When all your love is gone, who will save me from all I’m up against out in this world?

November 20, 2007

Most listened : Bright Lights : Matchbox

Most played : Project Rub

Its been a fairly busy week this week. I’ve got a lot of business done thats needed to be wrapped up. On Monday Chris and I finally applied for our proof of age card and I also grabbed the book that I need to learn to get my L plates. I probably should have done it ages ago as its not all that difficult.

On Tuesday Alex and Mel came around, I guess you could say that it was part of these WGA events that we’re having. It was seperate to the rest so we watched some Evangelion and did some other stuff.

Chris also got onto these jobs that I’ve wanted him to do, he set up my email and the wireless network. I spose he can clear Ubuntu off my laptop tomorrow. Unfortunately PrimeScape will be delayed as we need to get Designer Impulse out ASAP. I have to somehow create a good template but I am terrible at web design. I don’t know what I should do.

So on the Wednesday I configured my new email, set everything up in Opera etc. Oh and I thought that I post this funny picture of this odd shaped carrot that we had:

Yesterday consisted of our school valedictory services. We had a morning event and a dinner. I really couldn’t care less about it. Infact I was really pissed off at the whole event(s). I think that its because it was a week into holidays and felt like an unnecessary event to disrupt what I’ve been doing. I feel as though I’ve already said goodbye, that I’m finished. I was over year 12 about way thru the second term. I’ve had my hard slog and I really don’t want to celebrate it with the people that disrupted me during lessons. I know that it sounds rather bitter of me, but its true. Its just so frustrating. Saying that though its good talking to some of my friends for what may be the last time.

Anyways, it was stinking hot for the morning event and we had to wear full uniform including blazers. I sweated my ass off in the theatre. Right thru my blazer as well. It was awfully hot. After an hr of sitting around (as we were told to come early) it started. Everything went well. I didn’t trip on the stage or anything.

I just don’t know how to word this so I’ll say it out right. I received 2 subject awards. We only have 2 types, Dux, being the highest score of the subject and Effort being a mix between a good score and effort put into the work, altho most people think of this as 2nd place. So here’s what I won:
Dux : Information Technology
Effort : Chinese

I was very surprised by both awards. Chris had been assuming that he’d get Dux of IT since the start of the year but he got the effort award(Johnson clear out). So he was a triffle bit infuriated at that. I’m also very pleased about getting Effort for Chinese, a year 11 student got the Dux but that doesn’t matter as our Chinese teacher always gives the Duxs to year 11s and not year 12s. I’m much better at Chinese than the Dux winner, infact probably most of the year 12s are. I feel thankful for the effort award because I believe that I truly have earnt it. I’ve been going far out of my way to ensure that my Chinese work is as best as it can be this year.

Despite it being a good thing that I’ve received these awards I really don’t care. They are just pieces of paper with some terrible typography on it. I don’t need a piece of paper to tell me that I’m good at Chinese or IT. It really doesn’t bother me.

The evening event wasn’t too great. It was at the Hilton in Adelaide. The food wasn’t too great(most people I was didn’t eat much of it), the lighting was terrible, it was too dark, the speeches were terrible. Infact I just want to point out the speeches which were dreadful. They had 2 main speeches, one where they gave out various miscallaneous rewards to various students(all stupid awards like, Nice person, Strong person which where based around the Mr and Ms cartoon series names >.<). The second was a tape made up of teachers pretending to be students and making up excuses why the students couldn’t come to school. The tapes and awards were totally based on people that where favourable towards the year 12 co-ordinator. Just so terrible, the worst kind of humour out there.

Most people also didn’t get good seats as it was mainly a mix between 2 or so groups per table as people were organised to book a table for a group of people. Also a number of key friends of mine didn’t attend or just disappeared into thin air.

Once it finished they opened up the bar and people could stay and dance or drink or whatever. This kinda bugged me as the school promoted this whole point too heavily. We let you go and you are no longer students of our school and then we open the bar for you. I just can’t shake it. So I didn’t stick around, there was really no point. I hate club/mainstream music, hardly any of my friends were staying and have just been so buggered the past few days. Well I spose they limited everything but it still kinda bugs me.

So thats what I’ve been doing during the past few days. I just wish that I didn’t have the burden of this new template and logo to make for designer impulse as I have finally got stuff organised this past week and a half and I want to now set up my own things. Play more games, do some Chinese revision and also do somemore stuff with friends. I should do something with Matt next week. Maybe twice as I think WGA will be cancelled due to Cam and Garion having this mega lame D&D tournament. I’m just kinda pissed off ATM. At least all of this school nonsense is over and I can now really learn what I want to learn and also just relax. Actually it should be good tomorrow I’m going to a suprise birthday party for one of Mum’s friends. Chris and I haven’t seen their kids for years so it will be great catching up with them, I’m really looking forward to it. Anyways, Love, Protection, Good vibes and the rest of it.