I currently have a small pit in my stomach. Not from all the homework I have due tomorrow... Haha that was a joke. The amount of homework I have done this year is extremely limited and by limited I mean I have done zero. Zip. Nada. Rein.
Something much more menacing. Another week until Harry Potter comes out. FML. Currently Facebook, yes I confess I am addicted, is covered in all those smug New Zealanders so proud of themselves for seeing the 12:02 showing. I, the Harry Potter obsessed freak and not afraid to show it, sit here nearing tears.
You may be thinking "it is only a week, chill for a second..." but a week is a long time. So long in fact that I could run (if I was the world record holder and never had to sleep, eat or go to the bathroom...) approximately 75 marathons end on end. Then again I could just be watching it over and over again.
Well let us look on the bright side of life. At least I can watch it in English. I won't have to suffer with those awful french voices and change of names. Poudlard for goodness sake! Who in heaven's name would change a quality name like Hogwarts to something like Poudlard?! I often question the French.
Anyway, I am off to mourn and shall leave you with this,
"It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.
So, I'm a swearer. You know, one of those people who feel they need to swear to get the point across. Usually there will be either a s*** or f**k in a sentence. Okay, no, I'm not THAT bad, but you get my point. I swear. Now this is a habit I am determined to break.
4. Don't swear for a month
I've been trying this one for the past week or so lasting about a day before I crack... Personally, I would call all these outbreaks
completely worthy of a curse or two; waking up half an hour late, the loss of Lucy's 4 day old ipod (Podman, may he rest in peace), and nearly getting run over by a car but, during these tough times I need to remember to whip out the "shiver me timbers" and "holy moley" and other such appropriate phrases.
completely worthy of a curse or two; waking up half an hour late, the loss of Lucy's 4 day old ipod (Podman, may he rest in peace), and nearly getting run over by a car but, during these tough times I need to remember to whip out the "shiver me timbers" and "holy moley" and other such appropriate phrases.
I feel a change in the winds, a moving in the tides, the stars are in my favour or what ever you would like to call it and I have reached the 3 day mark without a swear word in site. Snaps for Casey.
Monday, 1 November 2010
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music
Time flies when your having fun… and well, better late then ever is what I like to say. So that is why, after already being in France for over ten months and leaving in less then one, I have finally decided to start a blog. How far will it get? Well let us just say, probably not very far but what the hey, why not? With only 25 days until the rents arrive, I have finally realised this is it, the ‘‘best year of my life’’ is nearly over.
Okay so let me just give you the low down about me:
Name: Casey (also referred to as Cazzy or Cazman)
Hometown: Wellington, New Zealand
Current Location: Castelnaudary, France
I have decided to make a list. A list of 101 things to do in 101 weeks. Doesn't sound too difficult but who knows? None of them are too big of a challenge minus maybe 47... Here it is:
1. Donate blood three times
2. Volunteer for at least 50 hours
3. Walk into town picking up all the rubbish I see along the
way
4. Don’t swear for a month
5. Hold a dinner party
6. Learn to drive
7. Learn some basic Maori
8. Walk to school for a month
9. Read at least 3 classic books
10. Organise an epic camping trip
11. Buy presents from Give a Gift
12. Go without buying anything for 2 weeks
13. Write to Grandad once a month for a year
14. Get a majority of Excellence
15. Don’t bitch for a month
16. Go on an at least 3 day tramp
17. Make and give all my friends Christmas cards
18. Raise at lease $200 for the 40 hour famine
19. Get the bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award
20. Join a club or group at school
21. Read the Bible
22. Read at least 5 French novels
23. Go and support at as many WHAC events as possible
24. Go on Camp America
25. Participate in a concert or parade
26. Write a diary for at least 4 months
27. Have an epic weekend with Madie
28. Go to the Botanical Gardens just to smell the roses
29. Do something crazy
30. Surprise someone spontaneously
31. Go to Somes Island
32. Try a new sport
33. Compliment 1 stranger each day for a week
34. Give presents for the Christmas tree
35. Keep in contact with my host family
36. Make a time capsule
37. Climb the Eiffel Tower
38. Go on a road trip
39. Make a snow angel
40. Jump off the plank
41. Go fully vegetarian for 2 months
42. Bike around the bays with mum
43. Dance in the pouring rain
44. Write to Santa
45. Get top of the class in French
46. Make cupcakes for all my school friends
47. Knit a pair of socks
48. Spent a day on a farm
49. Go to the Dawn Service
50. Swim 2km in one session
51. Watch the sun rise and sun set in the same day
52. Walk to the seals at Red Rocks
53. Learn to say hello in 50 languages
54. Go to a Rugby World Cup game
55. Learn to Waltz
56. Spend a week only listening to old school music
57. Have a fully homemade fish and chips
58. Recreate the best pizza in the world
59. Give someone the biggest Easter egg I can find
60. Go to church on Easter
61. Run in a fun run
62. Make Madie a massive coming home banner
63. Plant 20 native trees
64. Dance with someone under the stars
65. Get a manicure
66. Have a makeup lesson
67. Have over 50 magnets in my collection
68. Pull an awesome prank
69. Build a massive sand castle
70. Watch the top 20 movies of all time
71. Party hard on New Years
72. Help the exchange students at our school
73. Go biscuiting
74. Don’t fight with Mum, Dad or Jess for a month
75. Teach Doug a trick
76. Go to a uni party
77. Own at least 5 ‘party outfits’
78. Fill my recipe book
79. Get 100% in a French basics test
80. Live without my cell-phone, Facebook, TV or surfing the
net for a month
81. Discover an unknown
82. Live without fast food for a month
83. Learn the French National Anthem
84. Sell something on Trademe
85. Make a French song popular at WGC
86. Have an amazing athletics day costume
87. Go a Summer without burning
88. No lying for a month
89. Be able to do 30 push ups in a row
90. Go on the vertical bungee
91. Tutor someone
92. Make a full address book
93. Go blind for a day
94. Use thank you cards
95. Learn all there is to know about something
96. Learn how to spot 5 constellations
97. Make a new friend
98. Make a piece of clothing I will wear
99. Get a gold effort certificate
100. Tell mum and dad I love them everyday
101. Pass this on to 5 others
Let's see how it goes.
