WOOOOO!

Planning of my story has started, and I think that it is going smoothly, so far!  I have ruled out two of my plots, leaving the one closest to me, and I've written both a one-sentence and a paragraph summary.  What I shall be doing next is working out thins about the characters, which is always where my problem lies.  I never really work out who my characters are before I write my story.  I suck at characterisation in general.

I'm using the first few steps of the 'snowflake method' and it's really helping me out.  Google it, because I think that it can assist any writer.  I mean, I don't consider it a strict step-by-step manual in novel writing because that's just silly.  It's only a guide, giving me ideas for planning.

Anyhow, it's been a pretty good day so far.  I've just been relaxing this morning.  I will clean my room and study after I eat some lunch (gosh, I'm starving), and then I will get ready for this stupid dinner party.

It's annoying, really.  I mean, I love this certain friend, but I don't want to go to his party.  He made the theme 'red and white' meaning I have to get a new dress for the occasion, and I don't want to because I am trying to save money.  I ended up just stealing one of my sister's cocktail dresses.  It's way too tight, so I might just end up wearing a pink one.  That's going to have to be good enough for my friend.

He also wanted me to meet him early to help him with the cooking, but I told him I can't.  Originally, I really wanted to, but for the past couple of weeks I've felt like I've barely had any me time.  So I just want my me time!  I'm still going to the actual dinner party, just not early.

There's not really much else to say, to be honest.  Oh!  I finally got my sorting quiz on myHogwarts!  Haha, I just need to get my result, but I have a feeling that I won't get that until tomorrow.  Hopefully I will be a Gryffindor!

I shall be off, now!

Money saved: -$186 (yep, even less... but at least the majority of Christmas shopping is done now.  One present to go!)

Books owned: 78

Words written: 0 (still in the planning stages)

Currently listening to: Save You - Kelly Clarkson

Currently reading: Tales of the Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green

Actually Wanting to Change

So, since my last post... I've done nothing.

THAT WILL CHANGE, DAMMIT!

Seriously, I need to get off my lazy arse and start doing things.  My room looks like a tornado has gone through it, I now flab when I walk, and the house is a mess.  The only thing I have now that school is finished is KFC (is this legal?) and that is definitely not a good thing.

I've made my writing journey blog, and I'm feeling motivational.  I think it's appropriate that my start to my new life starts at the beginning of the week - Monday - which is tomorrow.

Look out world, here I come!

I know I keep saying that things are going to change, but this time I'm going to make a real attempt.  I feel pathetic, now :P


Goals I want to achieve:

• Save enough money for a car
• Write a novel
• Own 1000 books
• Save enough money for an iPad for uni next year (or something similarly and most likely cheaper)

So, at the end of each post from now on, I shall be posting the status of each goal.

Money saved: -$150 (yes, this is horrible, I know, I had to dig into my savings this weekend)

Books owned: 78

Words written: 0 (still in the planning stages)

Currently listening to: Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Currently reading: Tales of the Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green

Two Whole Months

It's funny that I think most while I'm in the shower, and while showering just then, I was thinking about how refreshing this shower was.  Then I realised that I didn't need to be refreshed if I just stopped acting like a slob.

It's been a little over two months since I last made a blog post.  I sat my mock exams, graduated, sat my WACE exams, then I turned 17 yesterday (and of course, in the wizarding world 17 is the equivalent to 18).  When I showering just then, I knew that this is the right time to change, start the rest of my life.  I'm not going to make an excuse and wait until New Year, or wait until tomorrow because just one more day won't hurt.

This time last week I was sitting my final WACE exam, and while I was focussing on the paper in front of me, I was thinking in the back of my head that after this is the real world, and while I will have more freedom with my high school studies being over, I everything will change and become more serious.

That means I need to change and become more serious.

I don't mean that I'm going to become an uptight girl who never likes to have fun.  it just means that I have to start thinking about the future, because soon I'm going to be living it.

That means no more money splurges, no more deliberately missing calls from work, no more sitting around and watching TV.  It's time for house work, doing more shifts at work to earn more money, learning how to do the washing, cook, clean and do the ironing.

Soon I'll be 18, meaning I will have responsibility for myself, and this is the year for me to practise.

And I'm sitting in my messy room, just showered, freshly painted nails, not feeling as disgusting as I felt 20 minutes ago.  It's time to change.  It's time to grow up.  It's time to face my future.

