I can't believe it's the end of November already, the month just seems to have flown by. Oh-Vintage's blog everyday for a month challenge has ended too and I'm happy to say that I have done it! :)
It was really fun, I think I'm going to carry on blogging everyday seen as I liked it so much.

People are already getting offers back from universities! It's scary because I haven't even sent my application off yet. I just need to do a few final things on it and then it will be ready. No point rushing it and making a mess right? The official deadline is not while the 15th of January but I plan to send mine off way before Christmas. I can't leave something that important to the last minute!

I'm a little bit nervous to be honest, I mean we'll all be going our separate ways. Of course I'll still keep in touch with people, but I suppose I will miss college. We always joke around and have a good time. I hope I can still meet up with people and go to the cinema like we always do.

I'm looking forward to Christmas, I just love all the festivities and atmosphere. Well, apart from the atmosphere at the local shopping center (that can get pretty scary when last minute shoppers are out!).

I have an advent calender too, which is just super cute! I didn't ask for one this year because I thought I was too old for them but Greg came in my room and held up my calender! Turns out my mum had just gone and bought me one (thank you!). I asked her why she had bought me one because I thought I was too old and she replied, "Of course you not too old!". Aw, she's kind. :)

All this talk about Christmas reminds me I need to write out my Christmas card list. I have some really cute cards this year to give out. Tee-hee! ^_^;

Well, I'm going to get an early night tonight (after I've read some manga!).

Bye. xx<3

Labels: challenge, personal

I started watching another anime, called "Azumanga Daioh", today. I think it's a great anime and pretty addictive. I like the characters because they have at least one that you can relate too. This is a little about the series according to Wikipedia (which sums it up nicely!):

"Azumanga Daioh chronicles everyday life in an unnamed Japanese high school in Tokyo, following the trials and triumphs of six girls: reserved Sakaki's obsession with cute animals, Chiyo's struggle to fit in with girls five years older, Osaka's spacey nature and skewed perspective on the world, Yomi's aggravation at an annoying best friend, Tomo, whose energy is rivaled only by her lack of sense, and Kagura's efforts in sports and school".

This is the opening theme for the anime:



I'm thinking about buying the box set because I'm enjoying it that much.

Labels: anime, personal, shopping

OK, I have literally twenty minutes to write this blog entry. Why do I leave things to the last minute?

I've been playing on my Nintendo DS, it helps me unwind after being at college for seven hours. Sometimes I can be there for nine hours on a Thursday, if I don't come home for my two hour dinner break.

I don't mind because I'm a hard working person like that. By doing extra work I feel like I'm trying my best to get into university. Some second year students are only doing three courses where as I am taking four courses, so I'm putting more hours in. Not to mention all the studying and work I do at home.

When I step back and think about it, I am a busy person.

I do college work, maintain Kihugs.com, socialize, see Chris, go out shopping/to the cinema etc and all my other hobbies too, like gaming, reading, blogging, chatting on forums etc.

The picture on the left is a good representation of how I multi-task (mostly late at night). Except you can replace the PlayStation 2 there with a Nintendo Gamecube, seen as I love Nintendo. :)

The manga in Konata's arms is so typically me though (don't worry I am fond of many "intelligent" literary works too).

I need to start going to bed early, if you've been following the pattern of my blog post times you will see how bad my sleep patterns are. Although yesterday I did go to bed quite early (early for me anyway!).

My form tutor actually asked me when do I sleep. The thing is I do sleep, I just don't get enough of it. I'm really bad on the weekends when I love nothing more than to sleep in while half past ten. Bliss. :)

Questions:

1) Would you consider yourself a busy person?
2) What do you do to keep yourself organized (assuming you are somewhat organized!) ?

My answers:

1) You would be lucky to catch me!
2) I have a big planner in which I write important dates and then I have a separate notepad in which I write my homework and things I need to remember. I think I am quite organized (well I am when I want to be!).

Night!

xx

Labels: college, personal

My new coat came today! It is so nice and snug, I love it (not as much as Chris!). :)

I'm off to watch Heroes now that I've taped (Sky+ rocks!) because I'm such a little fangirl like that.

I will reply to comments tomorrow!

Chat later

xx

Labels: personal, update

The blog for a month challenge is almost over. I can't believe I've managed to come on here everyday and blog. Well actually I can! I like Kihugs.com a lot more since I revamped it.

I haven't been online much recently because of college work. I'm in the middle of coursework that counts towards my final grade so I've been busy working on that. I have also been reading manga (don't shoot me!).

Just so I can set this straight, my site is powered by Blogger. I cannot use PHP scripts because they are not compatible with my host. Sorry. :)

I like Blogger because it's easy to maintain and I can access it via college. I think they would block most of the other blogging systems.

