bored as a hippo

Don't you just reckon hippo's are always bored... I mean they just sit in water or walk in water and get their backs scratched by annoying birds. And when hippos are really bored... they just open their mouth and crush a living specimen in it. How sad for them.
I just came back from youth group. It's going really well now. I think it's because I'm feeling more confident and also more importantly... I'm learning from the studies myself. Yeah it's good. We had a nice long discussion about who was at the top of the food chain. We argued whether it was a lion or a human... but I reckon it is the hippo... because their mouth is so big... they can eat anything they want. They eat meat and veggies.
But now I'm home... and I just finished reading about 5 quizes from people. I wonder if they were bored when they wrote it. I'm too bored to do the quiz now though. OOOO I'll tell you a good song to listen to you when you are bored: "Something Pretty" by Patrick Park. The lyrics are so funny:
Here I am, where I’ve been
I’ve walked a hundred miles in tobacco skin,
And my clothes are worn & gritty.
And I know ugliness,
Now show me something pretty.

I was a dumb punk kid with nothing to lose
And too much weight for walking shoes.
I could have died from being boring.
As for loneliness,
She greets me every morning.

At the most I’m a glare,
I’m the hopeless son who’s hardly there.
I’m the open sign that’s always busted.
I’m the friend you need, but can’t be trusted.

Here I am, where I’ve been
I’ve walked a hundred miles in tobacco skin,
And my clothes are worn & gritty.
And I know ugliness,
Now show me something pretty.

I've bolded the funny bits. I guess it's not a very funny song when you just read the lyrics, but this funny country singer sings it. BUY THE OC SOUNDTRACK MIX 2 for really cool music.
Ahh... I'm not feeling so bored now cuz I'm listening to music. Well thats all for now.
From Car-O-Line.
p.s: CRAP! I have a crap essay and it's like for two crap subjects cuz I have to write about crap memory structures and also write crappy references. Plagiarism is crap! Why don't people just let everyone copy each other. Crap! Thats how we learn how to speak in the first place. We learn how to speak from copying our parents. Referencing is crap! And the fact that you can fail for forgetting to reference some things is crap. Crap is such a useful word! Crap crap crap!

Over Stress

I had my music literature test yesterday. Thank God thats over! So now I'm not as stressed, which is kinda bad, but also good because I'm actually practicing my violin and doing work for other subjects. Quick plug:
SPONSER ME! For the Malcolm Sargent Music-a-thon. Help me raise lots of money for kids with cancer. I'm hoping to do about 25 hrs so you can either pay per hour or just one big sum. Msg me!
Don't you reckon that old school games (SNES especially) were so classic! Like who can forget Street fighter 2? That was a cool game. I'm a girl and even I can play it. If any of you have a sudden urge to play it... I have it at my house. OOOoooOOO!!! I'm excited now.
I've got some more music recommendations for you today: Listen to Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor. This one is so pretty. And also... if you are into rich violin tones, listen to Bach Partita for unaccompanied violin in D minor.
Hmmm what else can I say?
Good afternoon, good evening and goodnight!
Car-O-Line

Hello? Is anyone out there?

Everyone has been busy busy lately. Well me at least... stupid going to uni every day and working the other days. What happened to the good ol' days when we could go to Hornsby after frisbee? I'm writing here because Jen said that I hadn't written in ages... even though my last post was only 1 month ago (1 month ago? it was that long ago?). Anyways... quick plug:
UNSW Symphony Orchestra Concert, Tues Apr 26
Sir John Clancy Auditorium UNSW
7.30 pm, Conc: $5, Adu: $10
COME AND HEAR WORKS BY SIBELIUS (not the computer program) AND HUMMEL (this one is cool!)
Talking about good music... you should all listen to Brahms Clarinet Quintet in Bm Op. 115. It's very perdy!
So what else is there to talk about? Well I've been barely surviving on a total lack of sleep... so my brain is not functioning well. (6 hrs of music... classical music overload).
*blank face*
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Happy Happy Joy Joy

After a sad entry... I write a happy entry! I went to the easter show yesterday with Bec and Jen. It was a very fun day. Aren't old school buddies the best? As you can see... Jen got her face painted and Bec got a tiara thing. I didn't get anything special except my super duper rad push pop showbag. Also... each one of us got a bucket of fairy floss! Thats a lot of fairy floss. I had a major sugar headache afterwards. But it tasted good... so what's to complain about?
Tonight I did my first proper leading at switch. This just meant I had to read the questions and explain a couple of things. It was actually a really good study so that helped. It was on Psalm 73. If you are feeling down... you should read it! The girls were really good today as well. We also learned the psalm-ba (samba) kekeke. Tomorrow I have my ISCF conference leader meeting. Sounds like fun! I'm so glad that I'm gonna be back there. I'm also looking forward to seeing old friends (who thought I was in year 8 last year... grr!). Well... who would blame them?

*Tear*

Don't you just really miss school? I do. I mean, uni is fun, but not as fun as school. I mean, in school you have free periods. In uni, you just have free time. It's just not as fun. And the people at uni are nice, but they aren't the same as my school friends. Is it weird that I miss school? I seem to have this feeling that I'm not as close to my school friends as I used to be. I hope we can still have our fun times. We should play 500. Hmm... what other fun stuff can we do? Well uni isn't that bad. It's actually very fun. Does anybody have clothes from the 80s? Cuz I have to dress like the 80s for next monday. If anyone has any tips... please let me know.

