The World Of Jadeey

I'm over 25 and I guess that means an adult. Tomato Nation provides a helpful list of things that you really need to do once you are 25 or older.

I'm up to speed on most of them. But a few, such as writing thank-you notes, completely allude me. I'm not sure I've ever written a thank-you note in my life. I guess I'd better start!

Labels: humorous, lame blogs

Ginger kittens always look sad. Do you think it's because they know they are gingas?

And, well, this one here just makes me laugh and laugh. I find it incredibly funny.

Labels: humorous

Back in September last year I made a list of things I think are important for everyone to know. September was a long time ago so I thought I'd make add to that list.

Holly's list of things everyone should know (sadly I don't always follow my own advice):

1. Other people will forget the embarrassing thing you said or did long before you will, so you might as well quit worrying about it
2. Sometimes you've got to let other people just live their lives and make their own mistakes. Even if it hurts to watch
3. Money doesn't buy happiness, but it sure does make most things easier
4. If you're going to talk about someone behind their back don't be surprised or hurt when you find out someone else has done it to you
5. Life is short so don't spend it being miserable - find something good in your life and cling to that during the bad times
6. Right-wing governments will always suck
7. Not everyone can have a happy ending. If they could then it would just be an ending. Some people have to have sad endings just so we have something to measure the happy endings by
8. Sometimes it's okay to split the infinitive
9. Spiders are freaking scary
10. Only ever shop at Kathmandu during a sale - they have a new sale practically every week so you won't be waiting long
11. Same with Briscoes
12. Fart jokes are always funny
13. Incest jokes less so
14. Leonardo is the best ninja turtle
15. Roti sandwiches from Central Mexicano is the BNZ Centre taste AMAZING

Labels: lists

This isn't at all true for me, I'm pretty happy to be out of the cinema industry. I still love this secret though.



Each Sunday I read Postsecret and every day I read LJ Secret. I like reading these websites. Some of the secrets make me cry, some make me relieved that I'm not living that pain, some I totally relate to and some just hit me in some unexpected way. Often I find myself needing to save a secret, sometimes to remind myself I'm not alone in my secrets and other times because something about the secret makes me sit up and take notice. As a result of this I have 320 secrets currently saved on my computer.

I have decided that every Thursday, for as long as I feel like it, I will post one of these secrets. Some might reflect my own secrets, others will have had a deep impact on me for one reason or another and still others will have been chosen because something small about them was enough to make me want to save it. I'm not going to tell you my reasons.

Don't read into them, don't think i'm trying to confess something. Because I'm not. I just want to share some of them.

And, if I have posted a secret that you made and you don't want it up there then please send me a message and I'll take it straight down.

Labels: secrets

Damn it! I meant to blog earlier, but completely forgot about it. So now, as so often is the case, it is time to do the dishes and go to bed.

I did learn some things today though:

Things Holly learnt today

1. Tool songs are HARD on the drums
2. Thinking you'll quickly slip through the train doors as they are closing isn't as easy as you'd think when the train is totally full
3. Look before downloading so you don't accidentally download a 1.1gb file that is completely useless to you
4. Check that you do actually know the person you are talking to before saying, 'Hey how's it going! I haven't seen you in ages.'
5. Daydreaming as you are getting ready isn't a good idea when you already got out of bed late so should actually be rushing

Labels: lists

I'm sleepy. Every morning when my alarm goes off the only thing that convinces me to get out of bed is to think about when my next sleep in will be. 3 more early mornings after today and then it's a sleep in. Woo!

I'm really tired of the rain. I'm sure it's been cold and rainy in Wellington every day for the last 3 weeks. Thankfully my office is nice and warm inside.

Labels: lame blogs

I'm going to see Star Trek tomorrow night. This time I won't be thwarted by a sold out cinema because I have booked the tickets online. I've now been trying to see this movie since it came out like 3 weeks ago or something. I hope it's worth it!

In other exciting news I managed to do Eye of the Tiger on Guitar Hero at medium level. I'm very proud of this achievement. At least it means I'm improving!