In other news (I'm starting to sound like a news reporter!) I have invested in a new coat. A nice thick one that should keep me all snug when it's minus 5 degrees outside!

Feel free to answer the questions from my previous blog.

I have one more for you:

What are your plans for the weekend, going anyway special etc?

I'm going to my friends house to try out her new Xbox 360 with her!

Labels: college, personal, update

I'm currently watching "This Is England" on TV, it's a pretty sad film but there's nothing else on! This is just a quick blog because I want to go to bed. :)

College was good today, I got to catch up and chat with my friend Flow. She's been stressed and I cheered her up a bit.

I haven't been up to much lately other than college work and getting my University application up to scratch. I'm happy because I've nearly finished it now and that will be a huge weight off my shoulders.

I will be sad to leave college in a way because of the friends I've made there but I'm sure we can keep in touch through MSN and Facebook!

I'm looking forward to Christmas and all the festivities. :)

Some questions for you:

1) What do you want for Christmas? Surprises or do you want something specific?
2) Doing anything special for Christmas?

My answers:

1) I prefer surprises, after all it's the thought that counts.
2) Family meals, going out and all that jazz.

Night. xx

Labels: personal, update

Thank you to everyone who commented and wishes Greg a Happy Birthday yesterday. :)

It's too late for me to blog now, so I shall bring you a "Larissa Update" tomorrow. I will go return everyone's comments now. <3

Bye for now!

Labels: personal

I love birthdays. Birthdays = cake. It's especially good when it's scrummy chocolate cake like what we had for Greg's birthday today.

I apologize because unfortunately I didn't get chance to take any pictures of the cake before we ate it. The picture on the left is similar to what it looked like before it disappeared. :)

We sang "Happy Birthday" too, it was slightly out of tune but I feel it was a good team effort made by me and my parents. Greg seemed happy enough and awarded us 10 points, but he advised us to work on our harmonies.

I wanted to sing my tried and tested "altered" versions of the song:

Happy Birthday to you,
You belong in a zoo,
You look like a monkey,
And you smell like one too.

or

Happy Birthday to you,
Squashed tomatoes and stew,
Bread and butter in the gutter,
Happy Birthday to you.

But we opted for the old classic (aw fudge).

Greg heard me on the phone earlier and I began passing messages to him from Chris on the phone.

Greg: "Who's on the phone?"
Me: "Chris"
Greg: "Tell him I said hi"
Me: "Greg says hi"
Chris: "Tell him I said Happy Birthday"
Me: "Chris says Happy Birthday"
Greg: "Tell him I said thaaankoo"
Me: "Greg says thankoo"

I felt like a translator and as I was thinking about that Greg proceeded to nick my toast with a smug little smile. I let him off because it was "his day".

So all in all Greg had a great day and even though he's a fifteen year old pain in the butt, I wish him a Happy Birthday.

He best get me a good present for my 18th! ^_~

Labels: personal

I'm sorry Flow! This is a super quick blog so she does not freak out that I'm blogging late again. Check out my previous posts comments. ^_^;

It's Greg's 15th birthday tomorrow, he is my younger brother. I'm looking forward to eating some chocolate cake! Of course I will let him have the first piece but I will be staring at him like a hungry puppy till he surrenders and gives me some cake.

So I'll blog tomorrow and hopefully include some pictures!

Night xx

Labels: personal, update

I've not been to college today due to being ill. I feel a bit better now, I suppose it's all the stress and pressure of work getting to me. That and also "girl trouble". I'll spare you the details.

Flow phoned me up and asked how I'd been today, which I thought was sweet of her. She made me promise that I would blog early so I can get to bed early. However she did not permit me from reading any manga before bed (joking!). ^_^;

I've thought about my life as it is and I feel I can organize myself. I'm going to set myself a random "life list" now.


1) Be more organized(ha!).
2) Plan a revision timetable and stick to it.
3) Work on English linguistic investigation for college.
4) Do some research for Media coursework.
5) Do some research also for Archaeology coursework.
6) Watch less anime (Nooo! >_<) 7) Utilize my time better - Do not get distracted by the TV/Gamecube/DS/Anything fun!
8) Go to bed earlier to prevent "napping" in the afternoons.
9) Eat less junk food and eat more brain food...like um...bananas. On second thought, I hate bananas. x_X
10) Actually revise, duh.
11) Send off UCAS.
12) Keep my room tidy.. (Zombie mode: Must. Clean. Room. Uuuhhh.. *shuffles with arms out stretched*)
13) Have more faith and confidence in myself.
14) Stop worrying like an old woman! :)
15) Laugh about things and chillax. My shoulders are seriously tense.


Well that's my "life list" done for now. I will edit/update it in another post should I feel the need to.

My questions for today are:

1) Would you consider making a "life list"?
2) If so, would you blog it?
3) How organized would you say you are on a scale from 1 to 10 and why? (10 being super organized and 1 being not organized at all).

