HamptonBear's Blog

by **HamptonBear** on Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:25 am

Hi guys! I decided I would start a blog for everyone to read.

Well I would like to first start off with a story and then share a picture. One of my teachers had to get both of his knees replaced early last month. He has been out since then and has been teaching us from home using a webcam. It’s pretty awesome!

But as a class, we all chipped in and bought him a build a bear and dressed it up like him. Here is “Franky Spanky."

And on this first blog post, I would also like to share with everyone my first build-a-bear. It was made in 2002 at my dad’s Christmas work party. His company rented out a ground floor of a hotel for a day and in one of the rooms, you could make a build a bear. So here’s mine. It’s a lil hunny cub. And back then, I had no idea what it was lol.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!

12/29/08

So since this is the second blog post, I thought I would share my second Build-A-Bear. This one is also old, I think back in 2003 maybe? But anyways I like her cheer outfit.

As promised on chatbox, I will explain the origin of my BABV name. When I was two, my uncle gave me a stuffed animal that I became obsessed with for a while. It’s the pig from Tiny Toons (quite an old tv show that probably many of you don’t know lol). I still have it somewhere too lol. But anyways, I was randomly going through the username choices and just kinda stopped and it was just there so I picked it. Then for the last name, I thought, well it’s BABV so I chose Bear lol. That’s basically the story.

Since we are transitioning from the holidays to New Years, I thought I would post up one of my gifts from a friend. She got me a dancing (and maybe singing, I haven't opened it and tried it) Hannah Montana Barbie doll as a joke. And I took a picture to share. (And Mandy, this is for you. See it’s not Selena, it’s Miley

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1/6/09

Happy New Year all!

2009 is a great year!

So more about HamptonBear...

3d glasses collector (I will post a picture of them all eventually )
likes to argue with Mandy on & off the forums
strong gilmore girls fan; I own all the seasons and it's higher on the list than Hannah Montana
winter break was not long enough, ready for spring break & birthday!
goes traveling a lot and loves it

I will add to this list when I can think of stuff lol.

1/16/2009

Hi Hi all!

Soo wooo today was a snow day and a four day weekend is here.

It reminds me of how much I like winter break and I'm ready for another break from school! So I thought I'd talk about Spring Break.

My family and I always go somewhere on vacation every year for Spring Break. (I'll share some old Spring Break pictures below.) I love Spring Break not only because we're out of school but because it's during my birthday.

Here's some old Spring Break pictures. I'm not gonna post where they are so it will stay a surprise.

My question to all of you! Have you guys been to any of those places before that I went to? Did you like it? What's your favorite Spring Break? Going anywhere this year?

And here's where I'm going for next Spring Break! My favorite city in the whole world!

Do you know where it is?

2/27/2009

Hi everyone! I thought it would be a good time for an update, I'm not good at remembering to do this lol. I usually have to get Mandy to remind me

For all those who guessed, it is Hong Kong. I love a lot of cities in the world but Hong Kong is my top favorite. I actually want to live there one day for a short period of time.

Hmm well lately school has definitely been tiring me out. But I am excited for next week! We're going on a class trip to Chicago for three days

And I have to take the National Latin Exam on Monday and a final before I go on the trip. Then I have to come back and take another six finals.

Well my new current favorite obsession is to eat at Steak & Shake. My friends and I have been going there every week for the fries and shakes and leaving some cool tips. I have some pictures of them that I will share with you all later. Last week we put Hi and then a smiley face. Although I really like Sonic too. That place is awesome

I am definitely ready for a break aka Spring Break. I even had to go to school on President's day to make up calamity days. And my school also had to take away a few early dismissal to make up time. So I just need that study break and some time to sleep if I can get that lol.

Look out for Music Appreciation Club this weekend. There will be lots of new things and some Jr. Club Leaders who I am very eager to work with. I know they will do a great job!

cheers

5/2/2009

So I have not been good with updating this but here we go I am since Mandy has bugged me and I just remembered

Well I have quite a busy month ahead for me. Tonight I am off to my senior prom and then tomorrow I have a lot of studying to do. I have my AP test on Monday morning and then I can relax for a short time. The rest of the month is full of banquets, speeches, a mock trial, finals, band concerts, and of course graduation!

