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There are jump cuts in here. Because apparently I can compress stitched clips but not individuals?

Whatevs.

BEHOLD THE VIDEO THIS IS IN ANSWER TO. CLICK ME! NOW.

Roongkatooongatukatuka.

I was too distractedly caffeinated today to say anything of consequence. Sorry?

What I wanted to say was that that Justin Beiber quip you mentioned in your video was the funniest thing I'd ever heard and try and do the entire video with my fringe in a Beiber-esque style. But my hair had decided to sit nicely today so it wouldn't. And then it took a bloody long time to light everything reasonably decently.

And then I kept shooting for over fourty seconds. And then camera ran out of battery. So I just took a clip from one of my rants. I hope you enjoy.

Also please please please bring your straightener up for new years? My hair is going really stupid at the moment and I work saturdays which means I'm probably not going to be able to get my hair cut for another month at least.

Yay.

**Title is from a song I have stuck in my head and WON'T GO AWAY.

Bug genocide?

What do you think Laniebee?

Squishy armchair of amazingness.

Because I live at the end of the earth, everything happens to us before the rest of you lot. Thusly - I'm already done with christmas.

Yeah.

I spent the day with my parents, aunt and uncle, cousin, and her husband and kids. The little girl was being super cute but she wouldn't sit still long enough for me to take a photo.

Also this is the first christmas I've had here that it hasn't been blindingly sunny and meltingly hot. It was a refreshing change from feeling like I needed to crawl out of my skin for the heat.

And then I got this awesome chair. Words can't describe how much I love it. It's so tacky!

It's for when I'm on the computer because secretly I live in the nineties and am the only person I know who still has a desktop computer.

Behold the chair in action!

I'm not sure my dad'll appreciate my putting this up on the internetz, but he'll just have to deal with it.

Happy christmas to all.

Dadoopbedoo

Laaaaaaaniebee. I....

Why hello...

Look who I found?

It's a Melissa! But she's moving too fast for the camera to capture her. She's cunning that way.

That is the most disturbing mannequin I have ever seen.

A wee bit strange, but I kind of love this shot.

Shadoowedoowop

Yoi.

Bapbedoop.

Hai Laniebee.

Lighting check...

I was entirely too lazy to take any photos yesterday. I did set up my lights and my camera and even turn it on though! Here; you can has video.

And today I channeled my inner Velma with the most awesome nerd glasses ever.

Ohai. Did you miss me?

I've been working. At normal-people hours. Having to get up at seven thirty and go to bed at ten thirty is kind of breaking my brain. I'll be back on track sooooooooooooon.

This is totally what my brain is like at the moment though.

POW!

I have a brick and mortar job. That pays me. And has hours. And is regular.

And requires that I get up a seven am. Not liking that part so much. But whatever.

Also I have a new phone made of shiny and love.

Actual proper photos of stuff tomorrow when I have a brain that isn't stuck on; "hurr work early morning hurr"

Things from the last few days.

Giant christmas baubles that look like bombs in the town square

Amazingly tasty lemonade

Having my sunglasses stolen

Going to the beach for the first time this summer

^.^

More hair.

Or less, as the case may be. HAIRCUT OMG.

Aaaaand now I have to re-learn how to make my hair look pretty. Great. I didn't think this through...

**Yes my bathroom mirror is filthy. No I wasn't aware of it when I was taking the photo. No I couldn't be bothered cleaning it and taking more.

Cool things from my family tree

Here be my dad and I. You can't tell here, but I'm like a pasty, blonde, female version of him. It gets a bit creepy sometimes.

Here is Nana Rosa (Dad's mum) and Grandad Harold

Alternatively here is Nana Rosa. Nana Rosa grew up in Fiji but her mother was Samoan.

This is Nana Rosa's mum; Fono A'pe. I believe it's from her side that we have family land. Unfortunately it went to her brothers oldest son instead to our line of the family. Phooey.

Fono A'pe Married William Henry Wilder Jnr, who was the son of William Henry Wilder Snr and Sarah Wilder (nee May) who was this lovely lady. I wish I'd inherited those cheekbones. Man.

Anywho. The cool part is that Sarah Wilder (nee May) was the daughter of Martin May and Rakavosa. Martin May was a German born in the 1840's who left Germany to fight in the American Civil War. After that he emigrated to Fiji (specifically the Island of Ra) and told the Chieftain that he wished to marry a local woman. The Chieften (AKA my great great great great grandfather) was so honoured that this foreign white man had asked instead of simply taking a wife that he offered up his daughter Rakavosa.

Rakavosa was a Fijian princess and partook of the tradition of cannibalism - apparently a custom reserved only for royalty - in her youth.

So there you have it kids. I'm descended from a cannibalistic Fijian princess.

HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!!!

Hair.

Mine has grown too long.

Lazy hazy day.

I made myself a header image. I think it's rather spiffing. Which do think is better? The one I'm using or the "crap I found in my room floating around my head" one?

(Melissa; Hurry up and come up north so I can take some photos of someone other than myself!)

Put stuff on your head.

Mmmhmm...

Oh summer

How you distract me during the weekends.

I can tie a tie now!

Go me!

Re-doing The Wall

For all my new projects!

And yes. I am wearing a tie. More on that tomorrow.

Outside my window...

I really need a haircut.

Yep. Still sick.

I kind of want to strangle myself.

I've been searching my room for random trinkets out of boredom and stumbled across my HILARIOUSLY HIPSTER 3D glasses I got a while back watching Alice In Wonderland. They'd actually be kind of cool if they weren't quite so enormous.

Please insert obligatory "oh my god they make everything 3D!" joke of your choice.

Aaaaaaand I'm sick again.

Who gets the flu in November? Really? Thanks world. Thanks a bunch.

It was sunny yesterday.

So we planted some wildflowers.

Creatively dead.

Here. Have a macro test-shot I took this morning while I checked my emails.

The graphic border totally makes it a legitimate photograph instead of my going "click" without any real purpose.

So I drove to Raglan yesterday.

There wasn't anything interesting in Raglan. We drove for two and a half hours. I was stunningly unimpressed.

Although this was quite possibly the cutest store I have ever seen.

Also Melissa; I hope you're feeling better and able to enjoy your freedom from the most hated exams. My head is in sympathy for your head's pain!