You know those relationships where you can converse comfortably for a little while - 10, 15 minutes max - but if you get into a situation where you'd have to talk for much longer than that and... For example, public transport: you see an acquaintance (not yet a friend, not a stranger) on a bus or train. You know it's not a short journey, maybe 30-40 minutes and you both fall under this magical law of silence. You don't look at each other, don't acknowledge each other's presence as if to complety deny each other's existance. That really annoys me.
And if I have to sit the English assessment today, I may die. Or be kicked out of my English class for being too fuckin' stupid.
Oh yeah, got m results for the ACER scholarship testing back. Subsequented (is that a word?) in a big fight with the parentals because they weren't happy. Turns out that I topped English and humanities, but was merely 'above average' in maths. How dare I.
Anyway, bus calls. La'ers.
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Not sure if I ever got around to piston this little gem, but found it lying around in a notebook, somewhere northeast of my bed. Bolds as original text.
Slowly being rocked to sleep by an industrial crib, train tracks ker-lacking a mother's lullaby. Middle aged Mao Tai being broken up by stern faced guards in their teens. Role reversal?
I'll be waiting with bated breath but not for you. Tragic. Juxtaposition in it's purest: minority girls walking around 200 million year old stone formations in the traditional clothes and headdress of their centuries-old clans, talking on their LG, Samsung and Nokia mobile phones. Technology will suck you in, eat you up and spit out nothing but your empty pockets.
Falling asleep and waking up in different places. Hopefully as different people but I won't ask too much.
It wasn't purely platonic and I want you to know I remember it that way: as a casual amalgamation of going with the flow. Polar opposites and identical twins both at once. Right of way us a load of bullshit here. Lane markers, crosswalks, traffic lights and signs are simply to give the illusion of law and order but really serve no other purpose than as some sick decoration.
For the diehards.
It looked better in pen.
I have a feeling that I posted that a while ago, but you never know. Banks xx
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...annoys me? The self-righteous moral everest atop which you live. I don't think you get to call me in the red when you're standing in front of the body with a gun in your hand, y'know? So when your cranial cavity deflates a little, give me a yell, I won't be far. Until then, shut the fuck up.
It's a worry how that little angry rant is applicable to more than one person. Just for clarification, this was written on Thursday afternoon and I forgot to post it,
Good times, kiddies. Well done - 'Twas very enjoyable. It was nice to catch up, hopefully I'll see you again before the next party. lovealways.
what would description be, what would adjective be without perspective or the knowledge of relation? How would we know what was big if we didn't know what was small? Would it change how you define yourself? Are you only nice when standing next to a bitch? Would it change who you are?
Until next time...
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I'm trying to get myself back into the habit of posting to this every second day or so. I just finished an english essay (which wasn't too terrible to write, it explored the nature of good vs. evil, human morality and such in a post-apocalyptic context; vs. in a modern/personal context). Mouthful to read? Try making it sound sensical. Fkn hard. Alas, philosophy makes a lot more sense introspectively that it does on a computer screen.
we're turning into a series of post-its and dot points: summarise, complete, trash.
a mundane effort at arguing my way out of anything. take it up with the nearest non-retaliatory object.
I have officially begun the 'other side' of retail - selling things and making money instead of buying things and spending money. although not really, because i'm only doing the former to fuel my addiction to the latter. go fish. started work at seed in balmain on saturday, have a newfound loathing for snot and two-year-olds wielding cupcakes. screw the pen being mightier than the sword, cupcakes and snot are my new worst enemies. the pen has nothing on them. although i wouldn't like today's isabella to test that theory.
what else is going on.... saturday night, i experienced a plethora of emotional states in such rapid concurrence that i thought i would spontaneously combust. (i apologise for the serious overload on long words, i tend to get this way after writing an essay. i'm all literarily stimulated....). i've also (with maternal permission, don't fret) sold two bedrooms worth of furniture in the last ten days and am soon to sell a small fortune in ugly royal doulton figurines that are (i am told) priceless to a collector! haha bullshiesse.
mia had her first gymnastics competition today - she did very well considering she is a full year younger than her group and a full year short of competition experience. one 12.something and three 14.somethings. 12 was from beam, but she's very small and it's a long way up! also got her ears pierced afterwards, early birthday present from me. pink studs....
anyway, i need to go. i smell bad. and need sleep.
xx
Mmm... Had mufti day yesterday, was thoroughly enjoyable. It stimulated great debate in English over the virtue of school uniform, which (as usual when a debate involves Nicko) got fairly heated. Finished late (ahhhh! School til 3.20 on a Thursday!) and was subsequently an hour late to maths. Oops.
