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[Celia Richmond]

Just thought I'd pitch in having noticed my name when it comes to science! Which is NOT evil! Well, phys is somewhat, but bio's great and chem, well, hah. And I'm not a whiz at it!! It was my worst result by, what, 17 UMS? Yeah. Gonna resit one of them at least, I think. I still can't believe did better in econ than both chem and bio though...but I was hoping to do better in both of those. And maths. Not meaning to sound arrogant, by the way.

hey everyone, by the way, hope you're all well

Anyway, with Science, you just had HORRIBLE luck with chem teachers, especially in your DA class. At least you got one of the best bio teachers, and as for phys, well, none of them are fantastic. Whereas I was lucky to have a nice chem teacher for 4/5 years to GCSE, and had pretty good luck with bio too. Infact, the only "bad" teacher I've had before GCSE in both was Mrs S (you know who I mean). And she wasn't exactly a bad teacher, more dull, sarcastic and rather horrible at times.

But anyway. I'm so glad I avoided the AWFUL chem teacher until AS, and that she's no longer teaching next year. And I'm sure Izy feels the same (apart from she's been taught by her before, I think)? Ah well, at AS I had some rotten luck with teachers...in bio chem and maths I got the 1 teacher I didn't want (althogh with chem and bio they were teamed with teachers I did want, and I couldn't complain about the other maths teacher). But yeah, now changed maths groups, dropped econ and awful chem teacher no longer teaching so only have to put up with Mrs S!

Oh yeah, did I say that I see my good chem teacher quite often outside of school, as she lives near me? And I have a feeling that her daughter, as well as going to my dancing school, may be joining the Brownie pack I'm a leader of...but I'm not sure about that one. I shall find out...2 weeks tomorrow I guess.

And yeah, A-Levels are evil . You won't have a clue how you ever coped with a full timetable. Frees are great! But yeah, you have to WORK in them. Not that I can really talk seeing as I spent most of my frees this year doing sod all really. Yup, sat in the careers room on the computers...*worships that room*.

Seriously, it's better than the common room. It really is. Our present common room sucks, and I can't stay in there for more than a few seconds without getting a headache. But let's not talk about that. We have another 2 full days free of it, that's it!

Long message there...heh. Maybe I should put this much effort into posting. I tried to post earlier than accidentally deleted it so gave up. I shall try to post tomorrow though. Though I'm at the hospital all day. No, I'm not ill, it's just a load of checks they wanna do for some reason. Hopefully no problems will show up, and I don't think I have any reason to think they will, but hey.

anyway, must go now,
cy'all .

EDIT: Just realised it's now Celia's birthday . And as she's going into 7th year this makes it her 18th, woo!
Which also makes it September, argh! No to that!

[Ariane Chan]

Kia: Nah, Dom's not scary enough. Try Kai. Or Troy. Or Dale. Uuuuh, Dale. He's scary.

I've had the most interesting run of chemistry teachers. My first one was the one who probably began my absolute hatred of the subject - the one Kat mentions being the worst one. She speaks in a painfully slow and irritating way and never gets enough done in a lesson. Even worse, she forgets what she's done the class before so she repeats it all over again. She hates people telling her she's wrong even when she's wrong - which happens frequently. She's prone to snapping at people so she has become one of the most feared and terrifying teachers in the school. Yeah. I didn't like her. I just tried to remain invisible in first year so she wouldn't shout at me, lol. Second year I had the nice teacher, but to be hoenst, Kat, I always found her so boring. That year was basically uneventful, but I was grateful she wasn't as terrorising. Third year was Mrs S. Oh wait. I could've had her first or the nice teacher next. Hm, after some thinking it's probably that. So those two years were uneventful and boring and yeah. Mrs S wasn't exactly the best teacher ever. Then I had this teacher that frightened the heck out of me because she's strict. Not like that first one, she knows what she's doing and... yeah. She frightened me, went too fast and I couldn't keep up because I didn't understand. Finally, I got the first weird teacher again, and lo and behold, for some odd reason she loved me, and has done ever since. Very odd.

