Special Extra Post!

So, I saw this on Johnny Durham's website and it looked so awesome that I wanted to try it :P

What you do is type in your answer to the following question into google images, pick a question from the first page and make a collage.

1. What is your name?

2. What is your favorite food?

3. What is your hometown?

4. What is your favorite color?

5. What is your favorite movie?

6. What is your favorite drink?

7. What is your dream vacation?

8. What is your favorite dessert?

9. What is one word to describe yourself?

10. How are you feeling right now?

11. What do you love most in the world?

12. What do you want to be when you grow up?

xoxo,
Megan

Today is my last official day of BEDA :(

I ist sad. Oh well, it's not really my last day (I think I'll be quite pleased then) but it is making me sad because it means the end of lovely daily blog posts to read from everyone. *sigh*

I mean, for such a momentous occasion, you'd think I'd have something to say...but I don't. I can't find a bag for the freakin' formal -_- It's annoying :P Also, it looks like my failure in my little tournament with Sean has come to nothing! Yay! Megan will not be held to stupid bets! Although, when I brought this up with him he said, "I'm waiting for the right moment." This has made me slightly nervous again.

Does anyone have any advice for making people feel better when they won't tell you what's wrong? I feel sort of useless :(

I might post a poem that I wrote :P

Flower Flower

Flower, flower,
The suns great power,
On your falling leaves does shine,
Oh flower flower, please be mine,

Flower, flower,
A cleansing shower,
Brightens greenly glistening leaves,
Oh flower flower, king of trees,

Flower, flower,
Beautiful tower,
Lightens earth with brightly coloured burst,
Oh flower flower, pick me first.

Yay! Poem :P

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: 5
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 34
Mental Slaps Today: 25

But the Beat Goes On

So...I was like up until two this morning doing my modern draft haha. I'm a bit tired. It was a free dress day (we have a uniform, so every so often we get free-dress days where we pay a two dollar 'fine' and we get to wear our own clothes) at my school today and the theme was like 'international'. Most people sort of copped out (myself included, I just wore jeans and a hoodie with 'Canada' on it that I bought when I went there). However, my PC (home room) teacher went to Oxford, so he had on his schoolboy hat and blazer. It made me laugh so hard, he looked hilarious!!

This is random and I'm not even going to attempt a segway but apparently what men desire most in a relationship is to feel needed and women desire to feel cherished. I'm sort of thinking that maybe this is where the centuries of female oppression have been about. Subdue women, make them weaker and they will really need you haha. I'm half-kidding.

Life is:

Green tea
Staying up late
Stress
Friends having problems :(
Formal preparation
Being out of the loop
Fairy tales
BEDA
A, A-, A
Monotony

xoxo
Megan

Kg's to Goal: 5 (see, I checked!)
Guitar Hero Plays This Year: 33
Mental Slaps Today: 12

Starstruck

Today has been a mixed day. I recieved back results, one I was not at all happy with (maths), one I was quite happy with (modern history) and one I was on the fence about (economics).

I have a modern history draft due tomorrow that I haven't started, so I have to make this a short one. Today we had a performance of a theatre company who perform Shakespeare. Today they did excerpts from Macbeth, Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew. One of the theatre dudes was totally hot, he reminded me of a young, and real, Snape. I was in love :P I've actually studied The Taming of the Shrew in drama before and we're studying Hamlet now in english. I performed excerpts from The Taming of the Shrew in drama and I am going to have to perform excerpts of Hamlet in english so it was really cool to see them performed today. I also got two new assignments today (english and english extension), so I'm not too happy about that, wah wah.

My mum also had parent teacher interviews tonight. She only talked to two of my teachers, my english teacher and my economics teacher because she wanted to meet them. My english teacher said I was the best student in her class, which I thought was a nice compliment. It surprised me actually, I thought she hated me haha. My economics teacher loves me, so he spent the time paying me out to my mother hehe.

Um, in good news I found my glasses that were lost yesterday. Actually, I went to Reception to ask about them and they were there. The creepy thing was that they had my name and year level on a note on them (my name isn't anywhere on the glasses or case). Someone knows what glasses I wear!!!

Erm, I can't really think of anything else to say and besides, my draft awaits! *groan*

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: I fail, I will find this out, I promise
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 33
Mental Slaps Today: 14

Advice to the Youth - Twista Trip Feat. LaLa Brown

So, I performed my S.O.R. rap today. It was a contemporisation of the Biblical story 'Advice to a Young Man' in Ecclesiastes 11:8-12:9.

Here are the lyrics:

Uh, that’s right,
Twista Trip here with Miss LaLa Brown,
Take it away LaLa,

Apathetic on the sidelines we’re Generation Y,
Not caring about change and too messed up to try,
Gossiping about celebs when they join the Mile High,
‘Steada enjoying our lives, we try to look fly,

We feel so entitled but we’re still unhappy,
No one takes the time to sit and think and just be,
Texting friends and chatting with a computer screen,
With our office jobs and our friends on T.V.,

Looking at the world, we always flowing the hate,
No one now can see that our lives are pretty great,
We spend our time scrutinising LiLo’s best mate,
‘Steada chilling with homies before it’s too late,

Chorus x 2
While you’re young, you gotta help when you can do,
Don’t waste time thinking about Britney’s new tan fool,
You don’t wanna die and wanna do it again cool,
Love every moment has gotta be your new life’s rule,

Gotta stop starving, ‘steada Celebrity Slim,
Or spending 20 hundred on flashy new rims,
Can’t stop global warming without changing a thing,
When you got apathy and hate, nobody wins,

Get outta your cubicle and into the world,
Take a walk in the park, maybe meet a new girl,
Why don’t you seize the day, go on, give it a whirl,
Live every second and rejoice in them all,

[Singer Insert]
Live your life the way God asked you,
Respect all men, don’t matter who,
Lives are short, there’s lots to get through,
You’ve really got nothing to lose,

Why don’t you banish anxiety from your mind,
Leave all of your old regrets behind,
Know for all your actions, you’re gonna be repaid in kind,
Think of the love and happiness that you will find,

If all you believe in the Lord put your hands up,
You eat the bread and drink the wine from the cup,
Follow the ways of God, give him his due worship,
At the gates of Heaven, God’s gonna ask wassup?

Chorus x 2
While you’re young, you gotta help when you can do,
Don’t waste time thinking about Britney’s new tan fool,
You don’t wanna die and wanna do it again cool,
Love every moment has gotta be your new life’s rule

That’s right

I think it went okay. People applauded after I did it and I had several people come up to me afterwards and tell me that my oral was really good. Fingers crossed, it went well.

xoxo,
Megan

P.S. I went online to a rapper name generator and my male rapper name was Twista Trip and my female rapper name was LaLa Brown haha, that's where I got them from :P

Kg's to Goal: Undefined
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 32
Mental Slaps Today: 9

EPIC FAIL

I just completely forgot to post yesterday. Like, it did not even cross my mind. Oopsie, I'll post twice today though, to make up for it haha :)

My formal is actually on the second of May, so it will miss BEDA!! I'm still going to be posting though, because I didn't start BEDA until like the fifteenth of April. I will post lots of pictures though hehe.

I actually just spent like the ENTIRE weekend writing, recording and editing my S.O.R. assignment. I didn't do any of my homework or anything haha. I still haven't done it tonight but that's because I'm lazy.

Um, nothing particularly exciting happened today, so I am going to end this post here. Check out my other post today! :P

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: I still don't know *facepalm*
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 32
Mental Slaps Today: 9

ANZAC Day

Today, as you might have gathered from the title, was ANZAC Day. ANZAC stands for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and today is when we honour and remember all of our fellows who have served and died in war.

