Much ado about nothing

Hi,
sorry it's late notice, but of anyone's keen to see Much Ado About Nothing, some people are going tonight. Starts at 6pm at Mona Vale and is $10, bring some food for picnic tea (wow, i am fully turning into one of those people who goes places and has picnics, oh well, it's all good!)
Yeah, so if you want to join us, I shall see you there!!

It should be good - it's Shakespeare!! : )

smells like rain : )

Christchurch is wet, rainy and cold! When did that happen?!? I left Hamilton yesterday in the nice warmth of a summer day - to arrive 2 hrs later in Chch, where it was raining and quite a bit colder!!
But it was definitely very nice to be back!! I'm loving it!! Just being back in my flat again, in my room and seeing people I haven't seen for ages, including Helen who is staying at my flat!! Yayness!!

Today I needed to use the internet, so I walked to uni (my bike has a flat tyre and our tyre pump is broken!) It rained and rained and was real windy, but I had my big umbrella so it's all good!! Since I've been here, though, it's cleared up outside. So I might go home soon!! : )

I don't want to complain about the weather, I actually really enjoyed walking to uni in the rain - even laughed a couple of times!! It was fun! And another great thing about sad weather is that you can put on snuggly clothes (but not for too long cos then it does get kinda cold!!)!
I like being back!! It's all so nice and familiar and wonderful!! : )

summer's really only just beginning, silly weather patterns and all!! : )

The holidays are nearly over!! Sad, but also exciting cos it means I get to come back to Chch - which I am looking forward to!!

Yay for no more work (till next summer)!! : )
I liked my time working - I always do! But I always like it better when it's over- even though it means uni (but hey I like uni too!!)

One thing I noticed at work is how so many people, after I've finished serving them, say 'well done' or 'good girl'!! I don't find this insulting at all, but kinda interesting! I wonder if they think I'm still new at the job and haven't really counted money before, or if they thought I couldn't do it! Honestly, sometimes I think people are genuinely surprised when I actually give them what they've asked for! Strange, but I think it's cool too!!

Just cos other ppl did...

You scored as Anthropology. ( I don't really even know what anthroplogy is!) : )
You should be an Anthropology major!

Dance 75%
Psychology 75%
Anthropology 75%
Sociology 67%
English 58%
Art 58%
Theater 42%
Journalism 42%
Linguistics 42%
Philosophy 33%
Mathematics 33%
Engineering 25%
Biology 17%
Chemistry 0%

a little rant : )

I amuse myself! I find it kinda annoying in a way that my mum wants to renovate the whole kitchen cos it's just too hard to work in and it's not nice enough. All that really needs to happen is to get a new oven cos ours is always breaking! But mum doesn't want to get a new oven until she can get the whole kitchen redone - with a wall oven so it's easier to access!!
I'm sure most people in NZ (excluding rich ppl who've designed and built their own homes) would be glad to have our kitchen - it's not huge but it's big enough to do what you need to do in a kitchen!! How many thousands is it going to cost?? Of course it's in the long-term-ish plan to save up for it, but wouldn't it be better to just replace th oven and spend the money elsewhere? - like on people that need it?

I've also noticed that people are willing to work hard and save for ages to get that kitchen or house or other possession they've dreamed of - but how hard are they willing to work for God?? God could use th money so much better than we could!

I'm not aiming this at anyone in particular.
Of course I am much included in this - I'm sure I'd probably work quite hard if I was going to gain something from it, and admittedly not so hard if I wasn't. I know I need to change that.
Maybe I just don't have the whole dream thing to be surrounded by nice things when I'm older- I don't think I want a flash house with all the latest things to have in it. Maybe because of this I then can't understand why ppl spend so much time doing renovations that sometimes seem pointless to me, and end up spending thousands of dollars which could be used so well by God.

I don't know!

I guess that's what God's been challenging me about lately and I needed somewhere to write that down - and this blog was there, so yeah!

Sight of the day!!

Old man, wearing brown leather shoes with black socks up to his knees!! Shorts were yellow and red checked - (the main colour was yellow, the lines were all red) made out of some thick material- and fastened with brown belt. Pale blue shirt neatly tucked into said shorts. Not much hair on head! But the finishing touch just had to be the huge glasses with the clipons - the ones that flick upwards - and he had them flicked up!! : ) Oh dear!

This is what I encountered on my trip to the chemist with my mum, she actually pointed him out to me - and as he had his back to me I took the liberty of forgetting all social politeness and just stared at him!! : ) It really was a sight! He was short too!!

It was quite funny! I shouldn't laugh, cos that's not very nice, but he was for real; - that is actually what he chose to wear today. He chose to wear it!!!! Nobody dared him to - it was of his own free will! (I'm assuming that - but I'm probably correct) : )

Hamilton, strangely enough : )

Well, I've been home for almost 2 weeks so i thought I should post something!!

