I HAVE THAT SONG IN MY HEAD it's a little weird actually :P
Anyhow, today was nice. After the Father Daughter Dinner yesterday evening I was tired (considering I went to bed after twelve) and so when Mum woke me up this morning I was really tired and needed just an hours more sleep so I didn't go to the church service but I did turn up afterwards to see Gary's lovely wife and his daughter and her husband and his beautiful granddaughter. :) They were in really good form and it was great to see them, especially now that my head is shaved! I had a lovely long talk with Betty about education and Meet the Music and how you used to dress at school things and an ex-principal of my school who she was friends with and everything which was really cool. Also her granddaughter's escapades with rowing and stuff and how I want to join the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. :) I had confirmation class after that which wasn't really that interesting, I like it and dislike it. There are things which the rector says which I disagree with in a way, just in the way he puts things not with the actual concepts he's putting over though so I don't really mind :)
After church I went home and printed out two music practise exams and packed my brother's cycling bag (WHICH IS HUGE WOW I WANT IT ALL THE TIME) with my studying stuff and set off to Westfield to buy some new undies with Frankie. That sounds totally suggestive and all but in reality it's cos I was buying BLOKEUNDIES YEAAH. It was fun and nice although there weren't that many awesome undies it was nice anyhow? I bought six pairs and they're all really nice except for a pair of white ones I bought but I need them to wear under white and cream things so they won't show through. :) Haven't told Dad that I have blokeundies though, not sure how he'll take it tbh. I might ask Mum to explain it to him. Anyhow, so that was really nice. When we got to the checkout the bloke there was really confused because I gave him the pairs of undies and we talked like they were for me but I was there with a shaved head and a man-shirt and man-bag, but with purple glasses and a flower and a girly voice so he was really shy and stuff and I think we scared and confused him a little. I am both pleased and also sorry for him. It's a nice feeling though, the whole gender blur. Sometimes it's good. Other times it's not. Eh, whatever.
Anyhow, Frankie and I went and bought his Dad some chocolates and we got lunch for $9.60. That was for both of us, not each which was DAMMNNN GOOD, especially since it was really nice pizza :) The lass there found us funny because we both emptied our change pockets and gave her a pile of coins cos we both had heaps we wanted to get rid of. She had the "You guys are cute, and more than just a little silly" kind of smiley face on. We seem to get that a lot.. Anyhow, we had lunch and then caught the train into town together (Frankie had a quartet rehearsal) and I got off at Redfern and went to USYD to study which was good, I was there for a bit under 3 hours which worked out really well and then I caught the bus home which took over an hour because I had to walk to the bus stop and then the bus was in 20 minutes and stuff so it was good extra-preparing time for English and I read some booklets which Mr S had given us which was useful. I'm about halfway through a practise essay which I might type up and send to Ems if I have time. At the library, I read some Emma/Clueless stuff and worked out my pieces for my mandatory topic response and at least one quote, but I wanted my music textbook to work out good quotes and just get some more background on the pieces (at least the two we haven't studied recently) so I put that aside and started the Clueless essay that I was talking about and it's pretty good, I have it planned and I've written half of it. I'll refine it if I have time by typing it up. If I don't have time it doesn't really matter because I've thought through things and that's what really matters! :D
Anyhow, after the bus trip home (in which I took a bus which went to the opposite end of my suburb, got off where the other bus route turns off and walked to that route's turnoff and caught the bus which arrived at my first bus stop 4 minutes after the bus I caught I was just lazy and stupid and sick of waiting and so got home like that) I walked home from the bus stop - a short walk - singing the first movement of some San-saens that I'm playing and giggling to myself, especially at all the climaxes. I must have looked like a madman! Anyhow, now I'm home and stuff and writing this in a very good mood with a hot cheese and carrot sammich next to me which is yummmeh! Because I'm in such a good studying mood, I'm going to finish my sammich and then get started on some music or english instead of watching the new Doctor Who episode and then when my productivity starts to run low I can watch it then for a break. :)
All in all, a good day! :DD
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Butterflies all having fun, you know what I mean.
