Saturday, January 29, 2011

australian open final

kim clijsters won the australian open women's final!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BIG CONGRATS TO HER FOR EARNING HER FIRST AUSTRALIAN OPEN TITLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (she totally deserves it)

congrats to na li for playing well too.

rach xxx

Friday, January 28, 2011

tennis.

hey everybody,

just thought i'd tell you guys...

ANDY MURRAY IS THROUGH TO THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN'S FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rach xxx

p.s he's going to be playing against novak djokovic. i hope he wins...

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

summer.

this has actually been a pretty crappy summer holiday.

i have not gone swimming AT ALL these holidays.

of course i feel deprived, since i usually go at least twice a week. :(

and the situation with the floods in QLD & VIC. i wonder if all the schools will be cleaned up and ready for the students to come back? :|

but guess what? tomorrow, my [extended] family will be going to the beach, where i'm sure there will be plenty of bogans to avoid. ugh it's going to be so crowded and hot.

maybe not that hot, but you never know. i've just checked up on an online forecast and apparently the UV index will be"extreme". :|

i have to remember to bring sunscreen. and lots of water. gack.

man, i hate the beach. it's so sandy and salty and crowded (especially at bondi, cronulla, maroubra, etc).

i like pools much better. :)

oh well. at least the day after, i'm going to glo's place. :D

and school can go fuck off for another few months or so. thanks. ;)

rach xxx

Monday, January 17, 2011

..just some post to tell you guys what I've been up to.

So people,

I see that Annie's been up to no good being a pimp and getting married at thirteen even though I'm PRETTY SURE it's not legal unless if it's with parental consent.
And umm, yeah. I'm at home, and I was meant to go shopping today to buy some much needed SHORTS.
Okay, I need to comment on the weather here.
It is so flipping HOT.
It's winter.
And it's like, what, 25 degrees outside.
In celsius, of course. In Fahrenheit, it should be like 77.
And IT'S WINTER. AND I DIDN'T BRING SHORTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WINTERS ARE MEANT TO BE COLD.
And so I had to go out in a t-shirt and jeans and I was quite literally BURNING.
I went to the zoo yesterday. It was pretty much like Taronga Zoo. Except bigger. And there was this massive massive hill.
But anyway, I am sitting in the house, evaporating away. Argh, WHY DIDN'T I BRING SHORTS?
..that's right. It's because I don't have any. I only have one pair. And they're BROWN. Like our school uniform. Ew.
There's been a CSI marathon on TV and I've been watching it. And at night, I watch 'My Wife and Kids', and after that I watch Naruto Shippuden. Ackbert.
I went to Los Angeles/Hollywood or whatever that place is last week, and I stayed five days. It was really fun; I went to both Disneylands on the first two days, then I went to Universal Studios on the third - my Mum got conned into buying some deluxe combo, but it was worth it, 'cause I ended up on a tour bus that took us around Hollywood and Beverly Hills. I went to the Walk of Fame, took photos, saw Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, though I didn't go in. I bought some random I HEART LA t-shirt, too. She took us to Beverly Hills as well, and we went around on the streets -- every store was designer, seriously. Dolce and Gabbana, Burberry, Fendi, Chanel, etc.. It was like DESIGNER PARADISE. I'm too povo for those stores though.

And my mum happens to have friends everywhere, so we visited my Mum's friend since Year 2 or something. We went to her house, ate food, went around the place, went shopping, gosh, if you know the right places, the clothes are so cheap D: Like seriously, high top black Converses for $40. How much are they here? I'm pretty sure they're over a hundred. Or somewhere around there.
IUAHSFIAHSFIUHSAUIFHISFISAIUSAHFIHSAFIUHSAIUFHSAf.

And I went cycling, last week too, in some random park. YAYAYYAYAYAYA CYCLING. So I went on the left hand side for a while, me being me.. And there was no one on the pathway for a while, and suddenly I spot some person further down the path and she's giving me a 'what the heck are you doing you insolent teenager' look.

And I realise I'm in America. And so I switch sides. And it feels so, SO weird. Sure, I kinda got used to the car thing, but really, CYCLING? It just feels so.. odd. ODD. ODDDDD. ODDDDDDDDDDDDD.

My cousin is obsessed with Club Penguin.

Okay, well, what have you been up to in your holidays? I've sure watched a whole bunch of movies and stuff.

Apparently, the starsigns like changed or something? They added some new starsign called Ophiuchus, or Serpentarius, or WHATEVER YOU PEOPLE CALL IT.

So they like shuffled the starsigns or whatever so then OPHIUCHUS can fit in.

So now, Annie and I are Capricorns. Glo is a Pisces, and Rachel is a Libra.

Dear horoscopes, I am enraged.

Here are the DATES FOR THE NEW HOROSCOPE WHAT THE HECKBALL.