My answers:

1) Done
2) See above. ;)
3) I would say about 6 because I have a tendency to worry when things aren't done on time.

xxx

Labels: college, life list, personal

Chris came to my house today. It was good because I've not been feeling to well lately and he cheered me up. It's shame when he has to go home because we can literally talk for hours! The picture represents me when I have to say goodbye to Chris. :)

This is a short blog because I just thought I'd promote the forum I use. It's called Snark and it was made by Jacky of Dubious.nu.

There are nice people there who can help you with any problems you may have, be it personal or web-related. They are also really funny!

I hope I can see you there. 'Night!

xxx

Labels: chris, internet, personal

Apparently I look like Tohru Honda from the anime Fruits Basket. Maybe it's because of my hair style, the fact I have blue eyes and I think bunnies are cute.

Tonight I've been busy filling in my University application on the UCAS website.

It has been a working progress really from a few weeks ago, but you can edit your application online before you send it. I was just adding my final adjustments. Now all I have to do is paste in my personal statement; a short piece of writing in which you effectively "sell yourself" to the Universities you are applying too.

I can't wait to get my application finished and sent off. It will just be one less thing on my list of tasks.

I already have all my coursework to deal with and not to mention studying for my actual exams.

I know it will all pay off eventually when I (hopefully) get excepted into a University. I just have to keep working hard and try not to get behind!

It's easy said than done, especially when there are so many other fun things I'd rather be doing (like going out with Chris). I really need to work on controlling my short attention span.

Speaking of Chris, I did see him today. We went to lunch together so I got to spend an hour with him. We're in the same college and don't see each other often so it's good when we have a break together to have a laugh. I'm glad I was optimistic today, maybe it's the influence of Shugo Chara!

Chris sent me a funny picture today of this heart-shaped crisp he found:

Labels: chris, college, personal

I've been watching this super cute anime called Shugo Chara today; recommended by Rima of School Girls' Blog.

It is about a girl called Amu Hinamori who has a reputation of being "cool and spicy" at her school. However her real personality is that of a shy girl; much like me (haha).

It's a sweet anime that teaches you to be true to yourself. Something I suppose everyone should take note of.

Its easy to watch and not too complicated. So I would recommend it to any person who likes shojo anime or just general "cutesy" anime. Check out the opening theme.

I was in college today for an hour and a half. I like Mondays because I only have one lesson.

It wasn't that good though because I didn't get to have a laugh with Chris. He finishes college before me on a Monday so I don't normally see him. -_-;

Oh well, I'm optimistic for tomorrow. I have no idea why but I've just got a feeling everything will be alright and work out.

Some questions for you:

1) What is your "feel good" song?
2) Do you have a hobby? What is it?
3) What is your favourite kind of food/snack?

My answers:

1) Mine would be "My sweetheart" by Tokyo Mew Mew (J-pop I know!)
2) Reading, gaming and looking after Kihugs!
3) Mine have to be Oreos, I love them. =p

xx

Labels: anime, personal

I'm blogging late again, no surprises here then. :)

I went to Meadowhall yesterday with Chris and I bought new Manga. One of them is called "Magical x Miracle" and its about this girl called Merleawe who hopes to become the best at magic. Its a good read and has quite a bit of humor in it so I'm glad I bought it; I'm probably going to buy the volume 2 next weekend.

I really need to be saving my money for Christmas presents though but I always end up seeing something I want. Whether it be Manga or a DVD.

I wouldn't class myself as a "Shopaholic". I think you need a few fancy credit cards to become one of them and buy several sets of one thing in different colours. Like buying the same dress in different colours for every occasion! (insert happy noise here).

Meadowhall was as packed as I thought it would be. We were defiantly lucky to find a a seat in the food court aka pigs feeding trough. Yum.

You have to literally pounce on an open table as soon as you see someone leaving it. People start to get nervous as "sharks with food trays" swarm around them and as soon as any holes in their defense appear...BAM! Ten pre-teens hop on your table and start discussing who got "totally smashed" that weekend.

Its a crazy place I tell you. I wonder why no one has been crushed there yet by the sheer amount of people.

College tomorrow. I don't feel well so I don't want to go but at least I only have one lesson. I can surely get through that.

Here are some questions for you:

1) Where do you normally go to shop and what is it like there?
2) What are your spending habits like: Do you prefer to save or "flash the cash"?
3) Have you bought all your Christmas presents yet or are you going to leave it till the last minute? :)

xx

Labels: chris, personal, shopping

Do you ever find that you get carried away on forums?

I know I do.

I will say to myself that I will only spend an hour or so on a forum but I always end up finding a topic I'm interested in and start posting in it.