We had a ceremony for this yesterday at my school. It was really moving and I nearly cried. However, I got a little bit annoyed because all of the focus was on WWI and WWII, no one even mentioned the Vietnam War or even the Iraq War. It made me so mad because it's like Australia is ashamed to be/have been participating in them and so we act like they don't exist. People have died in both of those wars, they have been devastating and people have made HUGE sacrifices and yet we act like they don't exist.

I mean, it's not like I'm exactly FOR our involvement in them either. I hate the idea of anyone interfering in each other's affairs for no good reason. But the simple fact is that soldiers don't declare war, Governments do. I'm like a total pacifist. I have yet to hear of a good reason for anyone going to war. (I mean maybe, maybe, the killing of Jews in Germany but that's not even the reason we went to war. Everyone turned a blind eye until they invaded Poland *rolls eyes*).

I'm actually writing an assignment on the anti-Vietnam War movements at the moment for Modern History. Well, I should be, I've been working on S.O.R. all day but that's due sooner so, you know, prioritising. I know that people were horrible to the Vietnam veterans when they came home. Admittedly, everyone on both sides committed atrocities but the simple fact is that I'm almost certain that they would not have done these things had they not been ordered. Ugh, it just makes me sad.

Anyway, in less somber news, I was watching RENT today and I noticed something extraordinary! Maureen in RENT is called MAUREEN JOHNSON!! I freaked out :P Maybe everyone already knew that but it impressed me. My sister was a bit weirded out haha.

I have to record my rap tomorrow and I...have to like...finish writing it first lol. I also have to memorise my oral entirely tomorrow, which I'm not really looking forward to. I'm not very good at giving orals that I haven't memorised so it's going to be really important for me to have this DOWN by Monday morning. Plus, it always impresses the teachers if they see that you've gone to that much trouble ;)

My formal (prom) dress arrived the other day, I'm not entirely sure if I said. This be it. (Happy 11:11 by the way, make a wish :P)

Notes:

1) You can't really tell in this picture but the straps are actually like a forest green

2) Obviously this is not to the floor, I'm not freakishly short :P

3) I cut off my head because I was making a strange face lol

4) This picture sort of makes me look bigger than I am. I guess the dress is partially to blame because it makes my boobs look WAY bigger than they are in real life.

I'm going to go now, have a nice whatever-time-of-day :)

xoxo,

Megan

Mental Slaps Today: 6

Guitar Hero Plays This Year: 32

Kg's to Goal: I wanted to check this today, but would you believe, there is not a single set of scales in my whole house! Except for a tiny cooking one that I would break if I stood on lol.

Yeah so...

I know I've been making excuses in my other posts about having nothing to say. But this time I really don't. I'm also in a SUPREMELY BAD MOOD. So...I just don't really feel like this right now. My formal is next weekend and my birthday is the friday after that and I am so not excited.

Ugh, I am going to end this post before I sound more emo.

Goodbye, good luck.

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: I hate this one
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 31
Mental Slaps Today: 10000000000000

:)

Thanks for your nice comments on the last post BEDA buddies, I really appreciated it.

I have soooo much homework to do tonight! It's ridiculous. It's also the time I should be asleep. *sigh*

I also found out today that I have to go first doing my SOR rap and oral. So that's slightly nerve-wracking, especially considering I'm making what would be considered a 'brave' choice in doing a rap.

I don't really have a huge amount to say today...sorry. Nothing of particular interest. Um...I might ask your advice about something actually.

So, I have this friend who used to be my best friend. About six months ago I accidentally stumbled on her blog and recognised it as hers as she had once shown me it. I was a bit surprised to see that the latest and second-latest posts were quite long bitch-fests about me. They basically said that I was weak, I was fake, I was insecure, I was annoying, she didn't want to be my friend etc. etc.

I confronted her about this the next day I saw her. She said that she was furious that I had read the blog. When I mentioned that I didn't know that I wasn't supposed to, she said that I should have known. She was angrier than I was. I said that I was sorry for reading it and I decided not to make her apologise for saying the things that she did. I thought I was quite calm and collected. All I wanted to know was where we should go from here in terms of our friendship. I finally got her to admit that she didn't want to be friends with me anymore. I'll admit, that hurt A LOT. But I said 'okay' and I walked away.

Since then things have been a bit weird between us. She is in my group and we aren't outwardly fighting...we're not even really sneakily fighting. Most people in our group don't even know that we had a fight...but they know that something happened. I still sort of feel like I am playing the role of her best friend but that she doesn't like me very much. She lives quite close to me so I offer her lifts to and from places. She takes me home from school some days when she gets picked up (though, that is with other girls in our group). We still catch the train together. We have hung out by ourselves. The most telling thing is, I think, that when something really awful happened to her (two of her best friends were killed in a car crash) she called me to go over her house. And I did, and I genuinely wanted to be there for her.

However, she sort of...is more affectionate to other members of our group and laughs with them more. Everything is kinda awkward between us. We've only had like one actual fight since then but that was when we were both stressed out about exams...so I think that was the spark that lit a mini-bonfire of everything that we were feeling.

I don't know what to do. She's an amazing, lovely, intelligent and funny person. I know I've been making this seem like I am blameless in the whole thing but I'm sure I'm not. That's never the case. The thing is, I just sort of feel like I can't trust her anymore. Also, her opinion still really matters to me. One time I told her about a story that I was writing and she didn't like it so I never touched it again. I just couldn't look at it, it felt stupid because she said it was stupid.

She's always been prettier than me and smarter and more popular. But just when I finally felt like I was becoming my own person and loving myself...she wrote those blog posts and I immediately hated myself again. I feel like maybe I don't want to be her friend when we go to uni. I just think that maybe we're bad for each other.

I dunno, help?!

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: I don't even know and I don't really want to know
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 31
Mental Slaps Today 9

Okay

Okay, so. I literally have fifteen minutes to type this up. I promised myself that I would go to bed at 10:00 so that I can get up super early tomorrow. I'm going to exercise.

I went on the scales today and I had a huge wake-up call. I'm the heaviest I've ever been in my life. I'm not like...obese or even overweight according to my BMI (which is 20). However, I would still like to exercise because lately I have been putting on weight and if I continue to do so, I will become overweight. I would also like to revolutionise my self-perception.

ACTION PLAN FOR THE NEW MEGAN

1. Do an hour of exercise before school in the mornings. Note: To achieve this, you must wake-up at five A.M.
2. Cut out all eating that occurs for boredom instead of being hungry. Eat when you are hungry but stop when you are full. It does not matter how delicious it is, you can eat it later.
3. Attempt to stop eating such unhealthy food. I realise that your mother gives you a sweet every day in your lunch, only eat this if you are actually hungry. See rule 2 for further information on this.
4. Put a bit more care into your appearance. Not to impress anyone but to have pride in yourself.
5. Compliment someone every day. This makes you feel good.
6. Restrict negative comments. Studies have been done which show that people unconciously associate you with the traits you attribute to other people. Hence, if you say that Suzie is a manipulative bitch, whoever you are talking to will unconciously associate you with being a manipulative bitch. The same thing occurs if you say that Suzie is nice and kind.
7. Don't freak out over what you can't change. You tend to do this, don't. Just let it go.
8. Enjoy work of all kinds. Go into any kind of work with a positive attitude. If you're going to do it, you might as well enjoy it.
9. Waste less time. All time is precious. Devote more to studying and doing your assignments. You need to do well this year.
10. Finally, be yourself. This is the most important rule of all. You will feel uncomfortable and ashamed otherwise.

