Hunger Games Tickets & Giveaway Winners!

HUNGER GAMES TICKETS WENT ON SALE TODAY!!!
HOLLA!!! && as this blog posts I will be out the door to go pick up mine!

[EDIT]  It's actually really windy so that adventure will be tomorrow.

Did any of you enter the "50 Days Till Hunger Games" contests?

I did! One was an original haiku contest and I loved my entry too much not to share...

Finn of District 4-
Classification: hottie,
More 'neath the surface.

via

*le sigh* I love Finnick!

.......   *   .......

via

1st up: "KAT LIKES STUFF" GIVEAWAY

In January, I had this giveaway but at the end of the month when I

tried to log into Rafflecopter my login information was 'incorrect'

 and I have been locked out ever since.... so I had to figure out

a new way to find a winner. This is what I came up with...

also: "I HEART YA" VALENTINE'S GIVEAWAY

It was so much fun to participate in this blog hop! It was my first actually!

I went ahead and did a more common route in selecting this winner:

My inbox kept kerSPLODING! It was awesome.

oh hey Random.org

...Okay...

Enough waiting!

Congratulations Shane R!

Please email me at katofdiamondsblogs@gmail.com with your shipping address!

&& SURPRISE!

I got such sweet comments about my giveaway posts && also some great book suggestions so..

I have decided to give any of the entrants who contact me
 at the email above (& you have one week/Feb 29th to email me)

with your shipping address will get a Lorax mustache sent to them!

*Reading mind* *Natasha (hotmail email)*

*ashley* *Kali S* *elin* *LisaILJ*

 *Persephone* *Jasmine Rose*

*Unknown/catherine* *Miss Page-Turner*

*Lolawid* *Madison Louise*

*kathy* *Tressa* *Neriah* *izlight*

*Clarissa (Bookadicea)* *Daydreaming_Star*

*Lexie@BookBug* *Emily @ Falling For YA*

*Mary @SweepingMe* *Dominique*

*The Lovely Getaway* *Jayde* *Doodle*

*ame1184* *Helen* *FireStarBooks*

*Hushed Paradox* *ikkinlala* *usagi*

*Ashley Applebee* *Victorique*

*Stacy* *Sharmaine Chan* *Aik*

*SweetMarie83* *ObsessedReader*

*books first love* *iLuvReadingTooMuch*

*Linda Kish* *brookea_2006*

*Melissa Haggerty*

Katisms on New Girl, Love & Venn Diagrams!

Last night I posted a one-take vlog that I kind of adore.

Please watch & enjoy!

The Premiere of Tube Trials Season 2!

Some of you may know that I am a vlogger on YouTube...And in a past video post I posted my audition video for Tube Trials. Tube Trials is a video competition created by eClickNick. And I happen to be in the cast!!! Today was day 1/challenge 1! Have a look if you'd like!

***

"Selling Yourself "
Episode 1

Where have all the pen-pals gone?

Bow ties have become cool...again!

Shopping vintage has taken over our wardrobes...

So where have all the pen-pals gone?

Admittedly the only time I was ever a good pen-pal

was with my first LDBFF Mariely on mySpace but I want to try again!

I want to bring back snail mail, if not only in my mail slot!

Now I realise that this is the internet.

I don't want EVERYONE & their creeper pedo family member

having my address and I am too cheap for a P.O.Box just yet...

So I want to devise a questionnaire for my eFriends to fill out and email me...

Then after a few emails, we can swap snail mail addresses if we are both up to it!

Of course, some of you I have known longer than others

so you may not feel like we need to email for as long but still

"Safety. Safety first, then teamwork."

Without furthur ado & pictures via tumblr...

The "Be My Pen-Pal" Questionnaire

1. Who are you?

2. How Which website did we meet on?

3. How do you feel about my crazy cat lady tendancies?

4. What will we fangirl over in our letters? (Even if you are male.)

5. Any other pertinent information to our pen-pal-dom!

Please answer the questions and email them to me!