Labels: lame blogs, movies

I had a fantastic time in Hamilton yesterday and this morning. I'll type up the blog from it some other time.

I'm very much looking forward to the long weekend this coming weekend. I'm so exhausted and am planning a weekend of relaxing and not having to do a lot. I need sleep!

Also, I bought some new pyjamas. They are pink! I love them.

Labels: lame blogs

Yesterday I was too excited about it almost being Hamilton time so I forgot to post a secret. Since I forgot yesterday I'll put one up today. (I wanted to blog about how the Hurricanes had beaten the Chiefs but we didn't. We just lost. :( )




Each Sunday I read Postsecret and every day I read LJ Secret. I like reading these websites. Some of the secrets make me cry, some make me relieved that I'm not living that pain, some I totally relate to and some just hit me in some unexpected way. Often I find myself needing to save a secret, sometimes to remind myself I'm not alone in my secrets and other times because something about the secret makes me sit up and take notice. As a result of this I have 320 secrets currently saved on my computer.

I have decided that every Thursday, for as long as I feel like it, I will post one of these secrets. Some might reflect my own secrets, others will have had a deep impact on me for one reason or another and still others will have been chosen because something small about them was enough to make me want to save it. I'm not going to tell you my reasons.

Don't read into them, don't think i'm trying to confess something. Because I'm not. I just want to share some of them.

And, if I have posted a secret that you made and you don't want it up there then please send me a message and I'll take it straight down.

Labels: secrets

I'm off to Hamilton this weekend to visit my family. I got cheap fares on Grabaseat, although it means I'm stuck with stupid times. I'm really excited though. On Saturday I'm going to watch Linc's swimming lesson and I'm going to get to cuddle Jacob and see a bunch of people who I don't see anywhere near enough.

It does mean I get no sleep-ins over the weekend though. That makes me a wee bit sad. But it's worth it.

I've bought Jacob a little Hurricanes outfit so he doesn't grow up a total Mooloo. I saw little Black Caps outfits too. You know what my baby will be wearing when I have one! :P

Labels: family, holiday

The other day I said something to Kat about if I could go back in time and tell my 12 year old self anything it would be to take up running. She pointed out that there were probably other things I would also want to tell my 12 year old self. So we decided to make a list. Here's mine, and if you click on the link to Kat's blog then you'll be able to read hers.

Holly's list of things she'd like to tell her 12 year old self

1. (obviously) Take up running. If you fall in love with running you'll always be fit and skinny.
2. Don't give up playing the saxophone
3. Ignore mum and take up the drums
4. Take political science at university
5. Bet on France to beat the All Blacks at the World Cup. Every time.
6. You have the most amazing parents in the world. Stop being a little shit and making their lives miserable.
7. Don't date anyone who nicknames themselves Billbass - he's going to turn out to be a right-wing asshole and you will regret it. Do date Smash Williams - they don't get any better than him.
8. Join the debating team at school. I know it's scary, but it'll help you in the long run.
9. You don't suit really short hair. And you're a girl not a boy so dress appropriately.
10. Talk to your mum. She gives really great advice and will support you in everything you do. You don't need to hide anything from her.

Labels: lists

I'm off to Star Trek tonight so not going to be much of a blog today people. (Hardly a change from normal!) It's 6.45am now and i've just eaten a yummy breakfast while watching Breakfast.

Today i'm going wear my new clothes to work. I'm in a bit of a quandry though because I wore my new shoes yesterday and was silly because I didn't prepare by preemptively putting on bandaids so now I have blisters. I can't decide whether to wear my old shoes or try my new shoes again and risk making my blisters a lot worse. I know I have to wear my new shoes at some stage (I love them!) so it's a tough call.

Labels: lame blogs

Also, this comic is so totally true. (From the website Explosm.net. I recommend checking it out.)

Labels: humorous

I'm finally going to go and see Star Trek tomorrow night. I've been wanting to see it since it came out, but still haven't got around to it. But yay, tomorrow night I will.

