Bored. Ennuyé. Gelangweilt. Leamh.

I have something I would like to say. I AM SO BORED. I am so incredibly bored that for the title of this post I wrote the word 'Bored' in English, French, German and Irish. I am so bored that I have spent two hours cleaning the house because there is nothing else to do. I am so bored that I sat on my bed playing Temple Run for an unhealthily long amount of time (so long that when I looked up it looked like my walls were melting). I am so bored that I attempted to COOK MY OWN LUNCH ......which failed because I couldn't work out how to turn the oven on.

THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE CYBER WORLD ABOUT:
-I'm starting up a proper Twitter. I shall keep you informed....muahahahahahaha
-For the next week, in each post I'm going to write about one of the things on CHLOE'S EPIC BUCKET LIST. I've already posted about free diving with killer whales (which has already kind of failed because my Dad, who is a marine scientist, said that they'd just come up and eat me. Fun.), but the other tasks on my bucket list are just as insanely awesome. 
-TOUGH MUDDER IS COMING TO AUSTRALIA. I am still pondering about whether I should give it a shot just for laughs. Painful, painful laughs....click here to see the promo!  Basically it's a kind of obstacle endurance course that was designed by the British Special Forces. I am so unfit that I'd probably die somewhere along the way...perhaps I should first try running down my street and back without my legs cramping?
-Ed Sheeran has a girlfriend. Same age as me. Pretty blonde Scottish singer and model. #foreveralone
-I AM OFFICIALLY 18...IN LESS THAT A MONTH! I am currently deciding whether to have a party or not. I'm thinking I'll probably just go out for drinks with a few close friends AND DEN HIT UP DA CLUBS BRAH. In reality, I'm not that much of a party animal so you'll probably find myself freshly 18 and in my bed watching The Holiday, drooling over Jude Law in said movie, and eating defrosted wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce. 
-Dad has been telling me some funny/creepy stories from when he was my age. One which made me get goosebumps was when he was 18, and him and his friends were chased by a violent alcoholic drunk through A GRAVEYARD in a THUNDERSTORM. The guy had already punched one of my Dad's friends, and was now coming after Dad. Luckily Dad escaped and took shelter in a nearby caravan park!
-Tá mé chomh leamh go bhfuil mé scríobh as Gaeilge ar mo bhlag sin dont mé dul ar ais go dtí mo boredom!
-I am now off to return to my boredom. What should I do? Making up my own language sounds pretty promising...

Until tomorrow,
Chloe X

OH HAI.

Please forgive me for not posting in almost a week! As usual, my iPhone 'notes' has been filled up with things to write on here, so prepare for a mega post tomorrow...
While you wait for my wonderous words which your eyes will wander across tomorrow, I suggest that you watch the video below. Actually, I DEMAND that you watch it. You're probably thinking "Ummm...why is Chloe forcing me to watch some random BBC clip off Youtube...I'm never reading this blog again...g00dby33 4evs The reason as to why I wish you to watch the video below is that the subject of the video is OFFICIALLY NUMBER ONE ON MY BUCKET LIST. I've always had a fascination with Killer Whales, and to free-dive with them would be an absolutely life-making experience (hence it's number one on my bucket list!). All I need now is:
a)Money to actually get there and do it
b)A dare devil friend to do it with me

The definition of beautiful music...

ED SHEERAN CAN YOU PLEASE BE MY VALENTINE. THAT IS ALL.

PARTY TIME!

So I know this is a bit delayed, but....I GOT INTO MY UNI COURSE! I didn't want to publish it on here before I knew that I had been accepted, so now I can finally let you guys know! Starting in March, I'll be studying Media/Communications at the University of Sydney. I also have the opportunity to study three other arts subjects, so at this point in time I'm hoping to study History, Government and International Relations, and either Ancient History, Archaeology or Art History. You're probably thinking "....so you're not doing law? You've just talked about doing it for the past two years! YOU ARE SO RANDOM". The answer to that is that I pretty much had a change of heart. I realised that as much as I am intrigued by the idea of studying and practicing as a lawyer, I'm not passionate enough to actually be competitive and get somewhere really great in my career. I've always had a passion for writing and all things media-related, and it was only when I was sitting in the media lecture on the USyd info day that I realised that Media/Comm is my dream course. I don't exactly know what area of the media I'm going to specialise in yet, and that's why I love the degree that I'm doing-because I get a taste of everything. Oh, and I get to do an internship in the 4th year of my degree (you can do it anywhere in the world), so I'm determined to do mine in London! Bring on Londontown.

