This weekend was strange.

Yesterday was such a weird day really. It was just cleaning and mindless activity before chilling it out and my dad's house. Then came the afore-mentioned awkwardness of Nicole's birthday party. I won't go into that again because I'm positive I would just start ranting and make any potential readers of my blog feel uncomfortable.

This morning was strange...Jo is quite the peculiar girl. Together, we watched Charlie St. Cloud and got confused/sad throughout the whole thing...which was bizarre. Sam talked to me on chat! That was odd but nice. She really is lovely in small doses. Speaking of which, there is a possibility I am going back to good old NZ to visit mid 2011 HOWEVER don't get yourself all worried and such because it's not definite. My parents need to be convinced and plane ticket money needs to be earned.

ANYWAYANYWAY approximately one and a half hours after Joanna left the Dowling residence, Frani/Frami appeared !

This was quite exciting you see, as I have this livid fear of spending most days in 2011 apart from her and actually sighting her for real calmed my terror just that nice little bit.

I spoke to Anthony on the phone! And and and I realised that I need to grow a moustache because they look really good on me ....and and countless other things happened but I really can not be bothered recalling them .

Most importantly, for dinner we ordered Flakey Jakes and it was so so so amusing. On the phone when I gave my name for the order, Selena was like '...Is this you, Grace?' and it was so cute. Then when we came in, I got to show Frani my lovely workplace and exchange inside jokes with Selena.

Actually eating the food was an interesting thing. Disgusting hamburger in batter was disgusting and so so so wrong. I still feel kinda nauseous from that.

AND I broke my chocolate pact for the very special exception of a mars bar in batter. DON'T KNOCK IT TIL YOU TRY ITTTTT. Ever since Kris was talking about them the other day, I have been wanting one. Seriously, I don't even care about breaking my diet thing. I think I'm going to be more relaxed with it and stuff, I just won't like ....eat chocolate by choice....or often...and yeah. I'm hoping I can train myself to dislike it or something like that.

Ah talking with Franbear today, I have come to think about some things and me oh my, I am so intensely confused and disoriented. Too much thinking for Grace is definitely not good. Especially when I simultaneously have to stress out about starting Senior School. I am positively terrified. But hey, adventures are fun!

I think I might retire around about now. I'm listening to Green Day and feeling alright. I still can't shake this sadness - It's a strange thing.

ohlol Camille I'm re-reading Joel and Kat's.

Tra la fucking la let's get off the laptop now.

As beautiful as Jakob is, this obsession is sad.

Good night world.

i love my gracey

Oh my god I'm such a good person.

Caroline and Alex, have a wonderful day!

Being socially awkward floats my boat.

Oh my god the awkwardness is so strong it hurts.

The party was sad and tense for like 3 hours but then in the last half an hour Katy Perry came on and things heated up ;)

K that was too sexual considering we just danced and ate grapes.

Anyway...

Some people are weird now just putting it out there. Like I got so extremely scared by how much has changed with certain people I used to know. Oh well, it shows how attentive I am.

Also I'm extremely, extremely, extremely sad. I feel like someone has kicked me in the stomach and left a gaping hole. It's pleasant!

Good Night.

Today i sobbed to my mother like a small and pathetic child.

Oh work was so terrible. Kris is nice and stuff but otherwise it was just awful. I'm so terrible at stuff.

Now I get to clean my room thoroughly and prepare it for strangers to inspect before sleeping even though I really do not want to. Tomorrow I will go to a party I don't want to go to and life will be bad again.

Give a fucking cheer.

My beautiful Mac's name is Jakob because he's beautiful

Today was awful awful awful

• Camille and I aren't locker buddies.
• Frani's locker is far away from mine
• I have practically no one i know or like in any of my classes.
• Today i drank chocolate milk
• My school photos were terrible
• I felt sick all day.

I am so horribly, horribly sad.

If it wasn't for this wonderful new Macintosh, I don't know what i would do.

Oh no this year was supposed to be so good!

Fuck so much sadness.

K so I don't know about anyone else

But, I'm absolutely freaking out about tomorrow. And this year actually. New kids everywhere and stuff... Like it's almost guaranteed we'll make friends with at least one. That's so strange. Oh hurry up tomorrow I'd like you to be over

I just love Australia Day

I didn't actually celebrate it that much except for dinner with the grandparents, HOWEVER, I just think today is so nice. Everyone has flags hanging out of their cars, people wave and smile at eachother and proceeds from multiple organizations go to the floods. It's just nice.

