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New travel blog

2008-11-05T17:10:00.001+11:00

I've just created new blog (linked over on the right, and down below) that I'm going to keep updated while I am travelling over the summer. Please check it out during December and the beginning of January to see what I get up to while I'm abroad!!http://jemimaoverseas.blogspot.com

s'pose I could post something...

2008-05-07T18:20:00.002+10:00

I've been sitting at my computer for the last hour and a half avoiding doing study. I should do some, but... yeah... can't be stuffed... So I've been trying to find other things to do that don't just involve sitting listening to Triple J and playing solitaire. After reading two blogs, checking eBay, and looking the the price of tickets for The Chaser's stage show, it popped into my head that I

so, first night?

2008-04-24T19:53:00.003+10:00

First night of housesitting was great! I had a poke around the place reminding myself of where certain things are, and how to open doors/windows, etc. I settled in by unpacking all my clothes and putting my food in the cupboards and fridge. Then I went and got KFC - haha. I couldn't bring myself to buy proper groceries for the first night. I ate junkfood in front of the TV and then watched a

official house-sitter...

2008-04-23T16:57:00.003+10:00

Yes, my house sitting duties began today. I'm here. I'm unpacked. And it isn't too weird. The cat seems to know exactly what's going on and doesn't like it, but otherwise all is good. I even figured out the Mac computer (hence why I can blog). I think it's going to be lots of fun actually! The biggest problem so far is that I don't have an alarm clock. Well, I can use my phone but I like to wake

"one by one we overcome"

2008-04-07T20:01:00.003+10:00

Well, actually the correct quote that is the title of this is "One by one, we all become undone" which is a lyric from a Wishing Well song called One by One. But, the theme of my past couple of weeks really has been if I take each day and each uni assignment one by one I will conquer them! And it's happened. I was so nervous last week handing in my first uni assignment for the year - one which,

start of week zero (formely o week)

2008-02-25T16:32:00.002+11:00

Today was the first day of Week Zero (Deakin's renamed Orientation Week (aka O Week)). I went to a terribly boring Welcome to the University talk, and sat on the grass and read a book before going to a not so boring Welcome to the Arts Faculty talk. It was good to get back to uni. Weird though. Good weird, though, I think. I didn't know anyone, except my sister who is starting first year too. I

such a long long time...

2008-02-21T20:11:00.002+11:00

It has been an age since I last posted. September 2007! It's already February of '08! Madness...Well, basically, in a nut shell, I've been working all summer at my bookshop job, I quit Baskin Robbins, I got into Deakin to study Primary Teaching, I got my Ps and bought my first car. It certainly has been an eventful few months.My bookshop job has been awesome all summer. Heaps of hours to keep me

so, decision made

2007-09-03T17:10:00.000+10:00

Last time I posted I had decided I wanted to study teaching, well I have just finished applying! I have applied for both Deakin and Melbourne Uni, but I have put Deakin as number one. Basically because it will save money, and because I actually don't like being on the Melb Uni campus. I went there for Open Day, and I walked around for a little while and just walking around I realised that I don't

decision making is a bitch...

2007-06-22T15:17:00.000+10:00

So, it's been ages since I posted... But honestly I have nothing much to post about. All I have really been doing is working. And working. And working. Which is good, it's what I want to be doing, but it's not particularly fun to write about.However, a more interesting thing that has been happening is my attempting to decide what I want to do with my future. Yes, the big question of a career. I

don't know Winnie?!

2007-04-25T13:48:00.000+10:00

Hmm... I have done some really exciting things recently. Well, exciting may not be the best descriptor, they have certainly been fun though! I started volunteer work at a primary school. It was such fun the Friday I started! I am helping out in a grade 1 and 2 composite class. Some of the kids had drawn pictures of what they thought I would look like, and some had written, and decorated, my name.

sun and washing...

2007-04-13T15:27:00.000+10:00

It's the second month of Autumn and there is still plenty of warm, lovely sunshine to dry my washing on the clothesline! And beautiful blue skies.

eBay and chocolate

2007-04-09T13:10:00.000+10:00

Well, Happy Easter to one and all! I got some wonderful chocolate which of course I have eaten too much of but it was so delicious. The best was these little square chocolates which were hot cross bun flavoured! They were awesome.I also took advantage of this long weekend to get some things up on eBay. Gosh, that was fun! I currently have 38 items up... First some didn't show up, and now I am

sick ick ick

2007-03-28T19:19:00.000+10:00

I have a cold. I haven't had one in ages and it is making me grumpy. Mostly because it's not a full blown cold, I just feel crummy and have a cough. Blegh...But I have updated my resume and got my cover letter together, so tomorrow I am going to try and get myself another job! I am actually kind of excited about it. My first stop is a place a used to work at who, or so I hear, is looking for an

am I back?

