=)

I got my girl =)

BLACK VEIL BRIDES SEXING

New obsession; Andy Sex. I mean Andy Six. No mistakes there whatsoever.

Kat and I are in Dublino. It's pretty chill.

No it's really not.

It's kind of Heckic. I can't spell and I am too lazy to correct my spelling.

Also too lazy to write to blog at Midnight.

OH SHIT I SHOULD BE GLUING THE SWORD RIGHT NOW. SORRY SOPHIE, WHO DOES NOT READ THIS. LOVEEEE YOOOOOU.

KAT, TO THE FRONT ROOM MOBILE!

Kat: no, fuck off!

ME: *cries*

Kat: HAHA EMO TEARS. TOM WILL BATHE IN THEM

Me: *freaks*

KAT: *feels up* hey Neev... guess what?

Me: *dies*

Poor Rudyard.

19:50:02) Rudyard: oh...sorry...at least you have hot chocolate now

(19:54:39) Rudyard: *mutters* and your skin is fine

(19:56:07) Cat: Rud I actually have something really serious that I need to tell you, and I really need your advice on this one

(19:56:27) Rudyard: okay

(19:56:37) Cat: your the only person I know that can help me with this

(19:56:47) Cat: *you're

(19:57:12) Rudyard: o...kay

(19:59:18) Cat: See I've been thinking about my career

(20:02:03) Cat: the options I've been looking at so far just don't seem to fit

(20:02:20) Rudyard: what options have you looked at

(20:03:21) Cat: I want life to begin as soon as possible and the options I've been given aren't holding up the skills I have

(20:04:34) Rudyard: well that's why you still have college to develop skills

(20:04:55) Rudyard: or do you just want to use that to build on what you have now

(20:05:01) Cat: oh all the ones the school recommends, teaching, artistry, historian, librarian all that stuff, its just... they aren't really what I want

(20:05:53) Rudyard: then what do you want, I can't imagine anything holding you back from that

(20:05:59) Cat: after reaching into the cosplay/ dressy up lifestyle, I've found myself more comfortable in the more... exhibitionist field

(20:06:59) Rudyard: you do have your singing

(20:07:14) Rudyard: you could also try wardrobe design

(20:07:38) Rudyard: few can actually wear clothes as well as they make them

(20:07:46) Cat: It seems crazy but

(20:07:48) Cat: ....

(20:08:03) Cat: I think... I really want to be in the Porno business

(20:08:13) Cat: can you recommend a director? being in the film industry?

(20:08:22) Rudyard: ...

(20:09:41) Rudyard: I'm not quite sure what to say to that, my brain took one look at that and left

(20:10:56) Cat: JK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S MICHELLE AND NEEVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(20:11:20) Rudyard: yeah you know that screamed Michelle

(20:11:24) Cat: CATS GONE TO MAKE FOOD!!!! I'VE BEEN HERE ALONE FOR LIKE 5 MINUTES

Kat's Story #2

Hokay so we thought we were fucked but Darrens awesome fail actually saved the day.

Sadly, he broke the table.

So Neev and Sam were sad.

But once Batman found his hair he built them a new one.

With extra strong legs.

Keith went away so he wouldn't ruin the moment.

Darren is now stroking the baton.

Batman is hiding in Malahide behind the statue that isn't a mermaid.

And the table is now being put to the test.

ZE END!

Oh!Oh!Oh... No not that kind, you dirty slut.

The skangers lose their beer and die.

Kat's Story.

They meet...

There's a table

And then some sucking

And then they all die!

Because the Germans were coming.

So you call Darren, but he's too busy failing.

Then you call Batman, but he loses his hair.

So we are all FUCKED.

The End =D

Once Upon A Time (Temptation Writers Craft Journal)

Once upon a time there was a fair maiden who desired what she could not have, like Eve and the apple. I was the snake whispering in her ear.

The Apple was the man, beautiful and tainted. Every knight in the land knew the Apples tale. He was forbidden, beloved once by the Queen and destroyed by her cruelty. To love him was to open a Pandora's box of unknown consequences.

But fair Eve could not resist his deep eyes and broken smile. She loved the Apple, longed to heal him, to touch him, to kiss his tears away as butterfly caresses. I, the snake, desired him.

Everyday, as Eve passed his cottage, I whispered to her slithered remarks.

"love him, touch him, kiss him"

And everyday she cried alone, unable to lover her Apple, unable to love any Adam while the snake whispered in her ear.

One day she broke as I whispered;

"love him, touch him, kiss him"

and she kissed him. For just a moment, she felt joy beyond any she has felt as long as she had lived. Just one moment. She was pulled away, and she cried out, the pain in her voice to match the fear in her Apple's eyes.

She never say her Apple again for the rest of her short, short time alive.

There was no happy ever after for Eve and her Apple, and I, the snake, move on to provide greater temptation for our next Eve and her next Apple.

Kat and My Life.

soooo many parties


soooo many hangovers


so many failed courses


so much awesome


and way too many coffees.


