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Today I attended the Central North Island Model United Nations conferance, hosted by UNYANZ (the United Nations Youth Association of New Zealnd). I was the Honourable Delgate for Australia. I’ve always wanted to go to a model UN, I’ve seen it on TV programmes and I never thought it was something that was done in NZ, so I jumped at the opportunity.

It was one of the best days I’ve had in awhile, debating the questions of climate change and the protection of human rights whilst countering terrorism. I really liked how all the procedures were the same as in the real UN, it made it feel very authentic and all the more informative and worthwhile.
It was all so interesting and I’ll definately go again next year, and hopefully I’ll also go to the 3-day NZ Model UN in July this year. Hopefully I’ll get a more interesting country next time; Australia is a little too similar to NZ!

I was going to amend on of the clauses in the second resolution - I sent a note to the USA delegate asking for them to second it, but she didn’t reply, so I sent a note to the Pakistan delegate, who were on the same side of the argument, and she agreed - but there were so many amendments that they closed them before I could get mine in. The clause I wanted to amend was removed later in the dabate’s amendment stage anyway. At least I tried!
I also made two Points of Information, both during the first resolution’s general debate, which was fun. I regret that I never had the guts to put myself on the speaking list. I definately will next time. But I’m pleased that I did actively participate, even if it was only on a minor scale. It was only my first conferance, and some people just sat there the whole time, so I’m proud that I gave it a good go.

So that’s my story for today. Overall, it was a really cool experience that I really enjoyed - and I got a day off school. I also missed an algebra test that I wasn’t ready for. xD

And yes, I do realise how nerdy attending the Model UN is. And how it’s even nerdier how much I enjoyed it. Hey, I’m a nerd. You all know that. :P

Today's Quote: "The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world." - Ralph Bunche

Yeah Yeah Yeah

Ho boy.

Well, I'm glad production is over. At last. Everything seems to be over. My History assignment, production, my Drama assessment, it's all just ended. Weird. And school's nearly over for the term, which means holidays.

Humph. Mixed feeling about that.

Uh, I dunno what to write and really can't be bothered writing anything anyway. This weekend I meant to finish my CM fic but I didn't. I also wanted to start the short story that's floating round my head. It's about a girl named Greta. That's all I'm saying. :)

My head hurts.

Nyeahgf.

UGAGs for the win.

Today's Quote: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." -George Orwell (Animal Farm)

Randoming It Out

Worms, bees, tics, fleas
Let's go go GO!

"It's something you'll get used to / A mental mind fuck can be nice."

-Frank N. Furter, 'The Rocky Horror Picture show'

Squiglet and Disney

Of course, I know you all want to see this.

The Piglet Squid.

Lives 300ft under the sea.

About the size of an orange.

I call him Squiglet.

Watching Disney films makes me feel both young and old. I love it. The nostalgia is amazing. That's what I'm going to do this weekend. I'm going to watch Disney movies on VHS that I haven't watched in ages.

I'm going to love it.

Production is boring but not bad. But I am over it.

Today's Quote: "If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." -Anatole France

Happyyyyy :)

I FINALLY finsihed my History assignment!! After so much work, I'd better get a freaking Excellence!!

Now I have all this Drama homework to do :P I'm looking foward to doing our Commedia assessment though. But I will be sad to finsih Commdia, it's fun.

Guess who's got SPINA BIFFIDA??

That's right! ME!!

I'm not kidding. I went to the doctor (Dr. Thomas's Dad) who had the results of my x-rays. He said I've got scoliosis of about 5 degrees up the top of my back, scoliosis of about 11 degrees lower down, and a type of spina biffida where, instead of the spinal cord not being fully formed, it's just the bones around it. Apparantly like 10% of the population have it, but you only know if you have an x-ray. He said that I'll never have to worry about it ever in my life, it's not serious.
I know it seems weird to be pleased about this, but it makes me feel kinda special. Weird, I know. :P

I was in such a shitty mood yesterday. You guys probably suffered, I know I probably snapped at you all. Though I must admit, even though everyone got pissed off at it, the whole moose thing consistently made me smile. Thanks Alex. All of you cheered me up though. You are all awesome.

Um...I can't think what else it was that I wanted to say...there was something...

"Zen chicken! Chickens are cool..."

Man am I glad that production is nearly over!! I'm SO SICK of rehearsals...

Joel wants the computer now. I must depart. I leve you with this grin.

