Aww, gotta have one of me and the rents in! I think it's a nice pic... :o)
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
This LOOKS like a strange and random pic... and it is! But it was funny at the time, we were talking about trying to subtley take pics as u walk past ppl, which is what i was doing (even tho they were lookin at me... not sure if that one worked) and Miz is also doin... Jon's in pre-party mode in the background, and Anne, well, not really sure!
Monday, July 04, 2005
just another non-average day
SO my goodness, how long has it been since i last posted?! Well, about 10 days now that you ask (shock horror, it got to double digits!!). What's going on in my life i also hear you ask (gee, ur an inquisative bunch today)? Well, what isn't really! lol...
Well in terms of all the emotional stuff i was talking about in the last email, that's still there. Even tho its hard i'm finding ways of dealing with it i guess. It's been an eventful past few days really- PAC formal on sat nite which was tres fun, and might I say we all looked quite stunning! We had the before party at Patrick's (Emma's date, ahh there are some funny/awkward stories there!) place, and caught the limo from there (i know, limo how cool! we're getting a Des' Mini bus for the Marryatville formal next week, lol!!)- me and Em discovered we were bag buddies, had the same bag (well, it was Steph's really!)! At the place (Convention Centre) they had these candelabra's with tea light candles in a spiral thing on like the 40 or 50 tables, so it was like twinkelling en masse. Haha, and we got these little teddies for the gift thingy which was cute- mine's called Harrison, Sez's was called Gronk or something (lol, courtesy of Dave) and I don't think Em's got named...and the guys got bottle opener things, just to reinforce the no-drinking thing ;o) We also swiped (as in a stuffed my bag full) the complimentary choccies, haha... they're pretty good! It's hard to summarise everything, but on the whole it was really cool, and it was on my and Dave's 2 month anniversary, how's that for timing?!
Then after (lol, i like Sez's summary on her blog) we went to Dave's to get changed (and i saw his room for the first time (well, since i was like 9 or something)- can u believe that? it's heaps cool tho, attic rooms are awesome!), then we drove to HENLEY (i'm pretty sure it was Henley, not West) beach, drank red cordial, went paddling, ran around, took photos, went crazy and got wet (it was raining!)- the beach is awesome at night, how have we not thought of this before?! Then we drove around seeminly randomly for a while (including on this creepy foggy road) which was fun/funny aaaand ended up half-dead at Hungry Jacks at 3.30am... It was really wierd, or maybe i just need to get out more, but who'd have thought both Macca's and HJ's would have full carparks at that time in the morning?
Then got home and thought i'd forgotten my keys so was rummaging in my bag and trying to see if the laundry window was open so i could climb in and stuff, all to no avail... so i had to knock on the door which was very cringey, but Mum and Dad couldn't get to sleep till I was home (aww!) so at least i didn't wake them up i guess! AAAnyway, some family friend's from Stanwell Tops (around where we used to live on the NSW coast) are here atm which is cool as well, so the next day i saw them (they arrived when i was par-tay-ing at le formal), slept, did homework and went to sas basically...
Oh yeah, today we had this 'Holistic Health Expo' in our gym at school which sounds a bit new-agey, but some youth workers from around the area had a stall set up about youth gps and God and stuff which was really good, what an opportunity! So i cruised over there with Charlotte and saw Anne, Emily and Greg which was a nice perk up/highlight of the day! They had the youth camp vic playing on Greggo's laptop, so now Nature World has reached a wider audience, haha how embarrassing!! Ahh its great... Anyway, I'm off to finish an elusive modern history essay.... (after finishing this one, lol)
Well in terms of all the emotional stuff i was talking about in the last email, that's still there. Even tho its hard i'm finding ways of dealing with it i guess. It's been an eventful past few days really- PAC formal on sat nite which was tres fun, and might I say we all looked quite stunning! We had the before party at Patrick's (Emma's date, ahh there are some funny/awkward stories there!) place, and caught the limo from there (i know, limo how cool! we're getting a Des' Mini bus for the Marryatville formal next week, lol!!)- me and Em discovered we were bag buddies, had the same bag (well, it was Steph's really!)! At the place (Convention Centre) they had these candelabra's with tea light candles in a spiral thing on like the 40 or 50 tables, so it was like twinkelling en masse. Haha, and we got these little teddies for the gift thingy which was cute- mine's called Harrison, Sez's was called Gronk or something (lol, courtesy of Dave) and I don't think Em's got named...and the guys got bottle opener things, just to reinforce the no-drinking thing ;o) We also swiped (as in a stuffed my bag full) the complimentary choccies, haha... they're pretty good! It's hard to summarise everything, but on the whole it was really cool, and it was on my and Dave's 2 month anniversary, how's that for timing?!
Then after (lol, i like Sez's summary on her blog) we went to Dave's to get changed (and i saw his room for the first time (well, since i was like 9 or something)- can u believe that? it's heaps cool tho, attic rooms are awesome!), then we drove to HENLEY (i'm pretty sure it was Henley, not West) beach, drank red cordial, went paddling, ran around, took photos, went crazy and got wet (it was raining!)- the beach is awesome at night, how have we not thought of this before?! Then we drove around seeminly randomly for a while (including on this creepy foggy road) which was fun/funny aaaand ended up half-dead at Hungry Jacks at 3.30am... It was really wierd, or maybe i just need to get out more, but who'd have thought both Macca's and HJ's would have full carparks at that time in the morning?
Then got home and thought i'd forgotten my keys so was rummaging in my bag and trying to see if the laundry window was open so i could climb in and stuff, all to no avail... so i had to knock on the door which was very cringey, but Mum and Dad couldn't get to sleep till I was home (aww!) so at least i didn't wake them up i guess! AAAnyway, some family friend's from Stanwell Tops (around where we used to live on the NSW coast) are here atm which is cool as well, so the next day i saw them (they arrived when i was par-tay-ing at le formal), slept, did homework and went to sas basically...
Oh yeah, today we had this 'Holistic Health Expo' in our gym at school which sounds a bit new-agey, but some youth workers from around the area had a stall set up about youth gps and God and stuff which was really good, what an opportunity! So i cruised over there with Charlotte and saw Anne, Emily and Greg which was a nice perk up/highlight of the day! They had the youth camp vic playing on Greggo's laptop, so now Nature World has reached a wider audience, haha how embarrassing!! Ahh its great... Anyway, I'm off to finish an elusive modern history essay.... (after finishing this one, lol)
Friday, June 24, 2005
intransingent or labile?? (dictionary.com ;o)
So i've calmed down a bit from my last post (i don't think it even sounded that angry, but the feeling was there!) I think, from general comments (eg lib and sez's blogs, see links) we've reached a general concurance that this time of the year esp sucks/is tough. There's stuff coming at you from all directions with school which includes constant work and pressure, exams, friends, formals, teachers, exhaustion (mental, physical AND emotional) as well as family, other friends and any other circumstances on top- we're all going through stuff after Tim and Cammo's Mum's deaths as well.
