tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43204752138403387942024-02-19T01:14:54.246-07:00PocketNotesLittle girls adventure into a big wide world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-61671846289651779322012-12-16T19:37:00.000-07:002013-01-10T19:38:02.104-07:00$100 at mUNChy mart!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So we spent it at the mUNChy mart... entertained the staff... I swear they thought we were high... not surprisingly, most of the UNC students are high at least 50% of the time!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">SO MUCH HAPPINESS!!!</span></div>
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Erm... not sure what on her head...<br />
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So, for me, this was the week was the actually the week before finals week with a final story due, a non-fic piece, a persuasion piece (both that didn't want to be written), the media kit and another survey project due for Public relations. ARGH MAH GARD... and still trying to socialise and say goodbye (well really trying to hold my head in the sand about the fact I've got so say goodbye to all these wonderful people...)<br />
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Such sadness.<br />
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<b>MISS THIS PLACE</b>.<br />
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Life is rough! This work is kicking my butt! :(<br />
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Thanksgiving is here and I was conned into going on a Skiing/ Snowboarding trip... Shouldn't of gone, they say it's easy... Lies!!! I hate you all!<br />
I'm not going to spend much time on this, the trauma of it all is too much for me. Even now, my stomach feels sick thinking about it!<br />
So, we left early, 6.30-7ish, from Greeley for Silverthorn, a little ski town, and Copper Mountain, our first slope. We were going to do 3 slopes in the 3 days we had away; Copper Mountain, Breakenridge and Keystone. The bus trip up was fine, smooshed in between a sleeping Karina and laughing with Conor. Until Taylor Swift made her appearance So, we are used to one Tay-Swizzle fanatic, but apparently Tim, one of our instructors, was a huge fan too... Good god!<br />
I decided to try snowboarding, thinking that I'd like to try it. I should of just stayed with ski's... it was awful. Up the mountain, exhausted, almost breaking my tail bone (again), bruising up my knee, twisting my ankle, and not sure how I was going to get down... just hell. After about 4 hours, I decided I'd had enough. I was done. Tim agreed with me, that I'd given it a good try but sucked! (He didn't say it but I could see it in his eyes) I eventually took the board off and started walking. Someone came up to me and asked if I wanted a ride down... Yes Please!!<br />
I met up with Conor and Dan sitting at the bottom of the slope and chilled with them for two or three hours before we went home.<br />
So, we had decided just to go straight to the slope... we should of tried to find our house in daylight because we pulled up at one, got everything out, and about 15mins later found we were at the wrong place, so had to pack up the entire car and went up about 100metres up the road and found where we were actually meant to stay. Then, we found out that there wasn't actually enough beds for everyone... actually, it was a 4 bedroom home for 15 people!! WTF Outdoor Pursuits?! If I ha known that I wouldn't of gone. I was one of the lucky ones, I roomed with Emily, Karina and Amanda and Em and Karina knew how badly I slept (Emily especially after SanFran and Seattle), so said that I should get the pull out bed. It was excellent!! But Em, Karina and Amanda had to share a King bed! Ridiculous! Karina ended up throwing pillows down next to the heating and slept on the floor.<br />
They also didn't give us enough food... which would of been find if they had told us... but no...<br />
That night we ate stir fry and played a great game one of the Canadian girls bought... so much fun!!<br />
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'Happy Thanksgiving! Er, is that what we say?! Do we wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving?' I decided to say poo-poo to the snowboard and took up skiing... So much easier, but I still got scared going down. I think the fear I got from Snowboarding transferred over to skiing. :( But I did my best and spent my day on the bunny slope just learning. By the time I was confident enough to go down an actual slope, it was way too icy, so I just hung out at the bottom and waited for everyone else to be done! It was excellent, we went to the shops after and we found stuff for lemon, lime and bitters... so we added a bit of Aussie to the American dinner (apparently all the Aussies make LLB differently... and the same way every time! The yanks laughed at us as we compared LLB makings). It was delicious. We all scarfed food down like we hadn't eaten in years! After having a pick lunch, it kinda felt like we hadn't eaten in years... More Outdoor Pursuits people came along and we all ate together, laughing and enjoying the meal. We decided to go out shopping in Silverton that night for 1hr. Conor found me ice cream and I almost cried at the sight of the shop! I bought a cute necklace of an Aspen Leaf dipped in silver, I adore it!<br />
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Day three, I actually tackle a slope! I spent most of the morning trying to remember how to ski, regretting every run down and knowing something was going to go wrong. The guy at the end of the the 'magic carpet' kept trying to get me to smile... I don wanna smile :(<br />
The first time I went down, it wasn't too bad... I felt sick the entire time and almost cried a dozen times but we got down and I didn't break anything. After lunch, I was talking to Conor and we decided to go all the way down this green slope. Bad idea. I hurt so bad about 3/4 of the way down. I could have hit/kissed Conor with all the support he was giving me. But we made it and it was around 3.15 and we were meant to meet up at 4pm. We both thought this was excellent, we would be able to get back up, sit around for a bit and then head back. So we could either take a bus to the main place we were meeting up, or, I figured, could take the chair lift, because <i>all chairlifts go to the top, </i>right?! Wrong, not all chairlifts go to the top. This one went half way up the slope... so we had ski a ways down to get to another to get up the top to go back down. I called Karina at 4pm when we were meant to meet and was almost crying on the phone telling her we had to keep skiing... We got there eventually. Conor made me laugh in the gondola trip down, but by the time we'd got back to the bus, Karina asked if I was alright and I said, not right now, and Sarah and Tim both got worried as I fought back sobs. Traumatic, I tell you!!<br />
