So I'm now at university. I moved in on the earliest date, dead excited, to find that there's no internet until the start of freshers week. =( I'll show people more things when I actually have the internet in my room
Until then, everything can burn in motherfucking hell
So this is the last week I have of school... ever. And it ends on thursday. It's really exciting! But at the same time I'm rather melancholy about it all. I was really enjoying school this time, my sixth form college is really ace :0. Anyway, I was complaining to a few of my friends there that because my birthday is in the summer, I've never had it on a school day, which is kinda poo. It's nice to see all your friends on yer birthday. And now I'll never have a chance, since I'll never be at school ever again! Well they all agreed that they're going to give me a pseudo-birthday, on this Wednesday (23rd May). I'm getting a balloon and gift bag stuff and everything!! So to pay everyone back I made a journey into town today to buy two cakes. TWO CAKES. Collin The Caterpillar cakes, for those familiar with the classic. Along with Spider Man goodie bags, purple napkins, plastic forks and pink princess plates! I'm going to skate into the college with them all in a basket. O, it's going to be so fabulously silly.
On a second more important note:
MY SKATES FINALLY ARRIVED TODAY! O YES.
For those of you that have been around me whilst I've wept over these things will appreciate this most. I've been waiting for ages for these things! When I was little I loved my rollerblades and I totally wanted to skate EVERYWHERE in them, but y'know, you're never allowed to skate into shops n stuff, so they leave you really limited. And they certainly don't fit in your bag, so you can't change either. Well, I design a pair of skates where you could slide the wheels off, years ago, when I was like, 8. And I wanted to sell the design purely so I could get some skates that did this! It was totally a good design too. >_>
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I thought I'd just google the idea of rollerblades with removable wheels (not those stupid retractable wheels those shoes have, they're totally wank. Heelys too.) And I found something called Hypno Skates (USAItaly)! But they don't have a UK distributor anymore ;-; I was confering with a shop in the US for a while where I found out there were made in italy and we found an italian shop! We rang 'em up and spoke to them XD in heavily confusing italian and he eventually found a model and size that fit me and sent them off last tuesday. I was waiting and waiting for them, wishing they'd arrive in time for my chemistry trip to London and weekend with Gary/BK. But they didn't =( More than anything I wanted them for my last week of college and I was beginning to give up hope that they'd ever arrive in time. Or ever arrive.
BUT THEY ARRIVED TODAY! (I have mondays off college, so it's the right intime for college this week. No more buses for meeee!) And here they are in all their glory: Mighty, mighty glory.
I am so happy. I love you all.
Exams too. Blergh. I haven't actually done any work since my last exams in January. Oh worries worries. Still. Skate skate skate. Zoom zoom zoom.
Well, I'm sat in biology class right now, incredibly bored, on a laptop with the E key missing. I'm supposed to be doing research on antibiotics and immunisation, which, don't get me wrong, I LOVE, but urgh. I really can't be arsed with wok lately.
Goods news though, I've finished ALL MY COURSEWORK. ALL OF IT. In chemistry and computer science the courseworks this year were "giant uppersixth projects", they're each 15,000 words long and took me since september. So you can imagine how weird it is not having that over my shoulders anymore. It's like someone really close to me has died and it's just not sinkinging it yet.
I've got like, 3 weeks left of school.. ever! Wow o_o; So I'm having a fake pseudo-birthday before the end of school because I kept complaining to my school friends that I've never had a birthday on a school day, so they're making me one :0 it's gonna be funny. And I've finally decided I'm going to manchester uni to do Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology in september!
I met a guy on a train a few weeks ago who turned out to be in marketing and after a lot of talking, I might be making a kid's interactive website and monthly comic strip for pizza hut :0 how cool would that be!!?
Today I am dressed like a girl. IT's so weird, everyone at college has commented so far XD I'm wearing purple/black eyeliner, my hair up in really high pig tails (but they manag to go past my shoulders because it's so long atm) and I even have a frilly black and purple polka dot lace bra on underneath, but no one knows >_>
I feel so wrong like this, like I'm cross dressing. And I feel wrong for feeling wrong about it.
I am one of the most blendable flavours; I go with sweet, I go with sour, I go with bland, I go with anything. I am practical and good company, but have something of a tendency to hang around when I'm not wanted, unaware that my presence is not welcome. What Flavour Are You?
Urrrrrgh. I went to visit family last night in Liverpool. Yummy meals and playing stupid computer games with my little cousin, it was quite fun =D. My cousin's like, 15 now. Which is dead weird, and bothers me because he's my italian cousin and he's now taller than me. My italian heritage was the only excuse I had for seeing such a shortstack. Nevermind.