But anyway, diverting from evil chemistry teachers...

That French assistance sounds scary, Kia. XD Use your characters against her! I'll lend you Kai's powers if you wish. I would say the same for Seth, but he's so cowardly and fragile. *siiigh*

And I've always loved art - the opposite sort to Astrid. I like painting and sketching and drawing. But I love photography too, even though I don't think I've ever had the chance to have a go at it.

Astrid: Fish is nice. I love salmom.

Kat: I wonder if we're going to be allowed back in the careers room. After all, if we go the Chinese trio will go too, and quite frankly we'll be kicked out in a matter of... minutes.

And Happy Birthday Celia!

I'm having my fourth driving lesson after school on Wednesday at 4 p.m., so won't be sticking around to chat. It's fun, ya know.

[Celia Richmond]

Oooo, we're at the same driving stage then . I have my 4th lesson tomorrow, exciting . But I dunno about after that as my instructor, rather inconveniently, doesn't do evening lessons . Just have to hope for a double free last thing one day...or a single free at least!
What have you done in lessons so far then? I've just been driving round an estate basically...turns, junctions, whatever. Still haven't reached 30mph though lol. I think I'm improving though...but not had a lesson for 3 weeks.

And you may be wondering why I'm online when I said I'd be at the hospital all day. Or not. Well, they decided that all they wanted to do today was take some blood...great. But at least they gave me some tea and toast . I was supposed to be having some scan or whatever today aswell, but that's been rescheduled.

Oh yeah, the awful teacher loves me :S. It's kinda scary, but I guess it's better than her hating me. Before now she's given me chocolate for "keeping her on the straight and narrow" as she says. And yeah, she does talk painfully slowly in that irritating voice. And I've never had Mrs F unfortunately...she seems like the best of the teachers, though not particularly friendly.

Hmmm, well, if we keep quiet in there they can't complain really. I mean, we're not the ones that kept screaming at the computers over some anime or whatever. Yes, I don't actually work in there that much compared to amount of time surfing the net, but we keep quiet-ish at least. if the Chinese trio get kicked out then fair enough, they are very loud in there at times, which gets really annoying. Ah well, only 2 days now, eep :S. Although I have to admit, a part of me is looking forward to going back. I wonder what lessons we'll have that afternoon...

[Ariane Chan]

I've been on the main road already - that was in my last/third one. It was fun but unnerving too, lol. I drove all the way home! We're taking it pretty quickly, but I've adapted better than I thought and he's pleased. He's also a hands-on instructor, and I like his method, even if he smokes. I've done past 30 mph, definitely. *laughs* He's telling me to slow down now, not fo faster.

Well, I hope your blood checks all go OK.

[Esmeralda Mendez]

You know, I've actually been meaning to reply to this thread for like the LONGEST time. But anyway, I am so jealous of you guys right now. New York State is so strict with age requirements and such that I'm not even allowed to take Driver's Ed until my seventeenth birthday I believe. Not to mention my parents are terrified of the thought of me being on the road. I don't blame them. I live for those driving and race car games (crazy taxi being my all time favorite of course ) and they've seen how I just can't seem to actually stay on the street.

Haha...well has school started back up again for either of you? It hasn't yet for us but we'll be starting on the third. I really don't want to go. Summer is just far too wonderful to let go. And I promise I'll still be wearing flip-flops well through November as a protest. I hate the fall. I'll be going into sophomore year... last year was a wreck. But I guess it would be since it's the first year in a new school and everything... This would be Aimee's first year at our high school but she decided to go live with our uncle down in Texas...I doubt she'll be re-joining over here, but I really hope she does. I haven't talked to her in ages. That's what that whole 'family crisis' was a few weeks ago.. boy was that a nightmare. But everything's alright again thankfully, minus the fact that Aimee's still down there of course.

