Feliz Navidad

Well Merry Christmas everyone! The day has finally come and pretty much, gone. I'm happy to say I enjoyed myself despite our Christmas being considerabley less dramatic than previous years. We started off this year in about November with "no present this year guys" to getting to the actually day and of course my parents couldn't resist, which is what I love so much about them.

It's so strange this year I just didn't have the same excitment for Christmas I usually do and I've noticed a couple of other bloggers have mentioned this too. Maybe it's the fact that we're becoming adults and that's just what happens? But for me this year it was a different kind of happiness. I'm ashamed to say that this year was the first time I bought my parents presents with my own money rather than each of them giving me money for the other or even buying something for themselves and wrapping it up and saying its from me. I actually felt good spending my money on someone else...a strange addictive kind of happiness that could turn into a problem if left unchecked. I just love trying to find the perfect gift for people and get a kick out of people opening things in front of me.

Watching my nieces and nephews open their presents today and seeing the excitement on Charli's face when she discovered a barbie doll and a pair of clicky clacky heels, it's the kind of excitement only a four year old could show for such a simple gift.

But the thing that really touched me the most today, and this is gonna sound weird but it was a text. From someone I don't even know all that well that took the time to wish me a Merry Christmas and not just a generic "i've sent this to everyone on my list" message, it was personalised with my name. He was the first and only person to send me a text unprompted and it really made me happy and then I felt bad for not actually sending anyone else a text that I should have so I endeavoured to send texts to everyone I wanted to wish a Merry Christmas and hoped that they would feel the same way I did from that first text =)

I feel like this Christmas is a turning point into adulthood for me. I've turned 18, I survived high school,
ATAR - 86.20
Which is pretty impressive considering the minimal effort I put into the last 12 months of school. I think though I wouldn't go through high school again if I had the choice. I'm going to miss it, sure. At the same time I'm ready to move on, I want to experience uni and meet different people and do different things. And a band 6 in Hospitality, which I'm proud of too and glad I got for Mrs Howard in her last year of teaching since she put so much pressure on me for two years and insisted I didn't drop it.

Well that's all from me for now, next thing to look forward to, new years =)
Deep Lurrrve
Stephii xx

p.s. feliz navidad, Prospero Año y Felicidad.
Totally my favourite christmas song xD

p.p.s. has anyone else ever wondered how they build bridges UNDERWATER????

Working for the Weekend (Oh sorry clearly I have to work then too...)

Ahhhh I'm assailing everyone with two blogs in less than 24 hours, cause that's just how I roll.

Just a blog about stupid work today. So because I've finished school I've been taking on extra shifts at work. I've got a contract so I get 11 hours everyweek regardless. But then they roster me on for another say 10 hours on checkouts. Then during they week they always call me for one dept or other for extra shifts. I'm trained in quite a few depts and so I tend to get a bunch of calls from different people.

To me, I think it's fair enough to accept a shift from the grocery manager to work in nightfill if I don't have any other shift on a Wednesday. Then after accepting a shift THE DAY BEFORE ie Tuesday have my family assailed with calls from Woolworths (checkouts) wanting me to do a shift. They called my house 3 times last night while I was out, only to finally think of trying my mobile. Little do they know I've accepted a shift to work in nightfill so I tell them I can't, but end up taking 3 hours anyway.

So now I've got a 3 to midnight shift that I wasn't rostered for and the checkout staff are shitty because I am one of THEIR staff and if other departments keep "stealing" me they're going to have to put a stop to it.

Anyway the crux of the matter is the fact that I have no right to accept a shift in nightfill when I didn't even have a shift on checkouts. It really irks me because they're basically saying I can't work anywhere but checkouts and this isn't the first time this has come up. But I don't want to be limited to checkouts, I want to learn new skills and be able to get a shift from another dept. I feel like I should be able to accept a shift anywhere when I'm not rostered to work.

Basically the checkout staff would prefer me to sit at home and wait for them to grace me with a call. And if some other manager calls me asking if I can work it's not like I'm going to say "Oh sorry I can't, checkoutws just MAY need me one day in the next 10 years so I'm going to have to give it a miss"

I'd prefer to work anywhere BUT checkouts P.S.