Lets do it

Letters In Canadian History

Me = Antoinette
Kat = Marie-Claire

~~~

My dear sister,

I can not believe that it has been almost two months since I last saw you. Things here are dismal, father can’t seem to find a full time job everywhere. The neighbours are in danger of losing their shop on the main street for the third time this months, I can’t imagine how that must feel. Mother won’t stop complaining since she’s had all of her teeth pulled, quite honestly I think he looks like some of the animals around here, but I dare not tell her.
I keep seeing posters advertising the Great West along the main street, oh how fabulous it looks. The open skies and endless fields, I can’t picture the life that you are having out there. It must be carefree, I am not wrong in saying I am envious. There have been some terrible rumours about how life is quit the opposite out there though. I still think it would be fabulous through.

I hope this letter finds you well,
All my love,
Marie-Claire

~~~

My Sister,
It is wonderful to hear from you, I do miss you terribly. We moved to the Grand West, as you know, for Pierre to find work which he could not find work at home. It is so terrible to be so far from you and Mother. It isamusing to hear of her new found lack of teeth, I wish I could see it, but to be careful not to upset her. Pierre is now working on the farmland; it is hard work, but we expect great benefits when the great railroad is built. Can you imagine; such grand machines right on our doorstep! It’s tough now, but I have great expectations for our future. When the railroad comes.
All my love,
Antoinette

~~~

Sister,


When will you come back to visit, there’s been another wave of the flu, it’s hit everyone very hard. I don’t think that this crisis that we’re facing will end anytime soon. It’s as if every second person is leaving for a new life, how wonderful it must be. What is it like out there, do tell me more of how you’re living. I worry about you constantly. It must be grand to have such machines so close to you, but I dare say they sound dangerous. Have you met or made any friends/neighbours yet? Mother is also worried about you, I try and give her what comfort I can, although I never believe her when she says it helps. Father lost another job the other day, and can’t seem to find another decent paying job anywhere. I fear for what will become of us. The railroad sounds like such a majestic thing, I can’t imagine what it would be like to travel on.

All my love,
Marie-Caire

~~~

Marie-Claire, my darling Sister,

We have received terrible news here in Edmonton. I hope you recall from previous letters, that we were preparing for the railway to be built where we are, so that we can make our living. However, we have been gravely informed that there shall be no railway in Edmonton. Pierre is so angry, I am sometimes afraid. He does not know how we will earn our bread. He has taken up drinking whiskey, I wish he find another job. I have been sowing for extra money, but it is simply not enough. We may need to move again, I could not stand it if we did.

I do not think I could visit you soon my sister, but give Mother my love, I cannot stand to hear her worry. I will write again soon.

