelyn, Victoria's Secret and interning at LizardTech

Where do u live?: Bellevue, but not for long!!

Where do you hang out?: at Dem's house or R Place

How is your hair style?: straight, long and black w/copper, brown, red...

Do you wear braces?: nope

Who is your best friend?: Em and Dem are still heterosexual lifemates but now there's also Nick, Tony and Ryan

Who is your celebrity crush?: Jake Gyllenhaal

How many piercings do you have?: 2, one in each ear

How many tattoos do you have?: none as of yet

What is your biggest fear?: losing the one most important person in my life

Have you smoked a cigarette yet? no

Have you gotten drunk or high yet? just got drunk a couple of times

Have you driven yet?: yes

What do you think about you now vs. you 5 years ago? 5 years ago I was deadset on being a doctor, moving to and practicing medicine in England. 5 years ago my best friends, Em and Dem, school and FAO (work) were my life. 5 years ago I was naive, inexperienced and still a catepillar. Now, I'm not deadset on any career path, am majoring in communications instead of chemistry/medical technology/biology/zoology, and heading towards the media industry or business field. I'm still deadset on moving to and living in England but now, I'm in love up to my eyeballs. Bellevue is no longer home to me; England is and there's more than just my love for England driving me. I've had my heart broken, rebuilt, shattered and rebuilt again, stronger and smarter each time. Now, I'm graduating soon and ready to move back to England, travel the rest of the world with my honey, work, teach English, and reconnect with old friends in Taiwan. I'm ready to move away from university and on with my life. Now, I've come out of my cocoon and metamorphed into a butterfly.

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The Glorious Nsync Days

Before I headed out to Seattle on Saturday, I was out all day with Dem. We did some more Christmas shopping and I bought some UNICEF Christmas cards from Pier 1. 100% of all proceeds for these greeting cards go to UNICEF. Awesome, isn't it. I also went to The Container Store for the first time and ohmygosh, I absolutely love that store. I'm a container freak - very organised and like organising - so it was heaven for me. So much useful stuff there! After shopping all day, we headed to her house to hang out and decided to watch a movie or something. We ended up watching Nsync's last concert performance, PopOdyssey! And, oh wow, lemme tell you, it was great. So many memories!! We were reliving our Nsync days and it was SO much fun!! Next time we're gonna watch Making the Tour. Nostalgia!

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Jimmy's Birthday

Jimmy's one of Ryan's friends and he just turned 21 (finally!). I was supposed to go to the Bada Lounge in Belltown (Seattle) on Saturday to make a cameo appearance but parking is SUCH a bitch in downtown and by the time I would've found a place to park - 5 million years later and miles away from the actual location - my friends would've been ready to leave already so I just wished him a happy birthday by proxy and went to the club to meet up with Ryan and them instead. No pictures from that night as of yet (they're still trapped inside my camera); I don't even know if any came out alright. I was having a fabulous hair day and everyone kept commenting on it! Yay. We bumped into Aaron there, who had already had several drinks so was well on his way to drunkville, and all night he kept saying, "I love your hair. It's so hot. I want it." Over and over again. Boy, was he gone... Aaron's friend was visiting from out of town and he came and danced a little with us and lemme tell you, he was freaky. I mean, he wasn't freak dancing, he was ohmygod-what-the-hell-is-he-doing dancing. That was kinda scary. But the night was alright though the smoke seemed especially bad; not only did my hair and jumper reek of smoke, even my bra smelled!! That's so gross. Ugh.

On our way out the door, Ryan and I saw this really hot guy but Ryan suddenly got shy (he always does that around guys he likes but not around everyone else!) so wouldn't talk to him. Oy. You can't hook up with anyone, let alone someone hot, if you're not gonna talk to them! Ryan kinda has his eyes set on the hot bouncer guy anyways, so whatever. He just needs to do something about the hot bouncer guy.

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Harry Potta!

Harry Potta and the Goblet of Fire was SO good. I took my sister to go see the midnight showing of it 17 Nov at 11:59pm at the nearby cinema. Even though we didn't get much sleep (about 4 hours or so each) it was so worth it! This one is by far the best one. It has the humor from the first 2 but it also has the darker undertone from the 3rd one; it was a perfect balance of the lightness from 1 and 2 and the darkness from 3. Awesome!! Of course I was quite disturbed when I got to the theatre; there were a lot of high school kids and some of them were even dressed up in Harry Potta'esque clothes. Slightly weird. Now I can't wait for 5 to come out!!

