Reothalmus's Chronological Account Of General Monotony

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:22:38 GMT

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
Umm, the headland, proper physics, failed an exam and/or went badly in english.

2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions and will you make more for next year?
I don't make New Year's Resolutions, too much room for extra disappointment.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
Australia ... and the only place I really remember visitting in it was Port Macquarie.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Better work ethic ... and The Obvious.

7. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I went to Great Uncle Alan's funeral, I'll remember that. Presentation day, exams, MUNA, Valla (I suppose). They won't be etched, they're not that important, but I will probably remember them to some degree.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
First in Physics, Mathematics, Mathematics Extension 1, Ancient History and Engineering Studies.

9. What was your biggest failure?
English half-yearlies.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I didn't get anything worse than a cold.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Jeans, Rosenrot.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Phillip's.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Most people at some point, but it happens. Oh, Troy, Douglas(to a much lesser extent),

14. Where did most of your money go?
Clothes, Coffee.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Err, Hmm, Umm... Presentation Day I suppose, I looked forward to it a bunch anyway.

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Songs may remind me of events in 2006, but not the whole year.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: Happier or sadder? Thinner or fatter? Richer or poorer?
Sadder, fatter or the same, the same.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Proper schoolwork, friend-stuff.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Mucking around by myself when I am supposed to be working... being stressed or angsty.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent it with the family, Grandma & Grandpop at lunch, and the family, Deb & Norman at dinner. Both were horribly large meals.

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
No.

23. How many one-night stands?
None.

24. What was your favourite TV program?
Spicks & Specks, The Glasshouse, AbFab, Absolute Power.... didn't really watch much TV.

25. Are you angry at anyone now that you weren't angry at this time last year?
Not really.

26. What were the best books you read?
NOT Looking for Alibrandi.. ugh.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
*shrug* didn't really discover anybody.

28. What did you want and get?
Clothes, A Phone, marginally clearer skin.

29. What did you want and not get?
Boyfriend, substantially clearer skin,

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Narnia was good, didn't really see much else.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 16, and I went to school that day.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If things hadn't exploded after MUNA, if my English mark wasn't so consistently bad, if I had gotten through the Preliminary Engineering Studies course properly. Some sort of interest/happening on the relationship front.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Not quite working.

34. What kept you sane?
Phillip ...

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Erm, none.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Israeli Palestinian Conflict, probably.

37. Who did you miss?
Grandma & Grandpop when they went to Malaysia, Indonesia & Singapore. Other people at other times, generally when your away for a while.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Mary & Anthony.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
Work better ... and ... things that fuck up in other people's ball courts can still screw you pretty hard too.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
err, no, I'll skip this one.

Fucking school!

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:42:08 GMT

HELLO!
"who is this stranger" you think.

I know it's been a LONG time, but it is half past eleven and I am not particuarly impressed with the world at the moment, so I'm not going to get you all up to speed right now. I have however been watching you all (in a non-creepy way), and ... LOVE! to lj-land.

To the point of this post:
I just finished my engineering assignment, it is shit, it is 22 pages long, I have devoted most of the day and large chunks of the past week to it. I know it is crap, I know I will get very little in the way of marks from it, but whatever, no non-attempts for me! I stayed home from school today to do it, then I discover that I have to do the truss analysis as WELL, at about 9:30pm. Ugh.

I had a maths test yesterday too AND I have an extension maths test tomorrow >.<
I shall just tape my eyelids open and read my course summary before I sleep, and then again when I wake up, in the car to school, at recess... walking to maths at the beginning of third period.. et cetera.

I was pretty happy with the 2unit test though, I hope I get my results back tomorrow. It was only little, and Mr Jones has 3 to mark (or Mrs Colbran will mark them, but it shouldn't take too long).

Chris Needs

Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:23:12 GMT

All you have to do is go to Google and type in "(your name) needs" and search. Then you just copy eight results from the first page here to show what you apparently need. Here are mine:

* Christopher needs to go.
* Christopher needs a family who will advocate for his physical, emotional and educational needs.
* Christopher was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he did not commit and desperately needs legal and investigative help.
* Christopher needs Tech Support.
* Christopher needs a P. A. (personal assistant) to take care of "the little things."
* Christopher needs to be eliminated. And he can't just be shot.
* Chris needs your sex talk.
* Chris Needs a Roommate.