My public/blog email is

katofdiamondsblogs@gmail.com

OR

 If you believe we can skip the lots of emails

Feel free to answer the questions in the comments and

leave an email addy that you are okay with giving the internet.

I just though the email option was more private and anon.

Tumblr is a jem.

A "sorry it has been so long but I am still cheating on blogger here" Post

 

[reblog it]

 

[reblog it]

[reblog it]

 

 

 

[reblog it]  

 

 

 

[reblog it]

 

 

 

[reblog it]

 

 

 

[reblog it]

 

*le sigh* I love tumblr.

Plus it just isn't as much work as blogger is.

Another new blog will be up tomorrow!

I decided to "over achieve" this weekend!

xoxo

now that is the way to sell shoes...

[aka Must Have Monday & MGG Appreciation Post]

Before MGG tweeted that he'd be in this video,

I had no idea that ALDO Shoes even existed.

After swooning watching the advert a few times,

I went to their website.

Well done, ALDO. Well done.

 & find shoes I did!

Here are two in particular that I'd like to showcase!

THE ROUSELL

 (link)

THE LATASHA

 (link)

Some gals like a Little Black Dress...as do I.

But I also love me a Little Black Shoe, too!

Pottermore and the #BETAclub

So ya'll must know of my Harry Potter fangirl-ness...
If you didn't well....

I am so excited!!
Please leave your Pottermore name in my comments!

Internet Things

When TheAwkwardnauts played 'Never Have I Ever' on our YouTube channel

Lee said he'd never been to more than 10 US states...

(he's English...)

and since airports count, I lost a finger...

Annnyways...

I was reminded of this when I read Elysie's most recent blog...

An interactive map that keeps track of your travel stops!

&& I just had to play!

visited 13 states (26%) Create your own visited map.

 ....

It was fun.

I just have serious wanderlust 24/7 these days...

Okey.

I am done trolling the internet during these late hours...

Nite nite.

thank you tumblr

...for giving me the best thing the internet has given me this week!

amazing.

ps.

This is Spring Break for half my city,

therefore lots of kids want to swim at our pool.

aka. I am working a LOT and am SO TIRED after.

I'll be back strong on the internet soon!

I hope!

;o)

Chipotle burritos this year: 9

Boba smoothies this year: 10

Halloween Costume WIN

I was surfing Facebook.

as one does...

And stalking crushes from middle school.

as one does...

And found this Halloween costume pic:

TOTAL WIN!

"Do as you are trained... 

AND KILL THE MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER!"

that is all.

Chipotle burritos this year: 6

Boba smoothies this year: 6

So Long & Farwell 2010

{woah! another blog without picspam!}

SO
I filled out this survey last year.

&& I thought, yeah,
IMMA DO IT AGAIN!

[1]

What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?

I joined a YouTube collab channel, TheAwkwardnauts!

[2]

Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

Ha, no. It seems I never do!

-I want to be better at vlogging/blogging

-to lose a stone and a half

-learn to crochet

[3]

Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yep, I've known her since childhood

and now she has a child!

[4]

Did anyone close to you die?
No.

[5]

What countries did you visit?

Zero. *pout*

[6]

What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?

Same answer- to fall in love.

[7]

What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

My adventure to see Kacey.

The midnight movie adventures.

The Denver Center [Addikts] adventures.

The two adventures to Cheyenne to see friends!

[8]

What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Yep. Not having sex once. Again.

[9]

What was your biggest failure?

Not graduating in Spring. Or Summer.

[10]

Did you suffer illness or injury?

It was pretty healthy actually.

[11]

What was the best thing you bought?

Yarn! Lots of it.

[12]

Whose behavior merited celebration?

Kacey!

She has been so brave to follow her career to a place

where she knew no one and has survived.

[13]

Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Um mostly certain celebrities.
Ha!