I also love watching the previews and seeing what movies are coming out soon. I really want to see Pride & Prejudice! Of course, duh! It's totally my kind of movie: romantic, English AND it's a period film!! I love clothes from bygone eras. I was hoping I'd see the trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Witch, the Lion and the Wardrobe, but they didn't show it. It's coming out soon ( 9 Dec) and I really, really want to see it as well. I've always loved the story - I've seen several animated versions of it - so I was a little wary about a live action version but from the looks of the trailer, it's really well done.

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DeviantArt.com

My sister has a gallery on deviantart.com where she posts her art, from hand-drawn ones to photographic ones. She showed me this picture this guy, Fishermang from Norway, took of his cat. Her name's Lion and she is SO cute!! *Sigh* I want a kitty like that. An ball of fur and fluff and super cuteness.

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Ready, Set, Film!

My sister was messing around with my camera and I told her that I didn't know how to work the camera function. Being the tech whiz that she is, she figured it out! You hold down the shutter button until it starts recording then hold it down again to stop. To play it, I flick it over to the display pictures section and the shutter button plays it. The best part? It records sounds!! How cool is that?! You know what this means now: I'm gonna be using it like crazy! This is SO much fun and it's like having a new toy that's not really new! I wonder how long it'd take to upload videos to the computer. Nevertheless, I can film my friends and I now and make more memories. Yay!

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Kitty!

I want a kitty hat like this one:

Except, I want it in black. It's so cute and it' d make me look cute, too! But the one I want isn't from that site, it's from Genki Hats. Or this one (scroll down to the very bottom) if I can fit into a 20" hat. Or I could always make my own with this girl's DIY instructions. Either way, I'd like one. :D Kittyyyy.

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I Love You. Yes, You, Over There Who's Reading This!

These lyrics were borrowed and modified from Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" off their second album, Affirmation. I feel them and they're true.

Maybe it's intuition
But some things you just don't question
Like in your eyes
I see my future in an instant
...
There's just no rhyme or reason
only this sense of completion
and [when you're here]
I [feel] the missing pieces
I'm searching for
I think I found my way home
I know that it might sound more than
a little crazy but I believe
...
I am complete now that I found you

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Stuff!

Yay, I got my shoes from J.Crew! They're SO cute!! And I really want the yellow plaid ones, too. I'm such a shoe whore. Seriously. I love shoes, really I do. They say that even though many women love both shoes and handbags, they are, deep down inside, either shoe persons or handbag persons. I'm a shoe person. I really want to get those boots from Target to wear with my gauchos! Someone stop me! Anyways, I had also bought some winter gear (in preparation for snowboarding) from outlet on REI.com and they just got delivered to a nearby store (they do that so you can pick it up and not have to pay for shipping) this weekend. I went and picked them up today - it was FREAKING freezing outside :( - and it all fits! However, the jacket and trousers I'd bought are just shells and I don't know if I would rather have a regular jacket and trousers. The people at REI told me that they're having a big sale on Friday so I'll go check it out and see what's being discounted; exchanging my shell of a jacket for a proper one may be more worth it as I'd wear the jacket more often. The trousers, on the other hand, were only $20, so it's no biggie.

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Say what?

"I see skies of blue...big seagulls too...I see the clouds part for me and you...and I think to myself, what a beautiful day."

Wait, did you say skies of blue?? That's right, you heard me. Skies of blue! It's a sunny day in Seattle and wow, how we love it! Everyone in the office was, like, 'Wow, I see sun.' Haha, so enjoy it while you can all you Seattl'ites out there 'cuz it won't last too long. Now, I'm gonna go bask in the sunshine before class starts.

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Tone deaf??

So I guess I'm tone deaf... I was describing the fact that my voice, when I hear it, is usually lower than it is in reality (like when I hear my recorded voice). Someone said that from the sounds of it (no pun intended haha), I'm tone deaf. But I harmonize really well! Weird.

I also found my eye prescription from when I went to get an eye checkup at Boots earlier this year. BUT tell me why it doesn't make any sense! I hadn't really looked at the print-out when I got it and now I can't understand it. Is it for eyeglasses or contacts? It just doesn't look right! The axis for my left eye says '2.5' but it should be up in the 100s, like 170 or something! ARGH. This is useless to me! What a waste of money for that exam. Maybe I could call the Boots and ask them to fill in the blanks. Hmm... Damnit, I need new contacts and for that, I need a working prescription but I don't want to pay $95 just for an exam. Why can't we get free medical?? I am most DEFINITELY in the wrong country.

