I'll show you my world

 Okay. I've just finished a breath-taking story. So, now despite the deflated feeling I get in my 'end-of-something'-mode, I've just gotta say, man that was a good read. 

It's one of those stories where, as you're reading it, your stomach's doing little giddy flips and the back of your head feels like it's becoming a bit lighter because you're so amazed something like this actually exists in this world. It's a fascinating, fascinating story.

Personal opinion really, but I assure you I was not drunk or on anything whilst reading. *sigh* I'm going to remember this story.

Rox, If you haven't finished it yet. FINISH IT.

Rain Shadow by Nitlon

Now...What to read next...

ughhhhh it's so hotttt...I've been back home for 2 days now ...and despite wanting to go out, meet up with friends and catch up, I'm not in love with the idea of throwing myself into the crazy heat of freaking Melbourne summer. Now don't get me wrong, if it's like a trip to the beach and all that then I'm perfectly up for it. It's just that, there's something about walking around in the city in burning heat that I really don't find appealing...

Nyeah, I'll just invite people over or something... If it's over 27 degrees. I do not plan on stepping outdoors when the sun is up. 

Okay...I gotta surrender my laptop over to Rebecca now. She wants to camera-whore on my webcam and keeps saying "Come on, baby" in this weird voice that makes me think of James Bond. I think she's trying to be sexy...which is really creepy for a six year old.

( what my webcam caught last time... )

 The most exhausting Christmas day I've ever had. I had to drag myself out of bed at 4am so that my family could drive us up to San Fransisco to spend Christmas with some distant relatives. Agghh..It was a 6 hour drive. We slept in the car but it was still really tiring... I noticed that my cousins over here pronounce the word 'awesome' kinda like...'ah-some', while I say it like 'orh-some'. hahaha...

Boxing Day tomorrow! I think I'm going shopping...However, I fear there will be an endless sea of pushing and shoving people. Please don't let it be so!


Ahem... At any rate, Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!

Oh man, this is the worst. I have once again become subject to food poisoning. What. The. Hell? It's always the seafood isn't it?! uuuuuuggggggggghhhhhhhh I swear, this is this last time I EVER touch seafood overseas.

I promised myself I would try those things called 'Twinkies' as soon as I arrived in California. I hear the name way to much on american dramas to not be curious. So, 5 minutes ago, I did. Weeeeeeeeeee

It was SO sweet. Sweeter than I can handle.

It was an experience nonetheless.

OMGWTF!!!!!???? Thy is NOT getting married okay?! There's no way in effing hell I'm going to believe that shit until I hear it from her. Hurry up and write me, Thy. Because Number one, you're too young! and Number 2, I refuse to believe the stupid things your boyfriend leaves on Facebook.

Ahem...Anyway.

Lately, I've been working flat out. I've been so damn productive it's not even funny, if you can call making sandwiches at a sandwich bar productive. Think of the money Carmen...Think of the money.

Monday, hung out with Sandra and Bon and went to some ice skating rink at Docklands.

Sandra's so damn coordinated, she picked it up so quick and skated circles around Bon and I. Me? I am the most uncoordinated person. Just when I let go of the side rail, she tackles me. So... I dragged her down with me. Not the smartest choice I've ever made... she landed on me while I landed on the ice.
I now have bruised butt and elbow as well as a lump on the back of my head. and why the hell does my neck hurt so much?

We dyed Sandra's hair when we got back to my house. It turned out pretty good, like a really nice dark brown colour. It could have been a tad lighter but oh well. I'm just gonna say, Sandra is fantastic. Now that I think about it, it's been about 13 years now and I still think she's one of the best friends I've ever made.
I'll make you a sock monkey soon m'kay? XD

'Personal Goal' is progressing goodly.

Flying tomorrow.

Yeahhhhh. I've really grown tired of half-assedly 'wishing' and 'hoping' just plain waiting for it. I want this. Bad. I will stop sitting around and just go and fking do it. and this time around I'm not going to give up until I've got it.

Yeah, this sounds weird but it really isn't anything weird. I'm just really over half assedly doing stuff.