Also because I haven't been feeling to well lately I find that I spend more and more time on the internet. Yet, I'm not updating Kihugs like I'm supposed to. I tend to use Kihugs in the week as more of a boredom killer, especially when I feel like college is giving me a headache. Typing in my blog is quite soothing. The way the keyboard goes, tap tap tap. Ah.

Weekends are forum time in my opinion. A chance to catch up on the threads and topics I want to post messages in. This weekend I got a little too carried away (as you can probably tell).

So I thought I'd share another cute video with you.



I always do that when the fan comes out in the summer. Its so funny to talk into them, don't you think? Or is that just me being strange. ^_^;

My questions for today are:

1) Do you visit forums and if so, are you a regular poster?
2) Do ever talk into fans like the video?
3) What was the last film you watched and was it any good?
4) What is you favourite word/saying?


My answers:

1) Yeah, go to my links section to visit the forums I use.
2)Yep, its fun!
3) The last film I watched was "27 Dresses" on dvd with my mum. Its a real feel good kind of film and is really funny in some parts. Also James Marsden is in it, he was one of my favourite X-men.
4) My favourite saying of the moment is what has made Picture of the week this week. Brace yourself, here it is:

Labels: forums, personal, picture of the week, update

I know I promised a bigger blog post today but I'm not feeling very well. I'll just post this short blog so I don't lose out on the challenge.

Labels: personal, update

Why I leave my blogs to the last minute I will never know.

I'm going to get contact lenses because I'm shortsighted, which basically means I can't see things that are far away (I know its stupid to name it "short" sighted!). I hoping that they will suit me and I won't have any problems with them. I'm fed up of squinting at signs and people (seriously, I don't recognise people until they come closer I always end up squinting). I will still wear my glasses sometimes, like when I'm blogging.

We were talking about our New York trip in Media today. I'm going to New York with my Media class on the 29th of February and we're staying for 5 days! I can't wait! It's going to be so good, just like in the films eh? I went to Florida when I was 15 but this will be my first time in the "Big Apple".



Well my blog for this evening is fairly short, I will update Kihugs/reply to messages/write a more substantial blog (one that you can really sink your teeth into!) tomorrow.

Good Night! xx

Labels: personal, update

Why do college days always go so slow but when I get home my evening always goes by so quick. It's Sod's law I tell you.

I've been playing Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for Nintendo DS quite a bit recently. I love my DS it always helps pass the time when I am bored and have nothing to do! I've always been a Zelda fan ever since I got introduced to it by a friend. I bought Twilight Princess for the Gamecube and Chris lent me Windwaker too.

We can spend ages playing through the games together. He always helps me complete the parts I get stuck on and then I do the parts he gets stuck on. We're like this ultimate gaming team when it comes to Zelda.

It was a shame when I got stuck at one part in the game and Chris wasn't around. No matter how much I tortured myself over trying to figure out this puzzle, it just wasn't happening. So I calmly placed my DS down and decided that I would return to it later.

"Yatta!" I managed to get past the part that I was finding difficult; a few minutes ago to be precise. I'm really happy now!


I always find that if I can't do something the first time around, after I've had a break from it I can usually do it when I come back to the game.

Speaking of Heroes, the episode tonight was epic. I mean I'm literally on the edge of my seat every time I watch it. I'm such a Heroes fan girl, I even have a shirt! *blushes*

I managed to get all my homework for archaeology done today, it feels good when you accomplish a task. :)

Some questions for you:

1) Do you own a Nintendo DS/other game console? What is you favourite game for it?
2) Do you watch any TV shows, what is your favourite?
3) Do you normally complete homework as soon as you get it or do you procrastinate sometimes like me?

xx

Labels: chris, college, gaming, personal, tv

Hey, I've been quite busy today at college. Working and getting my English Language investigation up to speed. I feel like I'm really getting a good amount of work done which is something to be happy about; free time is gold dust when you're a student.

I've been trying to figure out what I can buy people for Christmas. I know its a little early to be thinking about Christmas presents but I really want to avoid the mad rush and get everything sorted as soon as possible. All I can picture is me stuck in a massive cue at Thorntons with my arms full of chocolate and being bashed around by who are also stocking up on chocolaty goodness; possibly for their toy-boys. Trust me, old ladies are ruthless when boyfriends/Christmas presents are at stake.

I already have a few ideas in my head but I'm not going to write them on here as a certain someone will come peeping; yes Chris I mean you.

I love Ebay. They have so many quirky gifts and unique items. I really am internet-shopaholic, I should start a fan listing for that if there isn't already one!

This Yuki bag is so cute. I was originally going to ask Chris to get it me (haha) but the auction was running out in an hour. So I've bought Yuki.

Anyway! I need to focus on buying people presents and not get carried away on Ebay. Another good site for Christmas gifts is, Getting Personal. You can buy personalised gifts and the prices aren't too bad either, so I recommend you check that out.

