I'M NOT DEAD! PROMISE!

EEP!

       So my last blog post was back in June! #oops.

Well, I am here to tell you now, I'm NOT dead!

&& I'll be back to normal blogging this week.

My summer was so busy, yo!

Between the new job at 40hrs and the summer holiday of AWESOME,

this blog just fell to the back burner.

But don't worry,

I'll try to catch ya'll up!

How has your summer been?!

☮, ♡ &  

  

via

2 Makeovers && OMG 200 Posts {GIVEAWAY CLOSED}

It is a new year, so of course, my blog needed a makeover!

Before~

Now! {obviously}

I LIKE IT!

...
I HAD A MAKEOVER TOO!

My hairs look like this now~

It's love!

...

This also happens to be my 200th post!!!

!!!

3 excellent reasons to celebrate??

I THINK SO!

So I am having a "Kat likes stuff" giveaway!

Except that I forgot to collect things and take pictures.

I suck at blogging. Oops.

So....

Here is a video of 90% of what is going in the prize pack:

SO why should you care?

Do you even WANT free stuff?

Dude. You should. It's free.

&& I will ship ANYWHERE!

YEP! World.Wide.

[Daleks need not apply.]

Why I said 90%:

I thought that it would be fun to let you pick out the last thing!

&& also that is the first entry into this giveaway!
-Would you like me to knit or crochet something?

-Would you like some other craft from me?

-(Americans)Would you like a DVD of one of my favorite movies?

-(Elsewhere)Would you like an English copy of one of my favorite books?

-Would you like something else (~$10USD) that we share a common interest in?

[[EDIT]] 
Update: 14 Jan 2012
It was brought to my attention that the Tweet message
isn't showing up on Rafflecopter, so here it is:
Hey internet friends! @katofdiamonds is having a giveaway.
Even though I want to win, you should check it out -
http://dft.ba/-katlikesstuff
Sorry about that! xoxo

Honeybee's Ukulele Giveaway!!

I'm dying!*

I want to win this giveaway so bad!

 {{photo credit: Little Chief Honeybee}}

GAH! WANT! WANT! WANT!

I have been harboring a not-so-secret desire to learn the uke.

But I have been on a self-spending-ban with the exception of gifts and postage!

Which is why I have been dragging my heels 

 and

why this give away from Little Chief Honeybee is perfection!

I am a new follower of LCH but I am supper happy I found her!

For one, she's ADORABLE!

  {{photo credit: Little Chief Honeybee}} 

Her style is stellar!

  {{photo credit: Little Chief Honeybee}}

 SHE CAN MIX CREATE A GREAT DRINK!

 {{photo credit: Little Chief Honeybee}}  

&& she features awesome places & things like:

  {{photo credit: Gawker}}           {{photo credit: Jen Loves Kev}} 

Okay, creepy fangirl love letter aside...

I still wanna win the giveaway!

So go break my heart and enter...

;o)

*Metaphorically of course!

Director/Producer

Tonight

(with the help and energy of an amazing friend) 

I took the first step in my dream to do

THIS

The Director/Producer is the lead creative artist on set. He or she will communicate with the talent what is exactly needed to convey a particular scene. Often times the Director/Producer will be heavily involved in the casting, script editing, scene selection, and shot composition.

 

So happy. So inspired.

So full of Brain Crack and Word Vomit.

So nervous that I will wake up tomorrow and be too busy to remember this feeling.

My First Guest Post Ever!

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

Today I have cheated on blogger,

with blogger!

Elyse asked on Twitter if any of her Whovian ladies wanted to guest post...

I WAS ON IT LIKE A DALEK ON EXTERMINATION!

Want to read it?!

CLICK THIS SHIZ!

 

If you want to read more DW posts go subscribe (but really do it)

go check out the other posts on Elyse's blog!

Elyse kick started with awesome ~ Let the Doctor Who Fangirling Begin!