I feel good about today :) I had pancakes for breakfast (trying Anugs's recipe) and failed very well at flipping my pancakes - not one of them came out right! I don't like his pancakes as much as mine - they're too bland cos I grew up with pancakes with butter in them. If you're curious, it's 300mL milk to 2 eggs to 1 cup of self raising flour. Let it rest for minimum an hour - a day is better. But anyhow, so I went to my bassoon lesson which went really well :) I sightread the bassoon excerpts for Prokofiev's Classical Symphony which I heard the SSO do last Thursday so that was nice. Alison was really pleased with my playing, which makes me happy. Did some extra practise this week, that's why! I should keep it up, makes me happy. Also, my air useage is getting better. She didn't rat on about me breathing more than I need today which was also good. Been working on it. Also, I can get further through my warmup book that I could before so YAY! We worked on everything but the Mozart today, which was nice but I need to do some more work on the Mozart as it's my yearly piece, heh.
After that, I bought a zipper for Fiona's dress, finally. I'll work on it tomorrow or the next day. Might be riding with Jeansie tomorrow! Yay! I walked for 35-40 minutes across the city which was lovely to the State Library which was JUMPING. SERIOUSLY. WOW. Anyhow, I got 2 and a half exercises of maths done which is good, so now I'm only two and a half exercises behind (plus two or three other exercises from other chapters that I've missed), hooray! I had a chicken sammich for lunch which was deeleesh and I got a coffee halfway through. The only time I'm caffeining it up anymore is at libraries. Woo! I'm proud of being so productive :) And a lovely scottish sounding man was packing up his stuff as I went and asked if I could use the table and he was nice and then an older english man came and read the paper sitting on the other chair and then a middle aged lady who had just been to Dymocks came and sat and read about learning Spanish (I think, I didn't have my glasses on) in the chair. It was very nice and the english man kept an eye on my stuff while I went to the loo and got some coffee. :)
Coming home was nice too, read my book on the train and I felt like I looked really nice today. Symphony in blue! :) If I ever run a fashion blog, if I do what I was wearing today I will name to post that. ^_^ Um, so yeah! This evening I did the zip for Fiona's dress and the facings around the neck - the armholes are pinned but I'll wait until tomorrow to do them because otherwise I'm worried I'll screw them up.
Tonight I also discovered an amazing jazz pianist - Taylor Eigsti. Check him out (youtube is a good shot), he's awesome! Listening through his trio's album 'Taylor's Dream' and it is ahhhmayyyyzing.
After that, I bought a zipper for Fiona's dress, finally. I'll work on it tomorrow or the next day. Might be riding with Jeansie tomorrow! Yay! I walked for 35-40 minutes across the city which was lovely to the State Library which was JUMPING. SERIOUSLY. WOW. Anyhow, I got 2 and a half exercises of maths done which is good, so now I'm only two and a half exercises behind (plus two or three other exercises from other chapters that I've missed), hooray! I had a chicken sammich for lunch which was deeleesh and I got a coffee halfway through. The only time I'm caffeining it up anymore is at libraries. Woo! I'm proud of being so productive :) And a lovely scottish sounding man was packing up his stuff as I went and asked if I could use the table and he was nice and then an older english man came and read the paper sitting on the other chair and then a middle aged lady who had just been to Dymocks came and sat and read about learning Spanish (I think, I didn't have my glasses on) in the chair. It was very nice and the english man kept an eye on my stuff while I went to the loo and got some coffee. :)
Coming home was nice too, read my book on the train and I felt like I looked really nice today. Symphony in blue! :) If I ever run a fashion blog, if I do what I was wearing today I will name to post that. ^_^ Um, so yeah! This evening I did the zip for Fiona's dress and the facings around the neck - the armholes are pinned but I'll wait until tomorrow to do them because otherwise I'm worried I'll screw them up.
Tonight I also discovered an amazing jazz pianist - Taylor Eigsti. Check him out (youtube is a good shot), he's awesome! Listening through his trio's album 'Taylor's Dream' and it is ahhhmayyyyzing.
Monday, July 2, 2012
The future's coming quickly, so please don't be scared.
Today I sewed and listened to a lot of music and cleaned and yeah.
Got up and had a shower and stuff which was nice and then I settled down with an ironing board, overlocker and a sewing machine to work on the dress I'm making for my friend Fiona. I have to have it done by the 6th, so in 4 days! I overlocked everything I needed to and sewed the front panels together and the back panels together. I put interfacing on the facings and overlocked them too, and I now need a zip to keep going so I'll go to Tessuti's sometime on Wednesday.
The weather has been lovely today. I had the back door wide open for most of the day and my window is still open from the morning. It's been sunny and crisply cold, something that I absolutely adore and loved about Europe last year!
