Canoe Polo!

Canoe Polo makes me happy. I Love that its a sport that I'm getting to be reasonably decent at, well can kinda keep up with the HC guys and even get them back a couple of times. I Love that its so simple to play, and so complicated. I Love that theres so much more to learn so much more to master, and that hopefully over this summer heaps of time to do it all! I Love that today I learned to roll, (well sort of, 1/3 hand rolls on the right hand side. . . Still a lot of room for improvement!).
I Love that the people that play it are all such nice friendly people happy to join in and have a game, no one really minds if you stuff up or accidentally hit them with a paddle.
I Love that nobody knows what it is so you get to explain it to them, and every time people are like whoa! That sounds like fun!, or you do that in kayaks? you must be skilled! Its brilliant!
I LOVE CANOE POLO!

That is all. :)

If your keen to give it a go facebook me and we can work something out! xD

13 Geocaching Lessons/tips

1) 300m as the bird flies can actually be a very long way. . . As obstacles pop up. Such as, hill sides, rocks, ravenes, houses, forest, streams, rivers, sheep.
2) Magpies can be found guarding remote caches.
3) Remote caches always have the best stuff in them.
4) Micro-caches are very good fun!!!
5) Grassy hillsides often conceal rabbit holes, and other much larger holes.
6) Following stock tracks well may seem a good idea can actually be a lot more effort in the long run because. . . Stock don't necessarily want to go towards caches, sheep can climb ridiculously steep slopes with ease, and don't care about prickle bushes at all.
7) It is amazing running in the rain with low clouds. The sense of being the only person in the world is amazing.
8) Climbing fences is fun. However it often attracts the wrong sort of attention for a cacher.
9) Jumping down ledges can be quicker but leaves you feeling jarred and sore!
10) What looks like a row of rocks on you satellite map can actually be a cliff.
11) Having your GPS' battery run out 50m away from a cache when you have no idea what the description or the hint are is very frustrating!!!
12) Sometimes the cache just isn't there anymore. . .
13) Caching is awesome!!!!

School, Calculus and Un-birthdays!

Well it's been a busy week, and i can safely say that for a whole too days my plans worked incredibly well. Of course I'm keeping to them but the rules I set in place have begun to get bent. Like turning my computer of during the day. The reason stop me wasting my afternoon on the net. I didn't turn it off, the reason I had school work on it.
I did let my school work catch up on me by not studying for a calculus test and not doing a presentation until 11.30 the night before it was due (and finishing it off in computer that morning).

Although now to the weekend! It was Bob's Birthday on Friday, and Siobhan's is right now (well started 40ish Min's ago). They're both good friend so what they decided to do was have a un birthday party on the one day between there too birthdays! It was great fun, apart from the hours i spent wondering round town on my lonesome because I left home early to go birthday present shopping. Which as it happened to mean me buying myself a few Cd's. xD

Anyhow that un birthday was wicked fun. We had a picnic went to a good b grade movie drunk lots of suger filled beverages and tonnes of artificially coloured lollies!!! Everything that makes a good party! and there was great sausage rolls to top it all off! THERE WAS EVEN TOMATO SAUCE, BECAUSE JACOB REMEMBERED IT BECAUSE HE'S AWESOME LIKE THAT! (The intensity was for Jacob, he told everyone about the tomato sauce a number of times and with more than enough emphasis and repetition to warrant CAPITALS!)

Anyway all the birthday stuff and the b grade movie got me thinking, apart from the usual gift givers panic i suffered! I'm sure everyone knows what I mean. The whole will they like this? Do they still like that brand? or band? It got me thinking about birthdays, and my birthday which is in two weeks yesterday! I was looking at my friends with a sort of quiet envy of I hope my birthdays this awesome. . . With so many people. But its all just a small thing in the long run.