2007-03-26T17:55:00.000+10:00

I think I am. Back, I mean. I disappeared for a while there, didn't I?Well, a lot has happened since I last blogged in April of '06. I finished first year of my course with an average grade of a Distinction, and then took a leave of absence. Yep, lots of people have found this odd - except me. See, when I chose to do my course it probably wasn't for best reasons, mainly that other people thought

long time no blog...

2006-04-07T16:59:00.000+10:00

Yes, It has been a little while... But at the moment I just don't feel dedicated to this. I have been focussing on the new version of my website that will be live soon, and on Uni. Blogging hasn't really been high of my priority list. And for that reason I am going to let myself have an official break. Or, really, just let anyone who reads this know that I won't be blogging very often - only when

poetic?

2006-03-27T16:30:00.000+11:00

I have had a poem (the best word to describe it) going through my head since yesterday, but I don't know if I came up with it or if I have heard it somewhere and it has stuck in my head... If anyone reading this knows which it is, please tell me! This is what has been in my head:To bed, to bedTo sleep, to sleepTo dream, to dreamOf pretty thingsAnyone?!

zoo reshoots...

2006-03-17T17:31:00.000+11:00

The Zoo went well, except for the fact I only shot one roll of film for the entire day! got there at 9am, left at 5pm and only took one roll of film - all of the White-cheeked Gibbons. So tomorrow I am off with the animals again. A 9am start, with an early finish because I have to get home to get ready for work. Hopefully I will have a more productive day tomorrow. One of the major problems on

the folkie and the zoo...

2006-03-14T20:15:00.000+11:00

The weekend (Port Fairy Folk Festival) was awesome! With my press pass I got to hang out back stage, and take all the photos I wanted. I got some great shots from back stage, and some awesome ones of Bomba. The Bomba gig was amazing. I got there just on their last song and Nicky Bomba just happened to allow six of the Sweethearts (a motown girl group formed by students from the high school I went

cameras and old film...

2006-03-09T17:14:00.000+11:00

It is nearing the end of my second week of uni. And it hasn't been such a bad week. Although, I did make one very silly mistake. I thought I had an excursion to the zoo today, good thing I listen in class (occasionally) because it is actually next Thursday. So today ended up being a lecture in photography, then a tut for photography. I only had half the tut though because my tutor is in Brisbane

second weeks a charm...

2006-03-05T19:32:00.000+11:00

It is Sunday night before my second week oh uni. I now have all my textbooks, all the course descriptions and my stationary is organised - hopefully I will enjoy this week better than last week. I think I was just a bit freaked out by the new-ness of everything. New house. New school. New friends. New challenges. This week should be a little more settled, I hope. Although I do have my first Maths

the day before...

2006-02-26T16:12:00.000+11:00

It is the day before uni starts. The Sunday before my first university class. The weekend before I start the real life of a uni student. I am terrified. But not as much as I was last week.I go through different moods and opinions about the course. Friday I was petrified that I would hate the course. Saturday I was concerned that I would be competent. Today I am terribly nervous, but I think that

away from home...

2006-02-24T09:11:00.000+11:00

I am about to finish my first week away from home. It is Friday and today I am heading back to my family for the weekend, but this week has certainly been interesting!O Week was excellent - so much fun. I met nearly all of the people in my class (there are only 20 of us so it isn't that hard). I am absolutely and completed freaked out about Monday when classes start, but hopefully I will manage.

box jungle...

2006-02-15T15:01:00.000+11:00

My room has a jungle of boxes. I move on Saturday and I started packing yesterday, so my room is half packed with open boxes all over the place. I can just get to my desk, and I have to climb over boxes to get around my room. I have even ended up sticking a box of rubbish outside my door just because it doesn't fit in the room. Currently I have three boxes on the go - one to go with me, one to

the moving ritual...

2006-02-04T23:55:00.000+11:00

So, two weeks from today is my moving day.I move in two weeks.In two weeks, I will be living away from home.And I have started the process. I have started cleaning out my cupboards. I have got boxes to pack my room away in. I have discovered that I have way too much stuff, and I will have to leave a lot of it with my parents. I have started developing my budget, and realising how expensive it

once more a student...

2006-01-27T18:33:00.000+11:00

On Wednesday I enrolled. Yes, I am again a student - an official student. An official uni student. That should scare me - and it does somedays, but funnily enough, today it doesn't seem to.I was nervous before enrolling - I'm a chicken and so before I do anything new or different I get nervous. But, in the end, it all went very smoothly. I am now an RMIT student, who is one of nine just-finished

time for a big-en...

