Because Erin said

February 29th - A day of that occurs every four years where people are just not in very good moods...

The Cranberries - Zombie

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken

But you see it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your head
They are fighting
With their tanks and their bombs
And their bombs and their guns
In your head, in your head
They are cryin'

In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie

Another mother's breakin'
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken

It's the same old theme since 1916
In your head, in your head
They're still fightin'
With their tanks and their bombs
And their bombs and their guns
In your head, in your head
They are dying

In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie

Sara's Letter

Gil,

You know I love you. I feel I've loved you forever.

Lately, I haven't been feeling very well. Truth be told, I'm tired.

Out in the desert, under that car that night, I realized something and haven't been able to shake it.Since my father died, I spent almost my entire life with ghosts. We've been like close friends and out there in the desert, it occurred to me that it was time for me to bury them. I can't do that here.

I'm so sorry.

No matter how hard I try to fight it off, I'm left with a feeling that I have to go. I have no idea where I'm going, but I know I have to do this. If I don't, I'm afraid I'll self-destruct and, worse, You'll be there to see it happen.

Be safe.

Know that I tried very hard to stay. Know that you are my one and only. I will miss you with every beat of my heart. Our life together was the only home I've ever really had. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I love you. I always will.

Goodbye.

Happy Birthday Stephen!

Today is Stephen's birthday. We bought him The Orange Box for his present. He got up really early to install it this morning. It's got some great games on it.

Dad had a day off from work so Mum, Dad and I went to the shops to go find some shoes for work. They didn't have any at Kingway so we ended up going to Mirrabooka where I found a pair.

Afterwards, we went to The Cake Factory in Malaga to pick up Stephen's birthday cake. It was a passionfruit cheesecake with different fruits and a yellow jelly on top. We also picked up on of their seconds tray, which had a muffin, a cupcake and a mini cheesecake.

We went home and I played SA:MP to make some more money.

I went on Messenger for a while and talked to Chantelle.

Nanna came over for dinner. Mum made lasagna and salad, with coleslaw, potato salad and garlic bread on the side. About an hour later we had the cake. We sang Stephen Happy Birthday and someone must have been singing off key because Missy started to bark wildly. It was so funny because she has never done that before. This cheesecake was huge. The five of us only ate about a quarter of it - least we will have cheesecake for awhile (Still prefer the one I had for my birthday from The Cheesecake Shop). ;)

Climbing Garver Bridge

This is a video of me climbing the Garver Bridge in SA:MP.

chevy was there while I was doing this stunt, so this video above is him filming me.

Kill Klotebot

The second video I made today. Erin and Badeend are trying to kill Klotebot while I'm still in the car, but I end up defending him.

Happy

I got the job! They called me today and I was so excited afterwards, that I actually started jumping up and down. I start working in two weeks time. Mum then called everyone afterwards that I got this job. Quite funny actually.

I have made three videos today. It's been such a fun day. I finished the first one quite early in the morning because I started it last night. The second took me a few hours to complete because I was talking to Emily at the same time. The third I'm uploading now. :D

Sweet.

Random Moments in the Las Venturas Playground

Another video made by me.

Enjoy!

Disappointment Soon Forgotten

The pharmacy didn't call me to tell me if I got the job or not. :

I spent a lot of time on SA:MP on the LVP Regulars Server making some money from properties. chevy and I did some stunts and filmed them with Fraps. He drove through petrol stations and we jumped off cliffs.

The most exciting stunt we did was trying to climb Garver Bridge with a motorbike up the supports. It's very difficult. chevy stood at the top and filmed me going up the supports while I filmed it from my point of view. It will be seen in one of my videos which I will be making soon.

John then went on the normal LVP server and I went up the bridge again with him on the back of the motorcycle.

Aunty Annette came over to give Stephen an early birthday present and to have dinner with us. We talked for quite a while about a lot of different things, including blood tests, which made me weak in the arms.

Peace.

I will be making three SA:MP movies.

1. Another random moments video with stunts from chevy.
2. Me on the motorbike on Garver Bridge.
3. And a high speed, explosive chase.

The Fourth Second Cousin

Yesterday I went to see Amanda and Mike's third daughter, Samantha. She had a cold so she was sniffling a lot.

You can tell that Keith wants to have kids. Samantha fell asleep in his arms and he held for a good half an hour.

Stephen and I played pool.

Mike, Stephen and I played "Around the World" in darts. Mike won, even though he started two rounds after Stephen and I.

Mum held Samantha, while she gave her milk from a bottle and let her sleep.

Mum, Melanie, Aunty Faye and I talked for quite a while about various topic.

We took Nanna home then went to Luke's house to give him the money for Stephen's Garry's Mod download.

Anniversary Lunch, Birthday Dinner

We are going to a get together tomorrow to see Samantha, which is the same day as my Mum and Dad's wedding anniversary.We went to the Pines today to celebrate the anniversary instead of going tomorrow. The food was nice as always. The thing I didn't like was that we were seated next to a table with little kids. Joy. I didn't really eat that much for a buffet place. I usually just get one plate of food then some dessert.