I seem to have a mental block about seeing movies on my own. I don't know what it is, but for some reason I can never motivate myself to go to a movie alone. All my friends went off to see Star Trek without me so it's taken me a while to find someone who wants to see it and still hadn't got around to it either. Thankfully I found someone. And thankfully he's someone I actually like.

So yeah, Star Trek here I come! :D

Labels: lame blogs, movies

It was a very successful shopping trip today. I got 2 new pairs of work shoes, a new handbag and a new top. Considering when I went out this morning I was thinking I might get a new pair of shoes and that would be it, I feel very happy with myself. (And mum. Couldn't do it without mum.)

I also figured some stuff out today that has been bothering me for a long time. I'm hopeful that maybe everything is going to be okay afterall. I hate when people are cryptic on their blogs but I can't say anymore until I've talked to the person this concerns and yet I want to record this for myself and I don't have a secret blog. Just this one. So it has to go here and it has to be cryptic. Sorry.

Right. Bedtime for me. Another working week begins tomorrow. Bring it on.

Labels: lame blogs

I love weekends where I don't have to do anything. I did have to work on the website and it did take me all day, but I could watch tv while I did it so it wasn't so bad. Tomorrow mum and I are going clothes shopping.

I also had a massive amount of sleep last night/this morning and yet I'm still exhausted. I think one of the things about being an adult is that you spend pretty much your entire life tired. It's a fact of life that most adults try and squeeze so much into each day that sleep plays second fiddle. It sucks too because sleep is amazing!

Labels: lame blogs

It's been a while since I did a list so I thought I might as well do one today.

Things Holly thinks about when she's not receiving calls at work:

- Whether anyone has written on her Facebook wall
- Whether anyone has put an interesting status update on Facebook
- What her next Facebook status update should be
- Whether anyone interesting is on Facebook chat to talk to
- What Kat will say in her next email
- What she should write in her next email to Kat
- What Corrina will say in her next email
- What she should write in her next email to Corrina
- What she should have for lunch (or if it's after lunch then what she should have for dinner)
- Whether she's going to have the will-power to go to the gym
- The time Stephen Fleming got 274 not out
- The time she saw Stephen Fleming in the Nike shop
- The time she saw Stephen Fleming walking down the street with his wife
- The numerous times she saw Stephen Fleming at the Basin

I think that's a pretty comprehensive list. So what have we learned today? We have learned that the main things I think about at work are Facebook, emailing Kat and Corrina, food and Stephen Fleming.

Labels: lists, Stephen Fleming, work

Each Sunday I read Postsecret and every day I read LJ Secret. I like reading these websites. Some of the secrets make me cry, some make me relieved that I'm not living that pain, some I totally relate to and some just hit me in some unexpected way. Often I find myself needing to save a secret, sometimes to remind myself I'm not alone in my secrets and other times because something about the secret makes me sit up and take notice. As a result of this I have 320 secrets currently saved on my computer.

I have decided that every Thursday, for as long as I feel like it, I will post one of these secrets. Some might reflect my own secrets, others will have had a deep impact on me for one reason or another and still others will have been chosen because something small about them was enough to make me want to save it. I'm not going to tell you my reasons.

Don't read into them, don't think i'm trying to confess something. Because I'm not. I just want to share some of them.

And, if I have posted a secret that you made and you don't want it up there then please send me a message and I'll take it straight down.

Labels: secrets

I think there's a chance I'm going a little bit insane. I've been having some very bizzare thoughts.

Example 1: A little while ago I was walking down a ramp towards the railway station. The woman in front of me started walking backwards back up towards me - I'm guessing to look at something she's spotted in the distance. When she started walking backwards my first thought was, 'Oh no I've hit rewind.' What the hell?? Why would I think i've hit rewind?

Example 2: The other morning it was raining so I drove to the railway station. It was no longer raining when I got off the train on the way home. As I walked past my car I thought to myself, 'Oh that looks like my car'. And then I kept walking... Halfway to my house (only about 3 minutes) I realised it actually was my car. I had to go back and get it.