Lol, I liked some of those.

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:12:28 GMT

Shit, I've become so iregular. Prior to any future backdated posts I shouuld make, I have been lucky to update once a fortnight. Bleh.

We get reports tomorrow, which I look forward to. Senior Jerseys still have not arrived and neither have I filled in my Honeywell application, gawd I suck :P.

We kept on with the circle geometry today, cyclic quadrilaterals. I told Mr Swanson about it and then insuated maths was crap throughout his english lesson, it was entertaining though.

In other news, who made Musk Sticks so fucking hard, what happened to the medium soft ones :(

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:15:26 GMT

I was trawling through some astronomy sites just now, and I found something I had probably already known about, but had forgotten. The next transit of Venus is on my 22nd birthday, 6th June 2012.

Wow... I will have to incorporate watching it on somebody's bigass telescope into my day.
:8:16 till about 11:30.

Also, there is a Transit of Mercury on the 9th of November this year. I will have to remind Sam, it would be a good time to drag anybody interested out of the first two periods (it's about the same time as the Transit of Venus, 8-11). I'll have to take the star guides I have (I looked on the net because I couldn't find my 2006 edition, just the 2007) when we go to McAuleys Headland next, or anywhere else where we tend to view the stars

AND there is a total eclipse of the Moon in Cairns, 28/8/07.

One thing, the star guides give you info about the planets, but not their mass. :(

We're doing the Space module in physics first, this is relevant to my education :D

MEME.

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:15:37 GMT

Two word meme
1. When was the last time you shaved?
Wednesday last.

2. Explain what ended your last relationship.
Wasnt real

3. What were you doing this morning at 8 a.m
awakening, slowly.

4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
eating sushi.

5. Are you any good at math?
good enough.

6. Your prom night?
Next Year

7. Do you have any famous ancestors?
All Bricklayers.

8. Have you had to take a loan out for school?
Not yet.

9. Do you know the words to the song on your myspace profile?
only some.

10. Last thing received in the mail?
medicare card.

11. How many different beverages have you had today?
water, milk.

12. Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machine?
No, scary.

13. Who did you lose your CONCERT virginity to?
still "pure".

14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
No, why?

15. What's the most painful dental procedure you've had?
Drilling (in the) TOOTHS!

16. What is out your back door?
fucking dog >.>

17. Any plans for Friday night?
Maybe later.

18. Do you like what the ocean does to your hair?
(no) needs washing.

19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different popcorns?
no, yuck.

20. Have you ever been to a planetarium?
YES, HAWT! :D

21. Do you re-use towels after you shower?
Yes, often.

22. Some things you are excited about?
Work... Porn?

23. What is your favorite flavor of JELLO?
Port Wine.

24. Describe your keychain(s)?
In Wallet.

25. Where do you keep your change?
In Wallet.

26. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people?
Model UN.

27. What kind of winter coat do you own?
Black Jacket.

28. What was the weather like on your graduation day?
Not Yet.

29. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed??
Usually Open.

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:01:36 GMT

Oh, I know it's two days after the event, but here goes for Friday's exams.

Ancient History wasn't too bad, i gave everything a good attempt. Alot of the time I would do alot of the last question of a section and just sort of give up and go to the next section. I think I still answered the questions well, but I could've done better if I could actually be assed.

I wrote about Tutankhamun for Section 2, and Celts for Section 3. I quite liked section 1 as well. The memorising of a few qoutes Cailey and I did frantically before the exams helped alot, I was actually able to use one from De Bello Gallica in Section 3. That was the only exam I had that day, but I hung around until at least ten past one with Sam.

Then I went home and didn't do much, at all, didn't study, ugh.

Saturday was supposed to be study, but ended up being ONE practice exam for an hour and a half, then talking to Mary from Port (MUNA, Morocco) for ages after that. I still have a few questions to do from that exam (it was Colbran's practice 2U paper) but over half an hour on the clock, the lot I have to do are only worth five marks, and I'm pretty sure I know how to do them.

