So. Merry belated Christmas and stuff, you guys!

I finally have some spare time (a whole week off work!) so I thought it was about time I posted, 'cause it's kinda been awhile. I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas. Mine was pretty average but great just for the fact that I didn't have to work. I *was* originally only supposed to work four hours Christmas Eve but surprise of all surprises I got called in early in the morning and spent the whole day dealing with annoying customers.

I had one guy abusing me because the 2L Coke was on special and, in true Christmas miracle fashion, was cheaper than the 1.25L. I explained to the guy that it was on special, no, I didn't make up the prices, and please, just be thankful and buy the bigger, cheaper one. He continued to rant. You know what he ended with? "I don't want any Coke. I just think it's ridiculous, that's all." Yeah. Awesome.

My Christmas wares included:
* House Season 3 from parents
* ACDC DVD box set from housemate
* PotC: At World's End DVD
* Transformers DVD
* Car stuff, including a new CD player, a sun shield and a street directory
* Clothes
* CDs
* New Moon (there was a sad defficiency of literature this Christmas; hopefully my birthday will yield better results)
* The mandatory truckload of fattening, sugary things.

Hmm. Today I also got my TEE results - I ended up with a TER of 95.95, which I'm pretty happy about, given my ill-timed bout of chicken pox and all. It pretty much gets me into any uni I want, anyway. Which is kind of good considering I only applied to one of them. First round offers come out January 17th or something. I'll be doing a Bachelor of Creative Arts majoring in Theatre. Yay!

I also went and saw Golden Compass today, which disappointed me immensely. Especially the end, at which I was very much "Um, wtf? Did you lose the last few pages of script, or something?" and almost wished I hadn't read the books so that I could maybe not be so unimpressed with the whole thing. However: Lee <3

It's my 18th on Saturday. I'm having an 80s themed party. Am quite excited. Yeowww!

YOU GUYS, LOOK. I IS ALL GRADUATED NOW. I feel all old, and stuff.

It was last night, and it was long, and dragged a bit in parts, and it was really, really hot in those robes. There were tears, laughter, and tears of laughter, girls nearly breaking their necks walking up the stairs in ridiculously high heels, awards breaking upon presentation in true Wanneroo style and by some strange miracle I managed to make it through my valedictorian speech without crying.

CLASS


team red ♥ - [most of] the girls in my house (I'm second from the right)

AWARDS

+ top in english lit, human biology, chemistry and drama, for which I got medals
+ principal's award, for which I got a book I already have
+ academic dux, for which I got a $75 borders voucher and $1000 (but not until january. woe.)


my shiny, shiny dux medal; my marginally less shiny subject medals; my dux medal and subject medals together at the same time

BASKET

I then returned home intending to quickly scrounge together some clothes and whatnot for the after party, only to nearly break my neck tripping over a freaking hamper that had been strategically placed in the middle of my room for maximum trippage potential. You guys. My mommy totally made me a graduation basket, all Gilmore Girls-like and stuff.



( OH HAY IT'S A BASKET )

I really can't believe it's over. Exams and school and everything, really. And as incredibly shit as my school is, I'm totally going to miss it ♥

Officially I'm not back from hiatus yet - I'm going to RENT! tomorrow night (VIP tickets - meet the cast backstage, yeowww) and on Sunday I'm off to Leavers, baby. I haven't caught up on the flist yet, so if there's anything important that I've missed, please tell me.

See you in two weeks!

As I was tagged by katherine_b only about ten years ago:

Writer's Meme. Sometimes it's ok to pimp yourself out. Post a list of your top five favorite fics you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then tag five other people to do the same.

1. details in the blur | bones | pg | gen
Because it was kind of personal. I can't really describe why, but this fic took a large part of me, more so than anything else I've ever written. And not in the way that you'd think. So. Kind of hard to explain.

2. your tears on my pillow | pretender | r | angst
I wrote this after an extremely long period of writer's block, and I was just happy with the way it turned out and so relieved omg to be writing again. Um, I was having formatting issues at the time, evidently.

3. fractures (three of them) | bones | r | angst
I think I was on a special kind of crack when I wrote this, and I'd really like to get some more of whatever it was because there's just something about it that I've been trying to go back to and just haven't been able to tap into thus far. Plus, it was my first Bones fic.

4. i hear the bells | grey's | pg | gen
This fic was just incredibly fun to write. It was slightly more lighthearted than a lot of the stuff I write and it was nice to take a break from all that. And who doesn't love George? Other than, you know. The people who don't.

5. through the looking glass | pretender | pg | au
I developed an uncanny attachment to this one the moment I started writing it and I've never figured out why. I like writing AUs way too much, probably. Um. No, I don't know why it's pink.

( Book Meme )

An upgraded connection and 21G to blow in six days clearly = Bones. Clearly. Now I just have to find the disk space. Also: pimp me out the shows you watch that I don't that you think I should, and I'll get myself some pilots, yo.