ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!

So today by the title of today's post you can probably guess that today marks 1 year! So in the past year I have done 336 posts. Out of all the days in the year I missed about 1 month - so technically only been blogging for 11 months. In the past year I've had 4,930 views! So many countries that would put you to sleep if I listed them! I don't know how you guys found it because I simply started out by posting it on Facebook for my friends to see and this blog was just meant to be some english assignment early last year, but thanks to you it's ways more than some assignment. I love writing even when I really am not in the mood. I'm sorry I rant at times, miss days, have really boring posts some days and I'm thankful you actually put up with my horrible spelling a grammar! If you don't notice my spelling or grammar mistakes please don't go searching for them, I'm not the most intelligent person and those two things are my worst nightmare.
Thanks for a great year or 11 months (haha) and I look forward to another one!
Cheers!!! ^_^

Dictionaries

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you don't use a dictionary very often and hate looking up the meanings of words. Correct? I know I hate it but now there are ways online so looking words is fifty times easier but looking things up...I do not like that. I don't know the meanings of many words but if used the right way I do understand. 

Now getting to my point of today's post, I take psychology at school and it's basically understanding the human mind and why we are the way we are. I took a stroll around the library's bookshelves and found a 'dream dictionary'. (Please don't be asleep, I do not mean to tell you about my boring school life and the meaning of words...) I'm fairly sure you dream of multiple things at night, not every night but some nights. I looked up what I dream about and it's rather interesting to know what the meaning of a certain thing in your dream can mean in real life. You subconsciously bring emotions and real life into your dream that are hidden within an aspect of your dream. 

If you can go out and find a dream dictionary it's fascinating to know what your subconscious does will you sleep... 

Sorry for my boring life story in the beginning. But I have to tell you some things about my life. (Hehe) 

1 down 2 to go

So I have a few assignments and essays but tonight I got one finished! I shouldn't be too excited about that as I have more to do but I really didn't like it and now that I don't have to think about it anymore! You could say no one likes any form of assignment but depending on the topic it can either make it better or worse. (In my case, worse.)
Try not to hate an assignment of any kind on its topic, it will also make things worse, unless you truly love it, but even having to write about something you like us hard.

Skate-park

I'm pretty sure you know what a skate-park is. It's the place most teenagers go to hang out and ride skateboards or bikes and do fancy tricks. Now I can't do any tricks and had never been to a skate-park until this morning. I learnt you need a bike or skateboard to have fun, just a friend and the skate-park. Now walking up and down the ramps is fun but the bowl is pretty cool. It's nice and deep and steep. The ramp down - I guess you could call it that - is like a slide. That is exactly what I used it for! I slid down with my friend and sat down there. The best part is running back up though. How else do you get out?
Don't just think you can't go somewhere because you can't use it for it's proper purpose.

Everyone is an individual

I'm not going to to write today. I found this on Facebook and found it very important. Please what all the way to the end because this what happens in real life. Not all the time but sometimes. Just don't bully, everyone is an individual. 

Road Ready

This may sound like the worst possible way to spend ones weekend but I actually learnt more in the 10 hours I spent doing road ready course than I did all week at school. Don't sound too shocked but yes I find that slightly shocking yet surprising. I am grateful I learnt so much though, it means I'll be a safer driver, hopefully. I could've done this course at school but I didn't want to drive and still don't. If you're wondering why I'm even bothering is because it's better to know how in-case I do need to drive someday.
Road ready was actually fun in a way, was terrifying watching and hearing a few things but you do in fact need to know about them for when you do drive. I recommend you do it even if you're like me and don't want to drive. For me it was 10 hours of my weekend, 5 hours of each day but it was worth it. (I'll tell you how my test goes so you know if I can drive or not in roughly 2 weeks.)

Falls to someone

Sorry there was nothing yesterday and I'm going to blame the homework. 

When you get mad about something you don't want to blame yourself so you blame it one somebody else. I won't lie, I have done it and yes I have done it more than once. I have wanted to blame someone for the reason I've been upset but you can't when you yourself are the main reason and when multiple people are involved. Small things like a fight for example you might start it but don't want to get in trouble so you blame the other person. (Don't do that.) Another example is where you're with someone and get in trouble but can't blame one person or the other because you're both at fault. There are many examples I could write about but you get the idea. If you did something don't blame anyone else and don't blame yourself either. Just don't blame anyone, it makes things so much easier.