I feel such a mixed bag of emotions- like on the one hand i go from feeling angry at myself and others and feeling like doing some giant scrawly textured painting thing, to feeling so appreciative of people's love, and accepting me flaws and all, and their company and coolness, and coming back to God's constant assurance and reassurance. It's like there's so much bubbling away and it keeps on coming to the boil and your like AHHH :) :( :S all at the same time!!! It so does help to know that your not alone when you feel like that, bcoz that can be the overriding emotion- just that you feel so isolated. It's weird bcoz when i'm around ppl i always feel better (which is why i prob don't always looked stressed out!), but it's often when i'm alone it can sometimes get overwhelming. Just the practical thing of not spending as much time with people in year 12 (and other years/study...things) does make it tough (eg Dave). We are in the home stretch people (with school)- only a few months to go and they'll fly by!! Actually that's scary!
I've got a new favourite movie (to add to my list)- watched My Life as a House again today, it's a cool movie. It's real, sad, funny, good ending that leaves you with hope... I like it.
Anyway, I'm kind of sick atm (feel better than yesterday, could've had something to do with the 13 hours sleep... had the day off which i felt bad re:missing lessons about bcoz friday's the day i have no free's, but Mum was like 'don't be silly, you're sick! you're staying home!' (to paraphrase), but it was good) sooo yeah, i'm off to the land of nod!
PS to add to sez and lib, comments are v good/appreciated ppl, we like to know what u think!!
PPS This all sounds quite depressing, but i was just thinking all this kind of stuff can be good- 1) we get to know ourselves better, our strengths/weaknesses. 2) we get to know and be there for each other more, 3) we can relate more to people we might come across feeling similarly, and last but not least 4) we CAN come to rely on God more, know more about Him, become more real in our relationship with him (I know how easy it is to lie to not only urself and others, but (well try, he already knows anyway) to God about how ur feeling) and he can make us stronger thru the tough times!
I feel such a mixed bag of emotions- like on the one hand i go from feeling angry at myself and others and feeling like doing some giant scrawly textured painting thing, to feeling so appreciative of people's love, and accepting me flaws and all, and their company and coolness, and coming back to God's constant assurance and reassurance. It's like there's so much bubbling away and it keeps on coming to the boil and your like AHHH :) :( :S all at the same time!!! It so does help to know that your not alone when you feel like that, bcoz that can be the overriding emotion- just that you feel so isolated. It's weird bcoz when i'm around ppl i always feel better (which is why i prob don't always looked stressed out!), but it's often when i'm alone it can sometimes get overwhelming. Just the practical thing of not spending as much time with people in year 12 (and other years/study...things) does make it tough (eg Dave). We are in the home stretch people (with school)- only a few months to go and they'll fly by!! Actually that's scary!
I've got a new favourite movie (to add to my list)- watched My Life as a House again today, it's a cool movie. It's real, sad, funny, good ending that leaves you with hope... I like it.
Anyway, I'm kind of sick atm (feel better than yesterday, could've had something to do with the 13 hours sleep... had the day off which i felt bad re:missing lessons about bcoz friday's the day i have no free's, but Mum was like 'don't be silly, you're sick! you're staying home!' (to paraphrase), but it was good) sooo yeah, i'm off to the land of nod!
PS to add to sez and lib, comments are v good/appreciated ppl, we like to know what u think!!
PPS This all sounds quite depressing, but i was just thinking all this kind of stuff can be good- 1) we get to know ourselves better, our strengths/weaknesses. 2) we get to know and be there for each other more, 3) we can relate more to people we might come across feeling similarly, and last but not least 4) we CAN come to rely on God more, know more about Him, become more real in our relationship with him (I know how easy it is to lie to not only urself and others, but (well try, he already knows anyway) to God about how ur feeling) and he can make us stronger thru the tough times!
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
am i part of the cure, or am i part of the disease?
OK so RRGGGHH!!! I just spent ages on this post, like almost an hour, and then i accidentally pressed some button and lost it all!! Breathe in, breathe out...
So i'll try and paraphrase the essence of what i wrote
There have been some things that have been making me angry lately, such as: two-facedness (bitching behind someone's back, but being all smiles and friendly to them face to face), unecessary negativity, selfishness (for example not really listening to what ppl are saying, but just focussing on how they are impacts on you, or saying stuff so they'll say the same thing back) and so forth.
They don't just annoy me bcoz other ppl do them, but bcoz i do them as well (Rom 2:1 'You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgement on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgement do the same things'!). I guess i've been challenged lately about how much i care about what other people really think, and therefore how i act doesn't always match up with what i believe (as lawson said, what's faith without action? so true, how can our faith grow and be challenged if we don't actually do something about it, walk our talk, put our money where out mouth is??).
On the other hand stuff i've noticed that is really cool: when we are for each other and come alongside each other, build each other up in what we say and do, positivity (not fake-happy, or being dishonest- it's part of life that we feel horrible from time to time and we shouldn't have to be happy all the time- but if u do feel happy, why not try and pass it on?), selflessness in what we say and what we do, and so on. I've said it before, but I'm so thankful that i have so many people around me who are constantly there for me and encourage me, i don't know how they put up with me sometimes.
So yeah, no-one's perfect, least of all me. Which is the whole essence of Christianity I guess- we completely stuffed up and hurt God by how we reject Him, but He still put everything into place (ie Jesus, perfect, Son of God, took the punishment we deserved to take for rejecting God- that's full on!) so that we could have a relationship with Him (sorry if there should've been a church lingo alert in there). To quote a quote, God loves us just how we are, but He loves us too much to leave us that way.
OC's on, this is a bit of a ramble and i could say more, but i gtg (lol, shutup, i know it's sad!!)
So i'll try and paraphrase the essence of what i wrote
There have been some things that have been making me angry lately, such as: two-facedness (bitching behind someone's back, but being all smiles and friendly to them face to face), unecessary negativity, selfishness (for example not really listening to what ppl are saying, but just focussing on how they are impacts on you, or saying stuff so they'll say the same thing back) and so forth.
They don't just annoy me bcoz other ppl do them, but bcoz i do them as well (Rom 2:1 'You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgement on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgement do the same things'!). I guess i've been challenged lately about how much i care about what other people really think, and therefore how i act doesn't always match up with what i believe (as lawson said, what's faith without action? so true, how can our faith grow and be challenged if we don't actually do something about it, walk our talk, put our money where out mouth is??).