I was very happy for a shower when we got back and settled down.<br />
The bus ride back was good, SO NICE TO BE HOME!! Saturday and Sunday were very drunken to get over the trauma of Thanksgiving... and now I have to do an entire media kit on Outdoor Pursuits... kill me now!<br />
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We flew out on the 8th, after doing some of our classes and skipping the rest with a very quick, hectic trip to DIA from my beautiful, wonderful roomie Synovia. After a long journey westwards with an Asian lady with smelly breath sleeping with her mouth open on my shoulder (eww!!), we landed and (Thank you Emily and your transport apps) made our way on the BART (Public transport in San Fran) to the doorstep of our hostel in Union Square. And what a shit hostel... squeaky beds, no wifi.... sigh... We walked all the way to the harbour that night... just for shits and giggles... and it was amazing just to see the ocean again. Missed that big blue thing!<br />
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Our hostel was right on shopping district of San Fran... OMG. Not to mention that a seven-storey's high Macy's had a huge one-day sale. So the 9th of November was spent... lest I say it, <i>shopping. ALL DAY</i>!<br />
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They had the biggest most beautiful Christmas tree up outside, with an ice skating rink just next to it.<br />
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Dan flew in later that night, after all the shopping and walking to see California Street. The next day we were up early again, walking to the Street Cart to catch the ferry over to Alcatraz Island. The Island is rich in American history with it obviously being the famous jail but also was overtaken by Indian Americans<br />
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First sight of the island.<br />
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The board that organises Alcatraz set up the jail for self guided tours with an audio box and headphones. The pictures are the voices of the people on the audio tour. <br />
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An average cell for inmates.<br />
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Sad, sad inmate! :P it is TINY in there.<br />
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Sneaky Picture in the library.<br />
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The inmates were given ample opportunities to read and learn. The most commonly lent book genre... literature... these boys were very well read! Jealous.<br />
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The view of down town San Francisco... the best view out there!<br />
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Outside, a place where inmates weren't able to go, but families of soldiers in the jail played, and didn't lock their doors at night! o.0<br />
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The Kitchen. Notice the outline of all knives on board. So the guards would immediately know if something was missing!<br />
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Someone doesn't eat all her dinner in the dining hall....<br />
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Notice the line of calm water? Not so calm, that's were two currents intersect --> very cold, dangerous water. This is one of the reasons Alcatraz was so famous for being impossible to escape from.<br />
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After Alcatraz, we met up with Caitriona again and decided to sight see San Fran a little more. After lunch at Pier 39, we caught a cruise bus that took us around to the GG bridge and showed us the sights of that side of San Fran.<br />
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California street in the daylight... from the bottom.<br />
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Some of the original Victorian architecture that wasn't destroyed in the famous earthquake.<br />
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Walking the Golden Gate Bridge.<br />
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Took about 30 minutes to cross the bridge! Go us! It was super windy but crystal clear, couldn't of asked for a better view! Breath taking, still doesn't feel real!<br />
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Also, as we were walking back to the hotel from China Town, I was walking beside Emily with Dan on her other side, and she got MUGGED! WTF?! She was fine, her glasses fell on the ground but they were fine, her purse was at the bottom of her handbag and her phone was in my pocket, but what a movie moment... sorry Em, but truly, it had to happen to one of us and, tick, off the bucket list.<br />
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I was up at 5 or so to be on an 8am flight to Seattle with Caitroina. Let me tell you, no one was happy with us, but we were quick and quiet and awake before them so they can get knotted! :P So, the BART doesn't start up until 8am on weekends... yeah, didn't know this little fact, so everyone was calling out to us as we were heading that way. We didn't know what to do. Then this homeless man came up to us and took us to the bus and got us on the right bus. He was helpful but he really didn't give us a chance to say no to him, then expected a tip... not happy Jan. I was running from the time I got off the bus as I went through security to get to my plane. I didn't have time to sit, walked straight down the runway and onto the plane. Two hours later I was in another state with another city to explore. The rest of the gang were coming in at about 12 and I was in at 10 so I made my way to Starbucks, grabbed a coffee and settled in. Excellent!<br />
