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Jun 18, 2008
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Hello (3rd time lucky?) again, my dear Voxites.

I apologise if this post is going to sound a little rushed, I did have a nice long post detailing my emotional trampolining these last few weeks in a rather eloquent manner, but when I added some pictures (which will be added later in this post), accidentally clicking it made it disappear (I thought it used to be saved in a cache, but I guess that doesn't happen with Firefox 3 anymore) and Vox's 'Recover' didn't help. Sigh.

Anyway, I do believed I compared the ups and downs as flying out of the atmosphere, and sinking far beneath the sea, possibly to the liquidised layer of our core - which was heavily asked about in one of my exams. My attention reduced to mere minutes and my ability to put up with the annoyances of others and my dog ripped to shreds like a pigeon flying into a jet engine during these last few weeks.

Not a pleasant thing, I know, but it can be only be expected by the things that accompany the crucial exam period, the 'these are my last exams and I won't get a chance to re-do them, and I need to get the highest grades possible (A) so that I can go to the University I want to and not have to go to Scotland just to learn why things that work in theory never work in practise, just so I can show off to an employer with my amazing presentation skills and knowledge of the Universe.' kind of stresses.

I've also had the added responsibility of being 'mother' whilst my mother took her first trip outside of the UK, sat in sunny climates - going on sunny cruises, and paying £10 just to cross the borders of a country (the easiest way to make money from tourists I guess), so my vocal chord are worn out from whining at my brother to do his chores and shouting at the dog to get down. Ah well.

This has made me tired; knowing it's all over. Now that I've given myself the afternoon to relax, I feel more fatigued after relaxing, than if I had yet another exam tomorrow - and I expect to be stricken down with illness in the next few days, but I don't mind, I could use an entire day in bed. Still, I have more time than I can shake a stick at now, and that spells a number of things.

1. NINTENDO MANIA
2. PERSONAL PROJECT MANIA
-- BBx
-- Capio Phasmatis
-- Helmos Lockresh
3. BOOK MANIA
4. ANIMANGA MANIA
5. MOVIE MANIA

Basically, doing everything I've wanted to do, but couldn't, because of exams and schoolwork.

I've suffered from a recent addiction to Gaia Online, and now my avatar looks like this monstrous thing:

Shidizzle@Gaia

And now I must leave you with pictures from a small project I was working on right before the exams started:

A Short Time Ago: The Pied Piper (Part One)

A Short Time Ago: Hamelin (Pied Piper Part 2)

"The Test"

Dec 14, 2007
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Before I begin, here's something I did earlier:

The Test

and now onto the more meaningful and less creepy content.

Today kinda marks the first day that I feel all geared up for revision, or I would, if I didn't have coursework and admissions to worry about. Well, for the coursework, it's not so much worry, but more like 'hurry up and write that blooming analysis' and 'you might want to put this here, and change that', so it's kinda small things that I have to do. As for admissions, the stress might go once I hear back from Oxford.

I recently stayed at one of the colleges in Oxford, due to the interview period, and I must say, I have never felt so sad to leave as I did during that period of time. I met such a lovely bunch of people whilst I was there, and I had such a great time, even when I felt a little...ignored...I guess. I did feel a little overshadowed by others, but I say it's all down to the differences between people in the time it takes to get comfortable around new people. It didn't really do much good for my confidence though...ah well.

My friend got an offer from a university she wants to read Computer Games Art or something at. I worked out I have enough UCAS points (some universities use points rather than grades for requirements - where grades are equal to a certain number of points) from my AS-studies alone to be accepted for that course. She also got a book (won at Awards Evening) that suggested that she has a sketchbook for designs and stuff. I'm going to take the idea, and get a new sketchbook to do some stuff in myself, since I'm doing Physics, I'm going to need a really strong portfolio to get into the design industry, should the chance occur.