On the other hand stuff i've noticed that is really cool: when we are for each other and come alongside each other, build each other up in what we say and do, positivity (not fake-happy, or being dishonest- it's part of life that we feel horrible from time to time and we shouldn't have to be happy all the time- but if u do feel happy, why not try and pass it on?), selflessness in what we say and what we do, and so on. I've said it before, but I'm so thankful that i have so many people around me who are constantly there for me and encourage me, i don't know how they put up with me sometimes.
So yeah, no-one's perfect, least of all me. Which is the whole essence of Christianity I guess- we completely stuffed up and hurt God by how we reject Him, but He still put everything into place (ie Jesus, perfect, Son of God, took the punishment we deserved to take for rejecting God- that's full on!) so that we could have a relationship with Him (sorry if there should've been a church lingo alert in there). To quote a quote, God loves us just how we are, but He loves us too much to leave us that way.
OC's on, this is a bit of a ramble and i could say more, but i gtg (lol, shutup, i know it's sad!!)
Thursday, June 16, 2005
coffee= the person on whom one coughs
Alrite, this is actually gonna be a nice, concise blog bcoz i'm reeeally tired (running on about 4 2:30 late nights in the past week, and 4 1/2 hrs sleep last night (partly contributed to the fact that i got up at a rather uncivilised hour to put a bday card and stuff in Dave's letter box! He's worth it tho...aww!) :o( lol poor me- it's my fault, but still I'm looking for sympathy!) Got a big psych report done last night, and tonight am doing a modern history essay (on the Constituent Assembly in the French Revolution for anyone who's interested or knows anything about it) for this teacher who's a nice guy, but i don't really get his marking system and don't really learn too much in the lessons... Can you tell I'm buried in schoolwork atm?! It's all I talk about!
Anyway, I also wanted to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! to Dave as well... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! lol
bttb (meaning back to the BOOKS :oP)
Anyway, I also wanted to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! to Dave as well... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! lol
bttb (meaning back to the BOOKS :oP)
Monday, June 13, 2005
coffee, tea, and dried apricots
Thought I'd better put up a word of explanation about my likely social hibernation this week- SO MUCH WORK!!! OK, so today was supposed to be a work day (of course, the Monday of a long weekend is always the work day!!), mainly doing art stuff, nothing too urgent, so slept in till about 12:30, read the paper, had some brekky, was writing up all the stuff due this week on my whiteboard... and then in a horrible moment of realisation and intense kicking myself realised I had a big english piece due tomorrow which i had completely forgotten about and hadn't done any research for (it's a piece of persuasive writing on a topic of your choice). So had a restrained freak out about the fact i hadn't even chosen a topic, but then with the help of my marvelous parents found one (ironically on whether 'internet communication (eg blogs) reinforces social isolation, or is it a valid form of social contact?') and got it done...just. Ah well, prob good in the long run, we've got to get used to writing under pressure (i used to do everything the night before it was due, but i'm not as used to it now!).
Anyway, the weekend just been has been a jam packed but fun one- quick recap: Dave came over to my place, and we then youth on friday nite, then on saturday had a shopping spree at Harbour Town (i honestly hadn't bought clothes for a while! inc velvet jacket, couple of tops, and couple of pairs of shoes (inc formal ones!) all for genuine bargain prices!) then shopping for Phil's b'day prezzie in town with Lisa and Ez (oh, the concoction of gifts was quite awesome! lol, we even got a chef's costume for the, shall we say, domestically challenged b'day boy), then got ready with Anne for, and went to Phil's 18th at the Imperial Peking Restaurant (i actually drove with 3 ppl in the car, and we didn't die!) which was a lot of fun, THEN on sunday helped mum with Sparklers (3-4 yr olds) at the 10:30 service (so cute/entertaining!), went to Dan and Phili's to do some work, came back and did Emily's hair for an 18th she was going to, went to music prac then sas, then to Cammo's for a bbq (*sigh* i lost The Game of Life (boardgame) how sad does that sound?! but had a lotta fun doing it...) then dropped Nic and eventually Dave home and returned to my humble abode at around 1:30... Hmm, I think that's got to set the record for the longest sentance, possibly ever.
Been feeling a bit bleugh lately, about different things but I guess in partic still grieving about Tim, as well as the stresses of school... But i'm so glad that i have such supportive friends and family to help me through, i feel very fortunate! Like just hanging out always lifts my spirits.
And btw, i realise now that the photo was kind of asking for it, but seriously guys, did it really need that many comments, it was just a tad over the top. Now children, you'd better have gotten that out of your system :oP Not that i can talk...at all really... but still!!
Anyway, the weekend just been has been a jam packed but fun one- quick recap: Dave came over to my place, and we then youth on friday nite, then on saturday had a shopping spree at Harbour Town (i honestly hadn't bought clothes for a while! inc velvet jacket, couple of tops, and couple of pairs of shoes (inc formal ones!) all for genuine bargain prices!) then shopping for Phil's b'day prezzie in town with Lisa and Ez (oh, the concoction of gifts was quite awesome! lol, we even got a chef's costume for the, shall we say, domestically challenged b'day boy), then got ready with Anne for, and went to Phil's 18th at the Imperial Peking Restaurant (i actually drove with 3 ppl in the car, and we didn't die!) which was a lot of fun, THEN on sunday helped mum with Sparklers (3-4 yr olds) at the 10:30 service (so cute/entertaining!), went to Dan and Phili's to do some work, came back and did Emily's hair for an 18th she was going to, went to music prac then sas, then to Cammo's for a bbq (*sigh* i lost The Game of Life (boardgame) how sad does that sound?! but had a lotta fun doing it...) then dropped Nic and eventually Dave home and returned to my humble abode at around 1:30... Hmm, I think that's got to set the record for the longest sentance, possibly ever.
Been feeling a bit bleugh lately, about different things but I guess in partic still grieving about Tim, as well as the stresses of school... But i'm so glad that i have such supportive friends and family to help me through, i feel very fortunate! Like just hanging out always lifts my spirits.
And btw, i realise now that the photo was kind of asking for it, but seriously guys, did it really need that many comments, it was just a tad over the top. Now children, you'd better have gotten that out of your system :oP Not that i can talk...at all really... but still!!
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
How can something so small hurt so much?!