Oh! Before I forget, I've joined a forum called Superawr. Its a cute little forum so you should join too if you haven't already.

Some questions for you:

1) Where do you get your gift ideas from?
2) How often do you buy yourself things?
3) Are you going to join Superawr?

xx

Labels: christmas, college, personal, shopping

First day back at college today, well more like first lesson back at college.

I love Mondays because I don't start college while 2:30 pm. How brilliant is that? I get to sleep in bed till about 9, which is considered a lay in for me, and then spend the morning doing whatever I want.

I took half of the "sweet hoard" into college today and people looked confused when I randomly threw them a bag of Haribos. It looked like I was making sweets magically appear. Which is of course true, seen as I have a Mary Poppins bag and all. I seem to be able to fit everything and anything into my bag. It's like a bottomless pit, either that or I just carry too much stuff.

My English Language lesson flew by and I soon found myself walking out of college.

While I was in the car my phone rang, it was Chris. I couldn't hear him at first so I just sat there saying, "hello? hello?? heellllooo?".

It went all fuzzy on the phone and then his voice boomed in my eardrum saying, "WHERE ARE YOU?"; my eyes practically bashed together in their sockets.

"I'm in the car just near my house" I replied in a timid voice, scared that he was going to break the speaker on my phone.

Turns out he was just calling to ask if I was still up for going to Meadowhall; he needed to buy a book that he'd pre-ordered.

So I spent most of my afternoon at Meadowhall which, thankfully, wasn't packed with millions of shoppers doing Christmas shopping. I hate having to fight my way through bags and other dangerous obstacles, such as prams! I swear prams are designed to run teenagers over.

We went to Waterstones and picked up the book he wanted. It was a History book about Russia that he had to read for his coursework. I'm jealous that he knows so much about History and I don't. In school I was always rubbish at History, probably because I spent most of my time doodling or staring out of the window.

After we had finished looking around Meadowhall we went to Pizza Hut, I was starving after all that walking around. My mouth was watering before we even walked through the door. I love pizza, but that's not a good thing.

Whilst in Pizza Hut, Chris asked me to a restaurant called The Venus for his 18th birthday, which is on New Years Day. I happily agreed but in the back of my mind sulked.

Venus = I have to wear my Little Black Dress (LBD).

LBD = less pizzas if I want to still fit in it.

Even though I'm a size 8/10 I'm always worried about gaining weight. I need to cut down on all this tasty junk food if I want to look good for his 18th and most importantly impress his parents.

At least we walked home, so maybe I burnt off some calories then. I seriously doubt it though seen as I scoffed some custard creams. I think I'm being to hopeful.

So all in all I had a good day, well spending time with Chris and my friends is always good.

Oh! Before I go...

I've been nagged to post pictures of myself with the new haircut but, in my opinion, I am not photogenic at all. Oh well, here goes:


I've just noticed the time stamp of this post (11:48 PM!), cutting it a bit close aren't I!

Goodnight. xx

Labels: chris, college, personal, shopping

Evening, I've really got to stop blogging late at night. I've just been busy with my English Language coursework and I'm afraid I lost track of time. I haven't forgotten to blog though, I'm still up for the challenge.

I'm starting a new blog entitled "Picture of the week", in which I will attempt to show you a funny, cute or just plain weird picture. Drum roll please, allow me to present the phallic-shaped pear:

Labels: humour, personal, picture of the week

Labels: challenge, daily, personal, shopping

I found myself lying face up staring at the ceiling as, what can only be described as, an electric hook descended onto my sore wisdom tooth (yes, I only have one).

Labels: a students tale, dentist trauma, personal

Just in case you were wondering where I have been, I have one word for you. College. College has taken up most of my time recently, from typing my UCAS personal statement to the endless amounts of homework, revision and coursework. The only thing that has kept me going is the idea that all this will pay off when I hopefully get into University.

I went to a Hallam open day with Chris and it was great. We attended a presentation about the English courses Hallam has to offer and all I can say is that I am really excited to do a BA in English Language! Afterwards we went around town and got a sandwich at subway; we were ambushed by numerous amounts of charities along the way. I gave money to a fire fighter to help the children’s hospital. All the fire fighters were doing a sponsored ladder climb or something.

I haven’t been online much at all to be honest. But now I hope to get some decent updates done to Kihugs. I really want to write another “Students Tale”. :)

On a random note, I’ve had my hair cut so I need to put a more update picture of myself in the about me section. The picture I’ve already put there is a crumby webcam one so it’s all fuzzy. Haha

Bye for now

xxxx

Labels: college, daily, personal, update

Hiya, I'm back! Sorry I took so long in posting again but this week has been quite hectic. I went to the university and had a good long chat about my courses for college. The man who was there was really friendly and helpful. He explained to me that even someone with loads of Ucas points doesn't always get accepted into the university. He says that if I just work hard, he sees no problem of me getting in the university! So now I know that I can achieve what I want. It seems I'm not the only person who college has let down. I was talking to one of my friends in English class and they were having the same problem with their courses being canceled due to funding problems.

