Hello! I have returned. Only briefly, of course, because I woke up this morning with a better idea for the beginning of one of my stories, and I have to go and write it down.
Once the term starts again I plan on getting into a proper "writing routine", but thanks to my weird TAFE schedule that will prove much more difficult to do than say. Wish me luck!
For now, this is my new writing strategy - I will go to bed every night with my notebook by my bed, and when I wake up in the morning I am not allowed to get up until I write one sentence. Just one. That's all it takes to make sure that I have at least written something today. If I want to do this, really do this ... if I want to becoming a real writer who actually finishes books and gets things published, I need to work hard. Ugh. Once again, easier said than done.
Here goes nothing.
P.S Happy Easter! Remember Jesus and all he has done, our Savior and our King :)
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April 23, 2011
April 18, 2011
This is a story....
Good morning. I've done a shamefully small amount of blogging this month. And last month. And the month before that ... you get the idea - I've been a bit hopeless about this blog ever since I got back from America. It was hard to blog while I was away and so I've found it difficult to get back into it now that I'm home. I suppose I need to get better at it again, because blogging is such a nice outlet for writing things that aren't about characters or TAFE.
Speaking of TAFE, I'm here now, even though it's the holidays. I decided I'd spend the entire day in the library, because they keep it open for students to come and get their work done before term starts again. It's quite nice here right now, with just the hum of the electric tube lights and the murmur of a couple of interior design girls in the corner to keep me company while I write. No one is using the computers, which is quite amazing. Usually you get here in the term time to get something printed and every single computer is being used up by event management students and the graphic design kiddos all trying to finish off their stuff between classes. Grr. When it comes to computers, the set design students aren't nearly as annoying as anyone else, because if they're in the library it's so they can sit in the corner and fiddle with toothpicks and PVA glue. I think they have the most fun out of anyone here.
So, I came up with a new story idea the other night. Rather, I got slammed in the face with something epic, and in the middle of a CoD game I dropped the controller and scrambled for a pen and I wrote something down. I'll share it with you. This is what I wrote:
This is a story about a tiny town in which nothing had ever happened.
It's about Lucy and the day the circus came to Chesterfield, and how the rain hadn't kept her and Noah away.
It's about a lost boy called Marcus, who wasn't really a boy anymore.
It's about a girl with too many secrets, a magic box, a firebreather, and a code of cards.
It's about a magician whose magic is real.
It's about a dangerous plan, a locked door, and Lucy's search for the key.
And it's about finding love in the darkest of places.
Well, I don't really know where all that came from because as far as a true plot ... I have next to nothing. But these characters and these images and feelings have come bursting into my head and I must write about them. I'm excited. I think this story is going to be one of discovery. I won't plan any more than what I have just written. I will just write, and see where it takes me. Off to go do that now. Be back soon :)
Speaking of TAFE, I'm here now, even though it's the holidays. I decided I'd spend the entire day in the library, because they keep it open for students to come and get their work done before term starts again. It's quite nice here right now, with just the hum of the electric tube lights and the murmur of a couple of interior design girls in the corner to keep me company while I write. No one is using the computers, which is quite amazing. Usually you get here in the term time to get something printed and every single computer is being used up by event management students and the graphic design kiddos all trying to finish off their stuff between classes. Grr. When it comes to computers, the set design students aren't nearly as annoying as anyone else, because if they're in the library it's so they can sit in the corner and fiddle with toothpicks and PVA glue. I think they have the most fun out of anyone here.
So, I came up with a new story idea the other night. Rather, I got slammed in the face with something epic, and in the middle of a CoD game I dropped the controller and scrambled for a pen and I wrote something down. I'll share it with you. This is what I wrote:
This is a story about a tiny town in which nothing had ever happened.
It's about Lucy and the day the circus came to Chesterfield, and how the rain hadn't kept her and Noah away.
It's about a lost boy called Marcus, who wasn't really a boy anymore.
It's about a girl with too many secrets, a magic box, a firebreather, and a code of cards.
It's about a magician whose magic is real.
It's about a dangerous plan, a locked door, and Lucy's search for the key.
And it's about finding love in the darkest of places.
Well, I don't really know where all that came from because as far as a true plot ... I have next to nothing. But these characters and these images and feelings have come bursting into my head and I must write about them. I'm excited. I think this story is going to be one of discovery. I won't plan any more than what I have just written. I will just write, and see where it takes me. Off to go do that now. Be back soon :)
March 29, 2011
Today
I have:
- Slept in til 10am
- Cleaned the shower
- Cleaned the kitchen
- Did the dishes
- Vacuumed the house
- Tidied my room
- Did 2 loads of laundry
- Went to Metro to get brown sugar
- Made a double batch of chocolate chip cookies
- Did my homework for 3D class
- Went to class
March 23, 2011
Wednesday...
