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I just got home just now. Kinda exhausted. Straightsies to bedsies. Be back tomorrow guys.

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Hey everyone! Today is the last day of 2012! And what better way to spend it than, you know, lounging around with family. Well, except my dad; he went to work for half the day but he came home early, but he counts because he went straight to sleep and is no watching TV. It's funny because I had trouble teaching my mom the concept of "Lounge/Lazy Day" in the beginning of the break, but now, she's pretty pro at it. I mean, her idea of "Lounge/Lazy" is pretty different--she works on her plants and fools around on her laptop--but at least she's not stressing and doing chores!

The rest of us all woke up late and we had a lazy breakfast with  a berry muffin cake that I baked with some coffee and tea (mmm, tea). Mom retreated to her plants for most of the morning, Josh and Shayne to their laptops and myself to my phone (because my laptop wasn't fully ready yet). I spent most of my morning with Lizzie Bennet Diaries and pre-Hobbit preps. And Words with Friends. Then when my dad got home, I finally was able to work on my new laptop. So most of my afternoon was full of installing and downloading and personalizing and setting up. And it's done! Well kinda, as much as it will be done and deemed "mine" at this moment, anyway.

Today was probably the only day that I worked so much (in terms of on my laptop); I can feel it; my shoulders are in need of a massage now. Well, I guess you could kinda count the three days that I spent hanging out at 'Iolani as Work Days, as well, because Kendall and I helped out at different places here and there. And we both agreed that we did more work in those three days than we did in our first semesters of college!

Now that 2012 is coming to a close and there is only a week before school starts again, I have to start getting down to business. Not to defeat the huns, but to buy my books, start packing my stuff, clean out my desktop, go back to work (on the 2nd!) etc. But it is also a time to reflect and decide on my New Year's resolutions. 

2012 was definitely a good year. I think I've only had a few years where I can confidently say, "Yep this was a good year.": 2007 (age 13), 2010 (age 16), and 2012 (age 18). Now, 2013 doesn't sound too pleasing to the ear, does it? Going into 2012, I remember feeling excited but 2013 feels iffy to me. I have the tiniest bit of apprehension. Inexplicably, I also have never felt so determined in achieving my goals so maybe that is a good thing!

Of course, the end of the year also means that we have to thank all of you for staying with us and being our friends. We started this three years ago and we like to think that we've grown and improved over time. Hopefully, we can keep this going for as long as we deem it fun!

I wish you all 2013 full of happiness and love! May you make new friends, come across amazing opportunities, find delight in new things, and continue to be awesome!

Enjoy some memorable quotes from the break:

-"Um, are you taking a picture of your foot?"
-"Don't worry about it."

-"I didn't choose the thug life. I got a job.

(Whilst playing Catchphrase)
-"You know when you open your Christmas gift and there's a rhino's butt inside and you're like, 'OMG, that is horrible.'"

-"Hey, let's play "Choo Choo Like a Hobo!"
-"No, it's Christmas. Let's play something we can all play together."
-"......Ok, let's all download "Choo Choo Like a Hobo" on our respective phones."

-"Hey, you still have to pay me for your gift!"

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Extraordinary Chickens

Hey guys!!!

Okay, more cray-ness in the K-Town. This week was kind of non-stop for me. I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas at home and it was all a good time and such. The day after we went to go see the city lights and then the day after there was hiking and alumni socializing. After that was two days of wrestling and another Christmas party. 

I'm going back in a week and while it kind of feels like I haven't even left, it also feels like I have barely even been here. I've been nonstop ever since I got home and I think it's going to be like that until I leave. It kind of sucks that I have to leave in a week, but what I keep telling myself is something inspired by the awesome Amy Krouse Rosenthal: Make. The. Most. Of. Your. Time. Here. And that's what I'm trying to do. 

There is a part of me that is excited to go back to school, but I really want to be able to enjoy the rest of my time here first. Anyway, yeah, that's been my life. I've been kind of sups sleep deprived (which is really weird after a ridiculous amount of sleep in college) so I'm gonna get some sleep. 

Oh yeah, and freaking 2012 ends tomorrow?!?!? WHAT!?!??! Ha ha I honestly don't even have the time to think back and reflect about it. Okay, I promise that after I get off the plane next Sunday, I'll tell you guys all about my 2012 and highlights and all that good stuff and such. Until then, see you in 2013???

Books Read: 17 
Free Meals: 58
Why This Week Was Awesome: So Much Da Cray
Song Stuck in My Head: "Take a Walk" by Passion Pit

SO DAAA CHRISTMAS!