I'll do a three unit practice paper today, after the rest of the 2U paper, then read my book and revise english and photography. That is all IF my mother leaves me alone. She just keeps talking to me, when I'm reading my friends page, when I'm typing this, when I'm reading the news, I told her to stop it and she just keeps going, ugh, busy, damnit.

OH, what Mr Tanner (?) said about Labor was pretty funny. Daleks, nice analogy, not that I care an inch about the status of the Labor Party (just give your votes to the Democrats >.>).

"I think Robert must have been spending a bit too much time in the Tardis"

Yearlies :(

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:52:07 GMT

Yearliesss..

English Paper 1. I MIGHT have passed this one, I am pretty sure I did better on this one than the half yearly. Hoorah for improvement, boo for my essay being a stupid convulated piece of crap, which basically answered the question by trying to suck its own ass. Section 1 was far better than the last one, although i sort of gave up halfway through the last question in the spirit of good time management. I completed Section 2 also, it was pretty lame though.. ugh.

Section 3 was the essay, we all know how that went. What was annoying was the question didn't seem to ask for techniques, I read the damn thing three times. If we're supposed to discuss the statement in relation to our own opinion and use the texts to back it up, WHERE does the technique come in... I must've missed something, i tried a bit to put some in, if it was a technique question it would've been so much better though :(

The break was good, they had no hot food though. It was apple pie and juice for me, damn.

I finished Physics with about an hour to go, to the best of my ability. Every so often I would sort of think "oh shit, thats what it is" or "this is why I don't get it, looking at the question wrong" and change an answer. I did do every question except the one accounting for the gap in the Herz-Sprung-Russel Diagram, which was probably woth 2 marks out of the seventy. I am not very confident about my exam on the whole though. The questions were sometimes a little wierd, not something we'd actually encountered before, but oh well.

Ancient tomorrow, for which I shall study.

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:44:09 GMT

I have mucus in my upper respiratory tract.

It's actually quite tame, but I wish my throat-glands would go off and experience a pain equal to the one they are causing me, possibly slightly imbellished to get my point across (ie, BAD GLANDS!). I think it stems from the copious amounts of chalk dust my fellow pupils used in Physics to make the laser show up. That was Friday, it sort of became noticeable on Saturday.

In other news, I have two days till exams. My mother and father also went and bought me a stupid shelf & wardrobe stand thingy despite my protests of "No, I don't care, just shut up". Sooo, I was pretty pissed about that, I said no, and don't they know that "I don't care" means "Just be quiet, I don't want anything, haven't you got something else better to worry about, I know *I* do". I assembled it and now my hands are sort of irritated from the screws & their horribly sharp helixes (helii?). It managed to fit in the third of a metre between the bed and the wall, after some jostling.

I also found some online sites that sell glasses frames for CHEAPER. I want an optometrist appointment now.

English Paper 1 (Area of Study) is the first exam, I am pretty sure I am going to fail that one (just like the half yearly, hooraahh -.-). I will study for it, except English is the hardest/least rewarding/stupidest subject to study for. I mean, WHAT do I study? Do I try and remember qoutes I may not even be able to use in the context of the question? Do I simply re-watch my ORTS and hope I get some more meaning out?

I hate to tell Mr Swanson this, but the only sort of literary study I plan to undertake outside of school will be one of those degrees in pornography's worth as a text form and its place in society. Mostly because it would make a very nice picture in my resume (next to a BofE) and be a great talking point.

Ugh, I think I'm pretty set for the physics exam though (second exam, Thursday afternoon, riight after english). I also need another mini custard tart.

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:33:05 GMT

Yesterday was full of study.
Did I post? Can't remember, oh well, I'll talk about it anyway.

I study, but I feel I'm not getting anywhere, or the study I do is ineffectual. I'm not trying hard enough, or I'm studying the wrong thing, or there is too much to study. It isn't THAT stressful, it's just a sort of constant mild concern to me. I wish I had gotten another practice exam from Mr Swanson like I said I would, I think I will get it off him tomorrow. Oh, I feel really bad when I slack off for an hour or too.