Oh and if anyone see's my parents tell the the Metal Gear Solid XBOX360 Pack is a great birthday present ;)

New Sam; GOALS

Well, I have been thinking, mowing lawns is very therapeutic. . . I've decided I am lazy. I know I am, it's by choice too. I can quite easily sit down on the computer and waste away hours, i did it almost all of yesterday. This happens especially when I've planed my day. For example yesterday i decided I'd get up, wash my dad's car, was my car, and maybe mow the lawns then go to the movies with friends using the lawn money, go home do maths homework and economics's.

What actually happened is as follows; Woke up, looked at the time, went back to sleep, got up an hour later, go on computer for 1 and 1/2 hours, go to have a shower, no hot water, go back to room, go on computer, decide to risk cold shower, become very awake, go back to computer, go downstairs, watch tv, computer, then ask for a ride, raid my money box til empty to just get enough money to pay for the movies, wait for mum to take me the bus stop (I have a car but I can't actually drive it legally by myself yet. . . ) get to the movies late, hung out at the mall with almost no money for 30mins, bused home, watched television.

On reflection that was a huge waste of a day, i achieved nothing! From now on this changes I will set myself goals. With this blog as my witness i will stick to them! I will update the blog regularly to keep me accountable, say at least once a week.

So today I thought as I mowed the lawns (on a ride on) between the mindless honing and mowing figure of 8's; of a few goals I need.

1. Get Fit; Seems simple but every good goal needs ways to complete it. I'm not horribly unfit, but i would like to be fit for health reasons, be able to keep up with my gf (she's quite athletic) And as a sub-goal as I've probably left it far to late due to my problem to get into the OPC team. To do this I will go to the trainings on Tuesday mornings, drink more water, restart doing the 100 push ups challenge, go to the weights room and go for runs (perhaps get up early to do it?).
   
2. Study and do Homework; As being a lazy teenager I don't do a lot, and one of those things I don't do is my homework. I've done maths homework maybe 3 times this year other subjects only when it's been important or when teachers have being nagging. I want to get it done so now on I will do it! And whats more, I will study. I have 80 more credits this year, that with effort I could get excellences, to get the excellence endorsement. I want to get it this year. I don't understand algebra so I must get out my text book and study it. I think maybe I should turn my computer off before school and not turn it on until after I've done homework and study, and if it requires a computer do that last.
3. Read More; I like reading, but when I'm between books I don't. Not because i don't want to just I've got nothing to read so I don't. I don't actively seek new books to read either I need to start doing this. To fix this I shall go to the library, the school one, and get one for the city library's (my old one ran out).
4. Get my drivers license!; I'm 17 in 3 weeks, I could have my full by now, I've had my learners for over a year. I need to get the next step up at least! This one I want to complete by the end of the month. So what shall I do? Get the Fiat serviced. Practise driving everywhere I can. Book my Restricted test for before the 31st.or make excuses. So No more. Now on I will practise. As often as possible
5. Get good at drums; I've been learning the drums for 2 and 1/2 years? and yet I'm not very good! Obviously I need to practise more and I always mean to but I always getdestructedat least 3 times a week excluding youth group 'jam' on Thursdays.
   

Also to help me with these goals directly and indirectly I need to start to go to sleep on time! So I think turn my computer by 10pm at the latest preferably 9.30.

So these are my goals as of now. I'm sure I had more so I may post some more later if the occur to me.

So now, I'm going to go do maths homework. Good luck me!

CAMP!!!

I leaving to easter today! For a couple of days of Coke-cola Jesus!

Fun times with friends and lookin for a new keyboard that the vowels still work on!!

Il have pictures an stuff up here or on Bebo/facebook after camp. Their'l be lots on the nqa page as well. :)

So long. *waves*

People Try To Put Us Down

Talking 'bout my Generation just because we ge-ge-get around.

THE WHO WAS EPIC!!! ALL YOU FOOLS WHO DIDNT GO ARE MEGA FOOLS,

and like Mr. T I pitty the fools!