Antoinette

~~~

AND THEN YOU WILL DIE!! the railway was like..peace fuckers.
im outta here.
and peaced.
laaameee
..all my love
Marie-Claire

I wonder where these dreams go, when the world got in her way.....

~Goo Goo Dolls. I am dying to see them; they are the only band to make me feel better at all times. My mother and I were musing on them recently, and their significance has been churning in my head.

I did some silly things recently, namely try to get back together with the guy who dumped me. OH the epic fails. That required a lot of Goo Power. He and I are still not talking.

My cosplay of Faye Valentine is doing really well; I'm only missing the boots and the purple hair now! Won't be going to Q Con probably, but will be have a cosplay outing!

Eh. Oh, Maxi decided her friend would be a great match for me >.<>

Completely unimpressed with my results =[ I can't believe how far they dropped. But Im'a boost em back up!

This blog is coming out really pointless. I'm going to post some of my recent journals for writers craft that I'm proud of at some point.

Gah so many msns flashing at me! I'm coming dammit!!

Oh; Hay fever is a bitch. just fyi

Honestly, would you believe, we crossed the world while it's asleep...

~ more Paramore ... I’m such a “Parawhore”

These last 2 weeks have been crazy. It's still weird to see Drew's MSN pop up and for me not to jump to message him. Weird, but bearable.

I did try to talk to him during last week - I suppose I had hoped we could talk it out and try again; it failed epically. He's not interested. I haven't talked to him since. I could stay in a group conversation with him if I get added, and I can post stuff on his Facebook, but direct chat isn't going to happen.

I was a little disturbed today. Clea came up to me at break saying she overheard I had gotten dumped.... Whut? How does she know? Who was talking about it this morning? I have only told Kat and Maxi from the school... right? It's not that I mind people knowing, I don't, it's something that happened, but I wonder what people are saying? Why do they care enough to talk about it? They didn't know Drew, so it's not 'gossip' in the classic sense. So whut? A small mystery...

I have been a little off recently. Defiantly having difficulty concentrating on working. Nothing has been late or anything, not really. I did miss a couple of journals, I blame this on being sick - Mr Levi allowed nothing for my illness --something just died outside the classroom I swear-- but I managed to bring my mark back up in English for my midterms by making my ISU conference. My marks did drop in all of my subjects and I'm not happy. Luckily ISU time has arrived, and I'm going to be able to bring my marks back up. I'm really unhappy about what happened, but now is defiantly the time to put personal life aside and hit the books. "Personal time" will in future be my Original Writing for Writers Craft, and every other moment needs to be spent on History and Law. History in Particular - the other 3 are okay, but not good enough.

Funny thing about my weirdness with working; I may not feel like working for so long, but then suddenly I will go on a study spree, working like crazy. This happened last night after Kat went home; I made up a presentation (notes which took me a week to put together during 'not working' period) and wrote half an essay that's due at the end of the week.

Anyway, life is weird and I feel illllllllllllll. I'm gonna go die in bed. PEACE x

My Fantasy Essay for Writers Craft- 6 pages =]

All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Fantasy Genre

The fantasy genre is uniquely separate from other genres in their content. They take often more creativity and imagination due to their unbelievable creatures and content and how they create a whole new world in which to contain their creations. Fantasy authors often have an extended creative licence – For authors of fantasy, if they can explain their bad grammar, misspellings and anything that could generally be considered unrealistic in their book in a manner that makes it believable to the reader, they can easily get away with it. Fantasy authors are then presented with a challenge; to use the typical characteristics of the fantasy genre and create a world that is unique and original. The fantasy genre can be identified by their main counterparts; common characteristics, their unique separation from other ‘realistic’ genres and the skill of the author to make an unbelievable concept believable.

A common characteristic of the fantasy genre is Anthropomorphism, or the giving of human characteristics to animals. Talking animals is not an uncommon occurrence in the Fantastic worlds. Being in the real world, one often wonders about what animals would do if given the same human abilities, such as walking; talking; attending dinner parties. A famous book, if not the most famous book to contain the humanization of animals would be Lewis Carroll’s’ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. There are doubtful to be many people who do not think of Alice when they hear the term ‘white rabbit.’ Famously, the white rabbit is depicted in Lewis Carroll’s book wearing a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch, crying “I’m late, I’m late, I’m so very late!” In fact, Carroll’s book is filled with anthropomorphism, from the grinning Cheshire Cat to the cryptic, hookah smoking caterpillar. The characterisation of animals is a very popular one, often because when done well, the talking animal can be very believable. Another excellent example would be Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien. In this book, field mouse Mrs Frisby joins forces with escaped, super intelligent lab rats to stop the farmer from ploughing her home. The rats are astonished to learn that she can read; a trait which only some rats acquired from their experimentations.

There are some fantasy creatures that we see constantly working their way back onto the bookshelves; every reader will recognise the words ‘dragon,’ ‘witch,’ ‘goblin,’ and ‘vampire.’ These classic mythical creatures that imagination constantly connects with ‘fantasy.’ Some of these creatures come from folklore, but at some point along the way, Santa’s little helper became tall, handsome, bow and arrow toting princes and Shakespeare’s old, ugly Hecate became a teenaged saviour with a lightning bolt on his forehead. Bram Stokers gentlemanly blood sucker became a sparkling 17 year old, and dragons... luckily, dragons are still pretty intense beasts.

These characters are still popular to use, it would seem, because of their malleability. Fantasy is, and can almost be defined as being all about expanding your imagination to its furthers reaches.

