Direction to Perfection

They say that good things come to those who wait and maybe this will be one of those things. Or not, whatever’s good.

It has been too long from my last blog, far too long indeed. School drove me to insanity last year and I was just so out of touch that I couldn’t even bring myself to blog during the Summer but lately I’m feeling nostalgic for the days of blogging every day instead of, you know, actually working.

Wow, Spaces has changed greatly from my last visit. I hope I don’t get lost when posting this!

Well, my exams went surprisingly well considering how little work I put into them. It wasn’t my fault this year, however, as all of my exams were in a two week block with an exam every single day which led to a lot of “night before” revision. I can’t even remember how they went except I had convinced myself that I failed Spanish and was going to have to drop it.

My AS results:

History: A – I’m glad I got this, I mean seriously glad. I still want to do History at University and I love it! I actually got 100% in the Nazi paper (the hardest one, THE SOURCE PAPER- ARGG!) which I am seriously proud of. No-one in my history class believes me, though. Bloody boys (Yes, STILL AM THE ONLY FEMALE.)

Politics: A – Yeah, I got an A in Politics, isn’t that utterly bizarre? I had no idea that it was possible to get an A in this subject so you can imagine my surprise. I was well chuffed.

English- A – I know, stop laughing!!! English has always been my best subject even though I don’t really like it. I basically spent all of last year doodling on a page, barely handing in a homework and managing to lose all of my Translations notes before the exam. How on earth did I get 270/300? I feel like I should put extra-effort in this year to make me feel more deserving of this grade!

Spanish: B – Even more shocking... I didn’t fail Spanish and I actually got quite a good mark! I was only 10 points off an A! Miracles do happen and are everywhere.

I decided to keep all of my subjects for A2 which is turning out to be incredibly stressful. I rarely have a Study period and I don’t have Careers classes because they can’t fit it into my timetable which is obviously making me incredibly nervous about applying for Uni.

I’m doing Community Service at Childline this year too! Nothing too spectacular and world-changing but, you know, without filing or whatever I’m needed to do, Childline couldn’t function.

Summer holidays? An eventful summer, for a change. I went to Florida for 2 weeks with the family unit and spent a week in Portrush with the friends. Both were amazing holidays and I spent all of my EMA money and am now poor. I also went out quite a lot and experienced some new activities!

I even went to a nightclub for Kelly’s birthday. EEEEKK! It was awful. The place reeked of smoke, there were 3932321932103219832932871328231320 million people thrusting and moving, and I knew approximately ZERO songs. I hate RNB (??) and rap. HATEHATEHATEHATEHATE.

I was 18 in July which was a nice change to being 17. I went out with my friends for dinner and a little mess about which was nice. I can’t stand exhibitionist events so it was perfectly low-key and snazzy for my goodself.

Lucius the Snake is doing fine, in case you’re asking. I saw Snakes on a Plane the other week so I haven’t picked him up since... just in case...

I was gutted about the death of Steve Irwin who I loved to bits. He was my actual hero and I was completely and utterly devastated. I cried a little, something I don’t do a lot. He brought so much to the world and now it just seems darker somehow. STOP SENDING ME “STEVE IRWIN IS DEAD JOKES” because they will NOT be appreciated. Thank you.

I’m on the committee for the senior school magazine, published termly and going ahead whether I have to write every damn article myself. No-one seems really interested in it but I really hope it takes off because I love a place to express myself!

Speaking of which, I’m moving and starting afresh at some other blog because I don’t think I could continue writing my old blog. New scenery and all that jazz. Ok, actually, I’ve moved now. I’m at MindSay and my new home is

http://owlishargento.mindsay.com/

(I know, I could have changed but I love my name. It is just me.)

So, finally saying goodbye and maybe I’ll see you again soon,

She-Who-Bows-Out,

Ag

It takes something both as simple and as refreshing as a short walk in a load of rain to give you the longing to do something you haven’t done in quite a while. Quite a nice day, too, despite the showers but as a rain person I entirely support the continuation of our dominance.

Oh, yeah, HI!

This is the first night I have had, for what seems like forever, to just sit, think and blog. Normally I am far too exhausted (No, LITERALLY.) to even consider blogging but I’ve got a little bit of a breather tonight before the slaughter.