Not only were there multiple and angry calls from the checkout staff last night, But they wake me up this morning asking me if I can come in earlier on checkouts! Of course I tell them NO I won't work a 12 hour shift, I'm already doing nightfill tonight which in turn makes a new checkout person shitty with me AND the nightfill manager. So what can you do.

Work vent ended. While we're on the topic though, I want to mention people who think work is their life. I'm working a lot lately, but it's only to get a bit of a money reserve going for uni next year. What I can't stand is people who also plan to go to uni, but treat their jobs like it's their life. Don't get me wrong, I care about work and occasionally I even enjoy work too =P But when people can't go out because they have WORK in the morning just kills me. Especially when they have a desk job and all they do is sit there for a few hours. Both last saturday and this saturday I've had 6am shifts, doesn't mean I'm not going out with my friends on friday night because of it! Not to mention I lift cartons of stock, and don't sit at a desk. If you can't pull all nighters and get up to go to work the next morning at 18, when CAN you? Even wanting to go out to dinner earlier because you have work the next morning? I mean it's dinner...not exactly hard dancing and drinking.

I'm going to part with a little clip from Pulp Fiction that I LOVE.
(WARNING: Bit of foul language so if you're sensitive to that, be mindful)



John Travolta is gold.


big love,
S xoxo

It's significant, seriously.

Soooo I already broke my promise of a frequently updated blog kids. I'm sorry. How about we make this a monthly affair and I'll try and promise to make it words of substance.

Alas, this post is about an old friend, facebook. It seems to me that facebook is in need of a facelift because all I find myself doing on there lately is becoming fans of things and joining groups. And don't get me wrong I am entertained by this..but I think that it is very much a waste of time I could be using for something productive...like solitaire...

Some of my favourite groups though would have to be
I LOVE this song so... I'm going to listen to it 100 TIMES IN A ROW.
'party in the usa' is undeniably catchy, even if miley cyrus is a fag.
Thanks to Ed Hardy I recognize morons right away.
I see friends on MSN typing so I stop to see what they say, but so do they.
As long as somebody else is as screwed as me, everything is good.

This becoming fans/joining of groups has really made me lose interest in facebook and I keep finding myself wondering what it was that I did on their before they changed their layout and made it so easy to click all these pointless groups. I guess I still joined groups, although I did enjoy going through people's pages to find great groups and take a moment to savour this thing that we both have in common. Now I can just sign right in and have it displayed for me.

I will however continue to join groups on facebook because I can't seem to stop myself. Next step on here is to update the layout =) You'll notice some handy new stuff down the side bar there. It's all for the pleasure of my readers. Just the most recent books I've read and some songs I'm digging atm. Oh and some blogs I like to check out on the occasion nothing is going down on fb.


And I've got a riddle for you ladies and gents nice simple one to ease us back into the swing of things at this very unupdated blog

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

Until next time (please no one holding their breath)
big love,
S xoxo

Blog and the world blogs with you!

Wasssuuuupppp bitches

Back from my extended blogging holiday, and only because the whole world has gone insane and started blogging.Oh yeah so first blog since MAY....good times, good times. don't worry with all this free time on my hands I promise I'll endeavour to bring the news of my life to the masses! (ignore the fact that that's what i said last time)

There is something oddly fascinating with having a blog, I always try and refrain from any heavy bitching, but alas, it's inevitable with me and not using names can work, but generally people will know EXACTLY who you are talking about. So you really have to know the purpose of your blog - to inform the masses of your life in its entire boring detail OR entertain the masses by unmercifully bitching about everyone and run the risk of them out of boredom clicking the link to your blog one lazy afternoon. The nub and gist is, do you WANT people to read your blog and have it widely publicised?? Or would you prefer a small audience with the purpose of venting your issues and having someone sympathise without starting WWIII?


Okay brain drain complete i promise promise promise you i'll blog again
big love,
S xx

Maybe it's me

I thought it was high time my fans received one of my much awaited blog posts and well let me just say I have been doing quite a bit of thinking.. about everything really.

