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Half a Life – Bayside

First week of the holidays? Oh yes.

End of term could not have come sooner. Rung in the holidays at dinner with Tiffany and Sophia (woodfire pizza ♥), and spent the weekend either sleeping or studying. Studying does not stop if you’re a senior, regardless of break, had to find that out the hard way. Monday I even had to go back into school to work on my art major work, but thats done now and all I need to do it print it off. Should be good at the exhibition in 4 weeks.

The past few days have been great, though. Tuesday was spent with Luke and then with Clinton and Samantha, Wednesday went to the city with Chrystal and Harriet (and ran into about 10 000 people), Thursday had a cute movie date with Chrystal (watched Ghost House and Across the Universe) and Friday had a cute library & lunch date with Victoria (and a bit of Clinton and Samantha in there).

Friday night had a bit of a gathering at Chrystals. Was really nice because it was full of the old friends that I did mention spending time with before, but seeing as it was the second time around these guys it was a little less awkward and a really fun night. Got to see Luke and the boys too, so that was good fun. Although I did get my face bruised, which was a bummer. Luckily nothing too bad because the next night was Belle’s 18th, which was just a girls version of the night before, and was rather nice.

So yeah, busy. But balanced between school and stuff. I like this routine, I wish I had longer than another week remaining. Woe.

Waiting for My Chance to Come – Noah and the Whale

Yeah, I know, its been ages. I could pin it down to being really busy – because that is not a lie – but I could also pin it down to coming to most Sunday nights and just not being in the mood (even as I was in the middle of this I got distracted by charlieissocoollike). So I guess I’ll summarise my past 3 weeks in a bunch of dot points.

• Had a lot of exams. I have completed all assessments for Art (I came first in the year), Software Design (including a major work) and maths, which is pretty big. Next up trials and then final exams and then out of high school.
• One more assessment left for this term. Holidays are in two weeks.
• Visited the Rose Seidler House for art on the 7th. Its basically a modernist house designed in 1948 and preserved in 1950′s modernism (current art case study).
• My friend Lilli’s 18th was on the 11th. Kind of a weird party, a bit like being back in year 9 because all the ‘old’ friends I don’t really talk to any more were there. But it was alright.
• A lot of time spent lately with my two old friends Tiffany and Sophia.
• Father and brother went to Taiwan the other week for a business thing, brought me back some stuff, including a beautiful watch and some industrial boots that – whenever I find time – I’ll modify with studs and stuff.
• Dyed my hair impulsively last week. I don’t believe that photo does the colour justice; it was intended to be a royal blonde kind of colour, though now its more caramel – my hair cannot be anything other than ginger, its official.

Naturally so much more has been going on, but its a bit… unnecessary to blog about. I think things’ll be ok though. Final year is stressful and its kind of building up and my body has been taking it out on me a bit but yeah. Something cool will happen soon, though, I hope. And if, in the miraculous chance, anything does happen, I’ll try to blog about it on time.

Ten Thousand Lines – Electric President

1. Renovations = death
2. Order from ASOS; faux fur coat + leather shorts
3. Moi
4. Senior “muck up” photo – +10 if you find me!

So, I’ve missed a blog. And I’m still blogging out of order. I guess there are several factors that can lead to my absence (school, drama, etc), but y’know.

As you can see, we’ve been doing renovations at home. That’s the kitchen in its current state – not very functional. We’ve been doing a lot of stuff just generally around the house to complete it – there are cupboards and such that haven’t got doors, etc. So we’ve had all that going on, which is incredibly stressful.

I’ve also been hard at work, back at school, as a senior. Oh that’s right – the end of the holidays. Nothing much occurred, just spent time with Luke really. Casual end. Busy return. School’s picking up a bit in stress levels, but I think a large reason as to why I’m over it is because of some pointless girl drama. But hey, what’s highschool without drama? We also got our school photos back – the one above is a silly photo they take of us (there’s only half of the grade in that one), so that’s fun.

Other than that, not much. Time with Luke (as always), Toohey’s 18th last weekend which was interesting – different crowd, knew no one, and they weren’t the most outgoing crowd, you know when you step in on an already formed group? A bit like that. Nothing else has really been notable… being a senior is annoying sometimes, hey? haha.

At least I have some badass clothes from Asos. That shop always makes me happy!

Champion Sound (Alt. version) – Crystal Fighters

1. New oversize clutch, Computer Arts magazine and nail polishes.
2. Surrey Hills; me, Maddie, Amy, Stella and Therese.
3. Maddie, me & Katie at Tuttles.

Its finally the holidays! Thank you all for your well wishing in my exam(s), I feel alright about them so hopefully they’ll go ok. I’m just enjoying the fact that I have two and a half weeks off! Two and a half weeks of studying how I want to for once, y’know? Got a fair bit to do but hey, it’ll be cool.

My weekend was cool. Mainly Saturday, lets be fair. During the day I went to Surry Hills Festival with Maddie, Loretta, Stella, Amy, Therese and Daniella, Katie was working so once her shift was over we bumped into her too. I didn’t buy anything because it was all out of my price range, but I am now in love with fur coats and will own one. Fun experiences too, including two very high and/or drunk men coming up to the group of us rapping some song to us. You get all sorts, hey. But came home, then went back out, first to Stacey’s for a bit of a pre-gathering, then to Tuttle’s. Tuttle is this kid who went to my primary school and is now all of a sudden friends with all of my friend, so hey. Decent night, crashed at Stacey’s. Didn’t really do anything Sunday, chilled with Luke a bit but then yeah. Didn’t want to do much on Sunday anyways, ha.

But yeah, this week’ll be good, hairdressers soon and such. I actually can’t wait to get my hair done, I haven’t for ages and I need a change.

I also need to change this layout. I know what I want to do but I’m so lackadaisical about it. Blah.

Song – Band

This is so awkward. I had to end things with James. It all happened far too fast, and in the whirl of how crazy everything has been I thought it was what I wanted, but everything has caught up with me and I realised that I can’t do this yet. I’m not ready for another boyfriend. He was lovely, but it just wasn’t working. Its for the best, y’know?

But other than that cheerful subject, after a clearly stressful week, had another busy weekend! Friday night was Fletcher’s 18th. Fletcher is this legend of a kid, so I rather enjoyed the night. It was one of those great gatherings where most people get along (or at least no drama) and could just enjoy eachother’s company. Met a bunch of new people too so that was nice. AND got to see Jake again, he’s great.

Saturday night was Yasmin’s birthday dinner. It was her birthday on Tuesday, so Saturday we all went out for Thai – just the girls, so Maddie, Stacey, Yasmin, Loretta, Hayley and Stella. Had a bit of a repeat of the other night and went to Max Brenner again, amazing moment in which we all started singing her happy birthday, and everyone there joined in. I love it when that happens.

So yeah. I’m starting to wonder if I should tell Jamie Britain about my blog so the next series of Skins can be based off my life. This is insanity. (Speaking of Skins; FINALE?! I loved it. Franky is me).