pretteh clouds and fuzzy fatsos

sup ma fellow bloggers (this is how all the grade 7 in my school talk) hem
so anywhoozle SCHOOL HAS STARTED YAYNOYAYNOYAYNO
I'm not quite sure how I feel about this since it's a new school and stuff, but the people are lovely, the classes are moderately easy BUT ITS GRADE TEN! OMZ
yer
It sounds old but I'm actually 14...
hem

so back to the point of this post

I HAVE A NEW LOVE! And this love will be with me FOREVER
He and I will marry someday, I will look at his picture and he will look at mine
and his name ladies and gentlemen is
TOTORO

isn't he just lovely?
<3 *sigh totoro*

Totoro is this creature from a movie called 'My Neighbour Totoro' (I haven't seen it yet, but I've reserved it in the library) and it was just love at first sight (cue slow mo and sandy beaches) but yeah I saw a tutorial by bubzbeauty on YouTube and she was painting him on a mug (as you do) I SCREAMED, because it was just so adorable!!!!!

So I proceeded to draw 3 pictures of him, and a painting...and a shrine...just kidding! (About the shrine)

here they are!
*I would post the painting, but the camera is stuffed so I can't*

yay
hurraaaah
amaziiiing :)

my mum and I are going to Asia in 3 years after I graduate (!!!!) and there's an actual TOTORO SHOP!!!!!
I HEART TOTORO WITH ALL MY HEART

that's it really. because I have to do homework and tomorrow is Australia day so yeah

ohhhh and ONE MORE THING

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FRAZZLE
OMZ THESE ARE COOOL!!!!!!
I got this picture from Madeline and Sophie! THANK YOU!!! DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN BUY THESE?!?!?!?!
Because my ma finally gave in and said YES to Docs!
RAWR

:)

tata
Cxxxx

children these days...

so the other day I was at a birthday party at the beach, while everyone else went swimming my friend and I went to a small park, while were we on the swings (don't you just loveee swings??)

ok I don't really draw like this, just on Paint
my friend and I on the swings

we saw this group of little kids, and by little I mean like 8...but anyways, they were having this hugeeee debate about the fact that one of the girls owned a phone

this is supposed be them all arguing

and I was like 'Gee big deal they probably gave their kid like a used phone from the 60's or something' then the little kid turns around and she's holding the brand new IPHONE 4G!!! I mean seriously, this kid has a better phone than most of the ADULTS I know

really accurate drawing of the phone

so me thinking that this was some sweet innocent kid with some sweet innocent friends, call out to them 'HEY I LIKE YOUR PHONE' and the sweet angelic little child turns around, looks me up and down, sneers then says 'It's and iPhone 4G' and stalks off, and her posse behind her go 'yeaaah *rubs noses* it's a 4G' and saunter off into their little corner and put their little hands over their little mouths and make little snide remarks...

the clique

my friend and I are sitting there open mouthed, gaping at these 8 year olds who are acting like 18 year olds!

these pictures are like the ones you draw in grade one, where your parents look at them and are like
'oh wow...um great work' and you find them 10 years later at
the back of a shoe cupboard
im just joking :p

In our day they would have been slapped....not really, just kidding!!!

But yeah, this has me thinking more and more about how our world is turning out to be, the fact that little kids are being given expensive gifts and phones like that is astounding!

This year a bunch of kids from the Primary school are coming up to the high school (personally I don't understand how they can start high school, most of them are 11)
and apparently, they all got razors for Christmas! RAZORS AT 11! one of them even got her eyebrows waxed professionally, a few of them got highlights and layers, and most of them went out and bought a brand new wardrobe...

It's like a GINORMOUS version of The Pretty Committee...honestly I'm gonna go back the high school one day and find 11 year old Paris Hilton minions running around the place...

argh I know it sounds like I'm ranting (which I am) but it's just really sad that little kids are being forced to grow up to quickly, kids are supposed to be innocent to these kinds of things...it's like they were robbed of their childhood innocence :(

But anyways

My dog got a shave!!! She was all knotty but fluffy, but now that it's (finally) sunny, we thought we'd give her a summer do!

this was here BEFORE the Mighty Shave

this was her HIDING after the Mighty Shave

full picture!

she's acting all weird and skittish because of all the fresh air on her skin...

um

oh aaaand I also tried the Maple Taffy thingo from Madeline and Sophie! NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM
it was delish! Instead of snow I blended up some ice cubes and made something like snow...I poured the maple syrup over it and it all seemed to be working just fine, except for when I had wrapped the toffee around the Popsicle stick it was still kind of gooey, but I was hungry and wanted some sugar so I ate it anyway and it was DELISH, thanks for the recipe!!!!

ok cool, that was fun :) I love blogging

also a big HAPPY 100th POST to Jen!

so I'm checking out, because I have a LOL waiting for me :)

do you guys have lol's? It's like a healthy soft drink...NOM

LOVE!

