I got these in an email, lifted my mood by 50ºC. The image size is terrible so click to enlarge!

Stressed.

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I’m cursed with a major headache. I'm drowned with lots of projects & there's a test tomorrow & I haven’t studied.
I'm in no mood to study it. GOD. And my temper is flaring so much that I got into a stupid argument with my Mum ‘cause I can't stand her whining & nagging. Now I'm blasting music so I won't hear her bitching outside. And it’s so freaking nice of her to say that if the tumours are cancerous, it's my retribution. FINE.
Let it be cancer than, I shall see how you cry when I die.
I'm feeling stressed.
Fuck, I want to cry. ):

xx Peppercorn Swirls

I hate KIDS

Disclaimer: If you adore kids & simply couldn’t apprehend nor accept that others view them as mini demons from hell, please don’t read on ‘cause its highly possible you'll be offended & potentially burst an artery or somethin’.

I was happily eating my lunch at home the other day when my mum sashayed in & asked me how many kids I plan to have. I almost choked to death. After 5 minutes of coughing & hand signalling my mum to call the ambulance, I turned ‘round & stared at her in horror. "Kids? K-I-D-S? The short form for demons & everything worse?!" As expected from my mum, she rolled her eyes & says I'm over reacting & when I have my own kids (oh the horror), I will have a totes different perspective.
Yeah, like that's gonna happen.
Look, when I see a kid, I’ve this sudden urge to strangle them or just tape their mouth shut. If I had a kid, my motherhood wouldn't last more than 10 mins. Oh wait, maybe it'll last a bit longer. ‘Cause I'm OK with babies or toddlers who can't really talk, you know less than 1 year old types? Yeah, THAT I can handle. At least they only cry when they want food, or they pee or they crap. Anything older, they throw tantrums, they whine, they pms worse than myself.
I remember going shoppin’ with my friend & there's this boy who's whining & stomping his foot & basically being a terror just so his parents’ll give in & buy him toys. I looked at him in disgust & was halfway through imaginin’ the 1000s of ways I'd kick his ass if I was the mum when my friend went, "Nawwww look at how cute that kid is!".
What?! ARE YOU BLIND?! This miserable mucus filled brat is SCREAMIN’ his head off & is doing such a lousy job at pretending to cry that he makes my dog look like an Oscar winner, & you think ITS CUTE?!
"My ears are bleeding & I feel like stabbing that kid & you tell me its cute?"
"Oh come on. Just look at him."
"I AM lookin’ at him. And all I see is a nightmare."
"It’s not that bad. Look at those big eyes.. cute!!"
"All kids have big eyes."
".. what about those chubby cheeks!"
"That's just because he's fat."
She gave me a wtf face & continued gushin’ ‘bout how cute that monster is. Come to think of it, the mum was still being all nice & gentle saying "Boy, good boy. Come stand up. Come good boy, mummy buy you your favorite meat pie ok?" while the monster completely ignored her. What the hell is this?! HIT THE GOD DAMN KID. Buy meat pie some more, my mum would’ve turned me into meat pie if I was like that.
If you want to be a pain in the ass, fine. You want to whine & drool all over, fine. At least make sure you look cute right? Some kids honestly have a face that's... ... just not cute. Then they still whine & throw shoes, throw tantrums, throw food all over. Bloody hell, makes me feel like throwin’ them into the lion's den.
Oh & the funny thing is that, when I let others know of my hatred extreme dislike of kids, they always go "But you were once a kid yourself." Like HELLO? That is a totes irrelevant argument. Just ‘cause you used to be somethin’, doesn't mean you have to like that thing. So if you were once a gangster, are you supposed to love & adore every single gangster in the world? Or if you were once a drug addict, are you supposed to like every single drug addict in the world? NO, RIGHT? Than why, just ‘cause I used to be a kid, I must like every kid in world? Make no sense to me. xx Peppercorn Swirls

P.S Content of this post is written in good fun. I don't really wish death on the monsters innocent wtfican'tdothisDIEYOUDAMMIT kids. I just wish they’d shut up & sit still or just not appear in front of me all together. Peace. :)

P.P.S When I refer to "others" I'm not referrin’ to anyone in specific. It’s just that A LOT of people give me this argument... so yeah.