Well, that's a bit overdramatic i guess- i'm talking about splinters, i just had to dig five out of my fingers! More how can something so small be so annoying! I'm not quite sure how i got them, i think it might've had something to do with the tree climbing expedition me and Dave had on fri... Talking of tree's, i went on a bit of a bushwalk at Waterfall Gully this arvo which was... exhausting! Lol, i had to stop like 6 times on the way up to this lookout which i think is non-existant- we went there a few years ago with JY, and I wanted to find it again because it was really cool (these big boulder things), so I followed the path up which was posted 'eagle-on-the-hill'... but i ain't seen no eagle on a hill, or any lookouts for that matter. I kind of ended up near this freeway road thing, at which stage i'd been gone for a while and i thought I'd better head back. So even though i didn't really feel like i finished the walk, it was good to get out and get some excercise and fresh air! Hopefully it got some stress out as well- i'm in this wierd kind of out-of-it zone atm (how unusual i hear you say...!) but at the same time i'm a bit stressed about school... Not too bad, but you know, a bit!
Something else I wanted to share was something Polly shared with me, that she got from a discipleship meeting at the church she's going to in Edinburgh... I thought is was cool, and really true!
Standing in His ['his' being Jesus...duh] name is not...
Hoping that your silence will convince your friend to receive Jesus
Hiding your relationship with Jesus to strengthen your friendship
Saying that you're a Christian, then avoiding any spiritual conversations for the next 40 yrs of friendship
Filling your schedule with so many prayer meetings that you don't have time to talk to your friends about Jesus
only hangin out with committed christians
Being defensive about your faith
standing in His name is....
Being open and honest about our relationship with Jesus
being disciplined in your words, actions, and behaviours
Taking a loving interest in your friend's beliefs and personal life
Confronting your friend's dodgy beliefs and practices (often passively)
Communicating acceptance, despite spiritual conflict
Continually bringing up issues that they are avoiding talking about.
Anyway, here are some photos from Jordan's (Mim's boyfriend) first 21st on Sat night (he's having another one in Ungarra this w/e)- the theme was 'big, bad or beard hair' if u can't tell! Haha, ahh so many laughs, so many laughs... Lol, on the subject of laughs as well, who'd have thought that making eyebrows, a moustache and goatee out of sticky notes (along with 'leg hairs' out of stockings) could be so amusing? Apparently Richo, Dani , Kendyl, Hannah, Julia, me etc: as you can see we make our own fun at lunchtimes at Marryatville High!
Something else I wanted to share was something Polly shared with me, that she got from a discipleship meeting at the church she's going to in Edinburgh... I thought is was cool, and really true!
Standing in His ['his' being Jesus...duh] name is not...
Hoping that your silence will convince your friend to receive Jesus
Hiding your relationship with Jesus to strengthen your friendship
Saying that you're a Christian, then avoiding any spiritual conversations for the next 40 yrs of friendship
Filling your schedule with so many prayer meetings that you don't have time to talk to your friends about Jesus
only hangin out with committed christians
Being defensive about your faith
standing in His name is....
Being open and honest about our relationship with Jesus
being disciplined in your words, actions, and behaviours
Taking a loving interest in your friend's beliefs and personal life
Confronting your friend's dodgy beliefs and practices (often passively)
Communicating acceptance, despite spiritual conflict
Continually bringing up issues that they are avoiding talking about.
Anyway, here are some photos from Jordan's (Mim's boyfriend) first 21st on Sat night (he's having another one in Ungarra this w/e)- the theme was 'big, bad or beard hair' if u can't tell! Haha, ahh so many laughs, so many laughs... Lol, on the subject of laughs as well, who'd have thought that making eyebrows, a moustache and goatee out of sticky notes (along with 'leg hairs' out of stockings) could be so amusing? Apparently Richo, Dani , Kendyl, Hannah, Julia, me etc: as you can see we make our own fun at lunchtimes at Marryatville High!
Saturday, June 04, 2005
The Thing from Sez and Lib's Blogs
Yeah, I succumbed to peer pressure ;o) Haha, made it tricky for you to read... go down to the bottom if u can't work out how to make it easier!
30 Questions
30 KooL Questions U Just Hav to Do [follow the instructions]1
. Copy and paste into ur blog
2. BOLD anything true
3. Leave plain anything untrue
4. Underline anything that's half truehere we go
001. I miss somebody right now
002. I watch more TV than I used to
003. I love olives (i went through a phase,,,)
004. I love sleeping
005. I own lots of books (my family in general- i think my Dad's wall of books has been named 8th wonder of the world...)
006. I love to play video games
007. I believe honesty is the best policy
008. I have acne free skin (I wish!)
009. I curse frequently
010. I have changed mentally over the past year
011. I have a hobby
012. I love rain (i always want to go for a walk in thunder storms, but for some reason mum thinks its unsafe?! and going to sleep when its raining outside is the best)
013. I need money right now
014. I love sushi
015. I talk really, really fast sometimes
016. I have semi-long hair (semi-semi long- its the shortest of my friends' i think)
017. I have lied to a good friend in the past 6 months
018. I have mood swings (ooooh yeah, sorry about that guys!)
019. I am always hyper no matter how much sugar I have (as in sometimes i'm the opposite, and sugar has a placating effect)
020. I have a mobile phone
021. I love to shop
022. I am a pretty good dancer (like Lib, i've been told i am... but they may have been being sarcastic, lol! I just like to have fun!)
023. I want to have kids in the future
024. I have rejected somebody before
025. I have kissed a boy
026. I have kissed a girl
027. I bite my nails
028. I have fresh breath in the morning (who does?)
029. I have been told I have a nice butt (it was a while ago tho!)
030. I have a hidden talent (if my english newsreader voice counts as a hidden talent)
*Hint* bold/highlight it to read it
30 Questions
30 KooL Questions U Just Hav to Do [follow the instructions]1
. Copy and paste into ur blog
2. BOLD anything true
3. Leave plain anything untrue
4. Underline anything that's half truehere we go
001. I miss somebody right now
002. I watch more TV than I used to
003. I love olives (i went through a phase,,,)
004. I love sleeping
005. I own lots of books (my family in general- i think my Dad's wall of books has been named 8th wonder of the world...)
006. I love to play video games
007. I believe honesty is the best policy
008. I have acne free skin (I wish!)
009. I curse frequently
010. I have changed mentally over the past year
011. I have a hobby
012. I love rain (i always want to go for a walk in thunder storms, but for some reason mum thinks its unsafe?! and going to sleep when its raining outside is the best)
013. I need money right now
014. I love sushi
015. I talk really, really fast sometimes
016. I have semi-long hair (semi-semi long- its the shortest of my friends' i think)
017. I have lied to a good friend in the past 6 months
018. I have mood swings (ooooh yeah, sorry about that guys!)
019. I am always hyper no matter how much sugar I have (as in sometimes i'm the opposite, and sugar has a placating effect)
020. I have a mobile phone
021. I love to shop
022. I am a pretty good dancer (like Lib, i've been told i am... but they may have been being sarcastic, lol! I just like to have fun!)