Jess followed brilliantly ~ Nerds Like Stuff
& Abbi brought it hard yesterday ~ The ABCs of Doctor Who



ps.

New. Actual. Legit. BlogPostofAwesome. Friday!

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

Challenging Myself in 2011

If you read my tumblr or tweets yesterday,
you know I had a pretty shit day.
But that is past.
I want to look forward.
So. 

In 2011,

I want to...

 (source)

Be more body positive.

I know saying that I want to lose weight seems

like a hypocritical statement after the one above

but mostly I want to do it right.

 

(source)

Share more.

I want to be more faithful to my blog and YouTube.

It might seem ridiculous, but I collect and collect

pictures and footage and then they just sit on

my computer taking of space and are never

actually shared or published. Lame.

(source)

Be creative. 

This might sound like a silly one but I want to spend

more of my time being creative. I do spend a lot of time

online and watching TV but I like to  *make* things,

I just tend to forget or get too lazy to actually *do.*

Read more.

You may have noticed the above^ picture in my sidebar -->

Basically,I have challenged myself to read 50 books

and I'll track my progress here on my blog!

(source)

Be happier.

I want to remember to recognize the simple

and smaller beautiful parts of life.

Really appreciate them.

*then there is the silly*

On my blog in 2010,

the Chipotle Count will return

and it will be joined by...

Boba Smoothies.

 

In December, I discovered Boba.

And basically went

Om nom nom nom!

Comment Q:
Do you have any goals for 2011?

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!
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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!

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Prop 8, Overturned & Still Discussed. Duh.

I was very excited to see that Prop 8 in California was overturned by the courts this week.

Very happy. Anyone who saw my Twitter feed knows!

And of course with any hot topic the pendulum swings both ways.

A lot of people in this country [unfortunately] were not pleased with this news.

I am not writing this to be argumentative.

Just to share some thoughts and opinions...

And while I rarely keep myself up-to-date with MBP these days...

I was inspired to "reply" to Calvin's Proposition 8 post.

*PLEASE NOTE*

Some of Calvin's post is directed toward the Mormon theology,

but I am only going to stick with the generals.

 I am not Mormon.

I am not versed in the LDS denomination.

I am not planning on 'versing' myself in the foreseeable future.

Please don't ask me to.

A'ight. Let's do this... 

y

100 is getting closer...

Did you know I am nearing 100 blog posts?!

Dude.

So I want to...

-no-

I WANT TO DO A GIVEAWAY!!!

But I don't know what I want to give...

So, since it will be to someone else,

I figured I should ask the possible someone else's...

What should I giveaway?

here is a handy poll:

..

que typo?

Twilight/NewMoon/Eclipse of some sort

Handcrafted/Jewelry of some sort

Other (leave idea in my comments)

View results

Free survey

...

[feel free to leave suggestions in the comments!]

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Letters To Crushes

So this blog post is entirely Shannon's fault.

& I hate love her for it!

On her blog she posted about some adorable website...

Turns out this site is simply beautiful.

http://letterstocrushes.com/

..:Here are a few of my favorites:..

These made me LOL irl and *tear* irl!

The first letter that got me officially hooked:

[about this crush]

The one written in code: 
Girl,When you first entered my life, you completely mixed up my emotionsto the point where everything felt backwards.I saw miserable before I met you though...thank you so much for turning my life in the opposite direction;I really needed that. I love you and your beautiful mind.I am happy now.Boy

[this crush]

The one that is short, simple but sweet: 
[this crush]

The one that was adorably curious: 
[this crush]

The one that was irresistibly nerdy & cute:
[this crush]

The one that is a little spicy & a lot spunky:
[this crush]

The one that I feel that I could have written:
[this crush]

The one that I feel that I should have written:
[this crush]

That last one sure is killer!

This won't be the last of these 'Letters'
A 2nd one will probably pop up next time I need a lil romantic pick-me-up...

Share some of your favs in my comments!
{please & ta!}

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