We took the LINK train right to our hostel again. Wasn't in the best area... in China town, a little bit dodgy. Daniel kept getting kudo's from people around us for having 3 women around him all the time... creeps.<br />
We explored Seattle after we stowed our bags at the hostel. Went down to see that big blue again and was excellent to smell the salt in the air. First stop was Pikes Place market, the place to see in Seattle. That was cool, about 6 stories of market shops and fish shops. And yes, Emily and I saw the men singing and throwing the fishes around... eeep... so much fun! We went to what we thought was the first Starbucks on the corner and all ordered coffees... awkward moment when we find out wasn't the first Starbucks, and the real one is down the street about 4 blocks... Was excellent coffee right about then though, never ever will I say that about Starbucks coffee again but needed that warmth! We made our way to the Space Needle after our much needed coffee. Wow-oh-wow! It was drizzly and cold up the top but it was also amazing! And a little tick went off the bucket list again! It was right on dusk when Dan and I went up so we got to see the city starting to light up.<br />
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My phone died right about then... no battery. Damn. So I didn't get all the pictures I wanted, but am so stealing everyone else's so, not worries. It was getting dark and I think I twisted my ankle walking around that morning so I left the guys to walk China Town and I went back to the hostel to shower and recuperate. Aparently Dan found <i>dice... </i>and started checking them out on our floor. He had no chance staying sane staying with 3 girls in a very small room! For some reason, this is still one of my favourite photos!<br />
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Up early again the next day and I was in AGONY. Ankle was twice the size it should of been but I kept going. Not sure I should have but hey. I would end up regretting it... We decided to take the ferry to the little island of Bainbridge island.<br />
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We walked this quaint little island all day. Was so pretty... I know where I want to live if I move to America! It was kind of eerie and so very Twilight... Loved it! I bought some tape to tape up my ankle and did so but didn't exactly work....<br />
We looked when the ferry was returning to the main land and we had an hour wait, so instead of sitting and resting our weary bodies, we decided to head to the foreshore and explore!<br />
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Kathryn had the idea to go on the Ferris Wheel to see the city. I'm not a huge fan of Ferris Wheels but I sucked it up and went with. Apparently Kathryn isn't either... so she was freaking out, and I was trying to stay calm... great combination.. but it was laughing at her that kept me the most calm. Great view though!<br />
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We went home after this. I piked like crazy, both Emily and Kathryn walk really fast which is fine, until you can't walk that fast without pain. Ouchies. Plus I had an early flight back to Colorado... Sigh. Dan and Emily did decide to try find some cheep Seattle souvenirs, anyway it started raining on the 30 min walk there and Emily came back just soaked and ranting. Hilarious...<br />
So was up again at 4 to get to the airport... by taxi this time. $40 and on time... very happy. I may have skipped out on my first Creative Writing class and just headed to my two others... :P<br />
So much happiness!!<br />
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All I'm going to say is... SNOW!!!!!! Our first good snow fall! Photo's follow.</div>
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Sno, my roomie, and Allison, her friend, making UNC in the snow!!</div>
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HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS: On the 29th of October, Karina and I carved PUMPKINS!!! So much fun and grossly messy! Om nom nom, pumpkin!<br />
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My 'Jack' Pumpkin, like from 'A nightmare before Christmas'! super fun!<br />
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Me, being creepy and sick, with my Jack-o-lantern! (snicker snicker snort)<br />
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I don't believe in coincidences. So when I found that my cousin was getting married while I was here, I knew I had to be at that wedding. Whitney Ford became Whitney Taylor on the 13th of October. Warning: Mass of pictures ahead!! and not much sense to them!!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-75748309092567369522012-10-30T12:58:00.000-06:002013-01-03T14:47:27.654-07:00October. Post One.I feel like it's crazy that October has flown by so quickly. I don't know how but it has. I feel like the weeks are all blurring together. It may be because of the weekends always zooming past with parties or events. I feel like I haven't been able to stop lately!<br />
So, I'm going to try condense all of October into one post and not cheat and back date like I've been known to do! (Hehe)<br />
So the first weekend in October was homecoming. All this means is that our football team which had been playing away games had it's first home game since the first one they played here. This resulted in a huge celebration week which ended in a bonfire and a bonafide Homecoming dance *squee*.<br />
The homecoming bonfire seemed to come on one of the coldest days of Fall. it was probably about -1. I was wearing jeans, a long sleeve Tee, and my lovely favourite 'little red riding hood' jacket with gloves and my beanie and ballet flats with socks (yes, a very fashionable look!). I think it was the flats where I went wrong. More and more, I am realising how science can explain things. After this I read somewhere that there is no such thing as 'cold', it's more the absence of heat. This is when I can swear that I could feel that cold in my bones, because it's true, the cold felt like it was sucking everything out of me.<br />