023. I want to have kids in the future
024. I have rejected somebody before
025. I have kissed a boy
026. I have kissed a girl
027. I bite my nails
028. I have fresh breath in the morning (who does?)
029. I have been told I have a nice butt (it was a while ago tho!)
030. I have a hidden talent (if my english newsreader voice counts as a hidden talent)
*Hint* bold/highlight it to read it
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Haha, that's very funny Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.
Sooo I'm in one of those mixed moods where you're happy, passive, tired, stressed, yet chilled... I can't beleive its week FIVE already- seriously, it was only just the holidays! That's good, but bad- good because the holidays are that little bit closer, as are the formals, but bad because those assignment deadlines are also closer (but the work done on them strangely stays the same...) and i've still got to get everything else apart from the dress (and date ;o) for the formal!! Oh yeah, the work thing's kind of picked up with school again-the main things this week are this essay on the French revolution (actually pretty interesting, i wrote like 10 pages of notes from the text book but kind of enjoyed it!) and my art final (which i meant to start in week 1... didn't happen!) of Dad- I've abandoned the 'painted on wood' idea, too unecessarily tricky, and am going with the large portrait on canvas idea with wooden frame (wood bcoz it's masculine, he loves woodwork and so forth)... haha, he's gonna get a big head from this... get it? Portrait? Head? Big canvas? Haha!! OH man, i think i need sleep!! It's old news, but we got our yr 12 jumpers a couple of weeks back as well, just in time for this FREEZING weather, and they are tres the bomb (does that even work? lol)- go the hoodies with the sensibly placed zip for scarf placement...
Mum says i've gotta stop blogging now because she's annoying but incredibly caring (she dictated that sentance btw) and her daughter is amazingly wonderful and she'd be hysterically sobbing in a gutter now if it weren't for me (ok, maybe she didn't dictate that last bit ;o)!
Theological question of the moment: what IS church and its purpose? Thoughts anyone? More on that later my pretties...
Nighty night (haha charlotte), love jesseroopi
PS me and dave one month tomorrow! *contented sigh*
pps note the red lettering to warm your eyes bcoz its now winter! pinchandapunchforthefirstdayofthemonthnoreturns!!
Mum says i've gotta stop blogging now because she's annoying but incredibly caring (she dictated that sentance btw) and her daughter is amazingly wonderful and she'd be hysterically sobbing in a gutter now if it weren't for me (ok, maybe she didn't dictate that last bit ;o)!
Theological question of the moment: what IS church and its purpose? Thoughts anyone? More on that later my pretties...
Nighty night (haha charlotte), love jesseroopi
PS me and dave one month tomorrow! *contented sigh*
pps note the red lettering to warm your eyes bcoz its now winter! pinchandapunchforthefirstdayofthemonthnoreturns!!
Monday, May 30, 2005
shortest post in the history of...my blog!
Just a quick post bcoz I can't go on msn tonite (too much hw- i knew the slow amount of work thing couldn't last!) to say HAPPY 18TH ANDRE!!!
Thursday, May 26, 2005
the nerd returns: 25.5.05
Well its been (gasp shock horror) a whole week since i last blogged (and what a week it has been) so i thought it was about time already! Did anybody else notice that if u flip todays date (25.5.05) its like 05 x 5 = 25? Gee, why aren't i doing maths this year with this genius mind of mine!? haha...
To totally echo Lib on her site (libsterm.blogspot.com) but with no less meaning, Cam I'm so sorry about your Mum. and Sez you continue to amaze/encourage me, and you're all still in my prayers (along with Tim's family).
I remembered this verse the other day saying if you say you're gonna pray for someone, you should genuinely mean it and follow through so i've really been trying to! Actually on the topic of verses i found this other cool one the other day as well:
'We have troubles all around us,
but we are not defeated.
We do not know what to do,
but we do not give up.' -2 Cor 4:8
That kinda sums up how i'm feeling at the moment. The Archbishop elections were also on the weekend, and as many of you prob know Dad didn't get it. As well as being a bit of a disappointment bcoz I think Dad would've done a great job, it's a relief as well- I was sort of bracing myself for anything, but I'm happy right where I am at the moment! And the new guy Jeff Driver seems like a good guy with a good head on his shoulders. So that kind of came and went and I was steeling myself for Tim's funeral at Minlaton on Monday. I thought it was a great service and burial- well great sounds a bit out of place, but it really honoured who Tim was, and pointed to the hope we have in God. I found that rather than getting emotional at the funeral (as in crying I guess, even tho i wanted to- I was certainly feeling emotional) it sort of hit me when i got home. I was just exhausted from the whole week so I had a good cry and actually fell asleep at 8:30 (you read right, 8:30!! Well, it's not that early really!).
Anyway, I'm feeling a bit like i'm just keeping my head above water with schoolwork on top of everything (ahh, still haven't started my first art final i meant to start in week 1!!), so i'd better go and actually do some work! I had a good talk to a woman from church who's also a counsellor about everything after school today which was really good, just to offload and get an outsiders perspective on stuff- e.g. these are big things for us all to deal with, and everyone within the community it's impacted on is grieving in their own ways (which sounds obvious, but you know when stuff you know in ur head suddenly hits home and makes sense?) amongst other things... So yeah, I guess I'm feeling pretty stressed at the moment, but I'm finding ways to deal with it alright...
Love you all, and just wanted to say thankyou as well, you guys have been so supportive and great through everything! It's been so encouraging to see how everyone's just there for each other...
and lib HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY IN 2 HOURS AND 14 MINS!!!
To totally echo Lib on her site (libsterm.blogspot.com) but with no less meaning, Cam I'm so sorry about your Mum. and Sez you continue to amaze/encourage me, and you're all still in my prayers (along with Tim's family).
I remembered this verse the other day saying if you say you're gonna pray for someone, you should genuinely mean it and follow through so i've really been trying to! Actually on the topic of verses i found this other cool one the other day as well:
'We have troubles all around us,
but we are not defeated.
We do not know what to do,
but we do not give up.' -2 Cor 4:8
That kinda sums up how i'm feeling at the moment. The Archbishop elections were also on the weekend, and as many of you prob know Dad didn't get it. As well as being a bit of a disappointment bcoz I think Dad would've done a great job, it's a relief as well- I was sort of bracing myself for anything, but I'm happy right where I am at the moment! And the new guy Jeff Driver seems like a good guy with a good head on his shoulders. So that kind of came and went and I was steeling myself for Tim's funeral at Minlaton on Monday. I thought it was a great service and burial- well great sounds a bit out of place, but it really honoured who Tim was, and pointed to the hope we have in God. I found that rather than getting emotional at the funeral (as in crying I guess, even tho i wanted to- I was certainly feeling emotional) it sort of hit me when i got home. I was just exhausted from the whole week so I had a good cry and actually fell asleep at 8:30 (you read right, 8:30!! Well, it's not that early really!).