Sorry that this has been such a personal post. It is a bit of a cartharsis for me and I needed to say all of this stuff so I might actually do it :)

Give me your ideas for things you try to follow every day :)

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: A disgusting number that equals x
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 31
Mental Slaps Today: 16

Doh!

It's my first day back at school after mid-semester break. ARGHARGHARGH. I'm sooo ridiculously tired, don't you hate that? How the first day of school is always the most tiring day you've ever experienced even though you don't really do much.

I'm going to have to type this quickly because I have a draft due tomorrow that I really have to get on with. I reckon it might be a one-er or a two-er for me tonight. Sigh. I'm also a little bit peeved off because my economics teacher was meant to have our assignments ready for us at the beginning of the holidays, then he said he would type up the task sheet today. Guess what? I'm task-sheet-less. I'm also freaking out a bit because apparently I'm up to the stage of writing my Modern History assignment but I'm still well deep in the research.

I was a little bit relieved today because I hadn't gotten back *any* assessment for the whole of last term. But today I got back an english feature article that I wrote and my maths assignment. I got A's on both of them, so I'm happy. I'm a little bit concerned about getting back my english, maths and modern history exams and my study of religion and extension english assignments. Freaking *out*!!

I realise that thus far this has only been a rant that has little interest to anybody. However, I thought I might also post a funny (well, I thought so) satire script that I wrote in Drama last year. I got an A+ on it, so I hope you enjoy!

Life in the Hot Seat
Characters
[M = Male and F = Female]

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH (M) in safari suit with wide brimmed hat and heavy boots, speaks with English accent into microphone.

AMERICA (F) wears pink dress, high heels, long blonde hair with heavy makeup, speaks with California valley girl type accent.

ENGLAND (M) wears slacks, button up top with vest and bow tie, speaks with cockney accent [easily distinguishable from Attenborough’s accent].

SOUTH AMERICA (M) shirtless, tattered pants, holds machine gun, barefoot, heavy accent.

AUSTRALIA (F) wears version of AMERICA’s dress but as is significantly fatter than America, dress strains over her figure and is unflattering. Dress is stained, wears the same high heels as America, speaks with bogan accent.

RUSSIA (F) wears an imitation ‘I heart NY’ shirt that instead says ‘I heart PUTIN’ with camouflage army pants and army boots, speaks with heavy Russian accent, is very muscled and tall, black bob hairstyle.

GEORGIA (F) is very small, wears same outfit as Russia but the clothes are ill-fitting and hang off her small body.

CHINA (M) wears long, black trench coat, smokes cigars, has cheap goods stashed in coat, heavy Chinese accent.



ACT ONE

Outside UN Building in New York, DAVID ATTENBOROUGH crouches beside the doors, watching as various delegates move into the building, one by one the cast (except ENGLAND and AMERICA) and other extras go inside.

DAVID: Hello, I’m David Attenborough and welcome to my latest documentary, Life in the Hot Seat. We’re here today to observe the fascinating habits of the rare species known scientifically as Cowardis Maximus but usually spoken of under their native name, politicians. Watch with me now as they skulk back into their burrow. Fascinating.

[Camera pans to see delegates walking into building, pans back to DAVID]

DAVID: Traditionally this is a time of celebration as the politicians reenter their home bearing the efforts of the hunt. Today though, things look disappointing. This is a very barren time for the politicians and many other species as they all fight for survival. Fascinating stuff today here folks.

[ENGLAND walks over to AMERICA empty-handed. She shakes her head as if disappointed and moves away. AMERICA walks into the building and ENGLAND follows.]

DAVID: We are about to enter the fascinating nest of these creatures, it is supremely dangerous and if you at home happen to see a politician’s nest, we advise you not to enter.

[DAVID walks through doors but is still semi-crouching, camera is shaky as camera-man follows suit.]

DAVID: (stage whisper) If you look now you can see the elegant, breath-taking and fascinating mating ritual of the politicians as the two creatures we have named South America and England fight for the hand of the alpha female, America.

[Camera zooms in on ENGLAND, AMERICA and SOUTH AMERICA standing in a triangle, with AMERICA at the point, facing the camera. SOUTH AMERICA and ENGLAND hold a resolution, each hoping theirs will be signed by AMERICA.]

SOUTH AMERICA: C’mon baby, I wanna cross your border! (Raises eyebrows suggestively)
[AMERICA looks at him disdainfully and turns to ENGLAND]

ENGLAND: Please, Miss America, I feel that our two countries once united could create many beautiful things together. Our alliance would bring forth great fruit.

AMERICA: Ohmigod, I like sooo agree with you. Let’s go and like find a table to make this thing official!

[DAVID pops into shot from the side. His head takes up most of the shot but in the background AMERICA and ENGLAND are seen signing their resolution together]

DAVID: And watch now as the alpha female asserts her superiority over another female politician, Australia. Fascinating, fascinating.

[AUSTRALIA walks over to the pair, stumbling in her much too high heels and with food stains down the front of her dress]

AUSTRALIA: (Tries to imitate AMERICAn accent, fails miserably) What d’youse like think of my like new dress…like? (Realises is failing with accent and resumes normal, bogan voice) D’youse guys need me to sign your reso-thingy as well?

[AMERICA and ENGLAND have finished signing the resolution. AMERICA looks at AUSTRALIA with disdain and walks away. ENGLAND does not immediately follow so AMERICA turns around and snaps her fingers to beckon him. He follows, hanging his head. AUSTRALIA is miffed.]

AUSTRALIA: (Turns to camera and mimes cracking a whip, making appropriate sound. Speaks maliciously but still with a sing-song intonation) Whi-ipped. (Turns around to see ENGLAND and AMERICA’s backs turned and walking away.) Oy! America! Wait!

[AUSTRALIA exits, trailing after ENGLAND and AMERICA. DAVID steps into shot again. He walks down a hallway and comes across RUSSIA holding GEORGIA up to a wall and punching her in the stomach]

DAVID: Fascinating. Watch now as South America drinks a glass of water.

[Camera zooms in on SOUTH AMERICA drinking a glass of water. Moves back to DAVID.]

DAVID: Absolutely fascinating and enthralling. However, all is not always well in the camp of the United Nations. Look here as Russia dukes it out with her much weaker opponent, Georgia.

[Camera zooms in on the fighting pair, other cast members stand around watching passively.]

RUSSIA: It’s time you learnt your lesson! (Groans with effort, punches in stomach)

GEORGIA: (Squeaks)

[Camera swings back to DAVID. He stands in front of RUSSIA and GEORGIA who continue to fight in the background.]

DAVID: Fascinating behaviour. However, aside from all of these petty civil wars within the burrow itself, a much greater crisis threatens the well-being of these fragile creatures their primary food source is incredibly scarce. I am, of course, talking about money.

[AMERICA pushes DAVID out of the way to stand in front of the camera and grabs his microphone, pulling ENGLAND along with her. Camera shot backs away to show movement of camera man. DAVID remains in shot but is passed out on the floor.]

AMERICA: I’ll show you what I think of your liberal media! Ohmigod, like seriously, this is ridiculous! Could everyone stop like saying that I’m broke! I cannot be broke! I’m like the United States of freaking America, okay? This is freaking ridiculous! (Looks at ENGLAND threateningly)

ENGLAND: She definitely is the United States of America.

AMERICA: (Pulls away from ENGLAND, crosses arms and continues to glare at him.)

ENGLAND: I mean…ridiculous. (Upward intonation at the end of sentence indicates that this is a question disguised as a statement.)

AMERICA: (Moves back towards ENGLAND, grabs his arm possessively. Begins to cry in an exaggerated fashion.)