Example 3: Yesterday there was a power surge at work. I jumped up panicking about needing to go and 'check on the projectors'. I haven't worked in a cinema in 18 months so power surges don't actually matter anymore and haven't for a long time.

So, yeah, it's possible i'm going insane.

(But not as insane as House in the most recent episode)

Labels: I'm silly

I went to Fujiyama Tepenyaki for dinner tonight and then to a movie. I never get tired of Fujiyama - and the one in the Hutt is actually yummier than the one in town. (And cheaper.)

The movie we watched was Ghosts of Girlfriends past. It is.... Not good. Not good at all. Actually, pile of crap movie would be the most accurate description. We should have gone to Star Trek instead!

Labels: lame blogs, movies

Felix is currently sitting on me and making it extremely hard to type. He's good like that. So, blame Felix for this almost complete lack of blog.

Labels: Felix, lame blogs

I went to the food show today. It was only $20 to get in and then we got HEAPS of samples. I didn't end up actually buying anything, but I did taste a lot of really good stuff - next time I go to the supermarket I'll be tempted to get some of the stuff I tried.

Then I came home, went to the gym and played guitar. That seems like a successful day to me!

I also made mum some chocolate chip cookies for mothers day. She was very pleased! And she let me have one, and it was yummy.

Labels: lame blogs

Last night I went out with Antz and Lynn. We used to hang out all the time a few years ago, but we've been pretty slack over the last few years. So last night we decided to rectify that and have a night out just the three of us.

It started at Fujiyama Tepenyaki - the restaurant we used to eat at far too often for our own good. We then moved on to visit another friend for a little while and then to Lynn's house for some Rock Band.

It really did feel like old times. And we made a pretty damn good band - me on guitar, Antz on drums and Lynn singing. We could totally get a record deal.

Labels: friends, lame blogs

Today I read about a person who was eating at an outdoor restaurant. After they had finished eating the waitress came over and cleared the rubbish and wiped down the table. The person then noticed that a blob of mayonnaise had been left behind. Normal people would ignore it, this person used their finger to wipe it up and eat it. Turns out it was actually bird poo....

I'm not sure what is worse:

That the person couldn't tell the difference between bird poo and mayonnaise
That the person would eat something directly off a public table - those things are DIRTY
That the person ate bird poo
That the person would actually want to eat a small blob of mayonnaise

Yep. It's a pretty gross story for so many reasons.

Labels: disgusting people, humorous

Each Sunday I read Postsecret and every day I read LJ Secret. I like reading these websites. Some of the secrets make me cry, some make me relieved that I'm not living that pain, some I totally relate to and some just hit me in some unexpected way. Often I find myself needing to save a secret, sometimes to remind myself I'm not alone in my secrets and other times because something about the secret makes me sit up and take notice. As a result of this I have 320 secrets currently saved on my computer.

I have decided that every Thursday, for as long as I feel like it, I will post one of these secrets. Some might reflect my own secrets, others will have had a deep impact on me for one reason or another and still others will have been chosen because something small about them was enough to make me want to save it. I'm not going to tell you my reasons.

Don't read into them, don't think i'm trying to confess something. Because I'm not. I just want to share some of them.

And, if I have posted a secret that you made and you don't want it up there then please send me a message and I'll take it straight down.

Labels: secrets

I was shown 2 great websites the other day.

The first is Texts from last night. It's exactly what it sounds like - people put up amusing text messages that they sent/received often while under the influence of alcohol.

The second is F**k my life. People write about awful/amusingly horrible things that happened to them. I've read a couple of truly awful ones on there, but most are just sort of funny and make you glad they didn't happen to you.

These sites have been entertaining me a lot at work. They sure do make the day pass faster.

Labels: lame blogs

My team won at quiz night last night! Woo!!

There is a bit of a war going on at work at the moment. On Friday evening a few of the staff got a bit drunk and super-glued people's stuff to their desks. It wasn't very well thought through and when we were un-super-gluing our stuff on Monday some of the desk went with them. So now it's all on - the ideas of how to get them back are coming thick and fast.

