Gummy very nicely tagged me with the "7 questions" thing (which i had thus far avoided), so here goes (simply cus i think the question is interesting):
7 things i'd change my name to if i could
Important thing to know before i start: My name is Bec (short for Rebecca) and there are 5 Bec's in my class of 130 at school. So yeah, individual it is not.
1) Oreos Awesomeness - it's my name on my email accounts anyway, so why not?
2) Sarah - my bestie's name, and people are always calling me that.
3) Elizabeth - aka Bennet
4) Laurie Holbrook - she was the girl in the book who was proposed to with oreos
5) Megan (pronounced meg-anne) - it's just awesome
6) Hannah - reversible :)
7) Reese - peanut butter cups (what more can i say?)
And seeing as people are getting a bit annoyed by tags now, i'm thinking instead of tagging anyone specific, just answer this question in the comments (if you want)...
What is the randomest nickname you have? (not based on your actual name)
Thursday, April 22, 2010
A Little Too Late
It has come to my attention that it's been NINE DAYS since I've blogged. And I appologise. Profusely. So please forgive me.
In the mean time, I thought i'd go back to my early blogging roots and write a "how to" on a completely unrealistic, but hopefully amusing topic.
Just a clause: this is being typed on an iPod touch, spelling mistakes are likely to occur. It's still learning my typos. However, I must say i'm impressed by it's learning... Predictive now gives me ohmygoshness when I type in ohm.
How To: Stay Dry In The Rain
it's the end of period 3, you're in a classroom the otherside of the oval and t starts to poor. You're trapped: you have to attend your next class, but you can't get wet - your make up would run, your straight hair would curl, and most importantly your pathetically designed school uniform consisting of a white blouse will go see through. How does one reach the other side?? Watch and learn.
1) Grab a large poster, preferably laminated.
Why laminated, you ask? Laminate, my dear friends, is plastic. Plastic repels water. My friend seriously did this today. Sure it may not stop issues with your make up, hair, or getting water in your shoes but it can stop water from touching your blouse. You may look odd with a wet back and dry front, but at least you won't look like a slut.
2) Jumpers make great hats.
While laminate is great for protecting the hideousnes that is your uniform, unfortunately there's not that many posters to go around, requiring a differet solution to protect your delicate hair. Jumpers, hoodies, blazers and jackets are all great forms of protection which do not require you to hold to keep on your head. While it may be more obviius to simply wear said article of clothing, you need multiple layers of cloth to keep the water at bay. It may not be classy, but your hair will be afterwards.
3) Sprint
Sure, you might slip in a puddle, and Sure, you'll be hot and sweaty (and wet and cold) for your next class... but when all else fails, sprint (making sure to jump in all the puddles along the way)
In the mean time, I thought i'd go back to my early blogging roots and write a "how to" on a completely unrealistic, but hopefully amusing topic.
Just a clause: this is being typed on an iPod touch, spelling mistakes are likely to occur. It's still learning my typos. However, I must say i'm impressed by it's learning... Predictive now gives me ohmygoshness when I type in ohm.
it's the end of period 3, you're in a classroom the otherside of the oval and t starts to poor. You're trapped: you have to attend your next class, but you can't get wet - your make up would run, your straight hair would curl, and most importantly your pathetically designed school uniform consisting of a white blouse will go see through. How does one reach the other side?? Watch and learn.
1) Grab a large poster, preferably laminated.
Why laminated, you ask? Laminate, my dear friends, is plastic. Plastic repels water. My friend seriously did this today. Sure it may not stop issues with your make up, hair, or getting water in your shoes but it can stop water from touching your blouse. You may look odd with a wet back and dry front, but at least you won't look like a slut.
2) Jumpers make great hats.
While laminate is great for protecting the hideousnes that is your uniform, unfortunately there's not that many posters to go around, requiring a differet solution to protect your delicate hair. Jumpers, hoodies, blazers and jackets are all great forms of protection which do not require you to hold to keep on your head. While it may be more obviius to simply wear said article of clothing, you need multiple layers of cloth to keep the water at bay. It may not be classy, but your hair will be afterwards.