Today though was absolutely empty of study. My mother was completely inent on dragging me around half the fucking region a few days ago. Dad managed to talk her down to be more negotiable, even to let me stay home, but I wanted something to hold against her and bring up whenever she is being a bitch over the course of the next few days. I took my study with me, not that it was going to do much fucking good anyway (it was her original consolation). I also ahd the option of staying at Grandma's, all by myself without an internet connection. I could just tell I would get very tired of reading over my notes 30 times and doing maths, it would probably also end up being an unseemly hour when the purgatory would end. So, I went to the shop. The whole reason we actually went down was to feed the horse (which mum "needed" me there for, gawd, it's just a hill, it won't hurt you) and that mum was going to a Jewellery party in Urunga. So, not only did she hang around right until 3:00. but she wasn't back until past 6:00, as opposed to 5:00 like she said. I hung around being sulky, then had a sleep in the car, then I got up and Leanne roped me into some stuff. I ended up serving customers out the front by around 5:30 O.O

That was fun, the first lady was nice because it was my first time. The people after were good too, I initially had troubles with the cash register. By the time the rush was over I was pretty good with it though.

Soo, today wasn't a TOTAL waste, I even took some photos for the assessment. I don't think they will be good enough though.

Year 12 Farewell Social

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:32:08 GMT

Ok, Social was on Tuesday, two days ago, time seems to be escaping me.
Well, it was fuuunn. I've never actually gotten into it that early or completely, so it was the best effort so far. We had a different DJ, but it was at the ex-services. He was ok, he sort of remixed everything, but it was till reasonable. Err, Jami, Jayde, Cailey, Little Tim, Phillip, Danika, Sam and I went out of our lot. Sean kept coming over, and him and Sam ended up dancing for the last half hour together. She changed her mind pretty quick from "eww, get him away" >.>

Err, in other news, I updated my firefox, now I have tabs and six million themes :D
I was GOING to get Opera 9, but I saw no point in wasting bandwidth and downloading ANOTHER internet browser when I already have two. IE runs really shit on my user-profile actually, it might have something to do with the 0kb cache I set though.

Exams in a week from today. I have English Paper 1 and Physics I think on the first day (Thursday, next week), then AH on the friday. I have exams almost every day except for when Year 10 is doing their trials, and the 1st Wednesday when only entertainment is on. I have eight exams this time though, because there are two english papers.

I've been studying....
I also handed in my School Captain Nomination Form yesterday. I had walked halfway home (it was Wednesday, got to leave at lunch) when I realised I had forgotten it and ran halfway back. Mrs Paynter was there so I asked her what to write. I had made a small attempt in lieu of her advice when Mr James turned up and said what I had written was absolutely fine (2 lines, not even in proper sentence form) and then I walked home.

I guess I'm off now. More maths to do, hooraah!

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:55:45 GMT

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Young Driver's Expo

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:44:25 GMT

I just got back from the Driver Expo day.
I don't actually feel that crash hot, but the day was ok.
For some reason I was all fine until we finished, and then we got back to school and I just felt sort of bored, annoyed and tired of it all.

The day though, it was ok. I got to school, we got ont he bus, went to the racecourse and this is the point we discover that our fellow Driver Expo school groups are Bishop Druitt College, and Christian Community. So, out of three, we were the only secular, public school. We didn't actually meet anybody, but it was nice looking (while simaltaneously reminding myself about all the follies of the private school sytem and class distinction). The group we went around in was almost exclusively Orara though, about 4 from BDC.

Tim, Danielle, Phillip, Lauren and Bianca were in a play too :D
Tim and Danielle played the driver and unconscious passenger respectively, while Bianca was the third person who had been thrown out of the car. Phillip and Lauren were two fellow motorists who drove by, stopped and rang the emergency services. The police, ambulance, Fire Brigade and SES all drove in too with sirens and stuff. It was interesting. Go Phillip.

