Wednesday, June 28, 2006
9:58 PM
Well finally, the whole movie thing is over - it got shown tonight at the music spectacular. I expected more laughs, but i guess the audience was expecting an engaging mystery. Most of the students and teachers were in hysterics though, the parents just didn't quite get it, and they made up the majority of the audience. I just hope Br. Bill decides to show it at assembly (if not on Friday, then next term).
Looks like most people have three assignments to do during the holidays, actually i think Phillip has four, but whatever, the point is, we are all swamped with assignments and it looks like we won't be getting an actual holiday. I'm just thankful i understand my assignments, unlike Danniel and Tommy.
See, this is why she is my exception to the whole gay thing.
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Sunday, June 25, 2006
5:32 PM
Finally my media file is done. Hours of work went into that (unlike Danniel who did it in one day), so hopefully i receive a good mark. I was thinking what i could do for my Extension English mini major work and i've decided that i really want to write a script for a [fictional] episode of Buffy. The only thing i'm not sure about though is, do i have to introduce the characters etc. or is it assumed knowledge that the reader already knows the characters (like in most episodes of television shows)? I think i'll just have to ask Ms. Webster tomorrow.
Phillip, Daniel and I went into school tomorrow to do some editing for the music spectacular movie, it's not quite done but we're hoping to re-shoot some scenes tomorrow and finish the editing off as well. While in Randwick, i maneged to buy a copy of I'm Going To Tell You A Secret by Madonna. It includes her documentary (which never aired on Australian teleivison) and a CD with audio from her live performances at one of he Re-Invention tours in 2004. The audio quality is moderately good. I also bought a copy of Hips Don't Lie by Shakira. I want to buy the re-release of Oral Fixation Vol. 2, her newest English album when the re-release is released on July 1st. I'm considering buying her newest Spanish album as well: Fijación Oral Vol. 1.
I was planning to go and see Just My Luck with Phillip after the editing was done, but surprise surprise Phillip had to go somewhere. I hope he is free next week, well he better be, or i will be angry.
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Thursday, June 22, 2006
9:17 PM
I would be working on my Media File right about now if it wasn't for my stupidity. I left my Legal Studies text book and exercise book at school in my locker. And i intended to complete two articles tonight; looks like that's down the drain. I could try to do them without notes, but then they wouldn't be that great and it would be pointless. Oh well, i've decided to print an article and write the summary in the library tomorrow at lunch, and type it when i get home. So instead of all that, i've opted to watch Firefly DVDs that Ben lent me.
It looks like i'm staying back tomorrow to 'shoot' the music spectacular movie again, not that i will be involved at all. I also think Phillip and I are going in on Saturday to edit the movie, which is fine, because we will get full creative control (and because it's the only way i can get Phillip to see Just My Luck). I am also excited to buy Madonna's live DVD the same day, i was hoping to get the media file done by then, but i guess that's not happening *shrugs*. Once this media file is done, that's it for this term (although i have to do the Extension English, Advanced English and Business Studies assignments in the holidays *cries*). At least the Extension Assignment is interesting and the Advanced Assignment won't take long, i'm not even going to think about Business *places it at back of mind*.
Parent/teacher interiews were alright, mostly what was expected.
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
5:08 PM
The Sports Carnival yesterday wasn't as bad as expected, as all day, all Tommy and I were doing was scoring the long jump. We had already volunteered to help out, but there was always the doubt in my mind that maybe Mr. Forrester wouldn't need us anymore. It was actually the walk home that killed me, i hurt my toes (probably because of the holes in my socks).
I received my report in the mail today, above average in everything except Advanced English and Extension English - sheesh, what's with that. The ranks for those subjects were bad too (but i already knew that). The ranks for my other subjects were particularly good, so i guess that makes up for it; we'll just have to see what the teachers say tomorrow at the Parent/Teacher[/Student] interviews. All of my interview times are considerably early, so it's a good thing that i don't have to go home only to turn around and come right back to school (also because i don't miss Big Brother). I'm actually curious as to what the teachers say. Does Mr. Carson even know i'm in his class?