Exam Procrastination? Not Good.

Church.  I've been going lately, and it's really been helping me lately.  Forgiveness is the key here.

I have self-confidence issues, as in on-the-verge-of-breaking-down-in-tears-every-day sort of self-confidence issues.  I had come down to the fact that this has been caused by the bullying that I had been a victim of a few years back, by media, by the pretty people at school putting me down.

The sermon at church yesterday said that forgiveness doesn't let a person off the hook, it's the first step to a healing process.  That's exactly what I did!  I prayed to God, said that I will forgive the people that have hurt me in the past, said that I will apologise to the people that I have hurt.

I have been feeling a lot better because of church.  I honestly don't know how to argue that God exists, or even if He exists at all, but knowing that there is someone there guiding me is really helping me out.  I really feel like He's there, you know?

I need to stop being all preachy.

But I just want to close with a few words that have helped me for the past week:

'Passionately wait
Diligently seek
Quietly hope.'

RUOK? Day

So I woke up this morning, showered, got dressed, went to have breakfast, and then when I looked at the TV, there was a news report about RUOK? Day, which I have never heard of until now.  It's a day where you take the time to talk to someone you care about and start a conversation, asking if they are okay.  The whole point of this day is to help prevent suicide, and I think this is a really great way to do that.

To me, I think the best thing for someone with depression is for them to have a support system - someone they can talk to regularly, someone can rely on.

In writing this, I'm suddenly thinking about my friend, Bella (not her real name).  We stopped talking 6 months ago, and then the other day, she text me.  With that first conversation, I remembered the reason why we stopped talking - it was because I was sick of her complaining to me and telling me all of her problems.

She told me two days ago that she had depression, and we haven't talked since.  I was thinking: 'I really don't have time to deal with this.  I only have a couple of weeks until exams, and I can't afford to let my focus down'.

I realised this morning that I'm a bitch.

Rather than thinking this, I should be helping her out, be her support system.  Although we haven't talked in ages, she's obviously text me as a last resort so she can have someone to help her through it.  It's going to be hard for with exams, but I think that I can do it!  I will make sure that I will.  To be honest, I'm scared of doing this - I have no idea how to comfort someone, and although I'm not depressed, I have breakdowns practically all the time, so it's not like I'm a strong person to take all of this.  But I will try, and that is all that matters.

Of Costumes and... Wait, No Netball

It seems that this year there will be no grand final for my team.  It's alright, though, because the odds were completely against us.  I hate making excuses, but there was injury and rather bad umpiring in the last game.  Of course, those aren't the reasons we lost, but it certainly wasn't helping us.  The other team was simply playing better that game.

Although, it was nice seeing Gordon.  He is coaching the team that we were playing, but he also coached me and another girl on my team for TID, which is the level above normal netball.  I must say that he was the guy who made me a better shooter.  It's funny though, because I was shooting in the first quarter, and then I was switched to defense for the rest of the game, so it wasn't like he got the chance to see any improvement there!

Anyway, seeing as I'm not playing netball next week (I am incredibly disappointed about the loss by the way) there will be time to go to my sister's house warming and one of my friends birthday party.  Of course, I'm going to missing the actual party because I'll be at the house warming, but of course I am going to be there for the sleep over part, so that should be fun enough!

I will be able to see Freddo again!  He has probably grown so much!  Still so freaking adorable!

I got my costume on Friday for muck up day.  My parents picked it up from my sister's, Nicole's, house.  The Slytherin robe is... quite a couple of inches too short, but that's okay.  It's not like I could choose the measurements or anything, and it doesn't look that bad anyway!

Now, I just have to decide whether I should dress up as a Slytherin or a skanky Slytherin... I really need to think about that.  To be honest, I don't have the confidence to do the whole skank thing - it's just not me!

In other news, I have a new love for the TV show, Camelot.  Of course, tonight's episode isn't on because a 9/11 tribute, and videobb is being annoying and saying 'you've watched your 72 minutes, wait another hour before you can start watching again'.  Of course, I don't really want to watch because I want some damn sleep.

Actually, I'm getting up early tomorrow morning to do Zumba, so I should probably get some sleep right now...

Good night!

And It's That Time of the Day Again!

I'm in free period right now, procrastinating from doing Indonesian... or English... or Biology.  To be honest, now that I have so many free periods, I'm not that stressed about not getting any work done because I have so much free time to do it.