After sewing I CLEANED UP! (major achievement right there) and then emptied the dishwasher, filled it up with dirty dishes, wiped down the kitchen bench, cleaned our very messy stove with warm water and bicarb and then migrated to my room and cleared up the floor and everything so it's lovely again :) I just have to get rid of a pile of books on the floor and then if I clear my chest of drawers (again) and my windowsill, my room will be entirely spick and span! Awesome sauce'm! I think I shall now do that pile of books and have a shot at some bassoon practise :)
List of music I have listened to today:
Got up and had a shower and stuff which was nice and then I settled down with an ironing board, overlocker and a sewing machine to work on the dress I'm making for my friend Fiona. I have to have it done by the 6th, so in 4 days! I overlocked everything I needed to and sewed the front panels together and the back panels together. I put interfacing on the facings and overlocked them too, and I now need a zip to keep going so I'll go to Tessuti's sometime on Wednesday.
The weather has been lovely today. I had the back door wide open for most of the day and my window is still open from the morning. It's been sunny and crisply cold, something that I absolutely adore and loved about Europe last year!
After sewing I CLEANED UP! (major achievement right there) and then emptied the dishwasher, filled it up with dirty dishes, wiped down the kitchen bench, cleaned our very messy stove with warm water and bicarb and then migrated to my room and cleared up the floor and everything so it's lovely again :) I just have to get rid of a pile of books on the floor and then if I clear my chest of drawers (again) and my windowsill, my room will be entirely spick and span! Awesome sauce'm! I think I shall now do that pile of books and have a shot at some bassoon practise :)
List of music I have listened to today:
- Chameleon Circuit - Chameleon Circuit
- Lunatics on Pogosticks EP - Lunatics on Pogosticks
- 2012 (single) - Barnacle Jane and the Cliffhanger
- Soon Enough, We'll Be Gone (2012 EP) - Oscar Lush
- Amusing - Chris Rice
- Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Sunday, July 1, 2012
I try to capture every minute
I wrote this last Thursday and then didn't publish it because the internet hated on me. So have fun reading it now!
SHAMELESSLY LISTENING TO ABBA LIKE YEAH. Today was good! I am totally hammered (still) after only five or so hours sleep last night due to being bummed out about some things, but today was good.
Stage band in the morning was nice, Hammy came up to me and said "You look incredibly tired, you okay?" to which I explained that I was hammered due to very little sleep cos I was upset last night and she said "I'm so tired too! I didn't sleep a wink last night!" which we had a laugh about, gently. Stage band sounded good, I'm getting used to this mouthpiece (I changed onto a 4G instead of a 1.5G like normal to help with the direction of my air etc.) which is good, and I made the bari player put her fingers in her ears, now all I need to do is get her to get some earplugs! Not that I can see her bothering...
I had a maths assessment which went pretty well at first then went sharply down hill (couldn't answer ANY of Question seven arrghhh!) and I spent parts of it wanting to cry but I ended up being okay. I ran to recess afterwards and cried on Amimi's shoulder and felt a bit better then. Oh dear, I just realised I didn't sign in from missing roll call. Heh. I'll do that tomorrow or something.
Ancient was good, extension english I wrong my ancient proposal yay! The eisteddfod was good - we got all Golds woo but yeah I think we played alright. I dislike that stage, you lose everyone else and it was lonely without Fish. :( COME BACK FROM GERMANY, SILLY BILLY! XD
Went to MTM afterwards, that was fabulous. The playing was spectacular (as usual) but sitting low in the stalls always sucks balls. All strings, no wind and brass or percussion. CRAP. Although I do like strings, I also like being able to watch everyone and HEAAAR everyone. Meant the piano concerto was fantastic in some respects though. :) Was nice seeing Duncan Spry on tubba. I went and sat in Box Z in the second half in an empty seat I spotted in the first half and man, the sound improved heaps and heaps and heaps and heaps! I could hear everything like I should although I lost the didgeridoo at times, partly cos I naturally didn't listen for it >_< The eucalyptus leaves were a good touch - difficult in different countries I daresay because of customs! I really enjoyed the Prokofiev, yay! Saw the twins too, and Betty and I think I spotted Josh in the stalls too.
I'm home and although I've already played at least 2.5 hours of Pokemon today (waiting for MTM), I'm playing more now that (woo!) I've finished off that damn Miltank.
I've been keeping my room nice and clean which feels good, and I've been trying to be nicer and more tolerant about Mum and that's been difficult but kinda okay. Yeah. Glad that it's the last day of the term tomorrow!