If one was to try and place a bloodsucker into a regular book, the result is no more than a simple cannibal. Vampires were written with a sort of romance about them – seducing a victim in order to get close enough to sink their fangs into the necks and draw blood. At least that was the original concept. More recently, vampires seem to have other options. In Already Dead, Charlie Huston’s rebelliously cool vampire Joe Pitt is content to simply ‘jump hobos and junkies’ and fill some medical bags with some blood while they are unconscious. In Cirque du Freak and Twilight we are introduced to the concept of “vegetarian vampires;” Darren Shan and Stephanie Meyer have chosen to forgo human blood for their characters altogether, and go for the more humane option of animal blood. Thus; malleability.

On the other hand, some reoccurring characters change very little in their characterisation. A prime example of “sticking to the books,” so to speak, is the Wise Old Man character- Dumbledore, Gandalf, Merlin etc. The Wise Old Man is the character who has seen it all, has been everywhere, and knows everything there is to know about everything. More often than not in a fantasy book, the Wise Old Man is a wizard with a beard, piercing eyes and incredibly bushy eyebrows. The young, naive protagonist visits the Wise Old Man in his time of need for the sea of knowledge in his expansive mind. His answers are almost always cryptic, but somehow everyone manages to solve the riddles in the nick of time. Below, Dumbledore proves his awesome enigma in a quote from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows;

‘Tell me one last thing,’ said Harry. ‘Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?’

‘Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?’

Magic is without a doubt the most common characteristic of the fantasy genre. You would be hard pushed to find a fantasy book that has no mention of magic or enchanted items in it; save for perhaps in a vampire book.

Most magical items in fantasy are enchanted to do fantastic things. One of the most famous traits or abilities of these enchanted items is the power of invisibility. The Tolkien universe focuses around the One Ring of Power, which, as well as drawing the attention of the creator, Sauron, casts the wearer invisible. Harry Potters ‘Invisibility Cloak’ does the same. However, for enchanted items, there is no better book than Howls Moving Castle. The main character, Sophie, has the fantastic magical ability to ‘talk things to life.’ While she worked in the local hat shop, to cure her boredom, she would talk to the hats, and lend personalities to them, commenting things like “You will marry wealth” to a particular hat. The woman who bought this particular hat ran off with a Duke. Later, she found a scarecrow who she also talked to life, which the proceeded to chase her through the marshes, and finally, the Castle which lends itself to the title. This home of Wizard Howl moves through the marshes above the town, powered by the magic of a fire demon. Magic items are strongly favoured in the fantasy genre

When it comes to the creation of the fantasy world, the world itself exists in one of two things; the world within the normal world, or an entirely new alternate universe.

The world within the regular world is one where magic and mythical creatures are hidden from the “non-magic” folk. Often the “magic folk” have some knowledge of the muggle world – a term coined by JK Rowling in the Harry Potter series for the non-magic people of the world – however all muggles generally have no knowledge of the Fantastic world. Sometimes two parallel worlds are kept separate by a distinctive barrier – in Howls Moving Castle, the Fantastic world was separated from the normal world, and could only be accessed through the magic door in Howls castle. Howl, however, was the only one who knows of both realms existence. Another similar example would be in Harry Potter’s world. The magical areas in Harry Potter’s London are entered through secret doors and paths – Diagon Alley is through the wall behind the pub, by “tapping the third brick from the left above the dustbin,” while Platform 9¾ is accessed by running thought the barrier in the train station. The Ministry is in a telephone box that sinks into the ground. Etcetera, etcetera.

But them we have another kind of fantastic existence within the normal world – where it is simply the normal world with a few fantasy beings living in secret, without any kind of community separate from the regular world. Vampire stories are generally in this kind of world; Joe Pitt lives in a basement apartment in New York City, emerging at night to do dirty work for the Vampyre Clans, eating pizza and smoking Lucky Strike that he buys from regular people in Already Dead. Another fine example of this would be in Joanne Harris’ Chocolat. Vianne Rocher and her daughter have subtle magic powers that they use to learn their towns folks favourite chocolate and prepare better chocolates to sell in their small French town.

The second type of world, and possibly more difficult to create, is the Alternate Universe world, where such things as magic and such creatures as dragons are commonplace. Arguably the most famous of these worlds would be the Tolkien universe.

Tolkien created Middle Earth, a completely different universe in which lived wizards and dragons and elves with our conventional humans, along with his original Hobbits, and even going so far as create a mutilated version of his hobbits; Gollum. Tolkien’s world was excruciatingly developed – from modest Bag End, the home of Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist in Tolkien’s first tale of Middle Earth; The Hobbit, to Rivendale and Lothlorien, the homes of the elves, to Mordor, where Sauron, an evil creature that was no more than a giant fiery eye with magical powers that watched over Middle Earth.

In this alternate universe, everyone was aware of the Fantastic; in fact, most are the Fantastic. This kind of world is one entirely of the imagination.

Fantasy genre can be described as a departure from the unknown. Authors, generally, are given creative license over their writings – thins don’t have to be exact, as long as the reader can believe what he reads. However, if a writer was to throw in a grinning Chesire Cat into his steamy romance novel, under the claim of his ‘creative license,’ other than it being really weird, no one would believe its credibility. This is fantasy’s territory. Fantasy authors have an extended creative license – the rule of believability still applies, but for fantasy, the reader is generally more inclined to suspend his disbelief while reading a magic book, as opposed to simply coming across it in a regular book.

In reality, when an average Joe reads a book, he does not really believe in faeries or vampires, but he can read this book without a snort of discontent due to the author’s ability to explain why it could be. Harry Potter could exist because there are spells which prevent us from seeing the Leaky Cauldron in London. We don’t have magic, so we can’t fall through the barrier at Kings Cross station. Believability is 1 part author’s skill, and 1 part readers desire to believe what he is reading. It is entirely possible for someone to sit down with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and despite Lewis Carroll’s word skill, snort “Please, rabbits don’t carry pocket watches” or with Howls Moving Castle and laugh “Please, scarecrows can’t chase little old ladies.” If a reader is unwilling to believe and enjoy what he is reading, then there is no point in reading the book. With this in mind, most readers of fantasy know to appreciate what they are reading; this leaves it down to the author to create a believable circumstance.