What I did do today was hang out with one of my favourite people in this world. We had nice ice cream and he showed me how fast he can run. I really needed today actually. And then Ben appeared and they came to take me home. It was possibly the best car ride ever with Carol's amazing singing to Katy Perry and the Black Eyed Peas. Oh my god it was so good. Firework! Sing firework!

Then we came back to my house and my brother attacked with nurf guns. Too bad Connor and Ben know how to retaliate ;D

Uh yeah bye.

I feel so unwell.

New Zealand is a terrible place filled with misery and people who irritate me to no end.
I don't realise how patriotic I am until someone insults Australia. Damn I love this country.

In other news, I have had some terrible realisations, I'm sick, I have a major lack of confidence musically and stuff and I do not want to go to school at all.

Connor makes things better. Tomorrow should be better. Mainly because I'm going to eat creative ice cream. Good Night.

Okay so I'm awake. And now I'm just procrastinating because I don't want to get out of bed.

The agenda this morning
1. Get out of bed
2. Eat some non-breakfast food for breakfast
3. Shower and wash my hair
4. Get dressed and pack bag for Camille's
5. Write a story !
6. Finish drying hair n' stuff
7. Leave

Cobra Starship !

So yeah idk today was good. I slept in and had nice conversations with people and watched shitty tv and didn't really do anything about my appearance. That was pleasant beyond words.

I feel nice anyway. Today was just....good!

I also surprise myself with my lack of adjectives. It's 1am give me a break.

Breathe Carolina discography finished downloading! hooray!

sdfghjkl; ANYWAY

I'm going to watch the first episode of 'Community'

and then submit to peaceful slumber.

And tomorrow i get to sleep sleep sleep and then have fun timezz at the Ham residence!

Oh everyone give a cheer.

Oh my god drunk Alo I love you

More phonecalls with drunk Alo please.

"let me...let me tell you a story!"

"I WANT TO TALK TO JACKKKKKK"

I've Spent Over Four Hours Now Trying to Find Daniel on Video Omegle

If i see another dick on here, I swear I'll cry. Daniel where are you?

I Hate to Bring This Blog Down with Negative Emotions Already However,

I'm just slightly unstable-feeling as of late. I'm not quite sure what it is - Moving house, going from Mum's to Dad's all the time, being sick, having a friend leaving, letting people down or a mixture of the previous but i am not feeling quite...regular i suppose.

I CAN'T FINISH THIS BLOG FOR TWO REASONS

1. I'm attempting to learn more lyrics and stuff so Frani will be proud of me when she gets back from watching Friends.

2. I'm overwhelmed with sadness all of a sudden!

Peace

Or something

1:40

I think today should have been nicer than it was. I just had a sickly feeling in my stomach and head all day. That was unpleasant,


"Oh my god I love Muffin Break. I just love it so much.
I would catch a grenade for Muffin Break.
I would throw my hand on a blade for Muffin Break.
I would JUMP IN FRONT OF A TRAIN for Muffin Break.
*Incredibly sad face*
But Muffin Break won't do the same......

FRANI'S SINGING ME AMAZING GRACE OH MY GOD LIFE MADE

http://www.acmi.net.au/timeslice/Timeslice.htm?file=ts-20110118-03181d3824c3fc986d44ef3ece627b06.flv

My brother and I undergoing intense battleship yesterday!

There's a Reason I Love Shopping by Myself

Sitting in Coffee Club waiting for my chai. Fuck I forgot how good it is to be alone.

Oh and if you were confused as to why I'm not with Lex,
I got here an hour early because I'm a genius.

Misfits and Watermelon Rock Candy.

Today I get to see Lexi! Yip dee do

And I forgot to mention:

I can totally own the French bit in 'Tree Hugger'
In fact I'll sing it for you right now.
.......
How'd you like that, motherfuckers? I can sing in French!

Sorry for being crass..... It just took me like 3 hours to perfect the timing and memorize it totally.


Snaps for Grace

In the Land of the Workplace

So uh if you're not actually sure what I'm referring to, last night was my first time working at Flaky Jake's Fish n' Chips. It's owned by this lovely Chinese couple Ming and Li Li (spelling?) and their 14 year old daughter Selena. For starters, they are the most adorable people you can actually imagine. Selena was so cute and helpful when training me. I learnt everything about the register and serving, phone orders and cleaning - it was spectacular. All these customers were coming in and making me nervous and stuff but I think I did okay. Also because there weren't many customers last night, Selena and I got to DnM like the whole time. I feel it necessary to relay just one story about her mother Li Li's childhood. She was really young, about 5 and she saw a dead bee on the ground. She felt so bad for it that she thought Hey, I'll be nice and pick it up and take it away. So she carefully picks it up... And it stings her right in the cebtre of her palm.
Okay it was so sad when Selena told it. Shut up.
Oh I'm just so happy! The uniform is so sexy - that hat ;) Mmm. But I don't even care. I have a job! A shit paying, badly uniformed job. And I just love it so much.