Running through anger

Running is great for many reasons but I never knew how much it helped with emotions. I've been a bit of a mess and last night let it all out by going for a run. Now I'm not that fit and normally can't run for ages but all the emotions I have within me I surprised myself and did roughly half an hour of sprinting. I'd recommend you to take your anger out that way instead on someone else. It won't hurt anyone, you're letting out everything you've been keeping inside of you and running is good for you. Don't think of it as fittness, make all your emotions visible, look at them and run as fast as you can to get away from them.

Tears

This is a pretty famous picture by an artist who I do not like. (Just my taste of art, you may like his work if you search him up.) I find this picture to be rather sad and depressing but it really makes you wonder what she is looking at, what is she thinking about? The thing that stands out for me is her eyes, how the darkness of the mascara on her eyelashes grabs your attention. The tears you see, aren't actually tears, they're glass beads. (Sorry but you can think they're tears and not glass if you like, I know that's what I think.) 

This is one of my all time favourite photographs. I love black and white photography but this has taken up it to a new level for me.

Sorry if I today wasn't like usual but I just really love the picture. 

Up not down

Sorry there wasn't anything yesterday and sorry the day before was only a line. I've got a lot of work already for school and in finding it hard to cope with so if the posts seem small or if I miss a day every now and then it's because of my work load.

Having lots on your mind can really suck. You always have something to think about, the sad things get you down because spend more time thinking about why things get you down instead of what things make you happy. You can be down about almost anything if the smallest downside to something slips into your mind. That was happened to me and its not fun. Focus on the happy things, even if its 1% out off 100.

Pluviophile

I don't have much for you tonight sorry but this is better than nothing.

Pluviophile: a lover of rain; someone who finds joy and peace of mind on rainy days.

Party games

When you have a party you play party games. My dad has the best party games and the best he brings out from time to time for the most special occasions. He played the meanest prank on everyone tonight. It was a thinking game, thinking outside the box is so hard to do when you're deep in concentration.
The best party games are original or really simple. One to try it passing a lifesaver lolly around a circle by a toothpick you're holding in your mouth. Give it a try next time you have a party, it's great fun.

Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day! The 14th of February is the day of love. You go to school or work and if you have that special someone will take you dinner or on a date and that box of chocolates and rose maybe? If you don't its not the end of the world, you might not have someone on Valentines but look forward to next year, you never know what's beyond the horizon. I got a nice surprise from someone today, a rose, chocolate and a card from a friend. I honestly was fine with nothing as I didn't have very high hopes. I knew it was a long shot but I had hoped for something but I didn't happen so I'll just keep dreaming.
Hope you all had a day full of love and if you didn't, it isn't the end of the world. There is next year, and every day is Valentines Day if you love someone and really show that you do.

Laughing class

Yes, we all have those laughing fits from time to time. Some days you find everything funny and others just aren't for you. Today most of my day was spent laughing and that includes inclass. Yeah, the teachers weren't happy and we found it extremely hard to learn but something was pretty funny and we couldn't stop laughing. It was a funny day, one that was highly amusing.

Lost about boys

I'm not in the right place at the moment. Feeling out of place, lost; like you don't belong or fit in. Your head goes one way and your heart another. When it comes to boys you have no idea what to do and visversa for boys when it comes to girls. If you haven't noticed already from some previous posts a few are talking about a guy. I haven't any clue what to do and am so lost as what to do if they like somebody else... I feel like I should just give up, move on, but I've found that to be the impossible for me. (If you know what really liking somebody is like and the feeling you get, that's what this guy makes me feel like.)
What should I do? I just really don't want to lose them...
Boys are another language that we don't understand and girls must be too - from a boys point of view.

The video didn't want to attach properly...but watch this, I like it and the meaning if you read the words carefully - it isn't the best font but it's just something off YouTube.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHrhazFsD3M

Being sick at school

I don't all that much today but I'm still gonna give you something.
I got sick on the weekend and don't seem to be getting any better... I would love to have stayed home but really didn't and don't want to miss anything at school, so going to school was a really dumb idea. (Just letting you know, I'm really not the smartest person. If you haven't already figured it out by know...) I did end up going home early but being sick at school is the worst thing possible. The noise around you makes your head hurt like crazy, things may tend to go fuzzy and blurry at times and you don't actually hear anything anyone says. It does mean that you end up with a little more homework than you'd like to have...because nobody wants homework.
You probably miss just as much being at school sick as you do staying at home.
Stay home = free time and do whatever
Go to school = do school work, make others sick potentially and learn nothing
...I may have just done maths.... o.O