Cxxx

Floods, snakes, and LUSH OH MY

ahoi everybody
I SUUUUUUCK
I haven't blogged in like a century! I've been looking at everyones blogs and you have all done at least 4 posts since Christmas, I feel so bad.
So this will  be a (moderately) HUGE (note the enlarging of the word trick eh?) post


Ok so first of all, i would like to thank all of you who commented on my last post, thank thank thank you for the sweet comments about my dad, he was so touched, and so was I :)


Christmas was amaziiiiiiiiiiiiing, twas great. And so was the beginning of the new year! I actually stayed awake throughout the whole countdown and beyond, and I even had the chance for some cheesy New Year jokes


Me: Happy New Year!!!
Everyone: Yeah!!!
Me: Hey guess what?
Everyone:.....What?
Me: You are all hobos!
Everyone:....um why?
Me: Because *cue drum roll* you have all been wearing these clothes since last year!!!!!!


And then we all toasted to our new found hobo-ness


So how has everyone been? Good hopefully :) I'm so zealous you all have snow! All we have in Australia is rain, rain, rain, floods, and rain


Speaking of, all this rain has become really serious, it's no longer a EHMAGAWD ITS RAINING MY HAIR IS RUINED!!! BEAN GET INSIDE THE HOUSE NOW! DON'T PLAY WITH TODD! (just a little clique-ness for you all :p)






But the rain has turned into full on flood-landia...for example about 20 minutes from where I live a flash flood killed about 12 people, and now over 72 people are missing! (This was yesterday so I don't even know where we stand today) 4 of the deaths were little kids.

oh yeah a SNAKE in the FLOODS

a kangaroo!

I know this is all really depressing and all, but it makes me so sad, I was almost crying yesterday when I heard the news, I mean it's a brand new year, and then BAM it floods, thankfully, none of our friends have been affected, the worst that has happened to them and to us is a flooded road or a blocked off highway or a water in the storage room, there's grossness everywhere, snakes in the river (one guy found 1000 SNAKES in his house)
It's a really sad subject, on top of the shooting in Arizona (thanks Jen for the post on that) 2011 is not off to a brilliant start...
So I'm asking all you fellow bloggers, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE you can help, you can donate a small amount (or a large whatever) at this link or (I'm not quite sure how this works I'm just getting it off the site) you can donate by Internet banking:


 Account Name: Premiers Disaster Relief Appeal

BSB: 064 013
Account number: 1000 6800

SWIFT code for international donations: CTBAAU2S

Once your transaction is complete, you should record the receipt number for your transaction. If you do not receive a receipt number, contact your financial institution.

You can find all this info here 

If you do donate you would change the life of someone who has lost everything, some people had to spend an entire night in the freezing rain on their roof, because the water had reached that high...it's just sad :( 

You don't even have to donate much :) If you donate $2 and 100 people donate the same that's $200 for food, water, medication, pet food, clothes and blankets