But on a much happier note, I really do hope your tests go ok as well, Celia.

[Ariane Chan]

Lol, I'm the exact opposite, Ezzie. I'm actually a reeeeeally safe driver. In fact, before I began I was terrified of it. I mean, I'm great with control when it comes to games like Mario Kart DS, but when I go out of control I just can't get it together again, if you know what I mean, lol! So I was worried I'd be like that on the road. Luckily I have an instructor who knows what he's doing. I'm sure you'll be great behind the wheel; just takes a little care and maybe some patience sometimes. *sweatdrop* Not patience about your own abilities, but patience with some of those indecent drivers out there.

Yup, all of our schools except Astrid's because I don't know about her start on Wednesday the 3rd. I really don't want to go back. Not ready to face stress again. I can't wait to go to uni. *sigh* I'm sorry, I don't understand the American schooling system at all, lol, no matter how many times people explain it to me. How old does this make you, Ezzie?

Well, when you speak to Aimee, tell her Viv and 4Houses say hi and it's a shame to lose her. She's welcome to come back any time! I understand though, and I'm sorry to hear about your family issues. It must be difficult, but things can always only get better when they've been bad, hm? I seem to be saying that a lot recently, but I really believe it.

[Esmeralda Mendez]

Haha well I'm sure I'll do just fine on the road, it's my parents I'm worried about. They're terrified I'm going to like run over someone and they'll have to help me hide the body or something. But that's just my dear mother being her usual paranoid self. I'm sure I'll be decent. I won't be hiding any dead bodies any time soon.

And ha don't worry I don't quite get the school system over there in Europe either. I have a cousin in Spain. But since I'm entering sophomore year, that would make me almost sixteen, and Aimee almost fifteen. We're almost exactly a year apart. And thanks, Viv. Those words are much appreciated.

[Oscar Flynn G7]

*growls at you all* I can't wait to start driving. (: My friend owns a billion cow fields and a while ago his dad bought him an ancient Ford Fiesta, resulting in us very carefully and slowly driving over the countryside and just avoiding cows. While my friend can now drive with a license... I still have a year and a few months before I can start my lessons. =/ *grumble*

And as for the start of school- I also begin on the third. I'm actually looking forward to it which quite unusual for me.

[Ariane Chan]

*huggles Ezzie*

*laughs* I couldn't wait not to start driving, but I've changed my mind now, lol. Still, I'm not going to be able to practise because we own an automatic car, and there's also the problem of buying a car after - and when, lol - I pass the test. Anyway, when I go to uni and if I've already passed it, it's not like I'll be able to drive around even if I have a car. I'll probably forget it all. Most annoying probably is the price of everything. Not just for the car, but the petrol.

Aaaw, it's good you're looking forward to school. This is the year I've been dreading going bach the most. For many reasons. I don't think I've ever hated it so much before, lol.

[Celia Richmond]

Well, I've just got back from my 4th driving lesson, and I'm not happy . Didn't make any progress, and although it didn't go *that* badly, it didn't go too well either. I hate junctions-with both the brake and clutch together while changing gear, urgh. I think I have co-ordination problems .

Aaaand my instructor doesn't do lessons past 3.30, so if I wanna have more lessons with him then I just have to hope that I'm free last thing one day a week. And I don't think he does weekends either. And he keeps stating the obvious, like when I leave my foot on the accelerator...it's like, I KNOW I did, I didn't MEAN to, you don't need to constantly remind me!

So, err, yeah. I'm in a bad mood right now and feel like ranting. I can tell I'm gonna be one of those people that needs, like, 50 lessons or whatever before they take the test. Hopefully that won't be the case, but still. I should be more optimistic =).

[Ariane Chan]

*huggle* Aaaw, sorry to hear that. You'll get the hang of it soon, I promise. It's one of those things that takes practise. Some people get it faster, some slower. It took me a couple of gos, but I'm lucky. And the timetable with your instructor sucks. He's very inconvenienced, isn't he? My instructor's rather flexible, really. You could always change if you don't like him, you know? You don't want to put up with him for ages.