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The football game. As if the homecoming bonfire wasn't a cold enough event, we had the first sightings of snow for the season! Kathryn and I were wimps and left just after the first quarter because of the cold and went to drink coffee and watch Grey's Anatomy. Good times! </div>
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The homecoming dance. So the thing about being under 21 is that you have to be careful when and where you decide to turn up drunk to an event. The homecoming dance was one of those times. So being sober while half the people around you were maggoted was interesting to say the least! It was super fun, and I can brag that I've been to a homecoming dance but that's all I can say about it!<br />
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I wanted to add this little gem in. So the story goes that when Mum and Dad dropped me off at Uni, we went down to this Qdoba for lunch. These mex places do things kind of like subway and I got all confused. And the guy who was serving me could see I was all flustered-like and decided to tease me by putting on this ridiculous accent and look at me like I was crazy. So when he was finishing my burrito up, putting in the lettuce, I said 'I'm sorry, we don't have this in Australia' and he looked up at me and said, 'what? you don't have lettuce?' Yeah, he was class! Anyway, I made a 'friend' that day. So when I went back the other week he recognised me and we had a good laugh; he was impressed with my new found mexican ordering skills! There's a little smiley face on the end of the burrito that he added for me which when I presume his boss saw he not only gave the guy shit, but made me blush from head to toe! Not that that's hard! haha!<br />
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It was up at Estes Park, were the CIE had taken us for that little holiday. On the way there, we hit traffic... caused by this little sucker!<br />
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So, I went horse riding. It was a stupid choice but it was kind of nice to be on a horse again. </div>
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We had to stop to check cinches here.<br />
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So this is my beautiful little suitemate, Synovia Duncan. Hopefully you will be able to meet her some day. I am working on trying to convince her to come to Australia on exchange, too!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">We were told to let loose by the CIE (Centre for International Education) to represent our country for a fair. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI. </span></div>
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The Aussie Shelia's: Nicole (Canberra), myself, Kathryn (Canberra), Emily (Perth), and Karina (Perth).<br />
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Our representaion of Australia. Lamingtons, ANZAC biscuits, vegemite and fairy bread. All the yummy foods of our country! hehe.</div>
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The best thing about being an international student is how the Centre for International Education keep you occupied with things to do. The 3-day first 'away' trip we did was to a little town called Estes Park.<br />
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If you roll around the mappy thingo a bit, you'll see that Greeley, where UNC is situated, is about an hour and a half to the east. Estes Park is this little mountain town that is oh so cute! We were staying in the YMCA cabins. They were utterly gorgeous! All wood and cabin-y! and two storeys.<br />
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With a beautiful fireplace that turned on with a flick of a switch! Oh the ease of it.<br />
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This is us all sitting around getting to know each other better.<br />
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And then we got to go outside, light the fire up and make the traditional American bonfire food of S'mores. Interesting but not fantastic.<br />
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Hiking. At over a mile high... yeah, my lungs aren't acclimatised enough to walk god knows how many miles, but I would say it was over 10 km in about two and a half hours of rocky goodness. It was a heap of fun and I can understand why people enjoy it so much. However, with my bad ankle and coordination, it was a little precarious.<br />
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The scenery was just so beautiful. We were powering up so much that we really didn't take it all in.<br />
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This little matey was a bit impressive to see!!!<br />
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Yet, as always, the fun has to end. And back to school we go!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-78741493173717015702012-09-08T17:46:00.000-06:002012-10-28T17:49:20.778-06:00September 8th.<br />
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There is a grand thing of Football here. Our team isn't fantastic but the atmosphere and the novelty of it all is exhilarating!<br />
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The football team warming up and the band revving up the crowd!<br />
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They have all the stereotyped American football things. Below is the marching band spelling out UNC.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-11562788073932880402012-09-03T16:59:00.000-06:002012-10-28T17:49:20.769-06:00September 1stWe got to head to Down-town Denver on the 1st of September. What can I say about Denver? It is beautiful! The architecture is beautiful. The correlate a combination of old and new which is spectacular. It was a trip with the CIE to got to a food festival - the street festival wasn't very good but shopping and Denver itself made up for it.<br />
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I saw this little gem while we were walking along. I wanted to head on up and take a sneak peak but didn't get the chance... one day, one day!! </div>
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Birthdays are something that tugs on our heart strings being so far away from home. This is Marine, she had her 21st on the 2nd of September and as a way to celebrate, we threw her a surprise party with donuts instead of a cake and French cheese and wine. Because she's French. Just sayin'.<br />