First of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Second, I apologize for the format and the lack of blog last week. I remembered on Monday morning and then was like, "Ehh I will do it on Christmas Day."

So third, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

"Remember today, guys. Today life is good. Today life loves us all." 

It has been a wonderful past couple of weeks and it is bound to get better.

Loves to all my dearies. :)

Humanity is Good

Hey guys!!!

So this week was my first week back on winter break! Woooooo! It was actually super fun too. From Monday to Thursday, I spent most of my time at school. It was really fun and there was free food and lots of cool people and just all around awesomeness. It makes me sad that I'm not there anymore, but at the same time, grateful that I am able to come back to it. 

Then on Friday and yesterday, there was a wrestling tournament. It was so much fun helping out again. The only bums part was that I had to leave a little early on Saturday because we had our mafia christmas party! It was really great to be with everyone again. It reminded me of something that Barnesie said one time about college. It was something along the lines of how you make friends in college, so you have friends there, but then when you come back, you have you home friends. So no matter where you are, you have awesome friends. 

Anyway, Christmas is in two days!!!! WHAT!!??!?!?!?!?! ANYONE ELSE EXCITED!?!?!??! BECAUSE I AM!!!!!!!! I still need to finish Let it Snow. I have the last story to go, but I think I'll read it tonight. I can't believe that it's Christmas already. Although, I'm not one to say something like "This year went by so fast" because my entire life has been going by so fast. 

Okay, enough for today. To sum up for the week: I'm glad to be home and everything is awesome. Boom. 

Books Read: 16
Free Meals: 56!!!! (SO MUCH FREE NOM!)
Why This Week Was Awesome: Too many reasons to choose
Song Stuck in My Head: 

I Really Must Go

Hey guys!!!

So much stuff!!!!

First, this week consisted of my last final. That wasn't bad. The main time consumer was the Project for Awesome video that we have been working on! It's done!!! It's ready to go up, we just have to wait till tomorrow for the project to start! Make sure to go to youtube.com/chewyfruityvloginess to see it!

So that was the bulk of this week. There was basically a lot of waiting to come home. Which I did yesterday!!! The first thing that I did was go and see The Hobbit!!!! It was really really good and I'm happy about it!

Oh, and I got my grades. An A for Math, a high B for Chem, and a C for English. I know, I know, a C... But I'm actually kind of happy about that. It's high enough to fulfill the requirement that I need, and I was really worried that I wouldn't get high enough. Now I'm done with English forever!!!

Then today, I basically hung out with my family, which was a good time. We just got done watching Elf, one of my all time favorite Christmas movies. I've also been reading Let it Snow for the third time. I'm done with the second story, I was reading it on the plane. It's always a fun time reading that book. 

Oh god, this commercial is using comic sans. It's gross. Sorry, off track. 

So then, this week is gonna be literally the best thing in the world. I'm spending most of the week at school, which will be awesome. Tomorrow, I'm going to dinner with some friends, some of which who I haven't seen in forever. Then, this Friday is a wrestling tournament, which I'm so excited about. Then on Saturday, our Christmas party. This Christmas break is going to be awesome.

Okay, I should be off to bed seeing as I need to wake up early tomorrow, just like old times. Ahhh, so excited. Kay, bye guys!

Books Read: 16!!!
Free Meals: 50
Why This Week Was Awesome: HOME!!!
Song Stuck in My Head: "Baby It's Cold Outside"

How Great is Life?

Hi everyone! Before I forget, remember to go on YouTube tomorrow for Project 4 Awesome! Watch, like, comment and share tons of videos about various charities and causes around the world. Help us decrease worldsuck! Kendall and I made a video about an organization called "Littlethings" so make sure that you guys go check that out. We filmed it separately and then Kendall worked some iMovie Magic to make it amazing! Super excited!

Winter break has officially started as of yesterday, and I spent the day judging a speech and debate tournament at Punahou. To end this semester, I had planned to write about something meaningful and lengthy but I am still laptop-less. Earlier this week, my little Trippy gave me the Blue Screen of Death. *sigh* I am just glad that it happened AFTER all of my final papers were due. Anyway, yes, I don't have a laptop at the moment so I am doing this from my phone (sorry about the formatting). But I will be back tomorrow to write about my planned topic. For now, I am going to take a shower and then read a little bit (finally!) and then sleep. I just got back from a Christmas party and am quite tired. One thing that I should mention now about that though: We did Secret Santa Grab Bag Gift Thing and the one I picked was A COFFEE MAKER. And then Caitlyn stole it. That is my life. Basically. Story of my life right there. But it was all right, she is such a sweetheart so I couldn't really be mad. It was fun because there were really good gag gifts. Bryson got a Nickelback CD (bahahahahahaha), Alicia got a whole cantaloupe, and Aaron got a Barbie DVD and a set of "manly" fragrances called "Six-Pack Abs" and something like "You Know You Want Me" or whatever. Oh and the third one was called "Black." Yep.