I know that I keep saying I am going to add pictures and I will. I just haven't loaded them all to my computer yet. Lol, I am slow

Hope you all have a great last month of school! I can't wait for summertime and the time off of school woo!

5/24/09

Woo look guys, I am giving you a full update this time! First I will share with you (like I promised long ago) the coin tip pictures my friends and I leave at Steak and Shake!

Hmm and I need to take a picture of my newest bears. I need to get to that soon in the summer

Well I only have two more finals on Tuesday and then three more graduation practices before next Saturday. Then I get to try and go to as many Graduation parties as I can in two days. I am ready for sleeping in time again so I don't have to nap

I have written my third Tikatok this weekend. I am waiting for them to approve it and then I will show you all! It is super cool and I am guessing I will always be adding to it

Summer awaits!

cheers

6/12/2009

Hi hi everyone. I felt that I needed an update since I have been out of school.

Soo here we go!

Well first off as you all know, I graduated. So here is my cap and gown. Ignore the bright duck yellow color

Graduation ceremony actually did not take too long. I was glad because I have had to sit through it for the past three years to play in the band. And now every weekend I have just been graduation party hopping.

Congratulations to the class of 2009!

cheers

Okay next... Build-A-Bear Workshop!

So I have not gone this much to BABW in one month ever lol. I will share my recent new bears since mid May and tell you some stories.

On the left you see my newest Trekin' Turtle. My friend made him for me as a senior graduation gift. His name is Gaylord named after a hotel chain we passed by every day when we were going to Disney World two Christmas' ago. A bunch of us made up songs and had fun with just this name. So my friend named the turtle that and instead of tying the bow on its neck, she made it into a tie. I love that, so unique.

The one of the right is the HSM bear of course and I decided to put one of my old HSM shirts on it to match. (It used to be on my monkey.) But anyways I was with two of my friends on that trip and I let them pick the bear and name it. So its name is Hubby Zac. Woo High School Musical! And then I went ahead and got that Mini Snazzy Kitty that time too I think.

Then the one in the middle is the one I got yesterday afternoon. It is a Slider, a ball park bear. I love how I could get it to stand up! Well I named it Gavin after MamaNoodles' son. I am hoping he will name his next friend Hampy

Okay that is all. I hope you enjoyed my blog entry!

7/12/2009

Time for another update about my not so exciting life.

Summer has been good and I have taken up reading. I usually do not read much for pleasure but I have really hit on it this summer. So two weeks ago I went to university orientation for two days. Those were two very long days but college should be fun and a lot of hard work of course. Although I am glad summer lasts till September 23.

So if we fast foward to a little more recent... On Friday I saw the Hannah Montana Movie. I liked it, wasn't too cheezy and I still love Taylor Swift's song in that.

And then I made an epic trip to Build-A-Bear Workshop and purchased a Giggly Piggy. It was necessary to name it Hampton. So here is Hampton with the cool scavenger 3d glasses on!

So welcome to Hampton the Giggly Piggy!

And I updated my blog with star dividers woo! Giving it some more color

Enjoy your summer and watch out for my updates, even though I take forever to do an update.

8/24/2009

Yes, I am finally updating. It has been ages of course. Today is an interesting day. If I was still in high school, I would have had to go to my first day of school today. It is weird but I like it.

At the top of my blog, do you see my new blog banner? My buddy blah12345 made it for me. So pretty!

Well it is the start of a "new" year that has approached us. So why not remember the memories? Let's look back to over a year ago when my start to BGF and BABV began.

My first outfit that I wore in BABV was this black one. Back then, I still did not change my clothes often.

But I requested my first avatar from emily in June of 2008. Look at the pretty avatar her brother made me!

Then that month there was the first time I had heard of Maxine and ChloeRocks. Had to wedge myself in between them and take a picture!

And aren't all the new additions to BGF since then so lovely? Just the recent smilies are awesome!

I hope you all have a wonderful new school year!

9/16/2009

I found that graphic last week and I absolutely love it! The graphic is so pretty and I love the quote! Therefore, it was my inspiration for my new and current avatar! Something new and different and not what you would usually expect from me, right?

So here is my last blog update in a while. I will try to make it longer than the others for an extra kick before another update that could be forever away. For most or perhaps even all of you, school has started and in session. Well for me, I start next Wednsday since my school is on a quarter system instead of semesters. And so September 23 is the official start of classes but Monday the 21st begins all the campus activities with my first class for my major right before Convocation. In case you have not picked it up, I am beginning college at an university. In less than a week, I have a fully booked week of classes, meetings, volunteering, working, and so much more. Hope I can make it through the year lol.