Just think about it, you can change someones life for the better when it has already changed for the worst.

~~~~~~~~~

Ok on a more happier note, school is starting soon (in Australia anyways)!!! (yeah I just got how that cannot be happy, whatever) but I've been looking around for some DIY back to school ideas and there's nothing, so I will make a future post about that, unless you guys want something else? Please comment in you want me to write about something YOU like :)


So yeah...OH I emailed Lush yesterday...I got their Therapy Massage Bar for Christmas and I LUH-VE it, it smells like Jaffas! So I emailed them asking them about making it into a solid perfume...I WOULD LOVE IF THEY DID OMSJDFHJKDFGBKJASBDFHGSFKJAHSFISBD
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Heey Lush!



I just wanted to tell you guys that you are awesome :) I'm so happy that I discovered you on that dark and rainy day...I also love how a tonne of your products are vegan, being a vegetarian this makes me really happy, and every time I use your products it makes me feel like I'm making a difference :)

One of my absolutely favourite Lush product is the Therapy Massage bar, I use it every single day, no kidding; it also links to my favourite sweet ever, Jaffas (the little chocolate and orange balls)! And it smells absolutely divine, sometimes I would just sit there and sniff my arm, because it smells so yummy :p

But the thing is that with me using it every day its starting to become more and more smaller but I adore the scent to I can't stop~

I was wondering if you guys could make it into a solid perfume, that would be so awesome, when I'm at school I want to just smell that sweet little scent and just relax...but I can't take Therapy to school, because she'll melt :(

Pleaseeeeee, I'm begging you, make it into a solid perfume, like Vanillary was made into a whole range as was Karma...

If you did that I would buy like a bazillion of these perfumes so I can always have one with me wherever I go.

Once again, please consider this because it would make me so happy, like really really happy, even happier than when I smelt Therapy for the very first time, which was like SUPER happy.

Thanks again for being so awesome Lush!

Caroline

p.s. who writes all the reviews in the Lush Times? I read them over and over and over again! Can anyone write for them?? :D 

also how can I get the Lush Times sent to me (email? or post?)? I live 4 hours away from the closest Lush store and I can't live without my Lush updates :)

A great email right?

I'm so mad Lush doesn't franchise, I have to order stuff off the Internet and it's not the sameeeeee

which gives me the idea, imma do a (yer you like that gangsta speech right there?) lush post!!! I LOVE LUSH!!! And so does a fellow blogger(s) Madeline and Sophie!

Also Marg (I just found your blog!) I agree on the whole power-point thing, I'd rather do an essay...though I don't mind public speaking lol, and your blog just got cooler because you have the same bird background that I have!

And Francesca I really loved your post :) I got Shakespeare's Sonnet book for Christmas, and when I read your poem I was reminded so much of them...

these are all from YouTube...the editing of the videos is kinda funny, and the acting cracks me up!!!

I also reallyyyyy want that new Vogue magazine with Emma Watson on it, but that would be breaking my New 

Years resolution (I vowed not too buy to many magazines this year)

So yes, that's it, I'm going to try and post more often, PROMISE!!!!


oh and I have been looking on everyones blogs and a lot of you have '30 snapshots of love' or '67 words of wisdom' instead of '45 comments' can you pleaseeee tell me how to do that??? Just leave it in the comments :) PLEASE <3

LOVE!

Cxxxx

stray birds

where I tread no one knows, unless I'm wearing shoes of fire

^^ this quote was inspired by the typical pre-Christmas-last-minute-run-to-the-shops rush...

The most interesting thing I find doing in a mall is People Watching, it's really amazing watching how many people can step on the same place that you had stepped on 10 minutes ago, it made me realise just how many people are in this world...

It's kinda freaky thinking about the fact that this time next month is next year...if that made any sense at all :)

Which also made me think about the fact what a HUGE year it was. So inspired by Frankie Magazine I have decided to make a list of 20 things that have happened to me this year...it was amazingly reflective :D

1. Slept through New Year due to a migraine but had an amazing Sun Rise ceremony at Woodford Folk Festival on the 1st
2. Fell out with a best friend
3. Had first frozen hot chocolate
4. Bought MY AMAZING PINK COAT (!!!)
5. Received an academic scholarship
6. Traveled to America for a month
7. Saw a real life piece of the Titanic (EHMAGAWD)
8. Saw the Grand Canyon and befriended a squirrel (I can't believe how many squirrels you guys have!!!)
9. Went to HP world (!)
10. Saw the White House
11. Flew to Germany to visit our family for the first time in 4 years
12. Met my cousin for the first time
13. My dad was diagnosed with cancer
14. Flew back home...(not under great circumstances)
15. Started blogging!! (best thing ever)
16. Found out that I had saved up over $600
17. Won a writing competition
18. Got a job that starts next year