Well at least there's only a week and a half left of school (and i bet we're still on the same text book page in Legal Studies after the holidays).
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Sunday, June 18, 2006
9:16 PM
Well the Sports Carnival is tomorrow, either it's going to rain or i'm going to be helping out all day. There's no third option. I'm never in the same events as my friends anyway, they're all a year older than me *sigh*. I sometimes think of going in their group, but i rather be in a group where nobody knows me. Well i used to have Carlos in the same group, now nobody. Maybe our bus will have an accident, nobody will get hurt but we won't be able to attend?
I didn't end up getting to the seventh article of my media file, only my sixth. I forgot about the Extension English mini assignment that i had to do. And i didn't end up finishing Buffy Season Six, only one episode left! Hopefully we get home early tomorrow.
Aw, isn't she just so cute and pudgy.
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Saturday, June 17, 2006
10:16 PM
Yes, it's that time of the week again - i've changed my layout. The other one was starting to annoy me.
Today was basically a day full of nothing. I woke up at 12 after catching up on some sleep and basically lounged around all day. Did manage to get 2 more articles done for my Legal Studies Media File done though. Now i'm determined to finish my Season 6 of Buffy before the weekend comes to an end, mainly because i've been neglecting it for a few weeks now. Only 6 episodes, i guess i can do it.
And finally, half way through my media file!
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Friday, June 16, 2006
11:56 PM
Finally, it's Friday. The workload for school is getting a lot heavier; and by workload i mean the full-of-shit assessments that we get. I think i have one now for every subject except Studies of Religion. Today, we had the 'plan' for our HUGE Business Research task - i'm hoping to get the actual task done in the holidays; along with the Advanced English assignment and the Extension English assignment. The Legal Studies one i'm hoping to finish next weekend (well i hope so, seeing as it's due next Tuesday). I've written a summary for three of the ten articles, i'm aiming to be up to at least my seventh article this weekend. And who even cares about the Maths assignment, it's the stupidest assignment i've ever seen in my life, what are we going to do next lesson, go out on the road and count the colours of cars again? (All of this means i did it last weekend and it took around an hour). But at least i can say that i get hardly any homework. I always assumed that in senior school that the homework came by the bucketload, but it seems as if the assignments have replaced it. The only thought keeping me going is that Year 12 will be easier, as there is more time to fit the work into.
With all that said and done, i received 28/30 for my Studies of Religion test which was done two weeks ago, and 64/80 in the Music Aural (Half yearly exam). As much as i don't want to mention it, i received 6.5/10 for my Music performance. Although, i am pleased with these (excluding the performance).
As i think i've mentioned before, myself, Daniel [D'Ambrosio], Tommy and Phillip have been working on a script for the Music Spectacular which is to take place in three weeks. We have given up various lunches, lessons and after school times to work on this script. Today, 'we' finally started to shoot the movie [after school] - not that any of us were involved (unless you count the possessiveness of Daniel with the camera). Not only did Mr. Martin keep changing the 'script', which, may i just add, he didn't even have on him while we were shooting, but he kept asking us to carry things and do jobs for him. I found this rude, after we were the ones who wrote the script. It seems that Mr. Martin is more concerned with pleasing the teachers than atually making a good movie (and by good, i mean a movie which actually contains some continuity). Although, Tommy and I did manage to have a good laugh at the situation.
When we (Tommy and I) finally went to leave the 'shoot', Mr. Ferguson had closed the front gates behind us - and Phillip was still inside. We waited for a bit, but there was no sign of Phillip, so we ended up just leaving. So if you were wondering where we were Phillip, that's what happened.
The worst day of the year is yet to come - the Athletics Carnival. I'm hoping it rains, but if it doesn't, there is still hope. Me and a few friends have put our names down to help out on the day, which consequently means we won't actually have to compete in any events on the day (jumps up and down in joy). And after Mr. Forrester (the sports coordinator) was a main star in the movie today, he has now come to know us, which sort of places us a step above: 'those kids who wannt to get out of activities'.