ENGLAND: It’s okay, we’ll sort it out! We’ll work something out. Here, wait. I have an idea.

AMERICA: You have an idea? (Speaks derisively)

ENGLAND: Oh…well…yes. I mean, if you want. It’s just…we can fix this. I know you have that money hidden somewhere! If you bring that out, everything will be alright!

AMERICA: (Stops crying. Sighs) I guess it’s up to me…as usual. (Pulls out $700 billion check from behind back.)

[ENGLAND and AMERICA move out of shot, walking off together. CHINA moves in, blows smoke from cigar into the camera aggressively.]

CHINA: What about me, you know? No one ever cares about China. I have to make a living too here. With seven hundred billion, I could have been free, I could have been happy, I could have been rich! But oh no, is only for the investment banks of America. (Adopts whiny tone when speaking about the banks.) I’m stuck here making all of their cheap goods! But what they don’t know is that I infuse their clothes with communism, essence of Mao! Speaking of which, you’re not in the mood for a new watch are you? (Opens coat where many obviously fake watches are seen) Genuine Prada! Or perhaps you are a YSL man? No?

[Camera moves away from CHINA and toward doors. CHINA runs in front of camera and walks backwards, still speaking to the camera man.]

CHINA: Fine, I’ll show you the best! Chanel, only fifteen dollars! No? Well what about…

[Camera fades to black and sound fades to silence.]

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: 6
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 31
Mental Slaps Today: 12

Thoughts on the Doctor Who Special: Planet of the Dead

I thought for this post, as the title might hint at :P, I would just give a quick review of the Doctor Who special, Planet of the Dead. This hasn't actually aired in Australia yet but I was naughty and watched it on youtube. Beware, spoilers ahead if you haven't seen it.

I sort of felt like this was an okay special, it wasn't great but it wasn't horrible either. I thought that a lot of what happened was just too easy. I liked the clever set-up at the beginning but I didn't really understand why the Doctor had that strange device and why it was such a big deal. I have to wonder though, how the police car that was following them in the bus got through the tunnel without being sucked in...you see them on the opposite side but they can't have travelled through it. PLOT HOLE!

I had a kind of love-hate relationship with Christina. It was nice to see a kick-ass companion who wasn't the typical wilt-in-the-shadows side-kick but I thought that her character lacked a bit of depth. She was always racing in, guns blazing, and we never really got a quiet moment to get to know her. She was a bit *too* practical in that she was never particularly emotionally engaged in what was happening. She didn't care when her 'lover' was taken away by the police or when the aliens that had befriended them were killed.

I did really love the other characters though and how the Doctor was so enthralled by their normality. He loved the fact that one of them had just lost their job and another couple were having steak and gravy (??) for dinner. He was so engaged with the way that they were able to confidently plan for their futures and worry about no more than finding a new career in a way that he would never be able to do.

I think that this highlighted to the Doctor his separation from his companions. I did like how the Doctor seemed very upset and emotional about the loss of yet another friend. I wonder how they're going to progress him through his emotions to make the new doctor willing to take one on next series.

Just a quick note about the new Doctor: I lovelovelove David and I'll miss him soooooo ridiculously much. I was so prepared to hate Matt that I spent the first few moments after I'd seen his picture cursing him to high heaven. However, I watched an interview with him and I fell in love with him within a few seconds. He's not as good-looking as David but he has a certain charm. I'm glad that they're taking the show in a new direction and I'm really looking forward to seeing him as the Doctor.

That's all from me, folks.

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: 6.5 (dfnkdoifn b!!)
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 31 (still)
Mental Slaps Today: 5

I'm Cheating, I'm Sorry

I have absolutely zero ideas for what to do with this post so I'm just going to do another quiz that I found online.

What is Your Current Obsession?
I'm totally obsessed with really bright blue, yellow and pink knitted hats and scarves at the moment (we're entering winter here in Australia). I'm also really loving Ellen Von Unwerth's photographs (though I've loved them for a while). Oh, and one more, I'm also totally mesmerised by the music of Glass Candy.

What Do You See Outside Your Window?
Well it's actually dark at the moment, but if it were light I would see a large tree, my front lawn, the road and the house across from us.

Do You Nap A lot?
I'm usually at school so I don't have time but recently I've been so tired lately that I've had to.

Who was the Last Person You Hugged?
Um...I'm not entirely sure, my friend Courtney, I think.

What Animal Would You Be?
An owl, they're my favourites.

What's for Dinner?
I had mashed potato, mixed boiled vegetables and a vegetarian patty.

What was the Last Thing You Bought?
I paid for pizza when my friends and I ordered it.

What are You Listening to Right Now?
The Times, They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan

What is Your Favorite Weather?
Cold and rainy weather!!

What's on Your Bedside Table?
Umm...make-up, hairties and bobby-pins, Animal Farm, a glass of water, a hairbrush, a pair of scissors and some easter eggs.

If You Could Have a House Totally Paid for, Full Furnished, and Anywhere in the World Where Would You Want It to Be?
In London, it's my dream to move there.

Where are You Typing from Right Now?
My house's study. Unfortunately, Obsidian Blackbird McNight (my computer) is incredibly old and slow and is also not a laptop.

What Would You Like to Have in Your Hands Right Now?
Completed assignments (the ones that I haven't started yet, *sigh*).

What Would You Like to Get Rid of?
Said assignments and a few kilos.

If You Could Go Anywhere in the World for the Next Hour Where Would You Go?
New York to shop.

What Did You Want to Be When You Grew Up as a Child?
A lawyer.

What Posters/Pictures Do You Have on Your Bedroom Wall?
There are posters of heaps of bands and movies that I think are cool. Plus a huge amount of pics of my friends and I:)

What is Your Plan for Tomorrow?
Wake up and then work, work, work, work, do my washing, work, work and work.

What Should Everyone Have?
Love.

I might just do a quick note about my day here. I went to my friend's house so early (8:00!!) but when we got there she was all ready with chocolate presents and croissants to thank us for getting there that early. So we filmed what we had to film, it was mostly uneventful.

[Side Note: the basic outline of this story is that it's set in the forties and there is an aging chorus girl named Veronica who desperately covets everything that the lead, Ingrid, has. Ingrid is beautiful, young, talented and sleeping with the dashing director of the dance troupe, Francois. Veronica is unpopular with the other chorus girls, Heidi, Amy and Lucy (me!), believing she is above them whereas Ingrid is kind, modest and therefore very popular. At a party to celebrate opening night, and Ingrid's success, during a conversation where she is innocently offering Veronica advice on how to better her performance, Veronica is overcome and pushes Ingrid down the stairs. It is unclear whether Ingrid has been killed or merely injured, however, Veronica has assumed the lead. It's a noir film, all black and white, and oh-so dramatic!]

I had to rush at the end of the day because I was taking my friend to her band performance and we made it right on time. I then went to go shopping with my mother (uneventful, no good finds) and we caught up with my two sisters for lunch. We went to this pub where I have a particular history. I have a massive grudge against one of the waiters for taking away my chips when I was distracted for a moment. I ordered chips again this time and unfortunately the same man was my waiter. It was hilarious when he took everyone elses' plates away before he even politely asked me if he may take my plate. It was also a bit awkward because I knew he remembered me.

My sister is studying to become a teacher and she is going on prac soon (to a horribly bogan state school, the poor thing). My other sister and I had a hard time convincing her that it was TOTALLY inappropriate to wear jeans and a revealing t-shirt and an even worse time informing her that no, she couldn't wear her ugg boots. She needs to gain the respect of these kids even though she's only like a year or two older than them and dressing her age is not going to help in the slightest.