I'm back!

Hey guys!
Don't ask me where I'm back from because I didn't really go anywhere... ie: I'm not back... argh! Now you all know my secret! Now I have to kill you all! Talking about killing...
I've been a lazy bum so I've been watching movies. I got LOTR 1 & 2... which is cool! but sucks too cuz I don't have 3. Anyways... there is a lot of killing in that film! And I've realised that Eowyn (sp?) wasn't really trying to steal Aragon from Arwen... she liked him... but knew his heart was with someone else. Really... Eowyn wanted to get her hands on some of those dirty monsters and kill them! Do you see it all now?
Continuing the killing theme... I also watched Chicago... that is a good musical. After seeing The Phantom of the Opera (which also has a killing theme) I've been wanting to watch lots of musicals... Chicago is the only musical I have on dvd... so I guess this is where all the killing ends.
From Car-O-Line
p.s: I'm not a crazy girl who wants to kill people... really I'm not!

uni stuff

woot i got into unsw!!! Music/Education.
i kinda wanted to do primary ed lots but maybe God wants me to do music ed more... and it kinda makes more sense too... cuz we really need to improve on the music in church... and maybe he wants me to get involved with the youth group... and maybe he wants me to go to unsw cuz the christian group is better there than uts. I can't be sure... but i know i can trust God.
From Car-O-Line
p.s: Christians are totally NOT missing out (kylc was da bomb!)

Stressful stuff

hey there... I went to the USYD and UTS info days today and now I'm feeling much better about what I want to do. I actually asked questions this time and have more of an idea of what to do this year. Here are my preferences:

1
Bachelor of Education in Primary Education at University of Technology, Sydney
2
Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education at University of New South Wales
3
Bachelor of Arts/Diploma of Education at Macquarie University
4
Bachelor of Health Science (Hearing & Speech) at University of Sydney
5
Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Macquarie University
6
Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) at University of Sydney
7
Bachelor of Health Sciences at University of Sydney

It's all in God's hands.
From Car-O-Line
p.s: just incase you didn't get the drift, I'm heading towards primary education and then some sort of health science

Back to the past (just doesn't have the same ring to it eh?)

Hey there...
I've recently been motivated to write in my blog cuz I was reading other people's blogs and finding out lots of interesting stuff so I thought I wouldn't deprive you all and I would let you know all the interesting stuff that's been happening to me! Another factor for me writing was the whole "it's new years day and you wanna start of the new year by writing a blog" and all that pressure.
So... let's take a journey back in time... Back to last year (kekeke... had to use that joke at least once! Oh gosh I'm so sad!)
It was christmas day... 2004... And I went to church and heard a very nice message reminding us that Jesus came to the world to bring peace... nice reminder. Then I had lunch with the rellos.. then my uncle from Brisbane came and he had dinner with us... then I slept.
The next day I went to Muswellbrook to my dad's side of the family... We ate their leftovers for lunch.... then we ate their leftovers for dinner. We stayed there overnight and went to the shops there the next day... Huge sales! There were like 200 people returning their gifts at Big W. Gosh there is so much to do in the country! (btw Muswellbrook is in the country).
Don't worry... it gets better.
Then I worked on the 28th to the 31st. That's right... I worked on new years eve. (your right... that wasn't that exciting but you needed to know that so you can get excited when I tell you the other part of the puzzle).
After working on new years eve from 12-7:30 I rushed to the train station... took a train to wynyard (sp?) and went to my friends apartment which is right next to the harbour bridge (noice!). Got there just in time for 9 o'clock fireworks and then played games and watched 12 o'clock fireworks... Then I stayed for a bit and came back home at 2.15am.
Then I slept and worked today from 10.30-5. So I'm kinda buggered now. I'm young... I don't need sleep! ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!
from Car-O-Line
p.s: Things that NYE could stand for:
New York Evening
Never Yawn Early
Not Your Ears
Noice Yak Erin

Crazy! Unreal!

Hey there everyone,
As my title suggests, there have been lots of Crazy! Unreal! things happening.
Fristly, I got my HSC marks back and I did better than all my school marks... so that was Unreal!
Secondly, I got my UAI and it wasn't as high as I would of hoped... so that was Crazy!
Thirdly, I changed my uni preferences and I think I wont be changing them again any time soon because I'm pretty ok with these preferences... so that was Unreal!
Fourthly, I got a shift at work today and for the rest of the week. My manager is a lazy bum like me and didn't put me on until this morning when he rung me up and told me to come to work... so that was Crazy! Unreal!
Fifthly, Now that I'm working all week I might not have time to buy my parents christmas presents! ARGH! But at least I know exactly what I'm going to get them. Just hope I can get to the store... so that is Crazy!
Sixthly, I not sure on how to spell sixthly or the rest properly so I think I will stop now. Unreal!
from Car-O-Line
p.s: My whole arms are flaking now... grossness... or should I say... Crazy!