My workplace is pretty damn fun. :)

Labels: lame blogs, quiz night, work

I hate the way the Save the Children charity attacks you for money at every opportunity. They've annoyed me many times as I've been walking through the mall. The thing I hate is that they won't take no for an answer and push you to sign up immediately - for a period of time of about 15 years.

Recently I've been reading a book on modern-day slavery and it kicked my social conscience up a gear.

So today I decided to look Save the Children up and actually check them out properly. I've been so put off in the past that I've ignored them and haven't really thought beyond the fact that they 'save the children'. I read about how they, only a few months ago, shut down a brothel in Asia that employed children as young as 8 years old, have put all of those children into foster care and provide on-going support and checks to make sure the children don't just get sent back onto the street.

They also seem to have got wise to the fact that offering a 15 year committment is hard for most people so they have 1 year contracts with get-out clauses if you lose your job etc. I decided to give it a go. It's only $35 a month which is less than I pay for the gym so it seemed wrong not to after I'd just been reading about it.

I feel pretty good about myself right now. And pretty annoyed that their ridiculously pushy attitude has put me off in the past. They should really get a clue and drop the pushy attitude, they might find they actually attract more donations that way.

Labels: I'm great

I overheard a conversation today where one person was telling her friend that she overuses the phrase uh-oh spaghetti-O. It got me thinking about things people I know say all the time. Rather than naming and shaming people I thought I'd just talk about myself.

When someone asks me how I am I always, always reply, 'not bad'. It annoys me because it's such a stupidly neutral reply anyway. I could at least be more positive and say good or great. Unfortunately 'not bad' automatically comes out even though I'd like to reply something different.

When someone explains something to me I always reply with, 'fair enough'. Again it really annoys me that I say it all the time and yet I can't seem to stop myself.

Instead of saying so-and-so 'said' I often say 'so-and-so was like...' This one in particular bugs me. I cringe everytime I say it and am working hard on stopping. I definitely say it a lot less than I used to, but unfortunately it still comes out automatically a lot.

I can't think of anything else I say all the time. I'm sure there are other things though. Oh! I use the word 'though' WAY too much.

Yep, I'm predicitble.

And yet I can't seem to train myself to say 'bollocks' more often. Bollocks is the greatest word but I always forget to use it until too late. Sad.

Labels: I'm silly, lame blogs

I'm currently watching NZ in the 80s on C4. Unsurprisingly Dave Dobbin, Crowded House, Split Enz and Exponents feature quite heavily.

Two of my favourite Crowded House songs:

Message to my Girl


Better Be Home Soon (I love this song so much it hurts)


I love Neil Finn's little dances in Message to my Girl. Soooo funny.

Labels: music

Kat and I went to Wolverine tonight. I really liked it. The funniest bit, though, had to be Kat before the movie even started. (She's going to kill me for this.)

A couple of important things you need to know before I start this story. The first is that people do stupid things at the cinema all the time and the staff laugh at them. The second is that Kat used to work in a movie theatre, in fact she worked in many movie theatres over a period of quite a few years.

So, Kat had our tickets and told me we were in M1 and M2. She'd worked in the cinema we were at a few years ago so I checked with her which side 1 was on. She pointed it out and off we went to find our seats. We find row M and there is someone in our seat. Annoying! I hate when people don't sit in their allocated seat. So we say to him that we are M1 and M2 and he replies that he is also M1. At the old cinema I worked in this double booking thing used to happen occasionally so I was convinced that's what had happened.

We talked for a bit and then Kat handed me my ticket and I started to try and read it. The guy very helpfully offered his cellphone so I could see. The problem? M was actually the rating of the movie. We were in O1 and O2 which Kat had read as 01 and 02, as in 2 digit numbering.

Hmmm maybe you had to be there, but I promise you - it was very funny and we laughed for a long time.

(Had our row been anything other than O, I don't think Kat would have made the mistake. When you think about it it's a fairly easy mistake to make.)

Labels: humorous, movies