Prom preparations

On Wednesday 4th July 2012 (in 5 days 6 hours 10 minutes!) I will be attending my school prom. I've purchased all the necessities (dress, shoes, bag and of course, TICKET!); whatever else should be sorted by tomorrow, I'm doing my own makeup and having my hair curled at a salon. Here's a picture of one of the shoes I'll be wearing, I absolutely adore them!

Midsummer Musings

I've found myself perusing my diary from six years ago. I think I've been drawn to it's smooth pages and carefree composition. On this date -6 years, I wrote a poem. It wasn't bad; sure, some rhymes seem forced, but the text is rather effective, for a ten-year-old who was almost certainly past her bedtime.
Turning the page, I know another rhyme awaits, however this time the subject is rather different. I allow myself a smile as I tenderly recall the words. It reads more like a song; half-remembered swathes of "melody" wash over me, and my focus falls to the final line of the first verse: "And you left without a trace." Back then, even before he had left, I forced myself to face up to this ominous predicament. If only there was some way that the "inevitable" could be avoided: a cord of communication that could bridge the gap between our drifting boats. Back then, all I had was hope; now, if I can summon the courage, a new channel for conversation could be created via the much-loved, though equally-loathed social networking site: Facebook.

Summary of this blog post: Jessica thinks she has found her old crush on Facebook and is debating whether or not to add him as a friend.

I could reminisce forever...

Yesterday the primary school group, Georgina, Gemma, Megan, Alex, Chris and I, met up for the first time since 23rd December last year. It didn't feel like 6 months had passed; conversation still flowed like a waterfall between us, even me, at times. Alex, Georgina, Chris and I had organised to meet by the pub at 12:15 to walk to the complex together, but Chris took an extra half an hour just to wake up, and we didn't leave till after 1, when we were due to arrive! Thankfully, Georgina and Alex's constant text updates meant that we didn't keep Gemma and Megan waiting.

By 2pm the whole group was ordering delicious meals in Nando's, including Chris's whole chicken (which he did eat). After finishing our meals, we eventually decided to go bowling, and were especially enthralled to discover that we could bowl and receive a meal for just £5.95 after 3:30pm! Megan and Gemma's eyes lit up at the promise of more food, and the game was fun too! I got off to an early lead with 2 spares and 2 strikes, but by the end Chris (a.k.a. Camp) had overtaken me; he won with 145, but I was still happy with my score of 126, because it's the best I've ever done!

Next we returned to the food court; I munched away on veggie nuggets while we chatted about random things and Chris keeked for the first time in a week. Eventually we decided to call it a day, and headed home. It was great to see everyone again, and we hope to meet up a little sooner next time.

Things I could do over the summer

With around 77 days till I return to school, I really need to find some things to spend time on over the longest summer of my life. Some of these suggestions just might make the cut!

1. Listen to an album every day - there are more than enough in my house
2. Learn some Estonian - I already know "Kuula" means "listen" thanks to this
3. Have a Blue Bloods day - we only own the first season on DVD, but that's still 15 hours and 1 minute
4. Dance - We have all three main Just Dance games, and even without the wii I still enjoy moving to music
5. Draw - I haven't done it in a while, but maybe I can hone my artistic skills?
6. Write - I have many juvenile, unfinished ideas for novels; maybe I can will them closer to completeness?
7. Swot up on my A-level subject choices - might be the most useful suggestion on this list
8. Improve my writing with my right hand - it might be useful to have two hands to write with
9. Meet up with friends - I suppose going outside a bit wouldn't hurt
10. Blog, tweet, tumble etc.!

EDIT: 21:37 I just thought of another one:

   11. Dip ketchup flavoured crisps into ketchup, and eat

2nd annual "Happy Breathe Day" post

"16th of June, 9:05, doorbell rings, man at the door says if I wanna stay alive a bit longer, there's a few things I need you to know: three!"

After last year's post fail (I deleted the entire insightful content without realising), this time I will copy and paste the text somewhere else as a back up, to make sure I don't lose it to the black hole again.

This morning, I was woken at 9:01am by my purposely set watch alarm. While it was enough time to set my iPod up and sync the beginning of Breathe to the appropriate time, the four minute warning wasn't enough to get myself signed in and ready to post on the @U2 Forum - this made me even more thankful that the second verse includes "9:09", because that was when my post was ready!

Today I also had the opportunity to attend the Mangotsfield Festival for the second time, however it's been raining lots and I'm still wearing my bed clothes, so I decided not to.

Anyway, happy Breathe Day!

It's officially over!

My GCSE exams are over!

I have no more revision to do!

In the last 32 days, I've sat 10 exams, enduring over 14 hours of sitting within the confines of the sports hall. One day I spent about 4 hours 20 minutes scribbling away and peering at my watch in the place, but now it's over!
Now I can look forward to 2 and a half months of no school; I hope I can find things to keep me entertained!