I like this one:
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers
That is so relevant to my dilemma right now- it's creepy. I think I would like to keep that subject but if I am going to do that, I better get a move on cuz at the rate I'm going right now, it's very likely I'm not gonna pass it. And DAMMIT that means I need to start working on the project that is probably gonna be themostannoyingprojecti'veevercomeacross.
Anyways. Well. It seems like I've just signed up to audition for the Glee Club with Jessica. lol. I'm not exactly sure how that happened though... It was like a spur of the moment thing. I swear, we only wrote our names at the last minute of lunch today and like, auditions are tomorrow...huh. Isn't that funny?
It seems like I have the curse of the pregnant teacher. In year 9, Ms P became pregnant. This year, my english teacher, Ms S also decided that she didn't like our class and so she went off to have a kid. And then today I found out that my new English teacher is also gonna pop one out soon. DOESN'T ANYONE WANT TO TEACH ME? I swear, even Mr W is pregnant :@ Okay, maybe not him specifically but his wife is. LOL. I'm just kidding though, I have nothing against babies. Especially if they're little cute Taemin babies. Awww....
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walker Bagehot
My friends tell me I can't cook and I tend to believe them. I think it'll be safer not to challenge that statement and try to do something I can't do. After all, the world would be a much better place if I didn't try to cook.
I feel like I'm Malcolm's dad from Malcolm in the Middle - I can't make decisions to save my life.
Should I keep it or should I drop it? What if I drop it but then end up regretting the decision later on? What if I only want to drop it cuz I'm feeling extremely lazy right now. I mean to be honest, I've got my free periods to work on the stuff but still..... What if I do keep it but end up doing extremely shit in it and then it would've been a whole waste of my effort for a year? WHAT IF I don't stop procrastinating right this second and then end up having to stay up all night to finish this stupid maths homework which I am getting too much of everyday?!
Anyways back to reading 'bout Life in the Trenches. I'm gonna leave you guys with an awesome piece of info I just came across.
Soldiers in WWI often had to deal with the constant annoyance of lice getting into their clothes and onto their bodies. Soldier George Coppard describes the experience:
"A lighted candle applied where they were the thickest made them pop like Chinese crackers. After a session of this, my face would be covered by small blood spots from extra big fellows which had popped too vigorously..."
Nice...
Just came back from a very productive MH lesson where Snez and I decided to give Justin Bieber a makeover:
Isn't he beautiful?
Bonnie's going to leave today.... She's ditching me in music :'(
BYE BONNIE!! As a substitute, I shall carry around a picture of Mr Bean's face and bring it to all our classes.
Hmm, what else did I want to say? Oh right. The songs I really love right now are:
- Haunted - Taylor Swift
- Teenage Dream (Glee Version) - I swear I could listen to it non-stop and not get bored.
- It Hurts - 2NE1- one of the few mainstream kpop songs I can stand.
- Boats and Birds - Gregory and the Hawk - I didn't really like it at first but it grew on me.
& lots and lots of kpop indie! Including stuff by Younha, Misty Blue, Casker and Shin Min Ah :D I also really love listening to old drama OST's lol. They don't make my withdrawal symptoms any better though.
No really, I do.
Want to hear a funny story? No? Well too bad, you're gonna hear it anyway. A few weeks ago, I went to the library right? And I borrowed this book that had been dubbed "The Indie Book of the Year 2009". I looked at the cover and read the blurb briefly but didn't actually pay much attention to it. Then I brought it home and dumped it on the end of my bed and didn't look at it for the next three weeks.
And then last night, I finally picked it up and started flicking through it. I then looked at the title of the book and it was called "Jasper Jones". So then I thought, "Hmmm.... why does this sound familiar?" So I flipped it over and read the blurb again:
Sound familiar Year 10s? Haha I suck, why didn't I read it earlier D:
Want to hear a funny story? No? Well too bad, you're gonna hear it anyway. A few weeks ago, I went to the library right? And I borrowed this book that had been dubbed "The Indie Book of the Year 2009". I looked at the cover and read the blurb briefly but didn't actually pay much attention to it. Then I brought it home and dumped it on the end of my bed and didn't look at it for the next three weeks.
And then last night, I finally picked it up and started flicking through it. I then looked at the title of the book and it was called "Jasper Jones". So then I thought, "Hmmm.... why does this sound familiar?" So I flipped it over and read the blurb again:
Late on a hot summer night in the tail end of 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a
precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is startled by an urgent knock on the window of his sleep-out. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is a distant figure of
danger and intrigue for Charlie. So when Jasper begs for his help, Charlie eagerly steals into the night by his side, terribly afraid but desperate to impress. Jasper takes him through town and to his secret glade in the bush, and it's here that Charlie bears witness to Jasper's horrible discovery.
With his secret like a brick in his belly, Charlie is pushed and pulled by a town closing in on itself in fear and suspicion as he locks horns with his tempestuous mother; falls nervously in love and battles to keep a lid on his zealous best friend, Jeffrey Lu.
And in vainly attempting to restore the parts that have been shaken loose, Charlie learns to discern the truth from the myth, and why white lies creep like a curse. In the simmering summer where everything changes, Charlie learns why the truth of things is so hard to know, and even harder to hold in his heart.