:D

Today's Quote: "This is pretty much what journals are all about, at least to me. I knew as I wrote them that even though they provided an excellent place for brain (and heart, and psyche) dump, they were mainly a map of me." -Colleen Wainwright

I Spent Like Five Minutes Trying To Think of a Witty Ttile, Then Gave Up

OMGOMGOMG Lazy Confession by The Moldy Peaches is officially my favourite song atm. It's very very short and simple but it's so...sweet? It's like kinda sad sounding at first, but then happy sounding and it's just awesome!! Listen to it, I command you!! http://www.last.fm/music/The+Moldy+Peaches/_/Lazy+Confessions
(The video's not the band, but it is the song. Well, it's half the song. But it's a taste anyway.)

Man I have spent soo long on my History assignment, it's driving me nuts. In enhlish today we were writing notes, and instead of writing '1950s' I wrote '1905'. I have read about Bloody Sunday (of 1905) sooo many times, I don't think that I'll ever forget it. For the reast of my life, I will be able to tell you about the life and screw-ups of Tsar Nicholas II. Gah! I mean, sure, it's an intersting topic, but this is getting excessive.

As for production, what a waste of 6 hours of my life. Seriously, it was so boring, and so pointless, it makes me mad. MAD I TELLS YA!! The only good thing about it was seeing Leone and Izark perform their music bits. Leone's performance of Memories (from Cats) was so good, it didn't even sound like Leone but I was blown away - I'd never heard Leone sing properly before. And Izark and his peeps did really well too - I must admit that when he told me they were doing a Death Cab For Cutie song, I was worried that they would ruin it - but Izark did very well, he sung it well.

See, my History project and production are taking over my subconscious. Last night I had a dream that Mrs Crofts was making us try to make her laugh by telling her about history. No shit, I'm not kidding. It's nuts.

The new Plaza is confusing! I got soo lost, then I made my way back into the old familiar bit and I was okay. And Farmers is like a hospital - so white and shiny, it's crazy. But there's Munchkins, and I love Munckins, so that's cool. I bought 200g of Russian fudge - I mean, I'm studying the Russian Revolution so I really didn't have any choice - and 200g of cookies 'n' cream fudge - my favourite. The Russian fudge (which is my second favourite) was called 'Moscow Munch', which made me laugh and the lady at the counter gave me a funny look. I'm like,
" 'Moscow Munch'. That's good." And she's like,
"Oo-kay. What would you like?" And I'm like,
"Some Moscow Munch please!! Just like the Tsar would have eaten. I know aaaall about him, oh yes I do." And then she gave me an even weirder look.
But she did serve me. Less nice staff might not have.

You know what's weird? I will warn you though, this is still connected to my History assignment. Yes, it has taken over my life. Anyway, you know the movie Anastacia? The Disney one? Well, I liked that movie when I was about six. I loved it. I must've watched it a million times. But I never got it. I mean, I never understood the historical stuff in it. Like, I always thought that it was all made up, I thought that Rasputin was a made-up Disney villian and that it was a pretend royal family. Now that I know about all that stuff from History, I pick up on all that. And I notice all the glaring historical innaccuracies!! I mean, it's all wrong. At the beginning, the Red Army soldiers come in during a ball and shoot everyone and then Rasputin (who is green and has a pet bat) comes in and curses everyone - like literally puts a curse on them. I haven't seen the film in awhile, but I'm pretty sure that's what happened. Unless I'm very much mistaken - that is, unless I've been hearing Mr. Patterson very very wrong - that is not at all what happened. Plus they've found the remains of Anastacia now, but maybe they hadn't in whatever year this was made.
Okay, here's something I bet you didn't know. In Russian, 'Anastacia' isn't prononced like it is in English - 'AN-a-sta-ja'. In Russian, it's pronounced 'An-NA-sta-CI-a'. Which sounds better. It's a pretty name, I think. When pronounced the Russian name, that is. Otherwise it reminds me of that singer from way back, who had a weird-sounding voice.
I know you don't remember the movie. I found the trailer and it made me feel all nostalgic. C'est ici: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QkurL3HPSA&feature=related

Uh, in maths we're doing logarithms. If they were inveted because they couldn't do the maths because it was too hard to do by hand, why do we have to learn it now that we have calculators?? Logs are obsolete. And stupid. POINTLESS! Why do we have to learn hard, pointless, obsolete things in Maths? Maths is stupid. I hate Maths. D:<

I think that's all for now.

Today's Quote: "Behind every great fortune there is a crime." Honeore de Balzac

Bollocks!

I just like that word at the moment.

Uhm...there was some stuff that I was going to say but I forgot it all.

Uh...my back hurts. Damn scoliosis!!