...was a pretty good day. I was sitting in Berkelouw's bookstore cafe with Hannah yesterday afternoon and we decided that now would be as good a time as ever to start exercising again, so we made a little schedule of the time we have before class and now we're going to start jogging (ahem, walking...) for an hour three times a week, and then go to class.
This seemed like a fine plan and so this morning (calling each other up just to hear Saskia Hamilton as our ringtones) Hannah swung by and picked me up and we cruised over to Sydney Park ... while the sun rose higher and got hotter.
In hindsight it was probably pretty stupid to go walking at 11:30, when the temperature was as high as it was ... but we hadn't expected it to be so hot! Thankfully there was a cool breeze that made it bearable. We explored the park and let our inner-child roam free on the play equipment, met a cute German Shepard puppy named LuLu, and bolted the last few yards up the hill with Regina Spektor and Matt & Kim as our soundtrack. Like the cool indie kids we pretend to be.
We arrived at TAFE feeling like puddles thanks to the heat, but Web Design is in a tiny little room where the air conditioning blasts full board so we survived ... until the chill started to sink in and I wished I had remembered my jumper. Such is TAFE - it can be 40 degrees outside and you will STILL want to be wearing a jumper in the classrooms.
After that was the dreaded Exhibition Concept class, where the teacher is an arrogant noob who knows about as little as we do. Ugh. Oh well, at least we've attended every class so we can't really fail....
Home now, and early, which is nice :) Gonna chill out tonight and then do it all again tomorrow.
This seemed like a fine plan and so this morning (calling each other up just to hear Saskia Hamilton as our ringtones) Hannah swung by and picked me up and we cruised over to Sydney Park ... while the sun rose higher and got hotter.
In hindsight it was probably pretty stupid to go walking at 11:30, when the temperature was as high as it was ... but we hadn't expected it to be so hot! Thankfully there was a cool breeze that made it bearable. We explored the park and let our inner-child roam free on the play equipment, met a cute German Shepard puppy named LuLu, and bolted the last few yards up the hill with Regina Spektor and Matt & Kim as our soundtrack. Like the cool indie kids we pretend to be.
We arrived at TAFE feeling like puddles thanks to the heat, but Web Design is in a tiny little room where the air conditioning blasts full board so we survived ... until the chill started to sink in and I wished I had remembered my jumper. Such is TAFE - it can be 40 degrees outside and you will STILL want to be wearing a jumper in the classrooms.
After that was the dreaded Exhibition Concept class, where the teacher is an arrogant noob who knows about as little as we do. Ugh. Oh well, at least we've attended every class so we can't really fail....
Home now, and early, which is nice :) Gonna chill out tonight and then do it all again tomorrow.
March 9, 2011
February 24, 2011
Just gotta!
I know I shouldn't be blogging right now ... I should be doing my exam paper, but I really really just felt like blogging and lately my blogging has been so few and far between that I thought what the heck, it's now or never.
Anyways, the reason I feel like blogging is the despite the major stress I'm feeling about my exam, I'm feeling really happy about everything else. Life is good :)
I'm enjoying TAFE so much more than I did last year, and I'm SO grateful to God for that. I kept doubting about whether or not I should even go this year, but even when I thought it wasn't the right decision, God knew it was. I'm glad I was able to leave it up to him to make that choice for me, because he always knows what's best.
So, I have three things to share with you:
1. The sun has shone for the past two days, so I'm hopeful that God will answer my prayer and keep the sun shining for my birthday party on Saturday. Praise God for the beautiful weather! I'm so geared up for this party - cannot wait. :)
2. I've recently discovered a TV show from the 80's called Family Ties. I think my fascination/new love for this show stems from A) the fact that Michael J Fox is the main character (and I have a teeny bit of a crush on him in his Back to the Future Days), and B) the fact that his character, Alex P Keaton, graduated high school the year before my Mom did. Thus a fascination that my parents used to live in a world that was a bit like what's in that show. Like whoa. Not to mention, it's pretty hilarious. I rewarded myself for getting a good bit of my paper done last night by Youtubing a couple of episodes, one where Tom Hanks shows up as a guest star (and he's pretty darn amazing), and another one where Alex and Mallory (who are aged 17 and 15 in the show) argue over who's babysitting their little sister. It's Mallory's turn to do it but she's organized a date to the movies with her new boyfriend, so when he walks in the door to pick her up the dialogue between Alex and the boyfriend (who is rather an insecure fellow) goes like this:
Alex: Jeff, you've got to be crazy, driving around on a night like tonight!
Jeff: What?
Alex: I'm serious, I don't think you should go out. It's far too dangerous to drive.
Jeff: What're you talking about? It's a beautiful night!
Alex: That’s what makes it so dangerous – all the people who are afraid to drive in the rain are out there!
