This year I have been a lot more grouchy, snappy, mood-changey and... well, I've been a very grumpy pumpkin this year. And I am not proud of that in the slightest. I miss being known as a nice person. I miss BEING a nice person...

So I decided to see what else has changed to find any correllations. I now have a wobble-waist. A muffin top. Thunder-thighs. Under-skin-insulation. I've gained a lot of weight.

SO, in conclusion, I have decided to exercise on the theory that exercise will provide endorphins, make me feel better about my dimensions, make me healthier and I will fit ALL of my ass into my old pants. I tried downloading zumba, that silly dance thing from the infomercials... no. No, I try to do what they do and they're too fast @_@ so... good ol' fashioned crunches, sit-ups, lunges and that weird thing involving lifing legs and twisting.

Also, I must remember to stretch afterwards.

Owie... legs...

Also, it be talk like a pirate day today. Yarr!

 Only three days left at self-service checkout... then I'm done at New World *sad face* All my regular customers are sad that I am going.... which is very sweet. A lot of the staff will miss me, too. They're such a nice bunch!! (esp. Phillip, hehe)

Quote of the day:
     Little Boy: Bye bye grumpy lady!
His dad told him to say that. They weren't serious.

I will miss GNW... "Gee to the New World, babeh."

KAT -- '''aje I pue d!ll!yd afnc moy 6u!hes sdaak auohjaAa

 Some questions at checkout that I just couldn't answer today...


"Do you guys have any Kangaroo Jerkey? I mean, I know you have beef jerkey an' all..."
What? Did you get off at the wrong port or something? Follow your McDonalds map. You're in New Zealand.

"Do you know the current rate of exchange of American money to New Zeeland money?"
You're not Gods. You're Americans; and no we don't care about your money that much, Sir.

"Do you know if we can take nuts back onto the cruise ship with us?"
Yes. Sure. This entire island was built to serve and entertain the cruise ships. You are our lives. We are well versed in all of the cruise ship regulations. You know what? OUT. 


Four more days of checkout!

 I just baked a batch of gingerbread men, chocolate chip muffins, a chocolate cake and chocolate chip cookies. 

Om nom cookie dough...


HOLYSHITSUGARSUGARSUGAR!!!

Also, very funny comedian on the topic of Creationists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHqOG8p0Lkc&e

 I love standing around with Katie admiring tall, skinny guys. Good times at the checkout!

 New Years: I had two beers and woke up in East Taieri
Actually, went to a BBQ at Jo's place, stayed the night with some of our mates and caught a ride with her to work the next day. I have been working lots! Much fun!

Neo and Mjolnir: Friends! Visiting! From everywhere!
Lauren and Mike came up/down from Invercargil/Oamaru and stayed at my place for a few nights. At the same time as my Aunt, Uncle and three cousins were staying over. Eleven people sleeping in our house one night. Two in the tent, three in the guest room, my parents, my sister in her room, lauren in my room and mike and I in the lounge. Damn, I hardly got *any* sleep :P

I's so sleepy...

 Our supermarket had a 9am start. Too bad the three of us were rostered to be on checkout from 8am. Oh well, an hour of sitting in the staff room watching bleary-eyed customers scratch their heads never hurt anyone. I also got to play bouncer and let some staff in ^_^ I had fun!

Work was very quiet today. Very few customers. So I drew a huge smiley on a piece of card and entertained the other checkout girls. Hehehe. And a GIANT smiley face. Oh, working on the weekend can be fun. Although, the tallest grocery worker is still not saying two words together to me *sigh*

So, what did I achieve today? I made EVERYONE on checkout burst out laughing. WIN.

 Another day off... and yeah, I made an appearance at work.


I took my little sister to see Twilight. It wasn't half bad, to be honest. Like the reviews said, all the actors took the movie very seriously and preformed well. I had fun watching it, everything was very pretty and they did bring in the depth and complication of the movie, and got through their own folklore on vampires without turning into a documentary. It was nice.