Anyway, on the way home (at about 11:30) I decided it'd be a fun impulse to stop off at my friend Adam's house to have a drink. And we were up until 4 just talking, it was great. But at that point I needed to go home, and macclesfield in the dark is quite unnerving. I walked the hour (three miles) home and arrived at 5. Went straight to bed, woke up at 10... thought "mmmmm ¦} just another little minute", and woke up again 14:30.
I've never woken up this late since I was home educated. I'm still not dressed and I'm so disorientated it's not cool. I really wish I could've got up at 10, so so so badly. =( argh. This is so weird, so weird that I've had to make an LJ entry to express the weirdness :0 surely that proves how out of it I am.
Still, yay easter holidays. The first holidays I've had since 2004 where I haven't had to work through them! So I've decided I'm going to be very social and go everywhere and meet people. Instead of hang about at home and do work or draw or something useless. If only I had the money to do it.
I will start organising my 18th soon :0 a few months in advance to make sure everyone can make it. As it'll be AWESOME. It's probably the weekend of the 27th of July. Need to sort out where I'm having it then I'll contact everyone =D
I drew a picture all digitally and whatnot recently. It's a design I made for Tim Minchin who I've mentioned before. I'd like to show it off =}. There's three version, I only uploaded two. One with a mouth and one without. A lot of people say it looks odd without a mouth but it's mine and Tim's favourite, so I think that's the one. This is the mouthless one, on my deviantart thing: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/52277957/ And the mouthful one, on my website: http://www.scrap.me.uk/images/slide.php?g=digital&i=19
I picked up my new glasses the other day. I really really like them =D unlike my old ones. I fell inlove with the empty frames I wore as Where's Wally at Ayacon so I chose the same frame XD They've not actually got any sight-altering things in the lens, they've just got a subtle purple tint because I have trouble reading black text on white backgrounds, the white kinda glares out at me like the heavens. And I think I'm dying. And I walk into the paper.
I finished the entire Amber song :0 Which may have to be known as the Shelley song. Well.. it doesn't really matter. I hope she doesn't mind me posting this XD here are the lyrics... in the tune of http://www.scrap.me.uk/misc/SoundBites/mante-amber-song.mp3 oh and the bits that like the verse with the "take you by the hand" are in the tune of the bits that go "there's no one quite like Shelley" >_> just so there's no confusion.. Makes sense?
Shelley, we love you Shelley, we do Though you may be far away We think of you
There’s no one quite like Shelley And I know you will agree That she’s always a friend to you And she’s a friend to me There’s no one quite like Shelley The epitome of win Every time you see her She’ll be hugging a penguin
Shelley, we love you Shelley, we do Though you may be far away We think of you
And one day when I’m wealthy I’ll take you by the hand We’ll travel west into the night And go to Disneyland!
Shelley, we love you Shelley, we do Though you may be far away We think of you
There’s no one quite like Shelley Wrapped up in many layers At party time and sleepovers There’s ice cream to be shared There’s no one quite like Shelley I love her carnally She’s always a drunk at meets And shockingly lazy
Shelley, we love you Shelley, we do Though you may be far away We think of you
Every day I miss her And I’d just like her to know That when it’s time to get ready She won’t be feeling low
Shelley, we love you Shelley, we do Shelley, we love you This song is just for you
I've moved into my redone room! it's gorgeous! I have an en suite bathroom and a bay window with a giant seat I spend all day on. It's heavenly.
New years was so good, it was excellent to have everyone in the same place again, it's been ages and it was really relaxing even though I was running around like a headless chicken the whole time.
I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to hear from Cambridge. I just got a letter today saying I'm in the college Pool, which means King's can't have me, because they think other college's will so they've passed my application on. Apparently I'll know by the end of the month... I can't wait. I know I haven't got a place, but the more I'm disallowed it the more I'll want it XD. Apparently they'll either tell me in the next few days that I've got a place or that I have to travel down for ANOTHER interview, orrrr they tell me they want or not later at the end of the month. ¬¬ argh, anticipation.
Got January exams coming up too, need to start revising.
Thought I should say something in this thing, I don't know if that's the sort of thing I should say, but it's what came into my head.
Here's a clip of Dylan Moran as Bernard Black in Black Books. I love him ¦}.
So in about two hours time I'm going to be boarding a 4 hour journey on the train to Cambridge for my interview tomorrow x_x I have to go there a day early because my interviews are at 9am and 10am, so I get to stay in their Castles tonight! So fancy! and fingers crossed I'll also get to see Mish! Because her folks are driving her down so they can have a snoop around. I really hope Cambridge don't mind me sneaking her in, otherwise I'm so screwed. But I haven't seen her in aaaaaages.