God I am so sick of production. I have to go to rehearsal from 1pm-6pm on Sunday. And on Tuesday, from 4pm-9pm. And I don't even have any goddamn lines! It's a hell of a lot of effort for not much reward really. And I've got all this homework to do - my 2.1 History internal is due on Wednesday and I wanna spend the weekend finishing it but nooo, I have to waste my afternoon sitting in the school hall dressed as a freaking flower. Grr.

The Moldy Peaches are an awesome band.

Wow. I dunno whether Mum will be pleased about me printing 23 pages for my History assignment...and that's not even all of it >.<

Uh...I think that's about it...not much to say really...jeez I'm boring.

Today's Quote: "The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter-he's got to just know." -Will Rogers

Zzzzzzaaaaap!!

I had to have an x-ray today.
I've never had a proper x-ray, except one of my teeth when I got braces, but that doesn't really count.
I had to change into this ugly robe thing. I felt like an extra from Scrubs. Then I had to stand against this yellow board thingie. It was pretty awkward actually. It wasn't fun. but it's done now.
You know the funny thing though? In the little changing cubicle there was a sigh saying 'If you do not feel adequetly covered by one gown, you can wear one back-to-front, then put another over the top the right way round' or something like that. I thought it was funny.
I had an x-ray because I've got scoliosis, by the way. Except instead of my spine curving from side to side, like it normally does for people with scoliosis, I've got a different form of it where it curves from front to back. Ooooh.

My book arrived yesterday, faster than I thought it would. I reeeally wanna read it now but I've got like 300 pages of Doctor Zhivago left. Bollocks!! It was only like $7 which was cool.

I put my money on my iCash card the other day, so right now I'm considering what to spend it on. I think I'll buy the Team Zissou (from The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, an awesome film) t-shirt from sixdollarshirts.com. And Celebrity Skin, the only Hole CD I don't have.
But do I have enough money?? Oh man, I'd better check...
Nope. Damnation! I'll get the CD. The shirt can wait. Stupid American website, making me think I had enough money for both...

What else is there to say?

Mrs Crofts expects me to get an Excellence on my Commedia assessment in Drama. No pressure.

Today at lunch I filled out the first survey for that Massey woman who's doing like a PhD or something. It was pretty long. I had to rush the last bit because I had to sign out at 2pm to get to the hospital. The food was good though. Yummy chocolate thingies and nice savouries and the woman was acting like a freaking waitress, coming around and asking if we'd like some more...haha.

I think that's it. Boring as usual, I know. Well I'm sorry if my life is uninteresting!!

Today's Quote: "The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps." -Benjamin Disraeli

A Story That Freaks Me Out

I just have to share this.

Okay, you know a story that freaks me out??

You'll never guess.

I'll give you a hint.

It's a FAIRY TALE.

I know, right? Jess McLean, literary whore, freaked out by a little old fairy tale??

Well, this one has sinister undertones.

Sinister I tells ya!!

Okay, give up??

You'll never guess anyway.

It's...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

DON'T LAUGH!!

I know you are.

:P

It IS freaky though.

Random piper dude shows up from nowhere, banishes the entirity of the rat population by making them drown themselves, then charms the children away into a mountain cave as revenge for not being paid?

It's freaky.

I was read it as a kid, from out book of Grimm's Fairy Tales, and it gaves me nightmares.

No shit.

You know, one theory goes that the story was based on a serial murdering paedophile. The most popular theory is that it was about a mass exodus, with second place going to the whole theory of The Piper was a symbol of death, and it was about the Black Plague, y'know, with the rats, and the kiddies dying. But the killer paedo theory is scarier.

Check this:
"William Manchester's A World Lit Only By Fire proposes that the Pied Piper was a psychopathic paedophile. Manchester asserts (apparently drawing on Robert Burton's 1621 account) that on June 20th, 1484, this criminal kidnapped 130 children from the Saxon village of Hammel and used them in "unspeakable ways." He adds that "some of the children were never seen again. Others were found dismembered and scattered in the forest underbrush or hanging from tree branches." (From Wikipedia)

:S

There's a book called King Rat by China Mieville which is like a novelised version of the story. It's sooper dooper cool. Still freaky though. I've ordered a copy of it from fishpond.com because I can't find it in any bookstore!!

I found this when I was browsing the net. I thought it was cool:
"Dance of Death, also variously called Danse Macabre (French), Danza Macabra (Italian and Spanish), Dança da Morte (Portuguese), or Totentanz (German), is a late medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the dance of death unites all. La Danse Macabre consists of the personified death leading a row of dancing figures from all walks of life to the grave, typically with an emporer, king, youngster, and beautiful girl—all skeletal. They were produced to remind people of how fragile their lives and how vain the glories of earthly life were."
I just thought it was interesting. Plus I like the phrases 'Danse Macabre' and 'Totentanz'. They sound cool.