We then went to a few workshops. The first one about standard drink sizes and other stuff. The last litle segment was where another guy got up and started talking about certain bottles. He held up a beer bottle and talked a bit, then asked the amount of standard drinks, to which everyone replied 1.4 . THEN he held up one of those picollo wine bottles (the little 200ml ones) and asked, and I on my lonesome said 1.7, then everyone looked at me. I was wrong anyway, it's 1.8 :(

There was one about head injuries, and drug use at parties. During the Drug Use and party Safety talk one guy took small groups out of the talk for a bit, gave them some funny goggles, told them to turn around 3 times and got them to walk over cardboard box things, preteending they were stairs. Gawd, it was horrible.

Recesss, more workshops. One about insurance, one about car safety ratings, another about heavy vehicle safety, Motocycle hazard perception and then lunch. Lunch was good, sausage sandwich. We all went out to sit on the grass, I ate, then realised one of our fellows was smoking, so I decided to stand up and not have to smell it.

Ugh, then we did the stopping distance comparisons, which took far too long because he kept recapping things. After that, the mock trial and an evaluation sheet. Cailey won an Ex-Services Club voucher too ^.^

I just wish I had not needed to walk home, it gave me way too much time to brood about nothing and get all shitty.

I gave blood.

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:18:30 GMT

Yesterday, I gave blood.
First time, I'm pretty happy, did it and all. I also now know roughly my blood pressure and heamaglobin, which are both normal. Mrs Paynter and the substitute who was taking her classes took us down to the blood bank, near the old hospital. I was last to be called into the nurses room, so I just sort of sat around for a while talking. I had some questions about the questionnaire as well.

When I finally got to the blood station, the nurse came over and did some stuff. Antiseptic, find a vein (Erin, that nurse sounds like malice incarnate, I hope that never happens again >.<), then you just sit there a while and they check occaisionally. I didn't look when the needle went in, and Shannon says she looked away too, but April just sat there watching it, ick. They always ask your name for some reason, I asked about that when I had finished but was still hooked up to the machine. She said "it's to make sure the blood and person matches up to the records, otherwise we can't use it and we have to chuck it out. The Therapeutic goods administration can come in and switch papers and then shut us down if I don't ask".

Well, that was interesting. She clamped the line again and took some samples, which when she said it I thought she meant another needle, but it turned out to be from an intake I had not noticed on the cord. I felt ok after it too, got a muffin and milkshake (they offer it, it's not a bribe like mum says, it's probably half general hospitality and half keeping you pepped up after giving blood).

Oh, Cailey made a funny too. Danika was going back into the other room where they actually take your blood, when Cailey quipped "Don't go in there, they'll take your blood!!". We all laughed, cause it was true :P

I was sleepy when I got home though, Grandma and Grandpop (who are going to Malaysia Singapore and Cairns next week) were still there so I had to wait around until I could crash. Stupid mum, when I'm on the bed in pyjamas and dressing gown, keeps saying "don't go to sleep, you won't be able to sleep tonight, raararara". Ugh, I don't care, I'm sleepy NOW, my spleen and bone marrow are kicking in with the blood replacement, just be quiet.

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:17:23 GMT

Woooooowwwwwww.
I finished Ancient History at 8:13 or something. I only have the photography major work, which we haven't been given yet, and then the yearly exams. After that, I have 2 full weeks of assessment free, but probably learning-laden and sumarising (:P) holidays.

Wow, nearly there.
Then it's year 12. I'll actually have completed another little certificate thing (the prelim is also counted by itself, you've got to have it to do the HSC, it isn't a major employment gaining thing though) in another few weeks ^.^
All we really get is a little piece of paper saying "SuchAndSuch has completed Prelim HSC", but i'm still going to count it, for self-esteem and motivation purposes :P
If I seperate in my mind Year 12 from Year 11, maybe I won't burn out as much... lets see if I can con myself.

Still got to learn these next few weeks and revise and stuff. Engineering should be full of lovely cramming.
With this lull in work, I should really go out this weekend. However, Mum is going out on Saturday night and I "have" to stay home. Ugh, why does she have to stuff it all up, Nick can survive on his own for a few hours.

I think she is actually going to an ABBA concert.
Oh, Today I got my own seperate medicare number too ^.^
Now, I could potentially go to the doctor for my checkup.