But I should be stressing, because exams are in one month, and the results of these exams go to our final mark.  Then after that, there's a week break, then we have to do another set of exams, and that determines what university we can go to or even if we can get into university at all.  It should be stressful!

The only thing that I should be worrying about is Maths and English, and I'm not even really worrying about that!

During the week between the two sets of exams, there's a week of mayhem for the Leavers!  We spend the first two days getting our results back from our first exams and figuring out what we got wrong and how we can improve.  The third day is gender swap day.  It's hilarious because the boys will be wearing dresses and the girls will be wearing the boys uniform.  Then day four is muck up day!

I have some good news.  My Slytherin robe and tie has been delivered to my sister's house, and I will be picking it up this Friday.  Guess what I'll be wearing for muck up day?!  Also, there is activities for the year 12's during the last half of muck-up day, and there is rumours that there is going to be a Quidditch tournament.  I sincerely hope that this is true, because that will be freaking amazing!

Also, during muck-up day, there are house assemblies, so each house has their own little farewell assembly.  The two PCG classes in each house sit up the front in their costumes, and the PCG tutors give little speeches about each student in the class. We also get little gifts and receive letters that we wrote to ourselves five years ago.

I am really excited for this!

And finally on the fifth day, there's the whole school valedictory assembly.  There are speeches, and music performances, this weird little annointing thing where we get blessed and get oil on our foreheads.  It's going to be so amazing!

After the valedictory assembly, the whole year group as a tradition goes down to the beach to celebrate.  So much fun!

Before, I didn't want to graduate highschool, and I was completely scared about going into the real world.  I didn't want to go to university, and start dealing with financial issues.  I didn't want to grow up at all!  Now I am thinking the exact opposite!

I want to graduate, and I want this year to end.  Even though exams are horrible and that I shouldn't want to be going through them, I just want to get it over and done with!  And then of course there is three months between school and the start of university.  That will give me plenty of time to at least get onto my second phase of my L's (L plates - learner drivers.  There are two phases.  Once on second phase you need to drive at least 25 hours before getting your license).

This is all just so freaking excited, and the whole not knowing what's going to happen or how it's going to happen is all a part of the fun!

It has suddenly just clicked how much I talk about school on this blog.  I really should stop!

I should be off.  School finishes in five minutes!

What Makes Me Happy?

There are plenty of things that make me happy, but there is one thing that I am celebrating at the moment - I have finished my Maths assignment, and I understand the concepts in it.

I know it's such a little thing, but I suck at Maths, and I feel like that I have accomplished something when I comlete an assignment and I understand it.

Of course, I had to bug my friend for help, but how can you learn if you don't ask for help?

Also, I was just in free period, preparing for an in-class essay in English that I have on Thursday.  Again, I feel like I have accomplished something because I showed my teacher the work that I have done and he says that I am on the right track.

Anyway, I'm in PCG at the moment (which, for any Americans who may be reading this) is like Homeroom.  Except we have 10 minutes in PCG first thing in the morning and then half an hour in PCG after our first class.

Then recess!

Usually I study or something in PCG (all my friends are in other PCG's, unfortunately) but I feel like I have done a lot, so I think that I deserve a little break, at least.

There is about five minutes left, so I'm going to pack up now.  I expect that I will be writing something a little more entertaining soon!

A Little Thing Called the Internet

The internet really is the best thing that has ever happened to society.  It has connected people, made assignment SOOOOO much easier, made researching easier, buying, selling, everything!

For me it has done two things:

1. Helped me with assignments
2. Provided me with a medium in which I could find people who are like me, and I could become friends with.

I don't think that last sentence was grammatically correct.  Anyhow...

I've made so many friends over the internet who share the same interests as me (which is a lot harder to find IRL) and it's made it easier to keep connected with people I met when they were travelling to Perth or who I've met in Indonesia.  It's really amazing!

I just read a post from someone I follow on blogspot, and they just discovered the 'Audience' part of blogspot.  She was so amazed that there were people from all over the world reading her blog!  And it really is amazing!

I just can't get over how a computer with internet connection can let you see or talk to someone on the opposite side of the globe. 

I'm loving this!

This is Anna's blog.  She's amazing!

Of Nerdy Things and Netball Finals

Yesterday, I must say, was one of the best I've had in a while.

