one year ago...

since i wont be home on my birthday itself, i thought id post this now.
who woulda thought that so much could change in one year of my life? lets take a look.
October 1, 2005.
wellwell, look where i was. happily situated in Grand Rapids, MI. i was turning the not-so-ripe-old-age of 15 and having all my friends over. we were making a movie. o yeah. "twasnt a murder" . who are my friends? why, i'll show you all their beautiful faces. thats us, right there. great kids.we spent the day running around our garden in OUTRAGEOUS outfits (aka, gordons jeans, wigs, big old glasses, a tshirt stuffed with a pillow, my moms old wedding dress and other stuff...) and laughing our heads off. it was a great time. course, theyre still my friends. but i have other friends now. take a look. they have both left my school, but they are friends still. any way, back to birthdays. i digress. i remember my birthday with you people as if it was yesterday, not yesteryear. life goes fast, i must admit it. the old cliche still rings true, doesnt it? differences between the two birthdays are... many. my bday in the states: it was fall, here my bday is in spring. i was in america, well, now im in africa (duh...) i had 8 friends or so then... i have about... three now, only one of which is actually in my school. im afraid you cant make much of a movie with 3 people...:D oh, this year im celebrating my not-so-sweet sixteen in cape town... which makes it really-sweet-sixteen i guess. no driving for me (hallelujah...:D). and i guess thats it. theres nothing i really WANT for my birthday... cept stuff for my room.
birthdays are an emotional time for some of us:but for others of us, its not such a big deal. but hey, when youre spending your birthday in a WAAY different way than you did the year before, you realize that life changes like really fast. *snap* like that. and i guess i wanna say that even though i miss you guys alot still, i realize that you gotta move on and just... live life. its kinda fun actually...:D
now, let us round this off in a most appropriate manner... a-one, a-two, a-one, two three:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha... joke's on me!

Things one should never do...

1. never bite a hang-nail off your finger, causing it to bleed, and then try to play scales. its not pretty, and biting a hang nail off your finger hurts.
2. never start a conversation with the line "soo...hows the weather?" or "strange weather we've been having lately..." there are alot more inventive lines that will probably work better. try using " whats your favourite food?" or "OMW, I LOOOVE YOUR SOCKS!!!" they will melt like butter...
3. never wear socks and sandals in public. especially socks and flip flops. the whole strap-between-the-toes thing doesnt work with the average white-and-grey fruit of the loom socks. or hanes socks, for that matter.
4. try to refrain from inside joking around company. theres nothing as irritating as having kids laugh around you at a joke that you absolutely dont get... example: fred and jerry are around some random kids their parents invited over...
fred: "hey jerry, member the paint incident??"
jerry: "how could i forget... and you were like all over the place..."
fred: "hahahaha...stop it, im laughing too hard...heeheeeheeehaha..."
random kids: "who are these dorks??" :D:D
5. never go to a school like queenswood christian school, if you are not prepared to work for your stay... trust me on this one. and never get caught mid-conversation by my teacher (uncle johan), when you're supposed to be working, despite the fact that you've been working hard all week, and would dearly love to have a brief respite from working all day long.
6. never head bang to an extremely good song violently. besides the fact that you will get a head ache, people will think you are possessed and will avoid you at all costs. and dont stick your tongue out as you head-bang, you will then look like a retard doing the doggy-gone-mad impression.
7. never ask some one who dislikes fish fish-paste to eat on your toast. even though, as a south african you love to eat it on white toast. the fish-paste hater will not appreciate your act of innocent kindness...
8. never anger your father by arguing with him about playing scales... just go along with his will, and play your scales. you'd think i'd have learned this by now...
9. never crack a corny joke in the presence of gordon, no matter how funny you found it. lucky for me he's such a nice guy, else he would have punched me long ago for my many insults to good humour...:D:D
10. never go over to your friends place, and talk in your sleep. especially when your friend is talking to people via text messaging long after you fell asleep. its embarrassing when the address the issue the next morning...
11. never get into the habit of biting your nails... its a hard one to kick...

ok, hope ya'll enjoyed that... if not, kick me!

one million apologies...

ok, i knooooow this took forever. and i bet youre thinking its about time. so i thought id put up some random stuff for you to enjoy, till i post again...:D
1. i have about 18 pairs of shoes.
2. when i was a kid, i used to lisp.
3. gordon used to be an outrageous nerd, with poofy, side parted hair as a kid.
4. as a kid, i was an outrageous nerd as well. with gross, side parted hair. i also weighed about nil.
5. we used to own 3 dogs, a cat, a couple fish, and chickens. that was until the fish all died, and the dogs almost ate our chickens, so we gave them away. and our three dogs, we gave them away when we moved to the states. now, we only have 3 dogs.
6. its the second of september, thus 20 days till morgy turns 13, and less than a month till i turn not-so-sweet 16, and gordon turns 18. wow, arent we getting older?
7. its supposed to be spring here in S.A, but its still cold. not cool.
IM REALLY REALLY SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG... BUT I WILL POST AGAIN SOON... if i dont, please remind me to.