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Day 9 of challenge : Something that stresses me out

Well, der, exams stress me out. But I am more stressed out by performing, though I love it. My insides go crazy, I can't think straight, my ears get blocked for some insane reason. When I sing my voice is so hoarse and I can't quite hit the notes, though I reach them perfectly fine when nobody's watching me. If I'm playing keyboard then my tempo gets completely stuffed up, therefore I can't sing at the right tempo either. I can't walk in a straight line - gosh, it's almost as if I'm drunk actually. When I see people looking at me I want to burst out in tears. But hey, performing is fun. It gives you a massive adrenaline rush. But yes, it still stresses me out.
Adios my dears,
-thelazydreamer

Day 8 of challenge : Something I'm afraid of

You do not want to get me started on how badly I am afraid of spiders. No, I'm not completely arachnaphobic, but OH MY GOSH I am afraid of spiders. They scare the living .... out of me. Just thinking about their bazillion eyes and hairy legs and gaaaaaaah I have to end this post now. Just now that I am afraid of spiders.
 Goodbye.
-thelazydreamer

The beginning of the end. JOKES!

Hey guys, it's been a while since I've blogged. I've had a few assignments due, but other than that, I just haven't felt like going on the computer. My iPod seriously needs an update and this blog is going down the drain. :(
It's 10:30 pm and I never post at this hour. Nevertheless, I feel like this day should be commemorated. It's the 1st of June, and it was exactly one year ago that I became a student of MFHS. Throughout this year I've met a whole range of people, had some of the most amazing experiences, and went through many firsts (does that even make sense?).
I always talk about how great my friends are. I have never met people quite like them.
My creative side has been allowed to grow at MFHS... I think it was Durga who said that MFHS brings out the best in people - it allows people to be someone they never thought they could be. Wise words indeed.
I'm well on my way to conquering stage fright, I've written over fifty thousand words of stories, not to mention the fact that I've been taking my writing way more seriously AND I can now play the guitar.
However, there are a few amazing Brisbane people lacking in my life, and if they were here everything would be perfect. This one year at MFHS means one year away from them, and I hope that they haven't forgotten me just yet. People change, but I hope that they're still the same freaks that I love.
So, my dear internet peeps, appreciate what you have. Make the most of your time, wherever and whoever you are.

Ciao.
-thelazydreamer.

New thang!

I have decided that everyday (well, everytime I come on Blogspot) I will post a daily photo/graphic of some sort that I think is inspiring, beautiful, or just plain cool.

So here's today's:

And I did not pick this because we did Alice in Wonderland in English last term. I picked it because it is pretty much exactly what I would say : The crazy people are always the coolest and most fun to be around.

Day 6 of challenge : My Dream House

Hello everyone. This is going to be a really short post. I used to live in a two bedroom unit, and now I live in a two story 5 bedroom house. So it's safe to say that I'm content, and I am pretty much living in my dream house. Ciao!

-thelazydreamer

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Around the time when the SRP was due and we were doing our English half-yearlies, I said to myself, "STUFF THIS!" and started reading instead.
Being the nerdy book lover that I am, I shall review one of my new favourite books.

It happened like this. I was stolen from an airport. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used to. Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger. And he expected me to love him. This is my story. A letter from nowhere.

Stolen, by Lucy Christopher, is a book about a girl named Gemma who is kidnapped from an airport and taken to the middle of nowhere, a.k.a the Great Sandy Desert in Australia. Her captor is a guy named Ty (or Tyler) who has problems of his own, and has pretty much been stalking her for years. But he's not quite the type of kidnapper you'd expect.

No, this is not a book about vampires and wolves and fairies and what not. It's a straight up fiction book with a psychological twist. You find yourself starting to sort of sympathise or even like Ty, even though he's this creepy kidnapper guy. It's Stockholm Syndrome, and if you don't know what that is, it's where the kidnapped person starts to feel affection or sympathy for their captor. The book is sort of scary in the sense that as Gemma develops Stockholm Syndrome throughout the book, it's as if you yourself are developing it along with her.

I was a bit wary of the book at the start, because it's in second person and I've never read a good book that's written completely in second person. Also, there are only two main characters in the entire book, but I've come to see that that's actually a good thing because that means you become more attached to those characters. It's not as if Lucy Christopher's writing is extremely flowery. It doesn't make you stand back and go "wow, that is some poetic writing". Her writing is perfectly natural and the book always keeps you hooked.

It also presented Australia in a new light to me. Despite the fact that most of Australia is dry desert, I've never ever seen a desert with my own two eyes. And to have an English author portray it so graphically and beautifully to me was quite an experience.

So if you're looking for a way to evade your studying and procrastinate, I think Stolen is an awesome book. READ IT!

-thelazydreamer