Sound familiar Year 10s? Haha I suck, why didn't I read it earlier D:
Anyways, if you wanted to know, Jasper Jones' secret was that he found a young girl hanging by the neck from a tree in her "dirty lace nightdress". Says so on page 12.
On to more important stuff now, I AM IN YEAR 11. Kind of. Rollover *giggle* started today and it was awesomely gay. Gay because we're not in our good ol' familiar classes no more but awesome because I've got SIX FREE PERIODS PER WEEK.
I had my first double free period today and basically I just sat in the learning centre and er.... y'know just sat there. LOL. I kind of just stared at my modern notes a bit and then turned to discussing Jane Eyre and Harry Potter with Ms P. Then I walked out onto the balcony, listened to Mr Ebbot yell at his class and then walked back inside. & then the bell started ringing spastically and I was hoping that there would be a lockdown just for the sake of something to do. & then I decided that no, I wouldn't want a lockdown cause that might mean that I would have to crawl under the gum-infested table.
Tomorrow I'm going to have 2 more free periods and another 2 on Friday. What am I going to do? LOL. Ah well I guess I don't really mind. The learning centre has comfortable chairs... but it's a bit lonely. *SIGH* someone come visit me next time.
I have a feeling I'm going to hate Thursdays now. This is what I have on my timetable:
Period 1: 2 Unit maths with Ms Wheeler
Period 2: 2 Unit maths with Ms Wheeler
Period 3: PE
Period 4: PE
Period 5: Free Period (which isn't so bad)
Period 6: Free Period
Period 7: Maths extension with... you guessed it, Ms Wheeler
Period 8: Maths extension with Ms Wheeler
Like yay.
This is turning into a ginormous post so I'll just stop here.
BYE!
P.S. Spot the girl lol. I really do love Sunkyunkwan Scandal. Like best drama of the year. Seriously.
I feel very bored right now. I can't even drama without my shitty parents barging in and going "WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU LAZY GIRL? GO OUTSIDE AND RUN."
& then I go "What? But school certificate just finished. I can finally relax."
& then they say, "WHY CAN'T YOU BE MORE LIKE YOUR SISTER. SHE ALWAYS HAS TIME TO EXCERCISE OUTSIDE."
& then I say, "Yeh... because she doesn't do her homework."
& then they say, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, STOP BACK-CHATTING TO YOUR PARENTS. YOUR SISTER DOES HER HOMEWORK, SHE VERY GOOD."
& I say, "Uh huh... and then she plays Maplestory when you walk out of the room!"
& then they say, "HA DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE TO US. YOU THINK YOU'RE SO GOOD? WHAT CAN YOU DO HUH? USELESS GIRL."
& then I really do start shouting at them CUZ THEY'RE JUST SO FUCKING ANNOYING.
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Yeh, we always have these fights. I end up feeling so frustrated. Especially when they start telling me how useless and what a crap daughter I am >_> Mostly I can ignore them but tonight I can't cause all I want to do is relax after the school certificate. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? T_T
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" - Sir Winston Churchill
Yeh? Well tell that to my very unenthusiastic self. Sweet Cheesus, WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE A FEATURE ARTICLE?!
AFAKDVAOEASKAJSVKJASDK.
Phew,bleurghhh, okay, I'm good. Now back to wondering how being able to draw transects is going to help me succeed in life.
For Cynthia's motivational purposes :)
Happy Late Halloween? (SHINee style)
I have so much to say but when I start thinking about what to write, a whole lot of nothingness comes rushing out. I'll just leave this window open and type whatever comes to mind while I'm "studying" for history. Also if sentences are my like this it's probably because I'm listening to Taylor Swift's album while typing this (thanks jessica). Taylor Swift + blogging = unintelligible/incoherent/garbled posts :)
"Fear less, hope more;I don't really understand how you can "eat less and chew more" but I guess this one can't be taken too literally. Although, I do like it cause it rhymes.
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more;
love more, and all good things will be yours." -
Swedish Proverb
I will miss Year 10. I'll miss having classes with my friends, especially since most of the subjects I chose for Year 11 are different from theirs'. Everyone's still gonna see each other at lunch, recess and some subjects I guess, but it's not the same is it? Especially since most of us have stuck together since Year 7. I hope we don't drift... That'll be the worst.
Random Pic to separate my paragraphs :)
USUI FTW! XDHmm... what has happened since I last blogged? Well, my neighbours moved out. Actually they were kicked out for not having paid their rent for three months. I heard from my dad who heard from my aunty who heard from another neighbour that the police had come one night and told them to pack up their stuff and move out. I walked outside on Monday and saw a white sign stuck on their window and no furniture in their house. They were a bit strange... but I liked hearing the music coming from their house. Their family had awesome singers. It was better than listening to the radio sometimes. I wonder who's going to move in next?
Last night I dreamt that I'd gotten a tattoo and I spent the whole day at school trying to hide it from people. And when I got home, I was fully paranoid that my parents would find out as well. It was such a pretty tattoo though. It made me want to get one in real life - and then I remembered that that would involve needles piercing my skin and injecting some kind of ink into the layer beneath my skin and it would probably hurt.... a lot. Yeh... Reading Ink Exchange before sleeping is not a good influence.Absolutely fantabulous cover / not-so-good book.
I think I'll stop blogging now. Ja ne~ ^^
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