[Esmeralda Mendez]

wow, that's terrible! I would just go get a different teacher if that was the case. Especially if he wasn't all that great. But that's just my opinion on things. I tend to get frustrated with things very quickly and try something else. My family makes fun of me a lot because I have the habit of trying almost everything and not sticking with it. I think I've done pretty much every sport and every extra curricular activity there is. I've even played almost everything from guitar to the drums (which I've just picked up recently and am trying to get the hang of) and I'm not very skilled in either. I'm hoping though that I can actually stick to the drums this time....even though I kinda have a very significant lack of rythym. I mean really, God must have a sense of humor because he put pitiful rythym in a poor little Dominican girl.

We think my mom was like switched at birth or something because we all look like we're Indian even though we're like the most hispanic bunch of people you'll ever meet in such a one-race neighborhood. It's weird how that little bit of segregation tends to happen in New York. It's not that any of us are racist its just that somehow you always see those little cliques show up everywhere. I'm actually one of the only ones that has a really diverse group of friends. But hey, that's New York high schools for you.

Speaking of which an older friend of mine just told me what my History teacher was going to be like. I've just heard that while he's rather good looking, he's a really tough grader that likes to give his students a hard time. Ick. Wow, I should really stop rambling so much.

EDIT:

Well I figured since I've already like described my entire family....might as well.



This was me and some friends with the bassist of a band called Family Force Five. We like to go to concerts. I'm the shortest one. ;D You see that water I was holding? Yeah. Five dollars. I only bought it because I was practically dying of heat exhaustion.



That ones Aimee...



And thats our crazy little brother Julian.

[Ariane Chan]

*nod * I know exactly what you mean. Being Chinese, I am in a similar position. At school I tend to know all the other Chinese people. I don't even know why. My group is diverse, but my best friend is Chinese. She's not my best friend because she's Chinese, but the fact that she is helps and strenghens our bond, because she's been brought up in the same half and half culture and she gets it when I talk about it. I just find a lot of my white-skinned friends look at me like I'm weird when I try and talk about my background. Often they think I can be rude when it's just in my culture to do something like that.

You do look very Indian! And you three siblings also look alike. Lol @ your brother. He's very cute. My brother stopped being cute a few years ago. I showed Kia some photos; she can tell you. You look way older than sixteen! And Aimee looks younger than fifteen, lol. My brother looks way older than thirteen and I look younger than seventeen, so people assume we're twins, haha.

Thanks for sharing photos, Ezzie. It's always fun! I have a couple. I would put up more if it wasn't for the fact that it takes forever to upload to PB. These are the ones already in there, which Kia has already seen.

Oh wait. I have shown the site every single picture in my PB. Well, I suppose it's time to upload some.

These are from my holiday to Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. I didn't take photos in the former, so they're all from the latter two.

1) Ken and I on the coach taking several silly photos.



2) Ken and I on the coach (again) taking a less silly photo.



3) Ken and I in a restaurant; big close-up. XD



4) Ken and I plus my two dearest stupid idiots cousins good friends doing a silly shot in a pretty garden area (and of course, didn't get any view of the prettiness, lol). Stephen and Matt are like my brothers/cousins, but their nickname is 'stupid idiots', because they really do act like stupid idiots. Together they are the worst. And yeah, Ken's head got chopped off in the photo. Hahaha.



5) Ken and I in a... pretty place. XD (See the height difference?!)



6) Me and this... thing. XD There were lots of them.



And I'm going to re-name this owl the 'Rant Thread'. Anyone who wants to rant can come here to do so and we can all sympathise. I have a feeling I'm going to be using it a lot this year...

[Esmeralda Mendez]

Haha, I knew it wasn't just a NY thing...