I've worked full time pretty much since I've been back!! I really quite miss being lazy!! - not working is so much cooler!! : )

I saw Harry Potter on Thursday night! Then again on Saturday!! I love Harry Potter so much!!! The first time I saw it - at one point in the movie I got a really massive fright! My brother (Sam) got kinda embarrassed - then told me to hit the roof for him while I was up there!! Apparently my fright had an accompanying scream-thing - which the ppl behind us laughed at - oops!! : ) Oh well!! The 2nd time I was prepared and didn't get a fright at all - but neither did anyone else in the theatre, which kinda disappointed me - cos i wanted to hear someone get a fright!

I went to Tauranga in the wknd for my flatmates 21st! Despite not knowing anyone apart from her family - i had heaps of fun!! The theme was cowboys and indians - so i went as a cowboy/girl! fun times!! : )

Every night I plan on having an early night - but it hasn't actually happened yet! (By early, I'm trying to get to bed around 10.30ish) - after midnight seems to be most common - which is then kinda annoying cos I have to get up early!! Oh well!! One day, I'll have a day off and sleep in!! Yay!! : ) (Weekends don't always count as automatic sleep-in days I've discovered!!) Oh well!!

Ok! I'll cya guys later!

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I have a guitar. It is called Brutus.
I like it!!

I'm going home on Friday, but I don't really want to. I want to stay down here for summer! : )

I love Harry Potter!! The next movie comes out on November 24th. I am going to go and see it!! : )

5 jokes of awsomeness

I found a website that had some 'bad jokes' so I read it and found most of them kinda funny!!

Here's my favourites from it:


What's yellow, lives in a tree and is very dangerous?
A canary with a machine gun.

What can you sit on, brush your teeth with, and eat soup with?
A chair, a toothbrush and a spoon

When ducks fly in a V, why is one side of the V longer than the other?
There are more ducks on that side

What do you get when you cross the ocean with the titanic?
Halfway

What’s the difference between one yard and two yards?
A fence

Well, I thought they were funny!! : )

It doesn't feel like the end!

... That's cos it's not! : )
The end of lectures for another year - I still have to return next year (and the year after)! : ) Though in a way, I kinda want to leave now! Don't get me wrong - I love uni, and I'm sure i can manage at least another year (or 2) here, but seeing as my life now lacks a bit of direction, I kinda want to just go out and do stuff rather than learn about it! I dunno!!

Growing up, I never really had any major dreams or desires or life plans that I ever thought would become reality, I just knew that I would grow up and life would happen, whether I like it or not! - I guess that's why I figured I was going to make sure I enjoyed life then- it happens once and then it's over, you get to decide what happens along the way and how you live!
And I knew I always wanted to follow God! : )

But now, I've started thinking about what i want to do - and most things seem like they could be reality if i made them happen!! I want to go out and do things, help the world in some way! Help the people around me! Not settle for a comfortable life. Live life in a way that is most pleasing to God - making the best use of my life (i understand that the best use of my life is going to be different to the best uses of others' lives!) But now my mind has opened itself a wee bit and I don't know which ideas are the best use of my life! I want to be bold in my endeavours, go out confidently into the world, step out on my own two feet, not have to rely on anyone but God!
But I'm afraid to do that! I think it's cos I hate being alone and am afraid that in stepping out I risk being alone! I need people round me!! : )
I guess I also know I was born to follow others - which probably sounds weird after what I've just said! While young girls may dream of being a queen or princess, I always thought it would be cool to be the queen (or princess') personal maidservant person! - weird I know! But that's just me! I really don't like the idea of me being in charge - for an hour, that's cool, but not for ages!! : )

So another year's almost over! : ) It went crazy fast! Another year closer to actually finishing a degree and unleashing myself on the world! heh!! : )

WWJGD? : )

http://www.megspace.com/entertainment/dunno/wwjgd.html

Wow - I think I made a link!! : ) That's exciting!

Anyways - I found this site amusing! : )

I don't like thinking up these titles

Anyways,
I was looking at the parable of the sower and his seeds. And somehow I got to thinking - it wasn't the seeds' fault where they fell, they didn't choose to fall on the road or rocky ground or among thorns or on good soil, it just happened. They were just thrown there. Only a few seeds fell on good soil - well, at least 3/4 didn't! Craziness!
I spose this means that of all the people we might tell about God - we can kinda know that maybe up to 1/4 of them will possibly listen and understand! Yay!! : )
But does that also mean that 3/4 of people out there are 'predisposed,' as such, to not hear at all?? Cos that's quite unfortunate for them! : )

My new discovery!!

I love going to the beach at night with mates and a guitar.
(Not necessarily me playing the guitar - just having a guitar being played!!) (Mates are a necessity though otherwise I'd be totally freaked out being there all by myself at night!!)

