Day 4

Day 4: A song to match your mood
The one in Shrek, where Donkey sings "I'm all alone, with no-one here beside me". "WHHYY THIS SONG CHLOE!????", your brain may be screaming in suspense. Well, my friend:
I was locked outside this afternoon. From the time I arrived home from school until 6.00pm. SIX 'O' *&%$&*& CLOCK. And it was absolutely freezing. Oh, and I had no food. Oh, and I hadn't eaten since recess. Oh, AND I COULDN'T EVEN FEEL MY FINGERS BECAUSE IT WAS SO COLD. OH. OH.

Despite the hell I endured for close to 3 hours this afternoon, today wasn't all too bad. Actually, it was very enjoyable. I started off the day with a great coffee, and then at school got the majority of my exams back. I have to say that getting surprisingly good results back in subjects which you genuinely thought you failed may or may not be one of the best feelings in the universe.

Now to continue reading Pride and Prejudice and stalking videos fresh from Reading Festival of Two Door Cinema Club and Muse. Sound geeewwdd to me!

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Day 3: Your parents
Mum: Is in love with Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice (so much so that she named our dog after him), obsessed with ABBA, a fellow coffee addict, loves all things Disney, is all-round loveable, writes messages in permanent markers on my bananas for school with messages such as "Have a WONDERFUL day!", goes a bit crazy when she has had too many marshmellows, is a pro at Singstar (she's gotten "Legend"), and is one of my best friends (cheesy but true).
Dad: A crazy (well not extremely crazy) scientist, very forgetful (has done things such as driven his car into work, forgotten that he did so and caught the train home), is a fantastic cook, hilarious, extremely intelligent and incredibly fun to be around. Don't particularly know what I'd do without him and Mum.


So today was spent:
-Reading Pride and Prejudice
-Going for a stroll in Surry Hills before school and bought a coffee from the hipster cafe complete with hipster waiters
-Sat in class watching movies, and doing absolutely nothing now that exams are over. Nooottt complaining! It's daaa llyyffeee!
-In my double free, my friends and I went for a walk to Bourke St Bakery. I've always heard people talk about it but had never actually been there. Went there. Ate a chocolate tart. Life changed.
-Went to the dentist. Relatively non-eventful.
-Watched one too many episodes of Friends. ILY ROSS!
-Thought about the fact that I'm going to America in less than 3 months and have so far saved ZILCH money. Hmmmm.
-Am now sitting at the computer Tumblring (Yes, I have made it a verb).
-I was just reading through old posts (I recommend that you all do so-it's hilarious. Just click a random date to the left of this post). I wrote this on the last day of last year: I actually burst out laughing at the fact that I actually managed to survive doing 3 major works.

• 4 Unit English- finish reading Hope and Memory and also read the two bought books.
• History Extension- START WRITING
• Drama: find A BLOODY MONOLOGUE (or try and write one....?), do practice HSC papers, and read the millions and millions of booklets Surbs printed out for us

Deux.

Day 2: Your first love
The skater boy from Jimmy Neutron, when I was 10 years old. (FYI: This "skater boy" is fictional and animated). I thought he was so cool and I had a poster of him in my bedroom.

My most recent love?
MR BINGLEY FROM LOST IN AUSTEN. Basically Lost in Austen is about a girl obsessed with Pride and Prejudice who enters the world of the book through a cupboard in her bathroom (kind of like Narnia). The catch is that Elizabeth Bennet goes into her life, kind of like an exchange. So yeah, I'm pretty much all but in love with Mr Bingley (whatever love is). Below is a picture of him. Please admire.

Since finishing Lost in Austen, it inspired me to buy Pride and Prejudice. That's what I did today (as well as check out some universities which where having open days. I'm in love with the University of Sydney, and I'm about 99% set on a course. CAN'T WAIT FOR UNIIIIII!!!!). Why can't guys in today's society be like the men in Pride and Prejudice. WHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. WHY WHY WHY WHY. 

DAY ONE BRO.

(If you're not quick-minded, I'm referring to the 'DAY 1' of the blog challenge that I announced yesterday).

And may I say, it is quite a fine day indeed to be beginning a challenge. WHY???? You may ask. WHYYYYY IS IT SUCH A GOOD DAY TO BEGIN A CHALLENGE ZOMG?? Well, my friend, I'll put an end to your suspense. 