Hassle me please?

Note to self: Finish art project. From xx Peppercorn Swirls

I'm Back

I’m back. I arrived back ages ago actually. The trip was amazin’. Unlike last time, we got all our luggage back, and almost everything went according to plan..

We were in Greece, the parentals were at a museum while the little sister & I were walking around town. Then the sister began to feel sick. Really sick. I left my phone at the hotel so I couldn’t call anyone, & I didn’t have any painkillers on hand since that was illegal. So I spent the next hour carryin’ my sister around, trying to find some sort of hospital. It was so hard to read the names of buildings & shops, and not many people there spoke English. I felt so small in that unknown environment.
Eventually I found a little kid, probably 5 or 6 years old, and asked her where the hospital was. She looked at me like I was incredibly dumb and stupid.

And that’s it. I still had a bit of fun on that day even though I was left tired and parched. Greece is amazing, & I hope to go back there again soon. xx Peppercorn Swirls

Viva la France

I’ve been the worst blogger of late, but this time I think I’ve got a good excuse! I’ve been in France for 3 weeks, and I’m heading to Greece tomorrow morning. Sorry ‘bout not letting you know, but I thought what’s the use, I only really have 3 readers. I’ll try to get on again soon, that is if I can find another internet café.
Apparently in Greece you’re not allowed to have any medicine, is that true? I need to know, ‘cause we don’t want to break the law! xx Peppercorn Swirls

That’s how it’s supposed to be

Ya’ll probably know this already, but for those who don’t, I only blog twice a month & there’s a good reason for that: I suck at bloggin’. I can never find anything good or interesting to write ‘bout, plus I’m a very lazy person. Right now I’m layin’ on my bed with a laptop on my lap & a packet of potato chips. I’m surprised I’m not obese. Oh hey, I just discovered a block of year-old chocolate on the floor! Nom nom nom. Yeh, that’s the life man.
At the moment, I’m finding it difficult to blog even once a month. I’m so boring & lack in enthusiasm. I don’t consider this a chore, I just find it EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. See, I’m borin’ you right now. I think I’ll leave. Good day. xx Peppercorn Swirls

A little bit of silliness

One day, the Pope is visiting America and driving around Washington in his limo when he gets an idea. "Driver? Can I drive for a while?"
"Sure," says the driver. How can you say no to the Pope?
So the Pope takes the wheel and starts driving like a maniac all around Washington -- dodging in and out of traffic, going eighty, cutting people off.
Soon, a cop pulls him over. But when the Pope rolls down the window, the cop stops dead in his tracks, and goes back to the car.
"We got somebody really important here," he says to his partner.
"Who is it? Is it a senator?"
"No. More important."
"The president?"
"No. More important."
"An ambassador? Who?"
"I don't know. But the Pope is his driver."

xx Peppercorn Swirls

All the things I am

At this exact moment in my life, I am a...

Daughter
Sister
Granddaughter
Cousin
Niece
Friend
Buddy
An Australian
Camper
Student
Lover
An occasional fighter
Someone's future lover
Footy lover
Crush
City-dweller
Country-lover
Chemistry lab partner
Food tech partner
Blog writer
Blog reader
Slave to homework
Lover of True Blood
Part-time worker
Sometime-bitch
Debutante ball partner
Crazy kid
Serious young adult
Gym junkie
Frequent insomniac
Lover of sneakers
Hater of jackets
Peace-maker
Heart-breaker
Skateboarder
Recovering Lost addict
Confident grown-up-in-the-making
Scared, confused little girl

That's me. Who and what are you? xx Peppercorn Swirls

PEPPER

I work part-time at a fast-food service that sells Asian foods and stuff, and I’ve discovered that complaints are only made when I’m the server! Like yesterday, a girl comes up to me and complains about there being too much pepper in the spring rolls, and that we should ask the customer if they want pepper on their food being serving it to them, as some may be allergic. But the clincher is, we don’t even have pepper in the spring roll, nor will we ever! Jeez, humans are so stupid sometimes. xx Peppercorn Swirls

Mindless self-indulgence

Today at school, my homeroom teacher made everyone fill out a list of favourite things for a get-to-know-each-other task. And since you don’t know anythin’ ‘bout me, I’ll just write out my answers to the questions here.

