Cynthia's Song of the Week:

Makes me want to buy a hammock and string it up between two trees down by the river.

Lyrics

I'm walkin', on southern stream, get to the river 'fore I run too low.
I'm walkin', on southern stream, get to the river 'fore I run too low.

Old gypsy woman spoke to me, lips stained red from a bottle of wine.
Old gypsy woman spoke to me, lips stained red from a bottle of wine.
"The one that you are looking for, you're not gonna find her here."
"The one that you are looking for, you're not gonna find her here, here."

I'm runnin', on northeast stream, get to the ocean 'fore I run too low.
I'm runnin', on northeast stream, get to the ocean 'fore I run too low,
Get to the ocean 'fore I run too low

"The one that you are looking for, you're not gonna find her here."
"The one that you are looking for, you're not gonna find her here, here."

Old gypsy woman spoke to me, said, "You're a wolf, boy, get out of this town."
Old gypsy woman spoke to me, said, "You're a wolf, boy, get out of this town."
"You're a wolf, boy, get out of this town."
"You're a wolf, boy, get out of this town."
"You're a wolf."
"You're a wolf."
"You're a wolf."
"You're a wolf."

I am so mentally exhausted right now. I planned to come home and work on The Project That Shall Not Be Named but I just can't find the will to. My brain is still in holiday mode.

Can....not....go.....on. *collapses on the floor like Djokovic after that 32 shots rally*

I am so sad guys. I miss my trashy novels already :(

I don't know why I'm spending my second last day blogging. I just know that after reading William's blog about Skyrim, I have to express my love for it as well.

I've spent a huge amount of time on Skyrim and no I will not tell you how many hours it has been or else you'll think I'm crazy. My character's race is Imperial and she's kind of a half warrior/half destruction mage who also has great conjuration skills. I like casting Flame Atronach because it makes me feel less alone in dungeons and dungeons are scary. STUPID DRAUGR, Y'ALL SHOULD ALL DIE.....wait.

Unlike William, I don't steal stuff. It's too stressful for me. After trying to play Oblivion a few years ago and being a sneak/archer/thief, I kept getting threatened with gaol so I was like stuff this, I'm going to be a law abiding citizen. Plus, I can be a really obsessive hoarder. If I stole everything I liked, my character wouldn't be able to move because I rarely chuck stuff out.

I felt that it was my duty to join the Imperial Legion because well, I'm an Imperial lol. It doesn't matter that they tried to execute me at the beginning. They didn't know how awesome I was yet. And plus, stupid Ulfric Stormcloak is a RACIST. He doesn't let the Argonians and Khajits and Dark Elves live in the city and every time I see him lounging on his throne in Windhelm, I feel like stabbing my ebony sword through his chest. It's okay though because I've finished the civil war questline and now things in Windhelm are getting better :)

My first companion was Lydia. Oh Lydia. We've had so many adventures together. It's a shame you never seem to get any smarter though. Why do you always get in my way? Is it possible for you to not activate every single trap that I've tried really hard to deactivate? Oh well, at least you know how to tank well. I like it when you run into a whole bunch of monsters while I just stand somewhere inconspicuous and lodge fireball after fireball from a safe distance. Too bad my fireballs are so powerful that you sometimes end up dying. Whoops.

After a while, I decided to dump Lydia and go find another companion. Enter Mjoll the Lioness. I've decked her out in Orcish armour and now she is undefeatable.... even by me. Mjoll is the epitome of awesomeness. I swear I could just stand back and let her clear out the bosses for me. Actually, I don't really have to do much fighting. I can conjure up Flame Atronachs and Dremoras (with my Sanguine Rose) and there you have it, a fully functional mini army. I probably shouldn't do that though - it feels like cheating.