Wish me luck! :)
Okay so let me just give you the low down about me:
Name: Casey (also referred to as Cazzy or Cazman)
Hometown: Wellington, New Zealand
Current Location: Castelnaudary, France
I have decided to make a list. A list of 101 things to do in 101 weeks. Doesn't sound too difficult but who knows? None of them are too big of a challenge minus maybe 47... Here it is:
101 things to do in 101 weeks
1. Donate blood three times
2. Volunteer for at least 50 hours
3. Walk into town picking up all the rubbish I see along the
way
4. Don’t swear for a month
5. Hold a dinner party
6. Learn to drive
7. Learn some basic Maori
8. Walk to school for a month
9. Read at least 3 classic books
10. Organise an epic camping trip
11. Buy presents from Give a Gift
12. Go without buying anything for 2 weeks
13. Write to Grandad once a month for a year
14. Get a majority of Excellence
15. Don’t bitch for a month
16. Go on an at least 3 day tramp
17. Make and give all my friends Christmas cards
18. Raise at lease $200 for the 40 hour famine
19. Get the bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award
20. Join a club or group at school
21. Read the Bible
22. Read at least 5 French novels
23. Go and support at as many WHAC events as possible
24. Go on Camp America
25. Participate in a concert or parade
26. Write a diary for at least 4 months
27. Have an epic weekend with Madie
28. Go to the Botanical Gardens just to smell the roses
29. Do something crazy
30. Surprise someone spontaneously
31. Go to Somes Island
32. Try a new sport
33. Compliment 1 stranger each day for a week
34. Give presents for the Christmas tree
35. Keep in contact with my host family
36. Make a time capsule
37. Climb the Eiffel Tower
38. Go on a road trip
39. Make a snow angel
40. Jump off the plank
41. Go fully vegetarian for 2 months
42. Bike around the bays with mum
43. Dance in the pouring rain
44. Write to Santa
45. Get top of the class in French
46. Make cupcakes for all my school friends
47. Knit a pair of socks
48. Spent a day on a farm
49. Go to the Dawn Service
50. Swim 2km in one session
51. Watch the sun rise and sun set in the same day
52. Walk to the seals at Red Rocks
53. Learn to say hello in 50 languages
54. Go to a Rugby World Cup game
55. Learn to Waltz
56. Spend a week only listening to old school music
57. Have a fully homemade fish and chips
58. Recreate the best pizza in the world
59. Give someone the biggest Easter egg I can find
60. Go to church on Easter
61. Run in a fun run
62. Make Madie a massive coming home banner
63. Plant 20 native trees
64. Dance with someone under the stars
65. Get a manicure
66. Have a makeup lesson
67. Have over 50 magnets in my collection
68. Pull an awesome prank
69. Build a massive sand castle
70. Watch the top 20 movies of all time
71. Party hard on New Years
72. Help the exchange students at our school
73. Go biscuiting
74. Don’t fight with Mum, Dad or Jess for a month
75. Teach Doug a trick
76. Go to a uni party
77. Own at least 5 ‘party outfits’
78. Fill my recipe book
79. Get 100% in a French basics test
80. Live without my cell-phone, Facebook, TV or surfing the
net for a month
81. Discover an unknown
82. Live without fast food for a month
83. Learn the French National Anthem
84. Sell something on Trademe
85. Make a French song popular at WGC
86. Have an amazing athletics day costume
87. Go a Summer without burning
88. No lying for a month
89. Be able to do 30 push ups in a row
90. Go on the vertical bungee
91. Tutor someone
92. Make a full address book
93. Go blind for a day
94. Use thank you cards
95. Learn all there is to know about something
96. Learn how to spot 5 constellations
97. Make a new friend
98. Make a piece of clothing I will wear
99. Get a gold effort certificate
100. Tell mum and dad I love them everyday
101. Pass this on to 5 others
Let's see how it goes.
Wish me luck! :)
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