Oh, and Jonesy complimented me on my tweed jacket which was lovely and Reese tried it on as he always wants to steal it but it didn't fit him, as I thought so yay! I also talked to a lovely old lady before MTM while waiting for the cloaking room and that was really great, it was so interesting! She has a nephew in year 1 who is like my brother was, and her daughter got a crazy brain infection and so she can't play trumpet any more which is very sad, but she had a lot of funny stories to tell about them. She also told me about her brother who was an airplane pilot and mechanic and went out into PNG and found crashed planes after WWII and got tribesmen to take them to an area able to be turned into an airfield and then he would put them back together... using the tar paper used in roofing. Crazy! And apparently because of the territorial nature of the Papua New Guineans, he'd get them to take the pieces to a border, then they would 'vamoose' as she said and he'd get the next tribe to keep taking the pieces of aircraft places. Once he had fixed the planes, he would fly them back to civilisation. Wow! That's amazing. Apparently he also found Japanese soldiers who didn't know that the war was over - something that seems really very surreal and kinda cliched and spooky. Wow. I've found some interesting articles about that sort of thing, I'll link you here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4585287.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16681636
Other than that, it was nice. I met a lovely couple in box Z (I accidentally sat one row forward of the empty seat and took one of their seats) and talked about wind and how the sound changes in the concert hall and the view and suchlike. They were lovely, I talked to the bloke mainly and after the digeridu piece, he turned around and said "I hope/bet you enjoyed the better wind sound!" - something like that. Yay! :D They were behind me on the escalator up to the platform at Circular Quay and I had my bass trombone and bassoon and they asked if it was my bassoon and I said "No, that's my bass trombone and this is my bassoon!", it was rather funny, heh.
I also saw an older lady with her children on the train home and she smiled at me heaps which was lovely. I love that :) She was lovely.
I can't remember what else I was going to say because I stopped typing then on Thursday because my internet decided to hate me and I was tired. It was a lovely lovely day although I got in trouble for moving to the box without telling a teacher on Friday, oops.
SHAMELESSLY LISTENING TO ABBA LIKE YEAH. Today was good! I am totally hammered (still) after only five or so hours sleep last night due to being bummed out about some things, but today was good.
Stage band in the morning was nice, Hammy came up to me and said "You look incredibly tired, you okay?" to which I explained that I was hammered due to very little sleep cos I was upset last night and she said "I'm so tired too! I didn't sleep a wink last night!" which we had a laugh about, gently. Stage band sounded good, I'm getting used to this mouthpiece (I changed onto a 4G instead of a 1.5G like normal to help with the direction of my air etc.) which is good, and I made the bari player put her fingers in her ears, now all I need to do is get her to get some earplugs! Not that I can see her bothering...
I had a maths assessment which went pretty well at first then went sharply down hill (couldn't answer ANY of Question seven arrghhh!) and I spent parts of it wanting to cry but I ended up being okay. I ran to recess afterwards and cried on Amimi's shoulder and felt a bit better then. Oh dear, I just realised I didn't sign in from missing roll call. Heh. I'll do that tomorrow or something.
Ancient was good, extension english I wrong my ancient proposal yay! The eisteddfod was good - we got all Golds woo but yeah I think we played alright. I dislike that stage, you lose everyone else and it was lonely without Fish. :( COME BACK FROM GERMANY, SILLY BILLY! XD
Went to MTM afterwards, that was fabulous. The playing was spectacular (as usual) but sitting low in the stalls always sucks balls. All strings, no wind and brass or percussion. CRAP. Although I do like strings, I also like being able to watch everyone and HEAAAR everyone. Meant the piano concerto was fantastic in some respects though. :) Was nice seeing Duncan Spry on tubba. I went and sat in Box Z in the second half in an empty seat I spotted in the first half and man, the sound improved heaps and heaps and heaps and heaps! I could hear everything like I should although I lost the didgeridoo at times, partly cos I naturally didn't listen for it >_< The eucalyptus leaves were a good touch - difficult in different countries I daresay because of customs! I really enjoyed the Prokofiev, yay! Saw the twins too, and Betty and I think I spotted Josh in the stalls too.
I'm home and although I've already played at least 2.5 hours of Pokemon today (waiting for MTM), I'm playing more now that (woo!) I've finished off that damn Miltank.
I've been keeping my room nice and clean which feels good, and I've been trying to be nicer and more tolerant about Mum and that's been difficult but kinda okay. Yeah. Glad that it's the last day of the term tomorrow!