2006-01-19T23:36:00.000+11:00

It's about time I caught up this blog with my life, not that there is all that much to write about except the daily activities of an 18 on holidays and planning for university. I know I promised something of substance, something imaginative... I will get there at some stage. Again, I make a promise I will try another day. But it is late and I just feel like writing about the daily goings-on in my

i will...

2006-01-16T17:04:00.000+11:00

I will blog. When I get home I promise, I will write something with some substance. Something with some meaning. Something, maybe, with some creativeness. Or maybe I will just write about me, because by me and about me doesn't ever equal creative. But I will blog. I promise.

holiday life...

2006-01-04T23:01:00.000+11:00

Sometimes I like being on holidays - other times I don't. I love having time to do what I want, but I then end up doing the same things all the time which, in the end, becomes boring. I still have close to two months left of holidays - uni doesn't start until the 6th of March. But I do move on the 20th, so that's exciting. Actually, it had turned out that I will move out of my bedroom earlier.

silly-ness abounds...

2006-01-02T16:43:00.000+11:00

Happy New Year to one and all!! 2006 is sure to be an exciting year, at least for me - moving, turning 19, starting Uni.. Exciting stuff!!New Years Eve was spent quietly with a good friend and a couple of bottles of Midori and Lemonade. We watched TV, and twirled poi in the backyard. Then just before midnight, we went running down the street (me in bare feet, and perhaps not quite running, more

christmas and dreams...

2005-12-20T12:31:00.000+11:00

Yes, I am really moving! Mum is calling the accommodation place today (supposedly) and booking a place for me. I will be living across the road from Melb Uni and up the street from RMIT - sounds pretty damn good to me! I am getting a fridge, and my computer will be coming with me. I have even promised Sarah my room (because it is bigger than hers and it will have my double bed left in it). I will

moving...

2005-12-14T20:23:00.000+11:00

I was so excited about moving. But no one else seems to be anymore (except my sister, who wants my room). Actually, to be honest, most people are excited, just not the people I need to be excited - my mum and dad. Dad just constantly asks me question about why I want to move, and how much things will cost, and why move when I can commute, and if I have to live close to Uni, or if I could live a

results and property hunting...

2005-12-12T13:53:00.000+11:00

Today VCE results came out. I am still shocked at how well I went. I got an ENTER of 93.1 (out of a (im)possible 100). My study scores were really cool too. They are each out of 50. I got 35 for International Studies, 42 for IPM and English, and 46 for Media. And I got a 31 for Maths, and 33 for Philosophy and a 38 for Psychology last year. It is all finally sinking in - my final results for high

very exciting...

2005-12-07T22:08:00.000+11:00

I am so very excited right not for two reasons!!1. The guy where I am getting my camera repaired called me today to say the camera was ready to be picked up!!2. I got a letter in the mail today from RMIT University. It is a Type A letter which means they will give me an offer for the course if I have achieved all the academic requirements and have them listed as my number one preference of

busy bee...

2005-11-30T11:05:00.000+11:00

I have been a busy, busy bee over the last little while - nearly a week since I last blogged!!Ok, so a rundown of my life for that past (nearly) week:Friday morning I went to work with mum and cut boards for my folio, and stuck my photos onto the board - and thus finished my photography folio. I am absolutely proud of it, even if other people aren't (more on that in a bit).Friday night I was

a Thursday afternoon rant...

2005-11-24T16:21:00.000+11:00

Well, it's not really a rant, but I thought it sounded light a cool title...I got some news about my digital camera this morning. It is going to cost about half what it was to buy new, so the general consensus is that I will get a new camera - the new model. This is exciting, but I am pissed off with myself for causing this to happen. All I did was drop the damn thing - that's it. I suppose

the verdict...

2005-11-17T18:36:00.000+11:00

So if yoy read this, you will know that I have been hoping to get into a photography course for University. I got some news about that yesterday (which I commented briefly on in the last post, but I thought I would elaborate). Two of the four courses were sending out details of interviews for the successful applicants, and I didn't get one. Well, not one this round, but I don't think I will get a

i'm done...

2005-11-16T19:21:00.000+11:00

Yes - I have finished VCE, year 12, high school, and my first 13 years of schooling. And I am unbelievably excited!!!! It is taking a whole lot of composure to right this without multiple exclamation marks - so here are just a few: !!!!!!I had my last exam today - International Studies. I am actually really pleased with it all. I got to do a little bitching about the Australian/US alliance and

it is tuesday...