19.Entered two speech competitions, came 2nd in the first one because I forgot the ending of my speech because I didn't bring any palm cards up, almost won the second one but the judge was the mother of the winner...
20.Discovered the Hunger Games (waaay back in March) and sent in my resume to Debra Zane

***these are not all in order since I thought up random ones as I went along

I hope you all enjoy the list :) I suggest you make one too, because it gave me a chance to look back on an amazing year...

And now some happy pics!!!

I DIY'd all these throughout a period of time...the ones with the cream and red floral print on them is all made from 1/2 metre of fabric which I though was pretty cool :D

I hope you all have a merry Christmas (or Hanukkah) and a happy happy new year... :)

-C xxx

everything is beautiful, but beauty isnt everything

I've been thinking alot lately, mostly about life and stuff like that...I'm not sure where all these stoic thoughts came from, but they came, and they are here to stay unless I think them out loud...*as such*

See we all want something at one point in our lives...or all the time :D

Whether it's a new bike...or a new piece of technology, or new jeans, shoes you get the drill

But what will having the latest pair of D&G heels matter in 50 years? Will we still be wanting that 60,0000000 Egyptian thread count sheet? Or the newest iPhone? Will it matter if we went to the Hampton's for the holidays? Or if we spilt sauce all over ourselves at a formal dinner? Will it matter that we have the latest of everything?

Or will it matter that we always hugged our parents everyday? That we went to bed smiling? That we made sure that our loved ones knew how much we care for them? That we made sure we always said goodbye with a smile? That we showed someone our love in their time of need? That we inspired something? That we changed someones life? That we made sure the world we will leave someday is perfect for the generations to come? That we lived everyday to the fullest? That we didn't hide out emotions and our fears and show them to the world so that we can be helped? That we got the freedom to be just us? That when we die we can safely say that you had the best time ever?

One day every material thing we have will be gone, materialistic things and objects can disappear in seconds, but memories, experiences and love can't. One day we will be beyond hoarding stuff in our rooms for the comfort and the pleasure of it. One day everything will be gone, everything except for the memories you left behind, if the impact you made was that strong.

In our ever changing world it is hard to make dents that leave behind any sort of trace, it is hard to arouse a memory of you in 200 years.

One day in the near (or in the distant) future everything will be different, everything will have shifted from its original place, everything is always moving, always changing.

It is up to us to make the change that truly matters.

















all the pictures are sourced from weheartit.com

oh the luck of the conchords...whats a conchord?

hello ma little kiddly-winks (woah that sounded patronizing, sorry, it also reminded me of Jen's most recent post :)
moving on

so I just watched Harry Potter 7 for the second time, and it was possibly twice as sad (no pun intended) also in the scene where SPOILER ALERT Dobby dies this guy behind me, who was like 60, started crying, I really wanted to give him a hug, it was that sad :( (that in turn made me cry)

and that leads me to the beginning of my story (unintended pun there)



BOOOOOOKS, yes children the magical world of books...
books are possibly the coolest thing ever invented, they are also absolutely timeless, I mean in 20 years are people gonna be like 'yeah remember that movie that came out? wow it was great!' or are they gonna say 'het, remember that really amazing book we read ages ago, I wonder if they still stock it...' personally I think it will be the latter.
But what I think is amazing is that words written on a page can bring real tears to someones eyes, or make someone laugh, or be turned into a movie franchise, or a theme park, it was books that originally sparked all this. We wouldn't have Shakespeare's plays without books, we would hardly know a thing about botany or dinosaurs without books (sort of) I actually cant imagine a WORLD without books (yes I'm looking at you Kindle)

So in honour of my stoic book thoughts I have put together a little list (a list!!! yay) for all of you, consisting of my favourite pieces of literature...

My Sisters Keeper by Jodie Picoult



This book made me cry, and I don't mean like a delicate Bambi tear, but a full on cry...

Pros: It was an amazing read, totally inspiring and insightful :)
Cons: too sad :(

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (der)



I love the language and the death scene always makes me cry...(I know, I cry to much *sigh*)

Pros: The language is amazing, and it's a classic piece of literature in itself...it's just Romeo and Juliet that make Romeo and Juliet so amazing...if that makes sense
Cons: It can get quite boring at bits

The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins



No questions asked THE best trilogy of books ever written

Pros: um all of it :D seriously
Cons: There should be MORE books...

The Uglies series by Scott Westerfield



I haven't finished the series yet, because my library is foolish, but its brill so far

Pros: I love how there's all these underlying details to it, and how its a huge conspiracy and all that