Oh, and Jonesy complimented me on my tweed jacket which was lovely and Reese tried it on as he always wants to steal it but it didn't fit him, as I thought so yay! I also talked to a lovely old lady before MTM while waiting for the cloaking room and that was really great, it was so interesting! She has a nephew in year 1 who is like my brother was, and her daughter got a crazy brain infection and so she can't play trumpet any more which is very sad, but she had a lot of funny stories to tell about them. She also told me about her brother who was an airplane pilot and mechanic and went out into PNG and found crashed planes after WWII and got tribesmen to take them to an area able to be turned into an airfield and then he would put them back together... using the tar paper used in roofing. Crazy! And apparently because of the territorial nature of the Papua New Guineans, he'd get them to take the pieces to a border, then they would 'vamoose' as she said and he'd get the next tribe to keep taking the pieces of aircraft places. Once he had fixed the planes, he would fly them back to civilisation. Wow! That's amazing. Apparently he also found Japanese soldiers who didn't know that the war was over - something that seems really very surreal and kinda cliched and spooky. Wow. I've found some interesting articles about that sort of thing, I'll link you here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4585287.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16681636
Other than that, it was nice. I met a lovely couple in box Z (I accidentally sat one row forward of the empty seat and took one of their seats) and talked about wind and how the sound changes in the concert hall and the view and suchlike. They were lovely, I talked to the bloke mainly and after the digeridu piece, he turned around and said "I hope/bet you enjoyed the better wind sound!" - something like that. Yay! :D They were behind me on the escalator up to the platform at Circular Quay and I had my bass trombone and bassoon and they asked if it was my bassoon and I said "No, that's my bass trombone and this is my bassoon!", it was rather funny, heh.
I also saw an older lady with her children on the train home and she smiled at me heaps which was lovely. I love that :) She was lovely.
I can't remember what else I was going to say because I stopped typing then on Thursday because my internet decided to hate me and I was tired. It was a lovely lovely day although I got in trouble for moving to the box without telling a teacher on Friday, oops.
It's all we've got
On Friday, we said farewell to one of the greatest men I have ever known. One of the most caring, down to earth blokes you will ever meet. Gary was an amazing listener, he could listen to you for hours. He made everyone feel special. Everyone. He was friends with everyone he met. As his brother said "In Gary's world, there were no strangers. Only friends he hadn't met.". There isn't a truer statement. His friend said, "In a person's lifetime it's estimated they touch 50,000 lived. Gary probably touched close to 500,000 lives.". Gary was amazing, he remains amazing, sitting there in our hearts. I can just visualise him sitting in our hearts, his feet hanging over the edge.
I have never seen our church so full. All the pews were filled, with chairs in the aisles and all extra spaces. We had a screen outside the church showing the inside and people sitting outside. It's estimated 450-480 odd were at the service.
It was a truly great funeral. Gary would have loved it. It's just the sort of thing he would like as a send off. As the service progressed, I could feel myself healing. I love Gary. And I miss him, I'll keep missing him. But I haven't said goodbye. Just 'cya'. Cos I will see him, up in heaven. There'll be a huge table with food and beer and we'll all sit round it and talk and I'll get a hug and he'll call me the names darling and gorgeous he always called me. It's only goodbye for now.
Gary died on Monday the 25/06/2012 from an infection after fighting four bouts of cancer since 2005 and leukemia since July last year. He was the most devoted grandfather to his gorgeous granddaughter, Milana. I have never seen a prouder man. He loved his family, would always talk about them. Always said his brother chopped off the top of his finger when really he accidentally got it in the mower which his brother was holding. He was a laugh, was Gary. Gorgeous, gorgeous man. I love him.
Gary's favourite dress of mine was my yellow dress that Mum and I made, with the Peter Pan collar. Whenever I wear it, I think of him. Whenever I wore it to church he'd say "You're in my favourite dress again!", it made me feel so good. And here I am, sitting here typing with tears streaming down my face. I'm not going to forget Gary. Robyn from church told me I mustn't, and I know I won't.
Gary was brave, till the end. On the day he died, he told his lovely wife "I'm going today". When our rector went and saw him the Saturday before he died and did all the last rights, Gary asked after me. I feel so special and privileged that I was in his thoughts, right until the end. I miss him, so much. So much. It's still hard to accept that he is gone. We had a candle in church at the funeral and today, with his name tag and a Wests Tigers jumper of his hanging off the stand where he used to sit. I lit it and blew it out today. I'm glad it was me. I miss him. Beautiful, beautiful man. A tease too. :) When he found out about Frankie, he said something along the lines of "Aww, you're letting that young 'un teach you? I thought I was going to teach you the birds and the bees!" the silly billy. :P
Gary loved his West Tigers. Their team is going to remind me of him, just like it reminds me of Carmen at church as well.