Capricorn: Jan. 20-Feb. 16
Aquarius: Feb. 16-March 11
Pisces: March 11-April 18
Aries: April 18-May 13
Taurus: May 13-June 21
Gemini: June 21-July 20
Cancer: July 20-Aug. 10
Leo: Aug. 10-Sept. 16
Virgo: Sept. 16-Oct. 30
Libra: Oct. 30-Nov. 23
Scorpio: Nov. 23-Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17-Jan. 20

come on, it was SO cool being an Aquarius.

Anyway, over and out!

jo :)

Thursday, January 13, 2011

this is just to say.

This is just to say:

I have no life.

I'm sure you gathered that from the below post anyway.

I have been doing absolutely nothing these holidays. I've only stepped outside the house a few times. Mostly, I just stay up late. Then I sleep. Then I stay up late again, and the cycle repeats itself.

I don't even have a boyfriend yet. Tragic, I know. I've just myself on eHarmony because I'm so scared I'll die alone. But I'm so awesome I've already lined up five dates with five different guys. Yeah, woo, go me.

Oh, I'm so disappointed with my life I'm going to go drown my sorrows in alcohol. Tequila, anyone?

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

my secret boyfriend.

Oh my gosh, guys, my life is so amazing!

I've been to an infinite number of rowdy parties (alcohol, anyone?), been to the beach at least twenty times and had twenty-five thousand sleepovers. Also, I got a boyfriend.

I know, right? His name is Randall. We've had so much fun together! We actually met early on during summer break, and he is the perpetrator who first introduced me to alcohol. Yup, ever since that first night of knocking back tequila shots, I've kept a handy bottle of vodka around everywhere I've gone-- which is everywhere.

Seriously, kids. I went for a spontaneous trip to the Bahamas with Randall for Christmas. Then we went to Antarctica, and Iceland, and Cuba! We've had a lot of... fun, you might say, in our hotel suite. Yes, that means exactly what you think it means.

We broke up at New Year's since he caught me making out with Bob Katter. I was in a state of inebriation, though, so I pleaded not guilty. We had this huge fight and I contemplated suicide. But then he came and serenaded me from my balcony window a few days after with a George Harrison song and a bouquet of a dozen roses. Romance, my darlings, is one of his many talents. And he has talents, I assure you. Especially in the bedroom.

You know how I used to think people who dated young were... um, strange? Yeah, well, buds, I take that back. We only have one life to live! Why are we wasting it being prudes and nuns? Come now, children. Go out drinking! Lose your virginity! Get tattoos! And piercings!

I actually got a tattoo the other day. It's a heart with 'Randall and Aza' in it. I'm telling you, I'm in love. I've never felt this way about a guy in the thirteen years of my life!

I heard from a mutual friend that he's actually planning to propose to me on Sunday. I'm still not sure what I'm going to say. Help me! Should I accept? I mean, I'm a tad bit young for marriage, but... true love prevails, right? And this is true love. True love beyond true love.

I think I will say yes.

Look, since everybody on this blog is either a nun or a prude and I'm the only one who actually has fun in life, I'm going to just say-- I don't CARE if you think I'm an idiot for marrying at the age of thirteen. I don't CARE if I've only known Randall for less than a month. He's my life now, and nothing you can say will change that. If you don't want to go to my wedding-- which I'm planning to set in Milan, by the way-- then fine. See if I care. Your loss.

For the benefit of anyone out there who's being a REAL FRIEND and supporting me, I'm going to talk more about Randall. Well, he's hot of course, and Yugoslavian. And the best thing? He's a vampire!

AND HE BIT ME! SO I'M GOING TO BE A VAMPIRE TOO!

At first, I thought it was a hickey. And then I suddenly had this... thirst for blood. So I went and drained my neighbours of blood, accidentally killing them in the process. I've also left a string of unexplained serial murders around Western Australia, but haha, it's not like anybody is going to suspect a thirteen year old girl from South Dakota. Except now I've just told everybody on the internet. Whoops.

Yeah, so, now whenever I go out in the sun, I sparkle. Hehe. It's awesome.

Ooh, Randall's just called! He wants to go for a late night meal at the local pub! I'm sure you know what that means... vodka, vodka, and more vodka. And blood, 'cause we're vampires. And tequila because it tastes good. But mostly vodka.

Toodles, darlings!

HAHA, MY LIFE IS MORE FUN THAN YOURS! I BET NOBODY ELSE OUT THERE HAS A VAMPIRE BOYFRIEND WHO'S GOING TO PROPOSE TO THEM!

And anybody who flames me or disses me, well, guess what? You're just jealous.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

finally managed to put a post up - no photos though

Anyway, a VERY BELATED merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

This week has been HECTIC, and I mean it. HECTIC.

