Sick Day

Today is one of those days where you wake up and just go
"Nope. No way. I am not getting out of bed."
Don't take that the wrong way, I'm not staying home cause I feel like it, I'm actually sick, haha.

Everyone has a sick day routine. Some make a hot cup of tea, or some chicken soup and curl up to watch The Price is Right or something like that.
My routine basically goes like this:

7am- wake up, take a shower
realize you feel like a freshly mauled corpse.

7:30am- tell mom you are not going to school, and that attempts to make you do otherwise are futile. Someone is handing you pills. You take them, not really caring what they are, as long as you feel better afterwards. There's like 11 capsules on the counter but eventually things get sorted out.

8am-have a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and do the only vaguely productive thing all day; start my homework that was due last week.

8:17am- realize that the Cinnamon Toast Crunch is gone and that I want more. Bribe someone to bring me more.

9am- pick a movie to watch. Criteria: must either be Disney, a musical, or a horror. Right now it's Nightmare on Elm Street and later it'll be Tangled.



10:15am- get sick again. Lie down, curl up with the computer again, and decide to blog. HOORAY

11am- realize that since you started writing this post, 45 minutes have passed and you've written barely anything. You are a failure, even at staying home.

11:30am- start looking for more movies, since you're bored and Nightmare (the remake, too) wasn't enough for the day. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
realized that while you were watching League of Extraordinary Gentlemen you accidentally did...well, whatever that was that caused you to hold down the ' button.

12pm- come to terms with how disappointed you are in Netflix for NOT HAVING ANY FREAKING DISNEY MOVIES available right now

12:30pm- scavenge for food and ginger ale. Wanna cry a little bit at how much work you're going to have to do this week and how fast the production is coming up. For those of you who don't know, I'm in my school's production of Grease this year, and we perform in less than a month. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH




I'm super excited, but also scared sh- witless.

1pm- sleep. then Nutella.

P.S. I'm not quite sure what comes after this, all I know is that I have to go to rehearsal tonight regardless. EW.

Goodbye my lovelies :)

Hi, I'm here to brush the cobwebs off this thing.

You're probably a little fed up with me at this point.
I mean, all I do is promise that I'll post this and that, and that I'll be better about actually blogging once in a while, but in the meantime I just look lazy because I haven't accomplished a single thing (blog-wise, that is).

The truth is... I always get kind of scared by my own absence, as I may have mentioned before, because I'm not sure how warm my welcome back to the internet will be. Everytime it's longer and longer in between posts. And to be completely honest, I'm not even sure how many people read this anymore. If you do though, you are AWESOME.

I've been in Italy for the past 11 days, and then in bed for another 2, haha. I'm pretty jetlagged right now, going to bed at 7:30 sharp (not voluntarily) and waking up anywhere from 2:30 am to 5 am. So I think it goes without saying that I'm a little mixed up this week, hahaha :)

I am so amazed that I had the opportunity to go to Rome, Pompeii, Florence, Venice, Verona and Milan surrounded by friends and eating like 6 gelato a day. I saw so many incredible sights that it almost feels like a dream. I'm so happy that I went, and although I sorely missed all my loved ones near the end there, it was a completely mind-blowing experience and it was probably one of the best experiences of my life.

So nerds, if you're still along for the ride, there really is more coming and I'm so grateful to you that you're sticking around. If you're not, well...thanks for playing along and you will be missed.

LET'S GET THIS FREAKSHOW ON THE ROAD! :)

Hello, friends.

Hello.

I'm reconsidering this blog. The thing is, I'm not sure if I'm giving you guys what you want. I'm not saying I'm giving up or anything, because I don't quit that easily, I'm just reconsidering it at the moment.
In the meantime, I'm typing up the Mexico Diaries and I think I'll include some pictures. Might make it a tad more sensible. I really hope you guys enjoy them, there are a few funny stories in there and lots of adventure.
Speaking of pictures, I'm thinking of making this a bit more illustrated, a blog more in the style of Hyperbole and a Half. What do you think? You know, I take your opinions very seriously. They are essentially what keeps me going here. So thank you for every response, or really thank you for every time you read a post. I really appreciate it.

I have a few new projects going on since the last time we talked; as you know I am now involved in yet ANOTHER YouTube collaborative channel, and I've started up writing music again with my good friend Tammy (Wednesday).
I am so ridiculously lucky to know so many talented people and Tammy is one of the most talented. We literally spend the night talking on Skype, I have a notepad and she has a guitar. And we just go for it. It's amazing to just sit down and dive right into it.

You can expect to hear a lot about it soon, I hope, I'm rather excited for us to be putting our work out there.