I'm going to achieve this personal goal even if it kills me.

If I had an icon that looks like "determination" I would have it up. But I don't. Hahaha..

So, I finally finished 'Days'. Now I am in my post-end game phase. Disorientated and missing it oh so badly.


'Glee' is shockingly good. 'Glee' is surprisingly addicitive. Watching 'Glee' makes me sigh dreamily and wish my high school had a theatre club.
Don't sing or dance in public by any means except at kareoke, but it would still be pretty damn awesome to see. If I did join a theatre club, I assume I'd be doing backstage work.

I am so done for the year :D. It's all just kicking back and enjoying my spring/summer vacation from here..I can't believe I studied through my birthday. oh well.

I need to start compiling my spring/summer vacation to-do list.. First thing's first, I need to finish off KH 358/2 Days. -_- I'm so close to the end. but I don't want it to end so I keep denying it by playing 'Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box' instead.

Watched 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' exams today and came out of the cinema disorientated :D The devil guy in it reminds me a lot of the Earl from D.Gray-man, with the umbrella and everything...

Got presents from Tracey, TV, Jenny and Arianne. uwah so surprised. (><) so happy. thanks a lot. you guys are awesome. :D

Toby keeps barking. I hope it's not his leg or something hurting him..

 Bit late but, hope everyone had a kick-ass Halloween. Mine? We had actually a group of kids come to the our door this year for 'Trick or Treat'. It was like kinda a first time for me, I think I was a bit too eager when I full on poured candy into their bags...But seriously, can you blame me?

Anyway, Life will be full blown hell from tomorrow onwards...up to the 13th. Ew.

 Finally caught up in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and goodness gracious me, It's really good. It's good to the point where it's breaking my brain and sucking my soul out from my ears. So...in normal person talk... I'm really coming to like it.

Now that I've got that out of my system, I went driving again tonight. This time however, with my aunt and not with my instructor, therefore there were no controls on the passenger side of the car. scary.

Oh right, then there was that car that came from my right lane as I was beginning to turn into a street on the left. Terrifying.  I don't know what frame of mind they were in but they decided it was suddenly okay to dive into my lane and stop right in front of me. Like one of those car chase movies where the car is thrown horizontally in front of the guy being trapped.
 Ugh they were just about 30cm away from smashed into on the side and they were taking their sweet sweet time.

Fair enough if you had wanted to go into the street too but dude, If you're gonna try to be a smartass and cut the queue, then please do it with some grace and speed and movement.

Scared the shit out of me

 My driving teacher was interesting today XD He bought Hil and me Ice-cream...despite the fact it was raining...

Wow, recently I've been watching stuff like...crazy...I'm so going to get capped this month (>_<)  I haven't watched anime and american series so consecutively in so, so long. Finished 'Pandora Hearts' last week! Honestly, I really liked it. I loved the characters, storyline and the costumes are so... beautiful. Yeah, I'm really into that sort of thing...Currently watching 'Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'.

Oh, you know that necklace with Roxas' X shaped charm on it... I ...decided to beuncharacteristically fan-like and bought it online recently. Yeah online because, I don't know about other countries but Australia doesn't...stock those kinds of things in shops? So anyway, despite what my sister tells me.."you're going to fall over. that thing will stab you. and you will die", I'm really growing quite fond of it :P

I wear it out sometimes, if my outfit allows it...But what I really find amusing is what every single person says when they see me wearing it...
 
"WOW COOL YOU'RE WEARING A NINJA STAR!"  ...XD weee okay... ninja star...hahhaa

  Donated blood for the first time today! They gave me free food for my blood! They took half a litre! I didn't even know because I was staring at this smaller bag of blood attached to the arm of my chair... which was actually just a bag for a small sample of blood. Then I realised my blood was actually pumping into a much larger bag behind my seat XD No wonder the small bag wasn't getting any fuller...


KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 DAYS!!!!! YAY. XD GOING TO PLAY IT NOW! 

There were fireworks at the park near my house tonight! Though the celebration wasn't any of my business... I got a perfect view of the whole thing from my bedroom window. Go apparently didn't enjoy it as much as I did. You can kinda tell when she's whimpering and shaking and forcing her way onto your lap. She's so fucking cute.

