Friday was my school's open day. Generally, it was a time for prospective students and their families to visit while students put on different displays, and of course the students had time to roam around and check out what was on too. I had to set up in the art room and draw some still life for an hour while parents walked in and observed. It was ( Read more... )

 
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"Am I going round the twist?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so. You're mad - completely bonkers. Luckily, all the best people are."
- Alice in Wonderland, 2010

I went to see Tim Burton's rendition of Alice in Wonderland today. It had room for improvement but was still worth going to see, but that's not the point. I loved how the movie really brought up this point ( Read more... )

I believe due to technology, our lives have become so isolated from others. I noticed this today when so many people brought up the topics of what happened on MSN or AIM last night, before suggesting to me again that I have to get a Facebook page. Whatever happened to social outings where people talk to each other face to face? We prefer to ( Read more... )

In the last fight I had with somebody, their main argument with me was how I didn't have enough reason to feel sad at times. This really annoyed me like hell - more so than the prospect that we were actually fighting to begin with.

All the time, we have to accept responsibility for what we say. But for our thoughts? No. We have the right to feel ( Read more... )

In a peculiar amount of time, within the past week two people have both admitted to me that they feel I am smarter, prettier, braver and generally more "perfect" an individual than they will ever be. I really found this hard to believe - other people I've known for four years suddenly coming out and saying this? People who I thought have ( Read more... )

"Listen, doll, that's 'cause they're all about where people come from. Only thing important is where somebody's going." - Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, Public Enemies

This is the reason why I'm not going to say anything about who I am or where exactly I'm from to start with. All I think I'm really going to concentrate on here is my goals and where ( Read more... )