Cons: It can drag on a bit at some points, also so far the plot is kind of repetitive

Fill Out This Application and Wait over There .... (forgot sorry)



I've read this book like a zillion times and I still love it :)

Pros: It's funny, and I love how the whole book is like a diary, I love how it gives you behind the scenes of THE WORKING WORLD
Cons:(! eeh) she can be kind of irritating sometimes :P

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (I think that's how u spell it)



Once again I have read this a million times, I think I also love it because I was in the play version of this in the city

Pros: It's a classic, and I love how Sara speaks, it also has a happy ending
Cons:I honestly don't know

Ballet Shoes by...?



I just read this and I loved it :)

Pros:I love theatre and stuff like that, and it talks about that all the time (and the Titanic is in there!!!!)
Cons: It can be too dramatic

So this is my list of books, there is probably more that I have just forgotten about, and it will probably EXPAAAAND after Christmas (OMG CHRISTMAS HUZZAH)

also while we're talking about the Chrissie times I just wanted to say I got one Christmas present already!!! (look I know it's not Christmas, but whatever) I got the pretty 'heart of the ocean' style necklace off etsy!!! See my friend and I celebrated Christmas a bit early (we couldn't stand the excitement!!) you can see the necklace on THIS post :) I loveee it, but it's a bit smaller than I imagine, thanks Brooke!!!

So I think this was a pretty big post lol, and OH I also went to LUSH today!!!! I didn't have that much money because i bought a really cool radio, but I spent it all on a lip scrub made form sugar, vanilla and chocolate :D (which is seriously like heaven) I've scrubbed my lips 4 times today, teehee, but my mum has threatened to take it off me if I don't stop because she thinks my lips will fall off...(HINT I HOPE THERE ARE LOTS OF LUSH GOODIES UNDER THE TREE DEAR SANTA MAN)

I also have been struck my much inspiration lately so xpect a few more posts :) and I'm pretty sure I will have a CHRISTMAS post soon (eeeeek I cant wait)

take care everyone, make sure you don't get eaten by a man eating traffic cone....there have been quite a few on the run lately

-C xxx

p.s I also forgot to mention Harry Potter books, but I thought that was a given :)

oh gosh, lets be glambitious YUM potato salad

from the title you can OBVIOUSLYYY guess what this post is about...right???
not so much

so (I know right! IT'S A VERY COMMON WORD) the other day (once I was talking to this girl and she was going on about this thing that happened to her the OTHER day, and I was like oh yeah, uhh and nodding my head intelligently, and then I found out that by the OTHER day she meant 8 WEEKS ago....but I mean literally the other day, as in 2 days ago) anyway...the other day I was at the shops and I walked past the shoe shop...and there was the coolest pair of Doc Martens EVER, I stopped in my tracks and screamed EH MAH GOSH (hence the title...very Massie Block in case you didn't know) and started jumping up and down...HERE THEY ARE


they are hello kitty inspired SQUEAL

I want them sooooo baaaad (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS...geddit)
but they were like $300, which I guess is the normal price of Docs even though I never had some...
But then my little brain kicked in and said 'now Caroline, do you REALLY want these shoes, I mean aren't the point of (REALLY EXPENSIVE) shoes to be able to go with everything you wear?'

I thought that was quite smart of my brain to think that, and though the Hello Kitty Docs are black, they are also pink and have bows (though I LOVEEE both of those things) and that made me think...'hmmm these are not the ONLY Docs out there...'
SO I WENT SURFING HURRAH not literally obviously...this generations surfing der and found some other lovely examples that I might consider splurging on...(and if you're really confused by now I can understand, see if two weeks after I buy these Docs I go 'EW I HATE pink, I HATE bows...(or even) I HATE hello kitty'...then I'm stuffed...so I'm going to expaaaaaand my horizons before I make a massive investment (wow I actually just said I was going to buy a pair of Docs EH MAH GAWD!!!) (yes, yes Miss Block we know) HURRAH

so here are the results of my searches...

Pros: Their a really pretty cotton candy pink...and they look kind of shiny, I also like the contrast of the chocolate coloured thread against the lighter shoe colour
Cons: What if I get sick of pink :(


Pros: These are kind of a twist on the classic black Doc...they're like a shiny, hazy gray mist kind of colour
Cons: Can the shine scratch off??


Pros: They are black with white flowers...and the toe is POINTY
Cons: The toe is pointy...will it scuff easier???


Pros: HELLO KITTY!!! CARTOONS!!! RAINBOW COLOURS!!!!
Cons: um...could they be too bright??


Pros: I LOVE the colour, and they look like buttery soft red leather...
Cons:ehhh I'm not sureee

hmmmm really tired now...WHO SHALL PROVAIL, WHO SHALL BE THE WINNERRRR (think Clash of the Titans)

Which one did you like best? Should I just go for a classic black? (BUT IT'S SO CLICHEEE)
Maybe this time (GLEE) I can save a tonne of money for 3 years or so and get TWO pairs...what to do, what to doooooooo
If I do get two, I can get a classic pair, and a CRAZY pair...me likey :)

well this was a very long post...close your eyes for a moment...BREATHE
-C xxx