snippets from europe trip 2008

I remember that night when we were on the Greek island of Paros when we were walking back to the hotel, I was just so filled with elation and happiness I literally felt drunk. Louis kept asking me "Amy, are you drunk?" and no matter how much I insisted I wasn't, he didn't believe me.
Maybe it was just being 17 in a foreign country being carried by a soft breeze on a beautiful island surrounded by friends and strangers. Maybe it was the sound of the sea or the string of lights on the other side of the island or the moon reflecting off the rocks next to the beach.
I will never ever ever forget that feeling.

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300

I remember the film 300 was R16 and when it came out my best friend and I both really wanted to see it but we weren't 16 yet but because we were both only off by a few weeks (our birthdays are really close) we tried to beg the guy at the ticket booth to let us in but he wouldn't and we were both disappointed.

Okay so I've actually been trying to write a proper new entry for ages but I can't come up with anything cause I'm useless (well okay it's not that I can't come up with anything but more like I can't finish what I start but anyway that still makes me useless) but I just noticed that this will be my 300th published entry so I felt like I should acknowledge it.
I know that my blog has gone to shit but I also know that there are a FEW people who still read it and get the occasional emo/angsty update on my life so I just wanna say I love you guys and I wish my blog was better. I keep trying to start new blogs but I still like this one the most. I think I should give up my unrealistic dream of blogging for a living because to be honest, my life is extremely uninteresting and I am not as eloquent as I like to be.
HOWEVER I don't think I'll ever stop blogging because I will forever be someone who wants to rant and write badly on the internet and have an invisible audience.
HOPEFULLY though, maybe one day I can start up a travel blog. I think that would be the best thing ever.

Anyway, I know that I've had this blog since the end of my first year of uni and someone more dedicated would probably have more posts by now but alas, I am not that someone. I shall try harder in the future. But no promises. You guys know me by now.

Okay, that's barely any sentiment but that's certainly enough for this post.

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Photos from the DSLR

My brother's not bad at this..

oh hey it's me! =.=

 

aaaaaaand I took this one today ._.

i think pikachu is dead.

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So, like, I still have the urge to blog

But I still have nothing to say.
Well I do, but it's not worth sharing.
But anyway.
on account of my having nothing to say,
here's a photo of me that I really like:

Look! I'm playing with a dog!
It's a photo from our trip to Piha back in November. I forgot to upload the photos at the time and now I cbf...
But yes, I like this photo cause you can't see my face.
lol.
jokes.
kinda.
I like candid photos. But I ususally never look nice in them.
This one was convenient though, cause, like I said, you can't see my face. Therefore, the chances of my looking completely ridiculous are pretty low.
I also like my hair colour.
lol.
ahh vanity.
Aiya. I'm supposed to be working on a blog entry for my ftvms course.
So, naturally, I'm blogging here.
=_="

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I like watching cute couples at uni

LOL that sounds creepy.
man. i always interrupt myself when i'm trying to be sentimental.
anyway.

I was sitting in general library level 2 today, looking out the window
and i just kept noticing couples walk by

it was just so cute seeing her smile up at the him as she talks enthusiastically about something
it's so cute when she casually loops her arm around his when he has his hands in his pockets.
it's so cute when she walks ahead and tugs on his hand for him to hurry up
etc etc

I love seeing cute couples.
I hate PDA couples. (just, by the way)
but when i see couples who seem so natural and comfortable with each other
it just warms my heart.
and i'm not even being sarcastic.

LOL I CAN JUST PICTURE A LONG SHOT FROM OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY OF ME LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW BUT MY FACE IS REPLACED BY A FOREVER ALONE FACE.