Anyway, I'm feeling a bit like i'm just keeping my head above water with schoolwork on top of everything (ahh, still haven't started my first art final i meant to start in week 1!!), so i'd better go and actually do some work! I had a good talk to a woman from church who's also a counsellor about everything after school today which was really good, just to offload and get an outsiders perspective on stuff- e.g. these are big things for us all to deal with, and everyone within the community it's impacted on is grieving in their own ways (which sounds obvious, but you know when stuff you know in ur head suddenly hits home and makes sense?) amongst other things... So yeah, I guess I'm feeling pretty stressed at the moment, but I'm finding ways to deal with it alright...
Love you all, and just wanted to say thankyou as well, you guys have been so supportive and great through everything! It's been so encouraging to see how everyone's just there for each other...
and lib HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY IN 2 HOURS AND 14 MINS!!!
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Tim
As many of you probably know, Tim McWaters (a guy from youth, PAC yr 12) was in a car accident on Mon at 10:15 on Pt Wakefield road in a head on collision with a 4wd who crossed over to the wrong side of the road. Danielle (apparently a lifelong friend, from Maitland) was driving and was killed instantly, and Tim was airlifted to the Royal Adelaide hosp. with critical injuries (I think mainly brain-damage amongst others) but was pronounced dead (braindead- his family's decided to donate some of his organs so his body's going to be kept going until then) yesterday. Like Lib said, everything else seems trivial now- what do you say? It was just so sudden (at least he didn't suffer much i guess) and he was so young and one of the most irrepressible, energetic people i know.
The past couple of nights ppl have gathered at church to talk, pray, cry, and debrief about it, and kind of distract each other together as well which has been so good- i'm so thankful we can have fellowship like that together and help each other through- especially Sarah (who's been so brave, being at the hospital with him must've been really hard, and i can't imagine what she, her family and his family are feeling now, what a nightmare). At least we have the hope of knowing that he and Danielle were Christians, literally thank God, and that they really have gone to a much better place. I sort of switch from feeling numb about it, to re-realising the impact and having a good cry. I just feeling like spending time with people- that's what seems important. I don't really know what else to say, even thought there's a lot going on inside my head, but I'll just add that, like Dave and I were talking about last night, it really had brought out the best in everyone. Makes you realise how important friends and family are (and letting them know that you love them- as i do all you guys, you know who you are!), and how much one life can affect so many others.
The past couple of nights ppl have gathered at church to talk, pray, cry, and debrief about it, and kind of distract each other together as well which has been so good- i'm so thankful we can have fellowship like that together and help each other through- especially Sarah (who's been so brave, being at the hospital with him must've been really hard, and i can't imagine what she, her family and his family are feeling now, what a nightmare). At least we have the hope of knowing that he and Danielle were Christians, literally thank God, and that they really have gone to a much better place. I sort of switch from feeling numb about it, to re-realising the impact and having a good cry. I just feeling like spending time with people- that's what seems important. I don't really know what else to say, even thought there's a lot going on inside my head, but I'll just add that, like Dave and I were talking about last night, it really had brought out the best in everyone. Makes you realise how important friends and family are (and letting them know that you love them- as i do all you guys, you know who you are!), and how much one life can affect so many others.
Friday, May 13, 2005
hoobabalooba
I'm so psyched, I just got the new Chemical Brothers album (Push the Button- so far it's tres good) which i've been meaning to get for months, and the Beastie Boys, To The 5 Boroughs, for...wait for it... HALF PRICE!! Go Unibooks at Adelaide Uni ;o) At the same time I got some Bonds trackies and a Bonds hoodie (also discounted) at the Studio and T-Shirt shop at A.Uni (yes, i found the shop, finally!), and as i was buying them i was chatting to the lady and she was saying how they might be shut down with this whole student union funding cuts thing, which they're debating about in parliament as we speak... I don't know too much detail about it, but from what i do know i don't really like the sounds of the cuts- they'd effect so much of the student life!
ANYway, on this lovely spending spree I also got this book from Borders (well, Mum got it- thanks Mum ;o) which i've been meaning to get for ages- called The Complete Idiots Guide to the Reformation and Protestantism... yeah sounds pretty daunting, but (especially at this point in time) I'm really interested in church history- how all these denominations and stuff originated, what we believe, the origins etc. It looks very readable (which is good, or else i'd never read it!)- detailed but not boring, so i'm looking forward to that! Just have to actually read it now (haha, i've got this whole pile of half read books next to my bed...)
To top it all off I also got to have lunch out with Mum and Dad which was really cool, I enjoyed it!
To continue on this bookey type post (well I've talked about one book so far, lol) I've gotten further into the Da Vinci Code- the controversial claims bit basically saying that the Bible (or New Testament at least) was collated by the Pagan Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who wanted to fuse Christianity and Rome's official religion of the day, sun worship, as a political move to stop warring between Christians and pagans, and that it was decided that Jesus was the Son of God by vote 4 century's after his death to strengthen power and divine authority of the Church and Christianity... It also says that rather than the Holy Grail being the cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper, it's in fact Mary Magdalene who was married to Jesus... Hopefully that makes sense, it took me a bit to fully get my head around it. So when i read that i was like WOAH big claims here! Apparently it's all built on a pretty flimsy theological and historical base, and we've borrowed 'Breaking the Da Vinci Code' from someone which'll be interesting to read- otherwise this stuff'll just sit at the back of my head and niggle... It's good to be able to remember as I'm reading it tho that 1) my personal experience of God/Jesus kinda doesn't line up with what they're saying, 2) all the stuff I've learnt about the Bible/God/history over the years I would view as reliable, and again totally don't line up with what Dan Brown's saying, and 3) that it's FICTIONAL novel! But it's challenging- and we don't always grow unless we're challenged i guess!
So anyway, that's enough for today... Actually, I'd also like to add on top of all that that I've kind of come back to God a bit in the past week- I realised that (being semi-conscious of it) I'd blocked him out of my life a bit in the last couple of weeks or so, maybe longer... Thank God that He's not like us and welcomes us back with open times each time we re-realise our sinfulness and need for Him! Also that no matter how we're close we're FEELING to God, He's always there anyway- once He's in our heart, He's in... Go God :oP
ANYway, on this lovely spending spree I also got this book from Borders (well, Mum got it- thanks Mum ;o) which i've been meaning to get for ages- called The Complete Idiots Guide to the Reformation and Protestantism... yeah sounds pretty daunting, but (especially at this point in time) I'm really interested in church history- how all these denominations and stuff originated, what we believe, the origins etc. It looks very readable (which is good, or else i'd never read it!)- detailed but not boring, so i'm looking forward to that! Just have to actually read it now (haha, i've got this whole pile of half read books next to my bed...)