Its just a huge relief that I have finally got things sorted out and I'm not feeling as stressed anymore. Shola, my best friend, helped me a lot during all of this. Just by being supportive and a shoulder to cry on.

My CardCaptor Sakura box set came yesterday! :3 I'm so happy because it has taken less than a week to arrive. I'm already watching it as I am typing this blog. ~Nya! ^^
I have put a picture up too, click on it to view a bigger picture.


I've gone and ordered the two CCS movies off eBay too! £9 for two movies is a good price and they are both on one disc. :)

My first day at college was okay, I'm quite pleased with my new timetable as I have only one early start and, seen as I'm only doing 2 A2's and an AS, I have less hours. I start college at half past 2 on a Monday! That means I get to sleep in! hehehe :3
My form class is pretty good too as most of my friends are in it and I more or less know everyone there.

The only thing that is annoying about going back is that there are so many new students starting out that the college is packed at dinner time. The queue was massive on Friday! T_T

I'm sure what to do today, maybe Chris will come round and we can watch a DVD or something.

Oh yeah, Kawaii Awards season one has ended so be sure to pick up your awards. :)

Well I'm off now. Ja ne!

xxxxx

Labels: college, internet, kihugs, personal, shopping, update

I've been quite busy today. I woke up at 9, which is very early for me, due to the fact that the postman was ringing the doorbell repeatedly. I finally managed to drag myself out of bed to accept a parcel from him that was way to big to fit through the door. I bashed it against the banister on the stairs and nearly fell over the stupid thing. I'm not a morning person and going back to college is defiantly going to make things worse.

I can just see it now, being bogged down with work and revision. Oh, joy. The only person that manages to keep me from going completely insane there is Shola. Seriously, if it wasn't for my friend I think I'd become even more of a hermit then I am now. Actually I should withdraw that comment, I don't want people thinking I have no life. Trust me though, college eats all your time up. Or should I say, High school for all you American readers. I'm confused. :s

I've felt a bit of empowerment with Kihugs today. I've deleted all of the dead link affiliates! God knows what happened to the rule that affiliates are supposed to keep in touch. They must think that once you have linked them then that's it, they don't have to mention you or talk to you. Why on earth then should I even be advertising their lazy asses?!

I've decided that now I'm just going to have links on the side that I like visiting (blog roll) and who comment me regulary (Top affiliates). I will also still link swap and advertise with people but I'm sorry to those affiliates who got deleted. Well actually I'm not, you got deleted because basically you were nothing to Kihugs. I get better comments from people who aren't even affiliates!

Thanks to this article about Teen-bopperitis on Ubiquitous I have now seen where I have gone wrong in even wanting to be "affiliated" with sites like these. There are loads of these sites and I can see how annoying they can be for people to have to view. They are basically filled up with page fodder (like random facts *yawn*) and there is nothing worthwhile that I want to take back from a site like that.

Honestly, I don't care what your pets look like, whether they are dead or on holiday. People don't want to know 20 random facts about you, like the fact that you don't like broccoli.

I also agree that when people do this its just plain annoying:


The whole raping your eyes with underlining, italics and bolding is just aggravating. Saying random words to display interests is something these people love to do. I still can't really understand why.

You should head over to Crystals site and see what I mean about this.

The funny thing is, is that I used to look up to sites like these and want mine to be just like them, I soon changed my mind about that! When you get right down to it, all they offer is the same content. Stolen celebrity images seems to be their favourites. "Omgz I has liek these k0Ol blendz, no stealin!" Seriously?! X_x

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Edward Cullen equals love. I can see what all the fuss was about now, that book was brilliant. I already want to start reading New Moon. :D
I literally couldn't put the book down, it was so good and it tricks the reader by making them fall in love with the character Edward. Vampires have never been so smexy! haha.

I got my hair dyed pink again and also finally got my fringe cut shorter. Its better now, it doesn't attack my eye every time I turn around now. I will put a picture up of me when I can be bothered to take one! I have to wait till the day time to take a pic off my web cam because the lighting isn't all that great. ^^"

I got my exam results, I did pretty good actually. I just had a couple of let downs but I will have to resit a couple of units probably to improve them marks. I'm really proud that I got a B in my English Language exams. :D

I bought that Lucky Star pencil case that I wanted off Ebay! It cost me over £6 which was just over 11 dollars on Ebay. Not so bad considering it was from China and it had to be air mailed!
This is a picture of it, click for a bigger version. Please note that the bunny was not included! haha

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Not long till I'm getting my hair dyed! Yay. :) I should probably be thinking about more important things such as the matter of my exam results. :o I'm really hoping for good results but I guess I can only hope. This is the worst part after exams in my opinion, the massive waiting period in which your mental strength is tested. Did you do well? Or did you screw up big time!