Yeah. I laughed out loud. Anyway, I love sitcoms for their humorous dialogue like that. There are some episodes of Family Ties that cover some pretty heavy issues like commiting crimes and sexual abuse and yet it's always light-hearted so that after the serious moment, you're laughing again. :)
3. This morning before TAFE I went out to Newtown with my classmate, Hannah, to take some photos of buildings and landscapes as homework for one of out classes. We took some pretty good ones while we were out walking, but as we were driving back, we saw an angle of a building that we'd missed before, and quickly wound down the window and took a snapshot as we drove past. It turned out to be the best photograph we got. Pretty awesome. :)
Okay, back to work for me! Hope you have a beautiful evening :)
Anyways, the reason I feel like blogging is the despite the major stress I'm feeling about my exam, I'm feeling really happy about everything else. Life is good :)
I'm enjoying TAFE so much more than I did last year, and I'm SO grateful to God for that. I kept doubting about whether or not I should even go this year, but even when I thought it wasn't the right decision, God knew it was. I'm glad I was able to leave it up to him to make that choice for me, because he always knows what's best.
So, I have three things to share with you:
1. The sun has shone for the past two days, so I'm hopeful that God will answer my prayer and keep the sun shining for my birthday party on Saturday. Praise God for the beautiful weather! I'm so geared up for this party - cannot wait. :)
2. I've recently discovered a TV show from the 80's called Family Ties. I think my fascination/new love for this show stems from A) the fact that Michael J Fox is the main character (and I have a teeny bit of a crush on him in his Back to the Future Days), and B) the fact that his character, Alex P Keaton, graduated high school the year before my Mom did. Thus a fascination that my parents used to live in a world that was a bit like what's in that show. Like whoa. Not to mention, it's pretty hilarious. I rewarded myself for getting a good bit of my paper done last night by Youtubing a couple of episodes, one where Tom Hanks shows up as a guest star (and he's pretty darn amazing), and another one where Alex and Mallory (who are aged 17 and 15 in the show) argue over who's babysitting their little sister. It's Mallory's turn to do it but she's organized a date to the movies with her new boyfriend, so when he walks in the door to pick her up the dialogue between Alex and the boyfriend (who is rather an insecure fellow) goes like this:
Alex: Jeff, you've got to be crazy, driving around on a night like tonight!
Jeff: What?
Alex: I'm serious, I don't think you should go out. It's far too dangerous to drive.
Jeff: What're you talking about? It's a beautiful night!
Alex: That’s what makes it so dangerous – all the people who are afraid to drive in the rain are out there!
Yeah. I laughed out loud. Anyway, I love sitcoms for their humorous dialogue like that. There are some episodes of Family Ties that cover some pretty heavy issues like commiting crimes and sexual abuse and yet it's always light-hearted so that after the serious moment, you're laughing again. :)
3. This morning before TAFE I went out to Newtown with my classmate, Hannah, to take some photos of buildings and landscapes as homework for one of out classes. We took some pretty good ones while we were out walking, but as we were driving back, we saw an angle of a building that we'd missed before, and quickly wound down the window and took a snapshot as we drove past. It turned out to be the best photograph we got. Pretty awesome. :)
Okay, back to work for me! Hope you have a beautiful evening :)
February 21, 2011
Procrasination to the max!
Yup. I've got a 3,000 word exam staring down at me through the barrel of a gun and I really ought to get started. I've been doing all the gearing up for the past week or two and unfortunately I think I'm as ready as I can get.
So, here I am, armed with nothing but my Plutarchs, my lecture notes, a huge bottle of cold water and a box of tissues for my oncoming cold that seems to be taunting me about all the work I have to get done this week.
Look out, social life. You might not get a chance to come out of the bedroom until the weekend ... but that's okay, because on Saturday it's time to party! See you then. :)
So, here I am, armed with nothing but my Plutarchs, my lecture notes, a huge bottle of cold water and a box of tissues for my oncoming cold that seems to be taunting me about all the work I have to get done this week.
Look out, social life. You might not get a chance to come out of the bedroom until the weekend ... but that's okay, because on Saturday it's time to party! See you then. :)
June 28, 2010
"We do a lot of improv here. Just stay loose, have fun - you'll be fine!"
So I've just had an amazingly huge weekend, which is finally slowing down....
On holidays now after TAFE finished on Friday. Headed off to the cinema that night to see TOY STORY 3!
Seriously Amazing movie. A perfect way to close the Toy Story epic. It was so beautiful, and it couldn't have been better. It had everything I wanted and was everything I had hoped it to be. And, I admit, I cried at the end... They're my favorite movies okay???
Saturday was the most insane... it was a 17-hour day and I went from one thing to the next! Got up at 7 for work, took Juliette to basketball, who played mind games with me all morning; raced from her place to Officeworks to print Katherine's gift, ducked home for some lunch (which I didn't end up having), jumped in the car with mum to get it laminated, then went to Katherine's place to wish her happy birthday and give her the picture. After that I managed to squeeze in time for a haircut, then got back home to hurriedly get ready for the performance that night. Made it to the hall at 5, started the performance at 7:30, finished at 8:30 with no dramas, and then bolted back over to Petersham for the FEVA Black Tie dinner. Helped out there, still wearing my costume (it was Medieval themed too, thankfully!). Got a ride home and in bed asleep by midnight. Pretty awesome day.