I miss Gary. I love Gary. And I look forward to seeing him again in heaven.
I have never seen our church so full. All the pews were filled, with chairs in the aisles and all extra spaces. We had a screen outside the church showing the inside and people sitting outside. It's estimated 450-480 odd were at the service.
It was a truly great funeral. Gary would have loved it. It's just the sort of thing he would like as a send off. As the service progressed, I could feel myself healing. I love Gary. And I miss him, I'll keep missing him. But I haven't said goodbye. Just 'cya'. Cos I will see him, up in heaven. There'll be a huge table with food and beer and we'll all sit round it and talk and I'll get a hug and he'll call me the names darling and gorgeous he always called me. It's only goodbye for now.
Gary died on Monday the 25/06/2012 from an infection after fighting four bouts of cancer since 2005 and leukemia since July last year. He was the most devoted grandfather to his gorgeous granddaughter, Milana. I have never seen a prouder man. He loved his family, would always talk about them. Always said his brother chopped off the top of his finger when really he accidentally got it in the mower which his brother was holding. He was a laugh, was Gary. Gorgeous, gorgeous man. I love him.
Gary's favourite dress of mine was my yellow dress that Mum and I made, with the Peter Pan collar. Whenever I wear it, I think of him. Whenever I wore it to church he'd say "You're in my favourite dress again!", it made me feel so good. And here I am, sitting here typing with tears streaming down my face. I'm not going to forget Gary. Robyn from church told me I mustn't, and I know I won't.
Gary was brave, till the end. On the day he died, he told his lovely wife "I'm going today". When our rector went and saw him the Saturday before he died and did all the last rights, Gary asked after me. I feel so special and privileged that I was in his thoughts, right until the end. I miss him, so much. So much. It's still hard to accept that he is gone. We had a candle in church at the funeral and today, with his name tag and a Wests Tigers jumper of his hanging off the stand where he used to sit. I lit it and blew it out today. I'm glad it was me. I miss him. Beautiful, beautiful man. A tease too. :) When he found out about Frankie, he said something along the lines of "Aww, you're letting that young 'un teach you? I thought I was going to teach you the birds and the bees!" the silly billy. :P
Gary loved his West Tigers. Their team is going to remind me of him, just like it reminds me of Carmen at church as well.
I miss Gary. I love Gary. And I look forward to seeing him again in heaven.
Monday, June 25, 2012
I have regrets, they're running through my head.
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like this quote very much. It encompasses what I feel in some ways, and outlines things that are important to me. Yes.
Today, I redeemed a $50 iTunes voucher I got Christmas before last which I didn't want at the time but I now appreciate. I was upset in 2010 because everyone else got lovely things and I just got vouchers and money which didn't feel like anything much at all especially since I like being able to unwrap things and I think I only unwrapped one actual thing that year. I'm okay with it now, I got some lovely things with the presents (flat cap! :D) though in the end, I think it was just emotionalness and disappointed which gave me that reaction and the sense that I worked out what I wanted and wrote it down but everyone ignored my list.
Anyhow, I was upset when I thought I lost it and then I found it a week or so back and was bummed cos I thought they expired in a year BUT TURNS OUT THEY EXPIRE TWO YEARS AFTER THEY ARE BOUGHT YEAAAAAHHHH so I redeemed it and now I have $50 from my lovely uncle and aunt to spend on music! Hooray! I can think of some scrumptious things to buy, but any suggestions would be WELCOME. :)
Recently (aka for the last month or two, maybe three) I have been listening to a lot of Oscar Lush. He's amazing, he plays an acoustic, folky, lyrical style of music and it's utterly gorgeous. His EP he also recorded with one of my brother's friends which is nice. :) Check him out here!
Today was okay, I went to school for the first time in nine days, and the five days before that were eisteddfod filled and a public holiday so school is a pretty alien concept at the moment. Learning however isn't, yay! I was running late getting ready even though I had a free first so Mum gave me a lift to school which was nice and I found out MY SCHOOL'S ENSEMBLES ARE GOING TO AMERICA NEXT YEAR. COOL BEANSSS GUYS. I'm not that keen on America cos I always hear about it from Mum and she dislikes it but if I go, it'll be great to find out for myself. :) It would be my.... (Australia, England, Scotland (half a country) NZ, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic) 9.5th country! :D Scotland is not a country as it only fufills 6 out of 8 of the requirements - fun fact! Hmm, funny how 6 of those countries are all on music tours ^___^
I didn't have to do my maths test which was great, and I didn't really pay attention in maths or chemistry today, because in maths I was feeling kinda uptight and chem I was booored and there's a test tomorrow and what he was doing wasn't interesting and unrelated to the test and we kinda already did it before. I spent the period after rearranging all my assessments but for one which ended up standing still (my chem one) and I had to learn a weeks worth of chem work for tomorrow.... which I have done most of, yay! I went to a library in the city for the next 4 or 5 hours and did some work which was lovely :) OVER 3 HOURS OF CHEM WOW IT GOT SO BORING.
