Holy cracker, it's finally time for the winter holidays, even if it won't be winter for 3 days yet. I'd seriously thought they'd never get here. Anyhow, that means I finally have time to do everything I had been postponing because of school (at least, I will when I finish my essay for Literature and my computing programme... *cough*). Well, I think that's it for now.

Gods, I really need to stop procrastinating here.
Cheers

Evidently, I'd say the ability to change shape (shape-shifting). That way I'd be able to get any superpower I needed at the moment. If not, then I'd like to be able to fly. <3

Yesterday night, Mum suddenly called for me from the kitchen downstairs. So I stopped what I was doing and went to said kitchen to see why they suddenly needed me. Turns out, there was a dog in our garden (which is just outside our kitchen). And what do you know, the dog was exactly the same dog from this entry. Of course, I ran to him to greet him. Mum almost went berserk, saying I shouldn't touch the dog since it was a stray, but of course, I don't listen to sane advice... He wasn't allowed into the kitchen, sadly. I tried giving him food, but he didn't want it. Then, after a while, I said "bye bye" to him and he left.

Now I have to wonder how the hell the stray got in and if he found me or it was just a really scary coincidence. Funny thing, though, my dog didn't bark at it or anything.

So I decided to go all English Tea today. Not that I actually have miles and miles of English garden... sorry, really bad joke. Uh, anyhow, mum and I were wondering what the hell cucumber sandwiches tasted like. Evidently, we tried them out today, following the second recipe here... except without the paprika 'cause we didn't have any and mun doesn't like it.
They were easy to prepare and really tasty, which I was almost not expecting. We had filled an entire plate with them, and they were gone quite quickly haha. And being the dorks we are (or at least, I know I am. Mum could have been just playing along ;) ), we had tea with our tea sandwiches (else why the hell would they be tea sandwiches is there's no tea).


We still have like half a cucumber left, as well as some of the mayo+cream cheese mixture thing, so I think I know what I'll have for lunch tomorrow.



Gosh, I have too much time on my hands. But anyway, here's a picture of the cucumber sandwiches, which only have one slice of bread instead of two 'cause that saves on bread or something hah.

( Behold! )

It seems every time I go out to get coffee from the convenience store, something happens... Perhaps I just need to get out more though.

Anyway, I digress. Today, after a nice dinner, I decided to go get some coffee (you may recall what happened last time I did this). As I was walking down my street (which leads down to the main street, where the convenience store is), I passed by a house with a front garden which houses two dogs. One of them, a German Shepard whom my dog used to go sniff and lick on the snout (don't ask) until the German Shepard tried to bite him, was looking at a (probably stray) dog who was sniffing him and licking his snout (and I have to ask myself: why the hell do all dogs seem to do this with this particular German Shepard?). Then the stray turned around, looked at me, and approached me. It sniffed my trousers (which probably smell just like my dog lol) and I let it smell my hand, after which I proceeded to pat him behind the ears (it seemed like a good idea at the time and it looked friendly enough IDK). So it leaned against my leg on two paws (the front two resting on my leg), and it let me pat his head for a while, a whistful expression on its face (which really made me like the stray ´v´ ). So finally I decided it was time to go, else it would start raining and I'd be outside (and mum would worry if I was gone for too long), so I continued walking towards the convenience store. This is when I noticed the stray started following me. I stopped and scratched it behind the ears again, since it had leaned against me again, and then continued. The dog continued to walk beside me, so I let it come with me. He walked by my side the entire way over to the convenience store, even crossing the street before I did. Then I went inside to buy some things (I was almost sure the dog would follow me inside, but it didn't; it kept walking), and when I went back outside, it wasn't there anymore. I looked for it as I walked back home, but I didn't see it again. I admit I was tempted to bring it home with me (though my dog wouldn't have liked it one bit...). I rather wonder where it is now...
Thanks for the walk, doggie, wherever you are.

