February 7, 2010 (2 days ago)
Filed under: Mexico, class, pics by Juliette Maxwell

You know your laptop is old when…

 

You have to press a key twice to write

Anyways, as predicted, the bad weather ended on Friday. Oh yeah, after a most terrible rain on Thursday, Friday was full of clear skies and sunshine see?

That little white thing-y is the moon at 9 am on Friday

Now this is what I call a nice Mexican Winter. Cold in the morning, hot during the day and cold at night again. Of course loads of sunshine (enough to make me grunt and whine but I love it!).

You know what I seriously dislike?

I really don’t like it when the professor says that they’re going to send info for the homework and send it late. I mean, if they want the homework done on time (in this case Friday night), then they should send the info before that and not late (like Saturday night). At least it was easy and fast to do, but still, it really irks me to end ¬¬.

My sister arrived really mad on Thursday, my mum told me that it was because her phone had broken down and being the “nice” sister that I am went to ask her about it (you know, see if I can help or at least Google the help) and she yelled at me. I just backed the hell off and let her be. The next day, my mum gave me her cell and after trying a lot of stuff, I had to format it to get it to work (it’s a Windows Mobile phone, I haven’t had that problem with mine). She wasn’t grateful but at least she wasn’t yelling anymore. Meh, I’ll never understand her moods.

 

Maximus is so cute :3

And I have proof! Here:

Here he is spying on the neighbors, in case they are doing dodgy things

Here is sulking about me taking pictures of him (he doesn’t like pictures and he was moving a lot)

 

This is his “I just woke up” face

Getting ready to be chased around the backyard So cute :3

Oh yeah, I’m totally one of THOSE dog people.

Tomorrow is Monday and I don’t have class until 4pm, be jealous! XD

Kisses,

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February 4, 2010 (5 days ago)
Filed under: Mexico, family, life, pics by Juliette Maxwell

It’s been raining a lot this week, which is horrible because last week we had really awesome weather. The cold is because of the Cold Front 28 (of the 40 expected) and the rain is the result of a humidity wave coming from the Pacific Ocean. This means that as we are in the center of the country, we are pretty much screwed with this weather at least until this weekend (or so said yesterday’s paper (I haven’t gone out so I don’t have today’s)).

Anyways, apart from the rain I’ve been having quite uneventful days…

I got new stockings (I bought them on December but they arrived on Tuesday because of the shipping). I think they look really awesome! I ordered a polka dot pair last night, I hope they arrive soon. The wait is worth not paying shipping so I’m not really complaining. I also hope that the rain and cold stop soon so that I can wear them a lot!

Yeah, my right leg is kind of crooked. That’s why I always appear pigeon toed in pictures. 

I’ve been playing around with Adobe Lightroom too. It has a lot of presets to change the colours of your pictures and it’s crop tool is a dream to work with. Alekz is more instructed on how to use it but I love the presets, they really make a difference in photographs.

The other day I had a very weird conversation with my mum:

Me: When I get an apartment, I’m going to get a dog.

Mum: No, you are not going to be one of those people who get a dog and never have kids. I want my grandchildren.

Me: o_O Shouldn’t you be having this conversation with my sister (she’s 28, I’m 21).

Mum: She already said that she wasn’t going to have kids, so you’re my only hope!

Me: o_O (WTF?)

This sparked a very interesting conversation with the Mecatronics yesterday. I asked them how they think they will be as dads to girls. Our conclusion was that they would be overprotective and super jealous dads. They even took a bet and we agreed to meet in 20 years and see how we’re doing with our teenaged kids.

It’s raining again… Seriously, how do you people with rainy weather all year long do it? I mean, I can’t. I hate getting wet and I hate not being able to properly style my hair and not having sun! How do you cope with no sun? I miss the sun .

Kisses,

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January 31, 2010 (2 weeks ago)
Filed under: ramble by Juliette Maxwell

I have a new Flat Iron!!!

It’s a GA.MA Professional CP1. Yes, it’s awesome and does wonders to my hair.

Boo, I just washed my hair but expect to see many more pics of me with straight hair from now on!

Here are pretty pictures of my new iron:

 

My sister first got a Ga.Ma flat iron like 2 years ago. Hers still works like a dream but it fell hard on marble floor and broke. It still works but it’s uncomfortable to use. Ga.Ma is a very good brand, and I’ve found that these flat irons do wonders for my unruly curls.

My other flat iron, was a disaster. The ceramic was falling off and it took ages to get heated. This one is awesome, gets heated in no time and I don’t have to worry about adjusting the temperature every few minutes.

I also bought special shampoo from Garnier for hair that gets heated a lot. I’ll be checking how it works during the next couple of weeks.

Now, I have to read some very boring stuff and finish tidying up my room. See ya!

Kisses,

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January 22, 2010 (3 weeks ago)
Filed under: outfit by Juliette Maxwell

Today I’m going to get some tacos with some friends. This is what I’m wearing:

 

• Skinny jeans from Pull and Bear
• Lego t-shirt from Stradivarius
• Gray jacket from Stradivarius
• Checkered flats from Salamandra
• Glasses by Converse
• Curly disarray

I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love these jeans. They are just perfect! A bit long, but I like how they pool at my ankles. Gray is my new black, I’m starting to buy all my clothes in gray instead of black. I’m seriously in love with the colour!

I was going through my sister’s room (don’t ask) and I saw this scarf on the floor at the back of her closet. I don’t think tat she has ever worn it, so I thought that I should give it some love and wear it today. It has no label but I’m pretty sure she got it at Pull and Bear or in San Diego.