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Dearest Jennifer Hawker, it is your twentieth birthday, and for the first time in 5 years, I am not around to celebrate it with you. Soooo....<br />
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Lots of love from America.<br />
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I don't think there would be something much more awful than a Skype connection that's not completely connected. It was the first time that I realised that I couldn't rely on Skype to see my friends, or worse, my family. It was the second time that I chocked back tears from the ache of distance since I've been here.<br />
(I'm not counting the breakdown I had in my friends' arms before I headed to the airport.)<br />
I'm going to miss so many things by being here, but going to experience amazing things too. The irony of bitter sweetness.<br />
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But I was kept busy yesterday to keep my mind off it, and, today, I keep organising myself for my first day tomorrow, so am still busy.<br />
I updated my contact details to include my address here and my new phone number.<br />
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So many words that I can't say. They're all written with sorrow in ink in my throat. I can hug you all in February. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-33541992753383910752012-08-24T16:26:00.000-06:002012-08-24T16:26:09.925-06:00August 25th.<div style="text-align: right;">
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I want to sincerely apologise to a panic'd Jennifer. </div>
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So we had a fire drill last night. I'm kind of used to them living in Village at ECU, it was a not an occasion when the fire alarm blared and you filled out (sometimes via the stairs, other times via the lift...). The alarm was pulled at around 11pm, just as I had shut off my light. SHIT. I had a room full of freshmen so my suite mate is furiously but gently knocking on my door, going 'Jessi, Jessi! We need to go... Jessi!'. Yep, that's good, but I am experienced. You dress. As much as we're all told to leave everything and get out, I was not leaving in my white daggy PJ pants and singlet. In less than a minute I had a my shorts back on (would have preferred my jeans, but oh well) and a long sleeved shirt in my hands. And, of course, phone in hand! </div>
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I should have grabbed the pillow from my bed too, because we were out there for 3 hours. It was 2 am by the time we got back into our halls. Fun night! </div>
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So, I find out later, that someone had left a piece of poly pipe filled with cement that had been used to anchor a tent on move in day (which was yesterday, yes, poor people who had just moved in and had to spend half the night on the gym floor) and a police man who patrols the campus saw it and thought it was a BOMB... yep, bomb! So we had the bomb squad in to take the 'bomb' away and they blew it up and everything was fine again. </div>
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As much as it was a pain in the butt, I'm kind of glad to see how UNC works and how much they clamped down on a threat. It was very professional and very calm. </div>
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Now, for the reason I'm apologising to Jennifer. I messaged her in my boredom, asking her to 'please be on [facebook]'. I mean, it was mid afternoon in Australia and I talked to Mattie for a bit, so why could she look at her phone and message me back. Well, she did, eventually, in a panic... Yeah, I should have specified why I was messaging her! :P Eep. </div>
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Also, just a little note, nothing, and I meant <i>nothing </i>makes you feel unfitter than an American University Gym... It's the altitude! (We've been blaming everything on the altitude. Unfitness, sweating, hunger, exhaustion... It's all the altitude's fault!)</div>
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Yes, we named ourselves after Grease characters.<br />
Frenchy - Marine, French exchange student, from the west side, not sure what Uni.<br />
Sandy - Emily, Australian exchange student, also from ECU!<br />
Risso - Kathryn, Australian exchange student from Canberra, UC.<br />
Marty - the lovely mwah!<br />
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The insanity of move in day!<br />
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(Also not pictured here, FOOTBALLERS... helping to bring in peoples stuff! How <i>nice</i> of them! And the stereotypes don't lie, they are BIG men!)<br />
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Left: Sigma Kappa, Right: Delta Zeta... was totally invited to Delta Zeta house later on when we started talking to the girl at the Uni! We are IN! :P<br />
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The entertainment of the fire alarm... Ninga? I hadn't heard of it but it looked pretty cool. You have to hit the next persons hand with yours by doing ninga moves. Was funny to watch, but didn't participate, was too tired for that!<br />
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Alright, signing off, I miss you all, I'm getting excited to start my classes next tuesday, I went and got my books (which were super expensive) today, so I'll read up on them a bit before classes start to get a bit of a head start and not to look like the ignorance Aussie :) </div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px;">LA to Manhattan, Montana; to Cody, Wyoming (through Yellowstone); to Sheridan, Wyoming; to Hot Springs, South Dakota; to Colorado Springs, Colorado; to Greeley, Colorado. All in two weeks :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sheridan:</span></h2>
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My father, being the amazing man he is, as he started driving through Denver, chuckled and asked if we (Mum and I) wanted a confidence boost in him.<br />
<i>'This is the biggest city I've ever driven through!' </i><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px;">I missing you guys like crazy. Will write more soon. </span><br />