My best friend's birthday is tomorrow, which happens to be the same day as father's day.  We decided that we would celebrate it yesterday rather than tomorrow!  Everyone from our group brought lollies and chips to school, and there was also party hats and cake.  Well, one friend works at a bakery and she was going to get of her work mates to make a Harry Potter themed cake... well, he totally forgot.  So we had chocolate cake instead!

At lunch, there was junk food everywhere.  It was insane the amount of food we had.

There were three of us that went home with her for her party.  She and her mum made a cake that was shaped as Hogwarts (pics later, maybe) and we got to decorate it with lollies.  She had gummy slugs, cockroach clusters (which were crushed pretzels, peanut butter and chocolate), Bertie Botts, sherbet lemons, pretzel wands.

It was amazing!  We watched the Little Mermaid, the first Harry Potter movie, then we started watching AVPM but we sort of fell asleep.

This whole time I was trying hard not to eat all the junk food and needed to get to sleep early because today is.... my first netball final!  Well it isn't my first, it's the preliminary.   I've been in the grand final twice (winning one), but last season I lost the second final for the team, and this year we plan on winning!  I will make sure of it!

Here's how finals goes:

1. The first and second team on the ladder verse each other (we are second), and the third and fourth team verse each other.
2. Whoever wins out of team one and two goes straight to the grand final.
3. The loser plays the winner our of three and four.
4. The team that loses out of three and four is completely out of the finals.
5. The team that wins the third game goes to the finals.

Now... if we win, we will go to the grand final and get a week off.  If we lose, we play again next week.  We will win.  I am sure of this.

Anyway... I need to go get ready.  Wish me luck!

More Downs Than Ups

So today definitely wasn't my best day.

I made an angry post last time, and I'm going to make another sort of ranting post today, but this one is going to be much because I have accepted the situation and something good may have come from it.

In Australia there is a celebration called Leavers Week.  Once all of the year 12's have finished their final exams, they go to different places like Kalbarri and Dunsborough (both probably spelled wrong - what kind of Australian am I?) and it's basically four days of full on partying.  It was originally something that was organised by the graduates, but now there is government funding and events and police everywhere.

It's tradition, and even if you don't go to the major locations, you at least leave wherever you live and do something.  It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

It's something that I will never get to experience.

In my last post I mentioned that I wasn't allowed to go on real Leavers.  Well, my friend's grandpa owned a beach house in Mandurah (now, I know how to spell that one) and there were a few of us going, and there was going to be no alcohol or anything (which is great, because I'm not into drinking).  It's cancelled now because my friend's grandpa died a couple of weeks ago.  That is perfectly acceptable, and I feel very bad for my friend's loss.  She and her grandpa were really close, so close that she did the speech at the funeral.

Anyway.  Now I'm doing nothing because my best friend is going to America (and Harry potter world that bitch :P), my other bestie is going to Dunsborough, another friend is going to Kalbarri, another is going off with another group, and I had a fight with another (thank God, because it's not worth remaining friends with him for the last five weeks of school - that sounds really bitchy, but I will make the last weeks of my schooling life fun and not full of fights, so we're better off not remaining friends).  So... there goes all my closest friends.

My mother, father, aunt and uncle are going away the very same weekend as Leavers, which is incredibly inconvenient.  So, I have to choices - stay with my aunt for a week, or nan can come stay at the house with me for a week.

A very, very great Leavers week, I must admit.

Due to stress of final exams, fights, guy issues and everything else happening, I lost it.

I'm feeling a lot better now, though.

Hopefully my next post won't be so depressing because I guess readers (what readers?) are sick of this depressing crap at the moment, haha!

Influenced By Bad Experiences

I have a sister that is 6 years older then me, and the things that I get to experience really are based on her experiences.  Let's give some examples first:

• I can't go on real Leavers this year because my sister called up half way through crying and asked mum to pick her up.
• I can't go out with an older guy (and i have been asked out by three older people who I definitely did know and like) because my sister, when she was my age (16), went out with a 23 year old and had a bad experience.  And my guys weren't even that old!
• I don't have freedom - I can't go out to parties, and I can't stay home on my own for the weekend.

I'm so sick of this!  I understand where my mother is coming from and all, but it's a little bit frustrating.  Me and my sister are different people, and we take different situations differently.  Why should I have to suffer from my sister's bad experiences?!