My brother is watching a SpongeBob DVD on the TV three feet from me.

"Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma. Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma. Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma!" (Upon seeing the frozen Man-Ray)
"Is this the Krusty Krab?" "No, this is Patrick! I am not a Krusty Krab."
"You know what else is shiny?" "Ice cream!!"
"Ice cream! Two ice creams! Still two ice creams! Washing an old person!" "That's not fun!" "It is for me!"
"Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as - PICKLED FISH LIPS! Seaweevil. Yorgie shmorgie."

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The truth will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
-Stairway to Heaven, Led Zep.

I just love those lyrics.

Over and out. Pointless post complete.

The Day Before The Day Before ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!

Soo...today was debates. Kairanga (MY house) won by 4 points. That is NOTHING in debating. O h it was a nail-biter, that it was. Emma said I was a lovely lady (or something) because of my awesome speech-writing skills. Yay me!

OMGOMGOMG I was watching Looney Tunes Back in Action aaaaand one of the Acme guys I recognised...I was all like, 'Who is that man??' and then I realised it was Clay from SoA! I didn't recognise him because he was wearing classes rather than a cut and he had a funny accent.

Err...has anyone else seen that ad for those pads with wings with the guys sticking them all over himself? That is weird...

"How does it feel to chew 5 gum?" Well, Mr. Creepy-Voice-Ad-Dude, it's just like chewing any other gum actually. Slogan fail.

We started watching Juno in Media today. I love that movie. The adoptive dad, I can't remember his name, anyway he has awesome tastes in music haha. Melvins and Sonic Youth = awesomesauce.

So after school today I went to the bank to deposit my $82.70...but the bank was closed. Bollocks!
Also after school I went to the doctor (Thomas's daddy!) and I have scoliosis!! Gasp! So I need x-rays haha. And a blood test, but that's unrelated and you don't need to know the details. :P

Meh, that's about all I have to say to you today. Boring, huh?

I have PINS AND NEEDLES!! Sooper dooper uncool.

Today's Quote: "But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." -Carl Sagan

GAH.

Stupid.

Stupid.

Stupid.

Stupid.

Stupid.

My fucking brother is driving me fucking INSANE and I'm gonna fucking explode if he talks about his fucking trip to Christchurch

ONE.

MORE.

TIME.

Gah! Driving me nuts...should be me...

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUUUUCK YOOOOUUU!!!

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Yay me!

I just published part three of Like Father, Like Son and I'm feeling snazzy. Except I have pins and needles.

Y'know, babysitting my three younger siblings is pretty easy money. Woot.

"This week is Ugly Fish Week. So eat an ugly fish today, and leave the planet that much less ugly."

Haha. chargrilled.co.nz has some crack-up t-shirts. Except...they're $40. Gasp! Screw dat.

I really don't have anything to say, this isn't really interesting at all.

I know! I'll type 'something interesting' into Google and hit 'I'm Feeling Lucky', I'll share with you guys they first thing that comes up.
Oh. It's only bored.com. That's not that interesting. Google, thou hast failed epically.

Today's Quote: "He'd make a lovely corpse." -Charles Dickens (Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 25)

So...

Well today was our second Drama trip to Wellignton. We saw The Arrival, and I loved it. It wasn't as good as Inside Out, but still awesome. The puppets were cute there was some great humour in there. But there were also some sad moments. I didn;t have any trouble understanding it, but I think a lot of people did.

Now it's the weekend and I have HOMEWORK. Bleurgh.

The God Boy is actually a really sad book. It was kinda boring at the beginning, but once it got going it was good. Not something I would have choosen to read normally, but it will probably be interesting to study.

I'm being paid $60 for this weekend's babysitting. It may not seem much to you working gals, but it's good for me. I can buy my t-shirts and maybe a book or CD or something.

Oh! Oh! Big Bang Theory is on. I must multi-task!
*Turns on TV*
Hehe.

OMG Sheldon sounds like my brother (with the train thing)!

I love Garfield!! Soo funny.

Man, it's very annoying with the whole group being so touchy and bitchy and just GRR. It's so stupid, we're supposed to all be friends - I mean, I consider you all my friends - and so why is everyobdy always being so stupid about dum little things? I mean sure, I may not know some of the stuff that goes on but there does always seem to be something going on and it affects the whole group. Can't we all just get over ourselves and just get along? Or is that a naive childish thing to wish for?

Today's Quote: "All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope." -Winston Churchill

Booooored.

Well, our computer is STILL running at a ridiculously slow rate. Very annoying.