Be well, take your vitamins, dance around in your pyjamas and enjoy the rest of your days. See you soon, my lovelies. :)

-Caro

The Mexico Diaries

Hello my lovelies, I have a couple of things to cover:

I just got back from Mexico and will have a series of diary-like posts up sometime around New Year's, transcribed from the messy and rather abused journal I brought with me on vacation. 

Perhaps I will even add my lovely illustrations, if you guys are really interested. 

Mostly I'm just posting the Mexico Diaries (sounds like a bad movie title, doesn't it? You're welcome) because I thought you might like to hear some funny stories from the trip, a little bit because I love it when Kristina Horner posts stories about her travels, and mostly just because Tammy really wants me to. I swear, without her and Marcela I would probably forget to post as much as I do. Thanks, ladies.

That is actually an excellent segue into my next 'thing to cover': yet ANOTHER YouTube channel. I'm sorry.

I'm actually not completely sure how I ended up being involved in this, but here I am. I have been recruited into another 5-day vlog channel. For those of you who are fortunate enough never to have seen my videos on 5awesome5AGfans, I used to be a Monday. I kinda liked Mondays. Now I'm a Friday WHICH I LIKE JUST AS MUCH. Except for the fact that I do actually post when it is agreed that we post...

No matter! We're figuring it out, and our channel is called 7MintsAtATime. If you want to know where the name comes from, you'll find out very soon if you subscribe to see future videos =]

Marcela- Monday

Robyn- Tuesday

Tammy- Wednesday

Alex- Thursday

Caro- Friday

We just do fun vlogs and stuff. I'm really excited to be working with these gals, as I get to see them everyday but don't get to spend as much time with as I'd like to. 

So, you can go check us out on my "Tubes" page, and stay tuned for the Mexico Diaries! I hope all of you are having a lovely Christmas (or just a lovely winter break if you don't celebrate Christmas) and remember that I love hearing from all of you, so don't be shy.

Stay excellent.

Ignore the tumbleweeds rolling by... I'M BACK

You guys... I have a confession to make.

Every single time I open blogspot I freak out because I do that thing. You know what thing I'm talking about. That thing where I put something off (like blogging) for so long because I honestly have very little free time, and when I finally DO have time to blog I feel so guilty about it that I don't blog because I am filled with shame.

In this situation, you can handle it in one of three ways:

1. Pretend you were there the whole time, and there was just an error with publishing the post
2. Act nonchalant about it and make it seem like you're too cool to be blogging
3. Apologize for your absence in a pathetic and undignified way, such as a blog post

In any case, I'm part of a legit business now and I'm working on designing that website and creating the products and shamelessly promoting it, so that's the reason I haven't been present on this lonely lonely blog.

NEWSY NEWS TIME

In approximately 6 hours I will be on the plane to Mexico! I am bringing a journal with me to record all the fun little things that happen while I'm away, since I'm not bringing any kind of technology with me besides a cameraaah. :)

Can you just imagine, a full week without anybody bothering me! It's paradise! It also help that over there it's about 26 degrees celsius and where I am it's about -19 degrees celsius.

Bliss.

I'll see you lovelies soon, and in the meantime enjoy yourselves! New post up (FOR REALS THIS TIME) by Friday next week.

Buckbeak, please don't chew on the placemats.

SICK BLOG, BAH DE BAH.
I'm rewatching The Black Cauldron because I'm feeling awful and I can't sleep.

One of the good things about being sick is that between sleeping and general sickly activities, I have a bit of extra time to work on my NaNoWriMo novel. I'm quite behind since I started so late, but I'm making good progress every day and I am absolutely determined to reach the goal of 50,000 words by November 30.

And hey, if I don't reach the goal, I'll have an excellent start on a novel I'd like to finish one day. All it means is that I have a giant step in the right direction. Or should I say the 'write' direction...

Note: Please excuse the horrible pun used above.

In other news, there is a hippogriff on my dining room table. Yes, a hippogriff. My family is hosting a Harry Potter party this weekend, so I have lots of preparations to make. There are pygmy puffs being crocheted, chocolate frogs being made, butterbeer recipes being googled, and plenty of nerdy mail-ordered paraphernalia that needs to be put up.

Not gonna lie, there's a lot of stuff that we own already that's being displayed. I'm just really nervous about my Marauder's Map sitting out... it's a heart attack waiting to happen.

Soooo on that somewhat shameful note, I'm gonna go. I have a lot of writing to do.

P.S. 8 days and 10 hours until HP7 comes out! WOOOO.

I lost the game.

I really don't have a lot to say here, other than my lovely friend Justine just had a birthday, and just started a wonderfully hilarious blog which you can find here.

In other news, I lost the game.

