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Friday, November 03, 2006

MEME TIME

I haven't done one of these in SO long. So here goes:

WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU...

1.Said i love you to? Matt via text last night
2. Rode in a car with? Matt and Lianne to the Airport
3. Went to the movies with? Matt - Harry Potter
4. Went to the mall with? Matt (I'm sensing a pattern here)
5. You talked on the phone to? See, I'm at work, so one would assume "a colleague" or sim, but no - Maatt
6. Made you laugh? Dermot @ work cos he threw my stress ball really hard at this other dude Ashwin and it was funny

W O U L D . Y O U . R A T H E R?

1. Pierce your nose or tongue? Tongue (and in fact, it is pierced!)
2. Be serious or be funny? FUNNY!
3. Drink whole or skim milk? whole milk
4. Die in a fire or drown? that's a really good question. Let me come back to that one.
5. Spend time with your parents or enemies? Parents!!

A N S W E R. T R U T H F U L L Y.

1. Do you like anyone? Yes I like everyone
2. Sun or moon? The sun !!
3. Winter or Fall? Fall!
4. left or right? Left!
5. 10 acquaintances or two best friends? Best friends!!
6. Sunny or rain? Sun!! (gardening)
7. Vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream? Vanilla!

A B O U T . Y O U.

1. What time is it? 1.48pm
2. First Name? Caroline
3. Where do you wanna live? Closer to the city please, perhaps somewhere with a sea view
4. How many kids do you want? 2
5. Do you want to get married? YES!!
6. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it? Twirl
7. Have you ever eaten spam? No but I have 4372 items in my spambox in my gmail account..
8. Favorite ice cream? Tie: Hokey Pokey and Goody Goody Gum Drops!
9. How many kinds of cereal are in your cabinet? That's a big fat Zero!!
10. Current mood? I'm a little grumpy because I got pulled away from my noodles to attend a meeting, so then I had to microwave them, and then they were crap :(

IN . THE. LAST. 48 HOURS. HAVE. YOU.

1. Kissed some one? No :( Oh wait, 48 hours... YES I have. Matt at the airport
2. Sang? Nope
3. Been hugged? Yep - Matt at the airport
4. Felt stupid? funnily enough no!
5. Missed someone? Yes!!
6. Danced Crazy? Nope
7. Gotten your hair cut? Nope
8. Cried? Yes (idiot...)
9. Lied? Nope
10. Been kissed? Yes (refer question one in this section)

. S T U F F .
1. Have you ever been searched by the cops? Nope!
2. Do you have a dog? Nope
3. When's the last time you've been sledding? When I was really really young with my parents at Arthurs Pass
4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone? Someone Else (The bed's been really cold the last couple of nights)
5. Do you believe in ghosts? I don't NOT believe in them, but I've never seen one, or felt "that" chill or anything
6. Do you consider yourself creative? Yep

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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Auckland Meme

But before we get to that, I have exciting news. On Saturday morning I get my copy of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. At 11.01am I will be in line and waiting for my copy to be put in my hot little hands so I can spend all weekend reading it.
11.01am NZT, that is. For my international friends who I know for a fact read this blog, you there on the East Coast of the USA, the time there will be 9pm on Friday night. This means that I will have had the book a full 14 hours before you have the chance to purchase it.
Well, for you special people, and anyone else that wants some info before buying it, here's the deal. Email me any questions you have about book 6, or leave them here in a comment, and I will write an entry on Saturday afternoon answering as many questions as I can.

I would prefer you didn't ask questions such as "Does Harry kill Voldemort?" or anything else as spoiling for others, though if you do ask, and I know, I will reply directly to you and spoil it for you. The questions I'm thinking of are "was it worth the hype?" and "did the Order's warning to the Dursley's have any affect on Harry's Summer?" etc.
I won't tell you if Hermione and Ron hook up, though I daresay they will either in this book or next.

anyway, back to the originally programmed schedule.

Stolen from the backyard, who got it from MiramarMike - I've adapted it to suit myself, as I don't live in Wellington :) Enjoy some pictures whilst you read :)

1: Where do you go when the rain/sun comes?
Rain: Usually stay at home in the lounge by the heater, however if there is shopping to be done, I won't let rain get in my way :)
Sun: Usually stay at home outside on the deck with a drink (or three), or go to a friend's house and sit on their deck with a drink (or three)- otherwise there's usually some car-related activity going on, a show, or track event. Matt and I might even venture out for a walk if it's nice :)

2: What's your favourite view?
Auckland: The City Skyline at night looking from Devonport. I love the different colours the carious lights and signs give off at night, and the varied heights of all the buildings - the city at night most definitely.
Anywhere else:
1) Cape Reinga looking north at the meeting of the seas on a beautiful bright sunny day. I love how blue the ocean is up there, and how clear and blue the sky is also.
2) Christchurch City at night, looking down from SugarLoaf. Because the city is flat, you can see all of it, and the streets being in their near perfect grid create a lovely line of street-lights everywhere.
3)Queenstown - the view flying into Queenstown, over the golf courses, over the lake, so close to the mountains you could touch the sheep that graze, it really is breathtaking.