2005-11-08T13:41:00.000+11:00

And I am about to do my second exam for this end of high school exam period - finally! I haven't had an exam since the 28th of October (the English exam) and I am going slowly insane being on my own all day. However, this past weekend did give me some fun and laughs! And some (pretend) tears.On Saturday morning I took my camera to the camera shop. I was told it would take eight weeks to repair,

broken...

2005-11-03T18:32:00.000+11:00

My...camera is...........BROKEN!!Yes, sad, sad news. My gorgeous black Fuji S5000 is broken... And I know exactly how it happened. At Muck Up Day I dropped it - my hands were full and it wasn't around me neck so I suppose it was inevitable, but I am still very sad. Very, very sad! I tried to use it the other night and it kept freezing up on me. Then it wouldn't turn off... So dreadful!That is all

afterwards...

2005-10-28T18:30:00.000+10:00

The English exam is done. Over. Completed. Now on to the other three, but study can wait til Monday - it's the weekend! I am so unbelievably glad its the weekend. I had plans for this evening but they have been transfered and downsized to tomorrow (due to exam stress - evil, evil, evil). So tomorrow is a girls night - dinner and, well, then back to each persons own home to sleep I suppose. I

post number 70...

2005-10-19T08:19:00.000+10:00

It's my last day of year 12 - well, classes at least. I have Media and English, then the last formal assembly. It's all coming to an end, all finishing, all being completed. But Megan sent me an email last night with a lovely little quote that I plan on remembering for the day:Don't cry because it is ending, smile because it happened.Yes, I must remember that as Ms Fraser, principal, goes through

nearly the end...

2005-10-15T17:21:00.000+10:00

It is nearly here - the end of high school. I have always, I mean always, been scared of finishing high school - that is, until it actually happens. I am now really excited. Sad, but excited! Last year when lots of my friends were graduating a felt so scared that in only a year it would all be happening to me, but now that it is here it doesn't seem so scary. Yeah, I lose the everyday-ness of

the day after

2005-10-09T12:33:00.000+10:00

The morning after the party is meant to be all groggy - but it's not. I feel fine. Tired, but fine!I had such an awesome party last night - did my first Vodka shot, got the most drunk I have ever been (but it obviously wasn't very drunk in the scheme of things because I can remember everything (including who gave me which present!) and don't feel that bad this morning). And I have some funny

birthday wishes for myself

2005-10-07T09:08:00.000+10:00

Today I am eighteen - yes, 18!! I am so incredibly excited - I love birthdays! I have gots heaps of presents so far from my family, including a DVD burner, subscriptions to my favourite magazines, some lenses for my cameras, clothes, a new alarm clock with CD player, wool, a badge that says "Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam", some chocolate, three pairs of earrings, Outfoxed on DVD, a book called

remember me?

2005-10-06T08:34:00.000+10:00

It has been forever since I posted - and I have no real excuse for it being so. Sure I've been busy, but I really should have found a few minutes to write an entry.. Well, here is my catch-up entry, and I think it will end up being quite lengthy.Last time I blogged was about a month ago, so I have been on school holidays, and finished my last high school SAC - ever! The holidays were lovely. The

we're off to see the wizard...

2005-09-14T15:07:00.000+10:00

"The wonderful Wizard of Oz". It has been in my head since my friends and I decided we were dressing up as characters from the movie for "Muck Up Day". "Muck Up Day", or as the principal wants as to call it: "Celebration Day", is the final school day for year 12s. We dress up, watch a slideshow of lots of photos, do a concert for the rest of the school and go home early; it is our celebration

chocolate and pre-selection kits...

2005-09-06T08:34:00.000+10:00

I went to see the new Willy Wonka movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, last night. I really enjoyed it. However, through the whole movie I was expecting the characters to do things that were in the 1971 Gene Wilder version - but they didn't do them. Having the old movie in my head kinda spoiled last night because I was constantly waiting for things that weren't going to happen. But I did

interesting things...

2005-08-25T08:32:00.000+10:00

I wish I had interesting things to write about, or an interesting way to right about things. So many blogs I read are written with such style - interesting language, thought-provoking comments, inspirational meanderings. My blog is just a jumble of a 17 year olds life.. oh so uninteresting..I am slightly down today - is it obvious? And if I don't stop blogging now, I feel I will get even more

as promised...

2005-08-22T17:13:00.000+10:00

Here are two examples of the pictures I took on Saturday night at Sweethearts Party '05: Jessie singingThe bass player for Li'l Fi I like them...

busy busy bee...