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The happiest place on earth. Disneyland. Three words: oh my God! The people, the rides, the atmosphere. It's kind of a combination between Morley Galleria on a Saturday, the airport, and the royal show, but all on steroids. Or ecstasy. It is amazing yet utterly cringe worthy at the same time. The experience makes it all that you ever dreamed and more, but the masses of people make it awful! Maybe it's designed that way so you don't explode with exhilaration. <br />
The mornings aren't too bad. Mum asked me wether it was what I thought it would be. It was only about 10.30am, so I said I thought it would be busier! It got busier! By lunch the walkways were shoulder to shoulder people. I don't like crowds, so working my way through them way blech! <br />
Two days of this and I have surely had quite enough of these crowds. I've ridden the rides, I've hugged the characters, I've eaten more than I care to admit and my jeans are already feeling tight (two days! Two freaking days!) I'm done! Even if I wasn't, my ankle is ready to give up on me. Arse! <br />
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Oh, just to add a by the way, the flight left an hour late from Sydney, so got in at 7am, an hour late in LA. I really didn't mind, it meant that it was lighter over the city. The hotel room is beautiful! And was ready when we got there, a good 5 hours before check-in! I think I've mentioned this before but it was a blessing to shower! That day was a bit of a right off, we were all exhausted, but we did get to Disneyland that day! The shops part anyway. Downtown Disneyland, it's called, and you don't actually have to have a ticket to enter! Smartest idea ever!<br />
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This is the World of Colour light show! Would you believe that is projected on water?! Brilliant! (Currently reminiscing about <i>The Little Mermaid)</i><br />
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<i>Squirrel :P</i><br />
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Plane trip: long and boring and... did I mention long?? It was
something like 12 hours and 40 minutes of long haul flight from Sydney to LA in
a tiny seat where my knees hit the seat in front of me and the arm rail dug
into my side because I was leaning on the window. Sigh. I had time to watch four
movies, well, five really, I fell asleep during <i>The Avengers </i>(the worst movie to fall asleep during) and woke at
the end… so replayed it! The compolation went something like: <i>American Pie: The Reunion</i> (because of
Emma!), <i>The Avengers</i> (twice), <i>The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel</i>, and <i>The Sapphires</i> (true story about four
aboriginal women singing for the American troops in Vietnam, starring Jess Mauboy.
So very, very good, if you have the chance, go see it!), plus read, listen to
the Lady Antebellum album, watch a few episodes of Glee… need I go on? Seeing
the Monday morning sunrise over LA made it all worth it though, and took away
most of the pain. (Until next time really, I’m just glad there’s a while in
between flights!) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hotel: A-maz-ing. </div>
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Shower: Oh, lord. </div>
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Food: Ahh *drool*. </div>
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Beds: Too good to be
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Sleep time. <o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-40797986209873205252012-08-05T16:37:00.001-06:002012-08-05T17:20:12.269-06:006th August.<div><p>I am currently unabashly sitting in a massage chair in Sydney airport after the first leg of my trip. Officially hating on the Airbus right now with it's inconvinient lack of leg room. Serious sad face right now! </p>
<p>On a lighter note, which isn't at all lighter, but unrelated in it's relatability but I had to say goodbye to my siblings and all my friends. I admit it, I cried, but so did Blondie.</p>
<p>Alright, massage finished! I'm going to head to some floor space and try to catch a Z or two!<br>
I take no responsibility for The sense of over tired blogging... it's kinda like drunken messaging. Meh. <br>
Love you!</p>
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I didn't say goodbye. It was time too, but I didn't.<br />
Because my friend, she told me that it's not a goodbye, it's a see you later.<br />
I didn't cry (one tear doesn't count, does it?), I made everyone promise that they wouldn't say anything that would cause tears.<br />
We laughed and ate and drank $6 frozen cocktails (oh, so good) and, well, laughed. By the end of the night, sitting in Baskin Robins eating the best ice creams, I tried desperately to make a speech that wasn't clichéd. Yeah, no, not possible! But no matter what the words, I will miss them all horribly. And they know that, without my clichés.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It's not a goodbye... it's a see ya later.</span></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-11208536702323600452012-07-01T01:54:00.000-06:002012-07-21T03:42:39.453-06:00July 1st.I turned 20 today. I have had two decades of life, and feel like I've only really started living. The countdown to take off has started. I figure I can start now, it's a pretty easy figure to calculate. 36 days. So close now!<br />
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I had a bright green birthday cake. Just because. And my parents gave me a gift that I truly treasure.<br />
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It's Saint Christopher. You know, to protect me on my travels. I love it.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-91300400781318778492012-06-29T06:10:00.001-06:002012-06-29T07:16:15.132-06:00June 29.<div>
Five weeks to go. Do you know how fast five weeks goes?? I mean, I've been home for three and it feels like a couple days!<br />
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(Also, blowing my mind that I've been home for three weeks! Shite, time moves so much faster up and over the hill!)</div>