I'm really worried because last night I had a fit of horrible stomach pains, and I don't think they're finished with me yet. I don't want to spazz out on the train, or god forbid in King's College. ._. aaarrrgh. They're so unbarable. I might bring my extra strength pain killers that I didn't take after my wisdom teeth operation, but that's a little naughty. and they'd knock me out, too.
I had a mock interview at school with the vice principal on friday really quickly at the last minute which went really well, and I haven't felt nervous or anything so far. But I just watched like, a video of two interviews with real academics interviewing and now I'm having second thoughts. Apparently you get two interviewers per interview and two interviews. So that's four people taking notes on you as your stutter and make an arse of yourself. And they all have that posh way of speaking with makes me want to backhand them. I think if all fails, I'll pretend to have telekinetic powers.
So yesterday I trundled down the road to the hospital at 8am, for my fantastic "operation"! Not THE operation I'm getting, but they want to take out my wisdom teeth before they fit me with permanent braces before THE operation later next year. Fancy fancy! It wasn't until I woke up that I found out they weren't just taking my wisdom teeth, but two other premolars too! So now I have 6 gaps with little dissolvable stitches in the gum and a big bruise on the side of my face. Hope it goes away before the weekend.
While I was there, I deduced that female nurses are the bitchiest things on the face of the earth. They're like "Don't bother me, I'm having a bad day" EVER DAY. Male nurses, on the other hand, are good company and dead sweet, and they look silly in their hair net things. Teeth: Both the anaesthetist and all the surgeons that operated on me were incredibly foreign. This wouldn't be such a problem if my english wasn't already pretty bad as it is, so having both of us bad at the language really doesn't help communication. And thanks to that, I now have to take regular doses of penecillin which I'm supposed to be allergic to! Wooooo!
After the operation, I was dribbling a scary amount of blood and I couldn't do anything about it until 12 hours after the operation when I was allowed to wash my mouth out. It was really disgusting. And because my mouth was numb, I had no idea whether I was dribbling or not. My computer science text book is now ruined. Oh, and I had to shower "under supervision" this morning, which is unpleasant concept. Me and family arranged that I'd just keep the bathroom door open, which is still pretty bad.
I was very very scared last night when I tried to eat chocolate once all the feeling came back into my mouth, and I couldn't taste it! I could taste eggs and beans when I ate them, and coconut milk. But not chocolate! It tasted like melting plastercine. I seriously panicked! ;_; But it's ok now, thank god.
I haven't actually taken any pain killers today, which is a good sign. I feel dead proud.
I think the best thing that's come out of this is that I get one of those patient's wrist bands. These are similar to the ones you get at Drayton Manor or Alton Towers, and you keep them on for days to show off when you're little. Well, this just makes me feel like I've been "released" or at least escaped from a mental hospital. =} very becoming if I may say so.
uni: In other news, I've had an interview at University College London AND Manchester (one a day after the other). The Manchester one went really well, and I got an instant offer. But the offer kinda sucks. They want AAAB from me! It's not so bad considering I already have an A in Maths A level. But Birmingham's offer, for example, was just AB in the remainder of my three subjects. Manchester want A in biology, A in Chemistry and a B in Computer Science. Argh! Manchester's pretty much where I'll probably go, I really love the place.
UCL went really badly, I thought. Especially when the interviewer asked me about ENZYME KINETICS. So which I just looked at him blankly for. But apparently I have an offer! They want AAA. ._. but that's just AA out of the three subjects I'm still doing so it's not too bad..
Bath I haven't heard from yet. They asked me to come down for a visit day, but no interview. The day was dead fun. I met a lot of other people there and me, John and Alex went for KFC after wards before our trains. It was awesome. Because it's early in the year, all the people there were people also applying to Cambridge too. And it turns out they're all really kind, polite, goodiegoodie people. >_>. I spent most of the day with Mark, who at one point just burst out laughing and said "My god Marisa. You're just a bad student, I can't believe you". XD This is really worrying.
Durham haven't said a thing, really.
And the best until last, I have an interview at Cambridge on the 5th of December! I'll be going down a day early and staying the night. It'll be dead fun. I hope I don't screw the interview up by doing something stupid like crying or claiming I have telekinetic powers.
And Shelley came to visit last weekend, which was heavenly. <3 I love m'love, tbh,p.
Well cheerio! Hey look, I've updated LJ. Well done me! I'll make another post if there's something important I forgot to mention.
