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Name: joanne
Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 4/7/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: newfriends, bargainshopping, music, skatesurf&swim, adventures, holdinghands, hearttohearts, coffeespots, laughing, stars.
Expertise: snorting when laughing, getting lost, baking cakes, making messes, eating ice cream, not quite fitting in.
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  bamitsjoanne
MSN: munchkinbabez@yahoo.com
Member Since:
2/3/2003
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my uber, where i put up photoblogs, my portfolio, etc
flickr. oodles of photos for your viewing pleasure.
and where i can be found, sometimes, blogspot.
<3jo
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things left to do in 32 days:
otara market --june2_
try pavlova_
rangitoto island_
one tree hill_
mt eden_
go to a wine tasting/brewery (lion brewery?)_
climb harbor bridge? ($65)_
victoria park market_
have tim-tams_
visit devonport again_
party at boogiewonderland!_
khuja lounge w/ hana_
joel + california (jo+hana)!!_
beanbag theater w/ emily jackson + shrek3_
catch up with helen & sou muy_
hangout with railway girls: emily+sarah_
sequenceofevents:
2|8-16. travel to south island
2|14. hike fox glacier
3|3. kayak w/AUCC
3|5. party with fall out boy - pony lounge
3|10-11. sailing in the bay of islands
3|17. NZsurf@piha
4|12. bungy jump in taupo
4|12. caving in waitomo - tumutumu toobing
4|13. go ZORBING (+swoop+agrojet) - rotorua
5|5. stage manage triple8funk's concert
5|10. see TOPOL in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
5|13. canyoning - piha canyons, waitakere ranges
5|24. nik coppin - NZ comedy festival
5|26. whitewater rafting - kaituna river, rotorua
6|2. all-blacks rugby game
6|12. illicit.
6|19. attempt#2 - skydive in taupo
6|26. australia!
7|3. F L Y H O M E .
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california lovin.
roadtrip destinations: [comewithme]- vegas
- norcal
_chris chu (8july-4august)
_pahee
_kristine
_rogel
_nicole velasco
_albert gone to boston!
-cyrus
- washington
_parents in vancouver
_druke [drew+luke] in seattle - san diego
_beaches
_gaslamp district - santa barbara
- santa cruz (CK kayaks)
THiNGSi'VEMiSSED:
target_
irvinespectrum_
oldtownpasadena_
mexicanfood_
in'n'out_
cheesecakefactory_
bananabay_
tagalog nights_
late night ralphs runs w/the roomies_
myskateboard_
southcoastplaza_
bagels+creamcheese_
cpk_
my comforter... and my bed_
sunshine+beachdays+bonfires_
my friends + family_
tasksuponarrival
paint my room - asap.
move outta storage -- july5
--and into 124 venet0!
scrapbook my journey
d/date w/diem
find ginger beer
calbeachsushi
hang out with everbody on my "peoplei'mdyingtocatchupwith" list
spop point5
be 21.
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| in honor of being homesick (although auckland has somewhat become "home" in the past 3 months and for the 2 months still to come), i'm in the mood for some list-making.
things i miss about california:
-root beer
-beach bonfires
-having a car!
-mexican food (oh, mexican food...)
-target!
-cell phone services... having minutes to use and not 100% texting
-having a big kitchen... with an oven and fullsize fridge!
-s'mores
-california sunshine
-skateboarding
-ralphs (especially with lex) and places that are open late
-stores being open past 6pm & being able to catch movies late any night
-starburst... the actual fruit chews
-fast internet, like actually being able to upload photos and watch youtube.
-free access to the arc
-uci bboy/bgirl club, ASuci, and SPOP staff
-everything being cheap!
-downtown disney, irvine spectrum, disneyland and six flags
-slurpees from 7-11
-being close to my family
-YOU.
things i will miss about NZ:
-$.50 soft serve at BK and mcd's
-the kiwi accent!
-kebab shops at every block... and people not knowing what "blocks" are
-the 18+ drinking age
-living in the city... walking distance to everything
-no cover charge at clubs
-random starburst gummies.. don't even know why they're called starburst...
-unpredictable rainy weather
-foodtown and liquorland... just the names. haha
-living on the 19th floor with a mean view
-wedges and fries at translate, the bar downstairs
-having a bar right downstairs
-magnum bars, trumpet ice cream, and tiptop ice creameries
-L&P
-the random drinks they have here
-premixed rum+coke, jim beam+coke, vodka+guarana
-kate edger student commons & the food court/caf on campus
-being able to jaywalk anywhere the hell you want
-weird/random commercials
-living with diem and having a couch with hana's name on it
-iSpace & claire murray
-CUDZ & triple8funk
-cheek kisses as greetings
-021 and 027 business
-late drunken nights at mcd's
-being the different one
-being abroad.