It's a self destructive kind of cycle, you start questioning how and why things happen and you get stuck and end up becoming depressed about everything. Ever felt like no one gave a shit about you or what was happening in your life? Well it's human nature. People only care about themselves and their own feelings. While you're there thinking something that happened is some kind of pivotal moment in your life, someone else has just walked off and completely forgotten all about it.

But that's how it goes, people's main concern is themselves. Occasionally it changes and for a few minutes someone may give you the time of day, but ultimately everyone is looking out for themselves worrying about what everyone else is thinking of them, when ironically everyone else is doing the same.

So it's best not to give a shit and say and do what you like in life, because really it is too short and regretting everything and looking back on situations just makes things manifest and you end up feeling depressed while those that were involved haven't given it a second thought.

Having said that there are a rare few people in the world who do that and when you find someone like that they're deserve praise. While they may do and say some bold (mostly stupid) things, at least they are doing something! why be complacent in life? Don't settle for mediocrity. And don't let yourself be trodden on by people who you think are your friends.



I realise half of this is contradictory and its jumbled and several things have led me to just vent all this out.

News from Life: i think i'll drop french.
and probably dye my hair red.
Desperately seeking Susan serenity
got myself a pen pal. applying pride and prejudice to real life ftw.

Peace Out
S. xoxo

MELLOCCINO

A shot of espresso textured with silky smooth milk crema and granished with spongey, sweet marshmallows

The melloccino is the
REAL MANS COFFEE

Writing the report on losing and failing

sup all you cool cats who theoretically are out there reading this blog i always put oh so much effort into. so as you can see, i updated the layout. Its the result of a free day in between exams I've had for the past two weeks so of course instead of study i did everything i could possibly think of, but study.

well not much has been happening apart from exams, I've been extremely emotional and mood swingy and have been taking it out on anyone so just yeah a general apology to everyone, i'm a stress head but the exams are almost done so YAY

Holidays are comping up which means Adam Hills and David O'Doherty soon
I hope to also catch up on a lot of shopping I have not done lately because I have had no life.
Also booked into the Alliance Francaise so hopefully that is beneficial to my french speaking :)

Work has been so crap lately. From some reason I just have no energy to do anything. Anthony will finally be back on Thursday haha so it's gonna be great again because he's always good for a laugh. The whole being emotional thing does NOT help haha I seriously feel like everyone is out to get me. After these exams I'm out to have some fun!!!

LISTENING TO:
Read my mind
The Killers
Sam's Town (2006)

1.PICK OUT A SCAR YOU HAVE, AND EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT IT?
um forehead from falling down the stairs when i was like 2 or something...

2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
paint, notice board, cross stitch, homer j simpson.

3. WHAT DOES YOUR PHONE LOOK LIKE?
old and chipped and dead.

4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
not fussy so much, really into indie brit stuff of late :)

5. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT DESKTOP PICTURE?
generic, blue skies, green grass kinda thing

6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
exams to be over, the hsc to be overrrrr

7. DO YOU BELIEVE IN GAY MARRIAGE?
yeah, why not

8. WHAT TIME WERE YOU BORN?
like 7.44pm (or something lol)

9. ARE YOUR PARENTS STILL TOGETHER?
yup

10. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO?
call me - blondie

11. DO YOU GET SCARED OF THE DARK?
lol nah (unless theres stuff in the dark waitig for me to trip over it...that's just annoying)

12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY?
ext maths half yearly.. what a bitch.

13. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOUR DO YOU LIKE ON THE SAME SEX?
um dark hair, light eyes

14. DO YOU LIKE PAINKILLERS?
haha, i try to avoid them

15. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINKS?
coffee

17. IF YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
prawn cocktail

18. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD?
probably my mother.

19. DO YOU SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE?
lol that's under debate, learning french at school

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST GIFT SOMEONE GAVE YOU?
um my gave me nail polishhhhh

21. DO YOU LIKE SOMEONE?
ha....i can only have ONE?

22. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
no way

23. FAVOURITE FRIEND?
offt don't have a favourite

24. WHAT'S YOUR DREAM CAR?
66 mustang coupe

25. DO YOU BELIEVE IN AFTER-LIFE?
undecided

26. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MARRIAGE?
sounds like fun

27. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
hah well you can't really help yourself in the love area can you, it just kind of happens.

28. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?
just say it.

29. SAY A NUMBER FROM 1-100.
19

30. BLONDE OR BRUNETTE?
Brunette

31. WHAT IS THE ONE PHONE NUMBER THAT SHOWS UP ON YOUR PHONE THE MOST?
probably me dad

32. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST?
people who think they're better than you

33. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF YOUR BIRTH COUNTRY?
nope

34. YOUR WEAKNESS?
being born without a spine most likely

35. WHAT WAS THE LAST GIFT YOU GAVE?
Blaaake =) cures cd's for his bday

36. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY?
um like i dunno.

37. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
EVER DONE A PRANK CALL???? hhhhhhh

38. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE THIS?
chemistry studying.hahahahahahaha

39. IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY WHAT WOULD IT BE?
rhinoplasty

40. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLEMENTED ABOUT MOST?
um my glasses?

43. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL?
lol have less fun at certain get togethers

44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
my two front teeth

45. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
got my grandmother's name as my middle name

46. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
not lately

48. WHICH FINGER[S] IS YOUR FAVOURITE?
weird but im gonna go ahead and say my left thumb

49. WHAT UNDERWEAR ARE YOU WEARING?
lacy love kylie's

50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
ew no

51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE VEGETABLE?
asparagus

52. ANY BAD HABITS?
stressing, bitching about people, being lazy

53. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF?
barbie slumber party mix

54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
um maybe..

55. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL?
haha yes probably

56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
yeah i think they do, but they arent everything

57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE YOUR ANGER?
bitching, swearing etc. listening to music

58. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?
school is my first home.

59. DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY?
yeah pretty much

60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE TOY WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?
probably a barbie or something, baby born maybe

61. ARE YOU AFRAID OF GROWING UP?
yesssssss of course

62. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
no.

63. ARE YOU RELIGIOUS?
undecided, agnostice

64. DOES 11:11 MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?
no...

66. DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS?
mostly

67. WHAT IS THE MOST PAIN YOU HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED?
childbirth. jk im sure thats painful though...
i dont really know about this one, emotional pain is pretty bad at times

68. DO YOU UN-TIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
that's for people who have time

69. LAST THING YOU SPILLED?
kettle aka overfilled tea cup because i wasn't paying attention

70. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?
cat

71. WHAT IS THE LAST FURRY THING YOU TOUCHED?
HA. furry bunny someone bought at work

72. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE COLORS?
green, purple, pink

73. WHATS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ?
he's just not that into you

74. HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE?
none!

75. WHAT'S YOUR DREAM VACATION?
backpacking around europe

76. LAST THING YOU ATE/DRANK?
cherry ripe and drank waterrr

77. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
my dad lol

78. WHATS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
eyes

79. DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?
no, more lust than love

80. FAVOURITE THING TO HATE?
school.

81. FAVOURITE DRINK?
lemon and lime bitters

82. FAVOURITE ZODIAC SIGN?
cancer i guess...

83. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SPORT?
i HATE sport.

84. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOUR?
brown

85. EYE COLOUR?
green

86. TALL OR SHORT?
tall-ish

87. SIBLINGS?
times 3

88. FAVOURITE MONTH?
january

89. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?
its not bad

90. LAST THING YOU WATCHED?
ned's declassified school survival guide

91. FAVOURITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
umm er christmas??

92. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
hah. YES

93. SUMMER OR WINTER?
autumn

94. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
one night stands WHILE in a relationship

95. IS ANYONE IN LOVE WITH YOU?
doubt it.

96. BIGGEST FEAR(S)?
public humiliation, death, failing the hsc(aka public humiliation)



there was 100 questions but i deleted a few stupid ones.

get your sneakers on

love it.


ps. got nominated for a VET course award =)
half-yearlies are fast approaching
ive made a few big decisions i plan to stick to.

do you want to get triple x groovy?

So I haven't been to school since...ohhhh THURSDAY LAST WEEK. Yeah I took the day off on Friday bad I know but seriously I couldn't handle turning up and doing nothing.