I OFFICIALLY HAVE NO MORE DRAMA PRACTICALS! Now you're probably looking around thinking "Cool....what ever that means....I'm going to click cross on this blog and read something else". If you're still reading, I'll explain. MY HSC DRAMA PERFORMANCE WAS TODAY! Yep, no more practical drama for me! I was SO NERVOUS before both my group performance and my monologue (I become a nervous wreck and pace back and forth silently), but once I got in the room all the nerves all but evaporated because the markers were so lovely! Both performances went so fast and I'm so glad that it's finito! No more playing a crazy lady from New York or a left-wing feminist in the Cold War!

DAY 1: Introduce yourself and say 10 weird facts about yourself

Oh Hai dere. The name's Chloe. I'm a 17 year old teenager based in Sydney, Australia, Planet Earth, The Universe, etc etc. I can't play a guitar but one day plan to, drink too much coffee, love history, being sarcastic, internet shopping, want to travel around the world like every other reasonably sane teenager, music, dream about going to Glastonbury Festival and watching Muse perform on the Pyramid Stage, Harry Potter (that's a given), being a drama kid, frolicking in fields and being overly optimistic about life in general. 

TEN WEIRD FACTS

1. I'm a terrible sleepwalker. Mum used to have to write it on camp forms. I've unlocked doors, sprinted down streets, thrown a bottle of coke at someone's head and have screamed at my Dad saying "I NEEEDD TO GOOOO TO WORRRRKKKK!!!", despite me not having a job. He said to me "You've been sacked" to try and get me to shut-up, and he said that I simply said "Oh", and went back to my bed and that's that.

2. I used to teach myself Spanish off the internet on a regular basis, to the point where I could actually win an argument with all the rude comebacks I knew.

3. I play "fruit ninja" upside down on my iPhone.

4. My twin sister and I used to play the same kid on a TV show when we were very tiny.

5. I eat apples really weirdly. I bite a chunk off, then hold it and munch it separately. 

6. I've only ever gotten one type of drink for the three years I've been going to Easyway-Honeydew blended ice with grape jelly.

7. I have two dogs- one called Mr Darcy of Oatley (my Mum's obsessed with Pride and Prejudice), and Daisy (after the character in the Great Gatsby)

8. I have an obsession with Neenish Tarts, but I always eat everything in it except the jam.

9. I am a pro at the Wiki Game. 

10. I find Alan Rickman extremely attractive (The weird part is that he's only two years younger than my grandma).

If you don't think that I'm a sleepwalking, spanish-speaking, grandpa-loving weirdo, and feel like a laugh, then watch the video below. It is actually hilarious. WATCH THE ENTIRE THING! It gets absolutely hilarious after 2.30. 

Funniest ad series ever.

Or am I just extremely over-tired?



P.S. I'm also starting a new "40 Day Blog Challenge". Most of you who have been reading my blog for a while would have witnessed my one or two attempts at trying to stay committed to them, but for those who don't know what it is, basically the challenge consists of 40 questions which I answer. Since 40 is a lot, I might answer a few a day, and the ones in this challenge are really good (not just "wat is ur favurite fewd"). STAY TUNED BRAH.

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I SURVIVED MY HSC TRIAL EXAMINATIONS! Does that make up for my lack of posts? I am spending my first night of freedom writing this, having a bath, and watching Lost in Austen with Mum. Sounds geewwwwddd to me.

I haven't posted for a while (as we have previously established), and lot's of things have happened. I shall proceed to list them in bullet-points.

