Claire's Place

Weeeeeeek nine!

2009-09-24T09:34:13Z

I declare it to be weekly update time! Apparently I have already forgotten Monday. Well, it began with ling! And we got our mid-sem tests back. I got 39/49, which was a little bit disappointing because I thought I'd done better than that. When we finished the exam I was like "that was really easy!" and James was like "that was really hard" and yet we got basically the same mark. (And he barely studied! Totally not fair. =P) I lost a lot of marks that I didn't need to, simply because I didn't write enough. =S My explanations are always too simplistic. Though I did get 10/10 for the phonetic dictation test, which was a surprise, but totally a fluke. So I have 34% for the course so far. =P

All I remember about the philosophy lecture was that John Atkins went on and on about Descartes AGAIN. =P I think they're secretly lovers. (Descartes isn't really dead. His ego is too big to let him die.) The tute, on the other hand, was pretty good. Canada wasn't there so a lot of people got to speak and we actually had a proper philosophical discussion. The ling lecture was even ok - though we were doing language acquisition again so it was very familiar - and she let us out half an our early!

In the Rome lecture on Tuesday I managed to end up sitting in a row with a whole lot of people who I know, but I still failed at talking to them! In fact, Jessie was actually sitting next to me but we didn't speak the entire time. @_@ But Katja also came, so I wasn't lonely. (AND JONATHAN WAS THERE. I KNOW. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER.) And I have decided that I like Pompey better than Sulla and Marius, even though he does look hilarious. (And not like a warlord at all...) In Contemporary literature Bronwyn was lecturing about The White Tiger, which was interesting but a bit tedious. Afterwards I hung out with James until his sociology lecture and then went home to work on my philosophy essay - fun times.

Wednesday was kind of lame. In the morning I caught a banana 109 to UQ and the bus driver packed the bus so full of people that I had to stand on the circular bit in the middle that you're not supposed to stand in (AT ANY TIME, the sign said) - which is not as fun as it sounds because the floor spins whenever you turn corners and it made me feel sick. =S I always try to avoid the back of banana buses anyway, but the bus was so full that I couldn't really ask anybody to let me go down the front, because there wasn't room to move.

Then I had my Contemporary literature tute, which was also bad. We were split into pairs and given questions and my partner was Mercija, but she didn't really have anything to say at all and told Margaret that we didn't know what to do - and then Margaret got really angry at us for no reason. =S She basically told us that we were letting the class down by not putting any effort into participating and it seemed totally unfair and uncalled for - we'd only just started the exercise, it's not as though we were just sitting there for ages doing nothing. And I was annoyed because I actually DID have things to say but I find it hard to talk and share ideas when the other person isn't contributing anything. And Margaret was like "you can't not put effort into this when we have so much work to catch up on because we missed a tute last week." Prettttty sure the reason why we missed the tute was because she went on strike. =/ And we didn't have to miss a tute - if she'd TOLD us that she was striking we could have joined another tute group. Oh well, it wasn't that bad, I answered the question (with no help from Mercija...) when we presented at the end of the class so I at least had a chace to redeem myself.

And then there was the dust storm! There was no dust in the morning when I was going to uni, it was just really windy. And when I was in class I didn't realise that there was a dust storm blowing over, I just thought that the windows of the Michie building were really dirty. =P (Which is a reasonable assumption!) But the air was all browny-orange outside too! It was pretty horrible. I was in the Parnell for my Turning Points lecture for two hours, but apart from that I spent most of the day taking refuge in the Michie. (Though I did venture out at one point to buy a donut. =D) But even so, my nose and throat got all full of dust and made it hard to breathe. D=

There's still a lot of dust around today - though I think most of it is on my cat, he hasn't cleaned himself yet. And he keeps picking up more dust wherever he goes.

Turning Points tute was also quite bad. I only spoke once and what I said wasn't really very useful. =S Then at the end I had a really valid point to make but didn't get a chance to speak because the same people just kept talking. And Yorick asked everybody else a question except for me and another girl. =( At the beginning of semester I contributed a lot but now I'm never heard over the loud people.