Then on Monday I had a French excursion to Leichhardt (haha yes ironic I know) but the Palace cinema was playing the film we went to see Entre les murs "between the walls" or translated to it's english title "The Class" It was pretty good but the ending was a bit "." if you get what I mean lol (i can just imagine that no one understands)

It was pretty low budget but it was kind of set like a documentary and get this, the characters all essentially play themselves. In the sense they all keep their actual names in the movie, but the children's parents are played by their parents! What I kind of took from the film (and its abrupt ending) was that things happen in schools, teachers have their different approaches to things and so do students. You can only do the best you can and at the end of the day that's what you've got.

Great lunch at the Italian forum, then we walked up the street to a little cake shop and we all went crazy buying traditional Italian dessert type things. Caught the bus back to central and we passed UTS and USyd. The grounds of USyd are sooooo nice. I can just imagine sitting under a tree reading or studying or something, much like Rory's tree in Gilmore Girls...

anyway back to reality, today was the impact leadership conference at Olympic park. Caught the train in lol and followed this girl's school from there to the sports centre (cause we were a tad disoriented) but then they stop and they're like we're going to McDonalds but you have to go that way *points in complete opposite direction to the right way* so we start heading up the way they said and Hayley was like "We were supposed to turn left on Olympic Boulevard" but we kept going until we go to the end of the street. The we realised those girls had no idea. so we walked all the way back and started heading the right way, passing the girls who seemed to be talking to another group of students. THEN the students started heading the way we just came from, IE. the wrong way and I was all "=O" So I yelled out to them "Are you going to the sports centre???" and yeah so we ended up walking over to them because yelling 50m to them was not very productive. Turns out the girls bummed steered another group

it was quite infuriating. We ended up sitting next to the other "lost" school and they were pretty nice. We called one of them Sally. (he called us sally first though) I can't say I wasn't disappointed that Hemmish and Andy were not there...bahaha the entertainment guys were a pretty good substitute though!

Swimming Carnival tomorrow. There is the whole "year 12 lap of honour" thing happening but hey what fun is that if all your friends are losers that are too lazy to come to the carnival! The weather may be off also...

Anywho so that explains why I've lost an entire week of school. Hey not as bad as when I'll be off for work experience. I'm at the hospital this year. I have decided I REALLY don't want to do anything in the cooking part of the hospitality industry. I'll keep that as a hobby.


K here's a riddle for your entertainment

You are trapped in a prison where you cannot escape any way than mentioned in this puzzle.
There are two switches that look identical. One of them kills you instantly, the other sets you free. You do not know which is which.
There are two statues that look identical. One of them always tells the truth, the other always lies. You do not know which is which.
You are allowed to ask ONLY 1 statue ONLY 1 question. ONLY the statue you ask will respond.

(statues cannot move, they only speak)

Which question will you ask to set yourself free?

(hint: the question can have a preceding statement,
Ex: if ________________, then _____________________?)

Surrepticiously Steph

Sitting down, I was doing a bit of shoulder dancing to the music when an arm appeared in front of me and handed me a drink. It was a brown arm, it had a gold ring on the third finger. I looked up, and it was Masimo's arm. And he was attached to it."

OKAY OKAY I realise that I have not blogged *tries hard not to giggle at the word* in a looooooong time but hey, I've been doing stuff. I promise I'll try hard to update you all throughout my HSC year.

First thing's first. MY NEW IPOD. It's a green ipod nano and I have named it Iggy the Ipod - Iggy being short for Iggy Stardust (he particularly likes holding my Bowie music for me)

School on Wednesday. Erlack. But I'm afraid it's true. I PLAN to achieve marks high enough to get into USYD for nutrition...yeah keep dreaming eh? i've got several back up courses though so watch out for me ronnie cause i'm gonna be big.

I'm just wondering if anyone sees the irony in me applying for a nutrition course....

Okay well when I'm feeling in another info sharing mood I shall assault you with it.
Peace Out
Steph

Songs I'm feeling of late
Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts - The Arctic Monkeys
Weekend Wars - MGMT