I broke up with my boyfriend because I was afraid that my mother would find out that he's older.  This is a guy that I really like, and I miss him so freaking much, and I know he really loved me and I just want to talk to him again!  It's not like he's some crazy stalker or anything!

We met in January last year.  We only started dating in March.  I knew him pretty damn well, and I trusted him.  And I really, really like him, it's insane!

And everything is going wrong because of my mother.

I'm probably going to regret posting this, but it was good getting it out.

Pottermore - A Quick Review

Well, I'm not going to say anything about it really, to tell the truth.  All I can say that it is done really well, and it has impressed me greatly.  The artwork is amazing, and the graphics are done well.  As for activities, I haven't got the hang of them yet - they are rather difficult until you get a lot of practise.

Reading the extras from JK Rowling is amazing, but I don't recommend that you do what I did.  I got my email late at night and was desperate to figure out what house I was in.  I skipped over reading the extras, getting each chapter out of the way as quickly as possible.

I would also recommend the book while you're going through Pottermore, which would be a much better experience than mine!

In other news... there's nothing really, I just wanted to give a quick update.

Monday's are my worst days, because I have Maths and English then two free periods in a row after lunch before school ends.  After school, I stay behind for Maths tutoring.  Then on Tuesday I have another free period first thing.

I must say that my motivation runs incredibly low, but I really must at least do SOMETHING.  So I shall be off.

Books. Lots of Them.

I love reading - simple as that - but there is a problem where I have a whole shelf of books, but with half completed series.  The only finished series' that I have are Harry Potter, Twilight (yes, there was a time where I loved it and I can't stand to throw ANY book away) and the Hunger Games.

So my mission is to re-read all these series, and then get the final books.

So far, I have finished the Fallen series and plan to get the final book next year.  Yesterday I almost finished Evermore, the first book in the Immortals series.  I have Blue Moon and recently (sour-of-the-moment) bought the latest book, Shadowland.  I still have to complete the House of Night series, the Shiver series, the Evernight series (those last two were just the names of the first books) and of course I have to buy the rest of the volumes of Vampire Knight.

There is so many books that I need to buy, and I don't have enough money to do so.  I guess it is going to take me a while to finish of these.  Haha.

And I still have study, work and my sister's scarf to knit before October!

Oh, I also got into Pottermore the other day.  I am not happy, because I was sorted into Gryffindor.  I know that most people would be happy about that, but I was hoping for Slytherin and then Hufflepuff for my next choice... but I guess that's who I really am - JKR says so.

It kind of sucks because I also just bought Slytherin robes online, and I've already knitted myself a Slytherin scarf.

But oh well.  After I finish my sister's, I'll make my bestie a Hufflpuff one then knit myself a Gryffindor scarf. *le sigh*

Anyway, I should be off or I will be running late to school!

It's Definitely Been A While

It's been about a week since I last posted, and I would like to apologise for that.  I would make an excuse of being WAAAAAAAY too busy, but the truth is that I have just been freaking lazy!

I have to say that today has been one of the greatest that I have had in a while, because I went on a helicopter ride, and all was well!

Haha, so last year I was doing Aviation, and then I decided that I would drop the subject.  So this year I am doing free period instead and I just sit in the Aviation class anyway.  The topic that the class are doing at the moment are helicopters - it's only a small part - and the teacher decided that he would spend the budget on bringing a helicopter to school so the class could learn about them then go for a ride.

Then the teacher turned to me and asked if I wanted to come along too!

So I missed out on half my classes today and there were about 10 of us all up that sort of hung around the oval, eating icy poles and drinking fizzy drinks (that bwahl provided - he is freaking awesome) and we took turns, 3 at a time, going in the helicopter and going for a 20 minute flight up the coast.

And the guy flying was young, single and absolutely gorgeous.

Anyway, I have some pictures here if you want to see!

So this photo here - the camera is pointing straight out the window... we were on the side, and I must say when it first happened I was shitting myself, because the door is mostly glass, and also the front part is all glass.  It's an amazing feeling actually.  The best part about it.  Oh, this is Hilary's Boat Harbour, by the way.  Here there is a water park that consists of three water slides, trampolines and a mini golf course - nothing spectacular.

And this is our second school over - yes, it landed at our school.

I must say that this was an amazing experience - although it isn't as good as flying a plane.  Yes, I have flown one - more on that later.