3) Sprint
Sure, you might slip in a puddle, and Sure, you'll be hot and sweaty (and wet and cold) for your next class... but when all else fails, sprint (making sure to jump in all the puddles along the way)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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I remembered what i was actually planning to blog about! Just ran off on a little tangent, sorry...
So, here is what was going to be the last post!
Firefox have very kindly published my second persona (google firefox personas, they're pretty awesome) which can be found here or by searching "Reese's Peanut Butter Cups" - sticking with the chocolate theme, this one is basically just a Reese's logo (over the header and footer graphic) with an orange background.
I admit, not as classy as my Oreos one, but it was made in 5 minutes. Sorry
Speaking of the Oreos: Heaven in a Biscuit persona, it officially reached 10 users the other day :) which is super exciting for someone with only very basic graphic design skills, using online editing software (SUMO paint, for anyone who's interested, is like an online version of Photoshop. Except free)
So check both of those out :) and if you've made/like any personas, leave it in the comments.
So, here is what was going to be the last post!
Firefox have very kindly published my second persona (google firefox personas, they're pretty awesome) which can be found here or by searching "Reese's Peanut Butter Cups" - sticking with the chocolate theme, this one is basically just a Reese's logo (over the header and footer graphic) with an orange background.
I admit, not as classy as my Oreos one, but it was made in 5 minutes. Sorry
Speaking of the Oreos: Heaven in a Biscuit persona, it officially reached 10 users the other day :) which is super exciting for someone with only very basic graphic design skills, using online editing software (SUMO paint, for anyone who's interested, is like an online version of Photoshop. Except free)
So check both of those out :) and if you've made/like any personas, leave it in the comments.
An Update
Hey all
just thought i'd let you know what's happening with me (apart from recovering from the Bones breakdown)
So, i have eaten all of the chocolate i was given for Easter (admittedly, it was only a handful of chocolate and a bunny, but still) and about half of what i bought (which was a fair amount more). Therefore, i'm about to start a new fitness kick (any ideas, PLEASE comment. i tend to get bored of walks/bike rides/runs fairly quickly).
Glee was on about 3 hours ago in america, meaning it was posted online about 1 1/2 hours ago, so i have watched the first episode for 2010, with mixed feelings... i'm not sure if i'm overly pleased with where the writers seem to be taking the show, but the songs are still great and story lines still interesting.
I managed to get an appointment for the next stage of treatment for my eczema, so fingers crossed that all goes well...
Which means i've spent all day re-arranging plans for tomorrow, when i was supposed to be going to an awesome playground to hang out. Which i'm still doing. But at a later time. And somehow, the group of 12 is down to a group of 6 (doctors appointments, assignments, lack of parental consent, etc) so i'm having to reorganize things again this afternoon. Next holidays i'm going to let everyone else organize me, i've decided.
Finally, i've spent about 6 hours now refreshing SN to discover they only have 3 articles (excluding open thread and aunty sparknotes) posted today. Which is worrying of itself, until you realise only 1 non-routine (aunty SN, open thread, thing of the week, etc) article was posted yesterday. Making a grand total of FOUR articles this week! So if anyone has any info on that, it'd be much appreciated ;)
Apart from that, life is going back to normal (ie things are starting to begin again for the new term) as the holidays wind down, which is depressing... but hey, only 2 1/2 terms to go!
What's happening in your lives??
just thought i'd let you know what's happening with me (apart from recovering from the Bones breakdown)
So, i have eaten all of the chocolate i was given for Easter (admittedly, it was only a handful of chocolate and a bunny, but still) and about half of what i bought (which was a fair amount more). Therefore, i'm about to start a new fitness kick (any ideas, PLEASE comment. i tend to get bored of walks/bike rides/runs fairly quickly).
Glee was on about 3 hours ago in america, meaning it was posted online about 1 1/2 hours ago, so i have watched the first episode for 2010, with mixed feelings... i'm not sure if i'm overly pleased with where the writers seem to be taking the show, but the songs are still great and story lines still interesting.
I managed to get an appointment for the next stage of treatment for my eczema, so fingers crossed that all goes well...