This morning Beth and I took Katherine out breakfast at Cafe C. Lovely time, and way too much food! Amazing pineapple and orange juice too. And good company. Love those girls.
Then there was church, band practice and youth group, then I watched Masterchef and hung more stuff of my walls, and crashed whilst reading Exodus last night. Lovely weekend.
On holidays now after TAFE finished on Friday. Headed off to the cinema that night to see TOY STORY 3!
Seriously Amazing movie. A perfect way to close the Toy Story epic. It was so beautiful, and it couldn't have been better. It had everything I wanted and was everything I had hoped it to be. And, I admit, I cried at the end... They're my favorite movies okay???
Saturday was the most insane... it was a 17-hour day and I went from one thing to the next! Got up at 7 for work, took Juliette to basketball, who played mind games with me all morning; raced from her place to Officeworks to print Katherine's gift, ducked home for some lunch (which I didn't end up having), jumped in the car with mum to get it laminated, then went to Katherine's place to wish her happy birthday and give her the picture. After that I managed to squeeze in time for a haircut, then got back home to hurriedly get ready for the performance that night. Made it to the hall at 5, started the performance at 7:30, finished at 8:30 with no dramas, and then bolted back over to Petersham for the FEVA Black Tie dinner. Helped out there, still wearing my costume (it was Medieval themed too, thankfully!). Got a ride home and in bed asleep by midnight. Pretty awesome day.
This morning Beth and I took Katherine out breakfast at Cafe C. Lovely time, and way too much food! Amazing pineapple and orange juice too. And good company. Love those girls.
Then there was church, band practice and youth group, then I watched Masterchef and hung more stuff of my walls, and crashed whilst reading Exodus last night. Lovely weekend.
June 22, 2010
come back and look for me, look for me when I am lost
This lack of facebook thing is really impacting on the amount of blog posts I have this month. I might possibly make more blog posts than there are days in June if I keep going like this!
Went to TAFE today to hand in my second-last assignment. Class runs til 12:15 but I left after only twenty minutes, since my video was complete and rendered. Happy me, happy teacher.
Going out to Birkenhead point outlet with Mum to return the suitcases we bought because we found some better ones. Also going to look for new walking shoes, a carry-on bag and sunglasses for the trip. Only 3 weeks to go on Thursday. I'm so ridiculously excited that I got on the Disneyland website the other night and watched teasers for the rides, which were made in like the 90's and look a little lame but it got me bouncing up and down in glee nonetheless.
On another note, I have a birthday present for Kristen (in my mind...) but Jessie and Katherine's birthdays are also only days away ... and I have no idea what to get them! If you're reading this, darlings (and I know Jessie is!), what would you like?
Want to write more but Mum is dragging me out the door right now, so I guess I'll just make another blog post later! Tata. :)
Went to TAFE today to hand in my second-last assignment. Class runs til 12:15 but I left after only twenty minutes, since my video was complete and rendered. Happy me, happy teacher.
Going out to Birkenhead point outlet with Mum to return the suitcases we bought because we found some better ones. Also going to look for new walking shoes, a carry-on bag and sunglasses for the trip. Only 3 weeks to go on Thursday. I'm so ridiculously excited that I got on the Disneyland website the other night and watched teasers for the rides, which were made in like the 90's and look a little lame but it got me bouncing up and down in glee nonetheless.
On another note, I have a birthday present for Kristen (in my mind...) but Jessie and Katherine's birthdays are also only days away ... and I have no idea what to get them! If you're reading this, darlings (and I know Jessie is!), what would you like?
Want to write more but Mum is dragging me out the door right now, so I guess I'll just make another blog post later! Tata. :)
June 18, 2010
few things awaken my soul quite the way travelling does...
Celebration! This post is number 22 for June, meaning it's the most posts I've EVER had in one month! Which is quite an achievements considering there are still twelve days left for posting...!
So anyway, I'm sitting in my fourth-last TAFE class for the year. It's a good feeling. Just a couple of assignments left and then I'm free!
Very much looking forward to the trip, and the couple weeks before it of busyness and nothingness together. I'm going to go shoe shopping, and write my books and screenplays and prepare the bible study; I'm going to play guitar and go out to breakfast with my friends, buy pretty nail polish, get new sunglasses, have a sleepover, play a duet (or two), get some birthday gifts, read the bible, send a package, pack my bags and get on the plane.
27 days to go. :)
So anyway, I'm sitting in my fourth-last TAFE class for the year. It's a good feeling. Just a couple of assignments left and then I'm free!
Very much looking forward to the trip, and the couple weeks before it of busyness and nothingness together. I'm going to go shoe shopping, and write my books and screenplays and prepare the bible study; I'm going to play guitar and go out to breakfast with my friends, buy pretty nail polish, get new sunglasses, have a sleepover, play a duet (or two), get some birthday gifts, read the bible, send a package, pack my bags and get on the plane.