The reader can easily see how the fantasy genre is uniquely separated from others by their key factors; common characteristics and characters, the writers skill to create a complete world that the reader can find believable despite it’s unbelievable content and characters. Fantasy authors have extended creative license and must use it wisely to create an enjoyable, unquie read that can separate itself from other books of its kind, even further than other works of the same genre. The world of the Fantastic is something excellent that takes great skill to write, and write well.

Citations

Arakawa, Hiromu, Fullmetal Alchemist, 2001

Bennett, Steve, Fantasy Fiction Genre
http://www.findmeanauthor.com/fantasy_fiction_genre.htm

Carroll, Lewis, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865

Finley, TK, How to Avoid Clichés in Fantasy Writing,
http://www.ehow.com/how_2193512_avoid-clichs-fantasy-writing.html

Harris, Joanne, Chocolat, 1999

Houston, Charlie, Already Dead, 2005

Jean, Currie, Characteristics of Fanty literature
http://www.helium.com/items/893839-characteristics-of-fantasy-literature

Jones, Diana Wynne, Howl’s Moving Castle, 1986

Meyer, Stephanie, Twilight, 2005

O’Brian, Robert C., Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, 1971

Rowling, JK, Harry Potter, 1997

Shan, Darren, Cirque Du Freak, 2000

Stoker, Bram, Dracula, 1897

Tolkien, JRR, The Hobbit, 1937

Tolkien, JRR, The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy

We were friends from the moment we met

~ From the English version of Again, the FMABrotherhood theme.

So not been a particularly good week.

Drew broke up with me =/ Well okay, I kind of did start the fight, I got upset that he wasn't talking to me. And original accusation might have gotten messy. By him saying he forgot about me, then in the middle of it all by saying "brb food" ... yea not impressed really. But in the end I said, no, I don't want to break up. And he asked if I thought we would work out... erm.... yea I'm 17 and not psychic. This is also pretty much the worst time to ask that. Just fyi. I said I didn't know, but I wanted us to. And he dumped me, with a "We can still be friends though"

Haven't spoken to him since. I will eventually, but you know, broken heart and all.

But I had wonderful Kat with me for the whole weekend so I survived =P

Unfortuatly as soon as she went home, I got really sick. So now its Thursday night and I'm no better. I've gone through a Lemsip a night. That stuff is gross. Temperature of 99.1 degrees. Not fun.

I'm going to school tomorrow though. I'm sick of moping around the house. But I wanted to play more WoW tonight but I haven't. Oh well.

I guess that's it. I'm working on a really fun essay right now, but I want to finish it up and go to bed RIGHT NOW.

St Patricks Day - A Writers Craft Journal

St Patricks Day

By Neev Wallis

29 November Twenty-Ten

It was only natural that the duo spend their Irish St Patricks day in the Park. The pair collapsed to the grass, which appeared more lusciously green than the Saturday previous they had spent there. Kat seated herself beneath the Yaoi Tree, and removed her black fairy wings. Neev herself remained standing, in desperate attempts to make her miniature kite fly. Her pink wings fluttered and her hula skirt flew with the light breeze. She cried out with every failed attempt to make the – not broken! – kite fly. This was how their new friends found them.

Keith bore a shining baton, which rattled with every swing at Darren’s head. Batman’s hoodie was stained with green hairspray. This green would soon stain Kat’s hoodie also.

Almost as to be expected, without the strength of Erica, whose lateness was clearly problematic, a war was raged over the baton...

Kat was faced with two 6 foot + men, holding her already broken weapon with a facade of bravery.

Batman launched. Darren dived. Keith laughed.

Soon, Batman had her pinned, and Darren emerged, baton held proudly in his fist. Despite his prize, Keith declared Batman victorious, with the glorious statement “He’s rolling around with a hot girl.” His decreed was met with unanimous agreement.

Darren, Keith and Neev began plotting. Batman, in his suspicion, began pelting the trio... with Kats shoes. The prime opportunity presented itself. Darren climbed to the top of the Yaoi Tree, and Neev passed the Converse to the highest point, far above Kats head. With a pout, she sent her faithful minion, Batman, to retrieve them. At a height of 6’5, he reclaimed them with ease. If only the police had not arrived. With a warning against tree climbing, the group sat in shame... that was totally fake. Thankfully, Erica arrived in time to watch the skangers Budweiser poured to the ground, and to harshly discipline the men.

Keith went for a walk so he wouldn’t ruin the moment.

Curiouser and Curiouser....

Alice in Wonderland. I am so obsessed with Alice In Wonderland, I cannot even express how much I adore the whole deal. The Disney version, the Tim Burton version, the original Lewis Carroll, which I am currently reading... the whole package is made of brilliance. I have been planning a big poster montage of the Disney cast I hope to draw at some point. I originally meant to draw it over the Winter break but I only got the movie on my computer at the end of the break and I simply haven't had the time. Eventually though...

So it's Friday, and school is finally back on Monday. Kat and I spent a fantastical week in Ireland - yes, Kat came with me, it was decided on the Wednesday, we left on the Friday, it was amazing. The week was so much fun, we did the Viking Splash tour, and the Ghost Bus, both of which were great fun. On the first day, we met up with Drew, Cat and Michelle, and about 10-15 poeple we had never met before. The night ended after Drew, Cat and Michelle left at 7, and we were in McDonalds until 11 pm with 6 boys we had never met in our lives. So much fun. Kat hooked up with a guy, who we fondly refer to as Batman Hotstuff, who was from Malahide (Kat: teehee, Formaldehyde)

He added his name to my phone as Hot Stuff... and later in a phonecall, I proclaimed my joy at having talked to Batman on the phone. 'Cause I'm random like that. His real name is Eoin. No one seems to know his last name.... I'm still wondering where exactly this kid came from.. (well Malahide, obviously, but he has no last name.... creepy)

