Sunday, November 11, 2007

It's over I'm free. I need a little a while to ajust to the sheer vacancy of my time in front of me. For the past two years there has constantly been some work to do in some form or another thanks to holiday homework.

The good news it that within the next few weeks I will be resuming my work at Haighs chocolates over the summer break. The pay is fairly low but I like it, hopefully some greater opportunities will come later. I also applied for a job at the Arts center, the pay is better but I am not holding my breath. Lets see how things go.

Also to fill the time I'm crawling my way around second-hand book vendors to try and find all the titles I'm interested in reading. My search is going better than I expected, Yippee!

The Little Red School Book

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

If I am to believe what the education system has been pounding into my mind, I am lead to believe that this is what 13 years of education and thousands of dollars invested is to amount to.

I always expected these exams to be so much grander than they are, but overall I just don't really don't care that much. I believe that the closer I have come to this point, the more I have realised that I have many options. Even if I don't do well it's is not the end of the world. Life does not end after high school, it begins. What I learn from this point on will most likely to be more important and relevant than anything I have in the past two years. The learning curve will be steep but it is important.

I want to take some time off to take a breath from study and hopefully save some money at the same time. My dad disagrees, my mum thinks its a good idea. Personally, I want to spend the time to become more independent and build some foundations for my future life. Independence is an important value to me right me (Ironically I don't feel up to doing it alone)


I am fascinated by a publication called the "Little Red School Book" that was written by two teachers in Denmark in the 1970's encouraging students to question authority and experiment with drugs and sex. This book sparked outrageous controversy in Australia and I'm keen to get my hands.

On the subject of buying books I have awoken to my habit of buying books without reading them. Over the holidays I want to change this. I will attempt to wean myself off television (what's on during summer anyway?) and read all the books I have but not yet read yet. I have used the facebook application 'Iread' to make a catalogue of the books I want to read. Should I get back into the habit I may make a deal with the Eltham Bookshop to provide me with the books on my 'to read' list on a bi-weekly basis.
I do realise it is a tad wasteful and expensive to buy books. But I believe there is something very romantic living in an area filled with books.

I am addicted to facebook at the moment, It takes all the best aspects of myspace (the networking and online address) and weeds out all the crap (mostly adds) which leaves us with a fully customisable intuitive networking service. As described by a person at JOY today "Myspace is so 2005"

After a recent 'incident' between myself, Corey and undisclosed third party our relationship has been a bit on the wane, it has been a true test of our patience and commitment. Things have certainly changed between us. It was in this time that I realised how much he really meant to me, lets just say it took a wake up call. From this place I hope we can rebuild a stronger and healthier relationship, we are on the way but I feel as though we still have a few things to work out. 'Cos it ain't over 'till it's over.

Summer 2007, more blog posts, more reading, more summer lovin'