I've finished reading, "Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging" and "It's okay I'm wearing really big knickers" already! It didn't take me that long, so I'm going to order the next book probably pretty soon. It seems like all I do lately is read, it's too hot to go outside.

Chris is coming round tomorrow and we are going to what Lord of the rings the second film. I've already seen the first one. Chris nearly fell backwards and made this "wtf?" kind of face when I said to him that I'd never seen the Lord Of the rings. Its just one of those films that never really interested me when it came out. However, I have seen it in a different light. I kept giggling all the way through the film and making funny voices over the characters. hehe. I have a low attention span sometimes.
Apparently I make cake-faces a lot to according to Chris. They look like this: :3
It's okay, it just means I'm cute right? O_o

Oh well I'm not that bothered, but I can't seem to stop looking at my mouth now! He's made conscious of my cake face. Cake face ftw!
I've been chatting to Shola today on msn, thank God for msn it really is a saviour. I was getting quite bored and then I got a message from her. I was saved! haha

I forgot to mention that my dad has bribed me. He says, for every A I get in my exam results I get a tenner. So that means I could get maximum of £40! Woo!
He said that B's are worth £5 and C's are worth a measly £1. I then said to him wouldn't it have been better if he had bribed me before the exams, but he just said that the thought of money would have made me loose concentration. Pfft!

I still need to start reading "Twilight" apparently it is really good, but I'll be the judge of that haha. :)

I added a new affiliate today, so check out her site.

That's it for today's ramblings.

Bye xxxx

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Hiya, I'm back blogging after a little break from the Internet. I'm still really happy with this layout and I've made a tiny alteration. I've changed it from where it used to say interact to now say visitor.

I'm going to be uploading more visitor content, like reads, quizzes etc. The poll of the month is still there so I want you to vote in it as I need a bit of feedback.

I'm still waiting for one review to come through, so far I have two. They haven't scored me to high but I mustn't let it knock my spirits. Personally I believe Kihugs is doing pretty well.

Today I've been busy adding tutorials, so far the tutorial section is my favourite part of the site. I need to fill up the graphics section a bit more as the free layouts aren't particularly great. I felt like making some avatars today, so I made some anime ones! haha. I'll make some different ones sometime but I think celebrity avatars are kind of boring anyway. :p

Samples



Don't claim that they are your own! Credit must be given to Kihugs. I love them, so cute! hehe

I've also been in the mood for making more glitters but I need to think what sayings I could use. Should I use Myspace ones? Here is an sample of the type of glitters I am working on at the moment.
I have put up quite a few! I think they are pretty cute though. I am avoiding having too many different colour versions as they can get boring. You know where you just use the same graphic but make it 10 times again in different colours? I will use the same phrase but try and make them in different colours/styles/fonts. Click the glitters to get the codes. :)

Also here is a cute Sakura glitter, more anime glitters will come soon!



If you can think of any phrases that I should use and make glitters of then please tell me! I will credit your site on the credits page. :)

I am so going to make some anime glitters as well, I have already collected a few cute images that I am planning to use. I swear, my image folder is fit to burst on my computer. :D




I've been busy watching Card Captor Sakura again! I was wondering what to watch and then I thought I'd just re watch the series. Oh and that reminds me! I have added 2 new anime reviews to the visitors section, I plan to add more but I'm afraid I will only add them when I feel like it. It is quite time consuming writing reviews! haha. I've added a Tokyo Mew Mew and a D.N.Angel review.

I'm really glad that people liked my new layout, feels nice to have a change. My old layout was kind of sucky though I must admit. You can see what it looked like in my past layouts section.

Kawaii awards voting is already underway and so far its quite interesting. You can no longer nominate yourself though as voting has already begun so you will have to wait till next season. Exciting! lol.

I'm getting my hair dyed again soon, planning on getting the pink re-done. I love my pink hair, it matches my website haha. :)

Bye bye! xxx

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Ahh! I'm so smart. Sorry but I am. Haha. I though that I'd never be able to get Kihugs to work with the super big screen size 1152 x 864 but I have. I've fixed the coding on the pages so that the affie/advert/update links don't go zooming of to the left and that there isn''t a big white gap on the right when Kihugs is viewed in larger screens. I've also made it compatible for those annoying 800 x 600 resolutions (yes some people still use them!). I'm shattered! Night. xx
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I got my first review back from Georgina @ Out The Window and after following some advice from her, plus some of my friends, I redesigned Kihugs. I quite like how this version turned out. Shola said to me that I should design something that I would be happy with, never mind what I think people want. So I didn't do a typical celebrity layout. Changing the topic a bit, I love that render of Sakura at the top! Credits for some the images used in this layout go to here and here. I've updated all my pages, you may need to refresh Kihugs to see the new layout ;) Tell me what you think!
Today has been quite good as I have been busy on Kihugs and just relaxing. You know when its just ones of those days where you want to sleep because its warm. Its such nice weather though, so I might go out tomorrow.
I saw the new batman film yesterday, the Dark Knight, it was awesome. If you're a Batman fan, then you will love that film. haha :3
Bye bye! xxx