HERM St Patricks day was a lark. Didn't get to see much of the Parade, I think I saw Cat in her costume, but I'm not sure. Kat and I were much too short. We met up with Batman, Keith, Darren and Erica. Yes, that's right - I knew NONE of these people before Saturday. But I kind of love them. Cat and Michelle didn't meet up with us, and I was dissapointed. n

I saw Trinity twice, once with my cousin, and once with my mother. The Trinity local admissions office is so unhelpful! Kat took one look at the city, one look at the university and decided "so. we are going to go here together."

Then we went around some shops and planned our apartment. Kind of excited to graduate.

We were hoping to work in Ireland this summer, but my mam decided I don't need to work this summer, because we are going on a family holiday "somewhere really special"... I hope its America. Kat wants me to go to Canada with her for Canada Day. I want to so bad, but at the same time, I would prefer to go to Ireland for Q Con and other events in June. Like BURAKU - the movie that Gackt is in that's due out in June. I don't even care I HAVE to see it.

While I was in Ireland, I saw Alice, Shutter Island and I Love You Philip Morris.

I Love You Philip Morris = pretty good, even though it is Jim Carrey, Ewan McGreggor was GAHMAZING. So funny, but I could NOT believe it was based on a real story.

Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland = More Amazing Than Words.

Shutter Island = Too Shit for words. Seriously. Worst Movie of All Time. Could have been Good, but it failed. The ending almost redeemed the film, but then they added that STUPID REPETITIVE MUSIC and I almost cried. Kat almost killed the entire cinema from annoyance over the stupidity of that movie.

Friday went out with Conor, Tom, Kat and Cat. T'was epiccccc. Went to the cinema, then Conor and Cat left and Kat, Tom and I went bar hopping... without leaving the building. We found a bar, traditional Paddy bar, where we were told that a drink would be cheaper downstairs. So we went downstairs to this deserted chic bar with David Bowies face plastered on the wall. We went up to the counter, where we were told that this drink would be even cheaper still if we went down this small corridor. So we did, because we are cheapskates, and found... a heavy metal bar.

Let me reiterate this. There was 3 completely different bars in ONE building, and we kept being sent somewhere else for a cheaper drink, instead of them just taking our money.

So, I personally hadn't planned on drinking. I had no money. But Kat did. And she had me split her drinks. Wasn't much, just a couple of Guinness. But I haven't drunken anything in a WHILE. So... I got a liiiitttleee drunken. Just a wee bit. Might have made out with Kat.... 3 times. Possibly. Tom was overjoyed.

It was an incredible trip overall. I miss everyone again, and I'm disappointed about the friends I didn't get to see. I didn't see my girl, circumstances beyond my control, and there were other friends too. Jade tried to get me out for a drink or two but didn't happen. But the trip was so much fun.

Now I am waiting for the weekend to end and go back to school =/ I have so much work to do, but every time I have sat down to do work I just couldn't. Not impressed.

But I did read the Kite Runner in a day. Which was aweshum.

And add album art to my iTunes. Because that was so worth my time.

Laterzz.

Ice, head, Polar bear

I feel like i should really update

kat and I are in Dublin. ROCKING.

end update

Throw you're cameras in the air, and wave them like you just don't care

Fall Out Boy - totally stuck in my head right now. Which is hilarious concidering I can only listen to Goo Goo Dolls right now for the whole month- My English teacher dared me.

I am in English class right now actually. I'm pretty bored, because we are discussing Brave New World, and I am making enough points to get the marks for paying attention, but not really listening to everyone else. I have read this book a few times already, and I partically hate it, but i partically like it too. Its fascinating and my teacher just brought up, oh my gawd, Aldous Huxley was so ahead of his time! 1930's, look at this shiz in this book! this was written before the TV!!! Well, around the same time, BUT STILL. The way that people are born is disgusting though. And I hate it. =D

HMMM. I've gotten really into doing school work in the last few days >.> I've been tearing though my assignments and getting them done, it's great! I'm quite pleased that I'm not having to freak out during lunch and in class to do the assignments, and I've not been late. On the other hand, I'm still quite late finishing them, like the night before. AND I've been doing the group assignments on my own. So long as we are getting good grades, well I guess that's fine but eeeehhhhh. Still. Not great. Tonight I will be doing yet another group project on my own, for Writers Craft. It's supposed to be me, Kat and Maxi, but they haven't finished their articles for the paper yet, and my Editorial isnt gonna be til a little later because I haven't dont it yet. So yea whatevs. =D

teehee, this is a Skype convo from.. right now.

Kat: acadia drift what?
Niamh: GET OFF OF SKYPE
Kat: ... i can see your screen.
way to be blogging whiole in english
and talking to lover boi
Niamh: <.< >.>
Kat: XD
Niamh: I'm putting this convo into my blog
=D


legit.


YAWN.

HMMM. I played some World of Warcraft after I worked yesterday, and I leveled up, and I was so tierd after because I only ment to talk for a half an hour (after I shook Phil off on Skype) but I ended up playing for 2 hours >.<>.< If I dont decide to work on my other things, like the video for Jamboree or finally update my FMA story. HMM.

Anyway, I think thats enough for now. English is over and we are in Law and Kat thinks I'm being lame for blogging in class. so. BLEH. <3 I loove her anyway.

Beat it, beat it, no one wants to be defeated.

Michael Jackson. Strangely, now he's passed on, I don't feel an intense need to slander him, and openly admit that his music rocks harder than... rocks.

Ha, I should really update this more often. The hard work got to me terribly during the last couple of weeks. I quit EVERYTHING. No joke. Even the Eco Club. I had 3 nervous breakdowns. THREE.

If it were not for Rudyard, Kat and Drew in particular, I would have had at least 3 more. And Venice. I owe an awful lot to Venice.

I decided last week that there was no real need for me to be in all this other stuff; my grades were much more important and it had gotten to the point where once I had finished all this stuff and arrived home at 6 every evening, I didn't ever feel like doing my school work. I'm pretty sure my average right now is around 85%, and concidering the work I'm putting in, thats a miracle. If you want to know the extremities, yesterday, Monday the 22nd, Kat and I sat out of law class to write the essay that was due Friday... the 12th. But our teacher is a hero, who isn't docking marks for lateness. She is GAHMAZING.

So I quit everything. But I decided to keep the Eco Club. Honestly, its the only club I really care about. So I decided to refocus my efforts there, and on my school work. But of course nothing is as simple, is it?

