chop chop

Until about 2 weeks ago, I had been growing my hair out for about a year and a half to donate.

It was the winter-induced-static-cling, 20-minute blowdrys and general hard-to-manage-ness that sent me over the edge and prompted the CHOP.

I've never shown this much of the back of my neck before. I'm loving it. 

The Last Ponytail

CHOP

What had been attached to my head.

frittering away my Friday

I have been noticing a pattern in all of my favorite actors and TV characters:  they are all adorable funnymen. 

Tell me you don't just love...

john krasinski, aka jim halpert

josh radnor, aka ted mosby

adam scott, aka ben wyatt

rob lowe, aka chris

jimmy fallon

joel mchale, aka jeff winger

jason bateman, aka michael bluth

ok, seth and scott aren't  tv characters,
but listen to denouncing november blues and tell me they aren't hilarious

pictures all found by googling actors' names

trunk or treat

Last Friday I attended my very first Trunk or Treat! For those who don’t know (I didn’t) the concept, it’s to decorate the trunk/tailgate of your car in a parking lot somewhere and kids go from car to car Trick or Treating!

A former co-worker of my dad’s used to tell him he looked like Woody from Toy Story. He got Dad a Woody doll one year for Christmas and we kept the joke rolling by making Dad get his picture made with Woody when we went to Disney World in 2007 (which I would post but I have it on a different computer)

All that to say it only made sense that we were Toy Story at Trunk or Treat. Bethany made our Andy’s-bedroom backdrop and my sheep and it looked great! Trunk or Treat=success!

You’ve got a friend in me!

trip to the great white north!

If you read my blog at all while I was in Australia, you will remember the names Emma and Ayla. If not, here is an abbreviated version of who these lovely ladies are:

AYLA is from Toronto and we met my very first night in Canberra! We spent many nights watching Weeds and Entourage, many trips to Lighty and Belco mall AND got to take an incredible 3-week backpacking trip up the East Coast.

One of our trips to Sydney! What a beautiful city.

Learning how to surf at Seven Mile Beach! Hang ten!

Ayla and I going to Res Ball at our Uni in Canberra!

EMMA is from Niagara Falls on the Canadian side! We met at the exchange student orientation and over the course of 4 months, discovered that we are the exact same person. Except she is blond and I am not:) We had so many pancake-for-dinner nights, Office and AD quote wars and not to mention our awesome Halloween party!

One of our many eventful trips to Civic!

 

 

 

 

our pumpkins on Halloween! We were dressed as Bogans. Definition here.

At the French school's fete!

Why the reminiscing? Because I am GOING TO CANADA to see these 2 awesome girls on SUNDAY! I am spending 3 days in Niagara with Emma and her family, and then she and I are driving to Toronto to visit with Ayla and her friends and family! 

Also in the works is a reunion with 2 other UC alumnae, Bridget and Amanda from New York! We are hoping to meet up with them at the end of the week around the Falls!

Bridget, Amanda, me and Ayla on the gondola ride into Taronga Zoo in Sydney!

Even though we have emailed, Facebook chatted, text messaged, called and Skyped...it seems like it has been way longer than 9 months that I have been away from these girls! I am so beyond excited to see them!

Pictures!

If you have made it through reading the immensely long post below, you can now look at the pictures that will help it all make sense!

Want to see a kangaroo?

Here are some photos from the kangaroo adventure! I discovered that I could link to my Facebook album instead of uploading them to Picasa, too!

pictures from weekend in Sydney!

I posted some photos from last weekend in Sydney if you have not seen them on facebook!

Here they are!

pictures from 7 Mile Beach!

Facebook keeps kicking me off when I try to upload pictures so I think I am going to have to stick with Picasa!

Here are some pictures from the weekend!

pictures from abroad!

Well, I haven't been on any major photo-worthy trips yet, but I set up a photo album with pictures of friends, campus and my room in Old Res!

If you would like to see, click here!

More pictures to come! I am being a major foreigner and taking lots :)