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$645

That's how much my biggest sale was today. I kicked ASS today at work; check me out! We were so busy and swamped so the day flew by really quickly - yay - and we racked in so much money. I had all these phone sales as well; one lady bought over $340! So my total individual sales for today was $2229! Wow. My ADS (average dollar sale) and UPT (units per transaction) were really high as well. Double wow. I got lucky though, really, especially with the phone orders. Maybe I'll get some sort of bonus for this...that'd be pretty awesome. The lady who had the $645 sale asked me to gift wrap everything so that took a big chunk of my time and, because she had so many bags (4 big ones), I helped her carry it out to her car as well. She's Taiwanese so we were chatting about Taiwan, family, and work. She's from Taipei, too, but I didn't recognize the area; I doubt I would though, as I don't know it well. She was really nice and totally tipped me when I got her bags in the car! I was, like, no! and she was, like, yes! and so, honestly, how could I refuse! How cool was that.

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Burn!

I burned the back of my hand today at work. :( We do shrink wrapping at work, making custom gift baskets, and I was making one for this lady tonight. (Lady was a BIT weird but that's another story.) We have this hair-dryer looking thing that has a metal nozzle we use to shrink wrap; it heats up the plastic and makes it shrink. Well I was putting the equipment away and accidentally touched the back of my hand. OWW. Damn that burned. And it blistered a little. Good thing I work in a store that carries all sorts of lotions and skincare stuff so I had some topical analgesic handy to smear on my blister. Then I put a plaster (Band-Aid) on it and all was well. But it still kinda stings and it'll probably leave a scar. *Sigh* Damnit. I've too many burn marks on this hand (right hand)... One on the inside of my wrist (can we say TENDER SPOT??) from cleaning the grill surface at Target (bastards), another one over that first one (yes, same spot) from hot oil splashing on me when I cooked dinner for Nick, Sophie and myself and now THIS on the back of my hand! Someone get me an iron glove!

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Shopping!!

Can I just say that the Seattle Premium Outlets are awesome?! Ohmygosh, Dem and I had SUCH a blast; it was SO much fun! The only downside was that it was really cold but that's only to be expected when you live here. There were so many stores that you would actually shop at! AND there was even a J.Crew outlet!!! Yeah, needless to say I could hardly contain my excitment! Buuuut I didn't buy anything from there; I didn't need anything there as they didn't have any shoes. Gap, Fossil, Coach, Banana Republic, Zumiez, Ralph Lauren Polo, Calvin Klein, Crabtree & Evelyn, Puma, Nike, Adidas, Nine West, Aldo, Borders, Aeropostale, Starbucks, Ann Taylor, Eddie Bauer, Restoration Hardware, Liz Claiborne...the list goes on and on and on! With so many deals going on, it was inevitable that I'd find something...or somethings:

A pink tweed skirt that I've had my eye on since last year when I saw it in England (Gap, only $4.97!)
4 travel-size Hand Therapies (lotions) to give as Christmas gifts (Crabtree & Evelyn,only $1.82 each)
Calming aftershave balm for Christmas gift list (Crabtree & Evelyn, $14.40, originally $30!)
Sugar Shoes Floaties (Zumiez, only $10!)
2 eyeglass/shades cases (fabric lined tins - so cute!) (Fossil, only $1.99 each!)
Converses (Shoe Pavilion, $30, originally $35!)

I also gave in to the miserable weather and bought a steaming hot tall caramel latte from Starbucks. Mmm mmm. Afterwards, we went over to the Tulalip Casino next door for a buffet dinner! It was my first time in that casino, let alone a casino that was not in Vegas. The place was really pretty! Not tacky or cheap looking, you can tell that the decor was really well thought out. The food was really good, too! I had so much fun!!