2005-08-22T08:30:00.000+10:00

I have been very busy of late, and have had nothing really to write. But this morning I feel I should blog about something.Some count downs:86 days until my last exam46 days until I turn 1829 school days leftI am kinda freaked out by that last one - less than a month of school days until high school is finished...I had a good weekend - indeed, a very good weekend! It was a friends 18th on Friday

RMIT yesterday...

2005-08-15T10:52:00.000+10:00

I went to RMIT Open Day yesterday. I was really excited on my way there, but I left feeling strange. I have come up with a few reasons:I feel nervous about leaving schoolI feel inadequate with my own photos for my folioI am over excited about everything - so am going insane..I have too many choices, well two, but you know..I am rethinking Photography as a path because I can't think of reasons why

short posts...

2005-08-12T08:39:00.000+10:00

I really am sick of short posts, but I can't think of much more to write, and lately I haven't had much time to write at all.I finished my Media assignment last night - all finished. I just need to print it at school today and then get it printed tomorrow by a professional - well, OfficeWorks to be exact. But I think they can do I better job at the printing than my inkjet at home, or even the

media media media...

2005-08-11T08:42:00.000+10:00

My magazine is nearly finished. One more article and a spell check/proofread and it's done. I am printing it on the weekend and then I might put some thumbnails of it up here or on my site. Joy!!And it is RMIT Open Day on Sunday - I am very excited!!

jemmyB: a new look...

2005-08-06T22:51:00.000+10:00

A kind of new look for my photography site jemmyB. Some new fonts, change of text, a few new colours. I think it will last for ages 'cause I like it. Though I'm not sure about the font yet.. Have to ponder..And more pondering is to be done because, again, I have nothing to put here - so off I will go a-ponderin'.

new look...

2005-08-05T21:25:00.000+10:00

Thought I would just post a little comment about my new look! I have been working on it for 3 and a half hours, instead of doing homework. I think it looks pretty good. A bit more me - an a bit more like my site. Groovy!!

nothing to say...

2005-08-05T08:35:00.000+10:00

I really don't have anything to say. I don't even know why I am posting if I have nothing to say. I could tell you that I have just updated jemmyB with three new images. One of my sister, one of four coloured glasses, and one taken driving in a car with a slow shutter speed. I like the glasses the most - the colour worked really well. Or at least I think so.Or I could tell you that I am trying to

winteryness and blogging...

2005-08-01T14:19:00.000+10:00

It is the start of August. The beginning of the end of Winter. So many times I have said that I hate summer, but there are some days... You know those warm days that are just cheerful? They make you happy sitting in your summer clothes. Those days are the ones I can't wait for. I hate the days when all you want to do is sit in the freezer, they are horrid. You feel sticky and hot - not nice.

weekends and confessions...

2005-07-31T18:07:00.000+10:00

Well, not really confessions, but it sounds impressive..I went to my dad's this weekend. And I am angry with him. I could handle it when he said he wasn't going to be at my 18th, he hasn't really been at any of my birthday parties since I was six and our family was actually still together. But last night he told me he wouldn't be at my graduation. Sure it doesn't seem like much, but my pissed

the draft...

2005-07-28T20:59:00.000+10:00

This is a bit of my draft for my English SAC - no one steal it! As she sits she stares. Stares at the world. Stares in wonder. Stares at nothing but life. All around her is life. The buzzing of the bees and the growth of flowers. The sun shining down on the world. Each element works in harmony to create an oasis, a sanctuary. It is peaceful here. All she can hear are the birds in the trees and

media on my mind...

2005-07-27T08:32:00.000+10:00

This week is magazine week - Monday I worked on my media assignment for 5 hours, yesterday was 4.5 hours, today will be similar, tomorrow I have the whole day at school to do it (it is a pupil free day) and Friday I will have only 1.5 hours. Hopefully this thing gets completed on time...I have an English Creative SAC next week - and no ideas about what to write. Well, that isn't quite true, just

fifty and counting...

2005-07-25T08:33:00.000+10:00

This is my 50th post! Oh yeah...Big weekend, now I am tired. I went to two Eighteenths (one of which I got tipsy for the first time at) and had lunch with some friends. I actually managed to catch up with all my good friends in one weekend - I think the last time I achieved that was my birthday when they were all invited. Amanda's (on Friday night) was the party at which I got tipsy for the first

negative and postive...

2005-07-21T15:41:00.000+10:00

I developed my first films today! Actually, it was lots of fun and I am quite proud of myself - I did it on my own (after being run through the procedure). I freaked out a little bit on the second one when I could get the film onto the reel while in the bag-thing, but it sorted itself out! I must say, I think I need a better timing device for next time. I had no idea what the times were, and I

the moment...