3: The thing that annoys you the most about Auckland?
This is a no-brainer - The traffic during rush hours and whenever something is going on at the showgrounds.

4: How do you handle the rain?
With great difficulty. Coming from ChCh, I'm not used to so much rain, just cold, and the problem with Auckland rain is it is usually accompanied by more than a slight breeze, so umbrellas are useless. A hooded waterproof jacket is a necessity up here, and forget about sleek straight hair in winter.

5: Most famous Aucklander you know?
Depends on what demographic this refers. If we're talking about car enthusiasts, then my Matt might be quite high on the 'famous Aucklander' list, as well as Mark and Toots from Import X on C4, and Todd Wylie from Performance Car TV. For NZ Music fans, I know Chris Yong formally of Tadpole fame, now heading up the band "Redline", and for young current events fans, Matt's younger brother is indeed Ollie from Flipside .

6: The thing that people say about Auckland that really gets you angry?
That all Aucklanders are arrogant asses. They're not, it's just that most people from south of the Bombays don't bother to get to know any.

7: Where does Auckland end for you?
Auckland, for me, lies between the Takanini offramp, the Lincoln Rd offramp to Henderson, and the Oteha Valley Road offramp on the shore. Any further is too far and needs to be planned well in advance.

8: If Auckland were a famous person, who would it be?
Someone generally grumpy, who knows what they want and how to get it, who can pull out the charm and warmth when needed - Probably Michael Douglas.

9: What do you feel/think when you return to Auckland?
It depends on where I am returning from. If I'm returning from Christchurch, then I feel a tinge of sadness that I've left my family again, and that I won't see them for a while, but then there is also some comfort in the sight of the Sky Tower.

10: Best quote about Auckland?
This forum thread here - about Aucklanders. It's an argument between people that think Aucklanders suck, and people that think Aucklanders don't specifically suck.

Believe it or not, I don't have a favourite 'place to eat' in Auckland, but I do have two favourite cafe's. My number one favourite cafe is Rebo in Sky City, because I go there everyday, and the morning Barista knows me and my regular order of a latte with two sugars to take away, and has it ready for me almost before I'm done ordering. My number two favourite cafe is Cafe Jazz on Remuera Road, on the intersection of Remuera and Upland. The reason that is my favourite is because they made yummy blueberry pancakes when Matt and I went there once :)

Oh, and just cos I like Auckland doesn't meant that I'm an Auckland or Blues Supporter. nuhuh. Crusaders all the way!

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Sunday, August 08, 2004

Book meme

(taken from Biz-Girl)
Rules:
Bold those you've read.
Italicize started-but-never-finished.
Underline those you own but haven't gotten to yet.
Add three of your own

1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (read one of three)
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. 1984, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord of the Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Susskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie

The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown
The Talisman of Troy, (some italian dude whose name I can't remember, but includes "Massimo")
Polgara The Sorceress, David and Leigh Eddings

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Wednesday, July 07, 2004

Alphabet MeMe

Accent The great Kiwi Accent - ugghhh
Bra size 060060061061060060061061060060061061060061060060060061060060060061060060
 Chore I hate Laundry. I detest Laundry at our current house because the laundry room is covered in dryer lint-covered cobwebs.
Dad’s name John Michael (given name Michael)
Essential make-up Crystal Amethyst Lipgloss and mascara.
Favorite perfume All Time - Davidoff's 'Cool Water - Woman' , but this year it's been D&G's Light Blue.
Gold or Silver White Gold or Platinum *drool*
Hometown Christchurch, New Zealand
Interesting fact I'm an idiot
Job title Business Services Analyst
Kids zip, zero, nada
Living arrangements renting 3br house with partner and two flatmates
Mom’s Birthplace Some lil village in Samoa
Number of apples eaten in last week zip, zero, nada. Had a few mandarins though - Apples are so 3 weeks ago!
 Overnight hospital stays Once when 8 for pneumonia and asthma, then once more 3 years ago for asthma
Phobia Arachnophobia
 Question you ask yourself a lot Should I have said that?
Religious affiliation none
Siblings none
Time I wake up approx 8am
Unnatural hair color Reds and such
Vegetable I refuse to eat brussel sprouts, mushy peas, parsnip
Worst habit biting the skin around my nails
X-rays Dental, both ankles, left Knee, Chest x 3 (asthmatic hospital stay x 2 and sternum check from carcrash x 1), right wrist x1
Yummy food I make Spaghetti Bolognaise (from scratch, not from a packet or jar)
 Zodiac sign Taurus

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Friday, July 25, 2003

Untagged meme: - These are the Days of our lives

Credits: I found this this on Make Tea Not War who borrowed it (and adapted it) from Nigel PatelShort and Sweet Like Me.


