It's been so long since I've written anything... wow. xP Yes, I've been lazy... but I've also been really busy.

Uhh... actually... I don't have anything to write right now. I'll... do it later. xD

*goes to study*

An update! haha

Yes, so I've been obsessed with making things lately. What's your point? :P

I've decided, though, that I want stuffs for my birthday and Christmas and what have you from this place. It's a little place that sells jewelry making supplies and things at good prices (and by that, I mean cheaper than what most other places would sell it for). What specifically do I want? Let's do list forms!

1. Swarovski bicone crystals - any frickin' color in their 144 packs or whatever :P
2. Swarovski crystal flowers - again any frickin' color is fine :D
3. Swarovski pearls! Who the hell knew they made these?!
4. Any of these star-shaped beads that are less than 10mm in diameter and are not made of metal. :D I particularly like the natural ones... for example this one. Also, please, no side-to-side drilling. :x
5. Lobster clasps. Why? Because they're hard as fuck to find normally, and when I can get silver plated ones for that cheap, I'm not it like a business man on a prostitute.
6. 1000 pieces (that's 500 pairs) of hook earring pieces because I like to hoard. :P
7. And of course, you can't have earrings without those damn backings! These ones are the cheapest and yet, most reliable and comfortable. W00t! Plus, they're ribbed for your pleasure. ;P lol
8. 1" long eye-pins for making... stuff and jabbing them with it. :D
9. Jump rings, in 4mm and 5mm sizes. Although, the 5mm ones seem like SUCH a better deal.
10. Head pins because they're different from eyepins. hahaha
11. SNAPPY CLIPS! and Barrettes! I mean, who doesn't like hair accessories?!
12. Any of these in any of the nice colors (I prefer just the plain crystal w/o the pearly finish, myself), 1-gross or more in quantity, and 3 or 4mm in size (the sizes are given as ranges, but they're about 3 or 4mm).
13. Silver wire in the 18-22 gauge range, round (not square), and in the longest frickin' amount that they have available (which I think is 25 feet). :P Or, there's always the slightly cheaper half-hard wires, here.
14. Any of these heart beads so long as they follow the "no bigger than 10mm" rule, are plain hearts (no ugly letterings or gold leaf, silver is OK :P), and are drilled from top to bottom instead of side to side, it's fine. :D
15. Leaf beads with the same idea as for the hearts and stars.
16. Flower beads! No roses or anything "fancy" like that... just the regular, 2nd-grade version of flowers with the normal looking petals. :P Please find ones that are either drilled top to bottom or ones with holes at the top of the flower itself (just one hole right through the top petal) as opposed to ones that are drilled in the back or right through the middle. Also, use the 10mm rule. :P I particularly like these. :D
17. And lastly, these two sizes in boxes: small and large.

Regardless, I think I'm going to eventually buy all of these myself. :P Why? Well, because it's all the stuff that I'm going to eventually need to make all the little clay jewelry that I want to make. I think I'm going to be opening up an Etsy shop sometime in August and December (when I get my break) so that I can make back some of the money that I'm spending on making this stuff. :P

Here's what Etsy is: click
... and here's my new DeviantArt page with some of the clay things I've been working on: HanaClayWorks. There's nothing on my Etsy just yet because, well... I don't want to have to deal with shipping from this place. Plus, I haven't gotten all my supplies yet. :P I'll be sending out test packages to you guys sometime soon so that I can get an idea of how much it'll cost and how long it'll take to ship from here. Until then... I need sleep. x____x

*sigh*

So, a new update for a new semester... although calling the semester "new" isn't really correct.

I'm sure everyone already knows that I failed biochemistry and all that by 4%... yadda yadda. I sent in my letter of appeal today to *hopefully* get the people to reverse their retarded decision and let me into second semester, but that doesn't seem likely at this point. I talked to this one guy yesterday and he said that despite having aced all his other classes and only failing biochem by 1%, they're going to make him repeat. It's not that he doesn't know about it yet... it's just that he emailed the committee and they said that that was the final decision. He bitched about it and they sent him along to someone else. I'm not too hopeful that I'll get an appeal hearing, but I'll cross my fingers anyway.

It turns out, though, that you don't have to take all 5 classes over again, which is great! That explains why that one guy that I sat next to before kept leaving class during certain lectures. It only makes sense. :P The jury's still out as to whether or not I'm going to even go to class... but I think that I should since I learn better that way. I'm not sure though... I mean, I went to almost every biochem class and look where that got me! Lord, I hate biochem. In any case, I'm going to take physiology and microscopic anatomy (i.e. histology and embryology) over again since I got C's in those. I'm hoping that I can pull an A or something to make my records a little bit more padded and nice.