Somewhere along the way I also got married.... twice. The first time was when I went into an inn in Solitude and found this random dude called Sam sitting at the counter. I talked to him and he was like, "Hey let's have a drinking contest! If you win, I"ll give you this staff." I didn't need a staff but I thought, what the hell? BAD IDEA GUYS. After the third drink, I passed out and ended up in a temple in Markarth with an angry priestess telling me off. I then had to figure out what I did the night before (kind of like The Hangover movie) by following up on clues and stuff. I then discovered that I'd actually promised to wed someone so I headed to the place where my supposed "bride" was living and guess what? SHE WAS A FRICKIN' HAGRAVEN:

Like ew I'm so not marrying you. So I killed her and looted the wedding ring from her body.

That near-marriage sucked. So I decided to get married for real.... to Onmund from the Mages College. Oh Onmund, you were one of the rare, non-ugly looking people in Skyrim (although that's probably because you wore a hood to cover your face). I thought you had a bit of spunk... before I married you. Now all you do is sit in my expensive house in Solitude and say stuff like, "Hello love, are you back from adventuring?" and offer to cook me homecooked meals. Onmund has become DOMESTICATED.

I'm also notoriously bad at accepting random quests from people. I never turn down anything... which is why I've joined just about every guild in Skyrim: The Companions, the Mages College, the Bards College and The Dark Brotherhood (the last one was really unintentional, I swear). I like most of my guilds though.... especially the companions and mages ones because I've finished all their quests and now I feel really powerful (I won't spoil what you get by finishing the quests). Also, The Companions asked me if I wanted to undergo some sort of blood ritual and I said why not? SO THEY GAVE ME THE ABILITY TO SHAPESHIFT INTO A WEREWOLF. AJSDFKJAS;LFJAS.

Okay, I've proabably wasted sufficient time blogging about Skyrim. I should stop doing time-wasting things. Stop it Cynthia, STOP IT!

I have lots of reasons to be miserable okay? So don't judge me. However, I will spare you the whole pity fest because everyone else is probably going through the same thing (with school coming up and stuff) and I don't want to risk the whole world imploding from the unbearable misery emanating from every single Year 12 in Australia.

*fist pumps air* Let's blog about happy stuff then!

The Hunger Games makes me happy. Especially this new still of Katniss and Peeta before they're set on fire.

So does "The Anger Games" LOL.

And Doctor Who. Actually, this one is kind of bittersweet for me. Yes Doctor Who makes me happy but it also reminds me that I won't be indulging in TV shows/dramas this year. I'M SO SORRY MATT SMITH AND KAREN GILLAN, PLEASE BE PATIENT AND WAIT TILL I FINISH THIS LITTLE THING CALLED THE HSC. *cries endlessly*. I don't know why I'm tormenting myself like this. I even go on dramabeans.com, reading up on the Korean dramas that are airing (The Moon That Embraces The Sun) and coming up (Shut Up: Flower Boy Band)even though I won't be watching any of them. Stop it Cynthia! Rubber band snap! I must be masochistic.

Oh and I never would have expected this but Running Man also makes me happy. I never watch variety shows. Hell, I don't even watch them weekly music shows or whatever you call 'em. But a few weeks ago, my sister sat down and watched that episode of Running Man with SNSD in it and since I had nothing better to do, I thought why not? It was so unbelievebly funny. I laughed so much, I thought my sides were going to explode.

Oh yeah...Rafael Nadal tennis definitely makes me happy.

Watching the Australian Open is such a stressful activity. But there's also something comforting and reassuring about it. I think because its always on during the summer holidays (and for me, the summer holidays are the best part of the year), my brain naturally equates the Australian Open with happiness.

So those are the things that make me happy.... along with a bijillion others which I cannot be bothered naming. Life will always be a constant source of stress. For us, the biggest hurdle is probably the HSC. But what happens after we've completed it? We've got to go to uni and study our asses off to get a degree. And after that? Well, you've got to find a job, otherwise the degree becomes useless. If you're lucky enough to get a job, you're going to have to work your way up and that would probably take years. Then comes mortgages, relationships and *shivers* ... kids. It's not going to stop. So you should probably appreciate every day as it comes and try to stop stressing and just enjoy life (or at least the last 2 days of the holidays).