Oh Fuck, Exams, belay all the happy "wow, getting there" stuff.

School should be penetrated simaltaneously (in the anus) by the limbs of a THOUSAND hoofed tetrapods

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:42:49 GMT

there are no words sufficient enough to convey my annoyance and frustration at the very moment.

I spend the WHOLE FUCKIGN weekend, and then there is ANOTHER report to write ..
what the fuck is wrong with these people, ONE assessment, ONE report, goes in saying doesn't it?
But noooo, TWO. The second one is also somethign I don't have the equipment for. I COULD if I had borrowed a spring force measure thing, but I didn't, nobody fucking asked me on friday. I so need a fucking extension, ONE more day would suffice, but I doubt it will happen.

Either way, i still have to do the drawing for the first report. I have to draw an orthogonal view of a part in bicycle brake system. Of course, I would not have any problem with it if I actually HAD A bicycle brake system. Oh, I probably do, but why the fuck should I have to drag my bike up here and do stuff.

OH, I'll just draw a brake pad, that's easy enough, half the time they are simply square and rubber.
What is so very convenient is the fact that I also have to go to dinner with mum and dad...... ughhh.

And why does everything have to be synchronised! I have ENGLISH due on Friday ... Ancient History on Monday, I am this close to flipping out and just flying into a blind rage full of "fuck" and my brand of especially futile violence.

rrrrrrrrg...

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:24:22 GMT

omg.
I spent most of the weekend on my engineering assessment. It is 4500 words long, and I have some more to do >.<
TEN PAGES OF SHIT .... well, not shit, but it's huge.

I went out on friday though and i haven't been working the most efficiently. I haven't really left the house since dad brought me home at 11:30 from my outting with Phillip and BJ.

I just want it all to fuck off and (die) let me play the Sims. I still have another WHOLE report to do, but it should be smaller. Ancient History to start, I got some books though. Physics to hand in and english to start tomorrow.

I am going to take the morning off and come to school after recess. My reasoning being that I can use my time more productively at home doing my assessment, than turning up to a free then assembly. I need to be there for the group work though.

I also have maths homework, oohh, thats near completion..... not -.-
gawd, I need a life.

I am also sort of incredulous at the moment.
Sean started talking to me, and he wants to do Extension 1 Maths, Extension 1 English, german, physics, chemistry, biology ... ancient history and music offline.

WHAT THE CUNT. He has fourteen online units and he thinks "I can manage".
Oh, he'll just drop english extension if it's too hard ..... iiiiddiooottt.
And he plans on turning up to one lesson of ancient history, and one of music, A FORTNIGHT... and getting only a small research thing or homework every so often.

How about his other FULL subjects that give you shit SYNCHRONISED. Most people are struggling to cope with those, let alone extra offline subjects which probably aren't as light as they sound.

and he gets annoyed at me because we only ever talk about school or "stupid" shit... fuckhead.
he spells exhilerate "auxilerate" and he wants to do extension ... the mind boggles.

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:24:28 GMT

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Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:54:34 GMT

Well, today was ok.
I got a haircut, I guess I did tell her to go short, but I mustn't have meant it. I guess the day of judgement hair-wise is tomorrow anwyay, we'll see then.

It'll grow back anyway.
I also saw Cailey at her work experience. SHe was preparing cutlery in their little serviettes when i dropped around and bought some Cherry Cheer (by Saxby's). It was damn cheery cherry, I generally like Saxby's.

I also went to teh library and got Celts books. One of them is actually all about whether "Celtic" is a modern invention or an ancient practicality. I sort of want to disagree with the statement, or agree conditionally, simply because of the fact that the assessment asks us to find evidence to agree with it. I thought we were allowed to make up our damn minds, ugh. Damn Mrs Murphy setting this assessment to her own persuasions, I could've done with another essay, I can do those.

I've also been coming down with something. I think though that it has settled down into the slightly snuffly, but minimal pain stage.

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:55:49 GMT

I'm bored, not to mention unhappy.
Maths is being fucking retarded. Gawd, how can two questions be so moronic and depressing.