It was an awsome concert. We got great seats to watch Hello Sailor then halfway through the Counting Crowes we had to move to our proper seats (My Dad read the tickets wrong) they 'new' seats were further back and on a worser angle to the stage but they were still great seats! :)

I really liked Hello Sailor, for those who dont know them they sing the Outrageous Fortune themesong. Their lead singer came out completely smashed though it was quite funny. I thought the Counting Crowes were average, i neither liked nor disliked them. Then the WHO! They were amazing! They had real spotlights old school each one with a man controlling it. (Not just one either they had 6 above the stage and 4 on a tower). They were awsome! They sung lots of there awsome songs like, Pinball Wizard, Generation, You better You Bet, Who are you, Can't Explain, Wont be Fooled again, Behind Blue Eyes, and See Me Feel Me. I was a bit sad that they didnt play Substitute, but im not overly annoyed cause it was such a good concert. Although they could upgrade there amps! Four Fender amps and One Vox would've been better!

Zak Starky was an awsome drummer! His Dad would be proud. (Possibly Jealous, that his son's a better musician (playing his instrument)than him?) He was very awsome! Hit those skins hard, i'd hate to be them!

Heaps of stoners at the show, one guy even offered my dad Marijuana! And this guy was HUGE! Marijuana must not only be a skinny person problem but a problem for buses as well!!! Every few minutes we'd get covered in another wave of the stuff it was revolting.

I got a wicked the Who Tshirt aswell its black with grey band members and lots of Union Jacks and The Who written every were in red and blue. Its sweet as! ;) Anyhow i should probly be asleep now seeing as its school tomorrow! Nuhnights! Hope you're all having sweet dreams as i type this! :)

Hanmer, And Sound day!

Look at me going through a river!
Up the Skree Slope

We made it to the top of the Skree

Me going up the Skree (again)

Did anyone say mud?

Yes Mud and LOTS of it TOO

More MUD!

Well Its been along time! All those photo's are from my time in hanmer i was there for a week with my family and my Dad, brother and I went quad biking!!! It was mightily epic. But apart from that we didnt do much else worth mentioning there. Just getting lost while mountain biking and going to the hot pools!

Sound Day on the other hand was pretty sweet. I must'v looked pretty awsome being one of 2 guys with four girls! :P Oh yeah! ;) Well Kristin invited me and i was supposed to invite guys and i did just none could make it except Andrew who was intived by Julia. So the people there were Kristin, Jo, Julia, Roseanna, Andrew and Myself! Pictures i have no doubt will be on kristins Bebo with in the next few days. :P It was fun although we didnt really listen to the bands that much which were Fat Freddys Drop and we left during the last band Cut Off Your Hands. We kinda left Andrew after he left us with out saying where he was going and we spent ages trying to find him! So we went and got BURGERKING FOR TEA! Jo gave me her Crown so now i have it still on my Lamp in my bedroom where i keep my hats! :P Well thats about it i guess! ttfn

Christmas.

Well Christmas has come and gone. . . I got Rockband that i share with my brother and i got a longboard skateboard thingy, a sweet dickies shirt, chocolate, a nirvana dvd, an Airforce record, a backpack, more candy in a Hi-5 bag (from my Nana) and $100 from Grandparents. So pretty sweet.

No xbox360 though. . . So im going to start a savings account, and thats gonna be my first purchase. Also iv started gardening for my Mummy. (quite a good rate of pay + tax free! :P) So il be quite well off soon maybe if i actually do more gardening!