Last night I finished my philosophy essay, hurrah! Though I think it's quite bad. If I had more time I'd probably change it a lot, but I'd done all that I can do for now.

For some reason, I woke up this morning and thought that my tutoral started at 10:00. So I caught the early bus to uni and spent half an hour trying to get my homework done, before realising that nobody else was there and that the classroom was empty. And then I realised that it starts at 11. =P I've never done that before, usually I'm like "YES! It's Thursday! I get to sleep in for an extra hour!"

Today we had our first tute with the new Rome tutor. It was really strange to walk into that classroom and see another tutor there - since Chris has been my tutor for ancient history all year. It was still pretty good, though the new guy has a very different teaching style. He gave us an activity to do in pairs, which I really liked, because they're excellent for getting people to actually talk to each other. Chris hasn't done anything like that at all this semester, which is probably one of the reasons why nobody has talked much in the tutes so far. But Chris always has a really indepth analysis of the sources and so I always learnt something new about the topic, whereas in this tute we really just discussed things that I already knew from the lectures/readings. And he didn't get the people who had done the assignment for that week to present their argument, which I thought was strange, because isn't that part of our tute participation mark? =S

Afterwards I went and voted so that I could get my union voucher and buy lunch. =P (I'm such a bad student). Then hung out with Katja and various other people until James finally arrived and we handed in philosophy and ling. It was nice to just hang out at uni without having to go and study.

Aaaand, this afternoon I got a visit, a (mutual) apology, and a hug from Amyyy. =D Sooo that is completely awesome.

That be all! Because now it be Gleeeee time. =D

miandre @ 2009-08-15T22:31:00

2009-08-15T12:43:42Z

My dear one, what happened to you? That face. That beautiful face. I'll never forget your face. No matter how far apart time holds us, I'll never stop loving you. Your voice will stay with me for the rest of the life.

Twelve years. Only once in twelve years. But you were my first love, and I won't let you go.

Who are you? I don't know you. My love, you're only a memory in my head. She disappeared a long time ago; the person who I love is gone. Just a memory, just a voice.

Just a face; the most beautiful face in the world.

My dear, dear, dear one. Why have you gone away?

My beautiful one. My little girl. I can't let you go.

Voi ei!

2008-06-16T15:54:14Z

I spent over 40 euros at an S-Market. O_O

And yeah, the suncream and the "nice work NOT putting on suncream and getting burnt" cream were quite expensive, but still, HOW ON EARTH DID I SPEND THAT MUCH AT A SUPERMARKET!?!?!

Maybe I didn't have to buy so much chocolate. (But the cravings! They're crazy!) Or the chocolate chip cookies. (I blame Spot. xD) Or the socks. (You can NEVER have enough socks.)

I guess it's just part of being independant.

But at least I FINALLY have chocolate! I don't think it's a good sign that I spent most of my life sitting in my room and dying of sugar cravings. There is NOTHING sugary to eat in this house. Not even pulla!

I also bought a new pair of pyjamas. And I went back to Galleria Printti but they didn't have any nice funky cat books left, so I bought a horse one instead that has similar colours to mine. I don't know if Erin has a particular attachment to horses, but they reminded me of some of her drawings. I still feel bad about stealing her birthday present though. =/ Heh...

I should REALLY stop procrastinating and do something productive. Like find out what currancies I'll need for Eurotour.

Mmm, daim.

~Claire

Friends Only

2007-09-10T06:48:21Z

I really should have done this a year ago, when I started friending my entries. =P

This journal is friends only, and has been for a long time!

Leave a comment if you want to be friended (though not many people know about this journal...so I doubt anyone will).

~Claire

The Birthday Post

2007-03-25T10:27:41Z

I got a CAMERA!

All shall fear me! The world will never be safe from me and my camera and my snap-happiness. MWAHAHA.