• I had my extension history exam. Not fun. 190% not fun. Add three zeros to that number and it will not capture the un-funness of the exam. For the first essay, we had to incorporate a source that was half a page long, and the only part I understood was the first sentence. For the second essay, I had write about historical re-interpretations of convict women in relation to the quote "Truth is always history's first casualty". I would rather lay on a bed of nails whilst watching slugs hump each other than re-live that exam experience.
• The train trip on the way home from that exam DEFINITELY made up for the horrors I had recently endured. Defintely. Made. Up. For. It. Phoebe and I were sitting in a double-seater going through our legal text-books (legal was our next exam) and a young gorgeous guy sits down opposite us. He points to Phoebe's legal text book and asks in a really thick (and equally gorgeous) American accent "Are you two students of the law?". We got talking and eventually I ask "Which Uni are you at?". And he goes "I'm on exchange for a semester at UNSW, but I'm a first year Harvard Law School student. Have you heard of it?" HAVE I &^%$&*% HEARD OF IT. HAVE I *&^%&*^ HEARD OF HARVARD &^*&%$# LAW SCHOOL. Yeah, turns out he is a "student of law" at Harvard Law School. For the rest of the train trip home he helped us (YES HE HELPED US-A HOT YOUNG HARVARD LAW STUDENT HELPED US YIPPEEEEE) with our essay plans for international law. When he got up to get off at the station to go back to his host family, he said "Good luck with your exams girls. Who knows, maybe I'll see you again at Harvard". I was still stuttering/blushing long after that station. Still feeling like that now actually. Needless to say, my life is complete. 19700% complete. 
• Dad booked my return ticked home from LA for when I finish school. Window seat, and lands early in the morning of the 7th of December. It's all becoming real! Weeeooww.
• Had my legal studies exam today, and for an essay component basically we have to talk about international law in relation to what's happening in the world right now. That means having to continually update my essay so it isn't branded as 'outdated'. One of the things I focus on in my essay are the events that are occuring in Libya as we speak. I went to bed happy knowing that my essay is up to date, stating that the UN has spoken with the rebels and the regime and are hoping for a "peaceful transition", and then I come downstairs this morning, to find that while I was asleep the rebels had nearly overthrown Gaddafi with the capital torn apart by violence. Nootttttt so peaceful. That means re-writing that part of the essay. 
• I don't know how it happens, but after every set of exams I always find myself following Phoebe around the city watching her shop. Today she found (well I found it for her because I'm just an all-round amazing shopping partner) her formal dress and it is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! Took one-to-many photos on my phone of it. 
• I'm obsessed with the website ASOS (click it to go to the website). I've JUST made an account, but am attempting to have some control on my behaviour by only purchasing a hat. It is a very nice had indeed. A red, brim hat. SOOOO NICE. I've been wanting one for a million and a half years. 
• Who else agrees that the clip below is the best ending credits (from Tropic Thunder) ever in a movie? I still haven't managed to watch it without laughing. Tom Cruise is actually a legend.

          

PHEWSKIES

Survive double exam day: CHECK! WOOOOOOOOOOOO
So yeah, on Friday I wrote out 7 essays, all in the name of trials. Wasn't too pleasant; so glad it's over.

Want to know what was equally unpleasant? My decision to follow Dad to his session with his personal trainer this morning. I nearly died. So. Unfit. I couldn't even do a girly push-up. The events of this morning inspired me to start exercising properly again so next week won't be as hell-ish! OPERATION GET FIT PHASE ONE INITIATED.

After training, Phoebe and I walked to Edmunds, and when we were walking past the shops on the way home, my yoga instructor ran up to us and asked if we would like to start babysitting her daughter every Saturday. HELLOOOOO MONEY FOR AMERICA!

Now for some random thoughts:
1. I've been reading Tony Blair's autobiography 'A Journey'. I began reading it because I thought it would be useful for Modern history (for the Northern Ireland peace process topic), and he writes so well I couldn't put it down. Literally.
2. Jennifer Hawkins=??????!! Saw pictures of her on the Myer catwalk and she literally looks like a barbie. She's had so much work done to her face that she's almost unrecognisable. It's kind of hilarious but scary at the same time.
3. The photos from Kate Moss's wedding are so beautiful...if I ever happened to get married I would basically just copy the whole wedding. Minus the druggo husband.

P.S. For your own entertainment. How ironic that she performed on 'America's GOT TALENT'. Tro
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Wow.

I'm still trying to comprehend what's currently happening in London and around England. The images on the news are images of total chaos and disorder, and it seems as though what began it all in the first place has now become irrelevant. On the news, I'm watching videos of kids younger than me breaking into shops, and people of all ages completely destroying the fabric of the life in which they live. I'm just hoping that the government addresses what started it all in order to put an end to this before the rioting infects even more of England and even more damage is made as a result of this looting.