Yes, exams are starting soon. I am literally doing school work from 7 am to 12 am, trying to keep up with the workload. It is just essay after essay after essay with no sign of escaping from my paper, pen and book prison. I even dream about homework which is why I am so entirely sick. Yes, physically sick. My immune system has been shattered to pieces this year with a lack of sleep, too much demand and no natural light/air.  Soon, however, it will all be over. All of it. I’ll use this summer to catch up with... life. No more Year 13... We’ll be Year 14 in September and then things get worse. Don’t even want to think about that.

Sorry, it seems like I am complaining over everyone else’s problems because I know everyone is going through the same thing. I’m just verging on breaking-point and I know that it is all my fault and that it will only get worse,  which is why I feel so awful! I can’t give up anything and I can’t think of a solution to my lack of hours in the day to sleep/eat/breathe problem. Can anyone help me?

Anyway! Life is crap, yes, I know. Just need to deal with it and ignore it! Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they both, oh yes they both, oh yes they both. (Whoever can tell me where that song is from will get a prize!*)

*The prize is the satisfaction of getting the answer right. Hurrah!

Life!

I went to London last month. It was a fantastic trip! We learnt how to campaign for our causes which was great as I ended up campaigning for basically a totalitarian society- direct result of sticking with the people you know. Was fun though! On the second day we went to the House of Commons and the House of Lords (Yes, in same place but SHUSH!) which was, as you can imagine, fantastic. We saw MAGGIE THATCHER!!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!! We also saw Sir Reg Empy, Mark Durkan, Alistair McDonnell, and Sammy Wilson. It is fantastic! When I went to Stormont for a day, I didn’t see one Northern Ireland politician... I had to go to London to see one of my elected representatives!!! We also saw David Davis who spent his time putting his feet up on the very expensive “touch this and DIE, members of the public” green sofa seats (!!!!!) and he looked like he was picking his nose. Very nice. So glad David Cameron won!!!!

I touched David Cameron’s box. OMGYEAHBABYYEAH!!!!!!!

We spent an hour with a member from the House of Lords called... Lord Resedale. He was lovely and spent half the time slagging other politicians off. Very funny guy for, you know, LORD Resedale.

After that we went to... PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. DUMMMM DUM DUM DUM DUH DUMMM.... Brilliant!!!

Had a good time in London! Nice break from actual work!

YIG has finished for good. I am YIG-less.

Friends still doing well. Everyone is sort of exploding every day so we’re all a bit... unhinged at the minute! Emma and Jimmy are trying to make things work (He asked her out twice and she cancelled both dates. URGGGG! Do they need me to do everything? Hehe!) and Emma is going insane. Sarah and Alannah have jumped from their shells and it is great now! We’re all normal... Except for Leigh, she’s never normal! Lyndsey now hates, loathes and despises all men. It’s great!

“If I wasn’t a Christian, I’d be a lesbian”- How on earth does she come up with the things?

Spanish oral is in about two weeks and the rest of the exams start in about a month. I’ve revised a bit but I have been nightmarishly sick over the Easter break with something that is most likely food poisoning. And I’ve been stuck in Millisle for ages. URGGGGGGGG!!!!!

I give up with it all now, really. I’ll quite gladly just try and hold onto my last bit of sanity.... *clutches*

Sorry about the massive delays. Life has just grinded me down, kicked me, spat upon me, filled me with tobacco, rolled me and smoked me.

Only good thing that is happening is that Angel has started on Sci-Fi! Lost starts next week, Desperate Housewives is still running and Deal or no deal still continues to rock my socks, leik whoa.

I LOVE THE BANKER. OMGYEAH!

She-Who-Is-Curiously-Worried-About-Her-Sanity,

Ag 

My computer hates me. This BETTER post or I will kill it. I haven’t been on MSN for ages, it seems! Haha!

I was almost not going to blog today until I saw the pile of homeworks, file pages needing poly-pocketed and the other responsible things I could be doing.

My Prefect Application Form is sneering at me evilly as I type this. Yes, I’m applying to become a Prefect next year for a reason that is beyond me. I didn’t do incredibly well in my Winter Exams, I don’t really do that much in terms of Contribution to College and, let’s face it, the role of Prefect is basically all responsibility and no perks. I’m actually not kidding. It’s turned into more a ceremonial role now that they have little to no actual power/privileges. (In fact, most people I have spoken to are only applying to have something nice to write on their UCAS application form. ) I still want to be one though, even though I doubt that I will get it due to my lack of having decent qualities.