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I'm in Perth today. Yeah, sorry to my little sis, Mim, never did get lunch to catch up with you. No, instead I was booking my tickets. My airline tickets. With five weeks to spare. That is organisation at its finest! <br />
However, it all went fine, no little pop-ups telling me I wasn't allowed in the country! Okay, truth to come out, I didn't do it. I sat back looking pretty while my mumma did the talking. Sorry, I lie again. I sat back looking pretty texting Courtney while my mumma did the talking! I am so lazy!<br />
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(Probably for the best. The agent pissed me off with five minutes of sitting down so I probably would have never of got them booked if not for Mum!) </div>
I've only got a few more things to organise before I go, travel insurance, clothes, packing, stuff like that. It seems so close but still so far away! <br />
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Maybe not <i>that</i> far away...</div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-20624703852234826682012-06-13T07:21:00.005-06:002012-06-13T07:28:30.455-06:00June 13th.<br />
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So, I didn’t get as much <i>cleansing </i>done as I was hoping, however, I did want to share what eighteen months’ worth of a
writer’s uni workload looks like after their finished with it! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p><b><i>BURN SUCKER!</i></b></o:p></div>
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It’s not impeccably clear, but there <i>are </i>two stacks of paper
in there. One is in the centre, the other off to the right. Each was about two
to three centimetres thick, and that was <i>maybe</i>
a third of the pile. I would have had over two thousand sheets of printouts, stories,
drafts, assignments stacked around the place. </div>
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Well, all gone now! </div>
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And, I’m awarded
<i>two</i> points because I still have my
eyebrows! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I think perhaps it’s time to throw all my work from year 12
now, too... <b>Soooo, bon fire at mine?</b><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320475213840338794.post-51784235542845255342012-06-12T02:14:00.000-06:002012-07-28T00:02:56.706-06:00June 12th.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Such Slackness! </span></b></div>
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Things have happened and I haven’t even
written about them!</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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Firstly, and probably most excitedly, ECU has officially
said goodbye to us. </div>
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(I think they want to get rid of us!) </div>
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So… uh, okay, rewind.
I was going to talk about the people that I’m going over with, but I haven’t
introduced you all to them yet! <o:p></o:p></div>
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So let’s settle in and get our <i>Pitbull</i> on… <i>To understand the future, we gotta go back in time</i>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I am an awful person. You all are probably thinking, ‘and
she’s just realising this?’. No, honestly. </div>
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So, the date is the <b>9th of May</b> and
the exchange office is holding a US consulate session for all those unlucky
non-US citizens that have to fork out to get a visa --snicker--. This morning, in
Authorship and Publication (a unit I'm doing this first semester), we were working on our monographs. This is the
snooty, literary term for a short story. The first one I read, I liked; it was just that it was too big of a story to fit into our 2500 word limit, it jumped all over the place and,
well, I thought it wasn’t particularly realistic. I told the author of the
work so. Not in a mean way, in a constructive criticism sort of way. </div>
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I should
have kept my mouth <b>SHUT</b>. </div>
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Because, when I walked into the consulate session, low
and behold, there she sat, the only other person in the room. Earth, please, eat me up! </div>
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She was nice about the
whole ordeal when I sat with her. I apologised and she informed me that it was
a creative non-fiction work. FACE-PALM! Christ, everything made sense then. And
as a creative non-fic, it wasn’t too bad! A little rough; it was the first
draft so that’s understandable, but over all a really courageous story. And I’d
totally shredded it. I apologised again, naturally. Somewhere, she found it in
herself to forgive and forget and introduce herself. <i>Introducing Karina</i>. </div>
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The
similarities between us were oddly spooky for two strangers who’d met that
morning. We both are writers. We both are US citizens and going over on
passports. And we both are heading to Colorado. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Fast-track to the <b>4th of June</b> and I’m sitting in Dome, in
Ellenbrook, talking with school friends: Tash, Courtney and Rachel. So, here’s
the thing, not only does Courtney know the one girl who spent first semester at
UNC, but another who is attending in the second. </div>
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I mean, apart from me!</div>
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Emily. She gave me her details and, of course, I facebook stalk her. It’s alright;
Courtney admitted that she’d given my details to Emily too so she could facebook
stalk me too! I hesitantly FB messaged her to introduce myself, praying that
Courtney had been truthful to me when she’d given me her name. </div>
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She would do
something like that to me… </div>
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I have wonderful friends that I love and that love me
back. </div>
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Can you tell? </div>
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Well, she must love me because it was the right Emily.