I snapped when Katherine told me she wanted to take over the fast. And I quit. Right there.

*facepalm*

This was the day before Venice. We spent 3 days following this event, pretty much chilling in a 4 star hotel, and running around the most beautiful city I have ever been to while it rained 23 hours of the day for the full 3 days. I felt so relaxed afterwards, I cannot even express how good it feels, the relief after all that stress. And I realised that Katherine can run the fast if she wants, but I want the Eco Club. I sent her an email and asked that she and the other members decide if they want me to return to my post as president. They agreed to the discussion. Following this, they informed me that I could return to the club, but only as a member, and that Katherine would be the President.

Firstly, since it is my right as a student in my school to be in any club I want, so I'm kind of shellshocked that they discussed weither I could actually be in the club. I have a sinking suspicion that she voted no on that one.

Secondly, I am mildly surprised that they decided I couldn't be president. I admit, and I said at the time, it was childish of me to quit in the first place, but concidering the amount of other stuff I was doing, and the success of the previous semester and a half that I ran the club, I am still a little surprised. But Kat was right when she said Katherine is on a bit of a powertrip. She loves controll, and she never liked me.

But I also decided not to care. Okay, I cried shortly after all this, but Kat brought me to Ports, got me a cappucino, and I remembered that I had been having a really awesome day. Why?

Well, because I AM GOING TO DUBLIN IN 3 WEEKS, AND DREW IS COMING DOWN TO DUBLIN.

Nothing could make someone happier than that.

I have made absaloutly ZERO plans so far, other than that I am going into Trinity one of the days, and that spending time with Drew is my NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. He invited me to stay with Ken while he is staying with Ken, but 1. I'm not sure I would be allowed, and 2. I don't think Ken knows this yet. So.

I also hope to see my girl while I'm home. I havn't told her yet though. Should get around to that.

AND MAID CAFE REUNION. =) Hoping to get the girls together to watch Brokeback Mountain. Epic. Maybe I should message Kick Ass Crazy Socks Girl. No, I only have 4 days with friends and 4 days with family. This could be too much. I have to figure out the most important people. ... or have them come to me.

VERSAILLES ARE PLAYING IN EUROPE!!! they are doing 2 gigs in France in July, and a gig in London in June. God I would love to go.

But I am applying for a summer job in Ireland. Well, I'm hoping to. I'm hoping to au pair in Dublin for the summer. It seems almost likely *crosses fingers* I hope I can do it - 100-200€ a week, evenings and weekends off, free food and accomadation - it's almost too good to be true.

And I could spend time with Drew and my friends =)

But the most important thing is the money, and SAVING the money. Why?

BECAUSE I GOT IST ON THE WORLDJAMBOREE

Yes, I got a coveted position of staff on the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden in 2011. But it costs a fortune. So I need a Job asap!! Aupairing seems like the most logical course. So I'm working on it.

So for the next 3 weeks I am working hard on my school stuff, getting good grades, getting ready to go into Trinity with my cousin, working out who loves me most, waiting for my Lolita dress to arrive in the post [ordered 3 days ago ;) ] and making up a CV for my aupair applications. And trying not to be too bitter to Katherine.

But I'm really happy =)

Davey Wavey

title comes from my current obsession song, Fireflies by Owl City <-- my cheer me up song.

Recently I've found another inspirational person. His name is Davey Wavey, and he has an outlook on life, the univerise and everything that I wish I could have - no, the outlook I'm trying my darndest to find.

He's a 26 year old gay man who is unashamed of who he is. He gives amazing advice and has the purest spirit of anyone I have heard of over 14 years old. He sees the world in its most beautiful form and finds positivity in the darkest of topics. he is not niave in his views, he just has a different set of eyes which capture the things we all should be seeing.

I follow him on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and his blog because I feel like every post and video he makes is teaching me. I want to see as he does, because I think he is much happier because of it. I like to think I'm a positive enough person, but lately I have been stressed out and unhappy, but a couple of days ago I went back to his Youtube after a long time away from it and it made me smile, and feel better about life.

He is very camp, and I think that a lot of people would be put off by his "allergy to shirts" but I love him, to be honest. SO, there is my Davey Wavey praise session finished.

www.breaktheillusion.com

www.facebook.com/pages/official-davey-wavey-fan-page/288123594106?v=wall

www.youtube.com/user/wickydkewl

www.twitter.com/thedaveywavey

AMV Hell

I totally forgot to mention that I finished my AMV

Its called "So Why Dont you Slide?" and its a Tamaki/Haruhi video from Ouran High School Host Club. The song is blocked on youtube, so it's on Megavideo, but feel free to comment it on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4v-sEquKIc

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=YU22H5DS

The music is by the Goo Goo Dolls, and they are my favourite band of all time. <3

I like to make myself believe, that the Earth turns slowly

Wow, school is way harder than I remember.

Though that could be because I'm in grade 12 now. <.< >.>

Last week was a whirlwind of assignments and homework, with little to no time to myself. This weekend was spent primarily recovering from that week. I can see a pattern forming.

I was initially taking International Law, Writers Craft and English 12 - the first 2 days I had a lot of work just from those subjects. Then, somehow, Kat managed to convince me that it would be a good idea to take Canadian History too. So now I'm in 4 heavy classes. Wonderful.

However, somehow, despite all of that, I'm actually doing rather well. My first proper Law assignment about Roger, the man that got eaten by his friends, earned me a stunning 95%, while my Short Story about myself for Writers Craft got 90%. Not bad.

I've taken on probably too many other things though. For example, I volunteetered to be in a promotional uniforms video at school, to be on the Yearbook committee, to run Debate and Eco Club, and we are amist preparations for the Fast in Eco Club. All of a sudden, all of the rest of the Yearbook committee have dropped out, leaving me alone with a difficult teacher on this Yearbook. I'm also designing a cover for the promo book for my school. And, my Art teacher has offered to get me into this Comic Book local convention at the end of the month, which means I need to make a comic. All this, while maintaining my lucky good grades? Thank goodness most of this stuff will have died down by March. *phew*