Also, in the trailer for The Spirit, Samuel L. Jackson says, "I'm the octopus! I have ten of everything!" Biology fail.

And I now have chimchar and munchlax phone danglies. I still love pokemon ^.^


My little sister is not a cheap date. We bought lunch at the supermarket. (Yep, my supermarket.) And she got some very expensive salads. Hehe, it was fun, though :) and between Greg's gossip the last time we were in the store and looking for tall people, she saw Phillip.

Quote: ...(whisper) he's TALL.

 Ah, a day off at last after 13 days straight working!

Where did I go? Back to where I work. Can't keep away from that place for 24 hours, can I? Had to return a muffin tray that was too wide for my mini oven. I am determined to bake muffins next year, even doing them 6 at a time ^_^ Returned a DVD without the DVD in the case, and tried to get a tan.

I was out in my togs, slathered in sunscreen and trying to pick a song to listen to when a bumblebee landed on my knee. Didn't want to move in case it stung me. So I just sat there staring at it, and telling it to go away. Three others landed on my legs. I was an utter hive of inactivity. They were actually really fuzzy and kinda tickled ^_^

Only a little burned!

The entire Star Trek episode of "Trouble with Tribbles" ... IN LOLCAT!

Observe! We has Tribbles and also Troubles

Work Shift: 8am - 1:30pm




A User-Guide to Common Customer Cock-Ups (Self checkout edition)


1.     Where's my money?!
"Notes are dispensed below the scanner," weren't you listening? Look down! MOVE YOUR CROTCH OUT OF THE WAY SO I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE THE MONEY IS DISPENSED. Thank you.

2.     Why won't it scan?!
"Please place item in bagging area," stop waving your tinned tuna in my face and stick it in the damn bagging area! I don't care if you want your paper under your arm, it sits on the scales. PUT IT DOWN. SHUT UP. KEEP SCANNING. HAVE A NICE DAY SIR.

3.     I don't know how to do this! You do it!
No. You.

4.     How do I pay for it?
Let's see. How about pressing 'finish and pay'? Or put the money straight in. Notes go in a slot on the right. No, not below the slot. No, not above the scanning area. Don't put two in at once! No, don't fold it! CHANGE IS DISPENSED BELOW THE SCANNER.

5.     How do I do... bread?
"Press 'Look up item' or Key in the item's code!" That button. No! Don't press it! ...You just hit onions. Wait there, I'll just void that... now, B for bread, and--no, not seven fill-a-bags, just one fill-a-... wait there, I'll just void that... now, DON'T TOUCH IT. SIT IN THE CORNER.

6.     How do I do... fruit?
'Look up item', and these are the fav... no, those oranges had a barcode. *sigh* wait there. I'll just void that.

7.     It's not working!!!
THEN TELL YOUR SPAWN TO STOP PLAYING ON THE WEIGHING PLATFORM, LADY.

Work shift: 9am - 8pm

I was going to work from 4pm, but I woke up to my phone going nuts and somebody texting me about working earlier. Being good-natured, I rolled out of bed and said 'sure' before I had fully woken up. Half and hour and toast-dipped-in-coffee later, I was off jogging to work.

11 hours, mostly on checkout. Three breaks. Very, very tired now. There were many special deals, so many customers were there. At the end of the day when the boys rounded up the last customers, it was like lifting a stone and trying to count the slaters.

"What time does New World close?"
"Eight."
"And... what time is it now?"
"Eight."

Oh, and all new gossip is out! The 'guys' in grocery were saying that someone dared me to go out on a date with [see previous journals].
I really hate being the last person to know about my own love life.

In any case, I know nothing of this date. Oh dear.

"

Work shift: 8am - 5pm

If there's a freakin' huge que for the self-service checkouts, DON'T WASTE TIME by getting your TWO YEAR OLD to take FOREVER to scan and bag your items. It PISSES US OFF.