On a less dark note, MY ENGLISH TRIALS ARE OVER. Well advanced English anyway. We had paper 1 on Monday, in which we were examined on the core module, Belonging, and one of the unseen texts that we had to write about was regarding pragmatic politics and Earth Hour. If you can tell me how that relates to belonging, I'll give up my Muse tour t-shirt (Jks....but seriously). Today we were examined on everything else, and I ACTUALLY MANAGED MY TIME! The Hamlet question was pretty difficult, so how does Chloe deal with difficult questions? I write down every single damn thing I know about Hamlet, whether it's relevant or not! Yay for ineffective but all the more reassuring exam tactics!

I rarely trawl Youtube (only during exams when I'm locked out of FB), and I came across this video of a girl's cover of Hide and Seek. She has succcchhh an amazing voice, and her piano arrangement of the song is equally amazing. Listen to the whole thing-it gets better as it progresses!

PRE-EXAMS: Chloe's weekend in reviews

Yeah....so this weekend was not at all jolly, except for a few minor exceptions. Here my weekend in bullet points:
- My weekend largely consisted of lots and lots and lots and lots of study. A lootttt of study. As in 10 hours on Saturday alone. I think I am entitled to bragging rights for nerd-dom.
-Went on a trip to Officeworks with Dad and went over board with buying cool pens for exams. Seeing as though I'm writing 15 essays/creatives, I believe a sturdy pen is crucial. That's what year 12 does to you-you learn to appreciate nice pens. I spend a good deal of time laughing in Officeworks (Yes, you are entitled to a laugh or two in year 12) at some of the names of the pens. What ever happened to just calling a pen a pen? Black or Blue? According to Officeworks, I'm doing these exams with a '1.2mm Atlantic BIC'.
-I had lunch with my uncle who was out from Switzerland, and told me that he is friends with the manager of Boy and Bear. FIEUSGHSUIDFGHIFDUSGH. HUIGRHGIUSDHG.
-My little brother came home from the shops with a can of Lynx. He's in year 5. I asked him why he got it, and he said "To make me smell nice". He then sprayed it onto his wrist thinking that you apply deodorant like you apply perfume. So much love.
-I AM SO ANGRY THAT THEY ARE SPLITTING UP THE MASTERCHEF GRANDFINAL AND PUTTING AN EPISODE OF THE PATHETIC SHOW 'THE RENOVATORS' IN BETWEEN'. It almost makes me not want to watch the grandfinal in protest. But I will anyway, because I'm addicted and I can't help it.
-I can't believe the media circus surrounding the poor girl who had the bomb strapped to her neck. She wants to get on with her life, so how is a daily reminder of the event that comes with the media pack camped outside her house going to help her move on? The attention should be focused on the issue of extortion and finding the perpetrator, not that the victim went for a swim at 6.30 in the morning with a 'male companion'. At the press conference her Dad said that they want to get on with their lives as normal, and then on the NATIONAL news the next day there is a video of him collecting the newspaper in the morning in his pajamas. Seriously?
-I listened to the song below and my ears nearly started crying-LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING! It gets worse as it progresses. It's amazing how a pop star can nearly ruin one of your favourite songs. Thaaaannksssss 'Jessie J'. It's so obvious that she's attempting to show off as much as her voice as possible-it's almost like musical vomit.  It wouldn't be half as bad if she left out off the wanky, unnecessary "oh yeah" "oh oh oh oh oh oh yeah". Lol.

CONGRATUMALATIONS PEEPS!

Blogspot kindly informed me that last month saw the highest number of people read my blog ever.....WOWZAAA.
I'm still in shock that so many people actually care (to an extent) about what a not-very-wise, emotionally unstable, 17 year old coffee addict from Sydney has to say! All I have to say is YOU ARE AWESOME.

On the bus this afternoon there was a picture of Bear Grylls (so sexy), which got me thinking about his TV show (Yes, I had a phase where I would watch it all night with my little brother), which got me thinking about him eating disgusting things which got me thinking about the video that I have posted below. Watch it or die.


P.S. My little brother just read this post and said sadly "Why didn't you say that I was sexy? I'm the sexy one, not Bear Grylls". He is 10 years old. I have taught him well.