I'll see you!

10th Time Lucky

Everyone wants a fresh start, they want to try something new or they want to change themselves.  In most cases, this doesn't work, and the most classic example is trying to be more healthy.

I don't know how many times I have told myself that I will become fit, that I will try to boost my fitness levels during the off season.  I want to be able to jog, look good in a bikini (yeah right... like that will happen), but it never works.  After a day of eating healthy, spending half an hour jogging (or trying to), it just stops.  My laziness, lack of motivation and love of junk food takes over.  I go back to right where I started.

But this time I have some sort of motivation, and that is the cruise to Bali that I am going on with my dad's side of the family.  Summer, hot, beach, gorgeous Indo guys.  That is all the motivation I need.

To make it all better, my mother and my cousin are feeling the same.  My mum wants to lose weight and my cousin wants to be more toned so she can get a guy.  It's the perfect opportunity!  Everyone knows that it is better doing things with support, and it also gives me a reason to really try hard - I don't want to disappoint mum and Crin.

There's also something else.  I am going to make another blog, and this will be where I keep all the details of my progress - what I eat, what I do.  Again, it's like having more than one person doing it with me - I don't want to feel the guilt when I'm typing that I am not really trying.

So right after I finish this post, I will be making the blog.

Actually... that would be right now!

Chick Flicks...

The most depressing thing, yet so addicting.  Not even just chick flicks, but movies with happy endings.  I REALLY want a happy ending... I REALLY wish that life could be like a movie.  I know that is never going to happen.

I want a boyfriend, and I want to be happy with him.  I want him to be taller than me for once.  I want him to be gorgeous, with nice arms, who sort of takes charge.  I want us to be cutesy together, sweet.

Like... at the end of She's The Man, and Viola and Duke are at soccer training, and he lifts her up and they are both laughing and being happy.  I desperately want that!

Yeah... you know what I've just been watching.

I just want the happy movie-like ending.  I don't like reality.  With reality there is school, work, money issues, fights.  I'm really not liking it.  I mean, there are the good times, but...

I think that I'm just asking for too much, you know?  I'm expecting something amazing, so nothing can live up to my expectations.  This is why I watch movies, and why I read books!  It's why I write!  I want something that I will never be able to have.

But you never know - I am going on that cruise to Bali in January.  Maybe I will meet my perfect guy there!

Exercise and Lack of Distractions

The answer to all procrastination and motivation issues when doing homework or study.

I must say that the thing to get you started with homework is just shut everything off, put all distractions (novels, laptops, phones, iPods even!) into a completely different room, close the door and just get started!

I must say that I did this, and it worked.  I just told myself 'hey... just stop... do something, fat arse'.

So, I did some Zumba with my mum and started studying for my Biology test tomorrow.

This is my first break, and I must say that I am proud of myself!  It's true when they say that healthy eating and exercise makes you happier and more motivated.  Just go get out and do it!  Don't even think, just get up and do something.  It works a charm.

And I even offered to help my mum clean the kitchen after dinner, without even thinking.

Fuck yeah, I feel so damn good now!

Except for this head ache... I'll take some panadol or something then get back to it!

That's the end of my quick post for now!

Weekend

I can't really say that this has been the most productive weekend I've ever had.  Basically it involved eating, watching Grey's Anatomy while in bed (effing scratched DVD... now I can't watch the last season seven episodes), an hour of physical exercise... and meeting a family member I had never really knew even existed.

My Aunty Vikki (who is really my great aunt) came to watch my netball game because she needed to get away from her son and his ex.  There have been big problems involving Aunty Vikki's grandson involving the crazy ex-wife, but I'm not going to get into that.

Anyway, she came to my netball game and all was well... but at the end of the game there was a kid sitting with my Aunt and mum who appeared out of nowhere.  Apparently this lady called Julia or something dropped him off.

But this is the grandson, and he's staying with my Aunt for a while or something.  His name is Dylan, apparently.  He's 14 and... I don't even know.

He's a nice kid, he really is!  And I just feel really bad for him because he has to go through so much crap with his parents and court orders and crap like that.  Some people shouldn't deserve things like this, especially teens.  I mean, we are all just trying to get through life, growing up and it shouldn't  have to be made any harder because of some crazy-ass mother.