I really enjoy and like libraries. They're open and quiet. I don't have anywhere to go so I don't leave what I'm doing all the time. Other people are there, quietly working and you might get to exchange a smile with them. You can write or type or whatever. There's places for reading. At one of the libraries I go to, there are wide windowsills in the reading room and you can sit on them in the sunlight and read. I like them because you can be in there for hours and the world outside will go past, but it won't get boring unless you run out of things you want to do and that's rare. I like how you can be in there for ages and watch people come and go and have coffees. Things happen, they're not terribly important. The guy next to me today was a med student, that was nice. And the other guy next to me was older and had lots of book on art and other things I didn't know about. Libraries are awfully nice, and you can be alone, companionably. Everyone is lovely to each other - I remember a bloke asked me if I could mind his stuff while he got a coffee one time when I was in Stack. It was nice, it wasn't a problem at all so I said yes. :) When I'm at the State Library on busy days, people watch your stuff while you get lunch or a coffee or something, make sure no one nicks it. Sometimes a bloke comes in and charges his phone because he has nowhere else to. That's okay. :) It just feels like such a quietly accepting environment.
The only problem with libraries is that I always get a runny nose if I don't have a handkerchief. :P That's embarrassing!
This morning was nice, my cat - Meg - sat on my left shoulder for ages as I wandered around the house, getting (and drinking) a glass of milk and packing my bag. :) She's a lovely warm thing for my neck! :D
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like this quote very much. It encompasses what I feel in some ways, and outlines things that are important to me. Yes.
Today, I redeemed a $50 iTunes voucher I got Christmas before last which I didn't want at the time but I now appreciate. I was upset in 2010 because everyone else got lovely things and I just got vouchers and money which didn't feel like anything much at all especially since I like being able to unwrap things and I think I only unwrapped one actual thing that year. I'm okay with it now, I got some lovely things with the presents (flat cap! :D) though in the end, I think it was just emotionalness and disappointed which gave me that reaction and the sense that I worked out what I wanted and wrote it down but everyone ignored my list.
Anyhow, I was upset when I thought I lost it and then I found it a week or so back and was bummed cos I thought they expired in a year BUT TURNS OUT THEY EXPIRE TWO YEARS AFTER THEY ARE BOUGHT YEAAAAAHHHH so I redeemed it and now I have $50 from my lovely uncle and aunt to spend on music! Hooray! I can think of some scrumptious things to buy, but any suggestions would be WELCOME. :)
Recently (aka for the last month or two, maybe three) I have been listening to a lot of Oscar Lush. He's amazing, he plays an acoustic, folky, lyrical style of music and it's utterly gorgeous. His EP he also recorded with one of my brother's friends which is nice. :) Check him out here!
Today was okay, I went to school for the first time in nine days, and the five days before that were eisteddfod filled and a public holiday so school is a pretty alien concept at the moment. Learning however isn't, yay! I was running late getting ready even though I had a free first so Mum gave me a lift to school which was nice and I found out MY SCHOOL'S ENSEMBLES ARE GOING TO AMERICA NEXT YEAR. COOL BEANSSS GUYS. I'm not that keen on America cos I always hear about it from Mum and she dislikes it but if I go, it'll be great to find out for myself. :) It would be my.... (Australia, England, Scotland (half a country) NZ, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic) 9.5th country! :D Scotland is not a country as it only fufills 6 out of 8 of the requirements - fun fact! Hmm, funny how 6 of those countries are all on music tours ^___^
I didn't have to do my maths test which was great, and I didn't really pay attention in maths or chemistry today, because in maths I was feeling kinda uptight and chem I was booored and there's a test tomorrow and what he was doing wasn't interesting and unrelated to the test and we kinda already did it before. I spent the period after rearranging all my assessments but for one which ended up standing still (my chem one) and I had to learn a weeks worth of chem work for tomorrow.... which I have done most of, yay! I went to a library in the city for the next 4 or 5 hours and did some work which was lovely :) OVER 3 HOURS OF CHEM WOW IT GOT SO BORING.