But yeah, I've actually been told I look a lot older than I am...I dunno why, I don't see it. It's kind of like when people tell me I'm like the spitting image of my mom...I just don't see the resemblance. But with my brother and sister, It's definitely obvious. Although, I have a different father than my younger brother so me and Aimee don't quite look the same as Julian, but yeah..we all look freakishly alike..even if we're not directly related.

And haha your family sounds a lot like mine. I have a few weird cousins myself. My step dad has a part of his family that's from the Philippines that I'm actually pretty close with..so I get my weekly dose of yummy asian style cooking..You and your brother do look a lot like twins! I've always wanted to visit China...it seems like such an amazing place to visit. I think the lifestyle change would take some getting used to, but I'm used to that whole big city feel...

And then I've always dreamed of touring Europe, you lucky Britts over there! It's a family tradition to go for a girl's 18th birthday, but I don't think I can wait that long. Gosh I can't wait to travel...

And wooo ranting!!! Hey has anyone read the King Must Die by Mary Renault? I'm about ready to chuck this book out the window. School starts tomorrow and I need to have it finished by then....I haven't gotten very far...


tis what I get for stalling all summer. sigh.

[Celia Richmond]

Well, I've calmed down a lot since earlier, when I was really upset and annoyed over driving. I guess it's just not my thing really, but I'll get the hang of it eventually, as you say. I just can't seem to grasp the co-ordination. Mum's being sympathetic, saying it's only my 4th lesson and I should just give it time. Dad's just like "eh, it's not hard, get over it" kinda thing. I know what to do, it's just doing it that's the problem =). Maybe I should give up and go automatic-much easier apparently. No clutch, no gears, great! Though apparently less economical...

And yeah, I don't get why he doesn't teach evenings =). It seems rather stupid, as if he did then he'd earn a lot more I bet. And it's not that I don't like him, he's just rather patronising at times. I may change, but I'd feel bad...seeing as he was recommended to us by some close family friends, and he's not bad really. He's a grade 5/6, which isn't bad at all, with good first-time pass rates.

And those pics are cute Ezzie . And yeah, I'm not surprised they charged so much for the water. They get away with it as people will need it and hence charge a lot to maximise profit. Like at the cinama-I'm sure last time they were selling coke bottles for something crazy like £2.80, when normally they'd cost you 80p/£1.

And Viv, guys do tend to act like idiots when they're together. Even those who're fine alone are usually idiotic with backup from others. As for those who're idiots to start with, it's even worse. But, errr, yeah. Not gonna go there lol. It is great having guy friends though, they're completely different to girls. My guy friends may be idiotic (well, actually, that's mainly just the one previously mentioned, and one who I've recently blocked from MSN...the others are great, if not weird in their own ways), but I love talking to them. Anyway, not gonna go any further or I'll be here for hours lol.

Anyway, I actually POSTED today, for once! Now I still need to do several other posts, as well as look at Erica's bio and submit it etc. At least my PS is pretty much done, though I need to work on it a lot. I'm gonna give up on it for now though lol. My referee isn't exactly gonna be accessible for the next few days, but hey. I'll see her on Monday I think. Once we've had a few days to settle down again, urgh.

Now I'm youtubing various Phantom songs. Good stuff, good stuff, and makes a change from some of the stuff I've been listening to recently.

and Ezzie, yeah, I wanna travel too . I'd love to visit the states, and Australia/NZ. And various other places too. I'm determined to go when I'm older, cos it's not as if I'm gonna go with my family at all, for several reasons. Not that they want to go anyway, but hey. I will go in the future, I know it .

[Ariane Chan]

I think it's a world thing. *wry smile* Well, worlds that are primarily white-skinned and wealthy. You don't see much diversity in terms of culture and skin colour in poor countries.

I take after my dad in almost every aspect, from physical to spiritual. We have fundamentally similar ways of thinking, and my brother is the same but he's similar to my mum rather than my dad. Still, this means I clash a lot with him, lol. I'm the opposite to you; I can't stand it when people say I look like my mum or that I look nothing like my dad. Not that I want to not look like my mum and look like my dad. I just know I'm so similar to my dad. I don't understand why people don't see it too... lol.

