I now have two blogs to type up.

...Unfortunately I only have time for one. I really need to start keeping a journal again.

However, I was nominated for a blog award thing? The Liebster Blog Award? I'll try it, but I have no blogs to nominate so this might suck.

Award Rules:

Post 11 things about yourself

Answer all the questions your nominator sets for you

Come up with 11 questions for the people you’ve nominated

Choose 11 blogs that you feel deserve the award (200 followers or less)

Go to their page and tell them

My 11 Things:

1. I regret hacking my hair off on my birthday.

2. After a semi-near death experience, I'm now slightly scared of the ocean. Mainly the waves.

3. Christmas stresses me out. 

4. I'm super excited to start school come January

5. I'm fairly confident that I could be diagnosed with extreme paranoia. I feel like everyone hates me all the time.

6. I want cake right now. White, delicious, wedding cake.

7. The thing I miss the most about the mainland is roadtrips. I love driving to new places.

8. Well, that's technically the second thing I miss the most. I miss my dog the most. 

9. The only musical genre I will not listen to willingly is bluegrass. I haaaaate bluegrass music.

10. I should be cleaning, but I'm being lazy.

11. I don't sleep very peacefully unless I'm sleeping alone in the middle of the day. Seems strange, but I think that's when I'm the least afraid of missing anything and my subconscious isn't focusing on where my husband is so I don't kick him or anything.

The Questions I must answer!:

1. What is your favorite animated film?
     -  I think the world knows that Disney's "Up" takes the cake on this one. A tie for second would be Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame"  and "The Phantom Tollbooth", which apparently no one has seen the latter except me.

2. Do you believe in ghosts?

     -  Way more than is healthy I'm sure. Anything supernatural is amazing to me.

3. Who is your favorite author?

     - You know, I don't think I could pick one. Mainly because I never notice who writes the books I read. My apologies to all authors. 

4. What is your greatest accomplishment?

     -  Hmm, this is tough. Honestly, I'd have to say making it as far as I have without having to ask my parents for much assistance. I've never had to move back, and I never ask for money. Most people my age can't say that. I know I owe all of that to my husband, but not many (young) married couples can say they that either.

5. Do you have a fear of heights?

    - I do, if its over land. For some reason, I cannot zip-line, but I can parasail. I cannot climb trees, but I can cliff dive into the ocean. I'm weird.

6. If you could do any job in the world what would it be?

   - Radio personality with my own show. I aspire to sort of be like Dr. Demento but I certainly don't know enough funny songs to base a whole radio show on that matter. I would love to have a radio show that people feel the need to turn off the TV to listen to.

7. What was your favorite subject in school?

     - Band. If that's not acceptable, then any history class I could take. I love history, and history is important.

8. If you could donate 1 million dollars to any cause what would it be and why?

     - Probably the Humane Society or ASPCA. I have a soft spot for animals. I would adopt all of them if I could.

9. What is your favorite snack?

     - Oh man. I don't think I could choose one. Uhhh I always seem to have potato chips in the house, which is horrible but it's true.

10. Does reality television irritate you?

      - Not even. It's a guilty pleasure. 

11. If you could have any animal as a pet what would it be?

     - I'd just have my dog back if I could! As far as exotic goes, I want a teacup pig really badly. 

I really don't have enough for nominees...so I guess this kind of dies with me? Which is unfortunate but there isn't much I can do about that.

Pretty intense past week or so.

   Well it's official. I'm old. I turned 22 on the 26th. I say all my good birthdays are gone, but leave it up to my husband to cheer me up with "That's not true, when you turn 25 your car insurance goes down!" Thanks dear, that makes me feel even more elderly!
  I am convinced Hawaii has a vendetta against my birthday. My first birthday here, I spent the majority of the day alone. Which is okay, because Ryan works and I was relatively new here. That evening, my debit card was stolen so I spent October 27th 2011 puking while on the phone with the bank trying to sort things out.
  This year on my 22nd birthday, I spent most of the day alone again (which I like said, its completely fine) but I did have a few surprises. A friend of mine showed up dressed like a cat with flowers and balloons! I got gifts in the mail from family and my husband (and they were pretty awesome gifts I won't lie.) Ryan and I went and saw Paranormal Activity 4.
  I also made the mistake of getting my hair cut. Well, that's not an accurate statement. I needed a haircut horribly. My ends were split and felt AWFUL, so it was a necessary evil. All I wanted was my haircut up to my shoulders, with a few long layers. Something I could grow out easily and elegantly. Instead, the stylist decided to try 6 different cuts on my head. It was a jagged mess and I had my dear sweet husband even it up for me. That's right. My head was SO BAD that I let Ryan take scissors to my head. You know that means it was bad.
  Anyway, on the 27th I had my awesome birthday party. THAT kicked ass. I loved it. It was Disney's Up themed and so many of my friends showed up and dressed up. I don't think I've ever felt so loved. Unfortunately Hawaii still has its vendetta so Ryan couldn't come. He got called into work. Oh and then Canada said a big fuck you to Hawaii and sent a tsunami (failnami) our way. Nothing happened, but it was enough of a threat to make everything close early and people to freak out.
  Now for a photo montage of the events!

(Yeah, I had two Kevin's. My friends love me :D )

Now for my shit-tastic hair.

(before.)

(After. Significantly better. Go Ryan!) 

OH Question of the hour! Do any of you awesome phantom readers know how to make a blog pretty? I have no insights to graphic design or web design. HELP!