Anyway, I am standing on Turramurra station, waiting for a train that was supposed to arrive 4 minutes ago. Story of my life. If I have to sacrifice my coffee for cityrail, I'm not going to be happy.
Forever and never hopelessly intertwined but never more inseparable.
xx
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With the wisdom of retrospect, I probably shouldn't have said it was a non-alcoholic family/friends birthday 'dinner'. However, thanks to advice from a few of those more experienced ("don't talk! Just say you're tired!"), I managed to pull it off.
So here goes: on the way there, I set myself a mental limit; 2 drinks, 3 at most. That failed after the first hour... And I hadn't eaten all day, so it's safe to say that I was pretty ...happy... after an hour and a half. Met all Liv's friends (all gorgeous and awesome fun to dance with!) and gave her the joint present from Beau and I (being a Tiffany Key necklace) subsequently resulting in hundreds of hugs and kisses from miss Olivia. Needless to say, my present-giving prowess remains amazing. Anyway, drunk a lot, reminisced with Beau & Liv about Austria and danced more than you'd believe with Liv, Liv's friends (male & female) and caught two of Liv's friends going at it in her study. Met Liv's best guy (sparkle boy!!) and girl friends, made friends with some of them. Such cuties! Talked to Mama Crane, who told me that if Beau and I didn't go back to Austria, she wouldn't either. I was touched!
Poor Beau got his heart smushed (again) with me as middleman.
Anyway, I'd specifically told the parents it was a non-alcoholic event which was obviously a pile of bullshit. So I basically got in the car, concentrated my entire mind on saying "hi dad, had fun but I'm really tired" as clearly and coherently as possible. Clearly a solid, because dad didn't notice a thing! More later xx
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Sorry for the hiatus due to well, life, really. I'm currently standing in my morning house of coffee, waiting for the usual (large skim latte extra hot) from my Barista buddy, Salvatore. I finished half yearly exams last week and celebrated with dinner and drinks at Thairiffic in McMahons Point, as well as watching a friend's brother's band play a gig (myspace.com/staticsilhouette, they're actually really good). And their guitarist is gorgeous, if that helps!
So, how is the Internet at the moment? Oh, and the other reason for the hiatus was that China hates LJ for some peculiar reason. Ahh, communism. I was in China for a month, travelling 'round, taking photos and eating, really. If you want to check that out, head to http://web.me.com/acfbanks where I kept a blog religiously. When I came home, 'studying' for half yearlies became the priority (read: catching up and shopping with friends). But now I have that out of the way, I'm free to update this like I used to.
Ooh! News! I just got on the bus and one of my friends just told me that my poem (one of only two from the entire grade (entry was compulsory)) was selected for the Senior Music Showcase last night! Yay! The other poem also happens to be a friend, which is cool.
Anyway, life calls! xx Banks
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So yeah. There you have it folks, the May issue of Girlfriend magazine - featuring some pasty ranga in some hot clothes.
In other exciting news - Aksel Lund Svindal and Lindsey Vonn - Overall WC Champs for 2008/09! And Vonn takes the Downhill Globe as well, first time an American woman has won the overall twice in a row. Awesome stuff.
Well that's about it for me. I have a Japanese test あした to study for and maths h/w (also due tomorrow) to do. See you at Sound Relief.
おやすみ!
xx
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tomorrow holds the possibility of... whatever you want (but nothing at all).
shook champagne, fatal aerosol vessel, i'm feeling somewhat ardent.
anxious, jumpy, restless like animals before a storm.
pleas (thank you) are seeping through the deceitful skin that bounds my occaisionally chaotic mind.
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