Oh yeah, those last pictures are crooked, I suck at setting up my tripod. In my defense I balance my itsy-bitsy tripod on a table on top of my couch XD.

Kisses,

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January 19, 2010 (3 weeks ago)
Filed under: class, friends, life by Juliette Maxwell

Ok now, THIS is my second to last back to school for my college years. Damn, have they been good!

My schedule this semester is almost perfect. I say almost because I have to wake up early on Tuesdays –_-. That is a killer, plus the traffic and ugh. The good thing is that I don’t really have to do scholarship service n_n. Alekz and I have all our classes together, we ended up with the same schedule because there weren’t enough classes to choose from.

One of the classes I’m taking this semester is called New Media Aesthetics. It is about design, color, composition and all that stuff but oriented to web. I can say that this is THE class I’ve been looking for. It looks like it’s going to be tough because the teacher seems tough but I think it’ll be worth it to stick it out.

This past weekend I spent 50 hours with little to no electricity. If you follow my Twitter you might already know that I was desperate!! Seriously, no internet, no TV, no phone, no nothing. I couldn’t even clean because I couldn’t use my vacuum cleaner! (Yes, I’ve become a total neat freak, sue me).

I learned to make candles from leftover candle wax, I roamed the supermarket for like 2 hours (and I was supposed to only get candles), I went to see home appliances and look for the perfect flat iron (mine is about to die T_T). I also read my very boring homework.

On Saturday, I went to Arely’s. You see, Arely is going to be studying abroad in Spain this semester. She’s now reading this from somewhere near Madrid. Of course we had to say goodbye to her with a BANG! And her family organized a party for her. I saw some of the Maddox Girls too. We laughed, we danced and they drank XD. I’m going to miss Arely a lot, but I know that she’ll have the time of her life. Did I mentioned that I wore red-orange lipstick?

Julie, Arely, Rosma

My lips stood out in every picture. At first I wasn’t comfortable but then I stopped caring.

So, yeah, not many things other than… OMG Prince Charming said that I was LINDA!!!! (Linda means a lot of things like cute, sweet, caring, gentle, etc).

Well, I’m off to dinner. See ya!

Kisses,

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January 10, 2010 (5 weeks ago)
Filed under: friends by Juliette Maxwell

I haven’t been writing that much.

I feel that I’m not very good at it and it frustrates me to no end. When I was in High School, I used to get As on all of English papers, because I used to write so well. I still am a better writer in English than in Spanish, but I think that I’ve forgotten basic rules. *Sigh* I miss those days…

Anyways, this week was my last winter break week. I got to do so many things! It was awesome!

On Wednesday, I woke up early and then went to school to pick up my parking lot pass. I was scheduled to get it at 1 pm but I arrived at 12:15 and 20 minutes later, I already had my pass. While waiting, I got to talk to Fede. Fede is one of my classmates who I hadn’t talked to in ages. He’s really handsome and charming so it’s always nice to talk to him. On my way back, I got an SMS from Prince Charming (PC). I didn’t know what it said until I got home. At first I was excited because he was wishing me a Happy New Year and then the excitement fell when he asked me about classes that he could take and if I could help him with his schedule ¬¬. We messaged back and forth until he had his schedule figured out completely.

At 3pm I registered my classes. I talked to Alekz and then convinced him to meet me in Plaza Satélite in the afternoon. The reason I was going to Plaza Satélite that afternoon was that I was going to meet Aurea in person for the very first time. Aurea is one of my blogger girls, she’s Mexican but she lives in Sweden and she was here for Winter break.

I got to our meeting place at 4pm (I’m a time freak, as well as a clean freak) and waited for a bit and she arrived along with her mum and her BF. We talked a lot, about everything. She’s as cool in person as she is in her blog. Then we went to get sushi and her mum and BF caught up with us and Alekz too. It was all very nice, just talking and laughing. Her mum is really cool too, she’s very much like my mum. I really had a god time! The one bad thing: We both had out cameras but we forgot to take pictures!!!

Yesterday, we had our traditional Winter Gathering. The boys, Mido, L and Ami came over to my place to eat and had our gag gift exchange. The food was awesome! My mum makes the best meals and I was having fun until my mum pulled me into the kitchen and told me that we were ignoring L and Ami. I was like “What?” but left it at that and carried on with our food. We had various dishes (all full of meat, fat and spice), the cake and the snacks (brought by Isaac). Isaac asked if he could shower at my place, no one had ever asked me to take a shower… My mum was like o_O Sure. It was too funny.

My gag gift was a baby sweater in pink that read “eBay” (because I buy a lot of stuff from eBay). I gave Shana Pol girly writing supplies (because he’s manly and a writer), Mario gave Pakito a mirror (because he’s afraid of mirrors), Pakito gave Alekz a pin up of a sexy Super girl, Alekz gave Ami an apron and other stuff but I didn’t get the joke. Ami gave Isaac cropped undershirts (because he likes to show off his physique), Isaac gave L glowing glasses (to see Ami in a new way), L gave Javi something and Javi was going to give Mido his gift but he didn’t go.

Then we made our ay to Pockets Billiards to have some beer and play. This time I managed to, how to say it, I managed to get some balls into the holes in the pool table (I know no pool lingo). It was such a thrill! Shana Pol came with Shanna Pol (an old high School classmate of mine) and we talked for a bit. She’s as nice as I remembered her. Largo came too, I’ve missed him so much! But I only got to see him for a little bit because my Dad came to pick me up quite fast.

Here’s a picture:

L, Ami, Mido, Julie, Alekz, Shana Pol, Isaac and Pakito.

Kisses,

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