We've started our research internal in History, it all seems like a lot of work and I seriously don't feel like I can be bothered at the moment. Plus I'm still trying to finsih my CM fic, and type up part 3 of my SoA fic, and this weekend I have to babysit pretty much all weekend because Mum and Dad are going to Wanganui. *Sigh*. But at least I'll get paid well for it. There's so many things I wanna buy at the moment - lots of books and CDs that I wanna get a hold of. I should work, I guess, if I'm so hung up on money but I'm just soo lazy. Oh well.

I like doing SWS (Sheliah Winn Shakespeare), but it gets annoying when I'm at rehearsals every lunch. I can understand why we're rehearsing every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but it's still annoying. I like lunchtimes with all my buddies.

I was looking on $6shirts.com because I have a serious thing for t-shirts, like they're pretty much the staple of my wardrobe. I don't do fashion or style or any of that sit - as long as I've got some cool t-shirts I'm all good. I saw some that were awesome - one pale blue with three Z's and the words 'Team Zissou', one black with the words 'Moloko vellocet' and another that was black and said 'You have died of dysentery' in neon green video-game letters, with a picture of a medieval death cart. So, with the first two it's great because I love both those movies and of course only some people will get the references which is always funny. The third one is just funny. Sadly I didn't even have enough for one - sure they're six American dollars, plus thirteen American dollars postage. Bollocks.
There's also the STM t-shirts - my favourite being the one with the quote 'Everybody wriggle. It's maggot mayhem' on it. Want.
Next year, when I'm in mufti, I'll have to make sure that I have a goos stock of cool t-shirts.

Drama is fun. But is sucks because it always takes forever to get through all the groups. Me and Ben have to wait till tomorrow to perform. By then Kristy Grant will be back. I wish she wasn't in our group. I can't stand her. At least she can act though, unlike Renee. Poor Jasmin has to try and work with her.

Um...there was something else I wanted to say...now what was it...

Oh yes. Today in French Mme Lelecque said that I would make a good translator. She was very complementary. It was nice. I dunno why I'm fast at going from French to English, I guess it's because I just skip words I don't know and fill in the blanks and yell the answer out before abyone else has a chance :P

Yay! Big Bang Theory and Lie to Me tonight.

"You're watching the Family Learning Channel. And now: Angry Tics Fire Out Of My Nipples."

That's all we have time for tonight, folks. Come back next week to see the conclusion to tonight's intriguing storyline.

Toady's Quote: "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." -Oscar Wilde

Yay.

I just updated Like Father, Like Son and now I feel awesome.

:D

Oh yeah, pointless post. Who cares? I'm happy.

Stupid Internet!!

I hate stupid dial-up.

We have broadband - 10 gigs per month, and we still manage to use it all! Which puts us back to dial-up speed. It is IMPOSSIBLE to do anything quickly and it's driving me insane.

Grrrrr. D:<

In other news, shopping online in Swedish-based websites is hard. Not impossible, but slightly difficult. It's okay, though, I used my superior intellect and instantly learned Swedish!!

Not really. You can opt to have it in English.

That's it really. I'm pretty bored and stuff.

Ugh! The National Bank password regulations are annoying!! How the hell am I supposed to remember a password that's 18 characters of random letters and numbers??

Grrrrr again.

Doctor Zhivago is one confusing book. There's a new character like every three pages and they all have ridiculous Russian names. I'm so confuzzled...I mean, seriously, how am I supposed to remember which one is Kovarovsky and which one is Taverzina and which one is Nikolay Nikolayavich Alexander Koporovksy?? I'm not kidding, that's the guy's name.

Today's Quote: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no-one thinks of changing themselves." -Leo Tolstoy

Hot

It is very very hot!!
I hate it.

Wellity wellity wellity...I've been busy lately, so I've not posted a bloggie in a while.

I'm getting sick of stupid production, I'm only a bloody flower and I wish now that I hadn't gotten involved. I was hoping for a decent part, because I know that I can act, but i got stuck as a flower and frankly I'll be glad when it's all over.

I've got a SWS meeting on Monday, which is better. I've actually got lines :O

I have to write a debate for senior debates, which isn't that bad. I mean, I've been writing debates sice year 10. At least this year, I actually get to SAY it. Emma says that it'll be good having me on the team, cuz I'm a strong debater, all that sort of that thing. That was at group so it served as a booster for the whole day, really. xD

Uhh...I'm hungry.

You know what I've decided I want? A very small frog tattooed on my foot. A very small, spiral-y frog. But...Mum would never let me get one. :P

Inside Out was amaaaaazing. It really was. The music was great too. Sutra was cool too, but it was kinda all the same, y'know?? Can't wait till The Arrival.

Today's Quote: "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." -Ocar Wilde