Grapes haven't burst yet either, probably won't.
Fuckity fuck fuck, i don't want to go back to school tomorrow, I don't want to have to fucking work on my damn assignment for the majority of the week, and I wish my mother would piss off.

Doesn't she get it, I want her to go away and stop talking to me. Dinner is immeasurably trivial and I don't care right now. I will get my own food when I can be fucked to do so. I couldn't care less about what colour she is going to paint her room when she has a holiday, It is simply unimportant and irrelevant to my current situation of "oh, shit, 3 far from complete assessments, stupid maths homework and utterly deflated motivation and confidence".

NOw she's looking all scandalised at me because I told her I don't care (for the millionth time today, you'd think she'd get that I am generally apathetic)... I even told her I don't feel particuarly sunny. Yet, she still carries on ever more theatrically (been whinging all day).

Yeah, probably should be doing them. I did some in fact, (doesn't help when someone is constantly telling you about something unrelated, or telling you to do someting) now I haven't got the focus.

Oh Gawd, now she's saying how I should look at the cat. WTF, nobody cares. THree seconds ago I was telling her how I don't want to hear it... then she goes on about the pet doing something. *headdesk*

UGH...

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 05:47:15 GMT

I am even closer to finishing Physics, barely any more words to write.
But, ugh, all this is just so annoying.
I tried to sit down and do the Maths Assignment 3 Mr Jones gave us. No luck on questions 5 & 10, shit, I should be able to prove this geometry stuff and that trig question.

Ok, here goes.
10. Prove CosA/1-SinA - TanA = SecA
why is it soo non-functional.
I took the left hand side and converted tangent into a sinA/cosA, a did a bajillion other things... oh wait, I don't think I can just times out the denominator because it isn't an equation, just a simplification.

Well, thank you lj, now back to the drawing board.
Mum and Dad bought a washing machine and grapes today because they were 24 months interest free, or at least the washing machine was. We also have bananas for six bucks a kilo, but I've already had a winge about that. Ooohh, got to put some in the freezer.

I wonder what Frozen grapes are like....
Does the moisture in them expand to such a degree as to burst the skin???
I shall report back with the answers to such deep and meaningful questions!

In other news, the wireless mouse for the laptop is not working, grr. I am also no further with engineering, oh joy.

I'll do some tonight. I also asked dad about brakes and he told me some (very vague) Stuff about the cheaper rim brake pads being made of simply rubber, but the more expensive ones being more of a fibrous rubber composite.

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:44:18 GMT

I know this makes me such a bad, gluttonous person. But I am in love with frozen strawberries. In the middle of winter too. They're just SO EDIBLE, we (did) have a whole kilo in the freezer from provedores and nobody even looks at them except me.

Well, at least it's not bananas I am freezing and consuming.
Ooh, Bananas, could go for one of those.
Except up here they are about a dollar twenty each. It's been so long. It's sort of stupid, this is Coffs Harbour, we've got HILLS of banana trees, but that doesn't make anything cheaper.

I like Wednesdays now too, if I haven't mentioned that before. We did the product rule in maths today, which I need to finish tonight. Shit, I have Engineering to hurry up about too >.

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:41:34 GMT

well, last night I went out with Phillip and BJ. It was fun, I met Phillip at the coffee club first and we got a drink each, went to Woolworths. Then we walked halfway to the Kebab Shop to meet Bj on the bridge near the Dragon Restaurant.

Then we walked back to Macca's for food.
We got some nuggets and such. We sat near the McCafe thing, which was a good choice considering the calibre of the guy who was working in the McCafe but frequently was called over to the other counter.

I wore my ho-bo gloves :D
except I left them at the coffee club and after McDonald's we had to go back and retrieve them. We caught a taxi to the Kebab Shop from the plaza and then went walk about.

It had been raining most of the day and every so often it would reinitiate sprinkling, or full-blown raining. So it was outside TAFE that we decided to make a more definite course to the service station. It was just past the service station that I rang up Dad and asked for more time.

Ugh, I said One O'clock right, but we got held up by a few things and I got back at about 3:00 in the morning. I had every intention of actually getting back at One.