THE LIST

This is what I got:

1. THE CAMERA!
2. A camera case...lol
3. A set of watercolour pencils, I CAN finish my art afterall =P
4. Brackets by Sigur Ros *hugs it*
5. Sparkly pens
6. Flute earrings! COOLEST THING EVER!
7. Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate

Late in the morning mum, Erin and I drove over to The Three Monkies Cafe in West End and I had a caramel slice and a milkshake. Then we had to rush back home so that I could get ready for QYO. The concert wasn't our best, but it had good bits and bad bits. Robyn lost his music half way through and Katrina had to stall...which she did by telling the audience that he had lost his music and then laughing at him. =P And there was a bit in Ripper March where Adam Shann was supposed to do this MASSIVE bass drum thud and Katrina gave him an EQUALLY MASSIVE cue and he missed it. The look on her face was priceless. n_n

The OMB concert hall was completely packed, it was fuller than I've ever seen it before. We played Celebration for Sally fantastically and they had a slide show of pictures of her. (I cried :fear:)

Unfortunately Jess Whitehead murdered the flute solo in Masada and she and Nadia completely destroyed Blithe Bells...(they stopped playing half way through and it was just me @_@)

And now I"m about to have cake...it's a cheesecake. ^_^

Do you know what? I haven't had a birthday at school since year nine. Because last year it was on a Saturday and the year before it was on Good Friday. And now I'll never have a birthday at school again.

Photos will come when I upload them...I took phtos of just about everything. Heh.

FEAR THE CAMERA.

~Claire

Memories

2007-03-16T12:14:06Z

I miss Kelly. =(

I can't believe everything changed so much.

Every now and then I find a photo that reminds me and it makes me really sad.

Remember the Happy Meadow? And the crows? And Garth Vader? And the dwarfs walking off a cliff?

Gone.

~Claire

miandre @ 2006-12-27T19:02:00

2006-12-27T10:02:49Z

There is no way that I am going to do that. There is absolutely no way that they are going to make me do that.

I am so angry.

The next person who decides that threatening me is a good way to get what they want can go to hell. ><

~Claire

For Garth

2006-12-25T08:29:09Z

Dear Mr Edwards,

I don't know where you are, or if I'll ever find you again, but I hope and pray that you are safe, well and most of all - happy. I don't know if I'll ever get the chance to tell you this so I'll say it here.

You were the best English teacher we ever had. You made such a difference. Everything you said, everything you did, every time you tried to help us - you left an imprint on our lives that will not fade quickly. You cared so much about us, even though we were stupid, selfish fourteen year old girls. (well, I was anyway) Thank you so much for trying to help and for making sure that I was alright - even afterwards.

You taught me so much, about myself, about identity, about english, poetry and literature. You always tried to help us to think for ourselves and make our own conclusions, not just to be brainwashed by society. You even taught us not to let teachers control and change our opinions, a lesson that came in handy when your replacement, Ms Stevens, was replaced by the ever-opinionated Mrs Walker.

I always loved English, but you left me with a love of literature that will never fade.

Thankyou, thankyou so much for everything. You are amazing.

I hope that wherever you are, you are having a fantastic Christmas with your family and friends. I still miss you, and I'm still looking for you. I just hope that I'll be able to find you again someday. =(

O Captain! My Captain! *stands on desk*

Love from your ex-student,

~Claire (the werewolf)

You can tell how much I'm procrastinating by how many entries I post in one day n_n

2006-11-24T10:21:11Z

Did I mention that Brendan is THE most good-looking guy EVER?

n____n

(I've been trying to write my petition for the Crucible...mmm, 17th century english. @_@ It's sort of fun. Sort of.)

~Claire
<3

lol

2006-11-04T00:52:13Z

You Are "Dizzy and Giddy"

What Japanese Smiley Are You?

*laughs*

=(

2006-10-23T06:02:05Z

I'm trying to write a Celtic Dance...and it all sounds crap!

=/

2006-10-23T02:29:47Z

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Today - a rather pointless entry.

2006-10-19T06:01:49Z

Heh, I have a really awesome bruise on my knee. It's purple. =D

School was fun today, though I almost didn't get there. Usually I get up at 7:30, but this morning went something like this:

*at 8:30*

Me - *asleep*

Dad - Claire: *poke* Wake up!

Me - AAARRGhghglglgghh.

Dad - What time do you want to go to school?

Me - Um...around 8:30?

Dad - *looks at the clock* Err....