Ok enough for now. I am in need of hot water and reading time. Be back tomorrow for...an essay. Basically. Yeah it's going to be one of those. It's the end of the semester. So I have feels.

I will also dole out my bottom stuffs tomorrow. (Which reminds me, I should change them for the new year...ideas welcome.)

---Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 4:38pm, Special Programs Office: ADD-ON!!!---

Hey guys, I'm sorry for not updating on Monday, like I said I would. Anyway, the main topic that I wanted to talk about was the end of the semester. Yes, the first semester of college is OFFICIALLY OVER! I can't believe that it is. In some ways, it was really fast, but in some ways it was really slow. In terms of classes and stuff, the semester was fast. In terms of missing friends in the mainland, it went by slowly. 

One of the things that made it worthwhile though were the friends I made over the first semester. I am speaking, in particular, about two friends I made this semester: Andre and Scott. They are about as different as two people can be, and I befriended them in different ways, but both have made my time in college this first semester so much better than I expected. 

Andre is loud and funny and...so high maintenance. Really. He cares about his hair and skin more than I do about my own! But despite the fact that he is like this, I have never felt so comfortable around anyone than I do with Andre. Despite the fact that he puts so much stock on his appearance, I don't feel insecure at all around him. I can't explain why (because I don't know why) but it's like that, even if we have only hung out a few times and we didn't become good friends until late into the semester. All of my insecurities about myself, any doubts that I have about my looks or whatever, they all disappear. I can't explain it at all because it would make sense for me to feel incredibly insecure about myself if I hung out with someone who cares so much about how they looked, right? BUT I DON'T. I mean, I have told him once before to sniff my hair. Like. What even. What even man.

Scott is quiet(ly mean haha!), thoughtful, and always positive. I cannot tell you how many times he has put a smile on my face. He is naturally a zapper who always thinks of others and is always ready to help. From the surprise cups of Starbucks caramel macchiatos, to the "Happy Friday" computer signs, to being an awesome driver, he has given me at least one thing to look forward to about going to school and going to work throughout the semester. He has helped me with office stuff, teaching me the ropes and walking me through some of the harder tasks. He has helped me with UH stuff in general, giving me advice on professors and classes to take and what to expect throughout the semester. 

In these two, I have found amazing and (hopefully!) lifelong friends. In these two, I have found thoughtful and trustworthy brothers I can depend on. If anyone were to ask me to list names of people with whom I would trust my life, both of their names would be included. 

But, sadly, with the end of this fall semester comes bitter goodbyes. Andre has flown back to New Jersey and will be transferring to a school nearer his home. Who am I going to ask about my hair? With whom will I have a supernatural experience with? (Andre has a third eye.) Who is going to SNIFF MY HAIR AND NOD IN APPROVAL BECAUSE IT SMELLS SO GOOD? It won't be the same without Andre. I mean, it will still be fun. But not in the same Andre-fun way.

Scott will be flying to Disney World soon for a semester-long internship with Disney. I cannot think of anyone more deserving of a position at the happiest place on Earth than the happiest and most caring person alive. Although I am extremely excited and happy for Scott to embark on this awesome opportunity, I am also very sad that he will be far away this semester. Who am I going to ask for help in the office? Who is going to cover up for me when I make mistakes? Who is going to pick up our Starbucks coffees and show everyone in the office love and awesomeness?

I am incredibly excited for the both of them to be taking new opportunities and heartbroken that those opportunities are far away. But there is Instagram, and Facebook, and blogging (you can follow Scott at mickeythewizard.blogspot.com and, of course, the hope that I shall very soon be with them again. 


Risks: 38 (TWO DURING FINALS WEEK OMG. Oh and also, my hair guys.)Hugs: I spent the day in Iolani today so....LOTSAHUGSCurrent food obsessions/cravings: so much foodPlaylists on Repeat: Singer-Songwriter Stuffies
Books Read Since Graduation: 6 (ALMOST DONE WITH LET IT SNOW!)

The House with the Sycamore Tree

Hello everyone, I hope everyone had a better week than I did!

This week was hell week for me and the only good thing about it is that it's OVER. Well, that's not the only good thing, not really. But anyway, let's do a rundown of all the bad stuff to get all of that out of the way and then we can focus on the good stuff!