Since I had nothing better to do (save sleep), I decided to answer this guy. 


1) What side of the heart do you draw first?
Left (I’d never noticed it hah)

2) Can you swim without plugging your nose?
Sure I can. In fact, I don’t think I plug my nose except sometimes when I dive.

3) What kind of cell phone do you own?
Sony Ericsson. No idea what model thing, but it’s black and looks like a pebble xD

4) What is your blood-type?
A+, if I remember correctly OTL;;

5) Where would you go to live for the rest of your life if you could?
I’d love to live in Somerset, England. Especially Wells or Bath D: I really do hope I’ll be able to go there soon. Haha;;

6) How do you feel about carrots?
They’re all right, the little orange things. They’re too hard, though, and sometimes you get one that tastes funny and that’s not the least bit amusing. Still, they’re good veggies :D

7) How many chairs are at the dining room table?
Uh… four, I guess? Unless it’s one of those booth ones, in which case, there are two.

8) What color are your socks?
They’re dark blue with red edges, and there’s a red whale with some white & red fish around it near the top. They’re new, actually :B

9) What are your favorite colours?
I’d say my favourite colour is cream (shade of white, y’know…), but I also love blue and green and red. Mostly, I find light tones pleasing to the eye.

10) How many windows are in your room?
Well, there’s only one, but it occupies around 2/3 of the wall it’s on and can be opened on either end, so… yeah, there’s one window lol

11) Do you have aim, yahoo, msn, etc?
Only MSN but you won’t really find me there a lot (I have my status as ‘disconnected’/’off-line’ (or whatever) most of the time, so I’m invisible or something haha)

12) Do you know the song Total Eclipse of the Heart?
Sure thing, but I don’t know the lyrics by heart

13) Do you have any pets?
Yep, a two year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi by the name of Luca. Little rascal…

14) Do you like flowers?
Yes, they’re lovely, but some have a very strong smell and I don’t like that. My favourite flowers are purple iris ´v´

15) What did you do today?
Wake up around 1pm because I had barely slept the day before. Then I had a nice meal with mum and my sister, read a bit of “The Amber Spyglass”, went to the convenience store to buy coffee and a cookie, watched Watchmen, went for a walk with my dog, and then I had dinner. Mostly, that was it.

16) What's your sign?
Cancer and Monkey (a crab and a monkey wtf…)

17) Do you wear a lot of black?
I do, I guess, but it’s mostly sweaters and coats and boots. I tend to wear jeans (which are blue, not black ;; ).

18) Are you close to your family?
Mum, dad, sister and grandmothers, mostly. Sometimes I get to see some of my aunts and uncles and my cousins. The rest of the family I get to see on Christmas and New Year’s, but I cannot actually remember who they are (memory fail)

19) Describe your hair?
Short (as in barely covers my nape) and dark brown with light brown undertones. That’s mostly it, I guess?

20) Ever been arrested?
Nop, and I’d like to keep it that way haha

21) Have you ever had a dream that you were killed in?
Not as far as I can remember.

22) Have you ever cried and started laughing out of nowhere?
Oh yes, but mostly I start tearing up when I laugh a lot. It’s still weird though

23) Do you have a tan?
Nah, particularly pale, actually.

23) When was the last time you went to the mall?
Yesterday. Went to the bookstore and got “The Book Thief”. I was also going to buy “Armageddon in Retrospect”, but being the git I am, I forgot to grab it when I saw it and didn’t remember until I was almost out of the parking lot. Needless to say, mum refused to let me go back.

24) Are you wearing any jewelry?
I am always wearing jewelry. I currently have two necklaces (one with a yin-yang and one with a triquetra), a ring on my left hand with two sort of blue leaves, three round bracelets, two plastic orange bracelets (one on each hand; one was my sister’s and the other one is actually mine), a gold bracelet, a piee of string that was once pink and is about to fall off, two uh… cloth strap things (no idea how to call them, sorry xD) and one says KEANE Perfect Symmetry and has the date of the 2009 Keane Concert here in  Mexico City, and the other one says FullMetal Alchemist. I also have yet another bracelet with several colourful beads and my watch, if you wish to count it too. The only things I take off when I sleep are my watch and ring lol

25) Are you a sugar freak?
I love sweet things, so yeah. But I hate chocolate.