2005-07-20T15:50:00.000+10:00

At the moment I am preparing for a Creative Writing SAC for English. I'm not very confident in my creative writing skills so this has been quite daunting. I think I have come up with an idea for my piece, though I'm not sure how successful I will be at making it what I want it to be. My idea is to write a piece about a woman sitting under a tree in the middle of no where and just noticing what is

philosophy and magazines...

2005-07-18T19:15:00.000+10:00

I have been watching (and watched, now that it is finished) the mini-series Sophie's World on SBS. And I adore it!! I have had to tape each weeks because I have been out, and then when I watch them I refuse to let anyone interrupt me because I have to read the subtitles. I love getting lost in the sounds of the characters speaking Norwegian. And the very classic (and much repeated by Johanna and

school is boring...

2005-07-14T08:33:00.000+10:00

Yes, school is boring. But oh well. At least something interesting is happening today. The Minister for Education is coming to school and I am getting out of IPM to take photos of her while she is here. There is some official reason why she is visiting this region, but I don't actually know what it is. All I know is she is coming to play for the Sweethearts and that my photos may eventually end

ending and beginning...

2005-07-10T20:29:00.000+10:00

As the lovely school holidays end, the horrid school term begins. Homework, SACs, teachers.. Oh joy of joys! But I did have a lovely holiday. Friends and sleep overs, and pajamas! Took photos and got my learners - all peaches and cream. I really have nothing to write about here. Nothing interesting goes on. My life is simple and boring. Uninteresting. I do homework, I go to school, I have my

driving and birthdays...

2005-07-07T17:37:00.000+10:00

I went for my first semi-proper drive today. I got to reverse around corners, navigate around trees, change from asphalt to gravel roads and use the accelarator! It was so much fun. At the moment I officially love driving, but as yet I haven't had to deal with pedestrians or proper road rules, just controlling the car. I hope I still like driving when it is proper driving!And birthdays. July

personality tests...

2005-07-06T22:11:00.000+10:00

Main Type Overall Self Take Free Enneagram Personality Test Enneagram Test Results Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||||||| 66% Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||| 58% Type 3 Image Focus |||||||||||||| 54% Type 4 Hypersensitivity |||||||||||| 42% Type 5 Detachment |||||||||||||||| 62% Type 6 Anxiety |||||||||||||||| 70%

fun of parents...

2005-07-02T18:49:00.000+10:00

So I don't edit or censor my life, I should really write about my night at my dad's. Not in too much detail because I have already gone through it all with my mum (it's not that bad, I just don't particularly like talking about it). I was at my dad's last night. Sarah and I had to stay the night, the necessary visit because our parents are divorced. It was only one night, instead of two like it

a new driver...

2005-07-01T12:12:00.000+10:00

I am a new driver! Yes, I passed my Learner's test with 88%. And now I have a little green Learners Permit card sitting in my wallet. Very awesome! It is funny when you get a new card for your wallet, or exciting might be a better word for me at least. It changed what my wallet looked like completely because I moved all my cards around, now I have my permit, then my debit card, then my school id

op shopping...

2005-06-29T12:31:00.000+10:00

Holidays are going strong - and are heaps of fun! Yesterday I took my sister to see The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. It was incredibly sad in some bits. That sooky sad, when good things come out of bad things so you get teary both times and then the tears feel silly because it is a childrens movie - that sort of teary. I wanted to go to it because I read the book when it came out and

party princess...

2005-06-27T17:21:00.000+10:00

Birthday party stories:Last night was Hannah's 18th birthday party. I would say there were about 30 people there, but at different times in the night. There was the school friends, the choir friends, the High boys, and the family. The youngest was 14 and the oldest was 24-ish (excluding the mum). I think everyone had fun, I know I did. Except for the lovely little falling incident.Meaghan, Megan

very philosophical...

2005-06-24T09:37:00.000+10:00

I new blog to read, and you must!Answers? Not now...An example:"Can we just enjoy the graphics and pictures in a movie and forget about the story? "

over it...

2005-06-24T08:43:00.000+10:00

Today is the last day of term two. The last day of semester one. The last day of the third last term of high school. The last day of a high school term two. And I'm so very over it. Time for the holidays.I got over the boredom of Wednesday. And I booked myself in, finally, for my L's test - next Thrusday at 11:10am. I am kind of looking forward to it because I will have made some friends happy.

days off...

2005-06-22T21:38:00.000+10:00

While I love days off, sometimes they get so boring. Particularly when I don't have something interesting to do. I spent today playing computer games and watching TV, just a little bit boring. I know some people say that only boring people get bored, so maybe I'm boring.Though what I did do was update my website. Five new photographs. Three more the other day. And with the holidays coming up

changes...