I really enjoy and like libraries. They're open and quiet. I don't have anywhere to go so I don't leave what I'm doing all the time. Other people are there, quietly working and you might get to exchange a smile with them. You can write or type or whatever. There's places for reading. At one of the libraries I go to, there are wide windowsills in the reading room and you can sit on them in the sunlight and read. I like them because you can be in there for hours and the world outside will go past, but it won't get boring unless you run out of things you want to do and that's rare. I like how you can be in there for ages and watch people come and go and have coffees. Things happen, they're not terribly important. The guy next to me today was a med student, that was nice. And the other guy next to me was older and had lots of book on art and other things I didn't know about. Libraries are awfully nice, and you can be alone, companionably. Everyone is lovely to each other - I remember a bloke asked me if I could mind his stuff while he got a coffee one time when I was in Stack. It was nice, it wasn't a problem at all so I said yes. :) When I'm at the State Library on busy days, people watch your stuff while you get lunch or a coffee or something, make sure no one nicks it. Sometimes a bloke comes in and charges his phone because he has nowhere else to. That's okay. :) It just feels like such a quietly accepting environment.
The only problem with libraries is that I always get a runny nose if I don't have a handkerchief. :P That's embarrassing!
This morning was nice, my cat - Meg - sat on my left shoulder for ages as I wandered around the house, getting (and drinking) a glass of milk and packing my bag. :) She's a lovely warm thing for my neck! :D
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Don’t you know the sunset’s only young.
So it seems that I'm not doing so well on my quest so far having eaten some chocolate (to tell you the truth, it was a gift and I did lots of exercise today so not quite such a biggie) and since I am not asleep yet (I'm in no condition to sleep really). However, I have made some progress! Woop!
My room is clean, really clean. I cleaned it up Friday before yesterday's Friday and got rid of all sorts of middens and shit and straightened out the huuuge creases in my carpet/rug on the floor. I also cleared out my 'special things' shelf in my bookshelf which was nice as it was getting rather cluttered but it's all organised and nice now :)
Today I added to the cleanliness of my room by cleaning my school and music books shelf which was great, I now know what's in there and it's not chocca with bits and pieces of rubbish - I certainly filled my recycling bin! I also got rid of/tidied away a stack of books on my chair which I use for bassoon practise which is useful and emptied a clean washbasket full of clothes this morning... although there's another one there now because it's a Saturday and that ees how my fambam rolls.
Today I also danced for about four hours although it was a slog as I am hammered from a six day music camp earlier this week and a Distance Education excursion yesterday where i met new people - equally exhausting really! It was good though, and I learnt and consolidated some new exercises - hooray! However I have not commenced maths study properly for my test on Monday and that isn't good, especially with church and a gig tomorrow on top of my extreme exhaustion.
I found out today that I have 6 periods free on Monday and an all day strike on Wednesday so I shall be able to catch up on school work and sleep in those times. Hooray! This is good, this is good!
Also, the titles of my posts. I don't like having to put in real, relevant titles (a remnant from tumblr, I'm sure) so I shall fill them up with song lyrics - if not, then quotes.
My room is clean, really clean. I cleaned it up Friday before yesterday's Friday and got rid of all sorts of middens and shit and straightened out the huuuge creases in my carpet/rug on the floor. I also cleared out my 'special things' shelf in my bookshelf which was nice as it was getting rather cluttered but it's all organised and nice now :)
Today I added to the cleanliness of my room by cleaning my school and music books shelf which was great, I now know what's in there and it's not chocca with bits and pieces of rubbish - I certainly filled my recycling bin! I also got rid of/tidied away a stack of books on my chair which I use for bassoon practise which is useful and emptied a clean washbasket full of clothes this morning... although there's another one there now because it's a Saturday and that ees how my fambam rolls.
Today I also danced for about four hours although it was a slog as I am hammered from a six day music camp earlier this week and a Distance Education excursion yesterday where i met new people - equally exhausting really! It was good though, and I learnt and consolidated some new exercises - hooray! However I have not commenced maths study properly for my test on Monday and that isn't good, especially with church and a gig tomorrow on top of my extreme exhaustion.
I found out today that I have 6 periods free on Monday and an all day strike on Wednesday so I shall be able to catch up on school work and sleep in those times. Hooray! This is good, this is good!
Also, the titles of my posts. I don't like having to put in real, relevant titles (a remnant from tumblr, I'm sure) so I shall fill them up with song lyrics - if not, then quotes.
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