A Dowling-Powell Adventute

Every time I go, I forget how lovely the state library is. It's so old and beatiful and quiet and clean! And you can go to the very top and look down on the reading room and feel superior to the people at the bottom.
Anyway, yesterday was enjoyable. I made Camille a wonderful present and we went to the library, ACMI, and the Royal Arcade. While there, Lillie and I decided we were interested in witchcraft and bought a 'Psychic Box' which basically insists on helping the everyday person uncover their clairvoyance. We tried it in the car but y'know the instruction book was boring so that ended that....
Overall the day in the city was alright. Except of course when Andy Jones waved nicely and the Chris Hill just looked at me strangely for a while.
Can't win them all?! Yo ho ho I'm so wise.

Now to blog about work!

Memorabilia

+ My mum just got on the desk because i said she couldn't.

I love my mum

Mum: I am insanely jealous of Frani. She gets all your love.

Spontaneity with the family!

Today:

I bought uncomfortable runners for school.

I lost in a game of bowling against my mum and brother.

I felt ridiculously sad a lot.

Feeling productive yo

You're a part time lover and a full time friend

Two days later
Anton's was so so brilliant. It was so relaxing and lovely and nice. My shoulders are burnt so badly I could cry a lil' bit but you know I suppose it was worth it. 
Reminiscing about old tv shows, rolling down a hill, singing duets, watching the sunset from the pier, jumping off that same pier, sleeping next to everyone radiating sunburned heat.. Oh my gosh just writing all of that I feel insanely happy and glad we got to go even overnight.

Saying goodbye to Anton was exceptionally difficult. I don't actually think I can write about it. It's bringing me down extensively. Oh drats.

I have to go buy school shoes now. GoodBye.

Ps. I love Frani

Average

I wrote a story of terrible substance but substantial effort so I'm pleased. I had a bit of a realisation; I'm not good at writing long stories or planning them. I sit and dream about the ending and then who would play the characters in the movie and all these other unhelpful things.

WHY CANT I SUBSCRIBE TO SLEEP GODDAMMIT!?
I've been trying for hours
Okay so that was a lie
But I've been thinking about trying!
So my credibility is still partially intact. Hello upside!


Okay here goes it.
Good night !

Would you like to come to the pants party?

I would quite like to write something now. I went to the effort of retrieving paper and everything. For one of the first times I can recall, I really have little inspiration. All my mind is producing is somewhat unhelpful and obscure lines from Anchorman. Crazy, right? Don't even answer that. I know it is.

Old people in love

Gran: So when I was young..
Grandpa: HA!
-Gran gives death stare-
-Grandpa blows her a kiss-

~~~

Gran: The biggest invention of my lifetime was...
Grandpa: The newspaper!
Gran: That was a lot before my time, thankyou.
Grandpa: That was a joke! A joke!
Gran: *mutters* Silly old man

Neddy Bear

I just found this on my bookmarks from last year:
http://www.hugosite.host22.com/life.html

Hot damn I miss Hugo

If you (the unexistant follower) would like some background information,

http://pocketprotectorsandothercoolthings.blogspot.com/ year eight mostly

http://hollylovesfood.blogspot.com/ year nine mostly

My grandfather holds so much wisdom

Grandpa: What is that contraption?
Me: A scrunchie. I would have thought you'd recognise it because of how often you accessorize while doing your hair
Grandpa: Oh yes. Every day i do a stocktake however my supply has been deteriorating recently for reasons i cannot explain *strokes bald head*

~~~

Grandpa: Excuse me GD, if you could just shift yourself over a few centimetres i don't want to be accused of interfering with your knee


i love this man in all his elderly glory

Also

Rocko's Modern Life is the greatest thing to come out of television.

New blog yo!

Basically it goes that my old blog was boring, negative and didn't contain capital letters.
So clearly a new one was necessary. Here i will document 2011 and the bound-to-be-exciting events it contains. I will also be the least pretentious-sounding as i can manage.

Enjoy and stuff!