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Gorgeous Jewelry

There's this store here called Something Silver that sells only sterling silver jewelry. I just came across this one that's called a 'Warrior Necklace.' It's Celtic in design, which I absolutely love; I love anything Celtic. However, I don't like the rolo chain. It looks too masculine *grimace* and I'm a dainty lady. Hehehe. Hell, at least I try and having a dainty chain will give that impression. But I don't like any of the chains they carry; they're not fine enough. I like the ones in England better. :(

Tomorrow's Veteran's Day. That means no school...not that that matters to me because I don't have classes on Fridays anyways. I got ripped off. But I've got no work as well so yay for days offs! Lord knows I need the lie in, though. Dem has the day off, too, so we're going to the Seattle Premium Outlets! I've been wanting to go check it out because my family keeps raving about it and tomorrow's my chance! Yay. Let's see what kind of holiday gifts I can find there!

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Damn Drivers!

What is wrong with the drivers around here these days?! We used to be such a good city and now I see someone running a red light every day! You know what? It's those damn Californians! They're invading our state!! Damn Californian drivers!! Go back to your sunshine!

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Finished My Essay!

For the life of me, I could not concentrate on my work last night. I knew what would happen if I let it happen: I'd chat to friends until midnight or so then start working on my essay. So instead of wasting my time like that, I went to sleep for 4 hours and got up at 2am to start cracking. Good thing I already had most of the preliminary work done, the skeleton, so I just had to flesh it out and expand my concepts. Worked till almost 10, then got ready to head to uni...worked for another half hour, then went to class. Finished it between 3:30 and 5:20. I got called into work because the other girl had called out sick and no one was there to close. Damn. Well, I knew I'd finish by the deadline anyways so I said yes and went in for 4 hours today. Not bad. And now I'm ready to crash and sleep like the dead.

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Spitting is Disgusting

Why do people spit? It's disgusting. It's not cute. It's not sexy. Do they think it makes them look cooler? Tougher? More macho? What?! Ha, it doesn't. Whoever told you and all them people who spit LIED. Do you know what happens after you spit? All those germs and bacterium that live in your saliva, well they get set free. Your saliva evaporates, thus releasing said germs and bacterium into the air to float about freely everywhere. Would you touch someone's spittle? (Kissing doesn't count.) Eww, no, of course not. But everytime someone spits, and that spit evaporates, you're touching it! Disgusting.

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I'm gonna take this moment

and make it last forever
I'm gonna give my heart away
and pray we'll stay together
'Cause you're the one good reason
You're the only [one] that I need
'Cause you're more beautiful than I have ever seen
I'm gonna take this night
and make it evergreen
(Will Young, Evergreen)

That hat is hot.

I <3> Will Young. I'm such a sucker for sappy pop love songs. I just heard the Backstreet Boys' new song on the radio yesterday, something about 'here I am on my knees crawling back to you.' I don't like them, nor do I like their voices, but I do like the lyrics; I'm a hopeless romantic. Like I said, I'm a sucker for love songs, espeically sad ones. But I still don't like the Backstreet Boys.

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Stuff I Need

Gloves. First and foremost, I need to buy a pair of leather gloves. Why leather? The better to keep out the cold!! Bad blood circulation means my fingers and toes are often cold. I also need a new makeup brush set. I've tried washing mine with shampoo like the way you're supposed to and lay it flat to dry, but they always end up being a bit stiff and not as soft as it was before. It's not conducive to beautifying oneself. I bought the pink shoes from J Crew today; yay, they're mine! But that means I can't buy the black ones I want from Target. Unless they go down drastically in price, then maybe. Maybe. And I need thick socks. I wore my Converses today and my toes went numb! It was so cold.

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Charlie's Birthday

It was fun. Not as fun as Ryan's birthday but it was good. The funny thing was we were in the middle of mingling and waiting for Charlie's mom to call to say that Charlie was coming in so we could get ready...but, guess what. No phone call! Charlie walked through the door, by which I was standing, and my thought processes went like this: 'Hey..that's birthday boy...HEY, OHMYGOSH IT'S THE BIRTHDAY BOY' and then I yelled 'SURPRISE!' somewhat belatedly. Then everyone chimed in and there were lots of hugs, shrieks, and laughs all around. It was hilarious; we were SO not expecting him! Georgia had baked him a huge penis shaped cake (using 2 round pans and a square pan - how ingenious!) which was really very good. It was just yellow cake covered in chocolate frosting! Sheesh. When Charlie made the first cut, everyone was yelling 'OMG you cut the penis!' Haha. Charlie was reliving his 21st birthday, doing another 21 Run again, so there were a lot of alcohol around the apartment. Gross. I, as usual, didn't have any; the fruit punch was really good!

Afterwards, we went to R Place, again. Yes, again. But hey, they play good music and it's always a lot of fun so why not! So here are the pictures from the rest of the night.