I am still trucking through my summer reading book so I will be ready for the discussions, almost finished with it! But the rest of my summer homework is finished and I guess I am ready. Not sure what exactly to expect but adventures are always good I guess! Ready to make some new friends and keep the old. Can you believe my best friend since first grade and I are going to college together!? It is hard to believe even for me. I've known her and gone to school with her for 13 years and here comes four more years of school together! You would really think that college separates you but actually two out of my three closest friends are going to the same college with me. (The other is in the same city at a different university and I have another two very close friends that are still in high school but less than five minutes away.

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Now this was not even planned. I had my heart set on going to this college since I was a freshman; I had a nice plan formed and I am still going on with it, hopefully finishing it all the way. One of my close friends was between this college and one out of state. The thing that won it over was the money. Her mom works for the university so she gets half price and the other would cost around $50,000. Now for my longest friend, what won her over? The Scholars Program. Both myself and her are in scholar's programs. She is doing Leadership Scholars and I am doing International Affairs Scholars. I am definitely excited for this! It is like a tight family of your peers, just like the family on BGF! We take a block class together, have meetings, have events, volunteer together, and so much more. It will be a two year program until I move into the Honors Program which is another story lol.

Well for a change of subject away from school, here is an update on my BABW life with my most recent furry friend. Did you know that Brutus Buckeye is available online?

How awesome is that! Here is a picture of my personal own Brutus:

Well this is it for a while. Of course having a packed schedule equals less time on BGF, one of my favorite websites. Don't forget to promote BGF with Safe Open Chat! Hope to keep up with all of you and you are always welcome to drop me a VM. I must remain the VM Queen of course!

Have a great school year guys; do all of your homework and study hard! Chase your dreams!

1/1/2010

Hi guys! So I am finally going to update my blog! What a great autumn and a winter holiday! Fall is my favorite season and this one was pretty good and very busy with school, work, and extracurriculars. So what is up for this new term? Well I will be doubling up my sciences by taking both Chemistry and Biology and then fulfilling a general credit of History. Then for fun I will take band. Haven’t played my instruments since last May lol. I will continue working this term but not as much because my schedule is quite packed. I am also planning on volunteering at the hospital if I can get a time slot that fits into my class and work schedule.

Winter break is ending very soon. Classes resume on Monday and I can no longer work long hours like I did during the break. It has gotten quite cold and snowy and I am definitely not ready to trudge through the snow to get to classes. I’d rather just lay warm in bed all day

I have spread my love for Build-A-Bear around my friends this holiday season. They have begun buying them as gifts for friends! I’ve gotten a Brown Sugar Puppy and a Baseball Bear for some friends. And then my friend Matt and I bought this panda for one of my other friends:

Then I had friends get me a frog named François and a Frosty the Snowman!

Friends are great.

How were your holidays this season?

The new year is here! New decade and the Year of the Tiger! Have you guys made any new year resolutions? I am thinking I need more sleep lol.

Happy New Year 2010!
I wish you all the best

4/18/2010

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in over four months

But I will update you guys on my life.

I started my Spring quarter of college three weeks ago. I am taking chemistry, biology, history, and a writing class on healthcare. Still, I am working part time at the international office and I am still working 3 hours at the hospital every Monday. My new goal besides getting into my major is to graduate in three years. At this point, it will be achievable. After this quarter I will be one credit away from being a junior. I am planning on taking classes this summer but I am not sure yet if I will go full or part time. I really can't wait till the quarter is over though and summer vacation is here. But I still have another 7.5 weeks! Then in 9 weeks summer classes begin already.

Well my nineteenth birthday was on Friday. It was pretty good. I had a chem lab and lecture from 8:30AM - 1:30 PM but then I hung out on campus with some old high school friends. At night I went out with some college friends to this old village. Very small townish, vintage feel, brick stone roads kind of thing. Then today the event planners threw me a party on BABV! That was quite fun and then Pink and I hung out with Green Tracks and the CBGs this evening as well. Here are a few pictures:

Well it was a fun weekend and a good 2010 so far. I will try me best to update this more!