Hey everyone 
Well it's been a while since my last blog (a month actually). I want to thank everyone who wished me a happy B-day 
My B-day was great and I really enjoyed spending the day with my family and friends.
My father and I went to a museum about three weeks ago. It's called Boijmans van Beuningen and it was a really great museum. I sort of expected it to be a lot smaller than in turned out to be, but I really didn't mind that it was big even if I got lost in it, though of course my father keeps saying that we didn't get lost. Yeah right 
They also had a lot more paintings from really famous painters as well. They had paintings from: Monet, Kandinsky, Rubens, Rembrandt, Dali, van Gogh ect. All in all it turned out to be a much cooler museum than I thought it would be. And yes I did just use the word cool to describe a museum, I guess this really proves that I'm a geek 
Last Wednesday was my first day of my new study. (See first I was studying to become a teacher at a primary school, but now I'm going to study to become a teacher of English. I decided that this is what I really want to do, even if it does mean I have to start fromm scratch again). But Wednesday was just an introduction day and tomorrow I will officially start my new study and I'm really excited about it. I do stay in the same building as my old study, so I at least will have something familiar.
Now the reason that I haven't really been on here as much is because of my suddeb obsession (see title) with Smallville. Blame my country for that, I did 
You see they aired a few new (well new for here then) episodes of Smallville and then suddenly they stopped. But by that point I really wanted to see what would happen next so I started watching it online. And then before I knew it, I watched every season of Smallville and even bought season 1 on DVD. So yeah that's that.
But I also caught up on other TV series and read a few books.
I will try and comment on your blogs soon, cause even though I read most of them I didn't leave comments so I will do that when I've got the time (which will hopefully be very soon).
Huge Hugs!
Well, I managed to survive another week in the rat race. Technically, it was only four days since I took Monday off from work. The weather has gotten colder and we have more snow on the way. I'll believe it when I see it. We have the most sophisticated weather technology and yet our meteorologists can't accurately predict the weather. Truth be told, I love snow. When I was a kid, I couldn't wait to get into my snow suit and play in the snow. Now that I'm older, I don't wear a snow suit but I still love to be outside in the snow.
We found out a few weeks ago, that no one at the store will be getting a raise this year. If that weren't exciting enough, the Replenishment Team and Pricing Team will be restructured at some point during the coming year.
The Replenishment team will have two full time people and the rest will be part time. Pricing will have two full time people and one part time person. Since there are four of us on the team, someone will be out of a job. My attitude is, what ever will be will be.
Mom called me up tonight to tell me that she's getting me a lazar printer for my birthday. Gee, thanks ma. I like nothing better than knowing what I'm getting in advance. Yes, I'm another year older on Tuesday and maybe another year wiser. Yeah, right. For those of you who may be in a festive party mood, I have supplied some cake and refreshments-which is all I can afford on my budget. Not to worry, after President Obama's stimulus takes effect on April 1, I will have an extra 15$ per paycheck. God, I'm so excited. I'll be sure not to spend it all in one place.
Have fun and please, share the cake. There's plenty for everyone.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
What would we be without the ability to find humor in life? Laughter can make us feel better. I start each day be reading the comics on my computer. Starting the day with a chuckle makes me feel good.
Now, here is a list especially for Jordina. She tagged me on Facebook to come up with 25 things about myself, which in all honesty wasn't easy. I added a few extra thingies so have fun getting to know me better.
I hate the sound of my voice.
When I was four years old, I had a turtle named Nixon.
I can't walk a straight line.
My favorite comfort foods are popcorn and pepperoni pizza.
My two favorite flavors of ice cream are: Black Raspberry Chocolate and Caramel
Praline Crunch.
I usually read three books simultaneously.
My best feature is my red hair.
I love wearing leather pants and high heel boots.
I believe that Scientology is a CULT
I've seen the film
50 times.
I started out as an English/Film History Major in college.
I'm German/Irish
The Tin Drum is my favorite book
Raging Bull is one of my all time favorite movies.
My dream is to get high with
Country music Icon Willie Nelson
The only country I've traveled to is England.
I'm fascinated with British/Irish History.
My favorite color is Lavender
I love black and white photography
The first album I bought was Hotel California by The Eagles
I think the song, Bridge Over Troubled Water is the best song ever written.
I think Def Leppard's song, Pour Some Sugar On Me, is the best song of the 1980's.