To top it all off I also got to have lunch out with Mum and Dad which was really cool, I enjoyed it!
To continue on this bookey type post (well I've talked about one book so far, lol) I've gotten further into the Da Vinci Code- the controversial claims bit basically saying that the Bible (or New Testament at least) was collated by the Pagan Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who wanted to fuse Christianity and Rome's official religion of the day, sun worship, as a political move to stop warring between Christians and pagans, and that it was decided that Jesus was the Son of God by vote 4 century's after his death to strengthen power and divine authority of the Church and Christianity... It also says that rather than the Holy Grail being the cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper, it's in fact Mary Magdalene who was married to Jesus... Hopefully that makes sense, it took me a bit to fully get my head around it. So when i read that i was like WOAH big claims here! Apparently it's all built on a pretty flimsy theological and historical base, and we've borrowed 'Breaking the Da Vinci Code' from someone which'll be interesting to read- otherwise this stuff'll just sit at the back of my head and niggle... It's good to be able to remember as I'm reading it tho that 1) my personal experience of God/Jesus kinda doesn't line up with what they're saying, 2) all the stuff I've learnt about the Bible/God/history over the years I would view as reliable, and again totally don't line up with what Dan Brown's saying, and 3) that it's FICTIONAL novel! But it's challenging- and we don't always grow unless we're challenged i guess!
So anyway, that's enough for today... Actually, I'd also like to add on top of all that that I've kind of come back to God a bit in the past week- I realised that (being semi-conscious of it) I'd blocked him out of my life a bit in the last couple of weeks or so, maybe longer... Thank God that He's not like us and welcomes us back with open times each time we re-realise our sinfulness and need for Him! Also that no matter how we're close we're FEELING to God, He's always there anyway- once He's in our heart, He's in... Go God :oP
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
brief and concise are...not my middle names!
WELL, so much to write about! But despite my lack of middle names (see above) I'll do my best to summarise... so here goes, in no particular order! :
- Sydney for my Grandma's 80th was tres fun! Flew over fri nite with Mum, Dad, Jono, Dan and Phili (go Virgin all the way! and woohoo, no travel sickness due to the wonder drug Dramamine!) Stayed with Grandma and Grandpa at my Uncle Stephen, Aunty Leone and cousin Michael's place which is always cool because its so familiar and i automatically feel completely at home! We're quite a melodramatic bunch so many group hugs, star hugs (involving flinging your arms in the air so your body forms a star shape, whilst hollering 'STAR HUUUUGG!!!'), screaming, and catching up! Sat. was onto the one and only Opera House in the party bus (we hired a snazzy little, well actually quite large, van) to meet everyone and see the ballet 'White' which was compiled of 3 diff ballets- one from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries (as far as my limited ballet-understanding mind goes, the first one was traditional ballet- pretty, graceful (i can't believe how they actually do that without falling over!!) but a tad slowmoving, second one was more contemporary (think flesh coloured skin tights, didn't really know where to look sometimes!!) and intellectual i guess- representing woman's equality with men physically and emotionally (which, the femenist that i am, appealed to me!), and the third one was prob my favourite- again more traditional, beautiful... I dunno how you'd describe it! But it was cool). Dad and Jon,during the ballet, went shopping at the Rocks markets (as did Dan and Phili-Dan aquired some very funky shoes, and Phili a bracelet) and Dad got me this really nice silver fish bracelet thing which was really sweet! After that we strolled up to the Stamford Grand for coffee and cake (soo nice, like a really moist marble/mud cake- prob shouldn't have had that second piece, didn't feel that great in the van after!) in the gorgeous foyer which was full of comfy yet chic couches. THEN onto my Uncle Mark and Aunty Eileen's for a Chinese banquet type dinner- really good to catch up with the family, have/listen to lively intellectual discussions, eat, have general fun and frivolity! Don't get that much of the family together at one time, so really value the time we have. Next day (almost) everyone came over for a Mother's Day lunch at home which was good- have a bit more of a catch up (and the best food!), said our goodbyes and flew home! Lol, that was really brief.
- As some of you may now know, Dad's been nominated for Adelaide Archibishop which is exciting/scary! It's cool i can talk to people about it now, haven't been allowed even tho we've know for a few wks. I think it's exciting because, although only time will tell if he gets it, i think he'd be great in the job (and i'm not just saying that because i'm his daughter!)- the diocose is in pretty bad shape with all the sex abuse claims/victims, and the resignation of the former archibishop, but I think Dad's got both the people skills, is a leader in the way he encourages other people to lead- like build up a team and not have it all depending on him, and a knowledge of what needs to be the way forward. It's kind of funny, and a good thing that he's just done a PhD on humility! If he did get it, I don't think the position would be about status to him, although its a privilege he deserves to be nominated! As a daughter I guess my first reaction as well was that I wouldn't want to lose him (which I wouldn't, but emotional reactions aren't always logical)- it would mean seeing him a lot less probably, and it would be a big thing to take on... But i reckon we're a strong family which is important... ANYWAY, we'll cross all those bridges when we get to them, and i hope i haven't said too much!!
- Yes, it's officially official, Dave and I are going out :oD!!!
OK, time to go do the bins... Ciao for now!!
Friday, May 06, 2005
Phwoar
Phwoar, you guys are lucky today! Not only is this my second post today, but i've worked out how to post pic's! So here is a very random semi-trial selection...
05.05.05!!
So come on, i had to post today because of the date- it's the 5th day of the 5th month, 2005, how cool is that! Lol, ah the amusements of being a nerd ;o)! So it's been a pretty full on week thus far, with school and other stuff which most of you know about but which i'm not sure what i can say about on here, haha... Plus another thing which none of you know about but will know soon! In terms of school, i had a couple of days of non-brain-function where i really couldn't be bothered to do work, but then yesterday though i was quite exhausted i had to make myself work, and i did. Fascinating stuff really. After stressing a bit about where i was going with my art final in the holidays (was gonna do some spider thing, inspired by Alfie and Theodore the spiders in my backyard) I'm on a new direction- thinking of doing one of my Dad... Actually i'm enjoying year 12- for once it feels like the work matters (rather than those random assignments you had to do in other years about something you were never going to use/remember!), i really like the whole Eden Park (old mansion/house that's kind of the year 12's territory for the year) thing, and I'm going to miss the comfort of routine (well maybe not the early mornings!) as well as seeing my friends everyday! That's something i've been really grateful for lately actually, i have such awesome friends and family. Plus my house. I love my house.