Anyway, I don't have anything else of the mildest interest to report, so I might leave it there.

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: 6 (well, I haven't actually weighed myself, but I'm assuming)
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 31
Mental Slaps Today: 2 (surprisingly few)

Sean

This post is called Sean because he is the only person who I actually know that is allowed to read my blog and because he was very upset that he hadn't been named yet. So there you go, a whole blog post named after you. (For alert readers, Sean was the friend who whooped my ass at MSN games yesterday. The memory still hurts).



Today I went to work. Well, I say went to work as if it was a willing enterprise...and didn't involve me being quite literally dragged out of my house by my mother who is, completely coincidentally *cough*, my boss. She is the Vet at the VET SURGERY FROM HELL and I am the Kennel Hand. So, I basically clean...I clean cages, towels, dishes, every flat surface, some vertical surfaces (I spend hours scrubbing the walls in the surgery. I GOTS BIG GUNS!). It's...it's not as bad as I'm making it seem because I'm able to listen to my iPod while I do it. Nobody has to talk to me while I'm out the back cleaning and my mother has discovered that I am much more productive when I'm not lonely and/or motivated to hail people down to talk to them. I have pretend friends speaking to me on via the magical medium of podcasts.



I thought for this post I might make a list of all of the podcasts I listen to and why. Maybe you'll find something new to listen to which really interests you :)



PODCASTAS! (in alphabetical order)



Hamish and Andy


This is a very, very funny Australian duo. The show is actually a podcast of their daily radio show but obviously without the music. Hamish and Andy often prank celebrities, hold hilarious interviews with various celebrities and banter amongst themselves. It's never failed to make me laugh and is well worth a listen.




How-To Girl Video Podcast


There haven't been any new shows in this podcast for quite some time. That said though, the archives of this show are so interesting. This show takes an instructional format and has so many cute ideas for everything from hair and make-up to food for parties to gift ideas.




Imprint


This is a pretty popular Twilight podcast. It's done by the same people who produce MuggleCast and Smart Mouths. It's a very funny and informative podcast with Twilight theories, news in the Twilight fandom and interviews with people involved in the production of the Twilight books and movies.




Learn to Meditate + The Meditation Podcast + Meditation Station


These three podcasts have been all lumped together because they basically serve the same purpose. All three of them offer brilliant guided meditations and some even employ revolutionary sound technology that relaxes the mind and body. I'm one of those people that find it very hard to just sit there and empty my mind so it's really helpful in my meditation to have something to focus on and listen to.




Modern Manners Guy


As can probably be deduced by the title of this podcast, it offers advice on modern etiquette and manners. It's much better than the outdated etiquette books, dealing with new manners challenges like cell-phone use and internet etiquette. The shows are quite short, usually being between ten and fifteen minutes, and are quite entertaining as well.




MuggleCast


This is a very famous Harry Potter podcast produced by a group of fairly young men and women who have since branched out to make Imprint and Smart Mouths. This podcast is a fun way to learn about what's going on in the Harry Potter fandom, hear about movie news and (still) theorise about the books.




Multiple Choice With Susan Maushart


Multiple Choice with Susan Maushart is also a podcast from Australian radio. However, this is on the ABC station which means that it takes a more informative standpoint than commerical shows like The Hamish and Andy show. In this show, Susan speaks about a huge range of topics that, at their very base, deal with the different choices that people make.




My Thought Coach


This is fairly similar to the Meditation Podcasts discussed earlier, however, the main focus of this podcast is on affirmations. Affirmations have been shown to have significant effect on the state of the mind and therefore also the life of the participant. Subjects are incredibly varied and are sure to provide interesting meditation experiences.




Philosopher's Zone


The Philosopher's Zone is a podcast devoted to providing a modern voice for the philosophers of today and in the past. The show is a forum for philosopher's to speak about their recent works and discoveries in their field but also for experts who have studied the famous philosophers in the past to speak about their knowlege of life as we know it and what happens after.




Philosophy Bites


Philosophy Bites is similar to the Philosopher's Zone, but as is implied by the title, is much shorter. These podcasts are usually around fifteen years old and take a more interview-answer format. This then means that it is a little bit more interactive for the listener and seems a bit less like a philosophy lecture.




Relaxation Music


As I mentioned earlier, I have trouble meditating without anything to focus on and without any background noise. When I don't feel like having a guided meditation, I'll fire up this baby and meditate away. These short songs are also absolutely perfect if I want to fall asleep NOW. It is a rare occasion that I haven't fallen asleep before the end of the song when listening to these in bed.




Slate's Culture Gabfest


This is a hilarious and totally informative podcast about culture from highbrow to pop. The three hosts take a fresh standpoint on what's happening in culture today and what it's effects might be in the future. The podcast deals with everything from books to movies to magazines and movements. The three hosts are journalists for a brilliant magazine.




Slate's Political Gabfest


This podcast is also produced by Slate Magazine and also features three hosts. These three make a very good analysis of political events without sounding haughty or being hard to understand. They're also quite humourous and are very good at discussing all sides of issues.




Smart Mouths


This is the latest offering from the MuggleCast/Imprint crew. This is a very varied, and slightly more mature, podcast than their previous ones. It is almost similar to the Culture Gabfest, with similiar sorts of topics discussed. However, as previously mentioned, this humourous group are quite young and, as such, take a youthful view of the world.




Stephen Fry's PODGRAMS

Stephen Fry, what to say about Stephen Fry other than that he is amazing. These podgrams are rarer than a dodo but are so funny and beautifully produced when they do appear. He talks about a range of topics, whatever is on his mind really, but delivers it with typical Stephen poise and, of course, in his smexy voice.


Thinking Allowed

This is a British radio show and sort of takes a more sociological and anthropological approach to topics that might be discussed in philosophy or culture. It also utilises a range of historical topics but these are always equally as interesting. A range of experts are interviewed on this show about their topics of interest.


Vaguely Live Radio

This is a podcast from prominent youtubers Alex Day and Jimmy (...I so don't know his last name, oopsie). It's very funny featuring random and hilarious anecdotes from the duo who exchange witty(??) banter and have a great rapport.

YOGAmazing Video Podcast

This video podcast has half an hour yoga classes which are so perfect for someone who wants to do yoga but can't (or won't :P) go to an actual class. The difficulty of the classes varies but they are usually require about a moderate fitness level and can usually be modified for people of a lesser fitness.

You Look Nice Today

This is a totally random but completely hilarious podcast. I have no idea of the origins of it, as I started listening quite late, but it seems to be from three guys of middle age who are totally able to go off into their imaginations with hilarious results.


So, there you go. That's every single podcast that I listen to, bar none. I so have to end this post now (I've been typing like a speed demon) because there is only about five minutes before the end of today.

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's to Goal: 6 (merrr)
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 31
Mental Slaps Today: 2 (the number is so low because I spent most of today asleep, I came home from work and immediately collapsed on the bed).


ARGH TWO MINUTES!!!!!

B.E.D.H.A.M.

A.K.A Blog Every Day for Half of April and May...haha, bed ham.

Filming today was very interesting to say the least. I spent a lot of time miming along to various opera tracks and doing many a-slow head turn. It was exhausting! Hahaha. We ordered pizza (I was starving!!) and when the pizza man arrived it was absolute mayhem. For some reason I had decided it was a good idea to pay the man entirely in change. We showed up at the door in our various crazy outfits (there was my friend whose assignment it was and the other friend whose house we stole). My friend's dog was barking like mad so she was trying to control it and then my other friend dropped all of the change on the ground. I was running around in a panic, not knowing who I should help first. He left without even counting the change. That's trust these days.