When we came back home, Babcia, Dziazdio and Uncle Tim came over to give Stephen his birthday present, even though his birthday is on the 28th. He got some money, a photo album and some photos from his Confirmation two years ago (they forgot that they had the photos). We talked and had tea and coffee. We also showed them the Nintendo Wii. Dziadzio and I walked outside and looked around the backyard. They also ended up staying for a pizza dinner.

Dad bought Mum a bunch of roses yesterday. They had glitter on them.

Aren't they gorgeous!

Peace.

Interview

I couldn't get to sleep last night. I kept running over things in my head what they would ask me and how I could answer them. I was tossing and turning to try and get comfortable, but my mind was running a mile a minute so I wasn't tired.

In the morning, the nerves were still there. I caught the bus with Mum at 10:45 to go to the Pharmacy. The whole time I was on the bus, I kept going over the situations in my head. My interview was for 11:30. I walked into the shop at 11:15 and I wasn't expecting that I was going to be interviewed right then.

I felt like I was ready at all. I walked into the manager's office (I have forgotten her name!) and sat down. I felt relieved that it was a one on one interview. She was a very friendly person and what made me very nervous in the end was that she was the one doing all the talking. She never really asked me any questions except if I had any questions. She told me all about the job, what I would be doing, who I would be working with etc. I was so surprised. Now I'm wondering if this meant something. Why didn't she ask me any questions? The one thing I did like was when I was talking to her, my nerves just melted away. I felt comfortable and excited. One of the ladies working there walked in during the interview and the phone rang once. All in all, it was quite an enjoyable 15 minute experience.

I was starting to get very hungry so Mum and I went to Mirrabooka Shopping Centre to have lunch. At the food court, we saw Tamara and her family. We then bought sandwiches. These weren't ordinary sandwiches; they were made on huge pieces of bread. Very delicious but way too big for me. I didn't finish it, but I had eaten too much so I started to feel sick.

We went to Big W so Mum could find a present for Dad for their anniversary and I bought a diary. We then went to Suzanne Grae and Mum bought herself a pair of jeans. Afterwards, we went to Priceline and got our free club magazine because we had collected enough points to get one. We bought a Easter card for Kristina at Thingz and then one for Leonnie at the news agency. While at the news agency, I found some better diaries for the same price, so we went back to Big W and returned the one I bought earlier, then went back to the news agency and bought their ones.

*sigh*

I'm tired for the lack of sleep.

Las Venturas Playground - Cars, Cruises, Jumps & Stunts

I occassionally film random moments when I play on the Las Venturas Playground server so this video features a few of these moments, including a cruise that happened a few days ago.

Please watch right until the end because I have added some screenshots.

Thank you to everyone who features in this film.

For more information about this server visit

http://www.sa-mp.nl/

Enjoy and please comment.

Please take into consideration that this is my first movie, so be nice!

Resume

Today I have been trying to write a resume. There is a job I found on Seek. It looks pretty good and it's not too far from here. It took me awhile to complete my resume because I wasn't sure what to say, so I had to spend time researching what to write.

I also watched Grease and played some SA:MP and Call of Duty 4.

Peace.

Ikea

Today I went with Mum and Dad to the new Ikea store in Innaloo. You could see the store from so far away, with it's giant yellow lettering. The store has two levels and is the biggest shop in WA. We walked in the entrance and I recognised the giant love heart pillow that John had got me for Valentine's Day. There were hundreds and they could be found all over the store.

What I liked about this new Ikea was that they had a lot more displays and even had mini "houses" that you could walk through. We looked at TV cabinets, but didn't really find one that was right. We looked at chest of drawers for Stephen, because the one he has is so old. We found one we liked and wrote down the section we could find it in the big warehouse.

The children's section was so bright and colourful. We looked around there for awhile because we had to look for a present for my cousin's baby daughter Samantha. There were toys, furniture and colouring supplies everywhere. We ended up getting her a clothes basket, which had a turtle on top and a blue toy elephant.

The arrows guided us to where the canteen was. It was huge. We grabbed three glasses, a custard and fruit tard, plus two chocolate muffins and went to pay for them. The drinks you had to go make yourself (self serve), using the machines. They only cost $1.95 and you could go get delicious refills. I ended up making an Earl Grey tea, but I didn't like it, so once Dad finished his cappuccino, he went and made me one. We had to clear the tables ourself and put our trays on a rack, which is ok, because they say that because they don't have to do it, they save money and we save money too.

I went to the bathroom and when I came back, there was a window looking over the warehouse. It was the like the size of Bunnings. It was an amazing sight seeing all of the shelves with boxes of furniture, ready for people to take home and put it together themselves (saving money again!).

We walked downstairs where they had all loose bits and pieces for your kitchen, bathroom, lounge room etc. We ended up grabbing a few items and kept following the arrows until we reached the entrance of the warehouse. We wheeled our trolley to our section. We looked on the shelves but we couldn't see the right one. Turns out them put it at the end of the aisle.

There were so many checkouts, so we didn't need to wait in line at all.
They also have giant lifts so you can put your trolley into them to get to the ground floor.
The thing we didn't like was that you couldn't take your trolley any farther than 10 metres from the store as it was blocked off. You can get someone to carry your furniture to your car, but Dad carried it anyway.

I can't wait to get my own house and then go to Ikea to furnish it!