Favourite Activity I’m not sure what you mean by ‘activity’. Maybe reading people’s minds.
Favourite Color I’m colour-blind.
Favourite Subject At School Ew, are you seriously forcing me to think about school AT SCHOOL?
Favourite Food Does ice count as a food?
Favourite Singer/Band KoRn. Good memories. Like when someone asked “What are you watching?” and I replied with “KoRn”, but they thought I said porn.
Favourite Secondary School Teacher I hate them all.
Favourite TV Shows The six o’clock news.
Favourite Movie Made In The Last Three Years Twilight. Team Charlie all the way!
Favourite Animal Gremlin.

Those are the original answers I wrote for each question. I was just too annoyed at the time & couldn’t be bothered to answer properly. So I guess that’s not telling you much about me. xx Peppercorn Swirls

A little (ok, LONG) taggg

Amanda-K wants me to do the 30 day music challenge, but seeing as I only post twice a month, I won’t do it. Actually, I could just write in the name of a song for each of the days... but meh. If I tried doin’ that, I’d somehow end up on Omegle halfway through. So... I’ll tag the most music-lovin’ bloggers I know. Beeee and RaRawr. There, hope you two have fun with that! Oh, & the questions are below.

Day 01 - Your favorite song
Day 02 - Your least favorite song
Day 03 - A song that makes you happy
Day 04 - A song that makes you sad
Day 05 - A song that reminds you of someone
Day 06 - A song that reminds of you of somewhere
Day 07 - A song that reminds you of a certain event
Day 08 - A song that you know all the words to
Day 09 - A song that you can dance to
Day 10 - A song that makes you fall asleep
Day 11 - A song from your favorite band
Day 12 - A song from a band you hate
Day 13 - A song that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14 - A song that no one would expect you to love
Day 15 - A song that describes you
Day 16 - A song that you used to love but now hate
Day 17 - A song that you hear often on the radio
Day 18 - A song that you wish you heard on the radio
Day 19 - A song from your favorite album
Day 20 - A song that you listen to when you’re angry
Day 21 - A song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 22 - A song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 23 - A song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 24 - A song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 25 - A song that makes you laugh
Day 26 - A song that you can play on an instrument
Day 27 - A song that you wish you could play
Day 28 - A song that makes you feel guilty
Day 29 - A song from your childhood
Day 30 - Your favorite song at this time last year
xx Peppercorn Swirls

It’s not MY fault I don’t like her

Today I got a lecture on what a bad sister I was:

Teacher: “Yeah! I swim an hour a day. I’m really fit you know.”
Class: -ahem-
Jay: “I started swimming when I was eleven.”
Random Guy: “What?! I learnt to swim when I was like four.”
Me: “LOL, I could swim when I was five.”
Jay: “Well that’s different..”
Me: “How? Even my sister can swim! And she’s like……”
Class: “FAIL, AWW.”
Me: “Shut up, I’m trying to think how old she is, she’s in.. umm..”
Teacher: “Oh the forgotten sister of yours. Shameful Pepper.”
Anne: “AHAH, LIKE EIGHT?”
Me: “OMG OMG! I KNOW! She’s ten this year.”
xx Peppercorn Swirls

Devil's Child

This story is somethin’ I'm experimenting with. One of my first tries of writing in this style. Do tell me whatcha think.