I just then had a competition via MSN games with my friend. The winner gets to punish the loser. He won the first game of Checkers. In a bid to restore my dignity I promptly offered to beat him in a game of Minesweeper Flags. He also won this. I then said, "Okay, there's only one way I can bring this back. Uno!" ...Needless to say, I am not smiling the smile of a victor. I now owe him three 'punishments' of his choosing. I'm a tad bit scared :P I even lost games of Poker and Checkers (which thankfully did not even involve another round of bets). Tonight is just not my night.

I might leave it there, as it's already close to half-past eleven and I have work in the morning.

xoxo,
Megan

Kg's from Goal: 6
Guitar Hero Plays this Year: 31
Mental Slaps Today: 52

...I Have Given You a Name...

As I mentioned in my last post, we didn't actually end up filming my friend's thing today. Our location was unavailable (read: our friend who's house we're going to take over was out). But no matter, the show must go on and all that, we're filming tomorrow. I actually spent a large portion of today watching first season Hannah Montana on youtube. I don't really know why...the fancy struck me, I guess. I do have one thing to say though. How annoying is Lily?! She yells all the time and makes such annoying facial expressions. Also, what's up with Miley's accent in it? So weird.

I think since I posted three times yesterday (stupid) I don't really have much to say today. I was considering just saying bit more about myself but I kind of did that with the quiz yesterday. Also, I spent huge amounts of time on this in my first post here. Le sigh. I apologise about the lack of interest in this post. Things will get more interesting when I get back to school...or, you know, start having interactions with people IRL again.

I didn't do yoga today, I'm such a bad person. I'm supposed to do it every day except for Wednesdays and Friday. What I usually do is like a half-hour session focusing on abs, then half an hour of jogging on the treadmill and another half-hour session for butt and thighs. My abs are still hurting from the one I did on Tuesday! Every time I laugh it feels like a punch in the guts. Not fun.

I also haven't mentioned this but we're also finishing up filming in a different friend's Film and Television project on Sunday. I'm only in the background in that one but its so fun...it's set in the forties and we play chorus girls. We've been having all kinds of crazy costumes and stage make-up. It's awesome.

I might blog a tiny bit about Easter. My family (my mother and one of my sisters) is Catholic. So, we celebrate Easter. That said, we don't go to Church or anything like that on it. My Mum still does Easter egg hunts for us even though we're turning seventeen, nineteen and twenty-one. This time she did it with money instead of chocolate though. It was epic. I always get confused when people ask who got the most money (or, in past years, the most eggs) because in my family we always divide it up evenly at the end. I'd never really considered *not* doing that. I dunno, is that weird?

I might leave it with a quick conversation between my sister and I (sorry, sorry, a thousand apologies for it's terribleness). I need my beauty sleep to be stunning Bathsheba tomorrow ;)


Megan: Yeah, well I have a missile launched and it's co-ordinates are your bedroom.
Sister: No sweat. My bigger, better nukes will blast your puny missile to hell XD.
Megan: Pah, I guess that makes you North Korea.
Sister: Nah, I prefer the name: AMERICA!
Megan: Really?
Megan: I mean, forced to choose I'd pick... oh look, a big-ass whale!
Sister: Dude, that's just your reflection!
Megan: :-O :-O :-O :-O :-O
Megan: What a good call!
Megan: I'll high-five to that!

xoxo,
Megan

P.S. I realise I've used a Ministry of Magic lyric for the title. I'm listening to it and I can't think of anything :P

Kg's to Goal: 6
Guitar Hero Plays This Year: 30
Mental Slaps Today: 4

Quiz, yo yo.

FIRST NAME?
Megan
WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Um...I don't think so. My middle name is Edith though, after Edie Sedgwick.
WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?
Well...today I got detergent in my eye when I was washing dishes at work and it watered??
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
No meat plz.
KIDS?
Oh hell no! I honestly hope I never have children.
DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL?
I need one!!
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yuss.
DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Hahaha, no. I'm wayy too lazy. I have to with my cons though, otherwise they don't come off.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Oh...um...we have Baileys flavoured ice-cream. That's super yummy.
SHOE SIZE?
8
RED OR PINK?
Pink :)
WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
Um...my father lives aaages away, at the other end of the state, so him.
LAST THING YOU ATE?
Pasta, yummy yummy pasta. No, wait. An easter egg.
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Slow Down - The Academy Is... and while I was writing that it changed to I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Elvis Costello.
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Lime green :)
FAVORITE SMELL?
Rain...or citrus...or grass...or pizza!!
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My friend Luisa saying that we have to film her thing on Friday instead of tomorrow.
EYE COLOR?
Blue
DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No, I have glasses though.
FAVORITE FOOD?
Cheese pizza!
SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING?
Happy Ending for sure.
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED AT THE MOVIE THEATRE?
Mall Cop...it was just as bad as I thought it would be. My friends and I went to see it but there was one more boy than girl so Mall Cop won *rolls eyes*
SUMMER OR WINTER?
Winter, for defs. I love winter fashion [or fall fashion, really] and I love being cold.
HUGS OR KISSES?
Depends who from :P Hugs for a majority of people.
FAVORITE DESSERT?
Oooh...cheesecake? Ice-cream?? Turkish delight???
WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?
'Animal Farm' - George Orwell, 'The Invisible Man' - H.G. Wells, 'Anna Karenina' - Leo Tolstoy, 'Crime and Punishment' - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 'Portrait of a Lady' - Henry James and 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' - Arthur Conan Doyle. I like to be reading a lot at once haha.
WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT?
Last night...I watched a little bit of both 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' and 'Dead Poet's Society'
FAVORITE SOUNDS?
Rain, laughter, chattering, music, tambourine
ROLLING STONE OR BEATLES?
Oh...oh, dear. What a horrible choice! I have just a few more Beatles songs than Rolling Stones songs, so I guess I'll have to go with them.
THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME?
I've been to Alaska...that's pretty far from Australia :P
WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT?
Giving massages haha.
FAVORITE SINGER RIGHT NOW?
Fave singer? Um...I'm not totally a fan of single singers as a general rule, I think the rest of the music is just as important. My favourite band right now is probably Does it Offend You, Yeah?
FAVORITE SONG RIGHT NOW?
Don't Trust Me - 3OH!3, I know, I'm a typical teenager.
RIGHTY OR LEFTY?
Righty, reppin.
WHAT SCARES YOU?
Toads, monotony, mediocrity, being alone, being in small spaces.
ONE THING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE?
Have a book published.

Nice or Nauseating??

I thought I'd do a quick post on some of the 'up-coming' trends in the fashion world this season.

According to nymag.com, floral shirts for men are making it big this season. Like this one from Paul Smith.

Um...what?!

(Pic from nymag.com)

It looks like someone has eaten my grandmother's couch and thrown it up on a previously acceptable shirt. I get that it's spring and everything but seriously?! Uh, not okay. Wait, I've just noticed that the buttons on this are actually tiny little flowers. I take back what I said about it being an otherwise acceptable shirt. Its horrendous!

Another trend being shown is harem pants. This picture shows a pair from Topshop (far right) and a harem-pant-jumpsuit by YSL (far left). In the center there is something known as harem-pant-shorts by Mango.

I am deeply disturbed and concerned.

(Pic from nymag.com)

What on Earth are people thinking? I think the current recession is making people go mad! These are hideous! The pattern alone on the Topshop pair is enough to condemn them without considering that they're basically a version (as much as I love him) of the stylings of MC Hammer. There's just no excuse. The jumpsuit seriously looks like it's made for Baby with built-in nappy. And speaking of nappies...the shorts! Oh, the shorts! Unless there is a new cartoon about superhero babies, these are just...where do they even come from?! Who made that? Stamp of disapproval clearly marked.