I was planning on buying Madonna's new live DVD tomorrow, but since i wasted all my pocket money on Monday, i'm just going to wait until next week. That way i can watch Just My Luck as well (whether Phillip comes or not; i have to overcome my fear of going to the movies alone at some point, better sooner than later). Looks like i have a free weekend ahead of me, with no aims to work on any school work except the Legal Studies assignment.
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Monday, June 12, 2006
3:49 PM
Today has been one of the most exciting days ever. I started the day waking up at 6am, after only falling asleep at 1am. Phillip's dad picked me up and we were off to Martin Place to see the Rogue Traders. We got there and there were more people than we expected. We couldn't really see anything, as only people with 'Channel 7 Audience' stickers were allowed in the studio to watch. Don't ask me how they got those stickers. Rogue Traders did their first performance, and then Phillip and I went to have some lunch at Maccas. When we came back for the second performance, there were so many people, so me and Phillip just started lining up for the signings; we thought that it was worth missing the second performance (it's not like we could see anything through the 500 layers of glass Channel 7 has outside their studio anyway) to get a front position in the line. We got to meet Natalie and James (i don't know why the drummer and lead guitarist weren't doing signings). They signed our CDs and we managed to get a photo with them.
They were actually surprised that we had both the normal edition of the album AND the limited edition, and they said 'we'll be seeing you on the tour then'; now i feel like i have to go, but tickets are $75 (pfft, Kelly Clarkson was only $80 and she's a grammy winner). We'll just see how it pans out.
After this, Phillip and I went to Eastgardens to see The Break Up, Jennifer Aniston's gorgeousness just isn't enough to hold a movie anymore. To me, it was a stupid storyline and it moved slow; it wasn't even funny. It was the worst Jennifer Aniston movie i've ever seen, but surprisingly the most successful - doesn't make sense to me.
I said The Omen didn't scare me, as it didn't. But when i tried to go to sleep the night i saw it, i just couldn't stop thinking about it (and i didn't end up sleeping until 4am). Won't be seeing any movies like that ever again.
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Sunday, June 11, 2006
12:04 AM
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Saturday, June 10, 2006
5:11 PM
I just got home from Eastgardens, my Grandma and I saw The Omen. It was a good movie, had a few scary moments but that's about it. To be honest, i expected more, from what i had heard from the original. The movie was good at creating a scary atmosphere, at all the moments you thought something was going to make you jump, nothing happened; and at all the moments you weren't expecting to be startled, you were.
I also bought the Limited Edition 2 CD Remix Set of Here Come the Drums by the Rogue Traders. Yes, i already have the normal edition. Yes, i wasted money; but i really want it signed [on Monday]. It was only $22 at Target anyway.
Yesterday was Champagnat Day (who cares what it is, we get off early). When the rest of the school went home at 1pm, myself, Phillip and Tommy stayed behind to finish writing the script for the music spectacular. Daniel was there, but left before the actual script writing began. We were just talking and mucking around for about an hour and a half before we actually started working on the script - it's Ms. Webster's fault. After we finished the script off, we all went to see Ms. Webster so that she could give us our English marks back. I received 33/45 in the Advanced Paper 1 (and 58/75 altogether {paper 1 + paper 2 combined}). My ranking was quite low for Semester 1, obviously the article and speech we did earlier in the year pulled my rank down. As now i've come to realise that i didn't do that bad in the exam (to my standards anyway). My rank in Extension for the presentation we did was #11 (out of 15 - pfft).
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
8:18 PM
I received my Legal half-yearly exam back yesterday. I did pretty well with 60/70 and a rank of #2. I received my Business back today, and I also did pretty well with 53/65, and a rank unknown to me. Although, judging from people's marks in my class, i can only assume that my rank would be pretty darn high. I also heard Mr. Forrester say that some people should reconsider their options before continuing with the class, which can only lead me to believe that some people did really badly. And yes, as i predicted, these marks did bring me much needed reassurance. It was also pleasing to hear Ms. Webster tell me that i got full marks in the third section of the RE exam, and 12/15 in the first part of the [paper 1] English exam.