I really shouldn't be sticking my nose into stuff that isn't my business and I don't even know or understand the whole story, so I will just be moving on!

Netball was great.  We were playing another team from our club, and it was a really really tough game!  We thrashed them last time, but during this game there was illness and injuries, and it was just insane!  We only lost by a goal.

We were down to only seven players because one girl had a virus.  She ended up coming down to watch and support us.  One girl was hung over from the night before, even though we were specifically told not to go out (I mean seriously, this girl is an idiot who puts herself before others - no offense, this girl is really nice and funny and just kind hearted, but she shouldn't let her team down by going out every Friday before the game).  Lastly there was one girl who was complaining of a sore ankle.

All was cool in the first quarter, but then the girl with the sore ankle has a fall and does some real damage to it... so she can't play, has to be taken off.

The girl with the virus ends up having to play.  She borrows a uniform off of her cousin (who plays for another team in the club) and goes on court.

By half time this girl is in tears and she can't breathe, so we have to switch our positions, and that REALLY screws up the play.

I'm surprised we only lost by one goal.

It's obvious we're most likely going to be in the grand final, and I'm freaking excited!

So that's my weekend... well, I went to a party today, but let's not even go there.  I will save that for my next post.

Beginning of the End

So while everyone in the Northern Hemisphere is having their first day of school, Australians are right in the middle of the school year, and concerning students who are in their last year of school, things run a hell of a lot differently.

For most students, school ends in about 17 weeks (not including the holidays), but for year 12's, we finish in 7 weeks.

It's a really scary thought.

We've started getting our TISC forms and graduation information.  Groups have started organising Leavers (more on that later) and the Leavers Book committee and the Leavers Video committee have already started doing their work.

The most scary part about all this is deciding what to do when I graduate, and if my exam results give me the outcome I want.  We have to take a set of exams and then we get an ATAR, which is a mark that gets you into university.

So... at the end of October, I graduate, and then the day after (on a Saturday, grrrrr) I have my first exam.  And then it finally all ends just before my birthday!  All is well!

Graduation is the best and worst thing to happen in your school career.

During the last week of school, the year 12's do different things on different days.  At my school, we have gender swap day, so we swap our uniforms around.  On the second last day, we have muck up day.  This used to be a day where we would pull pranks and dress up, but the pranks were banned after someone a few years ago hand put all the lunch benches on top the school buildings.  That was what I heard at least.

We still pull pranks, and we still dress up.  I plan on going as a Hogwarts student.

My group of friends have sort of chosen our costumes.  It's just a joke, it's not really going to happen.  I'm going to be the slutty Slytherin, one will be horny Hufflepuff, grinding Gryffindor and racy Ravenclaw.

Haha, it's going to be good :)

Then on the final day, we have the Valedictory Assembly.  This is where the school says good bye to us, and there's speeches and such.  After that we have morning tea with our parents and family, and then as tradition goes, the year 12's spend the rest of the day at the beach partying.

And then exams...

I'm effing screwed...

This Is Me

Perth isn't any place special.  It's definitely nothing like Hollywood or London, not even like Sydney!  No, we're the most isolated city in the world, so nothing interesting happens here.

We do have our ups and downs, and I must say that we mostly have our downs.  Not many bands or artists come here - it's too much hassle because there isn't enough people and barely any locations that are big enough.

I think the biggest concerts that I have been to were P!nk and Kiss.

The tourist attractions aren't that great.  There's a couple of national parks, a bell tower, the Fremantle prison (which isn't even in the city of Perth), and we only have Adventure World and two water parks that I know of.  No, you need to go to the Gold Coast for that.

We're a lonely city - nothing much to do - but this is home.

And we gave the world Heath Ledger.  May he rest in peace.

I go to a 'low fee' private school that's Anglican based.  I must admit that it is incredibly low fee.  Standards high enough to not have many beat ups and school yard fights, yet not so high as to have rich snobs (well, most of the time).  I'm in my last year of school, struggling to raise my exam marks.  Funnily enough, my English mark is letting me down, but that is because the exam mark is scaled down.

More on that later.

I have my goals - I want to get into Murdoch, do a double major in Biological Sciences and Conservation and Wildlife Biology.  I don't know what I want to do after that or if this is the right choice for me, but it's a start.

I have boy issues, friends at school, school problems, poor social schools, self confidence issues.

I live a normal life, just an ordinary girl.