[14]

Where did most of your money go?
Paying bills...

[15]

What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Going to Garden City.

[16]

What song will always remind you of 2010?

"Don't Stop Believin'"

[17]

Compared to this time last year, are you...

more prepared to face a new year.

[18]

What do you wish you’d done more of?

Working out (as usual!)
Dating... =/

[19]

What do you wish you’d done less of?

Sitting on my bum!

[20]

How did you spend Christmas?
With family.

[21]

Did you fall in love in 2010?

I crushed, sometimes hard, but no love.

[22]

What was your favorite TV program?

Well this year I discovered Doctor Who!

[23]

Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
bahaha Beiber. lol.

[24]

What was the best book you read?
I think my favorite has to be Mockingjay.

[25]

What was your greatest musical discovery?

Academy, the musical!

[26]

What did you want and get?
A safe and solid place to live and regroup.

[27]

What did you want and not get?

Love, from a significant other.

[28]

What was your favorite film of this year?

Gah! Easy A -tied with- Deathly Hallows
followed closely by:
Tangled. Tron. Eclipse.

[29]

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I turned 24 and I celebrated with BFF Mi Abbia.

[30]

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Traveling out of country.

[31]

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?

I got into shopping vintage a little.

[32]

What kept you sane?

Friendships. New & old.

[33]

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Rob. duh.
[since 2005 baby!]

[34]

What political issue stirred you the most?

DADT.

[35]

Who did you miss?

Joshua.

Other far-away friends.

[36]

Who was the best new person you met?

I met some srsly awesome new peps onine!

But picking one I pick Jayde!

She's like my sista from another mum,

and country!

[37]

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010:

Your family is in fact there for you.

[38]

What are you looking forward to in 2011?
Doing better personally than I did in 2010.
I want to travel, even if it is just a roadtrip.

&& I want to leave Colorado to do it!

[39]

Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

To my friends-

"My Life Would Suck Without You."

And that is it!
*Chipotle Counter [47]*

six "senses" sunday [2]

I have been a slacker blogger so a 'week in review' is in order.
But in a slacker way!

This week I...

Tasted: 

two Chipotle burritos..

Smelled:

my first peppermint hot chocolate of the season..

Saw:

TRON: Legacy at midnight..
=]

Listened:

 to Taylor Swift's "Enchanted" over and over..

Sang:

 karaoke at my work holiday party..
#facepalm

Felt:

lonely after seeing Love & Other Drugs..

{blog idea credit}

*Chipotle Counter [45]*

I moved!

Simple as that.

Kinda.

But if you wondered why I have been missing from the blog-o-sphere for two weeks, well, that's why.

I moved.

I JUST set up wireless and can catch up on 2 weeks of friends posts...

Plus I have a TON to catch up on with the "30 Day Challenge"

I also will probably vlog about my new place on my YouTube channel.

& speaking of YouTube...

I will attempt SSS.

[Sixty Second September]

Basically posting 1 60sec vlog everyday of September...

But for now I gotta go.

Still so much to do and we are leaving for dinner soon.

xoxo

I missed you all!

*Chipotle Counter [35]*

A To-Do Post...

...I figured if I wrote a To-Do blog I'd have more of a reason to GET IT DONE!

To-Do

 

Edit the following videos:
 Cheynne Adventure
In The Heights Street Partay!
InThe Heights Meet & Greet


In The Heights Opening Night
Motivate Me Monday: Dual Wall Art/Necklace Storage Tutorial
Write & POST:

(at least one more box)Unpack!!

 

Call parents
to confirm my graduation entourage!
(oh yeah, that is in 7days >.<)


Decide where to eat
lunch with my grad-entourage...

*whew* That's a pretty decent size list!
Wish me luck!

I'm off to finish getting ready to go to a picnic
& then down to Denver for the Meet&Greet!

what are you doing this weekend?

*[Chipotle Counter 24]*