Bad Stuff--Be Gone!
I had a bunch of stuff due because four of my six classes don't have actual sit-down-and-take-a-test finals. Instead we have final papers. So I had three of them due this week. One was due on Monday, that was for AMST 150, my sort-of-like-APUSH class, and that wasn't so bad. That was cake. 

Then on Wednesday, I had en essay due for my econ class which was for extra credit which I really need. It was basically the entire financial crisis explained in, like, three pages. As much as I hated doing it, and as much as I do not enjoy econ class, I am actually thankful that I took the class because now I actually know what's going on and I can say that I know what a sub-prime mortgage is and I feel smart that I know what a collateralized debt obligation is. NERD WIN. 

Then on Thursday, I had to turn in my final paper for my other American Studies class, and that one was cake, too. So much cake that I actually finished it Monday night and turned it in at 2am early Tuesday morning. Why did I do that? Because, also, on Thursday, I had to submit two journal entries and take three quizzes for my linguistics class, which I did on time. After, my teacher was like, "Wait, you did one extra quiz. You're supposed to take 14, but you took 15. A+ Jen!" and I was like, "Yayy! Thanks ok bye!" Also, two chapters' worth of homework for econ.

Thursday was the last day of classes because December 7 was Pearl Harbor Day so UH gave it to us as a study day. I was planning on sleeping in and then working on my huge final paper for political science, but no. I went to work for four hours until noon and then walked back to the dorms. THEN I worked on my paper. I had been struggling with this paper for weeks because I had no idea what to write about. And when I finally got my question approved, my research went nowhere because I could not find anything about my topic. So I had to change it, and that happened twice, and I actually ended up changing it, like, Friday night, as well, in the interest of time. I hated it a lot just because it was giving me such a hard time when it shouldn't and also, I couldn't go to Josh's Winter Concert because of it. I couldn't stay up anymore on Friday night so I went to bed and I actually forgot to set an alarm, but thankfully, I woke up by chance at 6:15am and went straight to work all the way until 9:57am when I clicked "Send"--it was due at 10am and I had only started working on the Bibliography at around 9:35ish and I was like, "OH MY GOD I NEED TO GET THESE CITATIONS IN THERE!" So I went through it really quickly, saved, and then emailed it. After I made sure that it went through, I literally threw myself face-down on the carpet and cried obnoxiously, growled at myself for putting myself through that, and made unattractive whale sounds for a good twenty minutes. Then I patted my laptop for being such a trooper this week and rewarded her with a full 36 hours of rest that she deserves. And for the rest of the day, I worked mindlessly on Josh's parols and watched Iron Chef, which I continued to do today before my mom dropped me off earlier this afternoon. Such is my life.

I only have two finals this week and my first one is the religion final on Tuesday. And then econ on Friday. I CAN DO THIS. ALMOST THERE.

Okay, now for the good stuff. On Tuesday, I found out that the Taco Bell on campus was having a 10 for $10 deal. So, of course, I had to get tacos. So I did. And I shared them with the office because I couldn't eat them all, of course. Then I met up with Rebecca after work and we went over and sat by the "Japanese garden" on campus and ate tacos by the water. Then we took the more exciting way back to the dorms which included having to climb down to the stream and then following a path that you could kinda see along the water. I will not bother to describe it when you can just watch it! We vlogged as we walked.

That was also the afternoon that I napped. We got back to the dorms at around 6 and I went straight to sleep and I didn't wake up until it was almost 9. I set an alarm but when I woke up, I had no idea who I was, where I was, or why in the world I was hearing an obnoxious beeping coming from the shelf above my head for a good minute or so. Then I remembered and I got up to do the work I talked about above.

On Wednesday, I basically spent the day just working in Rebecca's studio. And then Rebecca and I went to Manoa Safeway, which took way longer than expected. And that was adventure-ish. Kinda. No, maybe not. 

Then Rebecca, Andre, and I went out for tea on Thursday night which was fun because we finished one of our stamp cards and we actually felt that it was worth it to get the bowl of ice cream hearts since Andre was with us. I worked on econ homework and Rebecca was typing, I think. And Andre was the obligatory unproductive one because he was basically done with the semester, so he was playing video games. 

Then I already talked about my Friday adventures. 

*sigh* I can't wait for this week to be over so I can have Lounge Days. And Reading Days. I really miss reading. I plan to do that a lot this winter break.

Okay, I think that's enough for now, I have to go and grab take-out from the dining hall. Go and watch Kendall's two videos about his book and skating and then watch mine about our "hike." Which I will upload right after I post this.