I have little cousins staying over at my house at the moment. Little Sam (Samantha) and Harry (Harrison). And they're so cute! Lil' Sam is 4 and Harrisons 2, its funny though Sam keeps telling me that i need to tidy my room! She's quite adorable. Me and her went on a surfari yesterday. I had no idea you could drive from africa though a Mcdonalds to china to visit both Garaffes and Panda's in 5minutes! Harrison is an upcoming drummer. He actually hits patterns on the drums! when he has a go. Sam just hits everything she can reach! :P

At the moment they're sleeping. Remarkably early! Except Harrisons crying. . . keep the frying pans away from me at the moment!... Mmm peace and quiet. . . lol now that those cousin murdering thoughts have past, i might and eat my dinner! :)

btw if you wanna go see my cousins www.harrisam.blogspot.com

Christmas Woes!

Well Christmas is really soon!
So of course that mean presents! YAH!
But it also means i have to buy presents!

Working out what to get peoples always a little bit tricky! I really struggle. But when something appears in my mind i go straight for it. For the one friend i buy gifts for its normally quite easy. The next tricky step for me the finding of money to get the presents. Im traditional not a very good saver and spend money as soon as i get it. . . and having to have $100 for presents makes things difficult! Im not complaining. Its just a challange i must overcome for next year!

I know this is odd cause i see how people i know freak out over presents going "im not sure if they'll like it", I never have that feeling. Im always confident that my gifts will be liked. If not for what they are. Simply cause they're from me! Cause im awsome. Like a room made of marshmellows and gummi bears!

So. . . After raiding my money box and taking every coin out that is not a 10c piece i have slightly more money. The 10c pieces im keeping cause one day im going to go into a shop and buy something huge with only 10c coins!!! It will be epic! Well that is the dream of a silly 16yr old boy. :P

The end lingers. . .

One more day of proper school for this year! then off on Holidays! during which im going to become an amazing drummer! :P

This picture is from Friday, Let me introduce the V-Dairy Challange. Nick and I dicided that we would take a piture of the dairy everytime new graffeti appeared on it. This is Day one of the Challange. Nick is in the picture to prove that it really is Graffeti Free. Every Sunday if theres new Graffetti im gonna take a picture and keep a track of it here, and my bebo. Just thought it'd be interesting!

Well yes back to the important stuff! On friday was Fiesta, it was fun. . . Meh. I guess. It was hard though. People being people and different around other people.

"Playing Ping-Pong Over Oceans, Messing with Emotions. Messing with My Head."

We went to the park cause the actual Fiesta got a bit tedious. The park was fun. Looked at clouds. . . Left people to there lonesome. It was fun. Talked with others discussed somethings. Then we left and walked around the park to sneak in and see what those people were up to. . . All commando like! :P

It wasnt entirely horrible. . . Made me feel a bit meh. Cause some people were acting ways that confused me and made me stressed. But Jo gave me a girls perspective on it which made me feel a little better.

Then i walked back with Young Nick to his house to watch Pulp Sport! and then we let off some of Matts homemade skyrockets! They made huge bangs! and he kinda explained how to make them so iv got to try it :P

Then on Saturday i meet Jonny, and Bob in town Andrew was supposed to come but we have no idea what was going on there cause he never showed up! So we hung out with out him i got Nick his Birthday present. Cheap Trick Greatest hits, and i bought Elemeno P - Love and Disrespect and GoodNight Nurse - Keep Me On Your Side! We hung out walking around town, We went to Pennylane the best cd store in CHCH. Its cool, like Real Greedy just everythings $5 cheaper!

Then at 4.30ish they went home and i ran to laserstrike! For Nicks Party! And OMG Laserstrike is completly different! so cool though. And i used my upgrades to buy better sheilds and stuff. So i was a bit better. . . I got a decent score i thought. The Guy that won got most trigger happy and but he cheated he'd cover up the laser so you couldnt shot him! It was quite exciting! :)

Then i went to GoodNight Nurse with Siobhan and Kristin it was fun! we played pool and moshed! Except one girl infront off us stunk the whole room out . . . She smelt worse than a tent full of un-showered boys at eastercamp! I got GGN to sign my CD which was neat! :) It was a good weekend. Even if i couldnt sleep and i was up to like 2am! :P