<i>Introducing Emily</i>. I think we may be complete opposites; I think I’m going to
get on well with her. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are four of us going from ECU. The last is a boy named
Dan. I think. I don’t really know him yet, but as soon as I do, I will
introduce him, too.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jumping forward a few more days, and we’re caught up to the
<b>8th of June</b>. The day ECU said goodbye. A little fact that I haven’t yet shared
is that I was a successful applicant to be an ECU exchange ambassador at UNC! It’s another one of those fancy terms, pretty much just saying that I get some money from the Uni and have to
attend a few events. Meh, like I wasn’t not going to go to them anyway! I am also required to keep a blog about my experiences over there, directed to potential exchange students. It’s a joint
effort with Emily. You should go check it out; it might be interesting. </div>
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<b> Another fun fact: did you know ECU is in the top 100 best university's in the world? </b></div>
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<b>Go figure; apparently we sit at lucky 100!</b></div>
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<b>Take that UWAians, Murdockians and Curtainians.</b></div>
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The session gave us outgoing students the opportunity
to talk to the exchange students who have just finished their semester here
from the university that we will soon be attending and returned exchange students from ECU. </div>
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There, I met Kendra <i>(again,
I think. Cripes, I gotta get better at this name thing!) </i></div>
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I asked her what sort
of weather I’d be flying into in August in Colorado. She had such a cute accent.
I kept asking her questions just to hear her talk… I can’t wait for all the
people to sound all cute and weird when they talk. So mature, I know! </div>
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Anyway, back to
the temperature. She replied to me in her little drawl, "It’s hot, usually
about 25 to 30 degrees". In the middle of summer? Then, she told me, "It’s not
like here, it’s more of a dry heat."</div>
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HA. I think I can handle dry
heat.</div>
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She was really lovely and helpful, if not a little confused to what hot is. However, I'm sure she'll be like "This isn't cold!" and I'll be freezing my butt off in layers and layers of clothing! </div>
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She and a boy, whose name evades me, both from UNC, told us that we
had to do various things. Attend a football and softball match; go the Blue and
Gold!</div>
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<b><i>(Is it ironic that I was in those two factions? Gold in primary school,
and Blue in High?)</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">Faithful daughter, now!</span></div>
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I’m going to have to get someone to explain the point of the
game tho… like, apart from winning. It’s not weird for a girl to admit to
wanting to watch the cheerleaders at half time too, is it? I mean, it’s a
winter sport and their dancing around in teeny tiny clothing… he he he… I promise pictures! </div>
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Also,
apparently I have to go snowboarding, so comment up your tips for me from those who
have been! </div>
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And September means homecoming events, eep… I’m a little excited for that
one with all the college spirited hullabaloo that comes with it! </div>
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I also want to go ice skating <i>outside.</i>
I want to build a snowman. Or something that somewhat resembles one that I can
throw a scarf around and shove a carrot in the middle of its face.</div>
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<b>Other little fun facts since I last posted: </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li> I went ice skating the other weekend, spontaneously,
with my h/s friend, Rachel.<i> P.S. if some cute boy
comes up to me at an ice rink in Colorado and asks if I’ve ever skated before, I am undoubtedly going to lie! The answer
is NO, people.</i> I’m actually a pretty good skater; for someone who’s so damn
clumsy on the ground, it doesn’t show on the ice. Anyway point being: my phone got stolen.
I can look at it now and say it was a bit of a blessing because my
iPhone was getting a little slow and was on its way out. However, it really could have happened another way. You have no idea how much your phone is your life until its gone! So, this meant that I could upgrade my phone, I'm not taking a camera to the states because the camera in my phone is awesomeness and, really, it is much more convenient to
carry around in its slimlinedness design. It doesn't have the range of cases, however. I'm a little disappointed that I can't continue the craziness of cases.</li>
<li>My cousin got engaged. As in, my cousin who I haven’t seen
for ten super long years and that, in a few months, I will reside in the same state as! The extra exciting thing is that she’s actually getting married while I’m there.
I'm still in the process of planning how to get there and what not, but, hopefully, it will all work out for me, I'll be able to go to a wedding and, meet, for the first time, a heap of rellies. And, of course, have
bunches of fun.</li>
<li>I finished up my semester at ECU. (No surprise there, it had
to come around eventually!) I did feel a little sad driving out of the car park onto Central Ave after my
<i>one and only</i> exam, knowing it would be 2013 before I would potentially study in one
of those class rooms again! It brought up old memories of when I first moved to Perth into the Village. And what times I had there. <i>My Sopie</i>. Things I was going to miss. Ah, such sentimentalities from a silly girl! </li>
<li>I’m in the process of booking my air tickets and organising
my parents. I set up Skype on my mum’s computer as well as my sister’s iPhone
and grandmother’s computer (the internet is more stable here than in Goomalling!). Just got to show Mum how to use it now! I promised that I would be connected at all times, just in case she needs to
contact me. Look under my 'Remember me!' page for all my contact details if you wanna hit me up on Skype, too!</li>
<li>With the awful weather we’ve been having in Perth this week,
I’ve committed tomorrow to starting tying up loose ends here in Perth, so that
I’m not living in two places at once like I have seemed to be doing for so many
years! I’ve decided to use this time to de-clutter and generally throw shit out! I’m
hoping it will be as cleansing as I’m predicting it to be. But if I post in a
few days that I still haven’t got around to it, well, then, it wasn’t so
cleansing.</li>
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So, I’m thinking I’ve rambled enough. Got to leave some
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