26) Do you like orange juice?
Yeah, but I barely drink any. I also like apple juice and orange juice combined with carrot juice :9

27) What do you want to be when you grow up?
Well, I want to study Industrial Design. Haven’t really decided what then. But I do want to take some courses on World War II and massaging. xD

28) Can you count to ten in more than one language and what language?
Sure thing. I can count to whatever number in Spanish and (maybe) French and I can count up to ten in Japanese. I also know some numbers in Finnish, German and Italian.

29) Do you miss someone?
My grandfathers, I guess, but it’s best not to live in the past, right? (:

30) Are you single?
Yep C:

31) What are your plans for this week?

Well, the week is almost over, but over the weekend I plan to relax and read a lot. Enjoy the time left from the holidays.

Today, I finally ventured behind the steering wheel of the car. :D

That's right! Today I took my first test drive with my dad as my co-pilot. Mind you, I had never been behind the steering wheel (with the car turned on, of course) before, so I was a bit nervous (tense, more like it). We don't have a manual shift car, so I had to learn with an automatic drive (which is apparently much easier). The car kept veering to the right (I think that might have been some subconscious reaction to whenever I saw a car on the left lane, making me veer to the right... yeah) and my movements were rather slow (and uncoordinated), but I think I did rather all right for a first time. Still, sorry to all the drivers behind me OTL;;

Now, I just have to get out of my mind the idea that I am on a bicycle (which is the closest I had ever gotten to driving on the street lol) and that I am now equal to the other drivers xD;; ... and that in order to steer, I need to move the steering wheel a lot and not just a bit as I'd do on a bike.



On other news, my little sister has discovered the wonders of handhelds and now I cannot get her to stop playing Nintendogs on my DS. She can't even read yet, but she can already do mostly everything and has been playing since yesterday afternoon. My, I see a little gamer in the making, hehe <3

I stubbed my toe the other day (I still have no idea where or how though). In the most uncomfortable place, too. I've got a small gash on the left side of my middle toe (left foot, if you care to know), so every time my 4th toe brushes the gash thing on my middle toe, it hurts. I tried using a plaster, but the first one I used was too big and therefore uncomfortable. Then finally I got one of those small round plasters specially made for small wounds, but the adhesive wasn't too strong (I guess?) so it fell off quite quickly. So now I have to wear a big one again and be uncomfortable when I walk or not wear anything and be in pain (not that it's unbearable; not at all, but it's still uncomfortable). Oh, the dilemma.



Still, on the plus side, it's nice to know my biggest concerns are small things like this. <3 Of course, I'm pretty certain if I ever write an autobiography of some sort, my life before adulthood (i.e. up to this point) will just mostly be "Born and raised in Mexico" and I won't have to bore people with petty details such as this. <strike>That's why they've got my LiveJournal for</strike>

Gosh, that's a tough question. All I know is I have a second stomach for dessert. Yeah! :D But I've gotta say, I am partial to Marie Callender's cakes and pies (especially the banana cream one. Heavenly!). Mostly, I am partial to cakes and pies in general (as long as they're not chocolate flavoured or have too much whipped cream on them).

Thing is, as long as I have something sweet (accompanied with a nice cup of tea, preferably black) after a meal, I am a happy person.

Not that I can complain about old age... yet.

So it's officially my birth date anniversary (a.k.a. birthday), even though I don't actually turn 17 'till 9PM. Still, I can dorkily claim that I am now of legal age in the magical world 8D

Happy birthday to all others who grow older this wonderful day. Now I gotta go to sleep else I won't wake up in the morning lol


Cheers