Which means i've spent all day re-arranging plans for tomorrow, when i was supposed to be going to an awesome playground to hang out. Which i'm still doing. But at a later time. And somehow, the group of 12 is down to a group of 6 (doctors appointments, assignments, lack of parental consent, etc) so i'm having to reorganize things again this afternoon. Next holidays i'm going to let everyone else organize me, i've decided.
Finally, i've spent about 6 hours now refreshing SN to discover they only have 3 articles (excluding open thread and aunty sparknotes) posted today. Which is worrying of itself, until you realise only 1 non-routine (aunty SN, open thread, thing of the week, etc) article was posted yesterday. Making a grand total of FOUR articles this week! So if anyone has any info on that, it'd be much appreciated ;)
Apart from that, life is going back to normal (ie things are starting to begin again for the new term) as the holidays wind down, which is depressing... but hey, only 2 1/2 terms to go!
What's happening in your lives??
Friday, April 9, 2010
Spoilers Beware
So, here's an interesting fact about myself: I get addicted to tv shows extremely easily. I'm talking after 1 show, doesn't matter what genre, because it's so good/so bad easily. It's ridiculous, to be honest
A side effect of this is that i tend to research my shows... IMDB and wikipedia are great friends of mine for this. Unfortunately for me, living in Australia we get things AT LEAST a month late (normally anywhere between 2 and 6 months) so the internet is unintentionally full of spoilers for all shows i watch on the net.
To combat this (after accidentally discovering the plot for the last Doctor Who episode with David Tennant through a music video on youtube), i started watching shows online so that i was at basically the same spot in a series as the rest of the world. Good idea, one would think.
And it had been. Until today.
You see, today the latest Bones episode was loaded onto multiple video hosting websites. Multiple naive international viewers clicked on the "download" button, and watched the 40 minutes of video. Sadly, without anyone to commiserate with.
Because i don't wish to spoil this for those who've not seen it yet (or bore those who don't watch Bones - by the way, check it out) i'm not going to explain the cause of my anguish. Except to say THE LAST SCENE! And he FINALLY! and She... she... URGHSOKDFJ! HOW COULD SHE DO THAT!!!
so thanks, kind blog readers, for reading this overly dramatic post so i could finally get that out of my system.
A side effect of this is that i tend to research my shows... IMDB and wikipedia are great friends of mine for this. Unfortunately for me, living in Australia we get things AT LEAST a month late (normally anywhere between 2 and 6 months) so the internet is unintentionally full of spoilers for all shows i watch on the net.
To combat this (after accidentally discovering the plot for the last Doctor Who episode with David Tennant through a music video on youtube), i started watching shows online so that i was at basically the same spot in a series as the rest of the world. Good idea, one would think.
And it had been. Until today.
You see, today the latest Bones episode was loaded onto multiple video hosting websites. Multiple naive international viewers clicked on the "download" button, and watched the 40 minutes of video. Sadly, without anyone to commiserate with.
Because i don't wish to spoil this for those who've not seen it yet (or bore those who don't watch Bones - by the way, check it out) i'm not going to explain the cause of my anguish. Except to say THE LAST SCENE! And he FINALLY! and She... she... URGHSOKDFJ! HOW COULD SHE DO THAT!!!
so thanks, kind blog readers, for reading this overly dramatic post so i could finally get that out of my system.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Just a Little Late
A few weeks ago i posted about the camp i was about to go on, specifically the dress up night. And i promised to keep you guys in the loop.
So welcome to the loop :) it's a great place to be.
Basically, it's happened already, but it was FANTASTIC! so much fun. We all got dressed in one little apartment (squishing 12 girls into a 2 room apartment was interesting), with Spice Girls, Venga Boys and Aqua blasting out of speakers (it was a 90s night, so we thought they were appropriate) mixed with my Disney CDs (well, we were being 3 year olds. 3 year olds like 90s!). And we looked FABULOUS...
So that's basically it.
So welcome to the loop :) it's a great place to be.
Basically, it's happened already, but it was FANTASTIC! so much fun. We all got dressed in one little apartment (squishing 12 girls into a 2 room apartment was interesting), with Spice Girls, Venga Boys and Aqua blasting out of speakers (it was a 90s night, so we thought they were appropriate) mixed with my Disney CDs (well, we were being 3 year olds. 3 year olds like 90s!). And we looked FABULOUS...