2005-06-20T08:38:00.000+10:00

Yesterday I was at a friends birthday party and one of their close family friends arrived. I have met her many times because I have been to many of this family's get togethers, so I know her. What I didn't know is that she has cancer. Last time I saw her she didn't, and this time she did. So much had changed. She looked fine, except she had shaved her hair short - otherwise she looked completely

grumpy and sick...

2005-06-15T08:26:00.000+10:00

I hate being sick, and I am so I am grumpy. Being grumpy means this will be a very short post.I have finished my Media Design Plan and am handing it in today - I love the final product and am very proud of it.See, short...

sleep is what I need...

2005-06-10T18:20:00.000+10:00

I just got back from school camp. By "just" I mean three hours ago. It was a pretty good camp. I ended up going to four University's but only two of them interest me and the one that really interests me (RMIT) had a shitty tour and presentation. But that is ok, a friend of mine is going to take me on a tour around the campus on Open Day.Actually, some quite funny and fun things happened at camp.

black and white...

2005-06-04T16:26:00.000+10:00

I got the proofs of the role of film I used last weekend. Some of them are actually good, if I do say so myself. I have to print some 6x4s at school at some point, then I will scan them in to display on the web. I will have to form a new friendship with my scanner that I have never had. I don't particularly like it much, it is old and clunky. But, as Donna has told me time and time again, it is

wintery warmth...

2005-06-02T08:35:00.000+10:00

Winter started yesterday in the southern hemisphere (where I am) and it is cold. I has been cold for the past little while, but now it is officially winter coldness, not autumn coldness. I have take to sleeping with my electric blanket turned on all night because of how cold my house gets. I don't know if it is a good thing to do, but I have to or I don't sleep with cold! Wintery warmth is that

strange dreams...

2005-06-01T08:28:00.000+10:00

I don't often dream, but when I do they are either lovely, exciting, or down-right strange. Last night's was strange:I was at school just outside the library. I was looking into the library, looking for someone. I saw this electroic shcok thing pass between a record player and a computer and everything around these two objects blew up. I ran inside to see if everyone was ok, and they were just

film slump...

2005-05-31T08:26:00.000+10:00

What is happening to the world? Film giant AGFA has filed for bankruptcy:"AgfaPhoto, the former consumer imaging division of Belgian group Agfa-Gevaert, says it has filed for bankruptcy protection.... with the boom in digital photography, sales of traditional photographic film and paper have slumped." ~ The Age, 30 May 2005This meant that I couldn't get my photos developed yesterday because the

cameras and more cameras...

2005-05-30T10:46:00.000+10:00

Now, I have posted previously about my dream Uni course and my worries about getting in without much film experience. So I decided to do something about it. I have been asking everyone I know with skill in film photography if they can help me. I now have my media teacher helping me with the school equipment (cameras, film, developing), my step-dad's dad's camera (is that my step-grandad?) which

relief...

2005-05-30T08:37:00.000+10:00

It went well!! I couldn't believe how smoothly Sunday lunch went. The meat was cooked, the vegies weren't all crunchy and raw, and the pudding tasted great! Mind you, the pudding was a little bit cold, but oh well. The one hitch was that while eating the delicious meat, my dad broke one of his teeth. It was hilarious. We though he had crunched on a bone from the meat or something, but when he

sunday lunch...

2005-05-27T08:50:00.000+10:00

This Sunday my dad and nanny are coming to our house for lunch. Being only 17 I have been fretting about making a decent lunch for them. I don't want to burn it, I don't want it to be raw, I don't want it to taste bad. I want it to be perfect. Sarah and I are cooking. We only decided this morning what we are actually cooking. Being driven to school we had ideas being thrown at us by mum, and we

hopes and dreams...

2005-05-25T10:47:00.000+10:00

I am being very melodramatic at the moment. I posted the other day about my dream Uni course - Bachelor of Arts (Photography). But now I am sad, and worried... And slightly panicky. If I was to get through to being shortlisted for the course, I would need a folio. So, of course, I went to the website to check out the Folio Preperation course. This is where I started getting worried. Just for the

don't panic...

2005-05-18T08:31:00.000+10:00

I should really follow the advice I give out to people: "Don't panic, everything will be fine". But I don't.Every night this week and last week as people start talking more and more about next year I have these mini panic attacks. 'Next year' is that special first year out of high school. Into the big, bad world. I remember in year seven when I started high school that year twelve, finishing,

the galaxy and beyond...