Tommy, Phillip, myself and Daniel Dambrosio have been trying to write a basic plot for a [spoof] movie that Mr. Martin wants to show at the Musical spectacular in three weeks (a replacement for the annual musical). I think we've done pretty well so far, with a strong plot nearly finished. I'm just hoping that we don't have to actually be involved in shooting the movie, i assumed we were just the writers, but i was informed today that we will be involved in shooting it. There's nothing more that i hate than missing periods, especially ones where you have to catch up on work, so i hope that we are not missing periods. I would even rather stay back after school and help shoot it than miss periods (as long as i don't miss Big Brother of course).
We've started studying Othello in Advanced English and it's considerably hard to follow (but what Shakespeare play isn't?). Although, it's not as difficult once you read over the lines a few times, and it really sinks in. Ms. Webster also informed us that we would be soon receiving an Advanced assignment and an Extension Assignment - great. That means i'll have five assignments, out of the seven subjects i do, and i haven't started one of them. Hopefully i'll be able to make a start this weekend.
It's not long until the weekend, and i could really use the day off. Phillip and I found out tonight that the Rogue Traders are doing an instore/performance at Channel Seven studios on Monday (Queen's Birthday); so obviously, we are going to go. It's quite early, but who wouldn't get up at the crack of dawn for Natalie Bassingthwaighte?
Now, to a completely different topic:
Today in Legal Studies, Ms. Curis was reading out our ranks for our half yearly report. She said that if anybody didn't want their rank read out, she would ask them beforehand. So she started by reading out our ranks and it turns out that she had calculated wrong, and that the ranks she was reading out were in fact wrong. She quickly got confused and decided to just read out our marks (out of 100). She was sailing through the marks, and she got to a student who's mark was 13. Tommy and I were now the ones confused, we honestly thought that she had read the rank. So we started laughing at Ms. Curis's mistake (as we usually do). Although, nobody else was laughing, i didn't understand why. Then suddenly Ms. Curis got angry and gave me a deadly stare (at the time, i had no idea what for). Not only this, but everyone starts calling us slack and bagging us out. At the time, i honestly didn't have a clue why, as i was SURE that Ms. Curis had read the wrong thing out. I was utterly confused, and i must admit, embarassed. Afterwards, Ms. Curis revealed to Tommy and I that she didn't read out the rank, but that that was his actual mark. Extreme guilt/embarassment/anger/confusion suddenly came over me, all infused into one. Unlike Tommy, i AM blaming confusion and Ms. Curis reading out the mark without asking the student first.
I wouldn't be surprised if i never opened my mouth in Legal Studies again.
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Monday, June 05, 2006
9:34 PM
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6:00 PM
Today has been a pretty miserable day. Not one exam back, unless you count Extension English as an exam of course. We all received our marks, i got 24/30. It's an okay mark, yet again i got the lowest out of myself, Tommy, Phillip and Danniel - no surprise there. I just can't wait to get the ranking *jumps up in joy*. As usual, Tommy is complaining because he didn't get full marks and he was one mark away. It seems that whenever he gets full marks, he wasn't expecting it, but whenever he doesn't get full marks, he wants it. He's just never happy. I'm hoping that either my Business, Legal or Music mark can give me some reassurance; i've given up on English. I don't even want to know what Phillip Muscat or James Livermore got.
Today when i got home, my Grandma tells me we're having steak and potatoes for Dinner. I said "i don't understand why we can't just have chips? When was the last time we had them?" She said she'd do me chips then. I start walking into my room, and Aunty Ngaire starts [sarcastically] saying "Yeah, he NEVER has chips, NEVER", repeated it about three times and walked into her room. At least i eat, geez. Then my Grandma says to me "never talk to me like that again". LIKE WHAT? I wish someone would inform me.
And Ms. Webster is still pissed at me because i called her a bitch. Get over it already? You gave me a bad mark, i was angry, i called you a name the same day; it's not the end of the world. And i wish she'd come to the realisation that i am not the only one who bags her. After Danniel got 10/10 for so called 'oracy' (Yes, Ms. Webster made that word up), or lack thereof, i think it's safe to say she marks with bias anyway.