Finally, swimwear. My God, the bane of the female existance unless you're 6'3 with an obvious rib-cage and legs for miles. Apparently what's in this season is pin-up style swimwear like this bikini from Elizabeth O'Brien and this one-piece by Urban Outfitters.

Yesyesyesyesyes!!

(Pics from nymag.com)

Finally, they've got something right! These swimsuits are uber-cute and totally wearable. I like pin-up girl style anyway and to see it moved into swimsuits is such a cool idea. I like the blocks of colour and the cute patterns. They're also very flattering. Well done, kudos to that.

Anyway, those are my ramblings for now. Talk to you later!

xoxo,
Megan

Epic Fail

I completely fail at life. I missed the beginning week of BEDA and, for some reason, decided that Maureen Johnson would have a personal vendetta against me beginning it a week late. I then decided to wait another week before discovering that people were, in fact, allowed to join this late. *facekeyboard*

As has already been hinted, I am going to begin BEDA now. I might (no, I *will*) blog every day until the fifteenth of May, to make up for my notsome-ness. I have exciting things coming up in May (my birthday, my formal [prom]) so it could make for interesting reading. I've also signed up for a BEDA buddy, 'cause I'm cool like that.

This is going to have to be a fairly short blog post because I have to go and get ready for work in about eight minutes. I spent the majority of today googling 'how to compose a rap'. I am a bit astonished by how this came to be, to be honest. In my Study of Religion class, we have an assignment to 'contemporise a Bible story', right? Well...me, being the beacon of inherent wit that I am, decided to tell my teacher that I was going to do a rap as a joke. I did not expect to hear, "Oh, what a wonderful idea! That's so clever! I'm really looking forward to this!"

I was like, "Oh...sh-ivers." When I tried to tell her that it was a joke she said, "nonsense, it's a brilliant idea" and with a hidden menace in her voice added, "and you'll do it!" In my head I was saying, "Ooookay, back away slowly, lady." But anyway, now I have been roped into doing a rap when I am the least gangsta person you're likely to meet. Hence my rather nerdy approach of reasearching just how one makes a good rap.

I'm doing the passage 'Advice to a Young Man' if anyone's interested. It basically goes, "Enjoy your life while you're young. Do what you want but remember that Big Brother (I mean, God), is watching, always watching. But be happy while you're young because one day you will be old and your life will suck and you'll have weak and withered bones and you'll be useless and miserable etc. etc."

Help??

My friend is doing the story "David's Adultery with Bathsheba". She's going to do a soap *opera*. As in, not only will it be a complete take-off of Bold and the Beautiful but there will be singing...opera singing. It will basically be like business mogul sleeps with secretary (shocker) but she's already married so he arranges to have her husband killed. He marries her because she is pregnant, however, as punishment for his wrongdoing, the baby dies. Guess who your lovely Bathsheba is? Moi. Luckily, my friend is going to sing both David and Bathsheba's parts and I just have to mouth it. We're filming that tomorrow, so I'll let you know how it goes.

It's two minutes past when I said I had to go, so I'll leave it there.

xoxo,
Megan

Dress Shopping...Oh How I Hate Thee

I went shopping for my formal dress a while ago. I have to tell you, I'm completely scarred by the experience. Let me just say quickly that I HATE shopping. Well, that't not entirely true, I guess. I hate trying on clothes and going to buy them...but I adore having new clothes. So it's sort of a horrible dichotomy for me.

Anyway, I reluctantly went dress shopping for my formal with my mother (who, I might mention, I have discovered in the light of these events to be a complete sadist). So we went to this one shop and it was absolutely COVERED with dresses, hideous, horrible dresses. We were attended to by a fat and horrible lady who nearly had a heart attack when I told her, "No, I don't want any other dresses that are a size sixteen, they don't fit. I am a size eight or ten." Naturally, the only midly attractive dresses had already been purchased by people from my school.

[Side Note: We also saw a girl there who was around my age trying on wedding dresses. She was crying, her friends and her mum were crying, I swear there was a complete random who was in a puddle of tears over the fact that this girl was so 'lucky' to have found the love of her life while still a teenager and that she was fulfilling her 'dream' of having a baby at seventeen.]

As we were leaving the shop my mother committed a HUGE social faux pas. She (I did too, admittedly) thought that an acquaintance of mine was trying on a dress [huge, poofy, mildly nauseating to look at] as a joke. So she sort of had a bit of banter and light teasing about the dress and then we walked away. However, the girl then marched up to the counter and purchased the dress. We were a bit shocked and embarrassed to say the least.

So we went to another store. This one was smaller, a bit shabbier, A WHOLE LOT MORE TERRIFYING. There was only us in the shop and another group who was a bride and, I presume, her bridesmaids. The bride was a little bit more on the chunky side and it was horrible to see her getting progressively more and more upset as she tried on dresses that were too tight or that didn't look very good. Eventually she left looking close to tears. I just wanted to hug her.

However, meanwhile, I was dealing with some demons of my own. Namely: my mother and this...I don't even know how to describe her shop assistant. The assistant was tall, ridiculously thina and tan with more make-up than Madonna. Srsly. Admittedly, my request for 'no satin, no glitter, no beading and no patterns' was not entirely fulfillable - the shop was so not me. Nevertheless, she tried her best I suppose.

Nothing could dissuade her from bringing over the MOST ugly dresses in the shop. And of course, my lovely, darling mother, when asked to approve the dresses responded with a "oh yes, I think she'll like that very much." She was absolutely *loving* watching me try on horrible dress after horrible dress. I hadn't the heart to tell the shop assistant that she had bad taste. Several times I called my mother in to 'help me with a dress' only to whisper to her that she "had better get me out of here right now. Right now!" Her only response was an evil cackle and a, "God, no. I'm having the time of my life."

I was standing in front of the mirror in possibly the worst dress yet (orange and magenta paisley, more sparkly than a South African diamond mine) when Shop Assistant decided that it needed, of all things, an obnoxiously large, purple diamonte brooch. She also had no qualms about sticking her hand down my top to put it on. Then, as if my humiliation were not sufficient viewing for her alone, she called over all of the other assistants to 'see the new dress.' "God how it fits her so well!" "You've got a lovely little figure don't you!" They then proceeded to touch me in inappropriate places..."Forgive me, oh, I'm so sorry. I just have to see the way the dress outlines your calves." My interjection: "Um...WHAT?!"

I had had enough. I went into the dressing room and called in my mother. I was serious, I meant business. "Get me out of here." I said, looking her firmly in the eye. She burst into laughter, giving me no reponse. "I mean it. I want out. Now. I'm not going to the formal if it means spending another second in this infernal shop with these blasted people!" This only caused her to laugh harder. "I hate you! I honestly honestly hate you right now!"

She unzipped the dress and left the room, unable to contain her laughter. Once outside the shop assistant cornered her again. "Oh, it's so nice to see a mother and a daughter spending time here on a Saturday. Usually it's just the girl and her friends. It's so wonderful to see you have such a wonderful bond."

My mother, the evil vixen that she is replied, "Yes. We love each other so much, don't we Meg?"

Needless to say, I dressed in a silent rage. Once outside, and I'm not even joking, the shop assistant looked genuinely disappointed that I wasn't wearing her next pick. "Oh, I'm afraid that we're probably going to go look at some other shops, you know, look at the options" I said, smiling sweetly.

"Oh. Alright." She said, looking around for her label book. "Do you think you liked anything enough for me to put it on hold...or even to purchase?"