My cousins from Texas came over on the same day that I arrived in California, and they are the awesomest cousins ever <3 my second-cousin Tien managed to show up too, that was really weird when I asked him who he was o-o'

So we had heaps of fun; we went to Vegas too, we went and saw the Bellagio Fountains and stuff and we even managed to go around the place without parents at night :L yes I'm still quite very surprised that my mum actually let me out at night in Vegas.

My cousins took me to see Jabbawockeez, an American dance crew which just happens to be a lot better than Justice Crew ==; they were actually quite interactive which was good so :L

and I watched Tron with them too, it wasn't that bad, it was actually pretty good and exceeded my expectations .. but I think I set the expectation kinda low on this one, compared to other movies.. ie. Harry Potter.

I've done way too many things here to write them all in a single blog post, but anyway, it's all good, I'll tell you guys the whole story when I get back to Australia..

My Texan cousins + second-cousin (actually from now on I'm just gonna say Texan cousins cause I think I can't be stuffed to write '+ second-cousin') could only stay at California for a week, cause they have school today. The weirdness of the American school system.. they have the weirdest terms or whatever. Really. They only have 36 weeks of school compared to our 40.

So yeah, they've gone back and now my aunt's house seems REALLY empty, cause normally there'd be a whole bunch of teenage kids running amok around the house shooting each other with nerf guns or raiding the pantry and eating all the food or clogging up the toilets or singing random music in the hallways or just being up to no good.

I'm part of the gunners and the pantry raiders.

We had a massive van to get around too, so we all managed to fit :L albeit it being quite squishy, it was actually pretty good for roadtrips when you needed a pillow or neck support or something.

So we went around in Vegas, and we had to design a system where we wouldn't lose each other, since Vegas is well.. Vegas. So we all ended up hooking arms, and every two metres or 7 feet or whatever the American people call it, there were people handing out cards with women in quite.. provocative positions on them. They're scattered everywhere, literally. There was this guy who also tried to sell us tickets to gay and lesbian stripclubs too, telling us that 'he won't tell nobody'.. that was pretty weird too, but it gave us a good laugh afterwards.

I got my hair cut on New Years, kind of sentimental, now it being a new hair cut for the new year, kind of like starting afresh or something. It's about five centimetres shorter and it's got light layers, my aunt cut it for me, and I was like, I don't know what to get, you can do whatever you want, and this is what she ended up with.. it's not bad either. It's obviously a change to what I'm normally used to, but meh, I'll get used to it.. And no, I am not leaving my hair down, because I can still tie it up just fine. I'll leave it down if I'm not bothered to tie my hair or for some special occasion or something.

Ahh, so now I'm at home, it's 12:09PM, and Morgan's gone off to school, and I'm sitting on the laptop looking for games to play cause I'm that bored.. Did I mention that I got my texan cousins into Tetris ? HAHAHA they're addicted now.. .. .. oops.

I've also developed a partially American accent, and I can somehow manage to switch out of an Australian and American accent at will now. It's so weird.. I developed an accent after like two days. Literally.

Dai sounded more Sydney-ish, and Tien made up his own accent which actually sounds cool.. but I think he lost it.

I can't believe they call the bathroom/toilet a RESTROOM. And they have GPA's. That really sucks for them, cause in Australia, nothing really counts until year 12, but in America, nothing really counts until Year 9. Heh.

And everything's reversed here. Like seriously, the escalators are on the right instead of the left? Ack. And people drive on the right hand side, obviously, and the wheel's on the left hand side of the car, and they have the weirdest house numbering system ever.. like every house skips like ten numbers.. but that's okay.

It's so different here, and it's pretty cold and all, and I'll put a few photos up.. I've taken like 250 photos already :S And my cousins have more photos too, so yup :||| I don't think I can put them all up, if you know what I mean.

And I'm sorry for making this blog post so very long, but you know, there's been a lot of stuff happening lately, and yeah..

I think I'll go now, but first let me ask you,

What are your new year's resolutions?

Mine's to do all my homework, but I reckon I'll fail.. I'll do as much as possible though ? *tries to pull off an innocent/angelic smile*

Actually, I'll REALLY go now. Whoa, this blog post is ultra long, but figures.

Merry belated Christmas and a happy belated new year ! :)

jo :)

Saturday, January 1, 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

IT'S 2011.

OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD.

it's a new year. a new decade.

and i don't feel any different.

this year will probably be like the last, starting off kinda awesome, then at school, with me writing 10 instead of 11 at the end of my dates.

well, happy new year, everyone.

i hope you all have a new year's resolution (& that you will stick to it).

this is the first post of the year. :D

sydney's fireworks just finished, and it was pretty awesome.

it kinda, like, OWNADED last year's fireworks, which were the worst i'd ever seen them. (:

sydney is awesome and hopefully this year will be too.

welcome (those that are actually in 2011) to the new decade, which will no doubt be filled with kids having more than they should, and adults and others feeling nostalgic.

oh well.

i hope it's been a good start for you,

rach xxx

p.s again, happy new year!