Labels: internet, kihugs, personal, update

Last week was a pretty good week for me. I went out with Shola to Graves Park and we had a laugh. It was such a nice day and we took quite a few pictures which I uploaded on my Myspace of course. It was funny because we got to watch these crazy ducks gang up on this one duck. I kind of felt sorry for it. We also went out and saw the film, "Angus, thongs and perfect snogging". It was a great film and defo one that you should should take your friends to go see. I would just like to say that me and Shola are Stiff Dylans fans and proud. After the film we decided to go and get Myflurrys and I swear we had the dumbest person there serving us. It took him forever to count out 2 pence in change. Seriously, how hard can it be to pull a lever and get ice-cream. I felt like jumping over the counter and fetching them myself! Bad service.

I applied for Kihugs to be reviewed by a couple of sites today and I'm looking forward to what they think of this site! A 3 out of 5 would make me happy to be honest. I've been web-designing for quite a long time and I still get a buzz when one of my college friends mentions Kihugs! :)
I haven't done much else to Kihugs lately, other than join some more fanlistings. I think I'm like addicted to them things. I just love all the cute little buttons haha.

I've just remembered I need to do a review for my Myspace blog on Lucky Star (anime series). Meh, I just write on there when it suits me really. But the blogs on there are considerably different to the ones on Kihugs. Much more about life matters and stuff that I feel comfortable with my friends reading. You know what I mean. :)

Well I'm going now, as yet I again I am blogging in the early hours of the morning.

Bye bye. Mwah. xxxx <3

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Ahh! I'm excited. Just been ordering myself a cute necklace. Check him out! He is so cute and small. :3
It seems like all I do lately is Internet shop. Since its the summer holidays I get a little bored in the day and can't resist either logging onto Ebay or Play to see what I can buy! I have to admit I'm hooked when it comes to kawaii jewellery.

I so want this pencil case I've seen on Ebay. It features the funny character Konata Izumi from the anime series Lucky Star. :) She has to be one of my favourite anime characters. In many ways she reminds me of myself, sarcastic but always joking around. Even though Chris says I look like Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket! So you could say that I've got traits of Tohru and Konata. haha :3
I Wouldn't mind being Tohru though seen as she gets to live with Shigure, Yuki and Kyo. I bet that's right fun! Oh and if you don't know what I'm talking about then I suggest you read up on it.

So today has been just a typical day really. I miss Chris abit, as I said before he's gone to Cornwall for a week with his family! Wah. :(
But I won't be bored for too long as I'm having a day out with my bessie Shola. She needs opinions on what she's going to wear to a party. Also we can get McFlurrys again. Choco mint flavour for me! Yum. :p
Last time we had them with a meal just because they were free; you get a free ice cream with your meal if your a college student and you show your student ID card. Pretty good, huh? However we were so full up from the meals that we didn't fancy the ice-cream. But we ate it anyway! Don't you just hate wasting things that you got for free? :s
This time I'm going to save a bit of room so I can eat it all. I love ice cream.
You know what else is nice and I apologise for the random blogging here, smoothies.
I love smoothies. I could just have one now! The one that I have is called Strawberry Squeeze and I swear it is the most yummy smoothie in England. :3
I'm all excited to go out now!
Bye bye!

Labels: daily, personal, shopping

Got to feel proud of myself today as I have finally integrated a blogging service with Kihugs. I heard about being able to upload blogs via Blogger to your ftp server and I decided to give it a go. This service is great as now I don't have to manually edit my homepage and then input haloscan onto it to try and make it look like a blog. hehe :)

In case you're wondering how come I didn't just use cutenews, its because my host doesn't provide php. It's not that bad as I don't really have to edit all my pages when uploading something. I'm so happy now as I can blog from college when I go back! :3

Just a quick shout out here to my best friend Shola. She has been my inspiration to keep going and I'd just like to say thanks Shola; I look forward to when you're in the best sellers list. ;D

Today has been a pretty average day. My boyfriend Chris has gone away for a week with his family in Cornwall so I'm gonna miss him. Looks like I'll have the gamecube all to myself.

I'm really happy that so many people have entered over at my site, Kawaii Awards. I've already created the award templates and the voting is due to start at then end of this month. Good Luck everyone!



Hehe, I just had to put this video up. I love Lucky Star. <3

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