There's also this stupid thing that I have to show up for... some sort of self-help seminar bullshit where they teach you how to make flowcharts so that you can "study better." I think it's a waste of frickin' time and that I shouldn't be forced to go to that thing, but let's see what they say when I finally get to register today. Maybe it's an optional thing? Who knows. I just know that the prick who runs it is a condescending asshole and I would rather not have to deal with his ugly mug if I can avoid it. I also have to take PBL again - problem based learning. I'm not sure if you guys know what that is, but I call it a considerable waste of time. Well, at least I opted out of taking anatomy again. No more dissections and lab practicals for me -- at least for a few months anyway.

I just feel bad for all the incoming students. The amount of us who have to repeat (I think I heard something about 47% of 450 kids) are just going to slaughter their MPS. >:D BWahrharhahrahrharh*coughcough*

On a lighter note, mom and dad came by last week to spend some time with Chris and me. You know, you never realize just how much you miss them until they stop by and leave again. I think I cried for hours again. Lucky for them, they just barely missed the blackout. :P A few hours after their plane took off (or I think it was a few hours... I cried myself to sleep for a bit after I got home), the electricity went kapootz.

I miss them so much. :/

But like dad says, no use in moping around when there's more stuff to take care of this coming semester. It says on the paper, plain and clear, that if I fail again, then I would be subject to dismissal by the promotions committee. It's just plain bullshit the direction that they're taking with this whole thing, but I figure if I'm stupid enough to fail twice in a row, then I should be dismissed from school. Hell, I'll even leave on my own accord.

So yeah... that's my update. I've got some more clay things that I've made during break, but I'm too lazy to post them right now.

I'm too lazy to write a long post right now so what I'm going to do is make a list update of things happening right now.

- Been sick lately... dunno what I have, but it involves the following - a) lack of appetite, b) dehydration, c) stomach cramps, d) extremely watery diarrhea (we're talking practically pissing out of my ass, watery), e) pink eye, f) fever, g) overall body aches and pains, and h) nausea/dizziness.
- Midterm's in less than a week... final's in a little less than two weeks. Wish me luck. :/
- Can't wait for mommy and daddy to get here. :3
- Packages make me feel loved! I got one from Albie a few weeks ago but I just haven't had time to blog about it. I really still don't have time, so here's a picture summary!


- There were 8 in this set in particular and I got the ONE set that didn't have BREAD or TONGS! >:T






- We're trying to be really Asian about eating these cuz LORD KNOWS when we'll get them again. :x



- Mixed nuts my ass. :P I got jipped!



- To quote Chris: I can't believe I'd ever say this but... MmMmmmm... Ramen :9



- NO, I haven't finished the bag yet. :x What?? I LOVE TEA.









- Oh the nostalgia! :9 I <3 preservatives and fake fruit flavoring~



- If you pull the fireworks, you give the little Chinese children seizures.

-OK... package update over. I also made some crochet animals. I made the bunny first and the turtle second. You can tell I'm not good with joining things together yet... and for some reason, it's more evident on the turtle than the bunny rabbit. :x Go fig.


- Actual size is slightly bigger than my phone... or about 6".



- I put on the tail crooked. :(



- Closeup of Mr. Bunny's face. :3



- Probably smaller than the bunny by about 1".



- Le Side View. :P



- My poor turtle has Down Syndrome. :(

- Guess that's it for now. Erm... yeah...

New pictures are up. :)
http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/gimmealyfe/Dominica/

http://www.threadless.com/submission/112921/love_knows_no_bounds

VOTE AGAIN FOR ME! :P GO DO EET!

GO VOTE ON IT BYTCHES!

Internet Explorer makes my computer scream like a little girl being tentacle raped in japanese anime.

I tried using IE to access some of the online materials and lectures, but the only thing that that achieved was... you guessed it, my computer wailing in pain. No, it didn't actually SCREAM, but the fan was loud enough that it might as well have screamed.

Moral of the story: don't use IE.

Secondly,
why is it that farting/pooping is so funny or taboo? Everyone does it. Show me a man that doesn't poo (whether naturally or through a colostomy bag and I'll prove to you that he's dead. It's even retarded that people TRY to mask what they're doing in the restroom stalls. I mean come on people! If you're not tinkling then you're taking a dump! It doesn't matter unless you're making so much noise that the stall next to you shakes uncontrollably, thereby knocking the poor person off of the toilet seat.

Yeah. Midterm in a little more than 12 hours. I think I'm going insane (as if I'm not already insane).

I NEEDS ME POINTS! :P

So, I've really gotten into the whole threadless thing lately. I've submitted one of my designs for critiquing, but I don't think it's really good. I'll post it once they send me feedback. :P I'm pretty sure it's going to be something like, "It has too many colors and the theme does not match that of *insert competition here*" *shrug*

Either way, if you guys are going to buy something from threadless, please use this URL:
http://threadless.com/?from=gimmealyfe

This way, every time one of you guys buys something, I get points. :D YAY POINTS! I'm not sure how some of these people get such high points, but I want some of them points! Spread the word to other people to please use my link. lol No, this isn't self-promotional at all!

I just spent $708 on a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff.

All I can say about it is that at least it's in ECD. That amounts to about $263USD. *sigh*

Anyway... second mini exam in a little more than a week. *shits pants*