Okay, again I’ve been away from the site for while. I’ve been so busy with school and shaz. Matter of fact I’m doing pretty damn well in Information Systems and Business right now. Oh yea, and I finally snagged a job, people! I’ll be working at Starbucks soon. I’m so excited! >D And now I can buy myself my friends and family Christmas presents. *v*

I went ice skating for the first time in my life a few weeks ago. I must say, it was pretty scary getting on the ice at first. It was just so slippery! But after a while I got the hang of it. A few of my friends, however, spent most of the time flat on their faces (and/or arses). One of my friends actually ended up bleeding from a cut she got after falling in the rink. OUCH. And I actually never fell once, and I was so proud of myself! XD My best friend was so scared, though! She couldn’t even make it around the rink holding onto the railing. I felt horrible, so we spent most of the time outside of the rink dancing to the songs that were playing. Might sound like a bummer, but how many of you can say you danced the Macarena from beginning to end in ice skates? Yea. Thought so.

And gawd, I never talked about Halloween! I was a pirate in purple. :3 I thought my costume was purty neat. [pics go here] I’d say I did a pretty good job for a makeshift costume. XD The only thing I had to buy was striped stockings, which weren’t too bad. My friend Christina and I went to this party.. but it was like we were the after party of the party. Most people had left by the time we got there, which was around 11pm. But we made our own party!! And the people there were really laid-back and chill. The crazy folks had left before we got there, and had apparently stolen some of the “refreshments” that were there as well. :ugh: Really was a lot of fun though. And we made a few new pals too. ^^

In Sitely News:
- I’m still going through all the affiliation requests that I’ve been receiving. If you applied within the last month, you should see your name in the left-hand sidebar. If I missed you, let me know!
- Only 2 days left to vote in the SOTM Contest! Voting will close on the 28th. Get your votes in!

In Sitely Plans:
- I’m finally getting my portfolio up!
- I’m working new ideas into Advertising at Cianopi.
- I’m working on a new layout!
- I want to add more Challenges and Contests to the site.

Oct 09 Voting has Ended Today!!


Winners will be announced on the 30th of September.

If you haven’t already, enter your site in the contest for the November Spot before voting begins!

In other news, I will be hosting a Free Layout Raffle here at Cianopi. More details will be known to the public as the days follow.

Yesss, I’ve returned to the internet. I think we had it off for a week? I don’t really remember because I was busy with life anyways! XD My best friend Christina and I were hanging out all week. She took me to her Zumba class on Tuesday– tons of fun, I’m thinking of getting a membership for that class. And on Wednesday we walked from her house to our old High School.

WHAT A WALK THAT WAS. D: It was hot as hell that day, and we kinda made a wrong turn at one point so that added a good 15 minutes to the trip. We wanted to see people that I know, most of whom are graduating in 2010, but the one guy we relied on to tell everyone else we were going to be there bailed on us. We wanted to kill him!! We walked there on FOOT. Of course, it was partly our fault for setting out kind of late, and also making that 15-minute wrong turn. Ah well, we had fun and it was a good walk. Burned a lot of calories. XD

We saw Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs yesterday. It was really good over all. Made us hungry. X| They really did a good job on the graphics in that movie… Then we went to dinner with a bunch of folks. One of my good friends is moving away! T.T So she had this get-together yesterday– tons of fun. I had to take the bus route to get there though, and that was 2 hours altogether. =o Exhausting, but worth it!! Everything turned out really well.

Babysitting: Thursday, August 27 – Friday, August 28
I had agreed to babysitting for my sister thinking that I was only going to be taking care of my youngest nephew. Turned out I had to babysit two of my nephews and my little brother. The only word I can come up with to describe such an ordeal is CHAOS. Here are a few pics of the terrors (they should come with the warning: adorable but deadly XD):

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Hangouts: Sunday, August 30, & Tuesday, Sept. 1
On Sunday, I went out to see a few of my closest buddies. We usually just literally hang out because we’re all broke and none of us have cars. But it’s all fun and laughs, I love them. ^^ Then on Tuesday, I went to see some more friends of mine, one of which I hadn’t seen since I graduated high school! Then there were a couple folks I didn’t know as well who graduated with me also. It’s was cool. And hilarious.

See Charisse, the mutual friend of the group, loves to take pictures and always seems to have a camera handy at crazy and odd moments. There was one moment when we were all at her house where she wanted us to take a picture with us all in a circle looking down at the camera. Well James (the one I hadn’t seen since high school) also had a camera, and he wanted to get the same pics Charisse did. So they both set their cameras on the floor.

We’re all in a circle and ready to go when James realizes he didn’t set the timer on his camera. So he bends down to pic his up and set the timer, meanwhile Charisse’s camera starts going off. No one knew whether to keep the circle pose or to wait until the cameras were both situated…

Then James decides to put his camera back on the floor even though the timing of the flashes are different! We’re all going crazy, going blind from unexpected flashes in our eyes. This was by far the most confusing and chaotic moment of my life. XD The resulting pics follow:

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Babysat again: Thu, Sept. 3 – Friday, Sept. 4
‘Nuff said.

Mom’s Bday Celebration: Saturday, Sept. 5 – Sunday, Sept. 6
Saturday was my mom’s birthday as I said in the last entry. We didn’t do too much, even thought it was a beautiful day. My older sister’s came over for a while, but by night time it was too late to go somewhere we all could go (including the young kids). So, we went out on Sunday!

We went to the mall because my older sister wanted to buy my mom a nice outfit, but it was closing by the time we got there (our family is procrastination central). We went to Target to do some quick shopping. We ate really good frozen yogurt at a place called Yogi Castle. (There’s only like one of those places in the world. Stalkers, you’re welcome. ) Then we went to California Tortilla to eat. I’ve been in love with Mexican Food lately. :drool: We had tons of fun, and I met a cute guy there. But I didn’t get his name or number, so… failure? XD

All in all, it’s been a good and hectic couple of weeks which is more than I can say for this entire summer. :ugh: In the next entry I’ll cover more about the site + babysitting week 3! D: Oh, and my best friend asked me to help her make her own blog/personal site. It will be owned by her and her boyfriend. Oh, and School! Again, more details next entry!

I got so many comments on the last entry! More than I usually get within a couple days. And on such a short and compact entry? xD Thanks a bunch guys! I’ll be returning them all week long. Takes me a while to write up comments and blog entries, don’t ask why. lol And on top of that I’m still uber busy with different things. I added a few new pages to the site: Past Layouts, Wordpress Plugins Used, and Why Donate to Cianopi.

Random Note: Just discovered today that Gaia made saving outfits a reality!! :love:

Lastly, please vote in the Plush Layout contest (whether or not you vote for me xD)!!

I also have a few new contest/challenge/award ideas underway. But that’s all the information I can disclose at the moment. X| Be on the lookout!

Oh yeah, and in the next entry, I’ll be bragging a bit. Mostly about what I mentioned in the last post. But on top of the site’s success, I’ve gotten a few awards, and an affie gift. ♥ All will be mentioned in the next post!