2005-05-13T15:44:00.000+10:00

"I'd make a suggestion, but you wouldn't listen. No one ever does."Yesterday I ventured to the movies - alone! I love going alone, not quite sure why, I just do. I went to see Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, after many recommendations (and seeing that robot with the big head on tv, teehee!). There were four people in the cinema: me eating M&Ms, a guy who was about 40 eating popcorn at the very

the bus...

2005-05-11T08:33:00.000+10:00

The great thing about catching a public bus: the strange people who randomly decide to chat to you. Last night some 30 year old guy in a long black jacket, badly bleached hair and feminine voice eating god-knows-what overheard me attempting to tell Hannah about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - poorly I might add. This poor attempt seems to be what caught this guys attention because he turned

happiness..or stress...

2005-05-05T16:33:00.000+10:00

Happiness can come in the most interesting and exciting forms. The most recent exposure to happiness I have encountered was when my mum got her new boots from overseas. She has been looking for "the right pair of boots" for about four years and she finally found them in America. She ordered them and was waiting for about a month to see what they would look like "in person" and how they would feel

issues...

2005-05-03T08:37:00.000+10:00

What should one think of beggars?

chocolate and videos...

2005-05-01T13:59:00.000+10:00

This weekend my mum went to Melbourne with some old Uni friends. My step-dad travelled to Melbourne each day with a wine-tour-owner-friend of his to taste wines. That left my sister and I alone in the house. I answer to an empty house - chocolate, diet coke, ice-cream, and videos! We walked to the video store to get "six weekly's for $10". We decided to go for comedies, though some weren't

the fire...

2005-04-22T21:11:00.000+10:00

The other night, I was going home with my step-dad and we saw this smoke over a hill. So I got my trusty camera and we went to the scene! Actually, we thought a school was on fire when we were driving towards it, but we found that they were just burning some grass off behind the school. Here are some of the pics I took:In other news, I am burnt! I shot the Athetics Day at my school today and it

photography, photography...

2005-04-20T17:05:00.000+10:00

I am so excited! I get to do two full days of photography! I am taking the photos for my school magazine at our Athletics Carnival (not great subject matter, but lets see what I can do..). Then on Saturday I am going to a Music Festival as a media/photography person with my step-dad who is recording gigs for the radio program he does. I am supposed to be taking photos for the radio station - yay!

the noisy bus...

2005-04-19T10:20:00.000+10:00

After the first day back of term 2, we weren't really in the greatest mood. Jo and I were on the bus on the way home, chatting quietly in the back hoping that the terror would decide to hang around and leave us in some amount of peace. Unlucky for us, the terror decided the 3:45pm bus was perfect for her.. In fact, she even decided to sit right in front of us with her noisy friends. The swearing,

page 123, the fifth sentence...

2005-04-16T15:21:00.000+10:00

A new book meme is circulating and its rules are these (via Keri Smith): 1. Grab the nearest book.2. Open the book to page 123.3. Find the fifth sentence.4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you. "He is not a true monk who harms another nor a true renunciate who

hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go...

2005-04-15T23:05:00.000+10:00

Just this weekend then it is back to school for my third last term at high school. I should really be excited, and lots of people are, but I am more scared. I'm not a big one for the unknown. For about a week (last week actually) I though I knew what I wanted to do next year. Just one week of certainty...and now it is gone! I had decided on the course I wanted to do next year and it was set, I

sugar hit...

2005-04-10T19:17:00.000+10:00

After an evil weekend at my dad's (with the step mother) I desperately needed a sugar hit. So, here I am eating little red gummi bears and watching trashy tv. However, the weekend wasn't all that bad. As a heat-hater, the walk down the street in 31 degree celcius heat wasn't nice, nor was walking around a market in the same heat today nice, when the tropics-like weather change hit I was loving it

"Remind me to send him a red cap and a Speedo..."

2005-04-06T17:03:00.000+10:00

In perfect holiday style I went to the movies. I saw the new Wes Anderson movie "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", and to my delight found it completely delightful! It was ludicrous, funny and nutty. However, it was not as good as Anderson's previous flick "The Royal Tenebaums" (which I loved). What I was most excited about, though, was the trailer I saw before the movie (which is not to say

hot in autumn?

2005-04-02T19:41:00.000+10:00

The weather lately has been odd. Being in the Southern Hemisphere, we are one month into Autumn. Now, in Autumn you expect the temperature to drop, to be below 25 degrees celsius or some such. But here, we have just had two days of 30+ degrees celsius - in AUTUMN!! I think of Autumn as the season where the leaves change colour, and the temperature drops.. not as the season when some days are