Not much else happening. At the end of the week my parents are both going away, and my friend Maxi is probably coming to stay, since her mother is away as well. Just to make life interesting. It prolly wont have much of an effect on myself, I'm planning to spend the weekend on Webcam to Drew ^.^

New kid at school told me he wasnt a douchebag. Good sign.

I finished reading Dorian Gray. I loved it. So much. Seriously. I don't know how one can have an intense love/hate relationship with a character from a book, but I do. I seriously recommend reading it. I started James Joyce's "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man." Very confusing. It will take a lot of work to read it, but I'm up for the challenge.

I don't really have much more to say, so I'm going to go take a shower and then make up some surveys. *sighs* No rest for the wicked, even when the homework is lax. This weekend I'm determined to play World of Warcraft.

Ciao.

So why don't you Slide?

I'm in LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!

Eh hem.

<.< >.>

yea, I love Drew. <3



























I just wanted to say that.

My Good Day

I've had a weird couple of days.

Nothing weird has actually happened, per say, but I've just felt... elated? And not for any particular reason. Particularly today. It's beginning to unnerve me!

Some would assume that feeling elated would be caused by a boy (or girl) but I don't think thats so in this case. I mean, speaking with Drew is great, I adore him, but that's not what it is.

Friends? Well, no, because Cat hasn't been online since her school started back, I went out with Staisy yesterday, which was fun but not elating.

School? It's not even back yet, and I'm excited to go back, but that's not for another week. And surprisingly I haven't received my school report, which is a relief. I don't want to see it at all.

I saw Slumdog Millionaire yesterday, which managed to sneak its way into my Top 5 Favourite Movies, but a movie can't make a person elated for any extended period of time.

Today I read a issue 8 of Fruits Basket, the one with Hatsuharu on the front, which was very feel-good. But again...

So the mystery of my elation continues. But I feel great, and productive. So, I'm gonna give my room a stab, try to write the new chapter of my fanfiction which I have put off, give my AMV a shot again, even though it's freezing up and making it difficult, but it's almost half done, I don't want it to all be in vain. Once I finish the AMV I'm going to reset this computer to factory settings, this computer is running very slowly.

I chose Drew. Antonio hasn't given it any effort, and as such, whats the point? Drew is great. Complete dork, and total sweetheart. What more could a girl ask for?

God it's been a lovely day

Everything's been going my way

I had so much fun today

And I'm on fire

- Dresden Dolls; Good Day

Gonna Dance the Night Away

Happy New Years everyone!

OOOOOOK

hm where to begin? Boy troubles sounds about right.

So my girl, the one I'm devoted to? I've decided I really need to move on. Shes the most incredible being, but she's so straight so there's really no point, I'm just hurting myself this way. And it would hurt her too should this continue, so I decided that moving on was the best option, and so far, it's working =] I think that on some level I will always care for her protectively, but now it is much more platonic.

You see there was this other boy, Drew, and who I met at Eirtakon, who is great. And he showed romantic interest in me. I kind of liked him the whole time really, but it was always overshadowed by my girl. So I decided to give Drew a proper chance. He's sweet, kind, dorky. Exactly my type. And it worked, I really care for him. Not as much, I think, as he does for me, but only time can tell. I think it would all be rather smooth, if not for Antonio.

Yes, that's right, another boy is in the picture here. I want to remind everyone that for the past year and a half to 2 years, I was more or less asexual. But Antonio is a boy from my scouts. I always liked him, on a smaller level, ever since I joined this scout group. He's loud, a jokester, loves good music (classic rock - AC/DC, Led Zepp, Guns N Roses) and he is actually a big sweetheart too apparently, concidering he just spent the whole scout trip to Venice describing me as "carina" (cute) "dolcissima" (REALLY sweet) and "come zucherro" (like sugar). And he apparently likes me. It sure came across that way, concidering we were pretty much cuddling at a couple of points. -.-'

So, after all of this, I now have two amazing guys who like me. Drew is much more open about it, but he lives in Northern Ireland, which makes it awkward. But Antonio won't say anything about it, and told our leader (who was desperate to get us together) that the situation was "complicato" which it is. Concidering my Italian is not up to par.

And they are both homebodies. I'm going back to Ireland for Uni, and I'm definatly NOT moving to NI, so both of them are doomed. But I can't make a desicion yet. I can't bring myself to. It's all happened so fast that I am pretty overwhelmed. I don't like the situation at all. I kind of wish I was still asexual. Or even back worshiping my girl.

I haven't said her name at all, by the way, because I don't want it getting back to her. I should probably not mention these boys names, but I'm conciderably more concerned with if she found out, and it would just be so confusing trying to use aliases, becuase I would forget them, or refering to them as "him, he, the other guy" would just be frustrating for the reader.

HMM. I have been downloading DeathNote and Ouran High School Host club to make an AMV. My plan is to enter one into the AMV contest at Eirtakon next year. For those who don't know, an AMV is an Anime Music Video. I have some really good ones planned, but at the moment I don't have the appropriate equiptment. I'm working on it though =] but my downloads are taking a very long time. Almost a month in fact.

I still haven't been able to get World of Warcraft working. I finally managed to get the code in, but I haven't figured out how to create an account name :S I don't know what to do! I'm reinstalling at the moment to see if it helps, should be ready to try again in the morning !!

I have more I wanted to talk about, but I can't really at the moment. Just don't feel up to it.

I might have a kidney infection?

Ok, I'll stop. I'm going to play some Guitar Hero - My sister and I got BAND HERO for christmas, and I love it. My favourite song at the moment, Paralyzer by Finger Eleven is on it. I'm going to give Medium level a go tonight I think. I also got a years membership to Greenpeace, which is kick ass. It came with a teeshirt that says "Deforestazione ZERO" which is awwwwesome. Its the Italian branch of course =]