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| that's right, boys and girls... TRIPLE 8 FUNK IS COMPETING IN HIPHOP INTERNATIONAL!
last
night was the NZ hiphop championships finals... the top 3 teams of each
division (juniors, varsity, and adult) get to represent new zealand at
hiphop international in LA in july... and my amazing T8FUNK family made
it in the top 3 along with TMC and DZIAH!
man... i'm so stoked. so if you want to come to watch hiphop int'l with me at the end of july, let me know :)
i'll be reppin' both NZ and cali HARD OUT.. <3
in other news, i just got back from a 5 day post-bday roadtrip around the rest of the north island south of auckland.
after 12 hours of birthday payback, i finally managed to recover from the long night and woke up at 6am monday morning to pack and catch my 8am nakedbus down to wellington.
it was a 13 hour ride. that's all i have to say about it.
wellington
was AWESOME. if i get the chance, i totally want to spend more time
down there to just explore and soak up the city, instead of just one
night and half a day. (but we had enough time to get to the meanest cafe ever - midnight espresso. food that really hits the spot, man!
we then made our way up to napier, in hawke's bay -- wine country!
the
scenery is absolutely gorgeous out there. after checking out of the
hostel, we spent some time on the beach just muckin around and then hit
the road... wandering the city and enjoying the art-deco architecture
in napier city centre and then stopping by the arataki honey factory, a wicked-as lookout point up above hawke's bay, and the silky oak chocolate company!
we actually got so distracted driving around that we didn't get around
to actually doing a wine tasting like we were supposed to. haha
after
spending the night in taupo, we wake up to cloudy weather, but decide
to go along with our original plans regardless. so you know what i did?
i bungee jumped over lake taupo... in the rain.
it was SO COOL, and i'm really glad i chose to do it in taupo instead
of some obscure cityscape where the scenery isnt as epic and it's just
makeshift because they'll make money from the sheer convenience. OH
MAN. it was crazy.
straight afterwards we drove off to waitomo to make our 2:30 reservations for tumutumutoobing in the waitomo caves. IF YOU EVER DO ANYTHING COOL IN YOUR LIFE, GO CAVING.
i have to say it was the wickedest experience i've ever had...
climbing through an underground cave, swimming in certain areas,
sloshing through water and seeing "glowworms", wettas, and eels.
after
caving, we were all so famished that we decided to order a large
16-slice pizza from the place at our hostel. AND wedges, because we had
to wait an hour for the pizza. and with the pizza came an illegitimate
additional order of wedges. accidental? an act of kindness? we didn't
care... we just took it. afterwards, we proceeded to get into our
abundant stash of snacks... feijoas, kiwifruit, muesli and oreo bars,
timtams... we are fat.
so now the five of us, stephen the international, lonely planet (emily), hona bear, seven, and myself - mr. chin's takeaway, you may now have the pleasure of knowing as the KINGDOM OF GLUTTONY.
alright. so for our last leg of the trip, we made our way over to rotorua, home of the ZORB.
i
got this awesome deal beforehand through beyondtravel... this agency
that books all these activities with student discounts and cool
packages in town...it was called the TRIPLE BYPASS. i know, intense,
right?
it included a ZORB (see above)... its like a giant hamster
ball, but instead of being strapped in i got the wet zorb, which means
you sit inside the bubble in a pool of water and you slide around
inside while the ball is rolled down a zig-zag path downhill. IT IS SO
WICKEDAWESOME. then after lunch with erin (a pizza hut a pizza hut...
kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut!) i headed back to agrodome to
finish up. i did the SWOOP (that thing where you're strapped into a
body bag and pulled back on a bungee cord and when it releases it
swings you down to earth.. they have it at six flags) and AGROJET
(think: retired jetboat racer... same skill and speed, but heaps safer).
so that was my intense week.
i
must say, i had an AWESOME 21st to remember (i'm surprised i remember
it...) and it wouldn't have happened without all the support and love
from everybody back home and here in NZ.
i like the quote from my bungy shirt:
why live life on the edge, when you can just jump off?
HEAPS of love,
jo *xo.
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| and what am i doing?
well, partying out on the town tonight... most bars close at midnight in observance of easter sunday but there are a select few that have their liquor licenses to stay open through the holidays and I WILL BE THERE pwaha :)
i was gonna jump off the sky tower today. (attached to a bungee, you see...)
but instead, i'm gonna save all my fun for next week - the first of our 2 week vacation - gallavanting around north island... chillin in wellington, bungee jumping over lake taupo, caving in waitomo, zorb/swoop/agrojet-ing in rotorua. being old is WICKED-as!
THANKS to everyone who has been wishing me happy birthday... it's awesome knowing that i'm being thought of especially since i'm on the complete other side of the world. it's also pretty amazing cuz i can celebrate from midnight HERE until midnight of april 8 back HOME. that's a full 43 hours! hahahhaa =]
you guys ROCK... i have the greatest friends ever!
21 and invincible
Can't wait to screw this up
We're 21 and invincible
I'm in power for the hour
I guess today's gonna blow us away
hugs, kisses, and love
caliJO.
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