We went up to Victoria Lookout (It was not my decision, I merely suggested it). This turned out to be immensely stupid. It was blowing a gale up the top, the view was nice but the wind was far more than just distracting. We didn't stay thre long.

We sat in a Jetty shelter for a while too. It was about 12:30 when we decided to start heading home. THis was were the being caught up happened. It rained, we took the long way for a few reasons and ended up walking from around the Coffs Creek Caravan Park, back up Harbour Drive, to the RSL, to the Bailey centre, and then a Taxi to Orara. I ran a bit home but my knee decided to twinge, I ended up walking.

Well, it was still fun. It was good to catch up with BJ and get out of the damn house. One thing though, going out on Friday seems to lengthen the weekend, whereas late night on Saturday end up with a shortened Sunday.
My legs are sort of discomforting me today, it doesn't hurt, but they are reminding me of how many kilometres I walked last night >.<

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:03:22 GMT

Today I handed in my english assessment. I no longer hate visual reps, as long as I can do them they are fine by me. I was up until a semi-ludicrious hour (and in the eyes of my parents, a crucifiable hour) yesternigh finishing it and leading certain junior students down the garden path of falacy.

I'm pretty happy with it. I included my original idea of using Sitatapatra and I will hopefully pass english now. Maths is officially half as enjoyable compared to last term, but at least we still have Mrs Willis. Even she seems pretty relaxed in comparison, she doesn't ignore input when she's explaining something. Mr Jones is very steadfast in his going through an entire method, ALL his questions seem to be rhetorical, and EVERYTHING is imperative. He's not horrible, but his classes make my head feel sluggish and tense.

I should probably actually be doing maths homework .. I need a fucking weekend already.

In contrast my family wants to go to Janolan Cavesin August. I don't. In this case, I have my priorities CORRECT. I want to stay home and not miss school because if I do, I will probably miss something vital and be up shit-creek paddleless when we get to harder trig or calculus. How do I make this clear to them (it seems I must, again) without being a complete dickhead.

I spoke to Anna today though.
She gets to go to Splendor In The Grass. Good for her, she probably needs it with her HSC exams in October incessantly approaching.

sooooo... buh.

word of the day : CAPITULATE!

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:56:39 GMT

Hmm, relatively bad day.

Woke up after going out last night. Got home at nine but still got no sleep.
Felt pretty lacklustre and had breakfast, some impovement.

Roll call was interesting. It was nice to see Nicola again, alternatively it was morbidly interesting to know some of her and other's antics over the holdays (disheartening to compare them to mine)... but no matter, it was just deciding to be a bad-self-worth-&-motivation day.

I took photos for photoraphy second period. We also have Mr Jones back for maths. It's a large step down funwise. We also are "horribly behind". I had done the sums and differences of angles exercises over the weekend at grandpop's but Doug and Sam hadn't. We went through that and I sort of added or pre-empted him. He really didn't seem to like that, but oh well. When we left Sam & I had a small conversation about it, and she said he likes me because i'd done the work, but I sort of felt vibes of annoyance from him.

Physics was ... bareable. I hate Mr Kerwan though, such a naive, conceited, irrelevant moron.
English we are doing shakespeare now ..... joy -.-
oh, in photography I used capitulate in a sentence :D
"it's first day of term and my determination has already capitulated" is the exact(ish) qoute. Except then Mr Swanson said it was gramatically incorrect, and we sort of had fun trying to put it into a better sentence that still meant I was unmotivated. I sort of ended up just trying to use it in a sentence frequently.

Umm, we have German exchange students, who I haven't actually been formally introduced to but know of.
Charlie is back too. She hugged me, then was like "I'm not touching your crotch am I?"... I replied "no...... My crotch is everywhere!". She was disturbed and I was trying to consume the rest of my slushy, but I nearly inhaled it because I was laughing.
Some eight year old hit my bag with a stick, I continued to ignore him though. I felt like yelling at him and possibly hurting him in some way, but I have some chivalry.
I also have some coffee fudge (not that great, got nougat all through it, not particuarly strong eitehr)... and a dentist appointment.

So, it's not the dentist, or the actually classes of the day that has me sort of down, it's mostly things i've only alluded to in this entry ... buh