He was supposed to ask me when I wanted to go to school at an APPROPRIATE time! Not after it's too late to get there in time for form! >< Ok, I do have a double spare this morning, but when have I stayed home on a thursday? I can't even REMEMBER. I was counting on that spare to get all my work done. >< I did manage to get there for most of it, but I had to wait in a huge queue of late people to sign in because I missed form. And I would have been quicker if dad had helped me with my jobs. So far he's made everything in my life harder for me since I got back. ><

But school was fun. We spent the whole day just talking about camp. The teachers were really annoyed. =P Oh, and I got my music composition from term 2 back. I got an A! Andre got an A+. =D

We have a school dance tonight. I think our grade is going to get there and fall asleep. I have too much pain in my arms to dance. (and my shoulder blades are currently trying to stab through my back. ><)

Argh....so...sore.

~Claire

lol

2006-10-06T06:29:39Z

Ahaha. =P There should have been an option for "QYO" on the friday night question.

~Claire

Yesterday Night

2006-09-23T10:42:42Z

QYO actually turned out to be quite fun. We all went crazy organising the music into piles...=P (I forgot to clean mine. :fear:)

The party afterwards was good, too. I ate eight chicken wings, two pieces of cheesecake and an ice cream. @_@ (I was really, really hungry) We sat around to talked and they WAY people danced to Moscow. n__n

On retrospect I'm glad I didn't wear my skirt - because Sophie was wearing the exact same one. =P (and we all know how embarassing THAT would have been =P) lol.

Basically, it was brilliant. I'm going away and I miss people already. =( This term's been so terrible, it's nice to actually be able to do things with friends without massive dramas etc etc.

Mwahaha, you get two posts tonight. *goes off to write the other one*

~Claire

Sorry, I'll stop posting now.

2006-09-22T07:04:34Z

Mum's coming home with chicken!

I'M GOING TO LIVE!!!

n__n

But could I be bothered changing...? (I've never worn this skirt out before)

(ever @_@)

Err....

I HATE MAKING DECISIONS!

(especially about clothes)

~Claire

flail

2006-09-22T06:38:03Z

I forgot to tape Stargate last night!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

And it was Ripple Effect, too! =( =(

I can't believe it! I was going to put the timer on after my shower but I completely forgot!

Gah. *banghead*

I really wish I didn't have to go to QYO tonight. >< I'll only get to the last hour of Alex's party. How lame! I always have to miss everything because of QYO! And I feel SICK!

=(

~Claire

New Chrestomanci

2006-09-21T11:20:02Z

Omg. Chrestomanci is out. It's in the library, so it must be.

I NEED THIS BOOK!

=O

We just had fun, chasing a legless lizard out of the house so that Kitty didn't eat it. =P It had tiny little funny legs and it wriggled.

~Claire

The proper entry

2006-09-21T08:40:23Z

Today we had maths B! I can understand why Katja said it was brilliant...It wasn't, but it almost was. =P The knowledge section was certainly fantastic. I could do it all! I failed modelling and problemsolving again, though. There were four questions at the end and I couldn't solve any of them. I tried to apply what I knew...but nothing worked. ><

After wards Mim, Anthony and Jess (still attatched) and me went down to coles to get food. (sushi) We met Sophie there, since we were supposed to be going to the coffee club for lunch, but Amy and Kelly had disappeared after maths to do film and TV stuff. So we went back up to school and harassed them to come down. =P

But then we had to wait for the Marist guys, who were coming at 1, so we went to the park and didn't really do much. We managed to take up four tables at the Coffee club. Kelly went crazy because she refused to sit next to an empty chair. @_@ (something about not liking gaps...) The waitress spilt my milk shake all over her. =P (not purposely, of course) I had fish and chips masquerading as quality cafe food...=P (it didn't actually say chips on the menu, I thought I was just getting fish) We ate and talked and ate a lot.