I have a huge extended family. It's insane. I haven't met most even though I've met like, fifty already. Chinese families are complicated, methinks, and it's not in English, where you just say uncle and auntie and stick their names on the end. Nope. In Chinese everyone has a specific title, similar to how older brother and younger brother are different titles. In English it's just brother - in Chinese it's clearly defined and distinguished. It's so complicated, trying to remember everyone's different titles.

China is a great place for tourists. It's completely different from English and American culture, so it's an eye-opener. People who love to travel will find it fascinating. It has a lot of history and the culture is so very different. I'm used to it, but I find it amusing when other people say, Wow, it's so amazing and so different. But not all places in China are big cities. Yep, Shanghai and Beijing would be great to visit, but not the rural, poor areas. There's a big divide in China between the wealth and poverty. In all honesty, it makes me sick thinking about it.

Haha, Europe really isn't as great as you Americans make it seem. In England, especially Manchester, it's always raining. Someone unused to it would be sick of it after a while, lol. It's never very warm either, not the way it probably is in New York. And England has nothing particularly epic or historical or amazing. It's not beautiful, if you ask me, even though I adore England as it will always be my home. But I'm sure for Americans and other tourists, it's pretty amazing and different from home. Definitely worth coming to take a look!

Nope, never read it. I forgot to read Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks for my Eng lit class and now I've got to power-read through it. XD I'm an idiot. I don't even know what homework I have to do this summer because I didn't write it down. And subconsciously it's nibbling away at me and it's put me in a terrible downer of a mood. I'm not angry, just... disappointed with myself, and I just want to cry. I spend the summer stalling and when it comes to going back to school I get that terrified feeling again. There's no point telling this to someone who's disciplined. They can pity and advise you and look down on you, but they'll never understand how I can live the way I live.

OK, sorry, I really am using the Rant Thread to its full use. I'm just... I really do want to cry. I knew today was going to be a crap day. And it's turned out to be the case. I'll probably be happy tomorrow or something, but right now, I want to curl up and cry my eyes out, but I can't find a good reason to cry so I can't force them out. That's my problem: if I want to cry I can never do it, and if I don't want to cry they never stop. *sweatdrop* Anyway. *huggles you all* You're some of the best support I get. Online friends are - no offence - usually a lot better support than offline friends. Just because they're unattached to you and can't really judge you.

And I want to share stuff in this thread like photos, so here's the song I keep listening to. I don't even know why I am, lol...



And I suddenly got a random hit of inspiration from... well, you'll see. If you're interested and have the time, read it for me, hm? You don't have to tell me what you think. I'm just in a sharing mood. It's a drabble; short and random and unedited. I just wrote it on the spot.


At the Beginning of Everything: Balloons

Waiting for your call, I'm sick, call I'm angry
Call I'm desperate for your voice
Listening to the song we used to sing
In the car, do you remember
Butterfly, early summer
It's playing on repeat, just like when we would meet
Like when we would meet

It’s that really beautiful sort of green I like – dark, mysterious and yet brilliantly bright. It’s the type that has more blue than yellow tinged in its hues… bluer, darker, than teal.

The other one’s a dusty dark pink, magenta-like but not as pink as magenta. It’s reddish, the sort of pink that you’d find on Valentine’s cards or fluffy teddy bears. The sort you’d associate with love.

Funnily enough, the two colours contrast tenderly beside each other.

Balloons. That’s what I’m talking about. Helium-filled wedding balloons I ravaged from the restaurant scene; along with a bottle of Aussie wine, two cans of Coke, and two Tsingtao beers.

They brush the edge of the ceiling, bobbing silently in my bedroom that’s devoid of any wind and fluctuating between freezing temperature and heat radiation. I just turned on the radiator, but my fingers still feel like ice sticks.

