Here is a happy song to make you feel good

STILL NO INTERNET ON MY COMPUTER.

It is very sad that without internet I become like a sad ... sad thing. I have called a gang of people called GEEK SQUAD (no joke) to come help, so hopefully I shall snag a handy geek and he will gloriously unclog the drain of my creativity (internet).

One more week of school means two things:

1) everyone is so sick of each other that they resort to saying one of three things - "hey how are you?" "what class do you have next?" and "how was your weekend?", the answers to which no one really cares.

2) the semi-formal is coming up, so everyone is trying to convince themselves that they love everyone else in the grade, and cannot wait to spend the night with them.

I have a theory that these contrasting things will cause everyone to suddenly implode at the Semi venue, right in the middle of the soup course. Let that be a celebration to remember.


Here is a very happy song that will make you want to smile at things:

Adieu, adieu, to yeu and yeu and yeu.

NOTE: Don't fret, my pretties, a bitter Xmas rant is soon to some, in paintthetownblue tradition.

Shine

For some unknown reason, the internet on my computer has gone VAMOOSH so I am using mum's iPad. Last time I used this iPad, it messed up the spacing. So prepare yourself.

I have been drowning in chemistry. I did that thing where you spend the whole term thinking "Oh chemistry, a bit of neglect doesn't matter, I will simply wait until a week before the exam and then do you in excess" (no innuendo intended, calm yourself), and then, a week before the exam, suddenly realize that you have been thrown off the metaphorical chemistry bridge gagged and chained. So now chemistry is flowing through my bloodstream. Well, it is, literally. Ugh.

COMPLAINTS ASIDE, it is nearly summer. Birds are a-singing, mangoes are waiting to be eaten, the pool is looking more and more inviting, and in the air are summery scents and the faint howls of people (not being gender specific here) waxing where, until now, the sun did not shine. I can't help but feel smug. I recall the days where summer was approximately 3 days long and consisted of a lot of round, pasty people being round and pasty on the STONY beach. Oh Brittania.

Something else just occurred to me. It is nearly Christmas, meaning nearly one year since I started this thing! So thank you, loyal pals, for sticking with me through twelve months. What has happened in a year? Have I grown as a wise and guru-esque person? Probably not. Ah well, at least I ate a lot of good food. That is always a consolation.

When I swim out of my pit of chemistry, I will find something pointless to rant about and then you will remember how worth it it is to read this diary-come-blog (please?)

But in all honesty, I thank you for being cool. Phew, wasn't that emotional?

Have an awesome summer!

Fly

No, calm your small and easily excitable earmuffs, I am not going anywhere. I did, however, just go to pick up my dad from the airport as he has just returned from South Africa. Ho hum.

I will not go into a deep and philosophical rant about departures and arrivals, but only say that I like going to airports for 3 reasons.

1. I am going somewhere. Always (unless the somewhere is very cold and damp) fun.

2. I am meeting people. This is even better because I get excitement (and sometimes presents) without having to suffer (and making other people suffer through) plane face*.

3. I like seeing the arrivals gate. There's something really warm and fuzzy about seeing people greet the people they love. It makes me happy. Yes, I know, I'm like Tigger in harem pants.


(*Plane face is the horrible thing that happens to your face after being on a plane/in various airports for more than 9 hours. Every muscle in your face drops about a centimeter, your hair goes staticky and your eyes fill with hopelessness (I am never getting out of here). And yes, before you say it - first world problems.)


Here is a cool video. It's on vimeo, not youtube, because I am a hipster.

It is a quirky, amusing video.

http://vimeo.com/25568485


This next one is a place I would like to be.

http://vimeo.com/29932789


This next one is fascinating and inspiring, and about my heritage.

http://vimeo.com/8022760


I love you.