10 Years Ago:
July 1995; Christchurch; I was half way through my first year at Burnside High School - third form. I was best friends with Michelle Nixon, Louise Cox, Kate Claydon, and Tracey Bruce. I paid $102 for a prefect "slave-for-a-day", I had various crushes on various hot 7th formers (not sure if they're still hot), I played Netball in the Under 19 grade for the Merivale Netball club, played Basketball for the Junior Girls Team at school, played Touch Rugby in Summer, and tried my hand at volleyball. Was in one of the school choirish things, was in the school musical, and started modelling at Spotlight. Got caught in the wrong crowd, righted myself again, became target of bullies. Hated third form.

5 Years Ago:
July 2000: Had been living in Auckland for 1 month, working for a horrible company, Servcorp. Found myself amongst the wrong crowd again. Had broken up with long term boyfriend before moving, had series of fights with parents before moving, had quit Tech to move. My best friend at that time was this blonde little skank that I worked with (who'd turned all my friends against me and spread horrid crap about me) whos name totally escapes me.

1 Year Ago:
July 2004: Had spent most of the year up till now under the GSR in a garage or a barn or various places, in preparation for various shows. In July we would have just won a bunch of awards at Auckland AutoSalon, and we would probably have just come back from our weekend away in Queenstown (where we were snowed in). I was working out of Hamilton for a couple of weeks. Also I would have just discovered Alternate Reality Gaming through the Halo 2 Promotional campaign: ILoveBees.

Yesterday:
July 24 2005: Woke up at 6am still drunk (whoops) and moved to the couch to continue my slumber without waking Matt when I coughed or blew my nose. Woke again at 10.30 in time for Home and Away. Watched Home and Away, watched the Winnie the Pooh Heffalump movie, sat on my ass and did very little, watched the first half of the Fantastic Four, ate a yummy dinner by Matt (Roast Pork) and YUMMY YUMMY Chocolate Brownie by Matt (YUM YUM) and then fell asleep on the couch watching E! "Trust Fund babies", then went to bed at the stroke of midnight.

Today:
Woke up late, cuddled and kissed Matt, went to work, had bad coffee, bought cigarettes, did more work (trying to compile a document and quietly audit the team) - updated blog, and started silly meme which has so far taken 2 hours to do (and I"m only half way through!!)

Tomorrow:
26 July 2005: Will wake up, late again probably, go to work, hopefully I'll have GOOD coffee this time, and I"ll do more work as it's very busy around here these days.

5 Snacks I enjoy:
Potato Chips
Hash Browns
Apples
Cheese and Crackers
Tomatoes on Toast (with garlic and herb Salt, and cracked pepper)

5 Bands / Singers whos songs I know most of the lyrics to
Destiny's Child
The Streets
Live
Alicia Keys
Brooke Fraser

Things I would do with $100 000 000
Create Family Trust for future children, start with 20million
Invest 60 Million
Buy a house in Remuera (not more than 1mil)
Buy Matt the car of his choice
Buy Myself a Porsche GT3 (keep current car for drive around and hack)
Work part time, instead of full time
Travel with Matt
Get Married (to Matt)
Have kids

Five locations I'd like to run away to
Paris
Nice
New York
Queenstown
Sydney

5 Bad habits I have
Clicking my tongue stud against my teeth
Picking my cuticles
Eating burgers layer by layer
Smoking
Speaking before thinking

5 Things I like doing
Anything with Matt
Car-ish things
Listening to Music
Reading
Shopping

5 things I would never wear
Authentic Flares
Boots OVER Jeans
Clothes that bare my fat
Leather Pants
Tapered Jeans

5 TV Shows I like
FRIENDS (even though its finished)
Alias
Desperate Housewives
South Park
Scrubs

5 Movies I like
Harry Potter 1/2/3
Bridget Jones 1/2
LOTR 2/3 (1 was ok...)
Team America World Police
Star Warseses

5 Famous People I'd like to meet:
JK Rowling ( to sign my books)
Colin Farrel
Vin Diesel
Jeremy Clarkson
Sultan of Brunei

5 Biggest Joys of the moment:
Matt
The health of my family
Cinnamon
the heater (not a euphemism)
my 'Rusty' Wool Jacket

5 Favourite Toys:
my iPod mini
Matt (heeheehee)
Cascading StyleSheets
the Toaster
my Blog :)

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