OK that's really gross/odd, my cat's licking my nail file. Eww, dead skin cells!! Lol! Anyway, i'm getting excited about Sydney tomorrow- the plans have changed slightly- still going to the ballet, but now afternoon tea-ing and coffee-ing at the Stanford (Stamford?) Grand rather than dinner at the Intercontinental (i think), but i don't mind really- it's meant a slight wardrobe revision (yahoo, get to get dressed up!) but the main thing is spending time with the family which'll be really fun!
OK, I'm not gonna copy Sez and Lib by doing a 'listening to' thing on here, so i'll do a 'reading' thing. At the moment I'm reading that oh so famous book 'The Da Vinci Code'. I was kind of putting it off for a while because i thought i didn't really need to read it if it was going to put doubts in my mind (with the whole Church conspiracy thing) but you've just gotta remember it's a fictional novel, and so far it's been a good read- you can see why it's so popular! Nice short chapters so you can't put it down, suspensful, and all the history, artwork, old societies etc (very simplistic synopsis!) is really interesting. But I'm only like a fifth of the way in, so i'll let you know how it goes...
OK that's really gross/odd, my cat's licking my nail file. Eww, dead skin cells!! Lol! Anyway, i'm getting excited about Sydney tomorrow- the plans have changed slightly- still going to the ballet, but now afternoon tea-ing and coffee-ing at the Stanford (Stamford?) Grand rather than dinner at the Intercontinental (i think), but i don't mind really- it's meant a slight wardrobe revision (yahoo, get to get dressed up!) but the main thing is spending time with the family which'll be really fun!
OK, I'm not gonna copy Sez and Lib by doing a 'listening to' thing on here, so i'll do a 'reading' thing. At the moment I'm reading that oh so famous book 'The Da Vinci Code'. I was kind of putting it off for a while because i thought i didn't really need to read it if it was going to put doubts in my mind (with the whole Church conspiracy thing) but you've just gotta remember it's a fictional novel, and so far it's been a good read- you can see why it's so popular! Nice short chapters so you can't put it down, suspensful, and all the history, artwork, old societies etc (very simplistic synopsis!) is really interesting. But I'm only like a fifth of the way in, so i'll let you know how it goes...
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
back we go to schoolio
Is it just me (and i know this sounds incredibly cliche) or did the hol's go really really fast?! I do a couple of things, then all of a sudden it's school again! Well, I guess i did a lot really, just not much school work, lol. My justification is that its no use going back to school burnt out, better to be recharged and ready to do work. Anyhoo, my last few days were pretty go go go, so i'm a bit tired today.
Lets see, wednesday i had a good catch up with Lib at Norwood and did a bit of window shopping (i was proud, i actually restrained myself and didn't do buy anything!) which was good, then thurs saw Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (*in english accent* hilaaarious, esp if u like random english humour!) with Dave (;o)) which was tres cool, then (drove, woohoo i made it to Parkside by myself!) onto Charlotte's for a sleepover which was heaps fun (we watched House of Elliot, which most of u have prob never heard of, but i grew up with it and it was such a flashback! about 2 sisters in the 20's who's Dad dies (it sounds awful but this is actually a good thing) and they make a fashion house thingo...), then on fri nite had a bit of a par-tay at my house which (surprise surprise) was also fun (well for me, i hope for everyone else too!)- i hadn't seen most ppl since youth camp!
Then had a Sleepover club with the girls (Annie, Mim, and Erin and I've had these sleepover things for years as we've grown up for those of you not in the know, and it kind of got it's name from that really dodgy show of the same name! ;o) aaaand yeah!
Well it was kind of annoying actually, bcoz I thought up until thursday that we were going back on Tues, but noooo, we went back today! woohoo!! Actually it wasn't that bad, it was Charlotte's b'day (happy birthday Daaarling!!!) so it was cool to see her for that, plus catch up with everyone else... and according to my plan, rather than being burnt out with work from the hols, i've had a good break from not doing it so the whole working thing's not too bad either (lol, it's not an excuse... really!). I'm exciting atm, amongst other reasons, bcoz on fri me and the family are jetting off to Sydney for the weekend for my G'ma's 80th b'day celebrations - going to the ballet, and then dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel (bit swanky!), plus seeing all my cousins which we don't get to do very often because everyone but us and G'ma and G'pa live in Sydney! And then... we have a 4 day weekend after that! Oh yeah! Uh huh!! Aaanyway, in my usual style i've written enough for now (lol, happy Dave? ;o) and better get onto some homwork... And by the way, no rubbing in the going-back-to-school-on-monday-not-tuesday thing you private school people! Public and proud!!
Lets see, wednesday i had a good catch up with Lib at Norwood and did a bit of window shopping (i was proud, i actually restrained myself and didn't do buy anything!) which was good, then thurs saw Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (*in english accent* hilaaarious, esp if u like random english humour!) with Dave (;o)) which was tres cool, then (drove, woohoo i made it to Parkside by myself!) onto Charlotte's for a sleepover which was heaps fun (we watched House of Elliot, which most of u have prob never heard of, but i grew up with it and it was such a flashback! about 2 sisters in the 20's who's Dad dies (it sounds awful but this is actually a good thing) and they make a fashion house thingo...), then on fri nite had a bit of a par-tay at my house which (surprise surprise) was also fun (well for me, i hope for everyone else too!)- i hadn't seen most ppl since youth camp!
Then had a Sleepover club with the girls (Annie, Mim, and Erin and I've had these sleepover things for years as we've grown up for those of you not in the know, and it kind of got it's name from that really dodgy show of the same name! ;o) aaaand yeah!
Well it was kind of annoying actually, bcoz I thought up until thursday that we were going back on Tues, but noooo, we went back today! woohoo!! Actually it wasn't that bad, it was Charlotte's b'day (happy birthday Daaarling!!!) so it was cool to see her for that, plus catch up with everyone else... and according to my plan, rather than being burnt out with work from the hols, i've had a good break from not doing it so the whole working thing's not too bad either (lol, it's not an excuse... really!). I'm exciting atm, amongst other reasons, bcoz on fri me and the family are jetting off to Sydney for the weekend for my G'ma's 80th b'day celebrations - going to the ballet, and then dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel (bit swanky!), plus seeing all my cousins which we don't get to do very often because everyone but us and G'ma and G'pa live in Sydney! And then... we have a 4 day weekend after that! Oh yeah! Uh huh!! Aaanyway, in my usual style i've written enough for now (lol, happy Dave? ;o) and better get onto some homwork... And by the way, no rubbing in the going-back-to-school-on-monday-not-tuesday thing you private school people! Public and proud!!
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