Me and 2 of my flatmates did this last night, we/I played lots of guitar (badly- I really need to learn how to play properly), and we walked along the pier. At the end it was kind of freaky, cos it was like the world just stopped. The sea was black and the sky was black so you couldn't see any resemblance of the horizon, only the ocassional swell which totally freaked you out cos it made it look like the world's end was coming closer and closer to you - wierd, I know, but it was cool!! It was also a lot quieter at the end of the pier cos all the crashing waves were behind you and the sea out infront was all quiet!
It was possibly quite thought provoking, if you're that way inclined, but I personally was feeling a little spooked-ish by it, it was kind of eerie, we didn't stay long there, we moved back down the pier where there was noise from the waves and a bit more light!! : ) But it was still cool though!

But generally I was just amused by how much I really loved being at the beach at night with a guitar! I didn't want to leave. There was still much more singing and playing that could be done, it was kinda getting late, but as long as I was there with the guitar and friends, I felt like I could've stayed forever!!

I've been helping a lady out with a research project lately and it's been interesting how I've gotten to know her, or at least feel like i have - in a week!!
It's crazy! i see her twice a day, for no more than 20 mins at a time, and inbetween doing the actual study stuff, we just chat about all sorts of things. It's quite cool!
Though it kind of has made me realise how much time i don't spend with my friends! The only people I see that often are my flatmates and classmates -and they're really cool, i love them all!!

I know there's not enough time in a day to do all that we want, but i know that some people i don't even see for weeks on end, and then I'll see them once and then not for weeks again!! It's crazy!! How are we sposed to keep up good friendships if we are never communicating with people!! I don't know - but somehow it works!!

Yeah, i don't think there really was a point to this post, it's just what i was thinking!!

Yay for big assignments being finished!! : )

Yay!! I've just finished a big assignment!! It might be 4.45 in the morning, and I might still actually be at uni! But I don't care!! : ) At the moment I'm just feeling quite satisfied with my assignment! I even brought a stapler to uni so I can staple it before I go hand it in - I generally don't remember and then I'm I'm stuck with an assignment!!
Yayness!! It feels good!! It's worth 40%! It was quite big! Hard too!! I counted - & my whole assignment takes up 30 pages! that's a lot!! : )

Yeah, so that's my excitement for now!!

I think now it's time for me to go home to bed, cos even though I may not feel tired now - i know I'm going to feel it tomorrow, and probably the next day too!! : )

heh : )

Thanks for all the hugs!!
I think I'm all good, I just had to take a moment to put life into perspective, which is hopefully where it now is!! : )
People are cool!!

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Words are not going to be able to do this properly for me!

I don't know how to link stuff, but I've tried - I' tried to link to Nathan's post.

http://nato.revise.org/archives/2005/08/25/fulfillment/

Ok, so let's try and evaluate hannah's life!!
Actual events - some good, but mostly crap! Some may be familiar with the experience of everything you know falling away from you just like that, there's nothing you can do to stop it, only watch it disappear. Your world as you know it is crashing down around you! - yeah so that's my current place in life.

But as for how I'm reacting to these events - it's probably not how one should react! I am still at some kind of peace, even still joking round with mates and laughing - when i should be upset and crying! I have happiness and it's not a facade of happiness cos i do honestly feel happy - and I don't know why!! But through the happiness I also feel like I want to just break down and cry!

I want to be in denial! I want to deny that anything's happening at all and that life will continue as normal, even though i know it won't! I know that change is good!

But mostly, I want God's will for my life. I want God to give my direction for my future, make things 'all better' - he's good like that!! I want what i do to be pleasing to God, I want to live for God. i want to be with God every moment of the day, for him to be the centre of everything I do.

Jealous Kind

I really love this song by Jars of Clay! I don't know why! I just really love it!!
I think I don't understand it but that doesn't matter!! : )

Jealous Kind

I built another temple to a stranger
I gave away my heart to the rushing wind
I set my course to run right into danger
Sought the company of fools instead of friends

You know I've been unfaithful
Lovers in lines
While you're turning over tables with the rage of a jealous kind
I chose the gallows to the aisle
Thought that love would never find
Hanging ropes will never keep you
And your love of a jealous kind
Love of a jealous kind

Trying to jump away from rock that keeps on spreading
For solace in the shift of the sinking sand
I'd rather feel the pain all too familiar
Than be broken by a lover I don't understand
'Cause I don't understand

One hundred other lovers, more, one hundred other altars
If I should slow my pace and finally subject me to grace
And love that shames the wise, betrays the heart's deceit and lies
And breaks the back of foolish pride

Playing grown ups!!

One of my friends is house sitting, so me, my brother, my mate's brother and another mate all went round for tea! It was yum! We had entree, mains and dessert then we went into the lounge with our drinks! This is what grown ups do and I really don't feel like a grown up yet! Oh well!! But I don't know if your average grown up then turns Celine Dion up really really loud and sings at the top of their lungs for half an hour!! : ) It's great fun - i highly recommend it! Along with some Moulin Rouge, Solace, Wash and Bebo Norman!! : ) Friends are great fun!! I love friends!!

I also really love the game minesweeper!! : )