I woke up this morning and stumbled blindly from bed to shower to coffee. When I opened the door to the kitchen, however, I found a little present from one of my cats. A bunny! Was it cute? I had no idea! It's head was missing! Yep, headless bunny. I lol'ed. Good times!

In other news, I have fingerprints! :D we have a new clock-in system at work where you scan your finger to sign in. It kept telling me I had no finger prints (to which the boss jokingly said she'd have to let me go and let me pursue a life of crime) but it's reading me now ^_^ *happy*


Also got verily tipsy at Jo's flat-leaving drinks. We played Circle of Death and I've Never, in which I ended up having to drink a lot to my experiences in Canterbury... hehe. It was good fun ^_^

Work shift: 3pm - 7pm

I got up relatively early, did chores and went sunbathing with Toby (my cat).
Fake tan lotion also good! Yay, chemicals!

Work was insanely busy. At the self-service checkouts I had to do all the regular fun things:
- Put out new bags
- Fix the damn machines
- Check ID for alcohol
- Point out where the cash goes in/out
- Fix the damn machines
- Help a customer find where 'Ciabatta' is listed
- Fix the damn machines AND I'M ON MY WAY, SHUT UP
- Clear a jammed printer

anyway, all that and having to fold/stuff and distribute pamphlets of local propaganda. Yay! I didn't stop moving about frantically for two hours straight! Gah!

Work shift: 3pm - 7pm

Highlight: One of the shelves in the wine fridge by the self-service checkouts gave and wine bottles smashed all over the place. White wine, too. White wine that went all over the floor of the self-service checkout area and started evaporating. It doesn't help to be a cheap drunk when there's wine in the air; I had a very happy smile on my face for a while.

And then the construction workers outside started doing a chemical spray of the new concrete. That stank! And it got me dizzy. Drunk and high, that's what checkout does! WeeeE!

Oh, and I am the self-service checkout supervisor, I supervise alcohol transactions... but I'm not supervisory enough to sign receipts for staff purchases. Huh? Well, I've been told off. And I do such a good job at the self-service area, too. I'm learning how the machines think. And, as a party trick, I can talk in stereo with the machines as my friends do eftpos transactions.

Please swipe card on the pin-pad to complete transaction.
Please select card type.
Enter your pin.
Processing Now.
Thank you for shopping New World!

Is Win.

( I was at the beach yesterday. Best day *ever* ... )



Photos

Now.... about those exams on monday <_< >_> ...

print: Hello World!

Last week of lectures next week, and then it's all go for study and exams! I've actually been doing pretty badly this term. Bad grades, no motivation, lots of moping etc. Thankfully all the guys wanting to go out with me have gotten bored and wandered off. I can get some study done, now. W00t.

FLAT: I have my flat sorted out for next year. I'm flatting with three very fine people; Alistair, Fiona and Tim in one of the sweet new Ilam flats, with a nice view of a bus stop on Waimari Rd. Most of my mates from Rochester and Rutherford are going flatting in the Ilam Village flats as well, so we'll still have the epic parties. I just need to buy an oven. I require oven to bake epix foodz like 'c4k3z' and 'g1ng3rbr34d m3n'. Lol.

JOB: To all those cool cats in Dunners... guess who's got a full time job in New World. I KNOW. I am actually pretty stoaked, although I will have to say goodbye to the blue smock. I'll be given a green uniform outfit to wear and walk to work in. Oh, I look forward to catching up on all the 'gos' with the old folks. I will have to stop making obscure physics jokes, though... *sigh*

MOVIES: Just watched Cloverfield. It is awesome.

FUN: Playing with liquid nitrogen, playing pokemon leaf green on my laptop between classes, BassHunter's new album, watching whatever TV series I can imagine, accidentally letting 'Pokemon master' play at full volume on my laptop, many innuendo puns, being taught the basics of judo by alex, RnR formal dinner.

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