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SO.

my computer that broke, like, over a year and a half ago is finally fixed.
zomg.
so many great things on here.
SO SO MANY.
teehee.
so many old photos <3
i have an urge to post SO MANY of them on here or on facebook.
but i have a feeling people would probably kill me. slowly and painfull.
AND I STILL HAVE SOME MESSAGE HISTORY
OMG I SALAVAGED SOME FROM MY MASS DELETE BACK THEN
i'm very excited.
i'm off to go through everything now.
kbai.
(:

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I remember.

I remember those nights
we talked and talked and talked
I killed zombies with plants
and listened to love the way you lie
I learnt all the lyrics to that song
and when i heard it on the radio, all i could picture were zombie heads falling off.
I remember those jars of nutella (6, to be exact)
and my row of spoons.
I drank mug after mug of tea
and i studied all through the night
but never seemed to get any work done.
I liked the feeling of the room dimly lit by my lamp (which was actually pretty bright)
and how i made sure i'd be listening to lady antabellum at quarter past one.
I remember our skype conversations
in which we talked about nothing
or sat in silence, doing our own things but hearing everyone's breathing.
 
And then. I remember when we stopped.
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2010 closure: one

Here is, as promised the first of my unpublished entries.
They will be in no particular order.
I wanted to post this one first cause all i listen to these days is taylor swift.

(Written a day after I'd listened to the entirety of Taylor Swift's latest album)

.you're the kind of reckless that should send me running
.Seems like there's always someone who disapproves, they'll judge it like they know about me and you
.I go back to December all the time
.The story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now
.all that i know is i don't know how to be something you miss

If the album had come out say... 6 months earlier...
And I'd heard it.. I probably would've died.
or at least really really hated some of the songs.
I'm pathetic, really.
I'm glad my mindset is somewhat different now.
And i could enjoy her songs.
But i still couldn't help letting those lines get to me just a little.

Damn you Taylor Swift.

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Last Christmas

I gave you my heart
but the very next day
you gave it away.
This year
to save me from tears
I'll give it someone special.

That's not true at all actually.

But i REALLY like that song.

Last Christmas...
I just got really wasted at Kendra's
(please guys don't comment on here about what happened cause that's just embarrassing kthnx.)
good times.

This year... i'm in taiwan. and it's raining..
but at least i'm with the small portion of my family that i like. so it's okay.
=]

Merry Christmas everyone <3

P.S. in the next days leading up to 2011 i'll be posting one entry per day of draft entries that i didn't post over 2010 so sorry there's gonna be maybe some pretty ....... stuff.
fill in that gap however you wish.

<3

What work has taught me (personally)

-Staples are evil.
-Staple removers are useless.
-Paper clips, however, are wonderful amazing useful things.
-If you smile a lot, people won't mind that you don't know their names.
-High school kids should be given less credit. For everything.
-Companies have A LOT of excess paper. A LOT.
-Climbing the stairs from the 2nd floor to the 11th floor is tiring but a shorter distance than I'd thought.
-Work is tiring... makes me cbf everything. like. blogging. msn. even just turning on the computer.
-If you don't want things to be explained to you for the hundredth time, don't make any mistakes.
-The years spent at school are the best days of our lives.
- I was right about not wanting an office job. It makes me a boring person.

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My love affair with nutella

Dear nutella,
I loved you.
What we had together was special.
I still remember all those months you kept me company through the nights.
I still think back to those days. The memories are so sweet.
Leaving you behind was so difficult...
I dont know how i got through our separation.
But I did...
And now i miss you.
but i can't let you back into my life..
I just.... can't!

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i miss you

freedom oh freedom.

staying up late
overnighting
msning
skyping
getting home late (ish)
going out when i want and not really having to ask for permission most of the time.

sigh.

dont get me wrong.
i love my parents.
but i guess i'm just used to living without them

on another completely unrelated note.
i've been reading an excess of beauty blogs lately.
i am utterly amazed by the women in this world.
not in a condescending sort of way (of course)
but in a wow-i-cant-believe-they-are-so-dedicated sort of way. 

yea, no i can't think of anything else to say. just felt like posting something.