It’s been exactly two years since I sat my HSC. This means that it’s been two years since my Body of Work for Art was marked.

James finally salvaged my hard drive from my old PC and I found a lot of photos which were outtakes from the photo shoot I did with my cousin for my Body of Work. The first two were taken with a waterproof disposable.

I am blogging on the request of Elyse. She is one hard-ass-mother-fucking slave driver (HAMFSD), I must say. If I wasn’t getting nookie out of the deal, I would totally have thrown in the towel by now.

So, It’s fairly obvious how badly I am at this blogging thing. I really should get my HAMFSD to slave drive me into blogging more often.

I am the biggest klutz in Auckland city. Last Thursday, as I was walking to Uni, my ankle gave out as I was crossing the road, I collapsed on the road, and I got some very strange looks from a guy who was also crossing the road. Thankfully he stopped looking at me like a moron for long enough to help me up off the road and back to the door to my apartment building.

James took me for an X-ray and no fractures, just a very bad sprain. I’m only just starting to be able to walk on it properly. Stupidly, I knocked it with the shower door this morning so it’s even more sore than it was when I woke up. Oy.

Needless to say, I’ve not really been doing anything much since Thursday. I did go to see the OB/GYN with my best friend yesterday, which was interesting! I’m getting very excited at the prospect of being Aunty Sewwy. :)

James bought a guitar for me the other week :) It arrived yesterday, and I’ve been strumming away since. My fingers are blistered, and I’m absolutely hopeless at the moment, but I’m really enjoying playing. It’s a Stratocaster style electric, and it looks like banana cream pie. Yes. Banana Cream. I’m teaching myself to play because, really, lessons for guitar just seem kind of pointless. There’s so much information online and I’ve learnt more today than I would have learnt from lessons anyway.

I may not have mentioned this, but a few weeks ago, my camera bag fell off it’s hook on the back of my bedroom door and it ended up breaking my primary lens. Sadly, I can’t get it fixed on warranty because it was due to a fall, and apparently that voids the warranty. What a fucking pain. So now I have to wait until we go overseas before I can get a new camera lens. I’ll be seriously pissed if I can’t get one before Egypt though.

In other news which I really haven’t spoken about because it really doesn’t feel real yet … My Grandfather passed away a few weeks into September. 2008 continues to be the shittiest year of the decade.

I’m off to do some study now. Before I go, my HAMFSD wishes for me to advertise that she is trying to sell her virginity, and it could entirely go to the lowest bidder. What can I say, she’s a desperate whore. ;)

So, it certainly appears that I went missing in action. It certainly feels that way. To be perfectly honest, I’m struggling to think of what to say.

I’ll give you the short version though: Mum’s much better now. The crazy seems to have come and gone as if overnight. I’m really glad that she’s better though. It may sound silly, but seeing her like she was… It really made me realise how much I would miss her if she was gone. I’ve never had a great relationship with my mum, so it was surprising at how difficult it was seeing her in that position.

I just wanted to take the time to thank everyone who sent their well wishes and love. I’m being completely honest when I say that it kept me going… Especially when she was in the actual psychiatric ward. If anything, your support kept me from going insane.

I’ve been back from Sydney for two weeks now. It seems like I never left, which sounds just plain silly. I love that no matter how long I’m gone, I still fit right in at uni, at James’s house, with my friends here… It feels like I have two homes.

As you can probably see, I’ve changed the theme. As much as I loved Reese’s theme, I felt that it was finally time for a change. I’m hoping this theme will be easy to work with when I finally incorporate my photography and, possibly, writing.

I’ll post again soon, I promise. I just need to find the words. They’re in there somewhere.

It’s been a busy and stressful couple of days.

I’ve had my family here since Saturday, including my aunt, the mother of Charlotte, who passed away, and her husband, my Nana, my cousins, including Emma, who’s one and GORGEOUS.

Even though it was so sad and stressful, it really made me realise just how much I miss being here in Sydney and seeing my family. They’re such a big part of my life and I miss them terribly when I’m away.

Charlotte’s funeral is suggested to be next Monday or Tuesday. We’re still not entirely sure what’s going on yet. It’s all a debacle, to be perfectly honest. Andy, Charlotte’s father, has asked my dad to give the Eulogy at the funeral, which is a nice thing for Andy to have asked. I can’t even imagine what he’s going through. No parent should have to bury their own child.

… Blah. Sadness aside, we’re coping. Dad and I took two trips to the airport today, once to drop off my Uncle Robert, and the second time to drop my Nana off with my other Aunt and Uncle, who were driving her back home after dropping my cousin off at the airport (She’s heading to Europe for about a month. Lucky!)

Dad and I went to do a bit of shopping after we were done at the airport. We got a lot of techy stuff: We replaced the old computer with a new laptop, bought a serious subwoofer set of speakers for the iPods, got dad an iPod nano (his mini’s getting a bit outdated), and got a few other things we’ve needed to pick up for a while. It was good to get out of the house for a bit.

I’ll be going to the local pub with some friends on Wednesday night for a trivia night. It’ll be good to get out with the girls and get my drink on for a while. I’ve missed them heaps, so it’ll be nice to spend some time with them again.

I’ve just broken my diet. haha. I’m eating a small pack of crisps because i’m quite peckish. Oh well, back on the diet tomorrow.

My cousin died two nights ago. All this shit that’s been happening finally got to me. I moved my flight forward, and left for Sydney last night. I’ve decided to appeal for exemption from my exams, but i’m at the point where I don’t care if i end up failing them anyway.

I’ll update some more in the coming days, but for now I’m going to watch some TV with my mum.