Afternoon relaxation

Long hot summer days, you don't have to love them at all, it's totally fine. Mid 30's and a long school day with no air conditioning is not something to look forward to. The last thing you'd want to do in the heat is go and sit in it, outside. I just walked to the park after school and sat there. Yes it was bright and hot and I did have a slight headache but you don't seem to notice any of that, it just all goes away. You might like sitting alone and thinking and just want to get away from everything but having a friend is sometimes nice or music is great too. Although music doesn't talk back to you...it's still nice to have around as a little background noise.
Whatever you choose to outside is up to you but ignore the fact it's hot and just enjoy whatever time you have before winter comes...because it's just far too cold to do anything nice outside.

Restrictions

Sorry there has been no post the last 2 days, I was down the coast.

So parents like to keep stuff from you, protect you. My mother has put restrictions on my computer, so now I can't actually access anything, like not even Facebook!... It's actually one of the most annoying things parents can do. They block you from everything, monitor your every move so you don't do the wrong thing. How can I do something wrong on Facebook, blogger, my email account and bank account...??...... Like seriously, what can possibly go wrong on those websites??? I know what they're worries about but if you trust your kids to do the right thing and they haven't done anything wrong yet, do you seriously think they will?
It's one thing a parent can worry about but it's the best way to tick your child off, and I mean really tick them off.

Sorry about my rant... It did make me feel better but you have to agree with me. If you don't I do apologize.

Never let it go

Ever wish you could just keep something? You must have had the feeling or thought once in your life where you don't want to let go, you just want to keep it forever and ever? That's me, I hate letting things go, no matter how much they hurt. I have something I'm hanging onto, and I'm not letting go. I've tried but a part of me just wants to hang on and never let go. If I had the choice is let go but hang on but that's not up to me to decide, as much as I want I have no control over what happens. People say it's all in the mind but sometimes it's not, sometimes it in your heart, and that's why you can't let go and can't give it up easily.

First 'offical' day

Sorry there was no post for yesterday, it completely slipped my mind....

SO I know I started college on Monday but my first actual day of classes started today. I only had 2 hours of classes and had no idea what to do with my left over 4... I'll use them for study when I get homework and assignments but now I guess I can sleep in and leave early. But as I really like school I went all day and started to wish I got some homework soon or even something I can revise, because I started to get a tad bored.
College can be fun and not fun. Everything has it's ups and downs.

First day

So first day of college today and I have to say it'll only get better, I don't know how when it was already great. I've made new friends, I enjoy my classes and it's so much better than what I thought, not scary one bit! I don't know about your first days but I'm sure they were great. If you haven't made any new friends yet it doesn't matter, you'll make them for sure but just start off friendly and have general conversations and you might already have a new friend. It's great for in classes when you don't actually have anyone you know, I know that's what I have in my classes and by simply saying 'hi' you have a friend. You don't have to hang with them all the time but seeing them around and having those few people is always great.
Teachers, I really hope you guys like your teachers. I like mine...most of them but you'll like them better with time. Or not...
Hope your first day was as good as mine and that the year is a good one for you. Best of luck to anyone and everyone starting a new school or just starting the year.

The end...the beginning...what?

I start college tomorrow. I know I should be all excited and yeah but it's not going to be the same same with friends all over the state... Sure, you make new friends but they're not the same as old friends, the ones you really will miss after a day. (Haven't even started and I miss them...) It'll be a new start. A new adventure. First days are the scariest and the saddest but the next days won't. Everything gets better with time.
Good luck to everyone starting a new school, school year and new adventure! Make new friends, but always keep the old ones.
Let see how your first day goes...

Lights off

Have you ever gone outside at night and looked up at the night sky? It's pretty, but you can't see much in the city because there's too much light. If you go out into the country or away from populated areas and look up at the night sky, it's a sea of stars and its beautiful. Campaigns a great way to see the stars, you can lie outside and look up, might even fall asleep. Nag your parents or someone to go on a drive with you out into no where to see the night sky, it's definitely worth it. A friend of mine wants to be an Astromormer, that would have to be the best job ever, stars everywhere.
If you really want to see the stars in the city you may need to turn the power off...everywhere...but don't do that.

Fun fact: 40 minutes outside of Canberra is a place called Cooma. Once you go through the on the way to Jindabine, if you stop the car and look behind you, you can see the glow from Canberra above the hills. It's cool.