Afterwards people split up. Sophie, Andre and Liam had to go to coles to buy food for camping. The rest of us went up to McDonalds (Kelly's idea @_@) and had ice cream. Mitch destroyed a My Little Pony. *giggle*

Then I walked through the school to return a book to the library and went home. It was fun. I stayed longer than I expected, just like yesterday, (maths study session) because I wanted to stay around people. I really don't feel like being on my own at the moment. Usually when I'm alone I be creative and try and write or play music, (or draw, before my confidence was destroyed) but I feel far to drained to even think about it. People are good. Even if they are annoying. =P

Next week we're going to Sydney!!! I'm so excited! It's been over a year since we went on holidays (...I miss England =( ) and I've never really been to Sydney. It's going to be brilliant. I love my family - they're the best travelling companions. (Except Erin when she gets bored...or Dad and Erin when they start arguing. :fear:) I seriously need something to do besides sitting and feeling miserable.

Ack...I said I could go to Alex's party but I actually can't. I've got QYO. >< I always forget about QYO.

That's it really.

SCHOOL AND EXAMS ARE OVER!

~Claire

I miss Katja. =(

But why is the rum gone?

2006-09-20T05:08:03Z

It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Arrr!

Actually, yesterday was international talk like a pirate day, but Dad was on the computer so I didn't get to post. @_@ And I was so looking forward to being ahead of the rest of the world! =(

I'm in a comic!

2006-09-18T08:57:35Z

You should have seen me studying today.

It was brilliant.

I think I only spent about two hours actually studying, because I manged to take a massive lunch break in the middle. Oh well. I have my ancient history essay test tomorrow, which is frightening, and then maths B on thursday, which I was always destined to fail.

So it's alright.

Oh, and Jeremy finished his comic. Remember how I mentioned having a bizarre dream about Katja and Jeremy's maths teacher buying Jam? And remember all those posts that I mentioned Mr Richardson AKA Mr Poncy in? Well, here he is - doing his famous cubic dance and immortalised forever. Oh yeah, and I'm in it too.

The Incredible Mr Poncy

I laughed so hard that I almost choked. n___n You'd know what I mean if you saw him in real life. *giggle*

I miss Katja! There's no one to poke! =(

(she's gone skiing)

~Claire

A lesson on history

2006-09-18T08:43:17Z

Athenian history is odd. Really all they ever did was ostracise people. The ostracised Thermistocles for being anti-Spartan, then they ostracised Xenophon for being pro-Spartan! And they ostracised just about all of their Persian war heroes because they felt bad about not being quite as cool. O__o

I'm surprised that there was anyone LEFT in Athens by the time Pericles came along.

Well, at least they're not as retarded as the Spartans, so they must be ok.

The Spartans had severe paranoia issues.

In fact, they just had issues.

I think I like Peisistratus best. He was a nice tyrant. Pericles was a bit up-himself. Solon was pretty cool. But I personally despise Cleisthenes. Not for any particular reason, but possibly because it took me ages to figure out how to pronounce his name ><

There we go.

All you need to know about Greek history summed up in one LJ entry.

I'm certianly more accurate than Herodotus, anyway. =P

~Claire

PS mmm, history jokes. :fear: (there was this one lesson where we all burst out laughing at something stupid that the Spartans did. It was quite scary @_@)

Books should never end

2006-09-16T04:41:56Z

I finished Fire and Hemlock!

I'm now going to die, slowly and tragically with as much wailing as possible.

=(

*wails*

~Claire

Lone Flute

2006-09-15T11:42:13Z

I'm caught between two irrepressible desires:

1. To go on the internet

2. To read my book.

Obviously I ended up on the internet. @_@ Which is probably because I have a fear of reading books quickly in case I ruin them. Even though I've already read this one. And I really really want to go back to reading it. But instead I'm here.

And for some reason Our Place has disappeared. :fear:

QYO was disasterous! None of the other first flutes turned up! (or the piccolo @_@) And then they took the chairs away and I was sitting in a row all on my own with massive spaces on either side. And we were SIGHT READING!!!!!!! O__O And we played Jupiter. Why did we have to play Jupiter on the one day that I'm about to fall asleep and there are no other first flutes!?!?! Katrina insulted me too. O__o

=(

I'm such a terrible flautist! I don't practise enough!

Why do I give up so easily?

~Claire

PS Must....read.......BOOK! *gasps*

Heh...oops.

2006-09-14T12:23:01Z

I was going to go to bed early!

*laughs*

~Claire