27 days to go. :)
June 17, 2010
10 seconds of fame for you
So I just submitted my magazine design for TAFE. It looks something like this.
For those of you that know of Picture Poetry's existence, there's a bigger, better version of it there. Hmm. I didn't really ask Justin or Katherine permission to use their pictures for the cover but I don't think they'll mind :)
For those of you that know of Picture Poetry's existence, there's a bigger, better version of it there. Hmm. I didn't really ask Justin or Katherine permission to use their pictures for the cover but I don't think they'll mind :)
May 23, 2010
SALT
Haha, success!
So yesterday I went to Gough Whitlam Park to do the stop-motion photography for my TAFE assignment. I'm making a 30 second promotional video for my youth group, SALT. The majority of this video is going to be taken up by a stop motion clip of some kiddies from Salt making a mural on a wall in the park.
It went quite well, considering only 5 people turned up in time for filming. It was a bit cold, so thank you to those who made an effort to help me out! And thank you Lord for the sun!
We chalked up the whole wall, but I'd forgotten to bring some cloths to clean it off at the end... ended up making a dozen trips to the toilet block to refill a water bottle to tip over the wall, and used Justin's socks to rub it off. Aren't we clever. We did a pretty okay job considering our lack of cleaning resources. Got a bit worried when a police car drove through the car park, slowed down, and finally kept going. It did look a little bit like we were doing daylight graffiti... luckily the police didn't think so, or at least weren't bothered to get out of their car and question us.
Here's a few quick snapshots of the 1,877 photographs I took! That's 4GB worth of photos, for you techy people ;)
So yesterday I went to Gough Whitlam Park to do the stop-motion photography for my TAFE assignment. I'm making a 30 second promotional video for my youth group, SALT. The majority of this video is going to be taken up by a stop motion clip of some kiddies from Salt making a mural on a wall in the park.
It went quite well, considering only 5 people turned up in time for filming. It was a bit cold, so thank you to those who made an effort to help me out! And thank you Lord for the sun!
We chalked up the whole wall, but I'd forgotten to bring some cloths to clean it off at the end... ended up making a dozen trips to the toilet block to refill a water bottle to tip over the wall, and used Justin's socks to rub it off. Aren't we clever. We did a pretty okay job considering our lack of cleaning resources. Got a bit worried when a police car drove through the car park, slowed down, and finally kept going. It did look a little bit like we were doing daylight graffiti... luckily the police didn't think so, or at least weren't bothered to get out of their car and question us.
Here's a few quick snapshots of the 1,877 photographs I took! That's 4GB worth of photos, for you techy people ;)
May 10, 2010
Come now, don't you want to see what a difference you've made in me?
Hello fellow bloggers!
Well this morning I left the house wearing three layers and a beanie. So I've brought my laptop from the depths of my bedroom out in to the sunlight in an attempt to regain a little energy and generally enjoy the weather. I've already shed my hoody and feel much more comfortable. In my defense when I left this morning there was still fog in the air, the sun was yet to climb over the city buildings and the TAFE classrooms are hideously chilly; you would be a warmer if you stripped naked in the snow and sculled a Slurpee. Not to mention that would be much more thrilling than sitting for two and a half hours in Flash class. Today the teacher wrote a website link up on the whiteboard and instructed us to spend the lesson going through the tutorial on the site, while he went down for coffee and came back to check the rugby scores on his computer. Joy.
Anyway, yesterday was Mother's Day and I got my mother some flowers. She'll probably read this blog about me giving away my spectacularly awesome scheme to bring her said flowers, but I'd like to share it with the rest of you as well, so...
Well this morning I left the house wearing three layers and a beanie. So I've brought my laptop from the depths of my bedroom out in to the sunlight in an attempt to regain a little energy and generally enjoy the weather. I've already shed my hoody and feel much more comfortable. In my defense when I left this morning there was still fog in the air, the sun was yet to climb over the city buildings and the TAFE classrooms are hideously chilly; you would be a warmer if you stripped naked in the snow and sculled a Slurpee. Not to mention that would be much more thrilling than sitting for two and a half hours in Flash class. Today the teacher wrote a website link up on the whiteboard and instructed us to spend the lesson going through the tutorial on the site, while he went down for coffee and came back to check the rugby scores on his computer. Joy.
Anyway, yesterday was Mother's Day and I got my mother some flowers. She'll probably read this blog about me giving away my spectacularly awesome scheme to bring her said flowers, but I'd like to share it with the rest of you as well, so...
*SPOILER ALERT FOLLOWING*
I was contemplating for a long time how I would bring mom flowers with her juice and little presents in bed on Sunday morning without her previously knowing of their existence. There aren't really any flowers shops in short walking distance; the nearest one is on King Street and it would've taken me at least 40 minutes to go there and back, and I didn't even know when they opened. So I was thinking about this as I was walking up to catch the bus into Newtown on Saturday afternoon, and as I rounded to corner onto Enmore Road I nearly smashed my shins into a massive flower pot with some magnificent lilies in it.