Getting all pinteresty!: DIY Hair Mask.

  With the ship hours getting increasingly longer and longer (and with a close friend that I spent copious amounts of time with having left the island) I have a ton of free time on my hands. Therefore I am testing a lot of my pins from pinterest, photographing the evidence, and posting it on here.
  Let's be real though, 90% of my recipes since getting addicted to the online meth that is pinterest, so every day/night is a pinterest trial and error event. My poor husband gets to be in the middle of that disaster. Luckily only one attempt (thus far) was a disaster and that wasn't my fault, it was the recipe.

 Anyway, without further anticipation, my take on the DIY Hair Mask

 You start with these ingredients:
  2tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  1 Egg Yolk
  1tsp Honey
  A comb
  And, a warm towel.

(Looks delicious doesn't it?)

This is my pre-mask hair. Mornings aren't kind to me. And yes, those are in fact my real glass. I'm not just trying to look cool. I need new contacts.

Steps 1&2, mix ingredients together and warm up for about 10 seconds.

Step 3, apply to your head. (I made a horrible mess doing this.)

Step 4, wrap hair in warm towel (or use a shower cap)

Step 5, wait 15 minutes.

(My hair smelled like a dirty gross sandwich.)

Step 6, remove warm towel/shower cap and wash hair like normal.

This is the end result!

   My opinion: DO NOT TRY unless you want your hair to feel like it's going to snap off. Maybe I did it wrong, but after washing it out my hair started breaking and felt like straw. It was HORRIFIC.
  Another factor that might have screwed me on this? My hair isn't healthy to begin with. I need a haircut horribly.
  If you attempt any hair mask (or you attempted this one with better results) please tell me about it!


 (If you want to check the pins I've attempted you can check them all out here, but they don't have pictures. I'll fix that as I attempt more.)

Huh, that's interesting.

  Someone googled me! and it wasn't me!
  Blogger tracks how people get to your blogs. Now my usual screen name (Hergtastic) which I have adapted from my childhood nickname (Herg) is pretty unique. That's not just me saying that. If you were to google it, all you would find is my crap.
 Phantom googler! Don't be shy! you're allowed to comment and such. I won't bite!
 The idea of someone googling me and finding out all of my junk does make me a little nervous, but I'm never running for public office nor am I ever going to be famous, so I guess its okay.

Anywho, if you stumble upon this blog (or straight up google me) don't be afraid to say hello.

I'll write more later, when I have more to write about.

Getting acclimated

  Ahhh new blog. Getting everything in its correct space and feeling more like myself.

  (Really this post is to inform my old Phantom Readers that this one exists.)

So to start this one off, I'm going to do one of those old school stupid surveys. ENJOY.

Questions will get rather deep and personal, can you take it?

 - Oh geez! I don't know! I don't work well under pressure!!

Swear to me that you will answer them all honestly?

 - I pinky promise.

Will the last person you kissed be the next person you kiss?

 - Sure will, for the rest of my life. I'm married.

Have you ever kissed an ex after you two have broken up?

 - Maybe? I honestly don't remember. It's been awhile since I've had an ex.

Why do you hate the person you hate the most?

 - I have a vagina, therefore there is no rhyme or reason to why I hate anything. I just do.

Is there anybody you wish you could spend time with right now?

 - There's actually a lot of people I wish I could spend time with.

Do you look for a sense of humor or seriousness?

 - I need laughter. 

Have you ever stayed up very late talking to the person you like[d]?

 - Honestly, it's been awhile since Ryan and I just stayed up talking. 

Were you single this Valentines Day?

 - Nope.

Have your parents ever not approved of someone?

 - Only a few friends.

What did you and the last person you talked on the phone with talk about?

  - I think it was my Mom, and probably Zeus.

Ever been called babe?

 - Often

Who are you constantly with?

 - Ryan. If not him then either Jessie, Tricia, or Team Teriyaki Hairpiece.

What color bra are you wearing?

 - Black and a skin toned pink. Lacy and sexy. oooooh.

What did you do today?

 - Laundry. 

Would you hook up with the last person who texted you?

 - I would not. Last text was from my sister, and that's incestuous and gross.

Do you talk about your feelings or hide them?

 - Hide. hide all the way.

Are you a morning person or a night person?

- Afternoon person.

Who were you with Friday night?

- Daniel, Brittney, Adam, Jessie, and Ryan.

What happened at 9:00 am today?

- I woke up.

Have you ever broken a flipflop?

- No, actually.

Do you own a skateboard?

- I don't.

What is your biggest fear about making a total commitment to someone?

- I made that total commitment, and my biggest fear is that he will find better.

Did you accept or deny your last friends request?

- Ignored.

Would you be okay with your boyfriend/girlfriend being friends with his/her ex?

- Ya know, it's been 4 years. I SHOULD be able to say "yeah I don't care" except I can't. And that's a long story in itself, but I know he wouldn't want me to be either.

Are your nails painted?

- French acrylic. oh yes, I'm fancy.

Have you ever wore the opposite sex's clothes?

- Often.

If you were to get up from the computer, and turn to the right and take four steps where would you be?

- I would have fallen onto the couch after one step.

Where is your cell phone?

- Next to me.

Have you ever had pink eye?

- Ugh yes. sucks dick.

Do you believe in love?

- I do.

There you have it phantom readers. Transfer your love over here. :D