OTHER THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE WRITTEN IN MY IPHONE TO WRITE HERE:
-One of my oldest friends called Andrea has moved to Germany for a year! She's decided to keep a blog to document her experiences (primarily through photos). Click here to check it out so far!
-I went out for THE BEST Yum-Cha this week to celebrate Chinese New Year! I honestly don't think that any type of food can taste better than steamed pork buns!
-Yesterday I found my big, proper headphones and all my music sounds ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! You can now find me walking around my house wearing massive headphones and dancing along to embarrassing music (my dance moves being just as embarrassing).
-Our family went on a day trip to the Southern Highlands today! I must say that it was one of those days which is just plain awesome. We wandered around a cute little town called Bowral drinking excellent coffee and eating magnificent strawberry tarts whilst checking out the many beautiful antique stores! Oh, and I pretty much walked into Heaven. It was a shop called Bowral Bookmen which basically sells all different kinds of really old books. There was one book which I would have bought in a second if I hadn't of already spent all of my money! It was a 'Collection of English Short Stories', and the most special part was a message from a man to his wife on the front page wishing her a Merry Christmas for 1916!
-I adore Taylor Swift's Vogue cover!

Summer at LAST

So the weather is finally heating up (took long enough!). I haven't written here for a while because I've been busy watching Downton Abbey, and what happens when I don't write here for a while is that the 'Notes' in my iPhone of thoughts to write on my blog increases and increases until BANG. I need to update my blog. I shall arrange my thoughts numerically. Wot of eeet brah.
1. When I was trying to fall asleep the other night, I was thinking about how random sleep actually is, and how we accept it as normal. Imagine explaining sleeping to a visitor from another planet. "Each night, as the moon rises and the sky goes dark, every individual on Earth goes unconscious until the sun rises, and sometimes have weird visions whilst unconscious called dreams. Yeah". It kind of sounds like an idea out of a tacky science fiction movie...
2. You all probably know by now that I'm a bit of a history junkie. I was reading my new favourite book 'A History of the World in 100 Objects', and I came across a part explaining how in the Bronze Age the average life expectancy was only 25. Basically some archaeologists came across a golden cape while digging at a site near Wales, and found that it would have only really fit a teenager. It then occurred to them that given that the life expectancy was 25, the teenagers were probably the leaders of society, and thus it would have been a teenager wearing the cape. MIND BLOWN. It got me thinking about how different my life would be if the life expectancy was only 25. I would spend a lot less time thinking about my future because this would be my future. It made me realise how much I spend thinking about doing things 'in the future' rather than actually doing them! I've got to make the most of each day (and that requires putting a stop to watching Friends in bed all day). 
3. I was in the Lindt Cafe the other day and they had their Valentines Day products out. I WANT A PROPER VALENTINE. Foreveeerr aallonnneeeeeeeeee. I'm thinking I'll watch some crappy movie in bed whilst drinking coffee, because coffee really is the love of my life.
4. Speaking of love, I've fallen head over heels for Downton Abbey. Everything about it is just so, so perfect. The theme song is also absolutely beautiful. Click here to hear it.
5. I met up with an old friend called Srestha for dinner last night! It's always great to meet up with friends you haven't seen in ages. AND she has a blog! Click here to check it out.
6. Last but not least, I need to rant. It's when pictures ARE NOT worth a thousand words! I've been on Tumblr a once or twice in the past week, and I noticed how much it has changed since I first got it! In case some of you don't have Tumblr, basically if people like a photo you 'like' it or 'reblog' it which gives the photo 'notes'. So if a photo is extremely popular, it will have thousands of notes. When I first got Tumblr, the pictures which had the most notes were beautiful photographs. They were art. When I went on it this week, I thought I'd save a few photos to show you which had over 20 000 notes each.

The nation's capital

SO I have returned from the land of Parliament House. Despite the jokes people tend to make about Canberra, I had a great time! We caught up with old friends, saw the movie Hugo (which is absolutely beautiful), had a couple of FANTASTIC coffees (gold star for Canberra!), had a lovely picnic by Lake Burley Griffin at sunset where we spent a little too long ghosting passing walkers, nearly got attacked by a black swan, watched Tron: Legacy and thought it was pretty cool, and continued reading A History of the World in 100 Objects which is now my favourite non-fiction book in the history of the world (...see what I did there? Hehe). The weather was absolutely freezing but our friends who we were staying with have an indoor pool (=Heaven) so I got plenty of swim-time despite the low temperatures outside!

P.S. The video I posted a couple of days ago was a bit of a fail (I didn't copy and paste the link properly-go me), but it was just Muse performing at Glastonbury Festival. I've posted the video so many times over the past few years that you probably know it off by heart anyway!

P.P.S. I've re-kindled my love for One Night Only (well, their old music. Hellooooo 17 year old George Craig!).