I looked up and it just so happened that a flower shop had opened that day, literally 5 minutes from where I live! So was I overjoyed and skipped inside immedaitely to enquire about their opening time the next morning.
I woke my brother at 6:45 am to make mum orange juice, and at 7 I raced down to the shop (still half-dressed in my pyjamas) and bought her a bouquet of those beautiful lilies I'd seen yesterday. They look and smell absolutely gorgeous. Here's a picture. Don't you love them?
When I got back we went into her room together and gave her her presents. She was splendidly surprised, and I must say it's probably the best job we've ever done keeping secret about what we had planned for her. We also got her a little book of Sudoku, called A Sudoku of One's Own, and I made her a voucher for Yolanda's Mexican cafe in Ventura, so we shall take her out there when we go on our trip in a couple months.
Went out for breakfast before church. Had bacon and eggs, and it was nice. Played guitar at church as usual; came home and watched Dead Poets Society (*tear*) while mum and dad went for a walk to the beach, or somewhere. Went to youth group that night and played guitar again. Sat in the back row at Salt for like, the first time ever. It was odd. At the end the Dicker family came to visit us; as I forgot to mention, our youth minister and his wife just had their second daughter, Josie. So now Evie, who is not yet 2, has a little sister. They are such darlings. :)
And yeah.
A few other things worth mentioning: I saw Iron Man 2 on Thursday night with Katherine. I didn't get around to reviewing it but I definitely recommend it. Also, we really need another Earnest meeting, darlings. You know who you are.
March 4, 2010
Thought you ought to know.
Hello :) Has been a busy few weeks, what with starting TAFE and all that. I'm enjoying it. Just read Jessie's awesome blog of a uni glossary, which you can read here (but please come back when you're done!), so I thought I'd write my own glossary for TAFE Design Center Enmore....
General
A, B, C, D, E: The 5 sections into which the campus is divided. Referred to in the classroom numbers, ie, D208, E109, and A12. General knowledge of where each of these sections are located is necessary for getting to class on time. New students are advised to turn up 5 to 10 minutes early to ensure punctual arrival.
Campus Map: See, "Lost and Found"
Early, The: What one calls a class that starts before their preferred wake-up time. Students are frequently late to said classes.
I'm-Just-Not-a-Morning-Person: The student who attempts to trade timetables with someone else without a reasonable excuse; it's just, they don't like arriving at 8am.
Lost and Found: All the stuff that you just can't find. The bathrooms, the classroom, the library, the student association room, the loose lunch money somewhere in your bag, your timetable, the website your teacher recommended.... Students are advised to look on the campus map to find some of these things. But where is the campus map?
Student Share: The large file accessible from every computer on campus. Useful for storing your work and getting briefs from teachers. Not so useful when a kindly student decides to delete your work, or a teacher decides to clear the share. See "USB" for better advise.
USB: Refers to a portable flash drive necessary for ensuring your work is safe. Useful for taking work to a from class. Students are advised to bring one to classes.
15-minute break, The: 15 minutes is a terrible between-class break length. Sure, it's enough time to heat up your leftovers in the student room's microwave and look around at the event posters in said room while you eat, but what do you do with the remaining 5 minutes? The student is often left wandering up and down staircases waiting for class to begin and looking awkward, lost, and/or suspicious, not having enough time to go up to the library and print things or check out books. An ideal break would be 10 or 30 minutes.
Teachers
And-That's-It-See-You-Next-Week: The teacher who explains what class will be about in the first 15 minutes, then gives you the next 2 hours to complete the task. Pros - class tasks are simple, so the student should not have excessive homework. Cons: The class is completely silent for those 2 hours, and the student may feel discomfort due to being unable to move in their chair for fear it will squeak too loud.
Cleverly Clueless, The: This teacher can often be found starting class precisely on time, or even possibly early. Knowingly teaching the most boring class of the week, this teacher attempts to liven things up by avoiding the whiteboard/chalkboard and using a Powerpoint instead. They may think their methods are clever, and they may give you good study tips, but it can become difficult to trust all a teacher says when he cannot set up his own Powerpoint. Worse still when he leaves the room to use the photocopiers, and a kindly student plugs his laptop into the projector for him so it will work. Upon his arrival back, stating that the photocopiers aren't working, you can't help but wonder if he had the same problem with the copiers as he did with the projector. Proceeded by a 2 and half hour Powerpoint presentation accompanied by said teacher's droning voice.
Have-a-Good-Weekend: The teacher who is well aware this is your very last class of the week and you're just dying to get home as soon as the two hours in his room are up. He won't let you get away with slacking off. You'll leave class with the twice the amount of homework you came in with.
Mr. First Name: The teacher who is generally friendly and willing to help you out with anything you can't quite get your head around. Too bad it's not your favorite subject.