My only two celebrity crushes were on:
and
hmmmm...That's a tough one. I guestimate the photo was from back in the mid 60's. He;s the guy Carlie Simon may have been referring to in her 1970 song, "Your So Vein." He and his famous sister are both academy award winners. I've been drooling over him since I saw Bonnie and Clyde. His name is Warren Beatty and he turns 73 on March 30. IMO, he still looks great.
Betty Boop is my favorite cartoon character.
My worst subject in High School was Math
I hate reality TV
I prefer Pepsi over Coke
Since I had so much fun working on this list, all future blogs will contain a list of fun facts on a specific topic. I'll also try and include a movie review or two. I subscribe to Net Flix and I get two movies each week. I just received The Secret Life of Bees. I read the book and I hope the film is equally as good. Well, I'm off to finish a mystery book that 's due back at the library on Sunday.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
The New Motto for 2009!!! Start it early!!!
A POEM ABOUT OUR GIRLFRIENDS
Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Some of their houses will be bigger.
Some will drive a better car.
Their children will do better in school.
And their husband will fix more things around the house.
So let it go, and love you and your circumstances.
Think about it!
The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart.
And the most highly favored
woman on your job may be unable to have children.
And the richest woman you know,
she's got the car, the house, the clothes~~~~
might be lonely.
And the word says, 'If I have not Love, I am nothing.'
So, again, love you.
Love who you are.
Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say,
'I am too Blessed to be Stressed and too Anointed, to be
Disappointed!'
'Winners make things happen~ ~
Losers let things happen.'
Be 'Blessed' Ladies~~~~~
and pass this on to encourage another woman.
'To the world you might be one person, but to the one person you tell this to
it could mean so much..'
My life is actoally verey boring, like very.
I have a friend who is just grate, he has bin a good friend sence we met and he allwis stoud by me no mather what. but he is as boring as all the others (or mabey a little less)
i hang out with the boringest probably the most popular and surely the most outrages and weirdest grup in the country. but hi i love my friends no mather what.
if you been reading the things that i write you probably noticed that i complain ALLOT soo sorry.
!Have a great week!
Ok people, i desperately need your help!!!
I am currently looking into the idea of me, a lowly Northern Irish person, heading off to the States for University. However, there are some HUGE flaws... mainly because I have never set foot in any part of America.
So this is where I'm asking for your help. Could any of you dear souls who live in /have visited America and know of any good/reputable/foreigner friendly universities over there leave me a comment or give me any web sites you know of that could lead me in the right direction?
I would LOVE you for ever more!
Offers cookies...
xx
On the lighter side, I've decided to join Mock Trial and the Italian club at my new school. Mock Trial goes to competition from regional to national, if we're good enough. So support!!!
Thank you for your attention for all of 30 seconds. Go along with your lives now.
~Alli
Has anyone else gone?
I went a few weeks ago...it is AMAZING!!!
They have practically everything there! I got a picture with a Dalek, an Angel, A Slitheen etc etc.
and i brought a t-shirt....i am so cool! lol! I got weird looks when I wore it to school. hehe 
I have found a way to cure the boredom...I started making videos. Doctor Who fan videos. 'Cause I'm cool like that. I only have Windows Movie maker so it's nothing fancy. You know you want to go see it;
LINKLINKLINK clicky clicky.
Yeah so that's all I have for now.
ok thanks bye
Carrie
xxx
Finally, the moment all Dr Who fans have been waiting patiently for! Well last night's episode was pretty good but a little confusing at the end. I thought that David Tennant was supposed to stay on and do the four specials next year not regenerate before the end of the fourth series! My theory is that the daleks have somehow made him start to regenerate but he won't quite get round to finishing it anytime soon(Jack delays the process perhaps?).
My local paper this morning mentioned that one person definetely dies this coming Saturday. 
I've decided to try and guess who by a process of elimination: it can't be Sarah Jane because there's a second series of the Sarah Jane Adventures due out later this year, it can't be the Doctor(obviously), there's only a million in one chance it could be Jack(again, practically impossible), Rose - possibly, but that's just nasty considering she's just came to Earth from a parallel world, Martha - please, I'm praying it's her - can't stand her at all! But, generally, everyone else likes her so it might not be her. And then there's Donna. I think it'll probably be her. She'll either die for the Doctor or go and do something incredibly stupid like try to argue with a dalek! Either way, next week's Doctor Who looks set to be sad one! Prepare for tears guys!