So, I finally finished Water by the.israel.project107 today. I'm wrapped.Okay, I admit it's not something I would usually read, because it's got quite a dark and angsty feel. No, but all in all, I have to say I really enjoyed it.  
I've been reading it on the train to and from Uni most days... because the amount of time I have to sit by myself on public transport every morning and afternoon is an absolute kick in the balls.  

Happy Birthday my dearest Van!!  It's almost like the fireworks at the park were done for you. Yes, I missed in congratulating you over LJ for turning 18 by 53 minutes. You know I still love you long time right? Bah, fine I'll throw in a text message too...probably not now because you'd probably be really upset if I woke you at this hour. Another time...when it's not 1:53am

 Just finished Resident Evil 4 on Wii!! It was fantastic XD

Aw man! Why do I always get a bit depressed when I finish a game?...

Now what should I play? Trauma Centre's still uncompleted..

 So,I decided to be totally lame and rode my bike down to the swimming pool today. I'm trying to keep my word and go swimming whenever I have time. Then I ran into my 4 year old cousin Rebecca, sporting pink 'Hello Kitty' swimwear. Pink bikini and  frilly swimskirt. Yes, those skirts with swim panties incorporated underneath. So, she sees me and goes "plleeaaasseeee come and play with me in the kids poollllll".

I cave in and yeah, hence begins the childish games she insisted we played, 'Hide and Seek', tag and 'Hide the goggles'.

So, how the heck does one play 'Hide and Seek' in the kids pool anyway? I don't think holding my breath in the 0.5 metre kids pool works...
'Tag' went fairly smoothly. Then we got to 'Hide the Goggles'.
 
So she yanks my goggles from around my neck and demands I close my eyes for 20 seconds. I oblige. 

When I open my eyes, I actually could not find them.

Then she giggles and lifts up her skirt and I see the very apparent bulge of my goggles stuffed under her swim panties.

...What the fuck?

Carmen

Going to spend the rest of the night watching American Dad with Bonnie, reading, maybe then I'll attempt to figure out how to use Adobe Premiere Elements.

Carmen

Okay, so I realized that when I post, 2 icons actually show up on everyone's pages. Ahahaa...Oh well, I guess I could be the crazy lady that uses 2 icons with every post. (=_=;)

Went to a ball for my course on Thursday. Located at a reception in Brighton. The floors were checkered black and white and was really interesting...I'll make an attempt to put a photo of some friends and me under cut...which has never been done before.

( yey. so snap-happy... )

Another thing I've just got to say.

Driving manual. is. so. bloody. hard.

In a single driving lesson. I have managed to stall my engine twice, get beeped and tear the car I was driving through an island on a main road. Why isn't driving the way I've always believed? Like Go-Karting haha...

Carmen

Got up early because the carpet cleaners were coming over and we had to move all the things on the carpet onto the tiles. The toys in my room had to go in baskets and sit on my bed. They filled 2 laundry baskets to the top. I had a hell of a time putting them back afterwards...

So due to the carpet being all damp, the kitchen table became my study desk for the day. Funny how I managed to concentrate on Human Anatomy, Joints and Muscles when my dad was eating his lunch and watching loud chinese programs less than 2 metres from me.

In the end I managed to cram 8 lectures into 5 hours, got the test done and yes...made cookies for the rest of the day.

Oh! I ended up going to the Manifest with Hil and Parlum on Sat! Sadly, there was no Axel. However, I did see a Sora with a Kairi and a Namine. Oh and a Riku and Roxas too. Not as good as some other cosplays I've been but still pretty good...except the Riku one. That was a little disappointing. But then again I can't complain. I don't even cosplay. This year was better than the last time I went! This should keep me satisfied for another 3 years.

One more thing!

Rox or Van! Answer me this! What does my page look like when it shows up on your friends page? Do I have like 2 pictures? I mean, I don't actually have those userpic things when I post them on my journal, but I'm wondering if my shows when it's on your friend pages?

Carmen