Mr. Lozenge: The teacher who clears his throat between every sentence. "As you can see, *hmmm*, when I click this, the rulers come up around your page. *humm hmmmm* And when you drag from here you can get guidelines to help you create a perfect square." This becomes incredibly irritating after the first class.
Warden, The: Named after the most dangerous character in Holes, the Head Teacher's real name is omitted from this glossary because either a) the glossary writer does not know it, or b) the Head Teacher's name is rarely uttered among other teachers and hence is taboo. And she is rarely seen on campus. Students are to beware the day they must book an appointment to see the Head Teacher about a class problem. No one ever speaks about what goes on in her office. And sometimes, students don't come out....
You-Can-Call-Me-Simon: This teacher is the one who tries to pretend he's 25, not 35. He writes a list of class rules called the Ten Commandments, and if you break one, you owe him a beer. He'll crack the occasional joke, most frequently about something to do with the class subject, so new students will smile and nod and pretend they know exactly what he's talking about. He riddles his speech with keyboard shortcuts and if you don't take notes on what he writes on the board, you're a goner. Luckily, this teacher is not opposed to repeating something he's already said. As long as you're not afraid to ask questions, and you can understand when he's kidding and when he's not, you'll fit right in. For those who are afraid to ask questions, or those who missed a joke, you have 24 hours to learn all the keyboard shortcuts before the next class....
General
A, B, C, D, E: The 5 sections into which the campus is divided. Referred to in the classroom numbers, ie, D208, E109, and A12. General knowledge of where each of these sections are located is necessary for getting to class on time. New students are advised to turn up 5 to 10 minutes early to ensure punctual arrival.
Campus Map: See, "Lost and Found"
Early, The: What one calls a class that starts before their preferred wake-up time. Students are frequently late to said classes.
I'm-Just-Not-a-Morning-Person: The student who attempts to trade timetables with someone else without a reasonable excuse; it's just, they don't like arriving at 8am.
Lost and Found: All the stuff that you just can't find. The bathrooms, the classroom, the library, the student association room, the loose lunch money somewhere in your bag, your timetable, the website your teacher recommended.... Students are advised to look on the campus map to find some of these things. But where is the campus map?
Student Share: The large file accessible from every computer on campus. Useful for storing your work and getting briefs from teachers. Not so useful when a kindly student decides to delete your work, or a teacher decides to clear the share. See "USB" for better advise.
USB: Refers to a portable flash drive necessary for ensuring your work is safe. Useful for taking work to a from class. Students are advised to bring one to classes.
15-minute break, The: 15 minutes is a terrible between-class break length. Sure, it's enough time to heat up your leftovers in the student room's microwave and look around at the event posters in said room while you eat, but what do you do with the remaining 5 minutes? The student is often left wandering up and down staircases waiting for class to begin and looking awkward, lost, and/or suspicious, not having enough time to go up to the library and print things or check out books. An ideal break would be 10 or 30 minutes.
Teachers
And-That's-It-See-You-Next-Week: The teacher who explains what class will be about in the first 15 minutes, then gives you the next 2 hours to complete the task. Pros - class tasks are simple, so the student should not have excessive homework. Cons: The class is completely silent for those 2 hours, and the student may feel discomfort due to being unable to move in their chair for fear it will squeak too loud.
Cleverly Clueless, The: This teacher can often be found starting class precisely on time, or even possibly early. Knowingly teaching the most boring class of the week, this teacher attempts to liven things up by avoiding the whiteboard/chalkboard and using a Powerpoint instead. They may think their methods are clever, and they may give you good study tips, but it can become difficult to trust all a teacher says when he cannot set up his own Powerpoint. Worse still when he leaves the room to use the photocopiers, and a kindly student plugs his laptop into the projector for him so it will work. Upon his arrival back, stating that the photocopiers aren't working, you can't help but wonder if he had the same problem with the copiers as he did with the projector. Proceeded by a 2 and half hour Powerpoint presentation accompanied by said teacher's droning voice.
Have-a-Good-Weekend: The teacher who is well aware this is your very last class of the week and you're just dying to get home as soon as the two hours in his room are up. He won't let you get away with slacking off. You'll leave class with the twice the amount of homework you came in with.
Mr. First Name: The teacher who is generally friendly and willing to help you out with anything you can't quite get your head around. Too bad it's not your favorite subject.
Mr. Lozenge: The teacher who clears his throat between every sentence. "As you can see, *hmmm*, when I click this, the rulers come up around your page. *humm hmmmm* And when you drag from here you can get guidelines to help you create a perfect square." This becomes incredibly irritating after the first class.
Warden, The: Named after the most dangerous character in Holes, the Head Teacher's real name is omitted from this glossary because either a) the glossary writer does not know it, or b) the Head Teacher's name is rarely uttered among other teachers and hence is taboo. And she is rarely seen on campus. Students are to beware the day they must book an appointment to see the Head Teacher about a class problem. No one ever speaks about what goes on in her office. And sometimes, students don't come out....