I know I've hardly been on here at all this year, mainly because of exams and holidays, and life just generally getting in the way. So, now I'm saying godbye. I'm sure it's not forever, because thqt is an exceedingly looooooong time, but at least for a year or so. You've all been amazing people and I'll miss the weird conversations we have. I hope there are some more X-Files tribute videos, Pi!
And because I can't do a completely depressing blog, here is some happy news: I got tickets to Hamlet!
Muchas love (or lint, depending on your persuasion) and without further adieu, i bid thee goodbye xxx
As summer has offically begun now that i am finished my university exams (thank god). I now have 4 months to fill. So at the begining of each summer I like to make a list of thing's i want to do as it gets pretty boring where I live as all of my friend's have gone back home for the summer or headed off to the US , which unfortunatly I was not able to do this year .
So these are some of the thing's i want to do
1. learn to scuba dive hopefully once I get my eardrum fixed in the next few weeks I will be able to learn as their is a school close to where i live .
2. Improve on my surfing skills before I go away after an embarresing display last summer infront of a Guy i really like ,lets just say grace and elegence have eluded me when it comes to being wiped off a surf board .so hopefully I will get to practice before I go away .
3. get MSN I now finally have the time to set it up so any day now I will
4. Get the operation to fix my eardrum I burst it a couple of weeks ago and because of my hearing problems I need a operation to fix it and the sooner the better as i cant go near water until its fixed as i will keep getting infections which sucks and i miss not being able to swim , I will know next week when I am having it done .
5. Learn Italian as my parents are moving to Italy in the next few years so I wan't to be able to understand what is going on as I hate not being able to understand what people are saying
6 . shoping in london I can't wait I go every year and always have such a good time
7. I would also love to try and write a fanfic I say try because I am sure my 11 year old sister has better english skills then I have .
hopefully this will keep me entertained for a little while aleast I really hate being Bored because I always feel like I should be doing something.
Heeeeey!
I'm gonna do this new thing, called: Funny Moments. Enjoy
Funny Moment #1,
*dad is booking tickets to fly to Ontario*
Dad: Alright, I booked my tickets and I know where I'm sitting.
Mom: Where are you sitting?
Dad: On a plane.
Me: 
Hope your all doing good. I'm doing good for a Monday. Talk to some of you soon!
Much love & hugeee hugss!
Yup as some of you know today's my Birthday......Yeah i know...i should be all happy and ecstatic or whatever but i'm not like most people soo....it's not really something a look forward to...especially right now...
Yeah school hasn't shown me much love lately. I'm currently flunking most of cla-ss-es and most teachers have just decided to give up on me...or use me as an example of a student you don't want to become. Yeah i mean at school i'll just laugh it off or go along with it but deep inside it really does hurt...alot. I know i can do wayyy better but it's just i dunno i've never really liked doing schoolwork....yes i know what you're thinking...."claudia just do the work and it'll pay off" but you have no idea what situation i'm really in...and because of whats going on i really don't find a reason of why i should keep trying.
And i've been really confused about many things lately...School, friends, life, me, and it's just one huge rollercoaster ride of emotions. I've recently started writting in a diary cuz i don't really trust blogs that much, and it's kinda helped me relax a little but i still go to sleep with this feeling of lonelyness and confusion. I dunno why i'm going through all this. Like my friend said i have my "emo moments" and it's true i guess. aghhh i have to get everything straight or else i feel like i'm gonna burst and do something i'll regret....
Anyways.....
Have i mentioned how much i love Jenne and Lani and new buddy Eric?! They're too flippin' cool!! Last night or this morning i guess they sang Happy Birthday to me and i got a new banner from jenne that was soo hotttt my computer almost failed
thanks soo much sis!! and the song was just amazing from all of you. I also wanna give the BIGGEST HUG EVER to everyone who said Happy Birthday! I love ya ll tons!! You guys are some of the greatest people ever...especially when i'm feeling down you guys are there for me and i thank you guys for that. I don't know what i'd do witout the Hiphuggers Crew and everyone i've met here i know this is getting sappy but i just wanted you guys to know that. When i have the worst day at school or at home i know i can come here and wash away all the negative. well with that said
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!!!!!
-claudia out