How GOOD does my hair look! Yeah, that's what I thought!! (Freshly washed that morning.)

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Holiday Shopping!!

YES, the time has come for some people to begin their holiday shopping. I'm one of them! And on Saturday, Dem and I went shopping in Downtown Seattle and it was a BLAST. Ohmygosh, I had such a great day!! This was an excursion that was long overdue and we had so much fun going from store to store, leisurely browsing without having to worry about time constraints. We hit American Eagle, Urban Outfitters (which is having a big sale and where I bought another pair of gaucho pants for only $10 in maroon - HOT), Anthropologie, Fireworks, Something Silver, Fossil, Hot Topic, Express (no sale, sadly), Nordstrom (Half Yearly Sale going on now for women and kids! But I didn't find anything worth buying.), Victoria's Secret (of course! I bought another push-up bra, which was on sale!), Helly Hanson (snowboarding, here we come!!), J Crew (I've decided I'm buying those shoes I need!), Old Navy...like I said, it was a great day. I felt SO productive, getting over half my list done for Christmas and only a couple of more gifts to go! I had 2 big bags after I was done today and except for 1 item, I didn't pay full price for anything; I either got a discount somehow (i.e. employee discount) or it was on sale. Go me!! I should make a living shopping for people; I love it!

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Snowboarding

Dem really, really wants to go snowboarding this winter and the more I think about it, the more I want to and the more excited I get about it! And guess what?! REI - an outdoor gear and clothing store that's big here - is having a massive sale!! I don't really need much gear as most of the equipment can be rented; I just really need a pair of waterproof/breathable trousers. So it's off to the sale I go! Oooh, I'm so excited!! I've gone snowboarding once, years ago. I was probably about 12 and I remember my instructor's name was JC, which was really cool to me because it was close to my name (my initials actually!). We all took lessons on the bunny slope and that was a blast! I never did learn how to properly stop, though, and always had to sit down and fall on my butt in order to stop. It was awesome; my entire body was sore later that night from all the falling I'd done. I heard on the radio that this year is going to be great for snow. Apparently, many of the skiing/snowboarding places, like Steven's Pass (the closest one), Mount Baker and Crystal Mountain, are expecting lots of snow this year and opening earlier than usual. So let my inner snowbunny out to play!!

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But Seriously Though, Those Shoes...

Y'know the shoes I've been talking about, the low-heeled, pink ones from J Crew? I'm seriously thinking about getting them - assuming they'll fit alright - and let that be my the Nice Shoes investment that I need for events such as interviews and the like. What say you, eh? I really, really love them and they're really cheap considering the quality of make and materials... Hrmmm.

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Filthy Gorgeous

I love the Scissor Sisters. I don't often get the desire to buy CDs because I usually only use it once: when I rip it onto my computer. But there are several out there that I don't suppose I'd mind owning besides the usual that I buy already (and no, I'm not getting Nsync's greatest hits; I've got them all already anyways!): Scissor Sisters, Will Young, Jason Mraz, Rob Thomas, Kelly Clarkson, Will Young, Black Eyed Peas and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The ones I usually buy are Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban and Darren Hayes (but I just realised I don't have his Tension and the Spark...ohmygod I'm a horrible fan!!).

Tomorrow is Charlie's birthday. He's Betty's flatmate and we're throwing him a surprise party. It's gonna be so cool! I'm going armed with some snacks, a can or 2 of Coke and my fully-charged camera! So many pictures!! We're probably going dancing later. More pictures! ...Ohmygosh, I hope he doesn't know about this blog... Don't read this Chu-Chu!!

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I just pre-ordered tickets to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! Woohoo! It's been a tradition for my sister and I to go to the midnight showing of Harry Potter ever since we found out they did midnight releases. We did it for the last 2 movies and I saw the trailer for the 4th one and it looks just as exciting as the ones before!

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A Tale of a Fly

A fly decided it would be a good idea to visit my halogen floor lamp. Who told it that lied. I was in my room the other day, reading, when I heard 'sizzle sizzle.' Eh? 'Sizzle...sizzle...SIZZLE...crackle..SIZZLE...POP!' So I'm thinking, 'What the hell??' and then I started smelling something burning. Having a bad premonition, I turned off the lamp and checked the top with a flashlight; sure enough, there lay a fat fly all curled up and frying. Oh dear. Gross.

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