Photos. I try and take them at that perfect angle, but I can’t find it. It always seemed to elude me and it’s frustrating. That and I can’t get the right background. Not with my scuffled desk, flashing computer, my grinning plushies – the curtains that are a dull ash-rose. I put the camera down and give up.

I want to capture it: what I feel when I see these wedding balloons, one green, one pink; an odd combination, one you’d imagine would clash horribly. But mysteriously enough they settle beside each other and impress upon me a feeling so harmonious; more so than red on orange and blue on purple.

’Cause I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight

Why photograph balloons? Balloons that deflate in hours, burst at a pinprick. They’re useless except to symbolise a happy occasion: weddings, birthdays.

The fact is these two balloons are the exact way I’d portray a happy couple.

Stripped and polished, I am new, I am fresh
I am feeling so ambitious, you and me, flesh to flesh
’Cause every breath that you will take
When you are sitting next to me
Will bring life into my deepest hopes, what's your fantasy?
(What's your, what's your...)

It sounds odd, I know. I probably don’t make any sense. But the colours compliment each other in a way I wish I could with someone – different, and yet similar, a clash but also a synchronisation. Their heads bend together like two heads in love. Their tail strings, curled and silver white and gleaming its ribbon in the bright lights, come loose from its coloured rubber and tangle at the ends like lovers holding hands. It’s a confused mesh, but it’s also an orderly entwinement. Like they were made for each other.

’Cause I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight

Whilst I ponder the balloons, this song, ‘Your Call’, plays in the background on youtube. It’s on repeat – ‘it's playing on repeat’ – and it jerks at my heart the same way these pretty balloons do. They remind me how alone I am in this world.

And I'm tired of being all alone, and this solitary moment makes me want to come back home
(I know everything you wanted isn't anything you have)

’Cause I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight

And that’s why I’ve never been able to look at a balloon again without smiling away my tears. Like balloons, love often diminishes to nothing – a small, unnoticeable, insignificant mess. Once bright and beautiful and eye-catching, one pop and it’s gone. It leaves you floating – falling – back to the floor and you’ve got to get yourself up again. Grasp at another chance, buy a new balloon, and start from scratch.

I think it’s time I begun again, don’t you?

’Cause I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight
(I know everything you wanted isn't anything you have)

[Ivy Tunstall]

Your referee is Mrs Farrell, right? Why isn't she going to be accessible? She should be accessible! (I want to talk to her. ) Just barge in there and assert your right.

EDIT: Viv, don't edit it. Leave it like that.

[Celia Richmond]

Izy: Yep, I do mean Mrs Farrell. And from last year's experience there is NO WAY I am going to see her tomorrow. There will be a huge queue outside her office that I don't want to face again. On Thursday it should be better. There're a few things I want to talk to her about-PS etc and results (especially chem results...I'll have to see what her opinion of me resitting is). Yes, I got As, but I would've liked higher ones...I know I can do better than I did.

[Professor Adam Greene]

Rant thread? Guess I can just post random stuff here then, yeah?

Well, this song has been making me in an Adam mood, so I figured I'd put it up. Conveniently, the clips use the same characters that represent Adam and Dixie.

[Esmeralda Mendez]

Aw Viv trust me I know the feeling. I have the worst procrastination problem in the world. Well that's probably a bit of an exaggeration but hey, it's kinda true. I put things off until literally the last second and it gets me into loads of trouble. My grades haven't been the best lately because of that certain problem. And it's not just schoolwork either. That's practically everything in life. I manage to barely slide by. The school year hasn't even started and already I'm behind. It's the day before the first day of school and I've gotten about three to four hours of sleep thanks to a sleepless night in the emergency room. I had the worst allergy/asthma attack and they ran a bunch of tests and I am just not looking forward to any of this. And no worries Viv! We're always here whenever you want to talk. *huggles*

because trust me, I love to talk.

Oh and this is another Cassie Steele song..just something that is getting me really psyched to post Ezzie doing something really bad. ;D