Will we survive it out there, will we make it somehow

It's over. As of 11:00, my enrolment in James Nash State High School has been TERMINATED! For I, Frin Doustable, HAVE GRADUATED!! YES!! Now I must go to Par-tay!!
FWEEEEEEE

***Photo's from the park***

Court and I in our senior jerseys... why yes, we do look like footballers!

My graffiti "FRIN DOUST Graduation Day 17.11.2006"
(that's my school shirt over my right shoulder if you were wondering)


Somebody saw Kylie... so I tried to get her attention. When that failed, I rugby tackled her. Dusty got this awesome "action shot".


Group photo: some of us "graduates" that showed up at the park.
(back row - left to right) Kelly, Nikki, Rosheen, Alex, Dusty, Drew,
(in front of Drew ect) Theresa, Lesleigh, Michelle, Jess, Ashleigh
(in front of them/bending over Tref) ME!
(kneeling) Melinda, Stevie, Trefyn
(lying down) Courtney

Let's do the time warp again!

Today (technically 'yesterday', it's 1am-ish now), the last full day of school, was actually kind-of fun. I mean, don't get me wrong, a lot of it sucked, but it could have been worse. Apparently "English final assessment - Drama Workshop Day" is usually fraught with disaster, however, this year it wasn't too bad. Our class (named "Cyber Sex" - for we are the Internet Correspondence English class) was the only performance that didn't have cross-dressing boys (I think there were at least 12 boys in skirts or dresses... one of Jim's boobs fell out of his top and it was quite amusing), condoms (which, of course were blown up and battered around the audience for the rest of the day), or any other such thing (though Riley did manage to ad-lib many sexual references into his scenes). The costuming was good (most were rather scantily clad, but it was amusing no less. OH! And Victor! So unexpectedly muscular! I never really noticed but when he was running around in a mini skirt and pink singlet one couldn't really help it.. I think he's joining the Army.. well, good luck to him anyway, he will always be "Princess" to me), the props worked and aside from the fact that some people were absent the dances went relatively well. I was actually impressed by my grade (something that doesn't happen often... perhaps it was because I had such low expectations of them).
Funnily enough, my favourite moment of the entire day was when Nikki did my face paint. Oh how I adore body paint!! It smells and feels so awesome! I still haven't washed it off and I shan't for another few hours. I like the feeling of it on my skin, tugging ever so slightly with each facial expression. *sigh* Yes, Zen Zen Zo, if you paint me then I will be yours forever.

In other news, I have re-gained my love of Star Trek Voyager… not that I ever actually lost it, but I hadn't watched it for a good few years.
I have also come to the conclusion that it is in part responsible for my fascination with space, physics and therefore Operation D.O.O.M.

If you steal my sunshine

Lara's birthday party was this weekend. It was really, really fun. Alas there wasn't a 6 hour Uno game like last time but it was essentially the same party. Before I went to sleep I lay there thinking about how much we have all changed over the past year and how, despite all those changes we still relate to each other in the same way... there was the same water fight and the same piling on top of each other to watch Disney movies. Explaining is complicated, sufficed to say it was just nice to think about it.

On an entirely unrelated note:
This afternoon I took a beautiful apricot rose from my garden and rode my bike to the cemetery. I then chose a grave at random (Sydney Arthur "Sid" Grey - Died April 2006, aged 78years) and sat and talked for an hour and a half.

Don't let it go to your head

I am having the most wonderful time at the moment researching JELLYFISH (of all things!). You see, whilst reading through Bill Bryson's (bless him) book about Australia I came across the wondrous fact that there is a type of jellyfish called the "Snottie", and I then realised that I had absolutely no idea what it looked like. Upon further reflection I found I knew very little about the creatures (what they eat... or even HOW they eat was a mystery to me until a few minutes ago - dear Google, what don't you know?) -I really only knew how to identify and treat various stings by about 6 or so different ones found commonly in Australian waters- and thus my quest to discover more began. I have now learnt the meanings of many 'new' and interesting words (that I feel I probably should have already known... but it's 'never too late' I guess) such as "sessile" and "nematocyst" (I was then -by means of 'Hydra' the genus Bluebottles belong to- lead to concepts such as "senescence" and "biological immortality"; yet more intriguing stuff!!). Did you know that jellyfish have no lungs or gills or any sort of respiratory system because they have no need for one? Isn't that cool? Their skin is so thin that the oxygen is just absorbed; as if by accident... 'Oh hello there oxygen molecule!! Come on in! Allow me to keep living!' *chuckles* Absolutely marvellous! But I should get back to bed so that I may ponder many more things to do with these fascinating creatures and eventually attempt to sleep. Goodmorning!!

My parting thought; A group of jellyfish is often called a "smack." How delightful (in a semi-drug-reference-ie sort of way)!! :D

I like to move it, move it

(gah, I've been listing to that stupid song from the matagascar movie all afternoon. Cursed rehersals!!)



Also,

Remember, remember the fifth of November
The gunpowder treason and plot
I know of no reason the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

Joyous Guy Fawkes Day to you all (alas I am too sick to concoct any sort of explosion, but I shall have to have a belated 'celebration' after I recover)!


Edited on the 6/11/06 (because I CAN NOT SPELL!)