Original source: Some random youtube video I came across (http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=HIebIwyzfaA)

Date: Tuesday 24th January 2012

Again, yes I am still alive and no I have not done anything productive since I last blogged.

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The most terrible thing has happened.

I have run out of Paranormal Romance Series'.

Okay, technically I haven't "run out" because there are about a bijillion ones out there but after reading the latest Kresley Cole book, Lothaire, every paranormal series henceforth has been ruined for me. RUINED I SAY!



It's no secret that I love my trashy novels. Strange. If you'd asked me what type of books I liked early last year, I wouldn't have said paranormal romances as my first choice. I think doing English Extension and just Year 11 English in general, has awoken a deeper craving of easily consumable novels within me. NO I don't want to read any more deep meaningful shit *cough-never-let-me-go-cough" and NO I certainly do not want to read boring old classic literature *cough-castle-of-otranto*. I want something that doesn't strain my brain cells and basically books that will allow me to forget about the real world for a while.
But I digress.

So far I've only read the Immortals After Dark series, the Night Huntress series and J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I tried to read the first book of Gena Showalter's Lords of the Underworld series but was repulsed by the horrid writing and plot. Just because something is classified as "romance" does not mean it can be written horribly. Maybe I'm judging too quickly though (I only read the first 1 or 2 books). Everyone else seems to put it up there with Kresley Cole and JR Ward so maybe I should give it another try. Huh.

Haha what am I talking about anymore? Nowadays I get so easily distracted when I blog. Perhaps because it's the holidays and I feel like I should be doing something else with my time.... like Skyrim-ing

or watching tennis

or Running Man

or reading escapist fiction

or having "drinking games" with my neighbours until I'm squirming from the urge to pee. LOL.

No really, where did they go? Six weeks is supposed to be a long time. Instead, they're going by so fast that I can't even feel them disappear. The first two weeks were alright. They went by at a normal pace (probably because I was so used to the constant rushing of school). And then for the past two weeks, they just zoomed past. Poof! Gone. Just like Hugh Jackman in The Prestige when he does that disappearing trick.

Anyway, I have just sent Mr M an email on studywiz about English Extension 2 in which I sounded like a deranged, wild-eyed psychopath having a mental breakdown. Just kidding. I did send him an email though about the major work although I doubt he'll reply since he told us he doesn't use studywiz. (I really shouldn't hate EX2 that much. I get the feeling that all this negative blogging about it is adding to my endless frustration). Positive thinking all the way!!!

Ughh I need a distraction. Hey Tian, let's go watch Sherlock Holmes..... someday.

Cynthia meet English Extension 2. English Extension 2, meet Cynthia. Cynthia, just so you know, EX2 is going to be the bane of your existence for the next 10 months. He is going to give you numerous restless nights as well as an almost suicidal outlook by November. You guys have fun together.

P.S. I went to the beach yesterday and after showering, my hair still smells like seaweed. Strange. That has never happened before.

Yeah, just in case you thought I'd fallen into a coma from too much Skyrim.

So what have I been up to? Um, yesterday I went to my first Mexican themed party - it was my cousin and his girlfriend's birthday party and they went all out. There are pictures over at Nancy's blog so I can't be bothered elaborating.

I shopped. A lot. And bought lots of useless junk from DAISO which I will most likely never use (such as a plastic thingy-ma-bob which moulds boiled eggs). Seriously, what will I use that for?

I'm rewatching Boys Over Flowers and laughing over how illogical the whole thing is. So many cliches in that drama and so many faults. But I still love it :)

And yeah, I was going to write more but the TV is distracting me. Annyeong!

(As seen on www.dramabeans.com)

I'm pretty sure I have something productive to do.... I just can't really remember what it is right this moment.

Stuff you Extension 2 English Project. STUFF YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!! /end rant