JOB SEARCHING DAY

The title of this post is pretty much self-explanatory-yesterday was a day of job searching. A couple of friends and I headed into the city (armed with CV's) with one intention: Get a job. I literally handed in what felt like 34888537202033 resumes to all sorts of places, ranging from cafes to souvenir shops (I even convinced Eleni to put hers in to Dolce and Gabbanna-I can't believe she actually did it!). By the end of the day I felt my shoulders being fried like KFC chicken by the sun, and I was pretty sure my feet were hanging loose and about to fall off.

If I get a job, I can (finally) start saving for 2013 Glastonbury Festival!
P.S. I'm off to Canberra for a couple of days, so don't expect my presence in cyber world until Friday. Hope you are all enjoying 2012!

Geewwd day.

Today was (surprisingly) quite productive! I met up with an old friend for brunch who I haven't seen in yonks, and then went to the Paddington markets with Mum and continued to spend the rest of the day in that area. I visited lots of nice boutiques (which wasn't all good news because I spent the rest of my money. Hello 'broke student life').

Now prepare your self for 'CHLOE'S FIRST RANT OF 2012'.
Subject: 'My Family' stickers.
Rant: If you haven't seen these stickers plastered all over the back of cars then you either need to get your eyesight checked, or you are living under a rock. A really large rock. These stickers are invading Earth and they really need to disappear. Fast. To people who are guilty of owning these stickers, may I ask you-WHY DO YOU THINK STRANGERS WALKING PAST YOUR CAR CARE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR FAMILY? THAT DAD OWNS A DRILL? DO YOU THINK WE CARE HOW MANY PETS YOU HAVE? I honestly don't understand the point of them! If  someone was about to break into your car and then saw that you have a son who plays soccer and a cat, are they supposed to think to themselves "Wow. Now that I have seen these stickers and have learnt about their family, I'm going to walk away and build myself a new life. I now see life differently. Thankyou My Family stickers". Not only are they pointless, but they are also sexist! Every car I have seen has the mother in an apron and the Dad working up the BBQ. What if the Dad has a passion for shopping? What if the Mum loves power tools? There really should be fines for ownership of these stickers.

Why hello there...

WOW. I HAVEN'T POSTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
Developments in the life of Chloe since the beginning of 2012:
1. Burnt to the crisp after a day at the beach. Went back to the beach and proceeded to get my burn burnt. My mother wasn't too pleased.
2. Actually went for a run. For more than the length of a street. Wot of eeeet brah.
3. I watched the New Years Eve fireworks in London on Youtube...they definitely rivalled Sydney's! They even had dubstep playing...
4. Yesterday I braved the SCORCHING heat and hit up the university open days with Mum and Dad! I brought them along because I needed them to help me choose between two courses...and I can finally say that I've decided which course I want to do next year!
5. I applied for a million and a half jobs. Here's hoping I get one of them!
6. Ok...so I have something that I feel as though I need to share with you cyber peeps. I may or may not have discovered my future husband. I know this statement comes out of my mouth about once a month, but THIS IS FOO REAL. Let's just forget the fact that he's 10 years older than me and move on to the more important things:
-I first saw him playing the young Denis Thatcher in The Iron Lady. You could say that it was love at first sight.
-He is Charles Dicken's great-great-great grandson. Hghodfpngljfsdngjk.
-Educated at Eton and Oxford (Yeah, you heard right).
-Best laugh/smile/face. Watch his laugh at 1.17 in the video below and prepare to die from an overdose of cuteness.
-Sexy accent.
-All round amazingness.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I had a spectacularly spectacular night on Sydney Harbour! Some friends and I caught the train in to the city, had dinner at Mamak (my new favourite place) and then joined the ocean of people walking down George Street towards Circular Quay. Despite only rocking up to the Harbour at around 8.00pm, we managed to get a PERFECT view of the bridge! The fireworks were incredible and the atmosphere was fantastic. When 2012 was just around the corner and the countdown began, I was SO ready to say goodbye to 2011! It wasn't that the year was bad, it was just that I know that 2012 is going to be so great that I just wanted it to arrive already! The night/morning was the perfect way to begin the year (and was my first every NYE on the Harbour!).

One sad note about the beginning of 2012 is that I have to say goodbye to my 'High School' journal! I got it for my 13th birthday and pretty much wrote in it throughout the whole of my high school career. I wrote my last entry today and it was pretty emotional saying goodbye to the book that I've been writing in since Year 7! Goodbye 'Chloe's Life: Volume 2'!

P.S. I read a HILARIOUS article in the paper today. It's about 'Facebook crimes'! Read all of them-I'm sure many of us are guilty of a few! Click here to read it. 

P.P.S. IN REGARDS TO THE VIDEO BELOW: Even if they're not dating, aren't they the best looking couple ever?