Risks: 35 (Yeah, I'm gonna count the hike...just because we could have died but we didn't...)
Hugs: 2 
Current food obsessions/cravings: food in general because it's dinner time...
Playlists on Repeat: Split! (Revised)
Books Read Since Graduation: 6

The Beginning of the End?

Hey guys!!!

Yup, we're nearing the end! End of what, you ask? Whale, it depends on how you look at it. The end of the quarter. The end of the year. THE END OF THE WORLD!?!??!! Not really though...

Ha ha so yeah, last week was my last week of classes. I had my first college final EVER yesterday, which was alright. It was for math. It was three hours long, but I finished in an hour and a half. He he he, silly math...

Now, I have a final portfolio due for English on Wednesday and a Chem final on Thursday. Then I go home on Saturday, W000T!!! Except there's more than that. The Project for Awesome is in almost a week. Jen and I are getting our ideas down, but this week I have to work on it and film it and edit it. It'll be super worth it though, I'm actually really excited. 

I uploaded two vlogs this week, which you should check out. One was an update on NaNo and the other was a fun little in the moment type vlog. It was super different than anything I've done, so that was exciting. 

Yeah, well, I got some stuff to get done. But this was fun. We should do it again sometime!

Books Read: 15 
Free Meals: 50
Why This Week Was Awesome: Last Week of My First Quarter of College!!!
Song Stuck in My Head: "Maybe This Christmas" by Shane Dawson

Me in A Song?

Hi everyone!

Like Kendall, I won't go too much into NaNoWriMo and Vlogvember here in this blog post just because our last vlogs were both over ten minutes long! Both are done! I think, as a team, we both did pretty well. And we both had fun, that's what counts.

Also like Kendall, I only have one more week of classes left. So after this week, we have finals week. I only have two actual sit-down-and-take-a-test-for-two-hours finals because for my other classes, I have final papers to submit well before finals week. Yep, all three are due this week (one tomorrow, one of Thursday, and the other on Saturday). And then for my Linguistics class, I have to pass seven quizzes and write two journal entries by Thursday. Yikes!

In response to Kendall's comment about Rom Coms: Come on man. I love rom coms as much as you do, but this is crunch time. Get it together man! But you're not the only one. Anyssay and her roommate, Marina, have been having weekly Movie Nights in their room every Thursday and they've been watching rom coms too! 

Hahaha, although I shouldn't be one to talk. I actually watched "How To Train Your Dragon" for the first time this weekend and it was so cute! Also, I started "The Holiday" but did not finish. And then there was the Gilmore Girls half-marathon while I was working on my American Studies paper......WHAT IS WRONG WITH US INTERROBANG.

So please forgive us that we have skimpy posts. We clearly are cracking so much under pressure that we are turning to rom coms, mindless TV, and animated motion pictures. 

Okay bye for now!

Risks: 34 
Hugs: 0 
Current food obsessions/cravings: none...I think I'm losing my love for food...
Playlists on Repeat: Split, Starred, Serendipity
Books Read Since Graduation: 6

Did Somebody Say Christmas?

Hey guys!

So this week was really exciting for a lot of reasons. Two of those being NaNoWriMo ending and Vlogvember ending. However, I already talked about both of those two things in my last vlog, so I won't talk about them again. If you want to hear about it though, just google "Jendall Vlogs" or something on YouTube. I'm sure there's a link somewhere around there. 

So, someone needs to stop letting me watch Rom Coms. Like, this is getting ridikidonk. Two night ago, I watched "No Strings Attached". And then last night I watched "Friends with Benefits." I mean, they both had feels and such, what you would expect from a Rom Com? But for so many reasons I thought the latter was better. I always appreciate witty dialogue. It's da best. 

In other news, I only have one more week of classes left. After that is finals week. I'm super excited about being done, but I'm trying not to think about it too much because I have a decent amount of things to do in the next two weeks. 

Oh, something cool that happened last night was that my Aunt took me to this cool thing in Bellevue. It was kind of like a Christmas parade/festival thing. They had drummers and music and lights and cool stuff. It was packed and crazy. The cool thing about it, though, was that they had SNOW!!!!! Well, fake snow. It was like this foam bubbles thing that they were shooting down onto the street. But still, it was really cool and exciting. 

Okay, enough for this week. I have some stuff to get done tonight. Shooooottttss!

Books Read: 15 
Free Meals: 50
Why This Week Was Awesome: NOVEL!!!!
Song Stuck in My Head: Christmas