That's about all I have for you right now.

P.S. If you want to see Halloween-ish stuff you can watch this vlog I put up, and here are pictures of my Misty costume:

Happy November, kids!

"You can be Paprika, because you're foreign."

I'm going to use the funny things my friends say about me as titles from now on. Just letting ya know.

NaNoWriMo is completely kicking my butt. I have 438/50,000 words at the moment but I decided since my weeks are a little unpredictable, instead of setting a daily goal I'm going to shoot for 11,200 words a week. That means I have to write 10,762 words by Sunday.

At least this way it's easier for me to catch up on writing if I couldn't one one particular day. To tell you the truth, I wasn't 100% sure if I still wanted to do it on Tuesday afternoon. That was already November 2nd!!!

Anyways, I'm somehow managing to vlog at least once every couple weeks, putting up regular blog posts AND finishing all my schoolwork. I'll admit it, though... the only way I stay awake for my afternoon classes is if I keep Pepsi cans in my locker. Yeesh.

Speaking of Pepsi, I still can't tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. I'M SORRY BUT THEY TASTE THE SAME TO ME. I'm not crazy, am I?!

Actually, don't answer that.

You see this?

This is my Ravenclaw hat. It just arrived in the mail along with a plethora of nerdy Harry Potter items.
This is SO EXCITING I can't even describe it. And there's a very special pair of Radish earrings and a Butterbeer-cork necklace coming as well. YOU GUYS.

I hope you all have a wonderful week, and if you're brave enough to be participating in NaNoWriMo too then add me as a buddy over here.

I'll see all you beautiful people again next week.

"It's been a week, BLOG ALREADY"

I think maybe I'll start quoting my friends, every time they remind me to hurry up and blog.
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Okay, this post comes to you in three parts.

Part one: Boys. Good Lord.

You know how someone will ask you what you want for dinner, and you tell them it doesn't matter to you. So they suggest something like Mexican food.

"Nah, not feeling El Mexican tonight."

"Okaaay... what about spaghetti?"

"No, not that either..."

"WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT."

You don't really feel like any kind of food they suggest but you have no idea what you want. You don't want any particular type of food, but you have to eat dinner sometime.

I kind of want a boyfriend, but I don't have the time, patience or mental capacity to be a decent girlfriend right now. Also, three of my best guy friends have asked me out. And it's kind of nerve-wracking.

Gaaah.

Part two: Pokémon

I am officially on Season Two! YAY.

I have decided my favourite is Eevee, because it's completely freaking adorable and also you can evolve it depending on what type of Pokémon you need. For example, if you needed more water Pokémon, you could just evolve it into Vaporeon.

Tammy and I were talking about the show and decided that we're going to watch all the movies the next time we hang out... which might be very, very soon because Tammy and Lydia will be my buddies for trick-or-treating. Which brings me to the last part of this post...

Part three: HALLOWEEN!

For our school Halloween thing I decided I would be Misty. Yes, the Pokémon trainer from the good old days, before May and Dawn stole the show. Sigh.

So you can expect some pictures, or at least a vlog, about our nerd-tastic Halloween adventures and the insane amounts of candy we're going to get.

I know you're probably thinking, 'aren't you a little old to go trick-or-treating?' The answer is NO. In my family, Halloween is a really big deal. We decorate the house with crazy awesome giant spiderwebs and legit-looking graveyards and giant spectres-- even a fog machine.

Halloween is as big as Christmas for us. We go pretty much all out. I've even provided costumes for OTHER people from the tons of plastic bins filled with costume makeup, wigs, masks and full costumes.

I think I'll have to show you my basement for you to understand truly how much wonderful crap we have down there.

P.S. I'm posting this at a ridiculous hour because I am nocturnal. Please excuse everything that seemed funny that I wrote when it really isn't.
Good Morning!

The Demons of Breakfast Food

I’m sorry, this one’s a rant. I just have to get it out of my system.

Mini Wheats are the demons of breakfast food. 

It’s not even the mini-Pop Tart-soaked-in-milk taste that makes me hate them. It’s the commercials.

Whenever a Mini Wheats commercial comes on I dive for the remote because I just can’t handle the little dancing squares yelling at me to buy the cereal because it’s SO FREAKING GREAT IT JUST HAS TO BE BROADCASTED IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY EVER!!!! :D

I don’t even mind the ridiculously enthusiastic people in the background or the awful music (miniminiminiminiiiiwheats!) it’s just the way they attack you with colour and sparkles to make you love them.

It’s like being molested by your breakfast, or like the Kellogg’s rooster came to your house and personally scratched your eyes out.

Nobody wants to start the day like that.

P.S. What are your least favourite cereals?