You-Can-Call-Me-Simon: This teacher is the one who tries to pretend he's 25, not 35. He writes a list of class rules called the Ten Commandments, and if you break one, you owe him a beer. He'll crack the occasional joke, most frequently about something to do with the class subject, so new students will smile and nod and pretend they know exactly what he's talking about. He riddles his speech with keyboard shortcuts and if you don't take notes on what he writes on the board, you're a goner. Luckily, this teacher is not opposed to repeating something he's already said. As long as you're not afraid to ask questions, and you can understand when he's kidding and when he's not, you'll fit right in. For those who are afraid to ask questions, or those who missed a joke, you have 24 hours to learn all the keyboard shortcuts before the next class....
December 21, 2009
2010!
It's a cool number. It's gonna be a cool year. I'm looking forward to Twenty-Ten. Yes that's how you say it, not Two-thousand-and-ten. That's just silly. It's not like we called 1910 One-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ten. So it's Twenty-ten, ok? Okay. : )
All righty, here's my list of cool things that should be happening to me in Twenty-ten unless God changes my plans. And he has every right to do so. But anyway, the countdown:
1. LiT! It's a Christian camp. The full name being Leaders in Training. I've been twice already and thanks be to God I got invited back again! It's gonna be pretty swell. Here's a pic to show the awesomeness that is LiT. *excitement*
2. I GOT INTO TAFE!!! Huzzah. Doing a digital media course for 6 months. Should be epic. If all goes well in the course it will set me up for the next three years of my life, which makes it all the more epic.
3. Alice and Wonderland. I turn 17 about the time the film comes out, so I'm taking a bunch of my favorite people to see it at IMAX. Woo hoo!
4. I have plans to get more ear-piercings with Katherine. Only our parents are being a little less than enthusiastic about it at the moment. But we'll bring 'em round, won't we hun? Hehehe. The hope is to get them done in the incredibly new future, possibly even before 2010 so that Katherine has enough time to take them out for when she starts school again. We have some convincing to do....
5. I finished NIDA. It all went wonderfully. We couldn't have had a better performance, and all my besties came to support me :) What joy. So yeah, NIDA's over, so that's a bit sad, but now I have the middle of my Sundays back so I get to hang around after church and enjoy people's company. We're going to NBC now which is ... new. But I think I like it. I've only been twice so far. Anyway, with getting back my Sundays comes rejoining the youth group band, and they want me back! I wasn't sure they would, but they do. So I get to play distortion again. Yay!
6. Trip to the USA! 'Nuff said, basically. It's gonna be fun.
Anyway there's more, like KYCK and SOC (praying that they'll be much more fun than this year), and other cool movies like Scott Pilgrim and Iron Man 2, and friends turning 18 and other ages less important (although there's probably a 21st in there somewhere that I'm forgetting about...), and more coolio stuff, but my mom just brought me this brilliant sandwich so I'm signing out to eat it. Ta ta for now.
All righty, here's my list of cool things that should be happening to me in Twenty-ten unless God changes my plans. And he has every right to do so. But anyway, the countdown:
1. LiT! It's a Christian camp. The full name being Leaders in Training. I've been twice already and thanks be to God I got invited back again! It's gonna be pretty swell. Here's a pic to show the awesomeness that is LiT. *excitement*
2. I GOT INTO TAFE!!! Huzzah. Doing a digital media course for 6 months. Should be epic. If all goes well in the course it will set me up for the next three years of my life, which makes it all the more epic.
3. Alice and Wonderland. I turn 17 about the time the film comes out, so I'm taking a bunch of my favorite people to see it at IMAX. Woo hoo!
4. I have plans to get more ear-piercings with Katherine. Only our parents are being a little less than enthusiastic about it at the moment. But we'll bring 'em round, won't we hun? Hehehe. The hope is to get them done in the incredibly new future, possibly even before 2010 so that Katherine has enough time to take them out for when she starts school again. We have some convincing to do....
5. I finished NIDA. It all went wonderfully. We couldn't have had a better performance, and all my besties came to support me :) What joy. So yeah, NIDA's over, so that's a bit sad, but now I have the middle of my Sundays back so I get to hang around after church and enjoy people's company. We're going to NBC now which is ... new. But I think I like it. I've only been twice so far. Anyway, with getting back my Sundays comes rejoining the youth group band, and they want me back! I wasn't sure they would, but they do. So I get to play distortion again. Yay!
6. Trip to the USA! 'Nuff said, basically. It's gonna be fun.
Anyway there's more, like KYCK and SOC (praying that they'll be much more fun than this year), and other cool movies like Scott Pilgrim and Iron Man 2, and friends turning 18 and other ages less important (although there's probably a 21st in there somewhere that I'm forgetting about...), and more coolio stuff, but my mom just brought me this brilliant sandwich so I'm signing out to eat it. Ta ta for now.
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