I just found that I've only made ONE post since 2005. Quite strange really, considering it's approaching 2007. I suppose I've been kinda busy, what with full time education and stuff :0 So I think I'm due for a real update. I'm not sure if I should, I mean, people who know me well talk to me.. so it might be redundant. I completely forget the whole LJ system, rly. I just need to find a way to waste (or invest) the 5 minute intervals in this chemistry class I get to doss about waiting for banana to oxidise. I'm sitting here in a labcoat and a GIANT PURPLE VELVET WITCH'S HAT thanks to Backie who is a princess for getting it for me. ¦D
So where do I start?
school: I'm SEVENTEEN now. Yeah, take that. Which means I'm in UPPERSIXTH FORM! And I totally aced my AS courses >_>, so now I'm half way through biology, chemistry and computer sciences a-levels and I have a whole maths A level. And now we're doing that thing where you apply to universities. Mine are Cambridge, Manchester, Durham, Birmingham, Bath and University College London. Though I'm only really interested in the first two. Turns out Cambridge is a right cunt to apply to. I mean, I know I have next to NO chance of getting in, so why have I had to fill in 3 FORMS? Each form saying "WHY do want you want to go this course?" and they seem to expect a different answer each fucking time! There's only so many ways to say "I liek it plz". I'm starting to think it's not worth.
I've heard back from Manchester, Bath and Birmingham so far. Who've just basically said " HAI. YOU MIGHT GET ON OFFER. WE LIKE YOU. COME SEE US" but they manage to do this with a 4 page letter you read wtih great anticipation. ¬¬ So I'm tempted just not to bother with university. Mebbe I could sell my body. Stand on the street corners of Macclesfield. Getting it on with 70 year old farmers... Mebbe a degree is a good idea.
music: I've actually started getting saxophone lessons, which is brilliant. Though my saxophone is currently broken so that's not happening at the sec. I'm thinking of taking up an instrument that can actually accompany singing. I'd made the mistake of getting a base thinking it would do because the main problem was that my mouth is occupied with the saxophone. But it turns out it's not that good. I'm thinking of the guitar or piano or keyboard or harp or accordion or something. Know what I mean? I don't think I'm any good at the guitar thing. I feel really bollocks.
house: Right now, I live in the attic because my room has builders in it. In fact, my room is more of a pile of bricks at the sec. But afterwards I'll have an en suite (hopefully completely purple) and a biiiiig 1m-deep bay window. gonna put a giant window seat there and just looouuunnge. But the attic is kinda cool. There are floorboards on the ceiling which really confuses me when I wake up in the morning. And I have one of those clocks with the cat eyes and tail which move from side to side.. to side.. to side... ¦} mmmmm.
work: Because my aunt works in the psychology department of Manchester uni, I'm being paid to draw them a logo and make some flash stuff and some pictures and illustrations for their website :0 but it's going slowly it seems. Ooh, and I'm drawing caricatures of people for the PR company that Backie works for which is exciting!
website: And of course, I've finally got my website up, which is what my only 2006 post was about so yeah. It's http://www.scrap.me.uk if you haven't seen it. It'll hopefully be getting some updates now I have a week off college!
operation: I'm also having my wisdom teeth out next month! It's the first step in my treatment for my uhh, facial disfigurement of an underbite and crooked teeth. They're actually a scare from an unsuccessful dare-deviling stunt from when I was little and well.. Now I'm all adult and finished growing I get to have it fixed! I was given a retainer to wear for a year last year and when I moved up to macclesfield my new orthodontist told me it was totally redundant and literally threw it over his shoulder. Now I'm getting my wisdom teeth out, then a permanent brace for 12-18 months then my operation! After that I have to wear a retainer for 6 months all the time and then another 6 months but only while I sleep. I'm sure it'll be worth it. I photoshopped my face to see what I might look like, actually. They told me that they'd make my jaw go "up and in" and gave me a few examples.
party: I'm planning a new years party this year, again. I've got a list of people I want to invite but I'm only slooowly getting around to getting in contact with them all. If you want to come, you can just tell me and you're most likely totally welcome. It's pirate themed. No one is allowed in my house without pirate-like apparell.
tim: Went to see Tim Minchin last night, which is why I'm so knackered this morning. I managed to get home about 3ish. Still, it was ace to see him again. I look petrified XD It wasn't really that bad. and he's got my birthday present to him in his haaand. =} chuff
So that's all I can think of to say. It's a fair bit, though, I'll give ya that. I'll try and post again later. Mebbe it'll be less of a verbal avalanche then. Well buh bye. Apparently there's about to be a firedrill and I want canteine chips beforehand. See ya! PS. I can see two people watching Bill Bailey - Part Troll across the suite. this pleases me.
thanks goes to mal for helping me when I got very pissed off with it not working, and to people like BK and Nath and others who gave me running advice while designing it.
Ello! A while ago I had a dream that I thought was kinda random, and felt determined to show people what it was like! So I spent the small amount of free time I've had in these past few weeks, recreating this dream. It's one gigantic image, I'm afraid, with a lot of text and illustrations. I'm gonna have to put it behind an LJcut, of course. I'm sorry it's so big.
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