So that's basically it.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Hey Howdy Hey :)
Happy Easter everyone :)
Those of you who read my other blog will understand why i'm happy it's finally over. Those of you who don't, please make an exception for this one post so that i don't sound anti-easter-ish... cus i'm not, i love the religious side (hello, i can now go to heaven... what's not to like!) and the commercial part (um, chocolate. need i say more?) but this years has been a bit stuffed up.
Anyway, so the highlight of my life at the moment is that the bus timetables are back onto a weekday schedule (they're on the Sunday schedule for public holidays, which means they only come once every hour or two) so i can get to places again :)
With that, i thought i'd share some fun things to do whilst on a bus
1) Put in your iPod headphones (but don't put your iPod on): most adults don't even need that much encouragement, but it allows you to discreetly eavesdrop on whatever conversation you like. People have interesting ones whilst on public transport, and to be honest if they're stupid enough to say private stuff loudly whilst on a bus, they deserve someone to overhear it.
2) Play People Bingo: only works with two or more people, really, but you can play it by yourself for a sense of achievement. Write up a list of cliched bus users (or people you're likely to see on the sidewalk) and tick them off. Seriously, it becomes hilarious very quickly.
3) Answer the person speaking on the phone: Again, works best if there's two of you. Take turns responding to the annoying person on their cell phone. By playing it with someone else, the conversation becomes sillier and sillier. And if you're lucky, they'll hang up the phone out of annoyance
4) Strike up a conversation with a random: While not always safe, little old ladies are a good bet for speaking back to you. I've had some great conversations trying to explain that i'm not a uni student, and talking about various aspects of my life. And they generally tell funny stories, too.
5) Bluetooth funny photos: Most people (stupidly) leave their bluetooth on full time. Why not make use of this and send a stupid photos (preferably of your friend who's sitting in another row) to everyone? remember to change your bluetooth name though, you don't want people realising it was from you.
Anyone with more ideas? i'm guaranteed to spent at least 30 minutes on a bus today, so all suggestions are appreciated ;)
Those of you who read my other blog will understand why i'm happy it's finally over. Those of you who don't, please make an exception for this one post so that i don't sound anti-easter-ish... cus i'm not, i love the religious side (hello, i can now go to heaven... what's not to like!) and the commercial part (um, chocolate. need i say more?) but this years has been a bit stuffed up.
Anyway, so the highlight of my life at the moment is that the bus timetables are back onto a weekday schedule (they're on the Sunday schedule for public holidays, which means they only come once every hour or two) so i can get to places again :)
With that, i thought i'd share some fun things to do whilst on a bus
1) Put in your iPod headphones (but don't put your iPod on): most adults don't even need that much encouragement, but it allows you to discreetly eavesdrop on whatever conversation you like. People have interesting ones whilst on public transport, and to be honest if they're stupid enough to say private stuff loudly whilst on a bus, they deserve someone to overhear it.
2) Play People Bingo: only works with two or more people, really, but you can play it by yourself for a sense of achievement. Write up a list of cliched bus users (or people you're likely to see on the sidewalk) and tick them off. Seriously, it becomes hilarious very quickly.
3) Answer the person speaking on the phone: Again, works best if there's two of you. Take turns responding to the annoying person on their cell phone. By playing it with someone else, the conversation becomes sillier and sillier. And if you're lucky, they'll hang up the phone out of annoyance
4) Strike up a conversation with a random: While not always safe, little old ladies are a good bet for speaking back to you. I've had some great conversations trying to explain that i'm not a uni student, and talking about various aspects of my life. And they generally tell funny stories, too.
5) Bluetooth funny photos: Most people (stupidly) leave their bluetooth on full time. Why not make use of this and send a stupid photos (preferably of your friend who's sitting in another row) to everyone? remember to change your bluetooth name though, you don't want people realising it was from you.
Anyone with more ideas? i'm guaranteed to spent at least 30 minutes on a bus today, so all suggestions are appreciated ;)
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