Old decaying oak trees lined the forest trail, their dangling braches stretched outwards like claws ready to rip apart anyone who dared venture near. A little girl silently walked by. Her ruffled hair got caught in the stray braches as she ducked and went deeper into the woods. If there was anyone around, they would most probably think she’s lost her mother. “Poor child,” they’d coo. But this is the woods. The woods that every mother warned their child never to venture near.
Somewhere, something moved. Its eyes gleamed in the darkness as it followed the girl’s scent. As if on cue, the woods were suddenly enveloped in an eerie silence. There wasn’t a rustle in the trees, and it was as if the birds had suddenly abandoned this forsaken land. The woods, if it were possible, looked even more menacing than before.
The little girl stopped. She tilted her head as if she’s picking up a scent that puzzles her, and her lips curled into a grin.
“Beast.”
A low growl greeted her as a dark winged creature emerged into view. Its wings were coated with large black feather, its body like a panther. It snarled and bared its fangs as the girl beamed and ran towards it like a child would to a pet dog.
“I’m hungry, beast. Did you bring food?”
Beast began coughing and choking, looking like how birds would when feeding their offspring through regurgitation. A noticeable bump began moving slowly up Beast’s throat. The little girl licked her lips in anticipation.
Thump! What seems like a mutilated child’s hand dropped from Beast’s mouth as it offered it to the girl. The hand was coated in saliva and there were bruises all over it. Somewhere a mother must be crying over her lost child, she thought. She picked up her food and devoured it hungrily, occasionally flashing her sharp fangs.
Once she was done, blood was dripping from her chin and she frowned at Beast.
“I’m still hungry, Beast.”
This time Beast just sat there and growled.
She pouted childishly and kicked Beast in its snout. Although Beast was almost three times her size, it didn’t attack and instead, snarled.
“I will hunt tonight.”
The little girl wiped her chin on the back of her hand absentmindedly and made her way towards the village as she hummed a little lullaby.

xx Peppercorn Swirls.

These chickies.

Seeing as an ad for Clueless just came on the TV, I’ve decided that today’s list’ll be a list of my fave chick flicks. So ‘ere they are, in no particular order:

1. The Notebook
2. A Walk To Remember
3. Clueless
4. Never Been Kissed
5. Mean Girls
6. Pretty Woman
7. Bridget Jones’s Diary
8. Sleepless In Seattle
9. Marie Antoniette
10. Breakfast at Tiffany's
11. Beaches
12. Steel Magnolias
13. Ghost
14. The Devil Wears Prada
15. She’s The Man
16. My Best Friend's Wedding
17. Jerry Maguire
18. Meet Joe Black
19. Stepmom
20. Titanic
21. Notting Hill
22. Erin Brockovich
23. Runaway Bride
24. Lost in Translation
25. The Horse Whisperer
So strictly they ain’t all chick flicks, but I like all of these movies. Numbers 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20 and 25 are all tearjerkers, so have a box of Kleenex handy while viewin’! xx Peppercorn Swirls

Happiness is overrated

This is an overdue award from a few weeks ago, given by the Trinity of Just My Other Blog. Now I’m gonna do what I’ve been doin’ a lot lately – accept an award by writing a list! Yew. 10 things that make me happy. :)

+ Friends and family
+ Internet :D :D
+ Glee marathons
+ Weekends + sleeping in
+ Finding national Brokencyde fans
+ Anime. Any anime or manga is good
+ Sunny days free of clouds
+ Food, especially
+ Receiving emails, comments, etc.
+ Hanging with the family for a day & havin’ a picnic!

That was quick. Should I do what Trinna did? I think I should. Yep. Paste this onto YOUR blog! Yes, YOU! Anyone can. Or even comment with your list! xx Peppercorn Swirls

ps. I've missed placed the award (picture). Oops.

Screw This – I Can’t Think of a Title!

Hello and welcome to the new & improved blog from Pepper! Over my two-week blogging hiatus, I realised I needed a change. No, I’m not talkin’ about clothes here; I mean I think I’ll change my blogging style.
Has anyone else noticed that lately all I’ve been writing are lists & tags? Well, that’s the thing. I’ve decided to make this blog all about lists (with your occasional random musings). Don’t expect it to be daily - I’m far too lazy to pull that off. It’s gonna be a bit less impersonal and you may actually find out somethings about me (shock, horror).
Thankyou for weatherin’ out the storm. The gods will reward you finely. xx Peppercorn Swirls

Hear it. Play it. Watch it. See it.

