So my hockey trip finally happened! I'm staying with cattrius in a suburb of Christchurch. The only other time I've been in Christchurch was pre-earthquake and in the inner city; it's nice seeing A) another part of Christchurch and B) a part of Christchurch that wasn't totally ruined and thus on TV for the last ten months. That said we did bus through part ( Read more... )

Today's party at Jorelle's house with all the Liyab people reminded me of how socially retarded I am. :/ If I'm not around people I know decently well, I kind of shrivel up and stay quiet. Or go completely antisocial and play Gameboy or whatever. At least tonight I dragged myself downstairs to go learn pusoy (like poker), that was pretty fun! Even ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, wihRaeann wants to learn how to play the Pokemon TCG but didn't have enough cards, and I sure as hell wasn't giving her any for free, so Dad bought five hundred and twenty cards off Trademe for us to divide up with her getting more (considering I already have probably five hundred cards). After sorting through the numerous fakes, I ( Read more... )

( Apart from that party, I have no life, so here is a meme about films as a substitute. )

I've been sitting around most of the holidays vaguely hoping I'd get a life eventually. Well, today a life got me, in the form of Tita Carol ambushing me at the Deck the Mall afterparty/screening and my occasional inability to say no (I think I managed an "um?!!" and possum eyes). Apparently I've accidentally halfway joined her kids' youth group ( Read more... )

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Well, I'm not really going anywhere, except a stupid tramp around Lake Waikaremoana in January. :(

Monday was prizegiving and practice for said. After practice, there was a merry picnic in Civic Square with myself, Chris (who had actually organized the picnic in the first place but then I took it over), Johanna, Sophie, Nix, Grace, and Faye. It ( Read more... )

Chris' decidedly belated birthday party was much fun; involving a failed attempt at tag, PG13-rated Twister, the flour game turning into a flour fight, snuggling up to other people's girlfriends, and Scattergories. There are photos which I am too lazy to upload at present.

We mostly rechoreographed our wedding dance for Arabian Nights, and we are ( Read more... )

Tita Jess who just moved in with us on Friday until she finds her own house lent me three OPM (Original Pilipino Music) CDs, pretty recent pop rock stuff, and I am so loving it! She lent me Cueshe - Half Empty, Half Full, Hale - self-titled, and the also self-titled Sam Milby CD. Easily my favorite is Cueshe (people I see on a regular basis, I ( Read more... )

^ Mary, on Johanna's hair at about 12AM

Weekend was Johanna's birthday party, both parts. :D The first part was mainly a tramp up and down Mt. Kaukau. The way up included various singalongs to Jess' iPod, Jen's Zen, and my Palm Pilot (Mary and Sophie made a good moving sound system when set up with my speakers), scenic photo ops, exploration of a ( Read more... )