"No." I said, looking her in the eye for probably the first time. "I think we'll check some more out." I swear she practically flew to give me a hug and thank me for being such a 'delightful customer and model'. I was like "...". I think I've never felt so happy or relieved as when I got out of that shop. I could breathe again.

I am actually going to the formal. But luckily mother has decided to allow me to buy the dress online, made to measure, of course. But I still think I'll be permanently traumatised. This story actually happened quite a while ago (I'm slack, I'm sorry), so my dress will probably be arriving in about a week or so. I'm so excited. I'll make sure to post pictures when I get it.

xoxo,
Megan

Maybe...

Maybe every soul is partially energy, and that energy is the same as all of the other energy but it contains the one difference which is your essence. And maybe your essence is what makes you you. So your soul is exactly the same as your neighbour's soul, your sister's soul, but without their essence.

A person is only made up of a body and a soul. The soul is free from influence, aside from knowlege or change, it is just energy and essence. Then all souls are intrinsically neither good nor bad, they just are. Like babies, babies have not experienced much, so they are the purest form of soul in a physical being. They are neither good nor evil yet, they exist, until they or their circumstance decides what they are to be and how they will live.

Maybe when you die your energy and essence (which added together make your soul) shifts and does one of two things. It could go into another body, another vessel, and thus the person is changed because one element of the body/soul combination has been changed, but the essence and energy is the same. Maybe that's where past lives come from, residual information from the previous life the soul has occupied is transferred to the new person perhaps.

If it doesn't do that, maybe your soul combines with all the other energies and essences that are not on Earth into a big ball of energy and essence, an enersphere or something. So then if your soul does that, it changes, it's energy is combined into the mass of other energy and it's essence is combined as well. Hence, if a soul is created from the enersphere, it would not be the same as any of the souls which were originally put into it, because everything is one and a new mixture would have been made. Like making dough, if you make one big ball of dough and you have several little balls. If you put the little balls into the big ball of dough they are subsumed by it and cease to exist as individual things. If you break off another small bit of dough, it will not be the same as any of the other small bits, it will be made up of different eggs, different flour etc.

Since matter cannot be created or destroyed, maybe there is a finite amount of energy that can be made into souls but there is no limit to the amount of souls that can be made from that energy. Maybe we can harness our soul's energy to do productive and beautiful things. Maybe it is our soul's energy which determines if we are happy and at peace depending on how aware we are of our energy, how we treat it, how we utilise it to our own benefit.Maybe you had a past life or maybe you've come straight from the enersphere.


(This is based on a discussion my friend Steph and I had a while ago. Some of the ideas are hers and some are mine but I really like the conclusions we came to :])

Teenage Fantasy...No, It's Not Edward Cullen

Now I know it is a horrible cliche for teenage girls to plan out their special day down to the letter, but hear me out.

I want my wedding to be carnival/circus themed. As in, I want to have the ceremony in the Big Top of some circus and the reception being everyone running around and going on rides etc. I want people to eat fairy floss (candy floss/cotton candy), popcorn and dagwood dogs. I want circus performers to be walking around.

I want to wear a white knee-length dress, with a white corset-ish top and a flared skirt with bright royal blue petticoats and a blue sash. I want to have beehive style hair (like an actual beehive, not an Amy Winehouse type look) with a little blue bow ribbon in it. I want to wear white pointe shoes. I want to have a metallic multicoloured christmas bauble bouquet. I want my whole wedding to be multicoloured. I want my bridesmaids all wearing different-coloured bright dresses.

I want polaroid pictures on picture holders to be the wedding cake toppers. As a matter of fact, I don't want an actual cake, I want a tower of multicoloured cupcakes. I want my first dance with my husband to be the macarena. I want to dance the nutbush with my dad, the chicken dance with my mum.

Typical teenage girl? Methinks not haha.

xoxo,
Megan

The Classic Rock Alphabet

A - AC/DC
B - The Beatles
C - The Clash
D - The Doors
E - The Eagles
F - Fleetwood Mac
G - Guns N Roses
H - Jimi Hendrix
I - Iron Maiden
J - Janis Joplin
K - KISS
L - John Lennon
M - Metallica
N - Nirvana
O - Oasis
P - Pink Floyd
Q - Queen
R - The Rolling Stones
S - Sex Pistols
T - Talking Heads
U - U2
V - Velvet Revolver
W - The Who
X - The Xtraverts
Y - Y&T
Z - Led Zepplin

'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzerald

Wow! This is definitely one of the best books I have ever read. It so accurately captures human emotion and the world in which it is displayed. It's really quite breathtaking. The visions the book invokes are just so beautiful and at the same time melancholy. The bright, shining world of Mr. Jay Gatsby is so filled with shadows and doubts.

I finished this book and I realised why it is a classic. Some classics I read, afterwards I sit and go, "well, it was good, but was it that great?" Not so with The Great Gatsby. Admittedly, some people probably don't like it (as it is with all things great) but I have never met one. One of the things I love about this book is that it doesn't follow the time-honoured, accepted storylines. It truly is a original.

Potentially my favourite book, the Great Gatsby really is worth a read. Do it, seriously, thank me later.

Review of 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller

We studied the play 'The Crucible' in English last year. I don't know if othe people feel like me, but I seem to feel differently about the characters (and indeed the play) than a majority of my friends do. For example, I absolutely loathe and despise John Proctor. Has there ever been a more selfish coward to ever walk the stages of the world? He is so infuriating and such a hypocrite. He is so quick to point out the flaws in other people that John is blinded to his own. So annoying.

And then there is Elizabeth Proctor, she is currently in contest with her husband John and Rebecca Nurse for most annoying. While John is imperfect and cannot see it in himself, Elizabeth and Nurse are both perfect and know that they are. They are so saintly, it's not natural and it is almost unrealistic. But not, which makes it all the more annoying. If they were just the stereotypical 'good' characters I could write them off as Arthur Miller's cracks in his play.
Now to Abigail Williams. She is is the antagonist of the play, she sets off all of these awful events and does not seem to mind. She is characterised as the classic villain. However, she is also my favourite character. I believe that she knows that she is doing wrong in the eyes of society but feels intrinsically that it is right. Which makes her a fascinating subject of analysis (which I intend to do, we are required to write an essay and I'm fairly sure that I am going to do her). Abigail is a young woman in love with John Proctor, and Miller does not underestimate the power of that. I believe love is a disease and it is shown in this play to be so. It takes hold of Abigail and makes her do anything within her power to be with John, including an elaborate plan which would eventually result in the death of his wife.

Overall it is an excellent play and I would recommend it to anyone. And if you are a cool kid and have already read it (or seen it which would, one would imagine, be spectacular), then kudos to you.

xoxo,
Megan

Of Greetings and Goodbyes

Hello,

I'm Megan and this is my blog.

My fascination and love for blogging has recently been re-awakened when looking at Mauren Johnson's blog. To fully demonstrate this fresh start to myself, I am beginning a new blog, turning over a new leaf.

To be a tiny bit more cliche (excruciating, isn't it? :P), I'm going to tell you a little bit more about myself. I'm a teenager, a senior in high school to be more exact, and am currently attending an all-girls Catholic high school. Oh the joy.

I like long walks on the beach...just kidding, I hate the beach. I love writing, singing, dancing, acting, cold and rainy weather, reading, soup, clothes(!) and anything out of the ordinary.

I hate meat, heat, routines, dripping taps, country music and staying in one place for too long.

Well, now that that's over, I'll probably be copying some of my favourite posts from my old blog over here, just to get me started :)

xoxo,
Megan