Four random things I think everybody should love.

1) Selena Gomez’s debut. (Actually, it’s Selena Gomez AND THE SCENE but come one – what kind of a band name is that?!) The songs on it are electro-pop, mainly. My favourites are Naturally and Crush, which isn’t that original of me, I know. But those songs rock.
2) Rebubbled. Go play it; it’s addictively evil. Basically, there are bubbles floating about the screen which you must pop using a random chain thing, or else they’ll kill you. (Which they do a lot.)
3) Glee. Now, when I say this, keep in mind that I’m as mainstream as the “popular” kids, FTB, and all that. But this show is pure genius. Addictive, really.
4) Paranormal Activity. It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve seen in ages. Go watch it for a major laugh – it’s no where near scary! All you see in the movie are two people lying in bed, the only scary part being where they get out :O. xx Peppercorn Swirls

Look! More! I feel loved :D

I was given this award from the lovely Una. Thank you so much!
This award’s condition is to choose five other bloggers to pass it on to. So let’s begin...

1) Trinity of http://trixx94.blogspot.com
2) B of http://trippingoverstars.blogspot.com
3) Nina of http://ninalovesessays.blogspot.com
4) Laney of http://quenchantofthecurious.blogspot.com
5) Lauranne of http://defragment.wordpress.com

That was so easy. I love all those blogs! But guess what? There’s more.



This one is also from Una, and it has the same rules.

1) BB of http://brittbei.blogspot.com
2) Blaize of http://randomrawr.blogspot.com
3) Red of http://lollipopprincess-lollipopprincess.blogspot.com
4) Felicia of http://felix-jumpinginpuddles.blogspot.com
5) Liss of http://daydreamlily.blogspot.com

You had better check out these blogs pronto. xx Peppercorn Swirls

Now this next one is a tag given to me by Random Rawr. The rules are to write 10 weird and random little known facts or habits about yourself. Then you must choose 5 people tag, listing their names and the reason why you chose them. You must leave them a comment that says “you are tagged” and tell them to read your latest blog

1. I can make very epic balloon animals.
2. I love stickers :) They’re fun.
3. I don’t know the gender of my mice.
4. I take after my sister a lot.
5. I like listening to rave music at a really high volume.
6. I love singing Jakewolf’s music.
7. I get distracted quite easily. Like really OMG IS THAT A SQUIRREL?!
8. I’m epic random around friends.
9. I don’t like it when people use millions of emotes :P :P :P :P :P
10. I’m addicted to Youtube!

That’s all for now. xx Peppercorn Swirls

Things to do before I die

1. Fall in love
2. Parachute out of an aircraft
3. Come first in state (Swimming)
4. Ride in a helicopter
5. Go cliff jumping (Like they do in New Moon)
6. Meet a celebrity
7. See KoRn in concert
8. Travel all over Europe
9. Swing across a stream on a rope
10. Go deep-sea fishing
11. Ride a camel along a beach
12. Live overseas for a while
13. Win an important award or competition
14. Learn to ballroom dance
15. Go stargazing
16. Ride a jet ski
17. Go skinny-dipping at midnight
18. Send a message in a bottle
19. Drive across Australia coast-to-coast
20. Drive a convertible with the top down
21. Get into a physical fight with someone
22. Visit every continent in the world
23. Sleep on a beach under the stars
24. Teach someone to read
25. Fail a subject purposely
26. Buy my own motorbike
27. Break my collarbone (Accidentally)
28. Enter a pageant of some sort
29. Be a very successful architect
30. Run a marathon
31. Create my own family (Through marriage and having kids. Not on Sims)
32. Die happily at an old age

It’s very dodgy, but meh: These are the things I’d like to do before I die. xx Peppercorn Swirls