Argh! It's that time of year. Everything builds up workwise and things get on top of you. At the moment, I have something due in for every subject and am generally swamped. My procrastination levels, as well as my work levels, are at an all time high. And so far today I have played the ukulele, stalked people on facebook, written this, sung too much Jessie J and watched Outnumbered. I am now settling down to do some French, as it's my favourite subject and therefore the only one I can bare to face.

I spent the majority of today being mardy with everyone as I was in the worst mood ever. Tiredness does that too me. I missed my best friends 18th party on Saturday, and instead got to watch the video of Jack (a very hairy male) having his leg hair waxed off at said party. It looked painful in the video and now Jack's legs are developing multiple bruises, and are frankly, a bit disgusting.

In other news, the School of Rock was on the other day. One of my all time favourite movies. I haven't seen it in a while and have consequently spent the past week quoting it, something my friends have come very close to punching me in the face for.

My friend Richard recently turned 18, and in celebration of this he decided to give everyone he knows a present. This reverse logic is something I am struggling to come to terms with - who wouldn't want presents?! I can't help thinking that as well as being a rather lovely idea, this version of birthday present giving would both save money and effort, as you wouldn't have to remember people's birthdays. On that note, I have 3 18ths coming, and precisely no presents. I realise I am terrible friend, but I never know what to buy! Moral of this story would be don't choose me as a friend, it isn't profitable.

Oh joy, just walked into the kitchen and experienced that joyous feeling that only the addition of an embarrassing, overly smiley school photo of yourself can bring. I shall now staring out, gleefully it has to be said, from my mantlepiece, at least for the next year. The picture makes me jump whenever I see it. Oh Lordy.

Well, that is the current failure that is my life.
God bless!
Anna :)

Geniuses, Uni and Hot Places

So, I won't waste too much time apologising for my overly lengthy absence from blogging...let's just say life caught up with me and I couldn't seem to muster the energy required to write one. Summer has been and gone and I just got back from an "educational" mid-term school trip to Italy (it was beyond amazing/absolutely stunning there and I miss it). I decided to start blogging again because I miss it and because I felt I actually had something to write about!

Being in Italy got me thinking about time. Sort of. In a round about kind of way. I'm currently in the process of applying to university. It's stressful. And confusing. But exciting too. Spending 5 days in Italy in the middle of this process (although probably not the best decision I've ever made academically...) gave me a chance to think about what I was doing. I met some rather wonderful American, Canadian and South African exchange students while I was there - they're spending a year in Italy living the language and learning the culture. It made me think - what IS the rush? Everythings seems so rushed and it was nice to have time to reflect over my uni application. There's so much I wanna do in my life and I want to have the chance to do it! I still think I'm gonna apply for uni next year - it brings challenges of it's own! - but it's definitely got me thinking about possibilities for life after uni and what else there is out there....why rush?! Now's the time to make mistakes and do crazy things that we won't be able to when we're old and responsible. I wanna enjoy that!

"Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree then it will live its whole life believing it is stupid." I read this Albert Einstein quote on Facebook and it really struck me as true. Everyone is good at something! Contrived I know but genuinely true! There's no point in getting hung up on the things you can't do (Something I always do I know :P), you may as well just embrace the things you can. No point in judging yourself on your flaws and failures and the things you can't do - no-one would ever do anything useful if we all did this!

On a slightly lighter note, Doctor Who was awesome today even though it confused my brain. I've also lost my voice which my parents are delighted about but I can't answer back/talk at all. It's not good. I spent an entire phone conversation communicating answers in grunts.

I'm going to try and post more often but I won't post if I have nothing to say...I'll aim for at least once a week!

God bless :)
Anna