Having that vent really helped ^^;
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Sunday, June 04, 2006
3:01 PM
My Grandma told me this morning that she was still going to New Zeland at the end of this month even though my mum isn't coming back, which means i'll be staying with Aunty Ngaire for two weeks - great. Although, it won't be that bad, seeing as it will be holidays and all. And since my Grandma's missing my birthday she'll probably feel guilty and make it up to me with gifts. She's not actually telling my mum that she's going, because apparently "that's what my mum wants" or some shit like that.
We have some assignment plan thing for Business next week, i don't even know what we have to do, i wish someone would explain it to me. Maths assignment is so easy, it'll take around an hour to do. Legal assignment, i'm planning to do one article a day in a week or two. I hope we get some more exams back this week, so far i've only gotten one full exam back.
Today, my Grandma, Aunty Ngaire and I went to the Labour Club at Randwick for lunch, seeing as it was my Grandma's birthday yesterday and all. We only go there because they win points when they play bingo there, and you can use the points to buy lunch. There were actually some young people there today, unlike last time when we went for Mother's Day. We were only there for half an hour anyway.
Only two weeks until Just My Luck!
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Saturday, June 03, 2006
12:25 PM
God, i just woke up. I went to sleep at the usual time for a Friday night, at around 12:30 and i slept until 12. What the hell? I woke up at 8:30 and thought i'd just go back to sleep for another hour or so, didn't really turn out like that. I'm only upset because now my whole sleeping cycle is screwed and sleeping for that long puts you in a bad/groggy mood; not to mention i'm getting a cold due to the weather and standing in the rain yesterday.
After school, i had to go to Maroubra and meet my Grandma so that we could go to Centrelink. I go to Mr. Salsbury in the morning to get permission off of him to go to Belmore Rd to catch the 400 (although there are a handful of students who go without permission i'm sure). He said to come back after school, then when i go back after school - he isn't there. Surprise, surprise. Then when he finally comes, after i'd been waiting in the rain for fifteen minutes, he says that he thought i wanted permission to go to Belmore Rd. every day, so he thought i'd have to fill out a form etc. But he realised that i only needed it one off, so he just signed the note *sigh* Could've done that in the morning. When i finally get to Maroubra my Grandma yells the words at me "where have you been?" I didn't understand what she was talking about, as i said i'd be there between 3:40 and 4:00, and i got there at 3:55. She obviously misheard me or something of the sort, because she was waiting since 3:00, in the rain. We then went to Centrelink, everything worked out, and we decided that my Youth Allowance would go into my Grandma's account and that she'd just start giving me pocket money again, starting from next week, which is great, since i'm now going to have enough money to buy Madonna's new DVD in two weeks time.
I really wanted to see the Da Vinci Code with my Grandma today, but she said she wasn't up to it, and that we'd go next week. I agreed, but something sticks out in my mind that i should be doing next weekend, can't put my finger on it, though.
I also decided that i would change my banner every so often, instead of changing the layout. I usually have a new obsession every week, so it's obviously going to change frequently.
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
8:02 PM
Last night my mum told my Grandma that she wasn't coming home in June. My Grandma was pretty angry/upset; she even hung up on my mum. My Grandma was all blah today so i decided to give her her birthday present tonight, seeing as Aunty Ngaire was giving hers (a plant). I hid it on the balcony, and put her cigarretes out there so that she would go out there and see the presents. Little did i know that she has around 49498905850956 other packets lying around the house. So in the end, Aunty Ngaire and I just told her we hid her cigarretes outside, and she still bloody didn't go, Jesus. We had to literally force her onto the balcony. Her first reaction to the Britney body souffle was 'how the bloody hell did you afford this?', this instantly created an excuse for me not having any money left, so i utilised it. More so because i feel guilty for wasting that much money than wanting her to give me money; i was worried she was gonna blast me for wasting all that money, but it's all good now.
Thursday is such a boring night, there's nothing on TV. Tommy, where the bloody hell are ya? I wanna play Scrabble.
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